blinding flash of the obvious!

[wisdomeagle]

Lying awake, I realized that Sherlock Holmes is The Sentinel. They're the same story. The ship works in exactly the same in similar ways. The sharing of living quarters. The detective work. The study of the dominant character (possessed of a remarkable trait) by the less dominant one. You heard it here first, folks. Blair Sandburg is the reincarnation of John Watson.