I've never, ever assumed that getting married was something everyone did "at least once." Or ever.

I don't know how they'd know she received papers, but perhaps it's one they like to use to communicate.

I do totally agree that it's a seldom-seen problem on Elementary, and far too rampant on other shows. If it comes to happen more on Elementary, I'd probably be more unhappy.

Well, I don't think this necessarily rebuts all of the points you raise, but the episode does open with a woman, Samantha, who sacrifices her own life to try to bring what justice she can within her power to her dead sister. (That she has to die … well … I guess that's problematic.)

I think they're funny too, but the scene also eventually struck me as weirdly menacing (as someone who has watched the entire series to this point). The angles were different and the lighting cast all kinds of dark shadows. What started out as a ha-ha reference to his doll house eventually became a bit dark.

Two words: HORATIO HORNBLOWER.

I'm not 100% sure, and honestly, I don't think it's a huge problem. Thanks for continually checking, but I'm quoting someone else, and simply posted to the wrong person.

Thanks, not my fault, but Disqus's. Not sure how to fix that!

Sort of. What about the recent Le Cirque blunder?

Have you not been around for the last five years or so? Explosion of sexy "clunky" glasses.

"marriage is a partnership as much as anything else"

Agreed. Current favourite remains "Professor Old Guy."

It's funny … I actually thought the opposite, where I'd normally think what you did. I was kind of glad they didn't deliberately make Barrett too mousy, playing to the stereotype of smart women being plain and unattractive. I liked that she obviously had her own sense of style and that she used make-up and did her…

I don't really care for Larry, but I LOVE the check-ups on Cal and his trailer in the woods life.

@avclub-d8dda79582b3de3e7ee1f3f92af93ea5:disqus  The more you watch the show though, I think it's fair to say the more you see that her relationship with Alex isn't just about sex.

Piper isn't the only white woman on this show.

While I kind of agree, I'm going to say that if I found out there was a new show by, say, people who run Dexter, I'd be saying this ALL the time.

@marksoc:twitter : I really don't recommend trying to ask a stranger out by telling her she eats badly before you even know her name. That could conceivably work for some women, but it's not a great strategy to adapt broadly.

Piper is interesting to me BECAUSE she doesn't become strong and more amazing because of prison life. That's being a bit optimistic about it. I enjoy the idea that prison might not really make you a worse or better person, but it might just reveal more of the person you really are.

An article by the WaPo notes that according to one statistical report, US women's prisons are actually pretty white, and the rate of incarceration of Caucasian women has increased in recent years.