I… idea.
The CBS thing /may/ be plausible.
Maybe Joan Watson ISN’T John.
Maybe Joan Watson is an OC.
Maybe… Maybe… Oh. Ohhhohhh. That is brilliant.
I can live with it if I think Joan is an OC.
Hell, John doesn’t even have to be related to Joan.
I could pretend this happens during the three year hiatus.
Sherlock Holmes ‘dies’ in London. He does detox in NY, meets a Joan that reminds him of John and they hook up.
Holy shit.
I mean… that’s… that just might work.
It sounds like fan fiction, but it’s PLAUSIBLE.