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** Every speaking Chinese character in the second episode is one or more of the following: an assassin, a circus artist, a gang member or a smuggler. Except for Soo Lin who's only a ''former'' smuggler. And she ends up dead. In fact every ethnicity shown is a sterotype, as the episode opens with Sherlock fighting a living emobodiment of an arabian stereotype, complete with curved sword. A similar sterotype shows up in Belgravia - modern day terrorists so stereotypical that they execute their prisoners with swords.

*** Yeah, terrorists still do that, if you haven't seen the news.

** Irene Adler labels herself as "gay", has [[Les Yay]] with her bodyguard, but it is her feelings for Sherlock that are ultimately presented as the most genuine. On one hand, she is {{spoiler|reduced to a helpless pawn by Mycroft and must be saved by Sherlock from ''getting her head chopped off''. On the other hand, while Sherlock may have bested her in the end, she still managed to beat him twice. That's more than most of his adversaries can say. Also, he apparently had difficulty realizing his interest in her was more than intellectual.}}

*** It's worth taking note that before she even met Sherlock, Irene has had affairs with ''both'' parties of a married couple.