When Lestrade says, "Sherlock Holmes is a great man, and I think one day, if we're all very very lucky, he might even be a good one." (can also be found in the article, under "Anti Hero").
When Mycroft is talking to his assistant about John, "Interesting, that soldier fellow. He could be the making of my brother... or make him worse than ever."
The above implies that Sherlock could easily go either way, at the moment. Which may be true, but there is more evidence to the contrary, given by Sherlock himself.
After all, it was Sherlock himself who said geniuses like to show off. At the end of the first episode, he has a chance to flaunt his intelligence, by telling Lestrade who it was who shot the serial killer. In the process, however, when he realizes that it's John, he decides to take the high road instead and feign ignorance. All to protect his flatmate that just saved his life.
I'm sure there are more subtle examples of this, and I'll try to add them as I think of them. But for now I guess we'll just have to wait and see if our "great" man does indeed turn out to be a "good" one.
(Like you don't already know the answer to that one.
cont.
When Lestrade says, "Sherlock Holmes is a great man, and I think one day, if we're all very very lucky, he might even be a good one." (can also be found in the article, under "Anti Hero").
When Mycroft is talking to his assistant about John, "Interesting, that soldier fellow. He could be the making of my brother... or make him worse than ever."
The above implies that Sherlock could easily go either way, at the moment. Which may be true, but there is more evidence to the contrary, given by Sherlock himself.
After all, it was Sherlock himself who said geniuses like to show off. At the end of the first episode, he has a chance to flaunt his intelligence, by telling Lestrade who it was who shot the serial killer. In the process, however, when he realizes that it's John, he decides to take the high road instead and feign ignorance. All to protect his flatmate that just saved his life.
I'm sure there are more subtle examples of this, and I'll try to add them as I think of them. But for now I guess we'll just have to wait and see if our "great" man does indeed turn out to be a "good" one.
(Like you don't already know the answer to that one.
It's Sherlock Holmes.)