Sherlock spoilers: Andrew Scott convinces fans Moriarty is ALIVE after appearing at finale screening
With all spoilers for The Final Problem on lockdown, fans are convinced the actor's appearance at the screening means Moriarty is alive and well
SHERLOCK fans have gone into a frenzy after Andrew Scott appeared at a screening for the final episode of the series.
The actor - who played Jim Moriarty in the BBC drama - surprised fans at the screening of The Final Problem at the British Film Institute, and now they're convinced his evil character has returned from the dead.
Despite Moriarty shooting himself in the head in the second series of the hugely popular show, he has since made reappearances in videos used to taunt Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and now the actor's appearance has sent fans wild.
Pictures of Andrew at the screening and posing with fans after it have flooded social media - convincing them it means Moriarty will return from the dead rather than just appear in video messages as he has done previously.
"OMG Andrew was at the screening," gushed one fan. "It means it wasn't a trick. Moriarty must be in the Final Problem. I refused to believe but do now. #Sherlock"
Another added: "Now we know that Andrew is there we know that Moriarty is alive (it was obvious but like)."
Fans couldn't believe the actor had turned up to surprise fans at the screening, with him being hidden until the end of the screening.
The audience broke out into huge applause when he was brought onto the stage at the end of the screening.
Hit BBC drama Sherlock will be more "actiony" in Sunday night's series finale, the show's creator Steven Moffat said.
Critics have attacked the show's latest series for turning Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal of Sherlock into a James Bond-like figure.
Last week the reception prompted co-writer and star Mark Gatiss to pen a poem explaining how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective had always been a skilled fighter.
And on Thursday, Moffat warned critics and fans the third episode of the fourth series, rumoured to be its last, would be more "actiony" than ever.
Speaking at a fans' and press screening of the episode, set to air on Sunday night, Moffat joked: "For all those complaints being a bit too James Bondy and actiony ... not till tonight."
Moffat also addressed the possibility of the show returning for a fifth series, saying "it could be possible" as he thanked his wife and the show's executive producer, Sue Vertue, for her work on the programme.
He said: "If this was the last one, and we are not planning it to be, but it might be ... If we never come back, and we never do another panel of the show, which is improbable, there is one thing I would like say.
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"The boss of Sherlock, the number one person on Sherlock ... it's not me, or Mark, it's the person to whom I'm married."
Moffat added: "She is the person who runs all of Sherlock. She is the person who either kicks us up the arse or restrains us depending if we're being insane or lethargic.
"She's the person who made us write it in the first place She is the general. She is the chief executive officer. She is the absolutely ultimate boss of this show."
The finale of the BBC1 series airs at 9pm on Sunday.
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