"Mycroft Holmes is the older brother of Sherlock Holmes. When Sherlock is called to London to revisit an old case, he is forced to face his older brother. Although the siblings suffered a drastic falling-out a few years earlier, Mycroft allows Sherlock and Joan Watson to stay in his new home, 221B Baker Street. It is learned that the source of the two brothers' estrangement was an incident that resulted form Sherlock deducing that Mycroft's fianc\u00E9e did not love him, and Sherlock needing to prove he was correct. He did this by having sex with her (seven times, including a time in a pod on the London Eye), which ended the engagement."@en . "Mycroft Holmes"@en . . "Mycroft Holmes (Ifans)"@en . "Restaurateur"@en . . . "\"Paint It Black\""@en . "Secret Agent"@en . . . . . "MI-6"@en . "\"The Man With the Twisted Lip\""@en . . . "\"Step Nine\""@en . "Male"@en . "\"Art in the Blood\""@en . "\"The Marchioness\""@en . "Mycroft Holmes is the older brother of Sherlock Holmes. When Sherlock is called to London to revisit an old case, he is forced to face his older brother. Although the siblings suffered a drastic falling-out a few years earlier, Mycroft allows Sherlock and Joan Watson to stay in his new home, 221B Baker Street. It is learned that the source of the two brothers' estrangement was an incident that resulted form Sherlock deducing that Mycroft's fianc\u00E9e did not love him, and Sherlock needing to prove he was correct. He did this by having sex with her (seven times, including a time in a pod on the London Eye), which ended the engagement. Sherlock's reunion with his brother happens by accident when he returns home to Baker Street, only to discover that his father has gifted the home to his brother, Mycroft. Sherlock believes that Mycroft is a lazy, unaccomplished man. While Mycroft gives as good as he gets, he is also trying to mend fences with his brother after having had Graft versus Host disease, following a bone marrow transplant to treat advanced leukemia. Shortly afterward, Mycroft arrives in New York and enlists Holmes and Watson to help solve a case involving his former fianc\u00E9e. (\"The Marchioness\") It is also revealed in this episode that Mycroft's restaurants are all named Diogenes."@en . "\"The Grand Experiment\""@en . . . "\"Blood is Thicker\""@en . . . . .