Joan wearing nothing but a necktie just happens to be number three on my list of Elementary-related fantasies.

Rogelio proclaiming that rather than him conforming for American roles that he would bring telenovelas to America seems like either a meta comment on the show or a foreshadowing to the reveal that the show we've all been watching is actually the fulfillment of his dream.

Surprised Trebek didn't call him a tax nerd.

At first I was willing to give the writers credit for referencing the original UK series, but then I remembered whenever something is given the U.S. treatment, it's the original that must be qualified.

Did not realize China had the world's largest GDP until looking it up and seeing that I had been going by nominal rather than purchasing power parity estimates.

Trebek may have been somewhat clueless in his contestant chit-chatting yesterday, but he made up for it today when Doug was describing his favorite wildlife photo that he took of "the great migration of the wildebeest across the sveldt [sic]," which, even if he had pronounced "veldt" correctly, would still be a few…

If only they had some kind of dome to protect them.

He was a sprinter at UT Austin and was part of the gold-medal U.S. 4×100 team at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, so no stranger to being in peak physical shape.

He weirdly assumed Erin's Singapore and China-related personal info were due to her having been an army brat despite there obviously being no U.S. military bases in China and the one base in Singapore that the U.S. does use, Paya Lebar Air Base, is used by the US Air Force and Navy for refueling and staging.

Speaking of live octopus the only time I had a chance to try some I backed out because I was young and stupid and thought that the still wriggling, chopped-up tentacles with suckers that clung to the sink and plate would similarly stick in my throat and choke me.

He's also something of an anatomical oddity:

Her Laura Parsons with Che seems to have replaced her Jacob-the-recently-bar-mitzvahed with Seth Meyers, which is a shame as her Jacob had a stubborn cluelessness that was very specific and also of a kind with her other characters.

I wonder if her hard L in quesadilla was planned our just the way Brits are so literal with spelling.

Chile can be considered the astronomy capital of the world. At present (2011),[2] Chile is home to 42% of the world's astronomy infrastructure of telescopes, and by 2018 it will contain 70% of the global infrastructure. Inthe Atacama desert region in north, the skies are exceptionally clear and dry for more than 300…

She was a werewolf on True Blood so only one brain-chomp away from the monster trifecta.

The contestant who answered "Noth" said it as if it rhymed with "goth" rather than "both", and was surprised Trebek didn't correct her, making me wonder if Trebek didn't know the correct pronunciation either.

Russ's "Revelations" slip was such a rookie mistake and should serve as a warning and reminder to every would be contestant.

Pretty sure Trebek said "Taranji" rather than "Taraji" in the $800 "Winner Winner" clue, but since the contestants don't have to rely solely on his reading of clues, it was, as he's so fond of saying, no harm, no foul.

It’s a delicate balance Kerry Bishé must strike, making both Donna’s good intentions and her egotistical desire to control people true to who Donna Emerson (née Clark) has been.

The first season wasn't awful, but the characters sometimes seemed broadly drawn and intentionally nebulous, especially Joe.