The Final Problem

adireadire asked: Was it someone else on the stretcher? It definitely looked like someone else - if so, why bother?

Yes, but only after John had seen Sherlock “dead” and they were about to take the body into St. Bart’s.

Sherlock:

Not Sherlock:

As for why—I’d say it’s because Sherlock had somewhere else he wanted to be more than in the hospital at that moment.