Ginger, I just posted on FB that I'm finding it oddly compelling -- as long as I ignore the fact that it's supposed to be about Sherlock Holmes. As a generic procedural, I'm actually enjoying it. Which could just be the Aidan Quinn factor. He's aged verrrry nicely.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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]
Steph L. - Oct 04, 2012 6:17:38 pm PDT #9263 of 11842
That which does not kill you should RUN
Connie Neil - Oct 04, 2012 7:05:15 pm PDT #9264 of 11842
brillig
I'm enjoying the touches of Holmes canon and that they aren't reproducing the traditional cases.
le nubian - Oct 04, 2012 7:07:04 pm PDT #9265 of 11842
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm acquiring the theory that the people behind this American Sherlock Holmes have never actually read Sherlock Holmes.
good quality Sherlock snark.
Jesse - Oct 06, 2012 3:34:56 pm PDT #9266 of 11842
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm also enjoying Elementary -- it's much more House than Conan Doyle, but I like it!
Although every time she says "companion," I can't help but think of Inara.
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2012 3:44:03 pm PDT #9267 of 11842
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Given that they played a few bars of 'watching the dectectives' at the end of the fist episode,they are definitely thinking subtext.
Connie Neil - Oct 06, 2012 4:01:46 pm PDT #9268 of 11842
brillig
the only experience I have of "Watching the Detectives" is the show History Detectives on PBS.
§ ita § - Oct 06, 2012 4:02:55 pm PDT #9269 of 11842
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they are definitely thinking subtext
What subtext?
-t - Oct 06, 2012 4:32:33 pm PDT #9270 of 11842
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am on the same page as Jesse, both with House and Inara.
Ginger - Oct 06, 2012 4:42:34 pm PDT #9271 of 11842
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm finding myself increasingly nostalgic for police procedurals that care whether the case will hold up in court.
Pix - Oct 06, 2012 4:43:34 pm PDT #9272 of 11842
The status is NOT quo.
I, too, am Jesse.