The Lestrade Effect

Just as Sherlock concludes his insightful first analysis of the crime scene, the hapless Inspector Lestrade comes puffing up, right on schedule, but too late. Sherlock turns away disdainfully, moving on to the next problem. Lestrade now faces spending the next hours re-discovering what took Sherlock a few minutes to discern. 1 This is all very funny and plays to Sherlock's vanity, but Lestrade has…