Elementary 5.13
Feb. 4th, 2017 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakIn which we find out what can happen when Holmes & Watson keep turning down a client for lack of time and for convenience, and it's not pretty. Also, good episode!
And among many other things an example of why it would be refreshing if the show would depart more often from its NYPD cases only formula and bring in clients again. Anyway, I liked that while neither Joan nor Sherlock were turning down Mr. Burnel (spelling?) for malevolent reasons (or in Sherlock's case to be a jerk), lack of time on their part wasn't the only issue, because they could have gotten back into contact with him once their cases du jour were resolved, and they didn't. Because human beings can be like that, no matter how generally well intentioned - doing convenient, easier, out of sight, out of mind thing, especially if it's someone they have no connection to. And of course, it was a clever Doylist way to heighten the stakes for Sherlock having to solve the case within 16 hours - which at the same time demonstrates he could have done so in any of the preceding years, had he and Joan taken the trouble.
I kept wondering whether the police officer who'd turned Mr. B. down originally was going to be revealed as implicated till I realised the point of the character was something else - because the audience wouldn't believe any more than Joan that Mr. B., no matter how desperate he'd gotten, would actually shoot twenty strangers, but that the danger he would at least hurt the cop who'd failed his son and him so badly was real.
Sherlock having to team up with Marcus because Joan was with Mr. B. made for more entertaining Holmes & Bell scenes, which are always welcome. I was amused by the maple syrup McGuffin, because that's the kind of oddity I learn about via this show which then turns out to be real.
Joan showcasing her Doctor knowledge by spotting Mr. B. has skin cancer and her quintessential humanity by warning him about the sniper were both very her, and beautiful to watch.
Lastly, I liked that Sherlock in the end wouldn't let it go until he'd found a way to get the evildoer du jour arrested, and NOT via last season's favorite plot device, framing (ugh!), but via applying his mind and knowledge to the matter, while Joan also wouldn't let it go and found a way to get Mr. B. medical help in prison. This is how I like my heroes.
And among many other things an example of why it would be refreshing if the show would depart more often from its NYPD cases only formula and bring in clients again. Anyway, I liked that while neither Joan nor Sherlock were turning down Mr. Burnel (spelling?) for malevolent reasons (or in Sherlock's case to be a jerk), lack of time on their part wasn't the only issue, because they could have gotten back into contact with him once their cases du jour were resolved, and they didn't. Because human beings can be like that, no matter how generally well intentioned - doing convenient, easier, out of sight, out of mind thing, especially if it's someone they have no connection to. And of course, it was a clever Doylist way to heighten the stakes for Sherlock having to solve the case within 16 hours - which at the same time demonstrates he could have done so in any of the preceding years, had he and Joan taken the trouble.
I kept wondering whether the police officer who'd turned Mr. B. down originally was going to be revealed as implicated till I realised the point of the character was something else - because the audience wouldn't believe any more than Joan that Mr. B., no matter how desperate he'd gotten, would actually shoot twenty strangers, but that the danger he would at least hurt the cop who'd failed his son and him so badly was real.
Sherlock having to team up with Marcus because Joan was with Mr. B. made for more entertaining Holmes & Bell scenes, which are always welcome. I was amused by the maple syrup McGuffin, because that's the kind of oddity I learn about via this show which then turns out to be real.
Joan showcasing her Doctor knowledge by spotting Mr. B. has skin cancer and her quintessential humanity by warning him about the sniper were both very her, and beautiful to watch.
Lastly, I liked that Sherlock in the end wouldn't let it go until he'd found a way to get the evildoer du jour arrested, and NOT via last season's favorite plot device, framing (ugh!), but via applying his mind and knowledge to the matter, while Joan also wouldn't let it go and found a way to get Mr. B. medical help in prison. This is how I like my heroes.
