I was rewatching this show and I remembered that, after returning from MI6 Sherlock just says the most highly disrespectful shit to Joan and I never feel like it was properly addressed lmao 😭.

He says, when he’s trying to explain himself, “The experience I’d had with you, the one that kept me focused and grounded, could be replicated…. I realized it wasn’t you I was afraid of losing, not really. It was our relationship, the mechanics of it…. So I realized I could do it again!”

Obv the characters r flawed, which I love bc the show addresses the flaws head on and is often p nuanced I think. I remember, on my first watch, expecting them to later address that he basically said she was unimportant and their relationship was replicable, and they never rly did! By the end of the episode when Joan says she’ll agree to work with him again and offers help if he needs it in a case, I was like girl no why, he abandoned you and returned w literally the rudest explanation possible 😭😭.

Did this bother anyone else? Did you feel like it was resolved effectively? Just curious what other fans thought!