Upvoted for Viola Davis. She could mop the floor with most of the people on this list.

Fantastic review!

I would vastly prefer Charles Dance in the role. Maybe because I only know Noble from Sleepy Hollow, where he chewed the scenery and spat it out in big spit-covered gobs, but I'm finding his acting choices here restrained to the points of somnolence.

I hope so, because right now it feels like Morland's screen time is edging Joan out of the picture.

Thus far Kilgrave seems to have several distinct types of victims:

Yes, mostly Matelio. Though I think the narrator being unrelated would be more fun.

The point about Luisa dating Rose because she reminds her of her mother hit so hard!

Anything that gives Alba more screen time is a great idea, but I LOVE the idea of more Alba/Rafael time.

My heart did break for Rogelio, but I thought it was good character growth for Michael to try to remove himself from Jane's family—getting overly involved has been a major source of his terrible mistakes in the past.

I think you're right, but I'm hoping it actually is a domestic-violence related story and has to do with either Petra or Rafael's mother. The backstory about Emilio paying her to leave her son is very shady and abusive.

Yeah, we first met Rafael and Luisa in the scene in which Luisa is encouraging him to leave Petra despite the fact that she supported him through his cancer, which was clearly played as her being supportive and being the only one brave enough to tell him the truth. Their relationship since then has been so crazy as to…

The fact that Susannah is hesitant about getting involved with Luisa is a sign that if it does, it could actually be a healthy relationship for Luisa for once!

"Why did I stop using birth control?" was the line of the night.

Yeah, the way Jake's glee was balanced by his sensible side (versus Gina especially) really added a lot to the episode.

Yeah, Mehcad Brooks makes a lot of small acting choices that feel perfect for the character, and show that he's not as suave as other characters in the show think he is.

Oh, you innocent fool!

I saw this and actually enjoyed the bulk of the movie quite a bit, with its stylized touches and messiness. Having no idea where it was going for most of it (thanks, trailer) made it fun to watch. But it fell apart with an awkward ending after the big conflict was resolved.

I spent a lot of the episode having flashbacks to the Pushing Daisies episode "The Norwegians."

Great review! I love your careful attention the Joan/Sherlock relationship in this one, and also all the points you make in the second paragraph about the small details that set Elementary in a believable world.

I actually liked that the twist was real-life realistic, rather than it following usual procedural form by doubling back to the ex-girlfriend.