You both Liberty and SusiGo have a point. I even think it may have been better for John had Mary been what he thought at first instead of an adventurer. Maybe if she had been happy as a primary caregiver, John could have come back to sharing a lot of time with Sherlock and have Mary and the baby as well. But you are right, SusiGo: three is a crowd, and someone has to take care of the baby. And neither John nor Mary seem very enthusiastic about it, thus the sense of "something is missing".
 

Last edited by Elemental (February 23, 2017 12:47 pm)

Sadly the point is moot, now.

I would hope it could, but we might not see it, anyway.
I maintain that John still has his own house at the end of S 4, anyway.

The baby doesn't seem to be nearly as much of a problem as we anticipated.  She's practically non-existent throughout TLD, despite John rushing off on Sherlock-related business at short notice.   So there is that precedent if they were to continue - that Rosie would just be a background presence, who doesn't cause any practical problems!

I like a lot of it, but the writer doesn't speak for me when talking about why we forgive Sherlock for faking his death.  I forgive him because he was trying to save the world in the best way he knew how.  If he'd faked his death because he was angry and wanted to hurt John, then that would be much more difficult to forgive. 

But I do think the end of TLD kind of resolves their relationship, and "forgives" John.