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“Elementary” – Art in the Blood (2.23) episode review

May 10, 2014

Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) shares some truths. I’m frustrated over this episode. I thought it was the best episode of the season by a long shot but, but, the ending annoyed me quite a bit. The episode starts...

“Elementary” – Paint it Black (2×22) episode review

Ally Johnson

May 3, 2014

Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) and Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) race against the clock to find Joan (Lucy Liu). I had some high hopes for this week’s episode “Paint it Black”. While most of this anticipation was bui...

“Elementary” – The Man with the Twisted Lip (2.21) episode review

Ally Johnson

April 25, 2014

Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) returns in this weeks Elementary. There are three things that we need to talk about concerning this week’s episode-we can get to the details of the casework later which involves a mis...

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

Ally Johnson

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”- Tremors (2.10) episode review

Ally Johnson

December 7, 2013

I didn’t think the show had it in them but they genuinely pulled the rug straight out from under me with the last five minutes of the episode. Not to say that the remaining portion of the episode wasn’t fa...

“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”- An Unnatural Arrangement (2.06) episode review

Ally Johnson

November 2, 2013

The start of the week’s episode shows Sherlock and Joan in the precinct as a means to hone Joan’s ability. They look at the incarcerated individuals and guess what landed them in there. Something I’ve whole h...