This was such a positive review that I had to double-check that Genevieve wrote it. And, ironically, I had to read it twice to see what she wrote to explain why should gave it a B+ and not an A/ A-. This was a great episode, for all the reasons she gave.

I'm not sure he'd be "sensitive" to the use of the word since he hires/uses "sex workers." (And is that really true? There was that dominatrix in one episode - I don't necessarily consider that to be a sex worker - but the other women he sleeps with just seem to be non-sex workers. My actual point is that I think he…

That the show NEVER strikes a realistic emotional chord is a bit of stretch. Also, Elementary, Madam Secretary and The Good Wife are all on CBS, so Elementary won't be "up against" either of those shows. (And this is the last season for "The Good Wife.")

That every episode deals with a murder instead of a simple espionage or kidnapping or whatever never bothers me. I kind of figured that's what Holmes and Watson would be investigating every week when I started watching the show. But there were an awful lot of dead bodies in this one - was this (6, I think) the…

I think you pointed out another problem I had. The scenes between Sherlock and Fiona were too cute. Not interactions between someone as damaged, I'll say, and untrusting as Sherlock is. I think the writers could have shown is attraction - their attraction - in a way that seemed truer to who I think Sherlock is, while…

Your post just reminds me of that scene where Sherlock says to Joan that she's far more interesting than he/she/anyone thinks. Or something. If Sherlock knows that Joan is so interesting, why can't the writers show that?

Good post. Although, Kitty was a different addition than Fiona is/might be. I never bought that there was or could be anything romantic b/w Sherlock and Kitty (primarily because she was still pretty damaged). The same, I think, with Andrew. As long as TPTB not make Fiona an actual part of the show, it might be okay.…

Good point. But he also knows that Joan will always call him out on his shit, but he still tries to keep stuff from her.

I kind of want her to be duplicitous in some way, but I think that would be too cruel for Sherlock.

Can I sit by you? I liked Fiona in the earlier episode, but am not really feeling them as a couple (although Miller and Gilpin do work well together). I don't want her killed, but I wouldn't mind if she took a job in some foreign country. Or if she just realized on her own that she and Sherlock could never work. (I…

What the title of the episode didn't occur to me until the room switch. I thought that was clever. I'm trying to find some analogy or metaphor to connect the room switch and Sherlock's emerging dating life. Perhaps a change of view there as well.

I didn't see Sherlock's telling Joan that she had an alibi as an indicator that he thinks in any way that she could have beaten Mendoza up. Although that's an interesting read. And I do think that he thinks that she could do it. Just that she wouldn't. I half expected Cortes to offer up some sort of past abuse…

I more see Holmes coming up with the idea than Watson. Watson, to me, would be more up front with Bell about wanting to help ("If you solve this case, you can get the money.") Holmes seems to me to recognize that Bell would want to preserve his pride, so Holmes would want to make it appear like test practice. (I…

I liked this episode a lot. I didn't know who the murderer was until the reveal (perhaps that says more about me than the show, however). I kept thinking that the part of the victim's phone message where she tells whoever she's calling to open a bottle (I think) was a clue of some sort. (Since why would a pregnant…

I really enjoyed this episode. The mystery was unpredictable, and I liked seeing Diamond and Shea. (Diamond needs to go on Brooklyn Nine Nine. Or, better yet, Kyle Secor should.) Seeing Morland and Sherlock "work" together was great; John Noble really is wonderful. It doesn't bother me (yet) that Sherlock wasn't…

I thought this was a very nice episode. The humor was good, and the bit of environmentalism was different. Did we ever see what Everyone asked Sherlock to do?
It's always nice to see Alfredo, and I love how he and Sherlock are forging a friendship. There's something ironic, I think, in having a character as generally…

She would have been good, but I think that Gershon is a bit too campy - or just too bad of an actress - for me to have wanted to see her throughout the season.

I'm not really sure that Sherlock and Joan got back with the department through "dirty" means. Perhaps Morland has some info on some higher up in the department, so he blackmailed said person into rehiring Sherlock/Joan. That would be dirty (but even then, not illegal or really all that objectionable - although…

Last night's was a very good episode. The opening was entertaining and, like Genevieve mentioned about the closing scene, highlighted the fact that Sherlock is still involved with training Joan. The mystery was just involved enough. That Joan might have her own nemesis - nowhere near as evil as Moriarty, of course -…

I thought the mystery was interesting and the episode was interesting. Sherlock could have thrown Bell a bone, though, and offered a "Good to see you again" or something. The more things change, though….