- Moriarty has adapted like a pro to the 22nd century by the time Holmes hits the scene.
- And then Holmes proves himself to be even more awesome by adapting in less than a month to stop Moriarty on the Moon.
- Wiggins, a mere street kid, manages to impress Holmes in their first meeting by demonstrating enough astute awareness and historical knowledge to peg Holmes as a Fish out of Temporal Water, simply by picking apart his choice of clothing and language from a single sentence.
- Watson gets something of a Big Damn Heroes moment in HOUN2 when he comes riding in on the "hound", just in-time for the thing to jump into Moriarty's getaway ship.
- A little girl has New Scotland Yard running in circles and even "deceives the Master of Deceit," as Holmes so poetically puts it.
- In "The Resident Patient" Moriarty's test of a way to disguise his men not only fools Scotland Yard, but even throws Holmes off the trail for a moment.
- In SUSS2, Lestrade kicks Moriarty's ionizer out of his hand, in something of a Call-Back to his pulling a similar move on her in HOUN2.
- Moriarty and the Musgrave Sword. The man can alter matter with the thing!
- Holmes crashes a criminal's car into New Scotland Yard... just by bad driving!
- Moriarty and Holmes both use the Mazarin Chip to great effect, but Holmes's command for "Fireworks!" in the climax of the episode tops it all. Consider it a Crowning Episode of Awesome for them both.
- A crowning moment for the writers as well, taking one of the most reviled Holmes's stories and making it awesome and hilarious.
- When it gets right down to hand-to-hand combat, Holmes mops the floor with the larger Moriarty. So much for that muscular build!
- Holmes is an 80s-something soul in a 25-year-old body. Clearly, a recipe for pure win.
- The entire premise of the show in the first place!
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