"Sadly, the Chase/Weiner model of psychology as destiny doesn't seem to leave much room for personal growth"

I see this a few days later than the broadcast so I'm contributing to a near-dead thread, but can't resist. I guess I don't have a good ear for accents because I thought Dormer's American accent sounded authentic and the British one fake. I also thought she was French because she played one on the Tudors so I was…

Watson deduced that Moriarty was in love with Holmes and her faculties were therefore just as compromised as his. She would swoop in to scoop him up if she saw an opening. That's what I was getting from the scene. It wasn't something Holmes would have been able to see.

Natalie Dormer was also Anne Boleyn in The Tudors, if no one has mentioned it. She's kind of a scenery-chewer, it should be interesting with Lucy Liu's minimalism.

I know I'll sound like a nerd, but something that's always bugged me is the way they portray the citizens. Small town politics is a fertile field for comedy and I was tickled to see this show take it on. But every time they parade the stupidity of the people who show up at town hall, I cringe. Sure there's some truth…

The failsafe thing doesn't make any sense (especially after rewatching the show). Why would anyone else care about sending out blackmail material after the guy dies? Especially when they know what it is — you could maybe make a thin case out of sending it if they don't know what's in it. Telling the guy what it's for…

Yes, I dread that idea (giving victims more space). It could easily get maudlin and the show seems to be staying away from the obvious emotional triggers — the ones you get are fairly subtle and built up to.

The Good Wife is better at filling out the side characters so it doesn't drag when the focus is off the main characters. On the other hand when you like characters a lot, it's frustrating when they're not around much. So I'm preferring Elementary right now.

They've done that in at least one episode before (given the key to the mystery very early). In The Red Team, Sherlock says, "Large groups of people can't keep a secret" in the first 2 minutes, before the credits start, and repeats something like that a couple of times throughout. And it's the core of the solution. I…

The last side of Abbey Road, every song. Ringo's solo and the guitars in The End. And the last lines the Beatles sang together.

Holmes just said she was short of cash and needed some time to figure out the next step — not that she needed full time work from him. Anyway she's an autodidact, not a scholar. Maybe finding employment is an issue.

I think it's consistent with him being in recovery. It makes sense that recognizing his own flaws increases his empathy towards others who are in situations where they don't hold much power.

She can do 100 squats in high heels and a skirt.

And the sets. I started watching because I love his house and lots of the other shabby/retro New York sets. I can't think of a New York I like better than the one they show here. Plus Jonny Lee Miller — whenever I've seen him in films I wonder why he's not a bigger star.

I'm embarrassed to say ITunes offered a free preview of the upcoming season and I fell for it — it's just a mix of scenes from last season, which I already paid good money to see. I really felt ripped off, partly because I pay high fees for data usage. I follow this show despite Matthew Weiner annoying me so much.

He forgot he was mayor for months, didn't he? Apparently he's not a micro-manager.

Is Chick actually ill, or just old? I was getting that he was facing his mortality but not that he had a specific illness. I thought it was more subtle than that.