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Also, relax. In canon, "The final Problem", has been many things, but one thing it has not been: the end.

I would be content with a one-off every now and again. 

no problem, we've all been there.

Just get ready for a long hiatus. This is, after all, the fandom that waited

My hopes for series 5 reside in a sentence said by Steven about killing Mary in episode 1 versus episode 3 :

"There was a big debate about wether to kill her in épisode one, instead of more traditionally in episode three at the end of the season. But let's not give ourselves that two years to forget how mad [Sherlock and John] are at each other. Let's do it in a circumstance where we have to come back in a week and make this show work again."

So two years before new episodes ?? I'm certainly OK with that ! 

I think he mentioned "two years" as an average wait between the seasons. That must have been very early plotting too because TLD wouldn't be possible at all without that scene in TST.

I thought it was always big drama about every series being possibly the last. It's my first time experiencing it live but they all speak about the end of an era and that sounds pretty definite to me. I have to admit that I want it to be the end with a possibility of a Christman special every now and then: the next wait would kill me for sure.

Me, too.  I know it will have to end, eventually, but I hope it will be later rather than sooner.  I interpreted the comments on it being the end of an era as having to do with Mary exiting the show and things being shaken up by that.  Not just a joyride anymore, like how it's "Not a game anymore" according to the trailers? But then, if it doesn't end with this, where will it go from there? Well, I'm sure they can think of something brilliant, but who knows...

NicoleCollard wrote:

I've been thinking S4 could be the very last one of the show for a while. And I'm afraid of it. I don't want Sherlock to end.  But I think they're reaching some kind of an ending. Aren't they trying to close some plots? Things that have been addressed from the very beginning or along the seasons (Sherlock making himself the way he is, burning the heart out of him...) seem to be getting to an end in the next episode.

Yes, I already wrote somewhere else, that I am really honestly honestly(!!!) fearing the same.
At least we can be afraid together.

But it dosn't help. If we get another season, we will be fearing exactly the same thing again. So it would be better if they end the show at a good point.

All in all, next Sunday night will be terrible. I think we can be sure that we won't get more Sherlock in the next 4,5,6... years.
A tiny bit of me is hoping for the usual Moftiss lies, but I feel I better shouldn't hope for that.

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So I get my fears confirmed. 
Having to wait two years for a new season of Sherlock isn't cool, but not having the hope of it coming is going to be like losing someone...

That is true, Lola.  As long as Sherlock does not burn out like Seinfeld is known to have done, then we can be happy with that end.

I can only read stuff that's been left for posterity, but if I'm not mistaken, were people not unsure whether series 3 would be the last one after it came out, but then series 4 was confirmed? Maybe we will get the same here.  But of course, we don't know yet.  I like that Martin, Benedict, and the others are getting more roles, and more people appreciating them because of that, but it also makes me sad that that will make it harder for more Sherlock to get made, even if the writers could potentially have more great stories to tell us.  Though of course even if series 4 is the last, doesn't mean they couldn't make another special or a film.

But I'm getting ahead of things with that.  We don't know anything for certain yet.

Me, too.
Well the show at least, I hope not the character.