I just watched the Superbowl ep of "Elementary" and I must say I liked it more than this week's ep. It wasn't great, but it wasn't the worst Elem ep either.
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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]
le nubian - Feb 09, 2013 3:25:05 pm PST #9564 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2013 4:27:40 pm PST #9565 of 11831
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which one was Superbowl? Serial killer and fake kidney disease? I'm halfway through this week so far, but got distracted by Battleship, of all stupid things...
le nubian - Feb 09, 2013 4:49:31 pm PST #9566 of 11831
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
superbowl ep was the brother & sister
Typo Boy - Feb 09, 2013 8:20:47 pm PST #9567 of 11831
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.
General thoughts on Elementary:
1) Opening credits with Rube Goldberg/ Heath Robinson murder device including an actual Hamster: an indication that the writers know that most of the murder plots are absurd and that this is being done deliberately as part of the fun?
2) The constant use of authentic quotes from the Conan Doyle SH in contexts that are completely cross grain to the spirit of the original: I remember stating that this is clever and deliberate, but I have to admit that the text would support some poor intern having scoured the Doyle Canon to produce a long list of quotes which are now being mined by writers who have never read the original.
Pix - Feb 09, 2013 8:25:37 pm PST #9568 of 11831
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I really didn't like Elementary initially, but it totally grew on me. Now I'm hooked.
Typo Boy - Feb 09, 2013 8:33:06 pm PST #9569 of 11831
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.
I'm way hooked. I just find myself speculating on the Meta here... How much of what we like is planned and purposeful?
Typo Boy - Feb 09, 2013 9:31:14 pm PST #9570 of 11831
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.
One question/speculation on most recent Elementary: Since Sherlock gave the money back, does he still owe his father favors - taking candy from babies, clubbing baby seals and so on? Might he and his father disagree on this point?
Tom Scola - Feb 10, 2013 2:53:28 am PST #9571 of 11831
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Since Sherlock gave the money back, does he still owe his father favors - taking candy from babies, clubbing baby seals and so on?
No, but once he finds out that Watson isn’t getting paid, he’ll go back and ask again, and then he’ll be on the hook.
DebetEsse - Feb 10, 2013 5:13:02 am PST #9572 of 11831
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I disagree. I think the plan always was to hand over the money for a matter of minutes (hours at the outside). It was phrased as a loan, and I think he's still on the hook.
Also, makes for better tv.
-t - Feb 10, 2013 2:45:12 pm PST #9573 of 11831
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Am I the only one still watching CSI:Original Recipe? I can't believe I'm the first one to come in to say: Tom Scola!
I am just watching it now. That made me sit up and take notice! Alas, the character is not nearly as charming as our Tom Scola.