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Hi, show, I missed you.

No, seriously, I started squeeing at the first shot of Sherlock and it just got more intense with Joan, Gregson, and Bell.

And then there was a Lestrade! (Which I was spoiled for ahead of time but WHO CARES IT'S ELEMENTAVERSE!LESTRADE.) ("A marriage of convenience." Aww.)

"As a detective he was quite adequate."

And then Sherlock claims the reason he was Joan to go with him to London is so he won't get seated next to someone unpleasant on the plane. You're so transparent, man.

Love the scenery porn of London. But then I'm always a sucker for scenery porn of London.

I'm already enamored with how messed up Ementaverse!Lestrade seems to be.

"221B is a good deal more than nice, Watson." Aww.

I suspect I'm going to be saying that a lot.

"These are not my things! I've been betrayed!"
"What do you expect from a guy named 'Geezer Bob'?"

AND THEN THERE WAS MYCROFT.

"Fatty, this is Watson; Watson, this is Fatty."

Joan looks so WTF in this scene. It's adorable. I want to aww again but it doesn't feel quite appropriate.

And then Sherlock's so offended that his favorite flat now belongs to Mycroft. "It's [your father's] building, Sherlock, he can do whatever he wants."

Mycroft owns restaurants? That's kind of cute.

Sherlock. That was dickish of you.

"I did you a favor."
"You did what you wanted. Like you always do."

THEY'RE PLAYING A FLOGGING MOLLY SONG. "THE SON NEVER SHINES ON CLOSED DOORS." I LOVE THAT SONG. /easily distracted /wasn't expecting that /but it's thematically appropriate

Shit. I was so distracted by Flogging Molly I missed most of that scene. And now Lestrade is climbing a fence and I don't really know why.

Aww. He's imitating Sherlock. Just. Not in the best way possible.

"You must be learning a great deal from him."
"I am."
"Why else would you put up with him?"
"I don't 'put up with him'. We get along. Mostly. We're friends."
ACTUALLY THIS WHOLE SCENE. EVERYTHING THEY BOTH SAY. JOAN STICKING UP FOR SHERLOCK, MYCROFT POINTING OUT UNHAPPY TRUTHS ABOUT ADDICTION.

Abandoned theaters make me sad.

"Is there any particular reason you haven't called the police?"
"Yes. Milk."

This is a very quotable episode.

Oh, Lestrade. Joan knows 'that thing'.

"He wants to take me to dinner."
"He intends to bed you."

"You're attracted to Mycroft."
"Uh. No. I'm not."

"You wouldn't be sleeping with him, you'd be sleeping with me."

Oh, Sherlock. Shut up.

Why is it that Lestrade's protest is "I haven't written any suicide note" and not "I'm not going to murder him"?

And now Sherlock's passing Joan off as an expert in home security, and she's just going along with it. SO CUTE.

"I don't believe it was milk in that bottle, I believe it was acetone."
Oh, that's clever.

"Some of England's watchmen border on the competence." Hee.

I love Sherlock's method of getting in touch with Langdale Pike. And Joan's reaction.

Oh, Sherlock. Stop insisting that Joan is going to have sex with Mycroft. She doesn't want to.

(I also love Langdale Pike's method of getting in touch with Sherlock.)

"You know there's nothing happening here, right?"
"You thought this was a romantic engagement?"

Mycroft's speech is making me really sad. "How does one become Sherlock Holmes' friend?"

AND THEN WE SWITCH TO AN EQUALLY-SAD-MAKING SCENE. "I want to apologize. For not protecting you, when we worked together."

Lestrade really is a fame junkie, isn't he?

This is very convoluted.

"It's going to be your solicitor. You can just tell him you're headed into custody."

This confrontation is breaking my heart. "I will not enable you anymore. I am withdrawing your drug of choice." :(

"Welcome to caring about an addict." :( :( :(

"Your collection included a genuine shrunken head, what appeared to be a genuine Picasso, and an entire set of books on bomb building."
AND THEN HE BLOWS UP SHERLOCK'S BELONGINGS.
"I consider us even now."

"He used a homemade explosives device to destroy what was left of my things."
And then Joan is speechless for a moment. And then: "Sounds like he's a little more like you than you thought." Hee.

Welcome back, show, you're still awesome. ♥♥♥

And next week a math-based mystery. That should be interesting ...