I don't think that Sherlock sees her as a particularly "moral" person, per se.He does appreciate her honesty, I agree. (Although she's not honest about all things.) But as he said at the end, he recognizes that above all, Joan has always cared about justice. (I see that as different from "moral.") That clearly…

I try incredibly hard to watch this show without my shipper glasses, but Liu and Miller make it difficult, for all the reasons you mentioned. The understatedness of their interactions is incredibly compelling. Their conversations in front of the fire. Talking over photos of dead bodies. The final discussion about…

Really enjoyed this episode. For me, the show has been on a roll the last few weeks. The main mystery was good. Joan's case was interesting and sad. Loved, loved the ending with Sherlock and Bell. I appreciate that the similarities between them was made clear, to the viewers and themselves (if they weren't clear…

I really liked the episode. At first I thought Sherlock had set up Lestrade's case for him. Then I thought that Joan was actually behind it. Then I wasn't sure. And I half-expected the husband to have been guilty after all. I wonder if they're going to pick the thread of Joan taking a job somewhere else some time in…

I really enjoyed this episode. I loved the "duelling/dualing cocks" metaphor. I loved it for the parallels b/w the roosters and Lestrade/Holmes, and for all the humor that it brought out. (I loved the humor apart from all the cock jokes too.)

I saw that this one got a grade of C before I had a chance to watch the episode, and was curious about how "average" it really was. I thought it was better than a C, and was sort of surprised by the rather….crabby tone of people's posts. :) I choose to think that people expect so much from this show, that mere…

I liked this episode a lot. I appreciated the mirroring of a case that Sherlock couldn't solve, with a "case" - Randy - that he and we weren't sure that he could "solve." And neither was solved without Joan. Obviously Randy (and Sherlock) is a work in progress. I half expected Randy to be dead at the end. I was sort…

"I still can't decide whether I'm thinking in cliches or the writers dropped the ball."

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Moreso, perhaps, than last week's, since I care more about Sherlock and Bell than I do Sherlock and Moriarty. What impresses me so often about Elementary is the writers' ability to weave the focus on the personal with the the procedural. On many shows, personal progress of the…

I try to find intelligent things to say about this show, but all I ever really want to talk about is how wonderful an actor JLM is. The way that he uses his body/ facial expressions and verbal inflections slays me every week. I loved the ending scene, and how JLM/Sherlock sets his posture before Randy comes into the…

I don't think that the show treats Holmes' behavior as callous and unacceptable. Or, if that's what they show is showing, or trying to show, I'm not seeing it. The only person who's angry at him is Bell, justifiably. Everyone else is sympathetic and doesn't blame Holmes, directly, at all. And I think that JLM does a…

As I was reading your response, I was wondering if/how it might have been more effective, if at all, if Joan, or even Gregson, had been injured, instead of Bell. To your point, the relationship b/w Holmes and Bell isn't that fully formed yet, so one might expect Holmes' reaction to go only so deep. Were it Joan or…

I'm so glad this episode was (mostly) so well-received! (Not sure why it matters to, though, I guess.) I thought the "let's call the rogue detective/doctor/lawyer on the carpet" plot was well done, if, necessarily, familiar. What I loved most about this episode, and what I'm glad has been noticed, is JLM's…

What is the pin that Sherlock wears on the lapel of his coat? I thought it might be something related to his job as police consultant, but I don't know.

I loved her dresses last night! Especially the black dress with the blue along the sides, and the white and mauve/pink along the top.

Oh, I didn't think that Sherlock was actually threatening Watson at the end, just that his tone sounded menacing. Unintentionally so. And the room was so dark. And he had just painted "blood" on the wall of the doll house. (I didn't really start watching the show until this year, so what's with the doll house?) It all…

"It is important for him to believe he's not nice was my takeaway."

(Do I need to introduce myself, or can I just throw myself into the mix? Intro will come next, if necessary.) I felt that last night's episode had a nice sinister feel to it, from the minute that Watson opened the door to the killer, and Sherlock reached behind him to get the knife (was it a knife?), through until…