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Holmes is a thinker and an observer. His ability to notice details and their changes is unrivaled. His ego can become pure arrogance at times, though it is rightly deserved. He is entertained by baffling police and inspectors.
Like his literary namesake, Sherlock has a profound aptitude for inductive reasoning, which he invairably describes as seeing and noticing, as opposed to merely looking or knowing. This is mostly used to solve his cases, as a kind of rudimentary forensics tool, but can be employed in many tasks. Upon meeting a person, he will often 'scan' them, taking in elements of their appearance and arriving at astonishingly accurate conclusions about their pasts and personality. Watson, while initally impressed by this skill, sometimes shows exasperation at this, berating him for showing off. However, he is not infalliable; saying "there is always something" that he misses. He mistook John's sibling in for a male in the first episode due to her masculine nickname; Irene Adler completely defeated his attempts to 'scan' her, and he has mistakenly identified people as homosexuals on two different occasions (Watson and 'Jim' Moriarty).
Sherlock Holmes is what he calls a "Consulting Detective" and is currently the only one in the world as he made the profession up. He remarks in "The Hounds of Baskerville" that he only has "no friends - just one" and that is John Watson. His relationship with Detective Inspector Lestrade began as one of necessity as Lestrade does acknowledge that some crimes need outside help and Sherlock needs someone to bring him in on cases. Over the course of the second season, it appears that Lestrade has become someone that Sherlock would consider a friend. Ms. Hudson, Sherlock's landlady, takes care of some of his needs, like washing his clothes and making food, even though she seems to do so begrudingly and Sherlock is protective of her. Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older and possibly smarter brother, is the only other Holmes that has appeared on screen and the two have a rocky relationship at best.
Sherlock states that he is a "high-functioning sociopath." He is a unique young man with a mind like a 'racing engine.' He lives with John Watson in 221B Baker Street, which they rent off of Mrs. Hudson at a discounted rate because of Sherlock's help in getting her husband executed. Based on the taunts about sex from Mycroft Holmes in "A Scandal in Belgravia" it can be concluded that Sherlock is still a virgin.
Without problems to solve, Sherlock's mind will tear itself to pieces. And the more bizarre and baffling the problems, the better. He has set himself up as the world's only consulting detective, whom the police grudgingly accept as their superior.
Sherlock owns and runs his website, The Science of Deduction which has been turned into a real website as a tie in to the show by BBC. The tie in website is known as The Science of Deduction.
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