Elementary premiers tonight.

So. They got seriously off on the wrong foot with that opening. Once we got past the woman being assaulted, things picked up, and I'm totally saying I called the jogging.

All-in-all, I though there was a good balance between the two leads, but there seriously need to be more female supporting characters. The mystery was good, with an unusually sympathetic use of a serial killer, and I didn't find myself cringing once. So I think it can stay for now.

I'm afraid Elementary just made me cringe and long for Goren and Eames. Also, rice allergies are extremely rare in Americans. It develops after years of eating a rice-based diet. Normally, rice is used for elimination diets when looking for food allergies, because allergy to rice is so rare.

Also, I doubt if the phone would be admissible in court.

I thought Last Resort had more potential than I expected, but I can't see the premise lasting beyond a season.

Last Resort was okay, but I felt the final few minutes kind of ruined the pilot for me. Beau absolutely HATED the show.

I might drop back in because of Braugher, but I don't know.

Elementary dragged in places, but I'm figuring that's New Show Info Dump. I liked the police captain, he doesn't have the adversarial relationship with Holmes, and the detective had an open mind.

I'll give it another shot.

but I can't see the premise lasting beyond a season.

I'm not sure the premise lasted an episode. We had to keep rewinding to say "wait, what just happened?" Could not make sense of who was trying to do what (or how they were doing it all so fast). Seriously, they parked their boat, made some phone calls, killed a guy for making a phone call, took over a NATO station, ran back to the boat, made a speech, nuked DC, and WHAT? And all in what appeared to be about 20 minutes? I can't even figure out what they're after - any of them. Braugher and co., the SEALs, the whoever [else] is shooting off missles.

Best fun I've had all week.

Elementary - I did enjoy it. Part of it is shallow. I think that as a Lucy Liu has moved into her forties she has developed a much more interesting face.

In terms of why people who normally dislike Lucy Liu but don't here - I think it is because she is not playing into the racist stereotype "Asian Bitch-Goddess".

Lucy has played her share of bitch. If that's what they need from her, they can find it. Her TV role before this was high on the cold bitch scale.

I am super rolling my eyes at H50. Why did Danno drive (I'm assuming at ridic speeds, or did he observe the law?) to tell Steve such important information? Did they cover why phones and police radio were out of the question when he knows he's seeing his mother off, and that his mother's complicit in the Wo Fat shit? How long are we supposed to be sympathetic to that kind of heart-thumping revelation? I just thought they were stupid.

I will believe whatever Andre Braugher wants me to.

I'm with Dana.

That's a good point, ita, but I have already forgotten what the revelation was, so...that whole helicopter clampy rescue was pretty sweet...