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Step Nine: “Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”
When we rejoin our duo in season two, it doesn’t seem like much has changed in their day to day life. With the exception of Joan being fifty percent more badass than previously when she single-handedly takes down a runner that Sherlock lost sight of. So when Sherlock receives a mysterious call that sends them to London we hit the ground running with the introduction of several new characters and Sherlock’s attempt to make amends with at least one of them along the way.
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Let’s start with Lestrade and much how Irene was the spiral into addiction for Sherlock, Sherlock was the trigger for Lestrade to fall into his own kind of addiction. We’re not talking heroin here, instead we’re talking about being in the spotlight. Fame is an addictive drug and after Sherlock left London, Lestrade struggled to stay up to the standard that was afforded to him by claiming he was the one who solved Sherlock’s cases. Sean Pertwee was a great Lestrade and his introduction in the cold open should have shocked anyone who didn’t already know he was cast for the part.
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After Sherlock cracks the case of the week, he decides he’s going to make amends with Lestrade by not letting him take the credit for solving this case. To Sherlock’s surprise however, Lestrade calls the bluff and claims credit anyway knowing that Sherlock wouldn’t publicly out himself as the one who solved it. Which leaves Sherlock feeling for the first time the frustrated mix of emotions that come with caring for an addict. I hope we’ll see Lestrade pop in again as the season goes on, as they certainly have some unfinished business and I doubt this will be the last time he gets into trouble.
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Of course, we can’t have an episode in London without paying a visit to 221b Baker Street--Sherlock’s former haunt. The surprise comes when we discover that Sherlock’s things are gone and his brother Mycroft is now living there instead. It turns out their relationship came fell apart five years ago when Mycroft discovered Sherlock ‘face deep in his fiance’ in what was Sherlock’s attempt to prove she was after their family fortune and not really in love with Mycroft at all. Ouch.
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So clearly the brothers have issues and it seems like neither really cares to make amends until we discover that Mycroft was extremely ill recently. It’s always great when Sherlock seems certain he knows what his brother wants, to bed Joan as revenge for the fiance debacle, but it turns out his grand deductive assumption is incorrect all along. Which really Sherlock you don’t have to assume Watson wants to ride on your bone zone so much that she’d take on a so-called cheap imitation instead...not everyone wants to fuck you. In reality, Mycroft is all too curious about how Joan broke through to become Sherlock’s friend and not just his associate. I can’t help but love how he follows Joan’s advice and really grabs Sherlock’s attention by blowing up the last of his things with a homemade bomb detonated at a storage facility. An act I daresay impresses Sherlock to a degree. We’re going to be seeing more of Mycroft this season and I’m eager to see how this relationship evolves back over in the colonies.
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Overall, the season two premiere didn’t break any new molds for the show, but it honestly didn’t need to. Why mess with a formula that’s working well? I do hope we continue to see relationships evolve all around as the season continues. Also not enough Detective Bell and Captain Gregson for my taste, but what can you do when you’re off on a case in a completely different country?
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