Completely agreed.

True enough - but she's definitely a recurring presence - throughout almost all of season 1, and a significant impact in several episodes of season 2.

Well, since we now know Gruner is Kitty's tormentor, I'm betting more likely he did it himself, or had a minion directly do it, rather than outsourcing. Sort of like how the original Gruner had the Swiss boy witness to his wife's murder killed.

Sherlock is generally unwilling to admit to emotional vulnerability - it is grit in a sensative lens, as he references this week (trying to drown it out with bees). I think he's hesitant to share with Kitty that particular dark point in his soul - but hopefully, next week he will.

I don't think she'll stay - but I really hope that, like Moriarty, she'll be a recurring future character.

I pay attention to the solicits for upcoming episodes, so I was completely unsurprised. However, I thought they did a great job of keeping him just far enough in the background to not make it too evident. I also was relieved that they seemed to be putting the lie to the overly stalkery promos last week - but next…

Well, Joan's going to work for a "Del Gruner," sort of like a Baron Gruner…

I noted that too - an excellent placement and delivery!

I don't see it - the scenes last week were incredibly close, and this week was very warm as well.

That was for presenting an award, not directing.

"Holmes was always in training…" as the original stories say :)

Well, JLM also loves running super long distances and such.

I tend to agree - but I did like the way it allowed them to continue with "Holmes keeps bees."

And Joan has to recover from losing her patient. Excellent analysis - just wanted to add. :)

Huh, hadn't thought of that. Liu is scheduled to direct another episode this season, though. :)

I am also worried - I never expected Kitty to become a regular, but I want her to have a happy ending. On the other hand, she's provided the third season with an incredible sense of throughline that the second series floundered with (probably the benefit of hiring someone who isn't as busy or pricy as Rhys Ifans or…

I'm sorry to hear you think that. It definitely is a show that plays with unreality, and often skips conventionally "good" acting, but it creates its own world, and within that world, it's really lovely.

Elementary and Girl Meets World are my two top shows of this year. Honorable mentions to Trophy Wife, Selfie, and Enlisted.

There are certainly some articulations of the "Joan Watson deserves better" argument that do come from that perspective. Over time, however, the justifiable frustration at these mistakes seems to coalesce into "Sherlock is the worst." Offhand references are made to "Jonny Lee Miller gets Emmy-bait opportunities,"…

I'm torn on this review. On the one hand, I do think that Genevieve has some good points - I am also not comfortable with Sherlock's assessment of Joan or his articulation of it. Yes, we know you hate conventional marriage and sexual relationships, Sherlock, it's not a mark of your intelligence.
On the other, there's a…