The Best Man Speech (Part 2): The Mayfly Man While Sherlock was only focusing on solving the crime, John was focusing on saving a life – which he did. Sherlock assumed the man was dead, but in fact he was still breathing. Whereas there was no answer to this mystery, the point of it was to highlight John’s skills as a doctor. While in a shower locked from the inside, Bainbridge suffered a stab wound but the assailant and weapon were no where to be found. Sherlock borrows a hat and marches in time with the other guardsmen to sneak past the window. After sneaking in – and getting caught – Sherlock and John learned that Bainbridge had just been found dead after coming back in from guard duty. Private Bainbridge had caught Sherlock and John’s help after he noticed he was being stalked by someone both on and off duty. The first case Sherlock and John went to solve during wedding details was referred to as “The Bloody Guardsman” in which one of the Queens guardsman feared for his life. The Best Man Speech (Part 1): The Bloody Guardsman In order to illustrate their time together, Sherlock offers up a slew of random crimes they’ve solved together to highlight John’s greatest qualities: Sherlock offers himself up as a truly awful human being who has been saved all because of John, someone he will spend the rest of his life protecting and trying to replay him for all that he’s done. What starts as the most random, self indulging best man speech ever – a speech in which he not only insults everything from love and marriage to God and traditions – actually becomes one of the most heartfelt speeches of all time. “High functioning sociopath, with your number” Sherlock corrects when one of Mary’s ex’s calls him a psychopath. The Wedding: Preparations, Interrogations, and Celebrations: When Sholto was the only one to come out of the attack alive, many accused him of abandoning his men and leaving them to die. While leading patrol in Afghanistan, him and his men were ambushed.

Major James Sholto was John’s old commanding officer whom became a recluse after countless death threats against his life. Hopefully one of them can help with the speech. Comedically, Lestrade – who is about to make an arrest he has been working on for 2 years – drops everything and shows up at Sherlock’s with an entire swat team. This brief little intro doesn’t really have much story importance aside from setting up how difficult it is for Sherlock to write this best man speech. Finally, we’ll touch upon a few other points that have been evolving this season. Composed mostly of flashbacks, this episode can seem a little confusing – what Sherlock episode isn’t – but we’re going to break it down as always so that you can understand everything that’s going on. Instead he is facing the trails and tribulations of being John’s best man. Sherlock is about to face his toughest battle yet.

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