What colour is the sky in your world?

I disagree with your comment about Joan being sidelined and feel rather that she has gotten to shine more as a detective in her own right.

the ever-effective proof-by-assertion

As an example of a very intelligent man with next to no social skills see:

Awkward post to reply to. I will start by pointing out that one of the defining traits of autism is an inability to filter incoming information to restrict it to that which is "relevant/important". That overflow of information has negative impacts on the sufferer's ability to engage empathically with the people around…

Moriarty apparently blows up planes because… there's money in it… I guess?

Well said

I've been reading Holmes stories since I was 10, and I think Elementary is very much worth your time. Hard to say for certain, I don't really know how valuable your time is, but I think it is genuinely very good.

True, the fact that it's unrelentingly silly however does.

a) procedural is not a synonym for bad. Law & Order was a procedural and while not always hitting home runs it set a very high standard.