I'm hoping that Sherlock's lack of boundaries is one of the things they're building towards. It's hard to tell with this season.

High five for elementary/middle school canon readers!

It was pretty hilariously disturbing. And I didn't catch the Previouslys, so I judged it as the show presented it. Though I was a bit curious that the show was so intent on having us hear the phone conversations without showing us anything, or eliding them with quick fake phone conversation dialogue from one end.

Ugh. I think Sherlock is fine - I just wish people would be more willing to embrace it and Elementary. But in general, we are two houses, both alike in dignity, but we are forever sundered.

While Moffat and Gatiss do do that, they themselves are mimicking the screenwriters of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series. I think modernizing Sherlock Holmes is hardly something the BBC team has a monopoly on. Now, you certainly can say that the methods felt very similar - but I don't think that is necessarily (or…

I don't know why actually adapting a Sherlock Holmes original story is "Moffat/Cumberbatchesque." Shouldn't it be more "canonical?"

Well said. I ended the episode feeling like Holmes was telling the truth, though perhaps if I'd remembered the Previously On section more clearly, I would have been more troubled. But unless they're really going to run with "Holmes is a manipulative jerk" - and they could be - it seems likely enough that Lestrade is…

Agreed! Mycroft may turn out to be that, but so far, there's really no emotional weight the way there was last year.

Well, I think the Irene/Moriarty thread was introduced fairly early, though it certainly was REALLY slow burn. The real throughline was Watson's growing into a partner with Holmes - and since doing that again would be kinda dumb, I feel like there's been a missing element - some kind of significant relationship…

I kinda thought that was what the reveal was going to be, but apparently that was too dark. :)

It is certainly a reason with different values from your own. I do not think it is lazy, nor do I claim that Watson should be isolated and center her life around Holmes. I merely said that the way they present the richness of Watson's character should be different than the way they present Holmes's.

I've mentioned this in other discussions, but I think that Watson should be very much a main character - but not a competitor for Sherlock Holmes. This is not to say that I think we should just give the writers a pass on Watson, but that the original stories show genuine interest (through Watson's perspective) about…

I agree - Liu's amazing as Watson, and this episode showcased her very well. I'm very curious about the episode she'll be directing!

Yes! Next week looks really exciting!

I quite liked this week's episode - the references were fun, but also the story and characters really felt like solid Elementary. The ballet episode, while fun, didn't feel as solidly "like" what this show is best at doing.

I think you have a great point with that. Kind of a dry drunk type of behavior, I think. Or maybe I have the wrong idea.

So we have to agree with you or shut up, since apparently expressing our opinion is "starting fights," but you commenting on an article isn't?

How dull. Sockpuppetting. I thought it couldn't get worse than repeated assertions that I hate Sherlock, have no knowledge or love for the original stories, and am an idiot.

So, you are a undefined individual arguing with a grown man about opinions and fact…this undefinition makes you better how?

I rue the day I ever told my students to use dictionary definitions. Doing so is supposed to be for your own benefit, not to feebly try to batter another person into submission.