10 Incredible Theories About How Sherlock Faked His Own Death

4. The Mycroft/Molly Influence

Did Sherlock realise the error of his pedantic ways, and give Molly Hooper one night with him and his coat before jumping off a building? Or does her job in a mortuary have more to do with Sherlock's plea? We know all too well from Sherlock that "DNA is only as good as the records you keep": Molly had the power to either switch a body, find Sherlock a corpse to use for his trick, or simply not tell anyone that he wasn't actually dead. And on the subject of people with power, surely Mycroft knew? If Sherlock wanted to go away for a while, as the new trailer implies, help from the British government would probably help. Plus, his reaction to his little brother's death was pretty cold. Even by his standards. Surely it's a given that the two of them are involved in some way?