dancingsiberians

Long-time lurker, first post. Janine: Sherlock couldn't possible have become intimate with her without being unfaithful to Irene who would have surely beat the crap out of him. Maybe if Janine had a pair of handcuffs and a riding crop . . . Mary and the baby: Mary must die. That's canon. The whole idea of the baby, though, is not canon so what happens to her (it's a girl?) is wide open. Although I agree we cannot have an infant being raised at 221b (where Mrs. Hudson would be the one actually raising her .. "I'm not your babysitter!"), killing her off is not necessary. Perhaps John's sister, Harry, can raise her with John's feelings toward her somewhat ambivalent. That would leave possible some really interesting scenes, both humorous and emotional, between her and "the boys" without her existence actually getting in the way of their crime solving. An appealing scenario: There was an episode of CSI years ago where they found a pregnant teenager minutes after she committed suicide by hanging. She was dead but the baby was at term and still moving. They performed a cesarian to save the baby in what was a really emotional and touching scene. So, after Mary gets shot by the next villain, Sherlock can save John's baby while John is freaking out in the background. Yea, I like that. Moriarity: He was killed in canon and never came back and the writers have insisted that he is dead in interviews. So, I believe that. However, if I remember right, there was a brother with the same name who showed up to take revenge for Jim's death. The brother was also named James, one of many inconsistencies in ACD's works. The writers have attempted to address other inconsistencies, such as John's name and the location of his injuries. I hope they are using this opportunity to address that inconsistency by using Jim's brother (twin as someone has already suggested) rather than bring another person back from the dead. That way we can have the same actor back without suffering an unbelievable resurrection. Having said all that, I must confess that I live in the US and have not seen any of the episodes. The first one will air Sunday ... two more days. Being weak-willed, I have thoroughly spoiled myself by reading everything I can find. I am looking forward to being able to watch the actual episodes! Thank you for all of your entertaining comments.