Alex the Dabbler

Here is a good interview with Sian Brooke about Series 4 and potentially future series:

Well, Mark Gatiss seems to think that Series 5 is at least two years away: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-07-18/a-new-series-of-sherlock-is-even-longer-than-two-years-away-says-mark-gatiss

Hopefully this won't get in the way of filming Sherlock Series 5: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-20/steven-moffat-and-mark-gatiss-reunite-the-sherlock-team-for-a-remake-of-dracula

Here is a Radio Times article about this: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-16/does-mark-gatiss-have-any-sherlock-regrets-maybe-we-shouldnt-have-killed-off-moriarty-in-the-second-season

Not surprising, but Andrew Scott says that Series 5 is at least two years away: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-07/any-new-sherlock-is-at-least-a-couple-of-years-away-says-andrew-scott My guess is that Series 5 filming will commence in 2019 or 2020.

Martin Freeman is involved in a Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band documentary: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-04-26/sherlocks-martin-freeman-to-front-sgt-pepper-at-50-beatles-documentary

Not a surprise, but Mark and Sue believe that there could be a fifth series: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-04-12/the-future-of-sherlock-is-still-bright-according-to-its-creators

You may get an opportunity to see a Sherlock music concert in the near future: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-04-10/a-sherlock-series-4-music-concert-is-on-its-way

Here's another new piece: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-15/benedict-cumberbatch-and-chris-hemsworth-have-fun-improvising-on-the-set-of-doctor-strange

Apparently one of the S4 episodes was going to be called "Backlash": http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-02/mark-gatiss-almost-named-a-sherlock-episode-backlash-because-he-expected-an-outcry

Radio Times has a good Q & A interview with Sian Brooke: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-01/sherlock-star-sian-brooke-on-playing-eurus-holmes---and-all-her-alter-egos

Unfortunately this turned out to be extremely popular and they're sold out already: https://sherlock.tmstor.es/cart/product.php?id=30942&cur=USD Apparently there was a problem with the site yesterday, but I was able to preorder the CDs today. :D

Unfortunately this turned out to be extremely popular and they're sold out already: https://sherlock.tmstor.es/cart/product.php?id=30942&cur=USD Added next day: Then again, see following post!

I think this is promising news for a Series 5: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-01-20/mark-gatiss-and-steven-moffat-reveal-where-sherlock-could-go-in-series-5 As to whether there will be a fifth series, Moffat added: “If this was the last time – we’re not planning it, but it might be, it’s possible – we could end it there. We couldn’t have ended it on any of the previous series because they always ended up with whopping great cliffhangers." He said a fifth series would see Sherlock and John – no surprises here – "solving crimes". :D

I guess, like Sherlock, Benedict loves to dance: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-01-19/benedict-cumberbatch-busting-awesome-dance-moves-on-the-set-of-sherlock-is-truly-mesmerising

Part of my dismay with watching this episode was based on the title, "The Final Problem", which raised my expectations. I wouldn't have been nearly as disappointed had it been titled something like "House of Horrors". :lol2:

I don't think those numbers can reflect how viewers felt about this episode; if they didn't watch it, how did they know what to think of it? Unless they all tuned in for 10 minutes then changed the channel, and that got counted as "not watching." Which is possible, I suppose. Probably it's more a reflection of how they felt about the first episode! Or it could be a response to seeing The Final Problem teaser.

I think a lot of people didn't like it or at least were a little let down. I felt that way about the first one. For me, a lot of what saved this one was seeing it in a cinema with a live audience. But I think if I watched it at home I might not have enjoyed it as much. In my opinion this is probably the most flawed season of the show, even though there was much in it that I liked. The episodes just did not feel cohesive and the overall look and pacing of the show was all over the place- sometimes wonderful, and sometimes not so much. I think the huge waits between seasons are starting to take their toll. Expectations are raised too high for the rare event that is an episode. Really sorry you feel sad, I hope it may help to revisit your favourites. It has real potential, if they could made it out. There are some killer moments, but overall the episode feels very cheap. The gorgeousness of the editing is gone, so did the story. Look at the explosion, it looks so cheap. And how on the earth they remained uninjured jumping through a window? I guess the writers and the editors were bored out of their minds, maybe the whole team of Sherlock. They made this episode just to finish the show off. It looks like Motfiss had lost their real interest in this show. But the PR got our hopes up too much. Television history? Bleh!!! Everything would work better if they changed the whole Morality Maze idea into a series of cases or something like that, something like TGG or TRF. Maybe they would chase around London to find Eurus and she set a set of games for them, instead of that unrealistic asylum take over and dull grey wall sets. Ah, I need to write a fix it fanfic now. I loved the show too much, even the worst episodes, but this episode is not worth for another watch. Here is more on the Molly scene change: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-01-15/that-scene-in-mollys-kitchen-in-the-sherlock-finale-was-almost-very-different

Yes, it was disappointing and apparently a lot of other viewers felt the same way: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-01-16/sherlock-records-its-lowest-ever-overnight-audience-with-59m-tuning-into-series-four-finale Let's hope that Moffat and Gatiss learn that there is such a thing as too much of an emotional roller coaster.

Apparently Sian Brooke had to audition for each disguised role separately: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-01-12/sian-brooke-auditioned-several-times-for-sherlock-after-being-told-that-each-of-euruss-disguises-were-separate-roles

I seem to recall Euros saying that she got the note from Culverton Smith. I also thought it was a nice touch when Sherlock made a reference to Mary when he put on the hat, as if he had heard Mary in John's mind palace.

What will happen?

Apparently a lot of the mastery of disguise that ACD gave Sherlock Holmes was adopted more by the Holmes sister in the Moftiss universe: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-01-09/sherlock-introduces-major-new-character-in-masterful-episode-2-twist

Leave it to Moffat to again shock the audience. Wait until we see what he and Gatiss have written for us next Sunday: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-01-09/steven-moffat-and-mark-gatiss-tease-absolutely-crazy-sherlock-series-finale What I liked best about this episode was that I saw a couple of the scenes with Benedict and Sian being filmed in London when I was there last June. Seeing them in the finished product was exciting. :D