Dexter did it. So did Mulder. And House. Sherlock Holmes did it in both his shows, sometimes more than once. It almost makes you think there should be a support group: “Hi, my name is Sherlock, and…” (“Go on, Sherlock.”) “… I get out of tough situations by faking my…
Elementary is dead, long live Elementary. Yes, I only just now got around to watching the final season of Elementary, which aired early last summer. And it was the best of adaptations, it was the worst of adaptations. It didn’t have Sherlock‘s slick style; it often crossed the line from…
Four episodes I watched all at once after returning from our honeymoon, four thoughts.
I love good twist endings. You know, the ones that reveal a whole new layer to the story, that make you care about the characters even more and marvel at the solution to the puzzle you’ve been wrestling with all this while. Heck, I’ll even settle for bad twist endings,…
If there’s one scene that encapsulates why I love Elementary despite its flaws, it’s from 5×08 “How the Sausage Is Made”: in which Joan and Sherlock discuss why Sherlock isn’t attending his support group meetings.
If you check out fanfiction.net, you’ll notice it’s strong fanon that Holmes’s father was abusive to him as a child. Without wishing to minimize real-life child abuse, which is horrible, in some types of (fan)fiction, parental abuse is used as a way to explain a character’s emotional issues or bad behaviour,…
Let’s get this out of the way: Elementary lacks a certain je-totally-sais-quoi compared to other contemporary Sherlock Holmes TV series. Its mysteries often make little sense ; the bad guy is almost always the only next-tier guest actor who is not a canonical character; and in one of its recent episodes,…
(tl;dr — because I am contrary!) CBS’s Elementary and the BBC’s Sherlock are the most well known current television updates of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Both follow the adventures of the Great Detective and his bff, Watson, transposed into the 21st century, with a healthy helping of original plot and characters. Judging by…
Happy long weekend, fellow Canadians! The first three episodes of the lesser-liked modern Sherlock Holmes series are out. So of course I jotted down what I thought, because: Sherlock Holmes.
(Even you, Elementary. Though I admit your circumstances are slightly different. BUT I WILL *NOT* SPOIL THEM, SO READ ON WITHOUT FEAR!) I love updates of Sherlock Holmes, but I have not yet encountered a single version of Irene Adler who does not make me want to punch the character in…