'Sherlock' Season 4 Spoilers News: Show Co-Creator Says Upcoming Season Will Deal With 'Consequences'
The cast and crew of "Sherlock" has been keeping mum about the show's fourth season for quite some time now, but in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, "Sherlock" co-creator Steven Moffat offered some clues to fans on what to expect when the show comes back.
"There are some answers coming to questions nobody has asked," he said. "We're very exultant about a little thing we've set up that no one is talking about."
The writer-producer also revealed that they haven't started writing season 4 yet and it's still in the early stages. However, Moffat said that the upcoming season will be very different from those before it.
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"The first series was all about the beginning of their friendship. Second about the formative stages, the love and fear and loss and all that. The third was good days, me and my pal and my pal's wife. Those are golden days. The missing element in a lot of Sherlock Holmes adaptations is allowing it to be funny," he said.
"[Season 4] is going to be … I suppose you'd say … consequences," he revealed. "It's consequences. Chickens come to roost. It's dark in some ways—obviously it's great fun and a Sherlock Holmes romp and all that—but there's a sense of things … coming back to bite you."
"It's hilarious and exhilarating some days, but some days it's going to be bloody frightening," he added.
Moffatt said that fans will be "desperate for series five" after watching the show's fourth season.
"We're certainly going to put them through the mill," he teased. "It's going to be more of an emotional upheaval. Hopefully enjoyable and fun, and all the things 'Sherlock' must always be. It will be tough at times. Maybe what's the word? It will be a tougher series."
PBS and Masterpiece have yet to announce a premiere date for season 4 of "Sherlock."
