i wouldn't worry about it. while bingeing izombie and person of interest, i was struck by the similarities as well as the differences to elementary.

i ADORE the characters on poi. i recommend you start at the very beginning and give a few eps. the show does an amazing job of balancing an overarching plot with individual character development, group relationships, and stories of the week.

it's not called holmes, either. but here we are.

joan was raised by a white man and a chinese-american woman. not a white family but a multicultural one.

they never plan. literally every season, the writers announce that they had no idea what they were going to do until five minutes before they wrote it. it's bizarre.

that is a fantastic point!

that's a good point about fiona likely not being around much after this. the show has a horrendous track record with recurring characters and that makes it hard to get invested in any relationships. however, i'm assuming they'll do better by fiona than they did, say, randy, who dropped off the face of the earth after…

oh, i'm not complaining about what they did with joan in season one. her arc was brilliant. everything they've done with her since? extremely less so! in seasons 2-4 they've dropped her further down on their priority list to the point where literally everything revolves around sherlock in some way and the difference…

your only example of how the show has developed joan is "has set boundaries with sherlock". that actually hits the nail directly on the head. like 80% of her development is her relationship with sherlock. she is defined by her role with him at every stage. even though she's not sleeping with him, the most interesting…

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the idea of what lines to cross was touched on in cortes's previous appearance as well, with her callback to sherlock & joan being reinstated for reasons joan knew weren't completely above board. cortes is smug. so was moriarty. so is sherlock, frequently. i feel like there's more to her than that. i've especially…

hence it's good that cortes *isn't* a gonzo supervillain. she doesn't exist to be taken down (at least not currently). she's a problematic colleague who hangs out and forces joan to think about who she is and what lines she's willing to cross. i find this 1000 times more fascinating from a character development…

i don't see what's wrong with a little irritation. joan shows more fire, internal conflict, and agency when she's sparring with cortes than she has with really anyone ever.

YES. the requisite "dressing down of the suspect" has gotten so tired. in season one it meant a lot to see sherlock and later joan acknowledge their triumphs in such an explicit way, but then it stopped being about character development and became a substitution for the writers doing anything interesting to end a…

i disagree. time is not their issue. it's what they do with this time. the mysteries consist almost entirely of red herrings and scenes in offices talking to people in suits. also interrogations that almost all follow the exact same script. plots like bella and tremors were compelling because things happened! in…

they certainly made it look like she cared about people in vulnerable positions during that episode where she gave the reveal about her biological dad. but before that and since, she's just been sort of like "…oh. suffering exists."

seconded

I'll never stop wishing that they did more to incorporate these awesome characters into the show rather than bringing them in for "the right story", as the writers always say. People like Alfredo, Ms. Hudson, and Mary Watson should get a handful of appearances of varying lengths every season.

i don't think the reviewer was referencing sherlock asking about her social life. in the same ep, he announced that he pays mason by letting him smell joan's hair while she's sleeping, and implied she's going to bang his dad. concern makes sense. distasteful comments about her sex life and desirability shouldn't just…

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