Elementary 2.19
Apr. 4th, 2014 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakIn which, after another weird hiatus, my favourite Holmes and Watson are back with a great Joan character episode.
Which I liked so much that I wasn't even distracted from my good mood by the call back to my least favourite Elementary episode ever, aka 2.03 of government propaganda and whistleblower bashing infamy. Instead, Sherlock going through with the silly hacker requests in a matter-of-fact way made me smile. Though it's a shame they didn't really let Johnny Lee Miller record Let It Go and cosplay Elsa.
Case of the week: could have done without the "mother of a psycho must also be a serial killer" conclusion, and not just because of my Norma Bates bias; the other day I read an absolutely fantastic article in the New Yorker about the father and the dead mother of the Sandy Creek shooter which showed up the kneejerk "blame the parents" reactions for the facile cliché they are. Otoh, letting the former offender who used chemicals to castrate himself NOT be the killer was refreshing. But really, the heart of the episode was the interconnected subplot about Joan, complete with flashback to her surgeon past.
It may be a retcon, but the ide that Joan is/was plagued by that memor, of thinking "he deserves to die" when a wounded serial killer is brought in, was inspired, and adds to her decision of not going back to surgery. I also liked that her former superior didn't turn out to be evil, that whatever was in his heart at that moment when he treated Coville remained in his heart because you can't definitely answer something like this, and the point was how Joan felt about it. It was a great partnership episode, too, with Sherlock being supportive throughout while offering the type of critical examination of her theories she gives him (pointing out both the likelihood that she's projecting and the important fact that however she felt that day, she didn't act on it but did try to save the guy's life) and getting to the heart of her concerns.
In other news: Ms. Hudson referred to in dialogue, hooray! Now can we get her back in person and on screen? Anyway, good to know we're assume she keeps coming by. And the warmers for Clyde were cute.
Which I liked so much that I wasn't even distracted from my good mood by the call back to my least favourite Elementary episode ever, aka 2.03 of government propaganda and whistleblower bashing infamy. Instead, Sherlock going through with the silly hacker requests in a matter-of-fact way made me smile. Though it's a shame they didn't really let Johnny Lee Miller record Let It Go and cosplay Elsa.
Case of the week: could have done without the "mother of a psycho must also be a serial killer" conclusion, and not just because of my Norma Bates bias; the other day I read an absolutely fantastic article in the New Yorker about the father and the dead mother of the Sandy Creek shooter which showed up the kneejerk "blame the parents" reactions for the facile cliché they are. Otoh, letting the former offender who used chemicals to castrate himself NOT be the killer was refreshing. But really, the heart of the episode was the interconnected subplot about Joan, complete with flashback to her surgeon past.
It may be a retcon, but the ide that Joan is/was plagued by that memor, of thinking "he deserves to die" when a wounded serial killer is brought in, was inspired, and adds to her decision of not going back to surgery. I also liked that her former superior didn't turn out to be evil, that whatever was in his heart at that moment when he treated Coville remained in his heart because you can't definitely answer something like this, and the point was how Joan felt about it. It was a great partnership episode, too, with Sherlock being supportive throughout while offering the type of critical examination of her theories she gives him (pointing out both the likelihood that she's projecting and the important fact that however she felt that day, she didn't act on it but did try to save the guy's life) and getting to the heart of her concerns.
In other news: Ms. Hudson referred to in dialogue, hooray! Now can we get her back in person and on screen? Anyway, good to know we're assume she keeps coming by. And the warmers for Clyde were cute.
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Date: 2014-04-04 10:56 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-04-05 04:34 am (UTC)Me, too. He came off as arrogant, but the hesitation over administering the medication felt within the range of care (whether or not it was an accurate portrayal I have no idea; I'm no medical professional, but in the context of a TV show it looked good), and it felt like what the guy said -- a particular call.
Oh, and I figured it was the mother when I saw the woman playing her, one of those "oo, oo, it's her, what's her name?" character actors.
But the highlight was, of course, Clyde and his turtle-cosies made with love by Mrs Hudson. LOVE.
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Date: 2014-04-05 07:27 am (UTC)