I think I'll just sit here and watch.
Okay, now that was surprising.
Elementary, a show I've enjoyed, with reservations, just got a lot more interesting.
And not necessarily for the reasons you'd think.
I did not expect a show that started out so rather typically procedurally-driven (even though the characters are named Sherlock and Watson) to end up more character-driven than it began.
That doesn't usually happen.
I did not realize, however, that Liz Friedman is apparently a producer, also writing. She wrote for House, and....I've gotta say, although the characters are of course based on the same source material, now that I know the same writer is writing......there are some similarities that I see are even closer than you'd expect. (The vicodin bottle in the last ep was a dead giveaway, for starters.)
I was getting concerned in the last handful of eps, that perhaps they wouldn't be able to keep pulling off the platonic nature of the Sherlock/Watson relationship - that they'd begin to cave and take the easy route. But I think that was just a misdirection (and a subtle one, at that). They *have* managed to keep it, and make it even better.
I love how it's becoming clearer and clearer that Watson is undeniably the most important person in Sherlock's life (and vice versa, really)...and yet, it's not romantic. It's just a deepening, human love. They are moving from being two separate, incredibly different people, to being two halves of a whole. Still different - not a matched set - but irreversibly connected, filling the other's spaces and gaps. I love what it says (whether it intends to or not) about humanity, about simple human connection.
They really found a winning team in Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu. What a challenge (and a gift, if it's the right person), to spend nearly all your scenes interacting with one other person. Almost workshoppy.
Really looking forward to next season.
Elementary, a show I've enjoyed, with reservations, just got a lot more interesting.
And not necessarily for the reasons you'd think.
I did not expect a show that started out so rather typically procedurally-driven (even though the characters are named Sherlock and Watson) to end up more character-driven than it began.
That doesn't usually happen.
I did not realize, however, that Liz Friedman is apparently a producer, also writing. She wrote for House, and....I've gotta say, although the characters are of course based on the same source material, now that I know the same writer is writing......there are some similarities that I see are even closer than you'd expect. (The vicodin bottle in the last ep was a dead giveaway, for starters.)
I was getting concerned in the last handful of eps, that perhaps they wouldn't be able to keep pulling off the platonic nature of the Sherlock/Watson relationship - that they'd begin to cave and take the easy route. But I think that was just a misdirection (and a subtle one, at that). They *have* managed to keep it, and make it even better.
I love how it's becoming clearer and clearer that Watson is undeniably the most important person in Sherlock's life (and vice versa, really)...and yet, it's not romantic. It's just a deepening, human love. They are moving from being two separate, incredibly different people, to being two halves of a whole. Still different - not a matched set - but irreversibly connected, filling the other's spaces and gaps. I love what it says (whether it intends to or not) about humanity, about simple human connection.
They really found a winning team in Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu. What a challenge (and a gift, if it's the right person), to spend nearly all your scenes interacting with one other person. Almost workshoppy.
Really looking forward to next season.