Yes. One of (many) reasons why Jeremy Bretts!Holmes is my favourite Sherlock of them all is that while the intellect and the emotional distance to most people is there, Brett's Holmes is also capable of kindness, and has a genuine distaste/anger towards injustice. Which got lost in many a later Holmes' brilliant egomaniac interpretation. But this Holmes seems to have both capacities.

Also, it occurs to me that this spin on Holmes-as-recovering-addict with Watson originally assigned to him in this capacity makes for a parallel/contrast to the case in the pilot, as the villain is a doctor who abused such a position of trust. Most often, villains dark-mirror the detective/hero; in this case, you could say he mirrors/contrasts Watson, and the patient/murderer-against-his-will contrasts/mirrors Holmes.