Elementary 2.02
Oct. 5th, 2013 07:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenak...continues to present one of my favourite friendships on tv. Aw, show.
We hadn't really revisited Joan Watson's backstory trauma - the loss of of her patient during surgery - since the pilot, except for the case involving her friend the surgeon, and then it was about whether or not Watson was tempted to return to the medical life, not about what exactly had happened, and how she was dealing with her guilt about that. Which was one of the reasons why I loved this week's subplot. The other was because it was a beautiful showcase for their friendship. Holmes had his clear opinion (that her patient's son was blackmailing her/exploiting her guilt), but he didn't try to dictate it to her, or to tell her what to do. Instead, he was supportive, gave her the means to do whatever she wished to, and it was Watson who found a way to offer help to the son without allowing herself to be blackmailed. And the show didn't simplify it to mean she was now free of her sense of guilt re: her dead patient. Instead, we got another of these lovely quiet scenes between them which I adore, and which reminded me of the time he just sat next to her while she was waiting for her ex though knowing he wouldn't come.
Last week,zarahwithaz wondered what Joan's arc this season could be, since Sherlock's probably involved his brother and coming to terms with his family, and Joan's last season arc - deciding to become a detective and stay with him - could not be repeated. After this episode, I wonder whether it will be connected to that fatal accident, and whether she'll find a way to reconcile being a detective with practicing medicine again, on a smaller scale, like her Victorian predecessor?
Case of the week: well of course the genius mathematician did it, and I approve of her being female. The NSA whisking her away at the end instead of her facing the judical process is a cynical real life note, because well, yes.
We hadn't really revisited Joan Watson's backstory trauma - the loss of of her patient during surgery - since the pilot, except for the case involving her friend the surgeon, and then it was about whether or not Watson was tempted to return to the medical life, not about what exactly had happened, and how she was dealing with her guilt about that. Which was one of the reasons why I loved this week's subplot. The other was because it was a beautiful showcase for their friendship. Holmes had his clear opinion (that her patient's son was blackmailing her/exploiting her guilt), but he didn't try to dictate it to her, or to tell her what to do. Instead, he was supportive, gave her the means to do whatever she wished to, and it was Watson who found a way to offer help to the son without allowing herself to be blackmailed. And the show didn't simplify it to mean she was now free of her sense of guilt re: her dead patient. Instead, we got another of these lovely quiet scenes between them which I adore, and which reminded me of the time he just sat next to her while she was waiting for her ex though knowing he wouldn't come.
Last week,
zarahwithaz wondered what Joan's arc this season could be, since Sherlock's probably involved his brother and coming to terms with his family, and Joan's last season arc - deciding to become a detective and stay with him - could not be repeated. After this episode, I wonder whether it will be connected to that fatal accident, and whether she'll find a way to reconcile being a detective with practicing medicine again, on a smaller scale, like her Victorian predecessor? Case of the week: well of course the genius mathematician did it, and I approve of her being female. The NSA whisking her away at the end instead of her facing the judical process is a cynical real life note, because well, yes.
