#elementary 5x24

[kajaono]

Something I really like about the season 5 finale and Sherlocks illness is that Joan is so done with Sherlocks shit. If he wants to go down, okay, but she will not go down with him as long he isn’t honest with her.

In Elementary the characters do not have to deal with every shit of Sherlock. He has to suffer consequences. This is also really beautiful shown when Joan just leaves Sherlock after he lied to her again. And then he turns around and runs after her. He still is not honest to her but they both speak openly to eachother and then he goes to a hospital and gets the help he needs.

Elementary understood very well that a Johnlock relationship doesn’t work when Sherlock isn’t also investing energy in the relationship. Not everything is up to John, but that also doesn’t mean that John is leaving Sherlock when he needs help the most.

Am I throwing shade at BBC Sherlock again? Maybe...

[amindamazed]

oh, my angst-loving heart I don't entirely love the episode, and I don't trust that they'll follow through AT ALL. but the more I think about it, the more juicy tragic facets I find.

1. "I needed you." O. M. G. oh watson ymmv, but for me, this is the culmination of three years of Joan denying, refuting, burying, ignoring, and fearing the repercussions of dependency. This is being kidnapped and Mycroft and London and Andrew and the relapse and Shinwell, and her struggle not to feel responsible for every damn thing, and she was doing it, they stood together against Morland and Sherlock trusted her to take the lead even, he trusts her more than anyone, and then it started to crumble and she doesn't understand why so kept going on, it's the work that sustains, that will bring them together, it's the thing they share, the basis and foundation for everything.

She thought it was that all-too-familiar combination of his arrogance and insecurity prompting the self-centered questioning about her commitment [at the start of s5], again. And she thought she'd given him the answers he sought that time, reassured him she was where she wanted to be. But he kept on doubting. Doubting Shinwell, his determination, his ability and intelligence, and by extension hers. It never went away, even when he threw himself into the mix and took over. She let him, hoping he would see what she did, recognize Shinwell's determination and strength. His acts of penance. And none of it was enough. She didn't know if he believed her lie, that she didn’t feel responsible for Shinwell’s murder; at first she believed it herself: it wasn't her fault. She was angry. But of course it could be both, and she did do this, it was her mistake, and she needed him and he wasn't there. 2. That moment of bare vulnerability when he admits, "I forgot," and her wrath blisters the ground between them. I think this is the single most tragic moment between the two of them, in five years: how much they each need the other and are both utterly unable to perceive it, let alone bridge the chasm. They both made the same mistake. Er, not falling in love but of holding back, hiding their fears until they combusted. 3. "I'm the part of you that wants to get better. Who else would I look like?" WHO ELSE?!? WHO ELSE? "[People who love each other] make promises." I'm gonna make sure you're ready when the time comes. I promise. He wanted this to be Watson helping. Watson holding his hand when he's scared. Watson the person who knows him better than anyone, who wants him to be better, who makes him better. This is the most baldly romantic declaration since the proposal, and of course Doherty has to bury it underneath layers of distraction and deflection and disguise, but I don't care. For all his boring noromo protestations, he's totally a shipper. 4. I don't know if I can write this (feel free to use this as a prompt, anyone), but my headcanon is that Watson jumps to the conclusion that the wreck of Sherlock's room is evidence of Tyus Wilcox's final retaliation against her, and when she runs out of the kitchen, it's to track down the last remnants of SBK loyal to him and burn them to the ground and herself with them.

[theromanticrationalist]

Elementary S5 Finale

Whoa. Just whoa. That was so intense, and wow. Lucy Lui was amazing in this episode, and I’m just like jhjksgfkjdhfksdhfksydfhsldkkjsdfklsldkhf - why oh why did the writers & showrunner decide to this NOW and not have it all season?! It was like these last two episodes something just snapped back into place, and Elementary went back into good writing again, with the promise of being even better. We finally have Watson being given a strong storyline and character arc, and it really has paid off. I knew she was going down the vigilante route, but wow, I got chills when she was talking to the Mara Tres guy about allowing her to take down Tyus and SBK, whereupon once Tyus gets thrown in jail, he could have his way with him. It was so badass and chilling, I think the criminals of New York better watch out with Joan Watson protecting the city. You DO NOT want to mess with her. O_O

They just let Lucy Lui go for this episode and it was so great! Why haven’t they been doing this for the whole season? Why didn’t we get to see more of her and Shinwell bond? Why didn’t we get to see some semblance of the emotion and intensity that she expressed in this episode? Obviously, not a lot, because it would be something they would have been building towards, but we didn’t get much indication. There are plenty of show don’t tell methods the writers could have utilized during this season to show this. Like giving us sneak peaks of Watson by herself, or perhaps a lot more subtext! Anything would have been great!

However, what I’m most upset about is the lack of build up to Sherlock Holmes’ new predicament. Oh, my poor Sherlock. His life is just one big careening catastrophe of pain and heartache. I don’t know if I am prepared to watch his mind deteriorate! The episode ends on a cliffhanger so we are unsure of what could be causing his hallucinations and memory loss, but whatever it is, it isn’t going to be good. Then the connection with his better self taking on the image of his mother, I was just like - no, I can’t! Make it STAHP! Yet again, here we had no indication of any of this throughout the season. This whole memory loss, hallucination thing just came from absolutely NO WHERE. Literally episode 23, that’s it. Why didn’t they have this happening throughout the episodes? Where Sherlock forgets a thing here and a thing there? Where he fails to be there for Watson in this moment or that moment? There was obviously tension between them over Shinwell, but that too has been pretty unclear and mysterious what their true thoughts and emotions have been. Until, of course, that scene in this episode when they let it all out. I will say, though, I think that it is one of the best scenes of this entire show. Hands down. Without a doubt. Wow. It goes without saying that Miller and Lui were phenomenal, but the subtleties and subtext that went into all of that argument was just SO good. THIS is why I watch this show. THIS is why I LOVE it. Why couldn’t we have had this kind of material throughout Season 5? I just feel like season 5, for the most, has been a major waste. I’M SO SAD.

I just recently discovered that Season 6 only got an order of 13 episodes, so things aren’t look good for Elementary. I blame CBS, of course, because I don’t think they make good decisions as a television studio, but I also kind of blame Doherty and his writing team. I kind of feel like they brought this on themselves by not delivering a stronger season 5. Perhaps if they would have done so, the show wouldn’t be in the predicament it is now. I think the season finale proves that they really could’ve done so much better.

At any rate, it is what it is. I guess I should be grateful that the writing looks like it will be taking a big turn for the better. I’m actually really looking forward to Season 6 (which was not the case after the lackluster Season 4 finale and going into Season 5), so I’m very excited. Excited to have my heart ripped to shreds! YAY.

#curls up in a cold, dark corner

[queensofmystery]

if this fandom was bigger, I imagine the “Who else would I look like?” line would practically become a meme

because seriously

WHO ELSE

WHO ELSE DO YOU THINK YOU HORRIBLE @!*&#^@&*$^*&~#@^(&$#(~#$

*pounds keyboard harder*

I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH CURSEWORDS FOR THIS

[kajaono]

Am I the only one who thinks the ending of season 5 and the beginning of season 1 is cut together really weird?

How is between these two seasons? 1 day? 2 day? Why was Joan not calling the cops. Why did Sherlock gothis results so fast? Why was Joan not surprised that Sherlock appeared on work like nothing happened?