[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dr39kWNnBg] Elementary: The Five Orange Pipz (03×02) Synopsis: Kitty becomes a threat to a case when her jealousy of Watson overcomes her good judgment. All the while, two men are dead and the man who confessed definitely didn’t do it. Rating: ★★★★★ Fun fact: this week’s episode is loosely based on an actual Sherlock […]
Elementary: All in the Family Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AdwyMUjzt8] Elementary: All in the Family (2×13) Synopsis: Detective Bell discovers a body on assignment at his new job, which leads to a case involving a subject Joan has been interested in from a young age: the mafia. Rating: ★★★★☆ Detective Marcus Bell, I am so happy we’re getting so […]
Elementary: The Diabolical Kind Recap
Elementary: The Diabolical Kind (2×12) Synopsis: When a child is kidnapped and Sherlock identifies the ransom caller as one of Moriarty’s men, the Napoleon of crime herself is brought out of maximum security to assist on the case. Rating: ????? It’s a new year and Sherlock Holmes is back. No, […]
Elementary: Solve For X Recap
Elementary: Solve For X (2×2) Synopsis: The murder of a mathematician reveals a deadly race to solve the great mystery of P vs. NP. In the midst of the case, Sherlock learns more about Joan and why she is no longer a surgeon. Rating: ★★★★☆ I should know better by […]
Elementary: Step Nine Recap
Elementary: Step Nine (2×1) Synopsis: Sherlock and Joan travel to London to find Gareth Lestrade, whose gone missing with his reputation in shambles after pursuing a man he believes to have committed murder. Rating: ★★★★☆ Elementary returned last week with more classic characters, Joan Watson kicking ass (physically, and in […]
Why, Even as BBC Sherlock Fans, Elementary Has Become Our Favorite
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 […]
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