Yeah, it was really well done, although I don't see how it can end well.
Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.
'Beneath You'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
DXMachina - Feb 12, 2016 3:08:20 am PST #11396 of 11831
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Steph L. - Mar 04, 2016 6:54:37 am PST #11397 of 11831
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Do the Elementary writers not do their research, or do they just want to dumb things down for the viewers? They treated a diagnosis of MS as an imminently ruinous disease, when that's simply not so. Yes, it's not curable and does eventually progress, but it's very treatable, and I was legitimately shocked that Joan (who may no longer be a practicing physician but should at the very least know that MS is certainly treatable and manageable) didn't mention that.
It was WAY too simplified, to the point of being untrue, and there was no need for that.
Vortex - Mar 04, 2016 4:14:24 pm PST #11398 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yes, I was disappointed. I was hoping that Joan would take the opportunity to school the Captain on the different reactions that people can have, and that's it's not a death sentence or a guarantee of infirmity or incapacity.
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2016 5:49:00 am PST #11399 of 11831
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Obligatory Elementary post: so, the main plot of "Hounded" was just odd and totally unengaging other than the cute glowing bulldog. But DAMN, did Jonny Lee Miller kill it in his subplot with Hawes. I don't think we've seen that level of directly expressed concern and empathy from Sherlock before*, and it's such a contrast to Sherlock of S1 and S2. I'm so impressed with how he's developed this character.
*(Sherlock has a huge amount of concern/empathy/etc. for Joan, because she's his Watson. But I also think she's never been as traumatized as Hawes was, even after she was kidnapped, and even after Andrew died. And Sherlock's empathy is always going to be proportionate to the need, so I think that's why we've never seen it as directly expressed with Joan as it was with Hawes.)
t /fangirl
WindSparrow - Mar 11, 2016 8:05:34 pm PST #11400 of 11831
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
This Sherlock is much closer to canon than BBC Sherlock by way of empathy. Yes, he can be strange and off-putting at times, but as with the text, warmth and kindness are closer to the surface than some viewers and readers get.
beekaytee - Mar 13, 2016 6:05:27 pm PDT #11401 of 11831
Compassionately intolerant
I really enjoyed that episode of Sherlock and completely agree about Johnny Lee Miller. I have loved him in everything he's done!
Tom Scola - Mar 21, 2016 3:34:32 pm PDT #11402 of 11831
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I LOVED how Sherlock mocked the plot of a comic book where the hero plunged to his death over a waterfall, locked in the arms of his nemesis.
-t - Mar 21, 2016 3:49:25 pm PDT #11403 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That was great. Im not sure I like Joan's method of dealing with Moreland, though.
EpicTangent - Mar 21, 2016 4:00:50 pm PDT #11404 of 11831
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I LOVED how Sherlock mocked the plot of a comic book where the hero plunged to his death over a waterfall, locked in the arms of his nemesis.
Best shoutout evah!
Tom Scola - Mar 21, 2016 4:18:28 pm PDT #11405 of 11831
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I just got to the part where Joan did the stupid thing. Oh, Joan.