# Share your depression about waiting for the next season of your favorite show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642 "2012-08-06T18:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/1 "2012-08-06T18:57:05Z")
I just (finally) watched the second season of _Sherlock_. It was FANTABULOUS! AMAZING! STUPENDOUS! I had a wonderful time. And then it was over. And now I am depressed. The mailman took away the disc this morning, leaving me to stew, remembering: they haven’t even started production on Season 3. Next year. And on that note, no more _Doctor Who_ for a while yet, either. Poo. I spent most of my life significantly behind the times in shows and movies and books exactly for this reason - I love/hate waiting. I don’t pick up series that aren’t finished yet. BUT somehow I got sucked into the vortex of both of these shows and want more, more, more. Come and commiserate with me and tell me about your show that you are anxiously waiting for _Dexter_? [Breaking Bad\*? I don’t even know what other shows are out there. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/2 "2012-08-06T19:39:15Z")
Criminal Minds. It’s in syndication and my Fella now walks into any room where I’m watching tv and says “oh, let me guess? Is it Criminal Minds?” It usually is. One of my favorite characters is leaving but I’m still excited. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/3 "2012-08-06T20:42:59Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I just (finally) watched the second season of _Sherlock_. It was FANTABULOUS! AMAZING! STUPENDOUS! I had a wonderful time. And then it was over. > > And now I am depressed. . . . Me, too. And to top it off, we in the U.S. will have to wait an additional six months after it is shown in England before we can see it on Masterpiece Mystery. And even then they’ll trim several minutes off each episode to make it fit in an American time slot. More computer-savvy people than me know ways of getting U.K. shows right away, but I’m a 'puter dunce and fearful of the law. P.S.: I read that they did film just a touch of the first episode of season three right at the same time as they were finishing up the last episode of season two. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/4 "2012-08-06T20:47:14Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Me, too. And to top it off, we in the U.S. will have to wait an additional six months after it is shown in England before we can see it on Masterpiece Mystery. And even then they’ll trim several minutes off each episode to make it fit in an American time slot. Yes, we have to wait six months, but no way in freakin hell would I watch it with minutes trimmed off! Netflix, baby - I can wait for the disc to come home. I want to see EVERY MINUTE. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/5 "2012-08-07T02:03:57Z")
The first two seasons of **Haven** premiered in July. This season doesn’t start until Sept 21st. And it’s against Supernatural and Fringe. Oh yeah, I’m depressed. SyFy’s gonna kill my favorite show! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/6 "2012-08-07T02:23:01Z")
I’m sure I’m not the only one jonesing for _Mad Men_ and I’m counting days until season two of \*American Horror Story \*starts in October. And even two years later, I’m still waiting for _The Tudors_ to resume and explore the sexy, fictionalized life of Elizabeth I. Denial, she is a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/7 "2012-08-07T02:28:42Z")
I keep waiting for Firefly to come back from hiatus. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/8 "2012-08-07T02:33:02Z")
I haven’t watched the second series of Sherlock yet. I still haven’t fully recovered from the first series. I don’t go in for dramas much. I’m uncultured and I like my sitcoms. Happy Endings, Parks and Rec, Cougartown, and Community. When I can start watching those shows again, I’ll be much less cranky. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/9 "2012-08-07T02:46:11Z")
Currently waiting for the new season of _Psych_. I think it’s still a month away. I note with interest that the UK will start showing new eps of _Downton Abbey_ very soon, and I’m sure _Doctor Who_ and _Merlin_ will reveal their debut dates soon too. I am very fortunate to have an online source for those shows. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/10 "2012-08-07T03:30:58Z")
On rare occasions I am able to put out of my mind the longing I feel for the next season of _The Venture Bros._ to begin. When I am reminded of that longing, it is not accompanied by the dull heaviness of depression, but with the sharp pang of the newly bereft. I’d very much like to thank you, **Anaamika** , for reminding me of what that pang feels like. Oh waitaminute, not “thank,” the other thing. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/11 "2012-08-07T05:45:35Z")
My favorite show is **Peep Show** and it’s only got 6 episodes per season. It seems like they have 2 or 3 years between seasons. Then when it’s here, it’s gone just as fast. That’s the worst part about it. Like _Sherlock_. It’s gone so fast ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/12 "2012-08-07T07:14:44Z")
