Once Ted is sitting next to her, Joan takes his hand and threads their fingers together, giving it a squeeze. She knows that hearing things about Rupert and the terrible things he's done isn't easy for him. Meanwhile, Sherlock gets up and heads to the kitchen to make tea.

"Thank you," she says. "Did the news make it to America?"

Clearly he's newly arrived from the US, and Joan's curious whether he got his information from the news or from another source.