For his part, Sherlock has been sulking over both the arrival of the woman and the loss of his captaincy in equal parts, though he wouldn't admit the latter under pain of death. He barely even moves from his dejected slump on the sofa to send a glance in the direction of the people in the doorway. "His previous flatmate's been released and he's been reassigned here," he announces, sounding as if this very fact had been manufactured specifically to add to the unfairness of his life.