Ted was briefly angry with Sherlock too, for looking up the police report. But once he calmed down, he considered it a bit more, and, well, what was Sherlock supposed to do? He probably had the same concerns that Joan did, and Joan had asked him to do it. He wouldn't say no to that.

It's just a little awkward, knowing that they've both known about it for some time - that feeling of them maybe talking about it behind his back. But that's just not something he can focus on right now.

"Um... How did the case go?" he asks, since he hasn't heard anything about it. He doesn't know if they finished, but he assumes they don't plan on working on it now.