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On the other hand, it kept cutting out (mostly at the beginning), so I missed a bit of it (what happened with Eurus pulling the gun on John?) Also, that very much felt like the end. So many things coming full circle... I really hope it’s not over. I’ve seen some things about a 5th series. So that makes it harder to judge this one not knowing if it is indeed the last. 

At the moment Greg Lestrade is seeing Jim Moriarty pop up in the middle of his football match, Sherlock is en route to a dangerous mission in Eastern Europe that he doesn't expect to come back from.

If Sherlock told Greg he was leaving, Greg thinks he's going to have to face Moriarty without Sherlock.

If Sherlock hasn't told him... I don't know that's any better to be honest. What was going to happen the first time Greg needed to call him in on something?

"Lovely Rupert Graves"

Part 2: BTW the reason he was high is to fool Magnussen. He wants him to believe he’s an addict (hello pressure point) in order to protect John. Mycroft and Sherlock are having a brotherly argument and as Sherlock is still somewhat high his reaction is a bit odd. Mycroft worries about Sherlock and Sherlock doesn’t want Mycroft to find out about Janine because he couldn’t fool him. That’s why he wants him to leave as soon as possible, and to achieve that he does what he thinks is necessary.

Part 3: John is Sherlock’s friend. So, he doesn’t feel great about phoning Mycroft, it has a touch of betraying Sherlock, and yet he thinks he has to. So, taking Sherlock’s side during the fight is his way of saying sorry and restoring balance to their relationship. @ Magnussen trying to get John and Sherlock arrested for selling state secrets: Sherlock gives Magnussen Mycroft’s laptop. That’s why. Mycorft’s laptop comes with state secrets. And the moment they give it to Magnussen, they become traitors.

Part 4: The last one.. I promise because I do not want to spam your ask box. They won’t swing the baby on this show. I agree, it would make things too complicated. My money is on Mary dying before she gives birth. There is always season 4 and 5 to rob John from his happy ending.

Answer: Hi anon! I’m sorry for taking so long to reply to this. I’ve been spending less time on Tumblr and am taking a bit longer to get back to folks in general, especially with the influx of replies, comments and discussion that’s come with the third series. 

This all makes rather a lot of sense. I’ll also admit that pretty much as soon as I published the questions I realized that the state secrets thing was pretty straightforward…although I am still a bit skeptical that Magnussen could have made the charge stick in the face of Mycroft’s influence. 

"Here's everything we know so far about the fourth series of Sherlock!

This news summary will be updated regularly as more details are revealed, with the latest updates at the top...

Martin Freeman: "I've not read any new scripts. So all I know is we all like the show, we all want to keep doing it for as long as we want to do it and as long as we enjoy it."

BBC Press Office: "[There is] nothing the BBC can say officially as yet [confirming Series 4]."

Steven Moffat: "Rather excitingly, Mark [Gatiss] and I, for no particular reason, we just got out of the rain and sat at the top of the [Sherlock] production bus and we just started plotting out what we could do in the future - and we plotted out the whole of Series 4 and 5."

Steven Moffat: "You don't know what's going on there [with the return of Moriarty]. We know what's going on there, but we're not telling you! It must be hell watching this show! But obviously we enjoyed the fact that we get to see more of the wonderful Andrew Scott as Moriarty."

Since we're all so good at jumping on problematic things in media, and sometimes not so great about being positive when things get better, I just want to say that I was very pleased by the increased presence of women in this season of Sherlock.