Elementary on CBS
Now that Vegas has ended for good, my focus has pretty much shifted to Elementary. Great show IMO, that just keeps getting better with each episode. Season 1 is nearly over, but the show is almost certainly coming back for round 2. I'll keep the thread updated with new episode dates, when they're announced. |
i watch it sometimes after Persons of Interest. ITs not bad, Its not an every week thing for me, but i have seen quite a few episodes.
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I don't watch the major networks except for sports and sometimes the local news and weather. I saw a commercial for Elementary last year, probably during an NFL game. I started watching it and I'm hooked. I've seen every episode, I think they've had 22 so far. This Thursday will be the season finally, a two hour version, should be good.
Not to hijack the thread, but I also started watching the reruns of Castle on the TNT Cable Network. Now I'm hooked on that show as well, I watch the reruns and the new episode on Monday nights on ABC. It's a little lighter version of Elementary, but does have good writing. |
Maybe my favorite new show of the season. I was initially skeptical of the entire concept, being a big fan of BBC's Sherlock, but I was hooked basically from the pilot onward.
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I like it but I know fans of Cumberbatch's BBC Sherlock can't seem to stand it. Not sure why. This interpretation seems to modernize the kind of portrayal Downey Jr had in his film, with less sociopath and more OCD. Plus, Lucy Liu is still good to look at.
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BBC version plays Sherlock as more of a debonair James Bond gigolo type, and his 'addiction' results in little more than a shit-ton of nicotine patches up his arm. It also more expressly hews to the source material. OTOH, as good as Cumberbatch is as Sherlock, I'd tune into Elementary even if it was just Johnny Miller reading the phone book. And not for nothing, but Lucy Liu is easier on the eyes than BBC's hobbit Watson [though he puts in a good performance as well]. |
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I am a big Sherlock Holmes fan in general, so I am sure at some point I will give Elementry a second chance. It just did not impress me out of the gate, and I lacked the time to devote to what appeared to be an inferior Sherlock knockoff. |
Elementary, while never bad, got progressively better, especially after they introduced Vinnie Jones' character and the show's Moriarty. It's definitely found its footing by the end of the season.
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I like it. It's gotten better I think since they got rid of the Watson as Sober Companion thing. I felt like that got in the way when she'd have to ask him how he's feeling, checking up on him etc. I prefer her as his assistant. Sometimes she says really dumb things though.
But yeah, I've seen all the episodes I think, and there's a lot of good ones. |
The finale felt really off to me for some reason, but the last 10 minutes were great.
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GoT fans know who Irene is, IRL, right?
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I think it's the smartest show on TV right now, and I'm hooked. BUT...I was unable to watch the season finale. unavoidable and I don't have a DVR. Is there any place to watch it?
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Really surprised at how well they've pulled off turning Watson and Moriarty into women. Good show. Check out BBC's Sherlock.
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Finally got around to watching the end of the season. Great ending. I'm really glad they didn't drag out the Moriarty thing until the beginning of next season. Happy with where the show is going.
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And it's back.
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Congrats Sorter on the shout out to Loki's progeny Jormungandr on the most recent episode.
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Why didn't anyone tell me this show was so freaking good?
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Thanks! I'll check it out.
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We really like it too. My whole family watches.
The BBC's Sherlock stuff is really great also, and if you haven't seen it, you should. There have been two "seasons" so far, and they're working on a third. The "seasons" are weird, though -- it's basically 3 or 4 1.5 hour episodes, no commercials. Not at all what we're used to. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch who played Khan in the recent Star Trek movie and Smaug (and the Necromancer, I believe) in the Peter Jackson Hobbit movies, as Holmes and Martin Freeman (Bilbo, in the PJ Hobbit movies) as Watson. Excellent acting and just a really great show. |
I should note that the BBC series is much closer to the books. Mycroft is with the British government, Watson is (as an ultimate testament to history repeating itself) a former military doctor with experience serving in the Afghanistan, etc. etc.
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And have no objection to Lucy Liu's legs. No really... |
Sherlock is back on PBS january 19th. Earlier on BBC of course. I'm a huge fan of it.
I've also really enjoyed Elementary this season, and where they've gone with the characters. |
I think I might like elementary more because Watson isn't irrelevant and Sherlock isn't as much of a total dick. Sherlock is still fantastic, though.
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