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In which the show has me very worried indeed about upcoming events.

Don't you dare kill Kitty, show! Because by the ruls of tv, this looks suspiciously like a set up for an upcoming tragic death. Kitty gets to solve a case on her own in the subplot and before that gets to declare in her support group how good life with Holmes and Watson as friends is. Meanwhile, in the main plot Holmes tells Watson that he wants to promote her from protege to partner. And then the tag scene reveals that the guy who raped and tortured her, whose fate conspiciously never was mentioned, is in New York. Now, I can see two possibilities here, neither of which is appealing though one is the worst.

a) Kitty dies and in the aftermath of this, Joan moves back to Sherlock. DO NOT WANT. (I mean, nothing against them moving back together, but not for drug reasons, and definitely not for dead Kitty reasons, either.

b) Following her ACD precedent, Kitty can't resist going vigilante on her rapist. She doesn't die, but it effectively ends her relationship with Holmes & Watson. Do not want, either. I want them to part, if they must, on good terms. It's still better than Kitty dying, but not by much.

However, idealy it would be c.) Kitty while tempted into going vigilante on the guy at the last moment resists either due to external circumstance intervening (shades of M and Sherlock in season 1) or her own inclination, which means some more time as protegé, not partner; by the end of the season she is ready, but also determined to make it on her own. (Because I can't imagine the show leaving Kitty with Sherlock for longer than a season.)

Now I can't help but notice that both Kitty's case in this episode and the earlier subplot a few eps back with Gregson involved also the question of revenge versus what the victim of the attack wants, so I think whatever happens, it will involve Kitty getting into a position where she can/could take revenge. Here's hoping for the show not taking option a or b!