I have no clue. This looked like a wrap up episode and with them making a special which I am stoked for, I think this show is through becasue I just finished watching the entire season in one day and I swear that season looked just too much like the film, and as I have noticed with other shows that once they have broken with the conventions that has made theri show possible throughout the series, I notice that they seem to end.
It was also werid that when I boutght the season 6 dvd that they didn't have time to do the commentaries I love. I wonder if that was because it was too busy or they are starting to wind down the series. Well I will have to wait for the season 7 dvd's to find out what isgoing on becasue they sometimes reveal what happens next. Like I remeber in the Film commentary that Clattenburg went on for a few minutes Hinting about what was going to happen in season 7 but with the news of them taking a year off, I think the season 7 dvd's will be the definitive answer on what will happen to the future of this show. Trust me, I have at least watched each season at least 10 times within a month period.
But there may be a ray of hope here becasue why would they introduce all these other characters only just to have the show go off the air. There is alot more potential to develop these characters and make the show even crazier but I do understand them taking a break. I have listened to every commentary and extra and even watched the clapboards that were shown in the extras and they all are in about the same time period at at a very fast pace and I think they realized that they needed to take a break because with the film schedule being so slow and the show so quick and as I have heard in the commentary for the film they did alot with season 6, then shot and realed the film and then shot season 7 within the same year, these guys need a break. I just hope the show won't go off the air forever and with the dvd's that I own they will go on forever.