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{{quote| ''Hamish. John Hamish Watson. Just if you're looking for baby names.''}}
* [[Destination Defenestration]]: The fate of {{spoiler|the American [[Mook]] who threatened to shoot John and beat up Mrs Hudson}}. Multiple times over, if Sherlock is to be believed.
* [[Did You Actually Believe?]]: {{spoiler|Subverted when Sherlock proves Irene's infatuation with him was real.}}
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: {{spoiler|Dinky little painted boomerangs sold to tourists don't come back, however you throw them.}}
** {{spoiler|No, you can get returning dinky little boomerangs. It's doubtful that they'd give you anything more than a bad bruise but they do return. Sort of.}}
** {{spoiler|If you slow down the episode enough, the boomerang actually hits him more in the throat or the side of the neck. It makes death-by-dinky-little-boomerang (which looks a little more like wood instead of thin plastic) more believable, but creates a plothole when Irene said he had a "bashed-in head."}}
* [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]]: John, naturally.
** {{spoiler|And possibly Irene. ''Maybe'' Sherlock.}}
* [[Dominatrix]]
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** Sherlock obtains Irene's phone at Christmas but doesn't examine it until spring, which makes no sense. Also, shortly thereafter, Irene says he's had her phone for six months.
** The entire Pakistan scene, while fun, is nonsensical - among other things, there's no reason for the characters to be there.
* [[Fun Withwith Subtitles]]: Sherlock's first reading of [[Naked First Impression|Irene]] only gives him "???????". He glances over at John and is able to deduce how he spent his night just fine, but Irene leaves him absolutely flummoxed.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: "He fell out of a window." Cut to {{spoiler|John patching up Mrs Hudson's injuries when something falls from the direction of Sherlock's window with a loud ''WHUMP''}}.
{{quote| '''Mrs Hudson:''' Oh! That was right on my bins!}}
* [[Girl -On -Girl Is Hot]]: John's apparent reaction to learning what Irene does for a living. Sherlock has to remind him to put his teacup down.
* [[Held Gaze]]: Between Irene and Sherlock in the space of two very short scenes, leading to John's [[Deadpan Snarker]] moment above.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Sherlock for about five days, after {{spoiler|identifying Irene's body at the morgue}}.
** Mycroft gets a ''major'' one after {{spoiler|receiving Moriarty's text message. He is so upset he actually ''takes off his jacket''}}.
* [[Hit Me Dammit]]: Sherlock asks John to punch him in the face, as part of his disguise on first meeting Irene Adler. When John hesitates, Sherlock provokes him by hitting him first. [[Pint -Sized Powerhouse|John]] responds by ''flooring'' him, then putting him in a headlock and reminding him that killing people used to be part of his ''profession.'' This is all surprisingly hilarious.
* [[The Internet Is for Porn]]: "If I wanted to look at naked women I'd borrow John's computer."
{{quote| '''John''': You do borrow my computer.}}
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** Really obscure one: John's blog counter is broken, and always says 1,895 hits. The last line of the poem "221B" by Sherlockian Vincent Garrett is "And it is always eighteen niney-five".
* [[Naked First Impression]]: Irene's 'battle dress' renders the [[Sherlock Scan]] useless… {{spoiler|until he figures out the password to her safe from her measurements}}.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|In wanting to one-up (or show off to) Irene Adler, Sherlock accidentally wrecks an [[MI 6]]-CIA joint counterterrorism operation. Moriarty was certainly thankful, though.}}
* [[No Sell]]: Irene, being naked, can't be "read" by Sherlock, and he in turn is resistant to her full-court press of seduction. {{spoiler|Still, her naked body does make an impression on him, and if the viewer watches closely, he does manage to insult her while he's explaining the crime.}}
* [[Not So Harmless]] / [[Tranquil Fury]]: Sherlock, upon realising that 221B has been broken into and the Americans have {{spoiler|kidnapped and beaten Mrs Hudson}}.
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: Sherlock ''apologises'' for once. To Molly Hooper, of all people.
** The look on John's face is PRICELESS.
* [[Precision F -Strike|Precision S Strike]]: Mycroft calls John on Christmas Eve, after Sherlock has just left him to return home to Baker Street. There's a cryptic conversation about John and Mrs Hudson not being able to "find anything" in any of the usual places, and "it looks like he's clean". John then asks if Sherlock "took the cigarette". When Mycroft says he did, John's response is "... ''Shit."'' It's the only instance of the word in the series so far, and a standout line from a character who managed to ''not'' swear even when he found a human head in his fridge.
* [[Please Put Some Clothes On]]: Firstly to Sherlock from Mycroft's men (politely) and Mycroft himself (not so politely). Secondly to Irene from John.
* [["Previously On..."]]: The second season begins with a [[Aspect Montage|montage]] of clips from the pool scene in "The Great Game" with juxtaposed voices.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Sherlock gets an accidental one in the middle of Buckingham Palace, thanks to Mycroft's vindictiveness.
{{quote| '''Mycroft:''' This is a matter of national importance. ''Grow up!''<br />
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'''Mycroft:''' Or what?<br />
'''Sherlock:''' …Or I'll just walk away! }}
* [[Shout -Out]] The flight number from London to Baltimore? [[James Bond|007]].
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Mrs Hudson, of all people.
* [[Totally Radical]]: Invoked. By Sherlock. In Buckingham Palace.
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* [[Visual Pun]]: When John is complaining about Mycroft's penchant for sending anonymous black cars to take him to meetings in strange places, he accuses Mycroft of having a "bloody stupid power complex". Cut to the location of the latest meeting: Battersea Power Station.
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste|Woman of Wealth and Taste]]: Irene Adler not only has a large house and enormous wardrobe, but her smartphone is a Vertu Constellation Quest, with a price tag of £17,300. She wasn't fighting to get it back just for its contents.
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: {{spoiler|Of course not.}}
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Come on, you know ''every'' episode of this show is a [[Wham! Episode]].
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Molly gives Sherlock one after he's terribly rude to her in public, ''again''. [[Pet the Dog|He actually apologises.]]
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Irene to Sherlock.
 
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