Showing posts with label Elementary television show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elementary television show. Show all posts

Friday, October 5, 2012

Elementary: While You Were Sleeping




Sherlock is a bit calmer and easier to take this week.  No doubt Watson is calming him down already.  The two of them are still very much at odds with each other and have not built a give and take so that they bounce ideas off of each other and work skillfully as a team.

Watson keeps probing to see what was at the root of Sherlock's supposed breakdown that landed him in rehab in NYC.  Sherlock probes back by hacking into her life and fooling with her relationship with her Ex.

The mystery this week was suitably convoluted and involved a fortune and previously unknown heirs popping up and getting dispatched.

Cleverly, the most likely suspect was in a coma for length of the show.  Had to be her, but how?

Nothing like an AA meeting to help Sherlock unravel this mystery.

Sherlock is playing his violin by episode's end.  A casual remark by Holmes that they have had take out five days in a row makes me think Mrs. Hudson is due to appear.  I'm sure the part is  already cast, but they need Hudson to be some burly ex sailor with even more tattoos than Sherlock and a cigar who happens to be a great chef.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Elementary

I'm not a die hard Sherlock fan, thinking CANON constantly.  Good thing.  I enjoy the utter cleverness of the Sherlock Holmes classic character and his ability to make incredible deductions from keen observations.  If only I could do that.  The things I observe never turn out to be quite so useful.

Holmes and Watson have been updated to present day New York City.  As you can see in the picture, Sherlock is a bit of a squirrel, not dignified at all.  He is presented as a druggie tattooed but still brilliant Sherlockian "consultant" for the New York Police who seem to take him in stride and value him.


Watson is a beautiful, compassionate former surgeon who agrees to babysit Holmes and keep him off drugs and out of trouble on behalf of Holmes' wealthy and unseen father.   Love Watson.  Lucy Liu is just wonderful.  Lots of depth, not a chattering chipmunk like Holmes.

Animal comparisons aside, I liked the mystery plot, I think and hope Watson can temper Holmes and his madness.

No, I have not watched the PBS series yet.  Have season one.  We shall see.