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What’s on TV UK preview of TLD via Ruther2

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Sherlock Boss Insists [Spoiler] is Dead: 'We're Not Playing Games Here'

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Sunday’s Sherlock Season 4 premiere, “The Six Thatchers.” Read on at your own risk. So we’ve had a couple days to process what went …

So we’ve had a couple days to process what went down in Sunday’s Sherlock premiere… and we’re still not over it. Luckily, we have showrunner Steven Moffat to explain why Mary (sniff) had to die, and where Sherlock and John’s “friendship” — if we can call it that — goes from here.

In an interview with EW.com, Moffat confirms that Mary is indeed dead (“we’re not playing games here”) and says her death was necessary in order to get back to the traditional duo of Sherlock and John: “Sherlock Holmes is about Sherlock and Dr. Watson, and it’s always going to come back to that — always always always. They had fun making it a trio, but it doesn’t work long-term. Mary was always going to go, and we were always going to get back to the two blokes.”

In the aftermath of Mary’s death, John lashed out at Sherlock, blaming him and screaming, “You made a vow!” And Moffat says that fracture in their partnership won’t be healed easily: “We take that rift head-on in the remainder of the [season]. We don’t ignore it… If anything, the rift gets worse.” He adds that it was a conscious decision to put Mary’s death in the premiere, rather than the finale: “Let’s not give ourselves that two years to forget how mad they 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.”

And don’t expect things to get any lighter in the remaining two episodes of Season 4. Moffat warns that “there’s some emotionally grueling stuff coming,” calling this Sunday’s Episode 2 “the darkest one we’ve ever done.” Happy New Year, everybody!

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Sherlock

Gunfire, explosions, hand-to-hand combat: As suggested by the trailer for the PBS detective series, “There is quite a lot of action” to be had in Season 4, co-creator/star Mark Gatiss affirms. “Episode 3 is probably more action-packed than we’ve done for a long time, if ever. Definitely more fighting.” Sherlock also gets a formidable new adversary this season in Culverton Smith, an infamous baddie from the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Played by Toby Jones (Wayward Pines), “He’s a very 21st-century villain, and without hyperbole, one of the scariest things we’ve ever done,” Gatiss says, adding, “Toby is absolutely terrifying.” But is archenemy Moriarty back to torture Sherlock as well? Even though he’s glimpsed in the trailer, Gatiss insists he’s still dead, but allows: “Quite how he is in the [season] is a very interesting question.”

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Thank you nonny.  http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/16/sherlock-showrunner-season-4-finale/

Oh god LMAO WHAT

Talking about Moriarty: “It was great to get a bit of Andrew [Scott] back, it didn’t occur to us until quite late in the day that we could just do it.” 

Much long term plan on that end???

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Bridgerton Season 4 Will Take You to the Cottage This Winter

Stars Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha tease Benedict and Sophie’s romantic getaway in Season 4.

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Ok, that Daily Fail article sounds really spoilery even after like one paragraph so I stopped reading. [x]

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Sherlock: Lara Pulver on Her Irene Adler Role

We spoke with Lara Pulver about her time playing Irene Adler on BBC's Sherlock, and whether we might see "The Woman" again...

This kind of sounds spoilery???

Nevertheless, it’s still worth imagining what Irene Adler would say if she saw the events currently unfolding on Sherlock, not least of which includes Moriarty’s digital resurgence creating an international incident so grand that the British government will overlook the fact that Sherlock had just executed a British citizen in cold blood.

When I ask Ms. Pulver how Irene would react to the sight of Sherlock and Moriarty’s little spat going as public as the screens of Piccadilly Circus, the performer muses, “I think she’d be secretly smiling in the corner.” She then curls a smile of her own before adding, “And then the text would appear. ‘Let’s have dinner.’”

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Sherlock' Boss on Emotional Season 4: 'There Are Some Proper Shocks This Time Around'

Steven Moffat gives ET a preview of the anticipated new three-episode season.

Last we saw the Sherlock crew one year ago, things were a bit off-kilter for the characters -- due largely to the Christmas special’s Victorian-era setting and Moriarty’s mysterious (and presumed) resurrection. Now, with the debut of the anticipated fourth season mere days away, it’s back to business for the famous detective.

“It’s nice to go into the real story,” showrunner Steven Moffat tells ET. “One year ago with the Christmas special, we took a sidestep in the narrative. We’re finally getting back to the story we’re telling and that’s exciting.”

Moffat and company -- including star Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the title character Sherlock Holmes -- have spent the past year warning loyal Sherlockians that the upcoming three episodes will be darker and more emotional. At Comic-Con this past July, Cumberbatch noted “there are quite a few tears.”

When asked to elaborate further on the season’s decidedly more dramatic tone, Moffat promised that the dry comedy and witty banter that has become one of the show’s most beloved traits still remains.

“I suppose it is darker,” he began. “However I’m worried that both the trailer and the interviews we all give sort of caricature that a bit. It’s still the same show. There’s still humor there, there’s still all the fun there. You aren’t expecting Chekhov. But yes, it gets as dark as it can really get.”

One interesting development that will shake up the dynamic between Sherlock and John Watson (Martin Freeman) is the arrival of baby Watson.

“I’m not going to go into the details of what we do about that. I would say that the observation that Sherlock Holmes tends to do things well, especially when it comes to his friends,” Moffat hinted. “He’s something of a d*ck, but he’s not a terrible man or anything -- he behaves himself, particularly around his friends and he does things subtly. Underneath it all, there is a bane of human kindness there.”

“In terms of the baby, there’s a tremendous paranoia about if you [make this life change] in television land, as if somehow the moment you have children you never do anything else,” he said with a laugh. “It’s not like we stop having adventures just because we’ve got a baby. You don’t! Sherlock’s reputation is far worse than it actually is.”

As for how fans should expect to feel after the three 90-minute episodes are over, Moffat offered this promise.

“I think it’s a very good ride,” he said. “If we manage to keep our secrets, there are some proper shocks this time around. There are some knock-out-of-your-chair moments. Lock yourselves away from all spoilers because it’s worth it.”