I feel your pain. Season 4 of [The Boondocks](http://screenrant.com/the-boondocks-season-4-announced-kofi-125008/) was announced last year. The weather report in hell calls for snow. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/13 "2012-08-07T08:47:37Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > My favorite show is **Peep Show** and it’s only got 6 episodes per season. It seems like they have 2 or 3 years between seasons. Then when it’s here, it’s gone just as fast. If it helps any, David Mitchell [tweeted this](https://twitter.com/RealDMitchell/status/232095704909242369) yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/14 "2012-08-07T09:58:23Z")
\*Doctor Who \*will resume shortly; because of the BBC/BBCamerica relationship, we tend to see it mere hours after it premieres Over There… Not so _Sherlock_. Last time, the UK got the first episode on New Years Day; we got it in May, because it belongs on Masterpiece Mystery, not being one of those “intelligent” shows fit for Masterpiece Classic. (Like _Downton Abbey_, whose writing was so lame last series.) However, [Amazon.UK](http://Amazon.UK) started selling the DVD’s quite early & I’ve got a region-free player. They’ll start shooting Series 3 in January… _Parade’s End_ is an upcoming BBC series, based on Ford Madox Ford’s excellent tetralogy, with a script by Tom Stoppard. Benedict Cumberbatch, looking very different, leads the excellent cast. BBC just started [serious publicity](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=15); it may premiere Over There as early as late August. But its US partner is HBO. They’ve given it almost no press–& have hinted we’ll see it in 2013. Possibly March, 2013… ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/15 "2012-08-07T11:13:18Z")
I’m jonesing for more _Sherlock_, of course. Also very impatient for the next season of _Game of Thrones_. And it’s going to be quite a long wait. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/16 "2012-08-07T12:54:18Z")
**Community**. Last season was one of the best of all time for any comedy. I can’t wait to see more, but since they fired Dan Harmon, I’m worried that the show will jump the shark big time. So I’m anticipating a disaster, possibly at the same level as **Bob**. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/17 "2012-08-07T14:57:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Community**. Last season was one of the best of all time for any comedy. I can’t wait to see more, but since they fired Dan Harmon, I’m worried that the show will jump the shark big time. So I’m anticipating a disaster, possibly at the same level as **Bob**. QFT. I await the next screw-up of _Survivor_. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/18 "2012-08-07T15:43:43Z")
Sherlock. Sherlock. Sherlock. For Sherlock I’ll figure out the whole proxy server thing to watch when it’s released in GB. I think the last show I was this involved with was…I don’t know…maybe Firefly. I’m already mourning that there’ll only be three eps for series 3. StG ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/19 "2012-08-07T16:36:36Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Sherlock. Sherlock. Sherlock. For Sherlock I’ll figure out the whole proxy server thing to watch when it’s released in GB. I think the last show I was this involved with was…I don’t know…maybe Firefly. I’m already mourning that there’ll only be three eps for series 3. > > StG I wonder which of the three Doyle stories will be made into the three eps of 2013. _The Empty House_ is almost surely how we’ll start out, but the other? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642/20 "2012-08-07T19:57:17Z")
**teela brown** - Mark Gattis says they’ll be using at least parts of The Empty House. > [@](#): > > Speaking to The Associated Press, Gatiss (who also wrote “The Great Game” and “The Hounds of Baskerville” as well as playing Holmes’s brother, Mycroft) revealed that Sherlock will surprise John Watson with the revelation of his survival as in “The Empty House.” However, unlike Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story which brought the sleuth back from the dead, Watson will not be too pleased to see him. > > > [@](#): > > > > ``` > > “There’s certain things about “The Adventure Of The Empty House” which feel set in stone because that’s how Sherlock comes back,” the writer/actor said. “but at the same time we feel free to invent and to introduce new stuff to it.” This approach is something that fans of the original stories will be used to – the creative team similarly embellished the character of Irene Adler, and almost completely changed the plot of “The Final Problem” to create the second series finale. > > > > “I always found it a little unlikely that Dr Watson’s only reaction was to faint for instance – as supposed to possibly a stream of terrible swear words.” > > > > ``` StG [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-depression-about-waiting-for-the-next-season-of-your-favorite-show/630642.md?page=2)