A-
Elementary: “A Controlled Descent”
Every time we start or end a season of Elementary, my mind tends to turn to the same idea: what is this show about,…
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C+
Elementary: “Absconded”
This episode of Elementary opens with a ludicrous case being solved by our protagonists. It is suggested that a man…
B+
Elementary: “The Best Way Out Is Always Through”
In last week’s comments, someone raised an objection to my dismissal of Sherlock and Alfredo’s storyline as the…
B
Elementary: “Under My Skin”
One of the weird realities of procedurals is that major life events never feel as major if they’re unrelated to the…
B-
Elementary: “A Stitch In Time”
Elementary isn’t a show that always uses a “Previously On” sequence, but we get one here to mark the return of a…
A-
Elementary: “One Watson, One Holmes”
There’s a lot to like about the way “One Watson, One Holmes” opens.
B
Elementary: “The View From Olympus”
The proto-typical “ripped-from-the-headlines” procedural format, most commonly associated with the Law & Order…
B
Elementary: ”T-Bone And The Iceman”
I never expected to be noting Manos: The Hands Of Fate as a major procedural reveal in an Elementary recap (or almost…
A-
Elementary: “For All You Know”
Elementary’s third season began with missing time: for much of the season, we had little idea what Sherlock had been…
C+
Elementary: “When Your Number’s Up”
I was reminded about Law & Order: Criminal Intent listening to the most recent episode of The Tobolowsky Files, in…
B+
Elementary: “The Female Of The Species”
There’s a contradiction at the heart of Sherlock’s concern for Joan in “The Female Of The Species.”
B
Elementary: “Hemlock”
There is an episodic mystery in “Hemlock,” the first episode of the second half of Elementary’s third season. It’s the…
A
Elementary: “The One That Got Away”
Our lives are broken up into arcs: we move between cities, switch from job to job, and transition from one highly…
B+
Elementary: “The Illustrious Client”
When people on the Internet write about Game Of Thrones, they have to mark themselves: either they’re someone who has…
B+
Elementary: “Seed Money”
When Clay Dubrovensky’s ex-girlfriend comes into the station to be interviewed following his death, she tells Sherlock…
A-
Elementary: “The Eternity Injection”
It is standard practice for procedural storylines to connect thematically with ongoing character arcs. Given that so…
B-
Elementary: “End Of Watch”
It would seem wrong to refer to Elementary as a “cop show”: this is primarily a story about Sherlock Holmes and Joan…
B-
Elementary: “The Adventure Of The Nutmeg Concoction”
“You can’t judge an idea just by the results it provides.”
B
Elementary: “Terra Pericolosa”
On the one hand, “Terra Pericolosa” follows a very typical procedural pattern. A mystery is introduced, and we are then…
B+
Elementary: “Rip Off”
When last week’s episode saw Joan heading off to Copenhagen in order to spend time with Andrew as he sets up his new…