"It’s the look that Elizabeth gives that gets me. As the camera pulls back through the green stalks, tiny black specks dot her face, and she stares through the cloud of insects in disbelief. " I agree with this but at the time I was wondering how someone could be so wide-eyed and have all those bugs on her face. …

Did Russian flats really have William Morris wallpaper?

I loved the contrast between the Stan/Philip (so well done when you can tell that Philip, the trained lier, is trying to not reveal anything and Stan, the trained detector of lies, is trying to not let on that his instincts are telling him that something isn't right) and the Paige/Elizabeth (mothers and daughters…

In the opener, Elizabeth's look of disgust and horror upon discovering that Paige sleeps in the closet was heart melting.

I saw an article in the New York Times the other day about the English Rugby team use of Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Most Americans that I know who are aware of it are horrified. Whenever trying to explain it to and English person they acted like it wasn't a big deal. I think a quote in the article summarises nicely…

right. and at the same time he was sort of thrilled to discover that he had all these amazing "mom" skills that he didn't know that he had! (like cooking instant noodles and talking to his kid)

I want to see the episode where Joan is so inclined.

iTunes is still doing weird things with Elementary….can't download, only stream.

I usually don't like Kitty very much, but I really liked this episode. I thought the complicated case was explained well enough and there were a lot of fan service aspects I enjoyed (although no killer Joan outfits…in fact that pink skirt and kitten shoes at the end seemed a bit out of place for a christening…with…

more kudos to Jonny Lee Miller—-the way Sherlock's demeanour melted into focused insecurity upon realising that he was to be a god parent and he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do was impressively subtle and nuanced.

I really wanted them to open the folder called "Egipto" so that we could know how to get the gold from under the pyramids!

The can of pop was a very funny sight gag and I loved how they followed the football comment with Sherlock underlining its crudeness.

I just noticed that red Chinese seal print framed on the wall of the brownstone. I remember that case, but has it always been hanging there?

How did Joan know, with such high degree of quantitation, the probability that the object Margaret was grinding could indeed be used to "relieve hysteria through pelvic massage"? Did she try it ten times and it proved effective five?

more Kitty translations. "dolvomite" is not, in fact, a rare mineral generated through undersea volcanism but, actually, something generated by spewing of a different sort.

have we seen Joan's knife before? She was able to pull it out pretty quickly. She carries an extendable baton. Do we know about any other weapons she might have stashed on her person? My point is…maybe those neckties are more than just neckties.

ha. thanks! I was responding to these comments one by one sequentially only to find out that you've already explained what I've just figured out. Sorry!

ahhh and Anderson is old school enough to have the actual scars? He's more Belter than the Belters?

it seems to be shaped somewhat like Belter tattoos. Are they related?

I see your point but they do seem to spend a lot of time explaining the human toll that accelerating quickly takes so I guess I'm confused about what the viewers should take on faith and what we should expect to be realistic…Maybe the creators of the show were moving in my direction in an earlier episode by showing…