I'm disappointed with Gatiss. The last season of Sherlock generated at least as much controversy as it did buzz. Let's be honest in that it was only palatable due to its ability to rest on Benedict Cumberbatch's unmatched talent because the writing, unfortunately, left much to be desired. Fair criticism revolved around poorly handling character Molly Hooper, of course, which after the off-base approach to Irene Adler's character, did not help the misogynistic subtext infecting the series on/off for years. The writers are yet to hit the mark on female characters and try to compensate for this weakness by always leaving a romantic possibility on the table for Mr. Holmes. It was almost interesting at first, yet, a decade later it borders on sexism, is at a minimum juvenile, not to mention it also reeks of writers attempting to "make everybody happy" to the detriment of the character. Leaving everything "open to interpretation" after TEN YEARS of knowing a character as well as we do is just a nice way of saying "sorry, at this point I just can't make the call on this or I simply don't know where to go with it". Please, Mycroft, let your little brother grow up and do go on to further develop Sherlock's character (with a bit of grace too, if possible). This of course requires you to have the courage to make some decisions on the path Mr. Holmes will take which, in turn, will disappoint a chunk of the viewers rooting otherwise (of course) but I assure you... we will all be just fine. We are fans but we get it that it is a story after all and you, sir, are the story teller. So... as you'd tell Sherlock, tell us the damn story. We want to be wrong sometimes otherwise we wouldn't watch the show and would choose instead to indulge only in stories of our own creation. Hardly the case here, don't you think? If it's me reading the signs it's fairly obvious what Mr. Holmes future will look like given this particular universe you have created for him. And it's not the most exciting time of his life but we all slow down some with age. At least we need not age alone and can rest assured that Sherlock Holmes is still getting in some degree of trouble out there for all of us.