Sherlock season 4 teaser promises 'it’s not a game anymore'

It’s not long, but there’s a lot squeezed into the 47 seconds of Sher🦹lock’s lat⛄est season 4 teaser.
"The roads we walk have demons beneath… and 𒉰yours have been waiting for a very long time," states the voiceover, before the visuals switch to a burning building.
"What's the very worst thing you can do to your very best friends?" Toby Jones - appearing as Sherlock antagonist Culverton Smith - asks, as Sherlock clutches a 🃏pistol and Watson sits in the bottom of a well. "Tell them your worst secret.&rdq🧜uo;
But perhaps most shocking of all is Sherlock’s “I love you🐼” at the close of the teaser… well, he's not known for being warm and cuddly, is he?
If the first trailer for Season 4 of Sherlock is anything to go by, this series will be at a much dark🅷er storyline for the detective and comp꧃any.
🅺The first episode will air on New Year's Day at 9pm💧 on BBC1.
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