We are not having a moment!
#Elementary love reason #612:
Joan 'freezes up' every time someone hands her a scalpel - Sherlock realizes that her exile from medicine was self-inflicted. He wants her to be the best she can be (detective or doctor, she should be using her skills to the fullest) so Sherlock arranges to 'encourage' her to break through that fear.....by pretending to be so inept when they do an 'autopsy' on the guy with the pacemaker, that she wouldn't be able to stand it, forcing her to grab that scalpel and do it herself.
*warm fuzzies*
Joan 'freezes up' every time someone hands her a scalpel - Sherlock realizes that her exile from medicine was self-inflicted. He wants her to be the best she can be (detective or doctor, she should be using her skills to the fullest) so Sherlock arranges to 'encourage' her to break through that fear.....by pretending to be so inept when they do an 'autopsy' on the guy with the pacemaker, that she wouldn't be able to stand it, forcing her to grab that scalpel and do it herself.
*warm fuzzies*