Elementary Season 7 Review -- Eps 1-4 Episode 1: A, 2: B, 3 & 4: D
The good -- Wow, it’s really nice to see J-Dub and Sherly back on screen. And Kitty was a great bonus. Wish she’d stuck around. Watson’s wardrobe is stellar as per, and its focus on black and white may represent how she’s seeing the world these days, less in shades of gray after last season’s attack. There’s a level of camaraderie and comfort between Holmes & Watson that’s nice to see.
Man, it’s also awesome to see the first few episodes with a continuing through-line, which is how the series should’ve been structured all along.
The bad -- If only that continuing through-line hadn’t literally gotten all the emotional air sucked out of it by a series of lame apologies, without any explanation or regard for the major betrayal the Captain laid on them last season.
And the outcome was also lame -- where the hell was Hannah? Wouldn’t she’ve been at the hospital? Shouldn’t she’ve at least offered to give herself up? Or have Gregson beg her to do so? Wouldn’t it have been nice to see Watson get her own apology? His betrayal was really a slap in the face to her. But OF COURSE, we don’t get to see that scene, cause RHW wrote it and he always leaves the best stuff out, and because JW will ALWAYS DB. (Thank G-d, we’ve finally got this to soften the blow a bit.) :) #LucyLiu on the #WalkofFame
Meanwhile, that thing with Sherly threatening people with his father has always irked the hell out of me. He’s such a hypocrite. He doesn’t want anything to do with Morly until he needs to toss his name around for some kind of threat or favor. And would it’ve killed them to get Morland back for that first London ep? Believe me, it would’ve been a nice emotional set-up for what’s coming. (SPOILER ALERT: See ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya.)
The ugly -- Well, once we’re back in New York we’re of course back to convoluted, hole-ridden plots with uber-rich guy white male murderers and various international shenanigans. (That Ethiopia vs. Eritrea deal had me alternately yawning and wanting to tear my hair out.)
And we’ve had to put up with the usual amount of schmuck-bait. OF COURSE Marcus isn’t going to the marshals. OF COURSE, Watson isn’t getting a baby. OF COURSE, Sherly is immediately able to move back to the US with only the slightest amount of glaring at an FBI guy we’ve never seen before. Oh, and of course the jailhouse message “Joan Watson is trouble” isn’t gonna lead to any real jeopardy.
The extremely hideous -- I’m already pissed about what’s gonna happen on tonight’s introduction of Reichenbach cause we've seen this before with every other "archvillain" on Elementary. Be an uber-rich white male tech guy (see above). Bring back some toss-off storyline (the gun buyback deal), dupe Joan into working for said rich guy, then reveal you're some evil genius out for Sherly, making her look like a complete idiot who’s just been successfully manipulated. UH, NO.
LL says that (thank G-d) she finally complained enough to get a love life this season. I’m really hoping it’s not this guy. Cause this is Reichenbach’s really unfortunate introduction. I mean, poor James Frain. With the ears and the accent, he’s the freaking elf Legolas, for the Lord’s sake!