besleybean wrote:

John seemed to still have his own house.

 
We see no indication for that. I don't think he could afford a house and child care at the same time. Besides, even Mary calls them her 221b Baker Street boys.  They are both living there now.

I think he was just visiting.
Not a good place for a child.

I like that thought

Kae Em wrote:

ewige wrote:

besleybean wrote:

John seemed to still have his own house.

 
We see no indication for that. I don't think he could afford a house and child care at the same time. Besides, even Mary calls them her 221b Baker Street boys. They are both living there now.

I agree. John definitly still had his own flat/house when he received Mary's DVD, but I also understood the last montage in a way that later, they were both living at 221b Baker Street again.
 

I like the idea very much (of course!), but - where? There is only one free room left, on the second floor. The little girl will need her own room soon, and the flat will be simply too small.
I also believe, John, as the retired soldier, gets some money, and he still can work. And I guess, Mary's previous job was rather good priced, and Mary most likely left to her family all her savings. 

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besleybean wrote:

John and Sherlock will not share a room.
Will seriously impede John' dating action.
Unless they agree that he always goes to his girlfriend's house and Sherlock only ever meets Irene at the Harvester.
Rosie would have to be in the downstairs room as well.

I agree, except "downstairs room" - you mean Sherlock's room?  Or 221 C?
 

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Schmiezi wrote:

Do John and Rosie live at 221b at the end?

I believe, they are on the visit..

kgreen20 wrote:

Naavy wrote:

Preceja wrote:

I think that different age of child actors is the smallest problem. But what to do with her? They must jump several years, now they are in 2015, but it is not enough.
In canon John had several wives, only Mary was  mentioned at least by name. So John can get married again, his wife only mentioned as existing and can take care of Rosie. But I am not sure if it is a good solution. 

I really liked Sherlock's interaction with Archie, and I would be happy to see Archie in the fourth season too. Though there was no place or time to bring him back to the story, i imagine, the next child character could work pretty good too. And, taking into account, that John is the lonely parent now, a nanny (or nannies) as the next new character(s) could be the interesting part of the new season too.
Nannies could take care of 3 or 5 or 7 years old Rosie. And let's add Sherlock, deducing the new nannies, or disguised criminals ;) and new threats - there could be the great variety of new opportunities :D

Not a bad idea, but who would pay the nanny's salary?  John can't afford to, since he's not rich, so the Holmeses would have to do so. 

He is the retired soldier, who was shot - he surely gets some money because it. And he works. But, what is more important - Mary was the "agent"- assassin, I believe she was good paid for it, and surely preserved some money. 

Crossposting, Preceja, but we think the same way

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Naavy wrote:

He is the retired soldier, who was shot - he surely gets some money because it. And he works. But, what is more important - Mary was the "agent"- assassin, I believe she was good paid for it, and surely preserved some money. 

Crossposting, Preceja, but we think the same way

It's been established that John can't afford London on his army pension.
It hasn't been established that Mary had cash secreted away somewhere. She has been definitely well-paid in the past but a life on the run takes its toll. Besides, Ajay must have been paid just as handsomly and we see him in a bedsit it TST instead of a James Bond style residence.

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Naavy wrote:

ewige wrote:

It's been established that John can't afford London on his army pension.
It hasn't been established that Mary had cash secreted away somewhere. She has been definitely well-paid in the past but a life on the run takes its toll. Besides, Ajay must have been paid just as handsomly and we see him in a bedsit it TST instead of a James Bond style residence.

Ajaj needed to keep the low profile, and he did not really care, how he lived - he wanted only to revenge.
John was short of money, but he had no work then, and Sherlock's cases also sometimes were profitable (like in TBB).. 
And Mary's run was not really expensive, rather smart. I really doubt, if a bit of traveling could be enough to empty her account.

Bit of travelling not.... but those doctored documents proving her false identity would be expensive as hell.

By the way, Sherlock could not have afforded Baker street alone, too at the beginning and his cases are profitable only sometimes. How is it that now he has no problem with money and rent? Or has he a special price (or more special price then before) from Ms. Hudson? 

Preceja wrote:

By the way, Sherlock could not have afforded Baker street alone, too at the beginning and his cases are profitable only sometimes. How is it that now he has no problem with money and rent? Or has he a special price (or more special price then before) from Ms. Hudson? 

Why do we believe Sherlock when he says that he can´t afford the Baker Street flat?
He obviously has no problems with money - using cabs as his main means of transportation, doing his job for free, refusing money from Sebastian Wilkes, offering John his bank account in TBB...
When he says that they can afford the flat together, I believe he just wants to lure some flatmate into Baker Street, because he hates to be alone - but maybe he is in fact very rich?
 

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