A crazy wall of TV crazy walls.

Oh, my word, Nathan Fillion.

This week's POI:

"If I don't make it, tell Shaw..."

"I think she already knows."

Practically canon.

FYI, Elementary is back tonight.

I am lukewarm about the Elementary premiere.

Good stuff: Joan kicking all kinds of ass, Gina Gershon being Gina Gershon, Gregson not even willing to deal with Sherlock's shit, *Joan* not even willing to deal with Sherlock's shit, Clyde!, Jonny Lee Miller's acting.

Bad stuff: Despite how well JLM just NAILS Sherlock's walled-off emotional regression, I cannot STAND it. I even get that it's totally in character, but I can't stand his emotional arm's-length bullshit with Joan (even as he's making little attempts at reconnecting [but only on his terms, at a distance he's comfortable with] -- the housewarming gift made me laugh and laugh; oh Sherlock, so awkward); also, Kitty. Again, I get what the show is doing, I get that it's in character for Sherlock to have taken on a new protege, I get that it's in character for Sherlock to not get (or not be willing to admit) how ridiculously hurtful that is to Joan, but...no. I just don't want a new character. Though I do appreciate that she's not a brilliant special snowflake who's just as good as Joan.

I just don't want a new character when Gregson and Bell are already criminally underused.

I totally get the point of Sherlock's emotional regression, but I strongly dislike it. It's painful to watch. Which is the point, I'm sure, but man, I cannot stand it. (It also perhaps maybe hits a little too close to home for me, so I'm being defensive.)

I liked the same things, especially, for some reason, Gregson's attitude and especially, "If Joan says it's OK, then OK." Joan running her own show is so freaking cool. So is her apartment.

I'm OK with the new character in terms of the actor and how she's portraying Kitty, but I don't really want a protege, which is better than not wanting a protege and not liking the actor/portrayal. Bright side. How long will that set-up last, I wonder?

All that aside, it was so great to have them back on the screen. Comfort TV.

Yeah, I do like the way Kitty is being portrayed. I guess I just dislike the storyline of Sherlock-Fucks-Things-Up-Because-He's-Sherlock-And-By-Now-He-Goddamn-Well-Knows-How-To-Be-Less-Of-A-Dick.

t edit Wait, that's basically every episode. Specifically, I dislike Sherlock being emotionally distant to *Joan* after the past 2 seasons. (Again, I get that the show is doing it on purpose.)

I also think the heroin he swiped is going to come back into play.

Yeah, it's kind of like a reset button was hit, and... why?

JLM!Holmes' attempts at pleasant facial expressions: Creepy. Creepy like a friendly ghost, not creepy like Cumberbatch!Holmes' attempts at pleasant smiles. It's just you know something ain't right in him, not that you're worried he might have found a buyer for your epidermis. At the end of last season, I believed that Sherlock deeply loved Joan in a truly platonic way and that she reciprocated same, probably not as deeply. Now... the right fic writer could convince me that his feelings have transformed into romantic love while hers are dry and dusty. He's just going to have to stew in his own juices, though.

I'm not sure about Kitty yet. Don't hate her, don't love her, either.