I sometimes wonder if Sherlock's examples of brilliance (such as…guessing passwords twice in a row, both of them incredibly annoying and sexist jokes) affect the fans' idea of what an intelligent argument actually is. Apparently for some it is the case.

Repeated assertion.

Vaguely threatening while explicitly taking the moral high ground all while demonstrating technical incompetence. Impressive, most impressive.

So, basically, you only want to judge Elementary on the technical aspects which you like best in Sherlock, and not vice versa? Moving the goalposts doesn't actually mean that your team scores more goals.

Quoting a summary statement rather than actually dealing with the portions of the article which discuss the technical aspects of the shows and then asserting that the summary is the final word is not in any way a helpful argumentative choice.

I loved that moment as well. And the fact that Joan used it to solve the case - so Sherlock was involved, but didn't take over. Reminded me of the lovely way David Burke's Watson solved the Dancing Men code in the Jeremy Brett series.

Which is certainly completely fine. Many people do not agree, however.

Well, she's written some of my favorite episodes so far, including Dead Man's Switch. I haven't watched enough House to really recognize the similarities. I like Elementary mostly for avoiding a lot of the things that made House so repellent to me.

I haven't been disappointed in a significant way, but I do agree that very little this season has hit as hard as M, Details, Dead Man's Switch, or of course The Woman/Heroine. But I live in hope!

Well said! I do think that Sherlock-the-lecher is one of my less favorite things about the show, but JLM does carry it off reasonably well. Though with his obvious cold, I felt kinda bad for all his partners. That cold will run through NY!

I think JLM gets colds during the winter. It happened last season too. I view it as just what happens to people in the winter, so it doesn't really bother me. I liked when it was a plot point early last season, though. :)

They did have a nice heist last season. They actually had some really nice variety in the back end of last season that we're not seeing this season. However, I was glad that it was the lawyer, and not the poor PA that was highlighted early in the show. :)

True enough, though I am forever grateful to him for raising the status of Watson from "minor character" to "co-star," even if his influence has been nearly impossible to expunge from the public perception of Watson.

I know the feeling - it's happened to me with Lisa Edelstien and Lynn Collins, but I'm thankfully TV illiterate enough that I tend to miss important casting people!

I think the story here was supposed to be unlikeable characters, with Joan's story providing the emotional balance. While I see the point that her backstory should have been built up more carefully instead of parachuted in here for emotional effect, I thought Liu sold it quite well, and it was nice to see Holmes…

I, too, try to guess whether my own estimate will match the review. I would have given it a B-, since I certainly enjoyed it more than Dead Clade Walking. There was a connection to the characters here that I was missing in Clade - though I do admit that seeing Holmes with Randy was excellent.

I echo what Deborah has said below. Additionally, I say "Sherlock obsessed" because the original story has a victim taking action against her persecutor, and does not require Sherlock Holmes to do it for her. Sherlock, the show, tends to strip the original story's women of their action and given them to Sherlock,…

His Last Vow's conclusion is an unfortunately Sherlock-obsessed revision of the story, in which the villain is indeed shot (but multiple times, not just once). Not by Sherlock, who is not a murderer in the books, but one of Milverton's victims.

Good to hear!

Nothing wrong with an Elementary fan writing an piece explaining why he thinks it's better than another show. Sherlock fans do it constantly.