Having him leave was fine but making him this afterthought (not even that really) for the following 9 episodes was a bit silly. In my opinion, they should have been building this up. They could have put the storyline where Holmes’ identity was stolen in an earlier episode and drew it out culminating in something more than a picture at the end of the episode. Perhaps seeing Michael sitting on his house watching sherlock and Joan from the distance or something? Some little cat and mouse things from him just to let us know he’s legitamately still around.

I think they are going to rush to wrap this up and it’s honestly a shame because the dynamic that is there between Michael and Sherlock is fascinating. Hoping they pull it off.