It felt like they only included this scene for shock value, and it was just really unnecessary and out of place. They were clearly trying to set Jamie up for a redemption arc towards the end of Season 1, but it was hard to look past his actions in the pilot and just made for a really inconsistent character arc. Plus, it made the timeline confusing and didn't really add anything to the overall mystery.
It honestly should have just been cut altogether."Sherlock having a secret sister was definitely not an arc that was needed, plus the teasing that Moriarty would somehow come back, the queerbaiting, the episodes making fun of popular fan theories, introducing Watson's wife only to have her needlessly killed right at the end..."Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity. Not all submissions were from Community users.