Elementary!Sherlock mentions that yes, indeed he did think the sun revolved around the earth... when he was a boy.
Man, that whole interaction was great. Plus I love Owain Yeoman.
The times when Watson reports Holmes as being close to emotionless are greatly at odds with all the times when a depth of emotion, passion, and compassion escape the lid Holmes keeps on his feelings.
One way that BBC Sherlock (the show) suffers from its format of only 3 episodes is that we don't get to see the development of Sherlock's (the character) compassion and how/when he expresses it towards people other than Watson. At least, we don't see it as well as Elementary has been able to do it, because they just passed 100 episodes. That's a whole different creature that allows for a lot of character development, which I think the show and JLM have done beautifully.
I'm obviously going to have to give Elementary another try.
I've often figured canon Holmes asexual as well. Watson hoped he'd take an interest in a female client who proved more resourceful than usual, but Holmes referred to her concern as brotherly. And I think his attraction to Irene was more respect for her mind and gumption.
I'm obviously going to have to give Elementary another try.
The beginning of S1 is kind of bland procedural-ish, and it's weird to see Sherlock Holmes transplanted to NYC, but after about 4 or 5 episodes, it really picks up. And what they did with Moriarty was sheer fucking genius.
I'm worried about Moriarty after what the BBC did.
No, Elementary's Moriarty is a glorious thing. I promise. (Because I utterly loathe BBC's Moriarty. LOATHE.)
I second Steph's thoughts about the contrasting Moriarties. BBC Moriarty = creeptastic and gross. CBS Moriarty = Brilliant and genuinely novel.
Bah, Netflix won't stream Elementary, and I'm not going to pay even more to get 2 DVDs a month.
Past seasons of Elementary are on Hulu.
AND I'm on it sometimes. If you don't blink.
