“Sherlock” Season 4 premieres Sunday, but fans are still wondering if this could be the last season premiere the British series airs. Executive producer Steven Moffat doesn’t have a clear answer on the fate of PBS’ hit drama.

　　英剧《神探夏洛克》于上周日正式首播，剧迷们不禁好奇第四季是否是该剧的最后一季。对此问题，制片人史蒂芬·莫法特表示对于是否续拍该剧目前尚无定论。

　　“We don’t actually know,” Moffat explained to Newsweek. “We thought [Season] 3 would be the last one.”

　　“我真的不知道，”莫法特接受新闻周刊采访时如是说道，“事实上，在拍完第三季之后我们以为就这样结束了。”

　　Stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are more popular than ever, but many are worried that their thriving careers won’t help the show. Instead, they might be too busy with huge franchises to return to the TV show. However, Moffat noted that it’s just a matter of scheduling. “It’s difficult. It’s not impossible because we don’t need that much time from anyone. But it’s finding the right gap,” he added.

　　该剧两大主演本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇和马丁·弗瑞曼相比之前人气更高，但许多粉丝也担心随着两位演员的演艺事业蒸蒸日上，反而对该剧毫无益处。相反，两人很可能由于参演其他剧集，工作行程十分繁忙而无法回归《神探夏洛克》参演。不过，莫法特也表示一切不过是档期安排问题。“虽然每个人的拍摄部分不会占用太长时间，但今后的事情仍然很难说。不过我们正在努力安排合适的档期。”莫法特补充道。

　　Moffat has been on rumor patrol since at least October, when Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes, was quoted in British GQ as calling “Sherlock” Season 4 “the end of an era.”

　　事实上，自从去年十月份英国杂志《GQ》中提到福尔摩斯扮演者本尼迪克特表示《神探夏洛克》第四季是最后一季之后，莫法特就一直处于各种传言的中心。

　　“That’s not what Benedict said,” Moffat told Entertainment Weekly. “That’s what someone edited his words into the meaning. … We don’t know. We haven’t sat down with the intent to anything yet. But we’re always aware that it could be over. But the fact is Benedict did not say that.”

　　“这不是本尼迪克特说的，”莫法特在接受娱乐周刊采访时提到，“应该是有人重新组织了他的话，变成了另外一种意思。事实上，我们也不知道。我们还没有坐下来谈论过这件事情，但是我们一直认为这部剧终归在某一天会结束。重点是，本尼迪克特本人从来没有说过这部剧会在第四季结束。”

　　However, while Moffat has been clear that the future is unknown, his stars have sounded a bit more ominous when talking about the future of “Sherlock.” Freeman, who plays John Watson, visited Jim Norton and Sam Roberts’ SiriusXM radio show and seemed to tease that the end is near.

　　然而，尽管莫法特还并未透露该剧走向，但剧中演员在谈起《神探夏洛克》的时候则更像默认结局不远。华生扮演者弗瑞曼曾参加吉姆·诺顿和山姆·罗伯茨主持的SiriusXM广播节目，并调侃道《神探夏洛克》离完结已经不远。

　　“This last series did have a feeling of, I don’t know whether it has a finality to it, but it certainly had a feeling of a pause,” Freeman noted. “And I am never ever afraid of things ending. I mean I am not looking forward to life ending or love ending, but things that we make, should end.”

　　“这一季的几集让我有一种特别的感觉，我不知道这部剧是不是要完结，但确实给我一种戛然而止的感觉，”弗瑞曼表示，“我从来不害怕某件事情的结束，当然，我并不是说我期待某种生活或者爱情的结束，而是任何事情总有结束的那天，这是自然规律。”

　　Cumberbatch noted a similar feeling. “This new series goes to a place where it will be hard to follow on immediately,” he told Weekend Magazine. “We never say never on the show, but in the immediate future we all have things we want to crack on with, and we’ve made something very complete as it is.”

　　本尼迪克特也表示有相似的感觉。“最新一季的剧情将会在一个全新的地点展开，但之后很难再往下接，”他这样告诉周刊杂志，“我们从来不会在剧中明确表示什么，但事实是，未来一段时间内我们都有需要继续坚持做下去的事情，同时也有已经完成的事情。”

　　Should the show be canceled, it would likely be a creative decision. As of last year’s New Year’s Day special, the show was doing very well in ratings. Over 11 million U.K. viewers watched the special on BBC One, and Season 4 is expected to maintain good numbers. However, it seems fans won’t know if it’s the final season for quite a while.

　　至于这部剧是否完结，目前为止还是开放性答案。去年《神探夏洛克》推出的新年特辑在当时取得了不俗的收视。当时有近1100万的英国观众在BBC一台上面观看了特辑，人们也很期待《神探夏洛克》第四季也能保持如此高的收视率。然而，至于第四季是否是完结季，恐怕粉丝们要过段时间才能知晓了。

（编辑：何莹莹）