So it is just BBCThree who do not love her?

 

Indeed. 

Oh BBC 3's always at it...it's like the wild teenager of the BBC world!

Who's shunting  anybody off?

And not a private tv channel, but public and tax funded 

I think BBC Three and I may be soul mates.

I think Sherlock was being kind to Mary...it was attempted surgery, not totally without risk! She could just as easily have blasted his brains out.
I think Sherlock just thought John needed to know the truth...possibly, too, he thought Mary may have another go at CAM and at that time wanted to prevent his.
Mainly I can move on because Sherlock and John seem to have done.
But more explanation is always welcome and it'll be interesting to see what they do with mother and babe.
I am currently swaying to Mary taking a bullet for somebody..maybe she goes to warn the boys about a trap or something.
 

Last edited by besleybean (December 21, 2014 8:44 am)

We have had this before but John and Sherlock both killed for selfless reasons and Mary did/does not. John and Sherlock are basically acting out of moral principles (Sherlock deduces this as eary als ASiP) and Mary acts out of selfish motives. 
I simply cannot see John thinking "oh, yes, you killed lots of people in the past but if you had important reasons, I am fine with it". He has been shown as a moral compass to Sherlock. So why would he accept anything less in his wife?

And what is interesting: Here we have a man who brings a gun to a Christmas party just because his friend asks him to do so. What did he expect? John had no idea of the Magnussen plan. The only potentially dangerous person at the Holmeses cottage is his own wife. 

Well, Mary implies that she kills the bad guys who are beyond the law - just like John and Sherlock (the cabbie, Moriarty and Magnussen).  Magnussen implies something worse, but it's not clear (and it's Magnussen!), and John might just believe what he wants to believe (I think that's actually true to life - if you suddenly found out that somebody you loved and trusted was a killer, you'd probably easily believe that they must have had a very good reason.  I think you try to fit things in with what you already "know").   We're just not given enough of Mary's background to judge properly. 

Self-protection obviously isn't selfless, but it's actually a pretty good reason/excuse.  It's not just about keeping John for her, but staying alive (and protecting the unborn baby, possibly, too).   I think John could recognise that, especially if he believes the surgery story.  I just wish that they'd given us more to go on if they want us to accept it.

I think some people overestimate Moftiss a bit. These are the geniuses who didn't think of googling the German justice system (Mark said somewhere that this is because it's from Anderson's perspective. Nice try, doesn't work). Not everything they write makes complete sense but actually I'm fine with that. I still think they're good. 

I think they wrote the shooting for shock value and then created the assassin story in order to sell it. Maybe not everyone bought it, but for the casual viewer, the explanation probably makes enough sense to suspend disbelief. They don't really write for people who spend more time thinking about the stories than they do themselves. 

With that in mind, I don't think they'll linger on explaining this story. We'll probably see John still angry about it while Sherlock has moved on. My personal solution would be to make Mary the McMurdo character. I think it was the Boss who first suggested that idea here, I still think it's the best one so far.