Very well. It is hardly "proof" that "Elementary is for those who want to be Holmes instead of be in awe of him."

A more half-hearted non-concession I have yet to meet.

I said it is a change in emphasis, not that addiction is a minor issue.

I agree that the Elementary pilot has a very implausible mystery. A consistent theme of Elementary fans is that the show took time to get up to speed. Or, as many people accuse us of, we got used to it. But I don't think so - I think the writers got a feel for what made sense in this world and what was too absurd. …

Yup. In your opinion, since as we've discussed, our own interpretations of canon have been made clear. I think there's a lot of the canon in Elementary, you think there isn't. The things that you don't see are more important to you than the things you see. Which is fine!

So is 1889. Each one of us has things about canon we are okay with changing, and things we're not.

Well, as you have pointed out before, there is a big reason to take away the army past from Watson - BBC Sherlock was looking for things to sue Elementary for, so why give them easy targets?

Pretty sure that he's been saying that he does exactly what you suggest.

I happily accept that you resist Elementary because it is inconsistent with your understanding of and love for the character and canon of Sherlock Holmes. More power to you - though I've never tried the various Russian Holmes versions, I've heard quite good things about them (though I really dislike using subtitles,…

How how does Holmes not beat CAM in "His Last Vow?" I think it's important to note that while Holmes does figure out CAM's devices in "Dead Man's Switch," the actual opening of the story is pretty much dead-on recreation of the story's climax.

If they say that because they think that's closer to the character in the book, I think there's more room for discussion than "oh, they don't understand or care about Holmes like I do."

As much as you can make claims about "Elementary fans don't like Sherlock Holmes as a character."

If you believe those actions were done in bad faith, then there's nothing I can do to stop you. I think most of them are coincidence, because of the fact that both developed from the same project goal, rather than malicious intent.

Watson clearly says that Holmes, apart from two instances of visiting Mycroft with Watson, never talks about his people. Holmes certainly never refers to them, and argument from absence is not free game.

I don't see anything CBS has done to create a fandom war, unless you think they hire and pay all the people who write this kind of article.

I think the narrative expects us to. His actions are stolen from a character who in the original story was a tragic hero.

I do not see anything in the narrative questioning his actions. His exile is clearly martyrdom rather than narrative punishment, and he certainly doesn't regret his actions.

The parents and sociopath do not. You can argue for the sociopath one, but it's not building on canon, it's building on fairly stupid pop assumptions.

Yes, I have.

I think it would help if Sherlock fans stopped insisting that Elementary fans are defined by being a rip-off of Sherlock.