“原著中并没有提及歇洛克·福尔摩斯是毫无感情的人。只是说，他认为情感会妨碍他的科学思维。”魔法特的这句话也让我挺感动的。再翻译一段。从这一段来看，艾琳在剧中存在的意义不仅是一段浪漫史那么简单。
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而这一年的主题，正是关于那些他深深关心着的人们的。某种程度来说，他意识到：“那不是一个弱点，那是一种力量。”他自己想明白了这个问题。他确实有感情。那使他感到惊讶，更甚于他曾经冷血无情的事实。他终于搞清楚，为什么他的推理手段在艾琳·艾德勒身上不起作用了。他花了几年来搞清楚这件事（！！！）。从这个意义上来说，他变得成熟了。
And this is the year, thematically, he realizes there are people about whom he cares deeply. And at a certain point, he'll be like, "That's not a weakness, that's a strength." But it's him realizing that. He does care that [a certain remark upsets a colleague]. That surprises him even more than the fact that he was blind to [something that was obvious to everyone else]. He finally figures out why he can't function around Irene Adler [of "Scandal"]. It takes him ages to figure that out. It's that element of growing up.