so the writers recognize that a single stab wound to the abdominal area can be fatal but we’re supposed to believe that a gunshot wound to the fucking chest was “surgery” lol ok
Honestly I filed this one away under “Sherlock talks bullshit sometimes.”
And anyway, isn’t it more interesting that way?
If Mary meant to kill, but then wavered at the last second because John.
And if Sherlock knows that, and turned ‘she hesitated’ into a BS story about a ‘surgical shot’ because John.
And from then on, they both go through life being like, “Wow, remember that time we mutually almost fucked John’s life up to maximum capacity?” and giving each other complicated looks over the dinner table because John.