Thanks for opening the thread. I am not quite sure what to think right now. Amanda again as sole representative of the acting team besides Mark … Trying to stay positive but I am honestly getting tired of seeing her instead of Benedict, Mark, or other members of the team. 

Yes, I like you positive thinking. 

Well of course people are free not to attend or watch.
Presumably the team are all happy with their reps, though it will partly be to do with availability.
Mary is a major character.
I like Amanda at these things, I find she usually answers well.
Personally I can't wait to get the reports.

Yes, I imagine it might be about availability as well.  Wasn't it just Rupert Graves last year from the actors' side (apart from Mark, of course?).   I find her quite articulate too, and she probably is the biggest character afer Sherlock and John just at this point.  Of course, I would love to have seen them there instead, but it will be good to hear from Amanda, particularly as we know something is going to happen with her character in the next series! 

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Of course, I would love to have seen them there instead, but it will be good to hear from Amanda, particularly as we know something is going to happen with her character in the next series! 

But she won't be talking about this in detail anyway. And of course Martin or Benedict wouldn't have given anything away about S4, either, but that's not the point. In my opinion Mary as well as Amanda seem to be playing a far too important role in the BBC Sherlock universe now, and that's just not what I initially loved about the show. And of course that's my personal problem.
 

I don't suppose we really want to have too much given away!  But it's nice that it's an actor who (presumably) will be deeply involved in the plotline, more so than, say, Rupert Graves (who was great last year).     I do know what you mean, but I think it's because Mary has become so enmeshed in the main characters' story that it's appropriate for Amanda to have more time with the public.  I suppose that at the moment, we don't know for sure how central the other characters are going to be (even if following Setlock it's not clear what's mind palace, flashback, etc.), whereas we're pretty sure that the Mary story has to be resolved in some way.  I think so, anyway!  It would have been interesting to have Toby there as we know who he's playing, but there would probably have been too much that he wouldn't be able to say!

I honestly hope it doesn't mean that the perpetual rumours are true  for once and this is the last series...
But I will just take what we are given, as we are given it.

Okay, well maybe next time?

It could also be another way to distract us from deducing certain things about S4.

They are always way too busy for these things and I suspect Martin is not over keen on them.