Retirony. That's a beautiful coinage. I'm too lazy to check whether it's an established trope, but if not, it must be added to the list.

I don't understand. Could I have more information?

Surely he is secure enough not to fear that Holmes only loves him for medical research purposes.

I love and admire both of these shows too much to wish that sort of nonsense onto either of them. Let the fantasy live in our imaginations without being desecrated by what would undoubtedly be a painful abomination. Though perhaps a few short webisodes starring Bear and Clyde might be fun. And I must admit that I was…

If ever there's in-show evidence that it is a Saturday or Sunday, and we don't see Clyde at the BROWNSTONE, I fear the reviewer's wrath. But hopefully the turtle will be able to stay for the duration of Joan's trip to Copenhagen, and Kitty will have more time to bond.

I see that the other Sherlock Holmes is playing Alan Turing in a new biopic. Watching our Sherlock Holmes push the limits of the Turing Test gave me the warm fuzzies.

Sorry about that. Before Greer had a name, someone began referring to him as a "Bargain Basement John Hurt," and it stuck (though some preferred "Uncle Nolan"). In any case, he is "Greer" now and BBJH is obsolete.

I just pray that she didn't train with Dutch special forces, giving her an inside track with Bear.

Finch also specifically trained the Machine not to "favor" him but rather to see all humans as equally deserving of "help" (even Control, as we've seen). Surely Team Machine is favored only insofar as they are uniquely positioned to "help," and any change in the equation changes everything.

These threads are making my head spin. So many connections to The Wire, including Marlo who is now Dominic's lieutenant, and also Omar, who was on Boardwalk Empire with Nucky, who was killed on that show by a kid raised by PoI's Iris, who is being replaced on The Americans by Frank Langella, who starred in Frost/Nixon…

Elias has the experience to smell out someone copying his tactic of hiding his ancestry.

Elias has the self-control to wait for Scarface to bring him his Honey-Nut Cheerios.

Any The Wire cast member that isn't on The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones (or dead) is now required to swing by here.

Continuing The Wire theme, that would mean that Dominic isn't the next Stringer Bell, but rather the next Brother Mouzone.

His place in the "big scheme" was as the "new generation," brutally replacing the "older" generation, which was represented by a 30-something Idris Elba (who actually respected the ancient 50-something Proposition Joe). So Marlo was perhaps a few years out of High School?

That felt like a very Sixties-movie-moment, when BBJH ominously referred to Martine's time with "The Hague," as though it were an amazing big deal. There was a time when "The UN" and "Interpol" seemed like powerful and scary concepts, whereas today they're footnotes. It would almost seem appropriate to follow that…

The best TV analog for a super-young ringleader would be Marlo on The Wire. Who now, ten years later, is playing Dominic's lieutenant (may I say his Scarface).

Yes. This is why I foresee a very special role for Reese in the ultimate Elias/Dominic showdown. He is something of a White Whale to Dominic, not really "feared" and certainly not disrespected or despised, but actually admired and inspirational. As he is respected by Elias. Somehow the Elias/Dominic arc integrates…

I've imagined the Machine voice to be Majel Barrett, using the right combination of authority, competence and humility.

And Mr. Wren has no memory of him. Dominic will learn that the beloved teacher didn't write him off as the "underachiever in the back of the room," but rather didn't even notice him at all. He was invisible. Didn't even make it onto the video recording. Nothing. Perhaps we'll get to hear a followup rumination about…