sentimental-carp asked:
This is a bit late, but regarding Irene: personally, the only way I can redeem her portrayal in that episode is to say that she didn't really fall in love with Sherlock. Instead, she saw someone who is/was unfamiliar with differentiating sexual and emotional attraction, and played upon that to make him believe she was in love with him. So yes, he does rescue her at the end, but was that really because she was in love with him? Or did he just think that?
