#lestrade sherlock

SPOILERS FOR SEASON 2 LAST EPISODE/SEASON 3 FIRST EPISODE 

(Apologies for not spelling their names right. I also don’t know have any idea why this is so long.)

Ok, you know how in the beginning, like, the very first episode I believe? Sherlock has those patch things. Nicotine patches I believe they’re called? But anyway, he had nicotine patches, and so did Lestrade. Sherlock said, “I don’t even smoke.” And then pushed up his sleeve to show the patches. Lestrade replied “Neither do I.” and showed Sherlock his patches. 

Then Sherlock went and “died” and what is Lestrade doing when Sherlock goes to tell him he isn’t dead? LESTRADE. IS. SMOKING. LIKE, I KNOW IT’S BEEN 2 YEARS, BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NICOTINE PATCHES LESTRADE.

Is it because he misses Sherlock, or because Sherlock can’t help him with work?

Someone must have pointed this out already but I noticed it and needed to share with y'all.

In Many Happy Returns, Anderson and Lestrade are sitting next to each other wearing THESE EXTREMELY TELLING OUTFITS with a MIRROR besides them, when Anderson goes

"He's out there, he's hiding. But he can't stop himself from getting involved. It's so obviously him, if you know how to spot the signs."

Now my point is that Anderson mirrors what John must have been like right after the Fall. And Lestrade had always been by his (John) side, being the brain and trying to make him accept reality. That's why Greg was so sceptical about his state of mind when he went to see John afterwards. He knew how he had been like before so he knew the man was not okay, even if he had gotten a bit better with no more conspiracy theories and all. He was never going to be okay as far as he knew.

The thing with the quote though is: who knows Sherlock well enough to say something like that? Certainly not Anderson. John, on the other hand, had said so himself in TRF:

“I (John) know you (Sherlock) for real. No one could pretend being such an annoying dick all the time.”