Every time we start or end a season of Elementary, my mind tends to turn to the same idea: what is this show about,…

This episode of Elementary opens with a ludicrous case being solved by our protagonists. It is suggested that a man…

In last week’s comments, someone raised an objection to my dismissal of Sherlock and Alfredo’s storyline as the…

One of the weird realities of procedurals is that major life events never feel as major if they’re unrelated to the…

Elementary isn’t a show that always uses a “Previously On” sequence, but we get one here to mark the return of a…

There’s a lot to like about the way “One Watson, One Holmes” opens.

The proto-typical “ripped-from-the-headlines” procedural format, most commonly associated with the Law & Order…

I never expected to be noting Manos: The Hands Of Fate as a major procedural reveal in an Elementary recap (or…

Elementary’s third season began with missing time: for much of the season, we had little idea what Sherlock had been…

I was reminded about Law & Order: Criminal Intent listening to the most recent episode of The Tobolowsky Files, in…

There’s a contradiction at the heart of Sherlock’s concern for Joan in “The Female Of The Species.”

There is an episodic mystery in “Hemlock,” the first episode of the second half of Elementary’s third season. It’s…

Our lives are broken up into arcs: we move between cities, switch from job to job, and transition from one highly…

When people on the Internet write about Game Of Thrones, they have to mark themselves: either they’re someone who…

When Clay Dubrovensky’s ex-girlfriend comes into the station to be interviewed following his death, she tells…

It is standard practice for procedural storylines to connect thematically with ongoing character arcs. Given that so…

It would seem wrong to refer to Elementary as a “cop show”: this is primarily a story about Sherlock Holmes and Joan…

“You can’t judge an idea just by the results it provides.”

On the one hand, “Terra Pericolosa” follows a very typical procedural pattern. A mystery is introduced, and we are…

When last week’s episode saw Joan heading off to Copenhagen in order to spend time with Andrew as he sets up his new…