With the Elementary’s first season completed and BBC Sherlock’s third season still in the works, I’d like to take the time to write a potentially dangerous post: a side-by-side comparison of both of these modern reimaginings of Sherlock Holmes. By the end of Elementary’s finale, a few of us here […]
Elementary: The Woman/Heroine Recap [Season Finale]
Elementary may have taken some time learning to crawl before it could walk, but there’s no doubt that the show was in full sprint as it approached its exciting first-season finale. What could be a more shocking way to begin the end than to reveal that Irene Adler, whom Sherlock […]
Elementary: Risk Management Recap
Sherlock has finally had the pleasure of speaking with Moriarty (or at least someone claiming to be Moriarty). He hires Sherlock to investigate the murder of Wallace Rourke. The payment? Answers about Irene Adler. In typical Holmes fashion, Sherlock dives in, despite Joan’s concern. And despite Gregson’s concern for Joan, […]
Elementary: A Landmark Story Recap
Moriarty is indeed a spider at the center of a very large web of crime. And another of his agents has surfaced in New York. Philip van der Hoff, a member of the NYC Landmark Protection Council with a known heart condition is found dead, presumably of a heart attack. […]
Elementary: Dead Man’s Switch Recap
As Sherlock approaches his one-year-of-sobriety milestone, he is enlisted to help when Alfredo’s sponsor, Ken Whitman, becomes the victim of blackmail. Ken’s daughter Eva had been drugged and raped by a man named Brent Garvey some years prior. Eva was just starting to get her bearings back when a video […]
Elementary: Snow Angels Recap
To Sherlock Holmes, a blizzard is simply a factor in making a case more interesting. With a storm on its way, Sherlock and Joan take in an old friend and consultant of Sherlock’s named Ms. Hudson. In Elementary, the canon character of Holmes and Watson’s landlady takes on the form […]
Elementary: Déjà Vu All Over Again Recap
Oh how dreary these last few Thursday nights have been without our newest Holmes and Watson, but Elementary returned last night after its relatively short hiatus, and it did not disappoint. Joan has moved from the occupation of sober companion to full-time consulting detective, and seeing her in action should […]
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