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“Elementary” – No Lack of Void (2×20) episode review

April 11, 2014

Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) mourns the passing of a friend in this week's Elementary. “At me too someone’s looking, of me too someone is saying. He is sleeping, he knows nothing, let him sleep on.” – Wait...

“Elementary”- The Many Mouths of Andrew Colville (2.19) episode review

Ally Johnson

April 4, 2014

We learn more about Joan's (Lucy Liu) past in this week's episode of Elementary. Sometimes you have to suspend your level of disbelief just enough in order to enjoy an episode of television. It’s somethin...

“Elementary” – The Hound of the Cancer Cells (2.18) episode review

Ally Johnson

March 15, 2014

Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) must solve a case involving a framed suicide. Elementary has rarely been so overt with their canonical links, so when I saw this week’s episode was entitled “The Hound of the C...

“Elementary” – Ears to You (2.17) episode review

Ally Johnson

March 7, 2014

Joan (Lucy Liu) and Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) must find a kidnapped woman with a pair of ears as their clue. We should all take a deep sigh of relief at the restored quality in this week’s episode of El...

“Elementary” – The One Percent Solution (2.16) episode review

Ally Johnson

February 28, 2014

Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) tries to find a bomber in this week's Elementary. It’s as if we sit through these past episodes of Elementary simply waiting for something to happen. Sometimes an emotional mom...

“Elementary” – Corpse Du Ballet (2.15) episode review

Ally Johnson

February 7, 2014

There’s a gruesome murder at the ballet on this week’s Elementary. But first we’re introduced to some tidbits about Joan and Sherlock’s domestic lifestyle which consists of Sherlock guarding off the living...

“Elementary” – Dead Clade Walking (2×14) episode review

Ally Johnson

February 1, 2014

Elementary is back this week and Holmes and Watson are taking on a cold case built on a rare fossil. In all honesty, I found the basic premise of the episode to be mildly ridiculous. It chose to linger on ...

“Elementary” – All in the Family (2.13) episode review

Ally Johnson

January 12, 2014

There’s been an issue with the show that’s begun to nag at me after each episode, a problem that I’ve chosen to ignore in favor of celebrating the characterization of Sherlock Holmes and the building relation...

“Elementary” – The Diabolical Kind (2×12) episode review

Ally Johnson

January 3, 2014

In any tellings, retellings or adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes character, Moriarty will always be showcased as counterpart to the Holmes character: whether it be an alter ego, a different side of the same ...

“Elementary” – Internal Audit (2.11) episode review

Ally Johnson

December 13, 2013

Elementary this week begins with a hedge fund manager being shot and killed and it’s up to Joan and Sherlock to discover who it was. The trick Sherlock discovers is that the man in question—Donald—had been...

“Elementary” – On the Line (2.09) episode review

Ally Johnson

November 22, 2013

This week’s episode of Elementary spent a lot of time trying to prove to me something that I just cannot buy: that Sherlock Holmes is a mean-spirited man. From what we’ve seen through the context of the show,...

“Elementary” – Blood is Thicker (2×08) episode review

Ally Johnson

November 15, 2013

A sickly CEO's daughter is murdered and Mycroft and Sherlock continue rebuilding their relationship.

“Elementary” – The Marchioness (2.07) episode review

Ally Johnson

November 9, 2013

For an episode that I enjoyed, for many reasons, it sure did go out of its way in making me uncomfortable. It’s a testament to the writers and actors and the depth of their characterizations of Sherlock and J...

“Elementary” – Ancient History (2.05) episode review

Ally Johnson

October 26, 2013

Joan's friend enlists her in hunting down a one night stand, while Sherlock goes fishing for a fresh murder.

Elementary: Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) and Joan (Lucy Liu) search for the mathematician killer.

“Elementary” – Solve for X (2.02) episode review

Ally Johnson

October 4, 2013

Joan is haunted by a past mistake while Sherlock deals with a mysterious mathematical killer.

“Elementary” – Step Nine (2.01) episode review

Ally Johnson

September 27, 2013

Oh man, oh man, oh man out of all of the shows premiering and returning this fall there hasn’t been one I’ve anticipated nearly as much as I did for Elementary and it seems that my anticipation was well earne...