Sherlock Holmes (film)/Heartwarming

No use hiding those tears, Watson.

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Sherlock Holmes

• When Mary was seeing to a very injured Watson, she asked the doctor how Watson was doing. The doctor excused himself, and she asked him if that was the best he could do. Mary figured out that the doctor was Holmes. Without verbally acknowledging his true identity, she comforted him and told him that Watson had gone into this willingly and saw it as an adventure, and she encouraged him to try to fix this situation. Knowing Holmes, he would know that she knew who he was, making it an important moment of understanding between the two of them.
  • Also a Crowning Moment of Awesome for Mary recognizing him.
• The moment in 2009's Sherlock Holmes when Holmes very awkwardly tells Watson that he's glad he survived the explosion.
  • And when, having spent the entire movie subtly and not-so-subtly trying to break up Watson and Mary, he donates a big-ass diamond (liberated from Irene Adler, who in-turn liberated it from an Indian maharaj) for their engagement ring.
• The Reveal that Lestrade believed Holmes about Blackwood's plan to take over, and gave him the key to his cuffs.
• The departure of Irene Adler at the end of the first film:

Irene: (with tears in her eyes and one running down her cheek, smiling) You'll miss me, Holmes.
Sherlock: Sadly...yes. (he wipes away her tear and kisses her forehead before getting up to leave)

• • Kicked into Tear Jerker status in the reveal of her fate in Game of Shadows, where this exchange is retroactively given a great deal more weight.
• Holmes and Clarkie, an officer, have something of a friendship throughout the movie, and when a warrant is put out for the former's arrest, Clarkie finds Holmes, assures him Watson will be fine, and orders him to disappear before the others find him.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

• In Game of Shadows, the look of relief on Watson's face after Holmes un-dies after Watson injects him with the serum Holmes gave him as a wedding present was quite touching.
  • And his attempt at CPR before that.

You selfish bastard!

• Sebastian Moran, for all his wicked deeds, cares deeply enough for Moriarty that he digs him out of a huge pile of wreckage after nearly being killed himself.
• In one scene from A Game of Shadows, Watson rushes to the side of a bloodied Holmes. In an interesting combination of Call Back and Tear Jerker, Holmes, who has just been brutally tortured and had a building collapsed on top of him, smiles up at him and weakly declares, "Always good to see you, Watson."
• At the end of the second film, you can see quite a large number of people attending Holmes' funeral. Even Inspector Lestrade shows up!
  • The plaque.
  • The Baker Street Irregulars in the front row.
• Holmes at Watson's wedding looking happy for him especially if you remember the last film.
• And when Holmes managed to drag the hungover Watson and helped him get ready.
• The ballroom scene, Ho Yay aside, it is genuinely sweet to see Holmes and Watson not bicker for a change and smile and get along. This may be a Tear Jerker considering what happens next