'Elementary' season 5 news: Will Natalie Dormer bring back Moriarty next season?

Will Sherlock and Moriarty reunite in 'Elementary' season 5? facebook.com/ElementaryCBS

After Natalie Dormer's character in HBO's "Game of Thrones" was killed off in the season 6 finale, fans of "Elementary" are hopeful to see the actress reprise her role as Sherlock's slyest nemesis.

Dormer appeared in the first three seasons of CBS' crime drama inspired by the iconic book series written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. She portrayed the role of Sherlock's (Jonny Lee Miller) lover Irene Adler, who later turned out to be the criminal mastermind named Jamie Moriarty. She was last seen in season 3, after she wrote a letter for Sherlock in prison, warning him of the ongoing game between them.

Since the character was not killed off in the series, it means that there is still a possibility that she can return to the show. And after Dormer's character Margaery Tyrell has been confirmed dead in "Game of Thrones," the actress will have more time to work on the crime procedural drama.

While the network has yet to confirm if Dormer will be part of season 5, there are speculations that Sherlock and his partner Joan Watson (Lucy Liu) will look back at their relationships with their families next season.

In season 4, Sherlock's dad Morland (John Noble) followed him to New York to ask him to forget about their tumultuous past. But the former Scotland Yard consultant later on found out that Morland took over the leadership of Moriarty's crime organization, which made him hate his father more. However, it was also revealed that the reason why Morland joined the organization was to dismantle it from within to assure the safety of his son.

Meanwhile, Watson is expected to meet her biological father in season 5 after she met her half-sister Lin (Samantha Quan) in the previous season. Fans are also looking forward to seeing the development in the relationship of the half-siblings when the series returns this fall.

"Elementary" season 5 is slated to return to CBS on Oct. 2.

News
On striving for destiny
On striving for destiny

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on Numbers, leadership and destiny. 

Divorce at 50-year low despite liberalising reforms
Divorce at 50-year low despite liberalising reforms

The Marriage Foundation has welcomed figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), saying they show that marriages are the strongest they have been for 50 years.

Pope Leo XIV calls for global solidarity with Eastern Churches amid conflict and crisis
Pope Leo XIV calls for global solidarity with Eastern Churches amid conflict and crisis

“How can we think that we are laying the foundations of the future apart from cooperation and a global vision inspired by the common good?"

British media preoccupied with Catholic Church - report
British media preoccupied with Catholic Church - report

A study into media coverage of Christianity in Britain has showed that coverage is more likely to take a negative tone towards the faith and is arguably biased towards coverage of the Roman Catholic Church.