One of the best series of all time will not come back for a season 5

In 2010, the BBC launched a series that was going to mark the coming decade: the adaptation of the adventures of the heroes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Sherlock Holmes and his lifelong acolyte, Doctor Watson – but transposed in the 21st century …

Broadcast in 4 seasons of 3 episodes each, she marked the spirits for her fine writing, her black humor and the fantastic interpretation of Benedict Cumberbatch. She therefore deserved her note of 4.5 out of 5 on Allociné and her place among the best series of all time.

The creators wanted a suite but …

October 2024. Sue Virtue – Producer of Sherlock and wife of her co -creator Steven Moffat – revealed to Deadline that the series had “A certain future”. Words that revived the hope of fans concerning a possible season 5 or a film, if the agendas of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman agreed.

But now, it will never happen. Passing through an Italian festival, Mark Gatiss (screenwriter and performer of Mycroft Holmes) showed all our hopes by revealing that the interpreters of Sherlock and Watson “No longer wanted to do it”. And we understand them.

Since the end of the series in 2017, everyone continued their career on their side – even if they met at Marvel. In 2018, Freeman even said that playing in the series “had not amused it” because of the behavior of certain spectators. Words that his former game partner had found “pathetic” (atmosphere).

If we are a little saddened by this announcement, Sherlock remains a series of the past. Season 4 had also disappointed more than one fan, with the introduction of Eurus Holmes, the hidden sister of our favorite detective and mycroft.

Sociopathic and suffering from different psychological disorders, she had given a hard time to our hero, pushing him even further in his mental palace to find traumatic memories that he had buried in his memory …

Sherlock is available in streaming on Netflix.