Elementary 4.18
Mar. 30th, 2016 07:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakFrom the heights of the Paul Cornell episode to the merely okay. (Which doesn't mean bad! Just not splendid.)
Though one reason why I think that was the same happened as with the episode that started with the promise of a heist and then went off in another direction, making me regret the episode that never was. Here, I was delighted we finally had a case starting with a client again. I also appreciated that we got what seemed another exploration of the abused children and Sherlock's sense of recognition subject, like we did in s1 and s2. And then...we never saw Brian and his father again, and there was no sense from either Joan or Sherlock that finding the true killer wouldn't solve any of Brian's deeper problems, given his domestic situation.
This being said: Elementary continues to educate me on schemes people doubtlessly fall for in real life, and does the social satire that goes with it pretty well. (In this case targetting super rich "preppers" who want their luxury bunkers for doomsday scenarios.) Mind you, every time Sherlock gets another dig in about the rich in general and his father in particular, I can't help thinking: yes, but you're still living in his house, from his money, and so does Joan. Yes, he can only donate his services to the NYPD and pay Joan because of this, but it's still true, and one reason why I was hoping early this season it might end with Doherty & Co. being radical enough to say goodbye to the beloved Brownstone and let Sherlock and Joan try to live from actual CLIENTS as detectives in a tiny flat. Or even a big one. But still one they pay by their own work. But I very much doubt this will (ever) happen. (Unless Joan's mole in Morland's office somehow causes his empire to collapse?)
As for the Fiona and Sherlock subplot: Fiona continues to be endearing, and I like that the show lets Sherlock point out he's putting extra work into the relationship not because she's neuroatypical but because his one and only experience at romance (as opposed to sex) was Irene/Moriarty, which might as well be no experience at all in terms of the kind of relationship he and Fiona are having. I also like her being the one to initiate sex.
(I could be nitpicky and complain that it would have been nice to see more of Fiona between decision to date and near breakup over misunderstanding/relationship turns sexual, but you know, we didn't with Joan and Andrew. We did see far more of Kitty, but Kitty wasn't a romance for either Sherlock or Joan, and she was very much part of their professional lives, so that made sense.)
(Cutting myself off here before I start my usual "I miss Kitty!" lament. But I do.) (S3: still my favourite.)
Though one reason why I think that was the same happened as with the episode that started with the promise of a heist and then went off in another direction, making me regret the episode that never was. Here, I was delighted we finally had a case starting with a client again. I also appreciated that we got what seemed another exploration of the abused children and Sherlock's sense of recognition subject, like we did in s1 and s2. And then...we never saw Brian and his father again, and there was no sense from either Joan or Sherlock that finding the true killer wouldn't solve any of Brian's deeper problems, given his domestic situation.
This being said: Elementary continues to educate me on schemes people doubtlessly fall for in real life, and does the social satire that goes with it pretty well. (In this case targetting super rich "preppers" who want their luxury bunkers for doomsday scenarios.) Mind you, every time Sherlock gets another dig in about the rich in general and his father in particular, I can't help thinking: yes, but you're still living in his house, from his money, and so does Joan. Yes, he can only donate his services to the NYPD and pay Joan because of this, but it's still true, and one reason why I was hoping early this season it might end with Doherty & Co. being radical enough to say goodbye to the beloved Brownstone and let Sherlock and Joan try to live from actual CLIENTS as detectives in a tiny flat. Or even a big one. But still one they pay by their own work. But I very much doubt this will (ever) happen. (Unless Joan's mole in Morland's office somehow causes his empire to collapse?)
As for the Fiona and Sherlock subplot: Fiona continues to be endearing, and I like that the show lets Sherlock point out he's putting extra work into the relationship not because she's neuroatypical but because his one and only experience at romance (as opposed to sex) was Irene/Moriarty, which might as well be no experience at all in terms of the kind of relationship he and Fiona are having. I also like her being the one to initiate sex.
(I could be nitpicky and complain that it would have been nice to see more of Fiona between decision to date and near breakup over misunderstanding/relationship turns sexual, but you know, we didn't with Joan and Andrew. We did see far more of Kitty, but Kitty wasn't a romance for either Sherlock or Joan, and she was very much part of their professional lives, so that made sense.)
(Cutting myself off here before I start my usual "I miss Kitty!" lament. But I do.) (S3: still my favourite.)
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Date: 2016-03-31 07:20 pm (UTC)It was weird that that punch at the beginning of the ep didn't come back to haunt Sherlock. That client didn't strike me as somebody to take something like that lying down. On the other hand, it was a nice bit of continuity to have Trent the neighbor mentioned again. One thing that I liked about the case was, that despite believing that the victim had cheated on her, the wife didn't turn into some hysterical shrew.
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Date: 2016-04-01 05:26 am (UTC)Re: Trent, I was delighted he got namechecked as well! And that Joan made it clear to Sherlock he's not to be messed with. I continue to hope he'll show up again in person.