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I'm In A Glass Case of Emotion

Sherlock Series 2 Not Airing Until 2012

by Alanna Bennett | 4:15 pm, August 4th, 2011


BBC, why you gotta make us sad like this? You had the whole Sherlock fandom expecting a fall 2011 air date (although, to be fair, you never actually announced that’s when it was going to air), and now you’re telling us we’re not seeing more of Sherlock and his special friend Watson until next year? The humanity!

Production for the three episodes of series two of the show was moved around to accommodate Martin Freeman‘s Hobbit schedule (he flies back to resume filming on The Hobbit(s) in September when Sherlock wraps), which means that they’re in the latter stages of production now, but not close enough to finishing for a fall premiere.

Well, at least the rest of television can go back to ignoring the inferiority complex Sherlock gave them the first time around?

And according to practically every source close to the production (including Den of Geek, who were lucky enough to see 20 minutes of footage from the new series), “series 2 is right up there with the quality of the first.”

The announcement was made after a rerun of the first series’ finale last night on BBC1. The Sherlock fandom being an adamant one, they immediately took to twitter to bombard all involved. Sue Vertue, a producer on the show, said this in response:

Please don’t blame the poor BBC schedulers for the wait for #Sherlock. They can’t tx it till we deliver and we’re still filming – Sorry!

Over the past few months Sherlock fans have been ramping up steam once again (not that they ever really stopped), both with the (now moot) impending premiere of series two and with more (spoilery) photos from the set being leaked. We got to see Sherlock and Watson running down the street, handcuffed to each other! And there were mugs, too! They were very excited about the mugs.

In memory of the possibility of seeing Sherlock series two this fall, here is a GIF to illustrate my feelings about having to wait even another day:

And then there’s this slightly more optimistic take that I will probably adopt once I power through my own petulant-child reaction to the news, because you just know the wait’s gonna be worth it.

But I have to say, if by some fluke all that 2012 talk happens to be true, if the world ends before I get more Sherlock in my life I will not be happy.

(via Den of Geek)

(via TV Overmind)

(Photos via Vashta Nerada, Well Isn’t That Shiny, Enia59)

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1208921 Nikki Lincoln

    Don’t worry, the world isn’t supposed to end until December 2012 so you’d still have time. 

  • http://roseeclipse.livejournal.com/ Rose Jones

    I’ll just sit in the corner and drool over the ubberly talented Mr. Cumberbatch while re-watching everything else he’s been in: Frankenstein, The Last Enemy, Hawking….

  • Julianne McCartney

    Whyyyyy! *weeping profusely* *crawls back to corner to sob*

  • Julianne McCartney

    @Rose Jones: I’ve been trying to survive off Benedict’s other work too. He’s such a great actor :) !! 

  • http://penguinonthetelly.com AlannaBennett

    I find this comforting, thank you.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_R6ODYVHCB23JAQC33NPS5RLUN4 Kifre

    Only Netflix and slash can slake my disappointment now. 
    And those mugs.  How have I not seen those mugs till now?

  • Francesca M

    I can handle this it will gap the time between the Doctor Who series.

  • http://twitter.com/urbansuburbia Marie

    Much as this saddens me, at least we get new Luther in September to tide us over. (And if you like Sherlock and haven’t watched BBC’s Luther, you definitely should!)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513877109 Samantha Wilson

    Benedict Cumberbatch (one of the best names ever) is in the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy film out later this year. I think its due in September.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rosalind-Casey/1529220202 Rosalind Casey

    That cast list makes my head explode. I’ll just be over here, waiting for September. Building a secret fortress of Le Carre paperbacks and rubbing my hands maniacally. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/melissa.izzy.brittle Izzy ‘Pod’ Brittle

    If you’ve somehow gotten your hands on a copy of Frankenstein, it would make my day :D I went to see the Live stream of it, but as far as I know they aren’t releasing it on DVD? It was UNBELIEVABLE.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Riju-Ganguly/100000799538490 Riju Ganguly

    In the meanwhile, let’s watch Cumberbatch in the modern “Tinker, Tailor, Sailor, Spy”!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_Y5YTDUS5BBI26HM25ZOGL47CBI Anonymous

    Thanks for reassuring me that the May, 2012 will be worth the wait.  I have been patiently waiting for October, 2011 only to find out the date has been pushed back 7 months.  My initial reaction was OMG!  We must ban together and protest this outragous act! 
    Now that I know the quality will be worth the wait, I will patiently go back to countdown viewing true TV entertainment.

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