I posted about the first episode of Missing after it aired. I thought it was too predictable and not that good. I was going to give the second episode a try anyway, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

I had mixed feelings about the first episode, but the second one was excellent. They're really making her a badass. Perhaps not an entirely believable badass, but I take what I can get. This episode gave more of a sense of the forces arrayed for and against her from her life as an agent.

So apparently Moffat said this about Elementary:

“The bigger problem for us with Elementary is, what if it’s terrible? What if it’s awful? Then it degrades the brand. … I remember there was a legitimate American version made of Coupling, actually adapted from our version. It was terrible and it was a disaster and it did sort of diminish the original. So if there’s this completely unrelated rogue version of Sherlock going around and it’s bad, it can be bad for us.”

Which just...ire. Coupling US didn't just happen. He worked on it. He's friends with Colin because of it. Yes, it sucked. But, really, did it significantly tarnish the original? Howzat?

And when did the copyright or whatever holders of Sherlock Holmes turn over custody of their legacy to him? Or is he worried about how Conan Doyle's books? That's big of him.

Yeah, that's clearly crap. You aren't worried about degrading the brand. You are worried about your own show, possibly and your own paycheck. But not the brand.

Sherlock Holmes copyright issues are a legal tangle of enormous proportions, but Conan Doyle's work is under copyright in the U.S. for another decade, thanks to the Disney copyright extension. Over the years, the copyright holders have licensed way more hideous things than a bad U.S. television show.

Oh, Castle. That was such a mixed bag. Was anyone else delighted by return of Westside Wally?

I would hope that Castle would pick up on her willingness when she asked him what he wanted to talk to her about. In all fairness to Kate, it was probably kind of a mindfuck after she'd been shot, and easier to pretend that she didn't remember because he would not have left her alone. And then, how would she bring it up if/when she was ready to hear it again.

I know, right? It's like he's completely forgotten the swingset conversation from the season premiere. She's so ready to have the conversation if he'd just talk to her.

how would she bring it up if/when she was ready to hear it again.

Well, one of them has to be able to bring it up, or they'll just go in circles forever. She's no less able to bring it up than he is, and frankly, she has the edge here. She has more of an idea of how they both feel than he does.

I don't see why the ball is in his court.

I don't see why the ball is in his court.

Exactly. It isn't like she is inexperienced and shy. It should be well within her capacity to say, "The thing is, I have feelings for you. And I do remember you telling me you love me. It scared the hell out of me then because I don't know why. And it was unfair of me to try to pretend I didn't remember. Not completely ready to have a relationship yet because I'm still working through issues leftover from my mother's murder, my shooting, the Captain's death, but I am working with my therapist. I have no right to ask you to wait, but I am hoping when [whatever benchmark is reached] we can try to have something together."

Oh, look I just wrote my first Castle fanfic.