Thoughts on the “Elementary” Pilot

[shadowfireflame]

I stand by my original suspicion that this show would be vastly improved by Lucy Liu playing Holmes instead of Watson.

[Kind of rambly/spoilery review]
There’s no point in comparing this to Sherlock; it’s like kicking a puppy, as Sherlock is so far blowing Elementary out of the water in every respect except the physical diversity of its characters. Very little about the first

Comments

[splix]

Great review!

I want to like it more than I do, and I'll keep watching for the time being, but already it feels like just another procedural show, and I'm feeling sort of meh about it. :-/

[shadowfireflame]

Heh, I know I was rather rambly; I found it kind of hard to marshal my thoughts about this. I don't want to judge the whole show by the pilot, but then again, if the pilot isn't good, I'm not holding out much hope.

[daasgrrl]

Honestly, if the main characters’ names were anything other than Holmes and Watson, I would have stopped watching after the first few minutes.

This, basically. I'm inclined to like both JLM and LL, but I don't like either of them enough that I'd watch a show just for them. And so far the show itself isn't supporting them in any way I can care about. It seems like a 'perfectly fine' show, but there are dozens of them, you know?

[shadowfireflame]

Yeah...I'm just hoping it improves, but I feel obliged to watch it either way, just because I feel like such a Holmes nerd nowadays. But it certainly would be easier if the writing became less tell-don't-show.