Heartwarming / 221B

• "Brother": Holmes notices Watson watching him and Mycroft and deduces his regret about his wayward brother, long since dead. Silently, he promises to try harder to be a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
• "Better": Watson comes to Holmes' bedside after receiving a telegram about him becoming ill during a solo case. Holmes dryly answers the doctor's remonstrances about his ignoring his health by saying he's glad to see him too, and, when Watson asks him how he's feeling, he answers, "Better."
• "None Better": A case has gone wrong and Holmes and Mary are waiting for news about Watson. The doctor comes out, tells them it's not serious, and advises them that one of them could see him before the morphine takes effect if he/she hurries. Mary tells Holmes to go first, which he refuses in deference to her. She insists, knowing that her husband will be worrying about his friend's survival.
  If I had had to lose Watson to a woman, he could have chosen none better.
• "Boy": While Watson recounts the story of the Speckled Band, one of the Irregulars questions why Holmes sat on the bed during the stakeout if he knew the villain intended to kill its occupant. Wiggins snaps that, obviously, he didn't want Watson directly in harm's way. Holmes, listening in, tells him it's a sound deduction.
• "Bow": Mary Morstan, soon to be Watson, comes to Holmes to tell him she hopes he doesn't mean to drop out of Watson's life after the marriage and reassuring him that she's all right with sharing. Holmes, looking unusually relieved, bows respectfully and tells her she's a remarkable woman.
• "Brusquely" forms the middle of a segment arc in which Watson becomes seriously ill with influenza. While Holmes is holding an Unbroken Vigil at his bedside, Mrs. Hudson comes in with the news that he has a client. Holmes turns him down, telling her to say that he already has a case.
  Mrs. Hudson: He is most insistent —
  Holmes: My present client is far more important.
• "Lestrade I and II": Lestrade arrives just in time to save Holmes and Watson from a group of criminals...and to see one of said criminals shoot Watson just before Lestrade can stop him. The horrified Holmes, who the doctor had shoved to the ground for his own safety, cradles his unconscious friend for a few seconds until he wakes and manages to tell him that the wound isn't serious.
• "Bewildered": Holmes comes home from a case, half angry and half defeated after deducing that his client had hired him in an attempt to cover up his own crimes. He contemplates the state of the world and wonders if there's any point in continuing to fight these people. Then he spots Watson helping a young family and promptly thanks the confused doctor for restoring his faith in the world.
• "Never Broken": It's early in Holmes and Watson's friendship, and the doctor has just killed a criminal to keep him from murdering Holmes, the first time he's ever killed a man outside of war. Watson is shaken by how easily he did it. Holmes admires the strength of character that leads his roommate to consider even killing a criminal with a hostage an unpleasant event and points out to Watson that he saved his life.