Sherlock: 5 Questions We Hope Are Answered In Series Three

4. Will Mycroft Get A €œGoldfish€?

Don€™t worry, I won€™t get into who I think the figurative goldfish could or should be. But the episode posed a strange question €“ one that I don€™t think many of us ever thought before: Do Mycroft and Sherlock ever get lonely? We know from several episodes that Sherlock doesn€™t want someone to share his life with, but with Mycroft being someone that we€™ve only seen in passing, I think we all thought introversion was just in their genes. Though after seeing their parents, maybe we were wrong. The deducing and IQ definitely are heredity, but even Sherlock seems like he doesn€™t want his brother to be alone like he€™d been for two years. Is this character development at play or a tribute to the fact that Mycroft might be different than Sherlock and that he does get lonely? We saw many new factors of Mycroft in The Empty Hearse, and the fact that Sherlock picked up on the fact that his brother is lonely both speak volumes of their characters. That Sherlock cares for his brother and knows enough about him and that Mycroft does in fact enjoy interactions with humans. Is that why he prefers to call? Now many people want to ask the question, €œWell, who would be his €˜goldfish€™?€ This obviously depends on Mycroft€™s sexuality, and while I can give names of people I would put him with, I think I€™ll leave my personal opinions out of this article and say that I, like Sherlock, would just want Mycroft to be with someone whose company he enjoys. Or perhaps Sherlock really meant a goldfish.