#elementary 3x07

[kajaono]

THIS! A thousand timed this. A few years ago i would have given everything to hear something like this in BBC Sherlock. Yeah, Elementary might not feature openly queer characters in the main roles but it often features Sherlock who talks about self acceptance. Saying that Joan should not stick to traditional relationship concepts but haev the courage to explore new fields. He often points out that she would be much more happier with multiple partners at once, or with a woman.

“they are a trait to be accepted, not correct”

Can you believe that one day we actually might have an openly gay Sherlock and a struggeling bi Watson and Sherlock gives that speech? The power it would have! It alleeady has power now in Elementary but in such a context! Just wow!

Sure it is just a simple line but... some show do not even manage to do this

[kajaono]

This scene is so beautiful hypocritical. Sherock is blasting Beethoven or Bee sex noises at 3 am, but Kitty is not allowed to hear loud music at 9 in the evening.

[dearvoidgoodnight]

“You can’t judge an idea by the results it produces.”

-Sherlock Holmes

[amindamazed]

sunkentowers replied to your post: At long last, we finally have two dots to connect...

Would her step-dad’s affair factor into the count in any way?

hmm - I've never thought about that. It’s certainly possible, although I’m not sure it would do much for the discrepancy. We don't know how long his affair lasted, but based on how Watson described it in 307, I didn’t have the impression it went on for years and years. But perhaps they were separated for longer. Still, I’d need at least 5 more years for the math to make sense and really want the full 10.

[serendipitousrainbows]

someone should write a criminal minds / elementary crossover, just sayin

[amindamazed]

well that's 42 minutes I'll never get back again. There are maybe 2 minutes I want to rewatch, but the rest can be served with the nutmeg concoction.

100% unchecked asshole genius. I think we're supposed to notice that half his asshole declarations turn out to be wrong but other than sighing, eyerolling, and "you mean water is wet?" statements there wasn't any pushback. And supposedly made okay by a brief statement of direct praise for work well done? And for all the blah blah blah case, they left out closure for Joan's original client.

There was one somewhat OOC conversation that had potential for connection between Joan and Sherlock as well as provided some scaffolding for her long-term love prospects, and she did get to check an earlier particularly crass and insulting comparison he smeared earlier in the ep, but the whole discussion sort of showed up out of nowhere and wasn't well integrated in this ep at all.

I can still see the threads of the long-term arcs they remembered to install this season, but I have never liked Sherlock less than in this episode.

And Ms Hudson! JFC what an utter waste, at least CC got paid but there was no reason given for her specifically to be there and they did nothing NOTHING NOTHING AT ALL with her character. I'm thoroughly disgusted. They should be ashamed.

[edited to remove the 'read more' 2 days after episode aired]

[amindamazed]

I can't be sorry to see Ms Hudson in an episode again, but there had better be more than in that sorry sneak peek because that was worse than her non-part in My Dinner with Mycroft.