Review #3880: Elementary 1.9: “You Do It to Yourself”
Contributor: Bronzethumb
Written by Peter Blake
Directed by Phil Abraham
Even as it polishes some of its gems so they shine brighter than ever, “Elementary” is falling deeper and deeper into a rut with each episode. It’s determined to keep the most interesting elements of the show on the backburner and focus on a mystery that’s simply not very engaging. This episode was better than most, but it lacks connection, some kind of hook to get us invested in the resolution. As usual, it comes down to sideplots and details to decide whether “You Do It to Yourself” is a pass or a fail.
A college professor is found murdered under strange circumstances, and suspicion quickly falls onto the dead man’s widow and his teaching assistant. Holmes is called in to investigate, but a simple illness is throwing off his deductive powers and threatens to derail the whole investigation. Meanwhile, Watson gets a chance to put her own deductive skills to the test when she’s contacted by an ex with a drug problem who needs help getting out of jail.
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Mirrored from Critical Myth.