That was some really excellent Elementary. Well done all around.

One thing about elementary. The acting has always been amazing. But beyond hiring good actors, I think the particular director/showrunner is getting the best out of the actors. I've never seen Lucy L give less than an excellent performance, but in Elementary she is at the top of her game. And I think that applies to the other actors as well.

BTW, there is no stature of limitation in NY on kidnapping if it has acertain ggrevating circumstances. IAmnal but I think mutiliation would be included in those circumstance. so I think Kitty will have to have a new identity or stay outside extradition range for the rest of her life.

I don't know why JLM isn't getting all the awards.

I suspect it goes unnoticed because it's pretty subtle and nuanced and people don't realize that he's acting up a damn storm.

One thing about elementary. The acting has always been amazing. But beyond hiring good actors, I think the particular director/showrunner is getting the best out of the actors. I've never seen Lucy L give less than an excellent performance, but in Elementary she is at the top of her game...

They have the best run sets I've ever been on. By far. If the masses of peons are being treated this well, I feel safe in assuming that the principles and guest actors are getting everything they could possibly need in a timely fashion and whatever else they could require (privacy, feedback, room to experiment, etc.) in order to do their best work.

I never had much impression of Lucy Lu's acting before this show. I'd have said she was fine to pretty good if asked and wouldn't have thought about it if not. I feel like in the course of the show she's upped her game considerably.

Her directing is really tight too. That wasn't only my impression, several PAs were saying they enjoyed Lucy eps and that lots of actor/directors go nuts with a million takes.

Now that I've digested a little bit, specific things I liked about this episode:

• The moral ambiguity was actually ambiguous. I'm not sure how i feel about Kitty's choices and I also feel like the characters had not made up their minds and the show did not have a POV for me to agree or disagree with
• When Sherlock says he is your friend, it plausibly means a lot
• Joan's coat

I think Captain Gregson may have it investigated, but remain inconclusive.

But if she would have tried to come back in any capacity in NYC, he would have to have her arrested.

Woo hoo! Two days on SVU!

I'm a juror so this time we might just see my entire face! And more than once!

They also have a reputation for running a really good set so I'm interested to see how that goes.

Twelve angry Trudies!

It IS a really good set. And yesterday was a really long day. I'm going back tomorrow for more.

So this guy watched episodes of The Mentalist, Criminal Minds, and Stalker simultaneously: [link]

I keep having procedurals related dreams. Last week, it was a Mentalist one with lots of shooting. Two days in a row of Person of Interest - first one was lots of changing into different disguises with Reese, and yesterday was more of a shoot-em-up. This morning? A Castle reboot with Will Smith playing Richard Castle. I didn't recognize the actress playing Beckett, but they had been together long enough to have a small child together. Also, Beckett and Castle almost drowned, but they managed to crawl up onto a pier, Beckett pulling Castle further out of the water. Pretty exciting. Wonder if I'm going to get an Elementary dream soon.