Elementary babble for The Long Fuse

[karaokegal]

You get Lisa Edelstein and that's the best you can come up with!!!!!!

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[cuddyclothes]

I'll say one thing, you've made me really glad I haven't been interested in the show. Poor Lisa--that's standard issue guest star work.

[karaokegal]

I'm SO conflicted. It's like there's two completely different shows going on...the bog-standard procedural which range from Meh! to BLECH! and the totally awesome story of Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson and how this brilliant man and his demons are dealing with life without drugs and following the trauma (possibly romantic) that pushed him over the edge. The first one wouldn't have held me past the pilot, but the second...I'm trying so hard not to fall in love because I don't want to get burned, but THAT show just keeps getting better and better. Too bad about the other one. GRRRR!

[donutsweeper]

Humorously, I was watching the episode on a TV that has a VCR right below it. Actually, we have two vcrs in the house, both working and attached to TVs.

I missed a few episodes due to broken leg, but after seeing this one I'm not sure I'll bother to track them down online or via on demand or anything. The show is watchable, but nothing more.

I do like Alfredo, it's obvious he's not going to be Holmes' new sponsor since they have to finagle him keeping Watson around, but I assume they'll figure out a way to keep in on the canvas at least somewhat.

[karaokegal]

I think hubby is right and Alfredo could definitely be the foundation of whatever will be the equivalent of the Baker St. Irregulars. I think it's worth seeing the rest of the episodes, but only for the stuff that isn't the mystery plots. Those are all snooze-worthy (except for Child Predator, which is very clever and NOT as icky as the title sounds...although it is a bit icky.)

[alexcat]

I'm still undecided on the show. I dislike Lucy but she's a little better... though simply making her Holmes' "keeper" is doing Watson and Holmes a disservice. The plots are not complex, not terribly interesting and the writers' attempts to make Holmes likable have made him not Holmes at all most of the time.

Maybe they should just let his sponsor take Watson's job and have him call the new guy Watson.

I do still find myself watching it every week.

[karaokegal]

I agree that the set-up is a problem in terms of establishing ACD's Holmes and Watson dynamic, however just as BBC Sherlock is one way of updating the story, I think this one IS viable, and it does like like Holmes and Watson are moving to a relationship of more equality.

We'll have to agree to disagree on Lucy Liu, although I might be slightly more willing to give her the benefit of the doubt because
of the misogynistic outpouring that ensued before the show had even aired---and my experiences in other fandoms.

[sharp2799]

I never watched TWW so I missed that connection. But given what I know about that show, I can see what you're saying. I felt she was dialing it in and of all shows for her to guest on, this was a little too "cute tie-in" for me. The whole House/Sherlock thing.

I like the new sponsor. I don't know how they could keep him but oh man, I hope they figure out a way to do it. He's got at least one level of smarts on par with Sherlock and my heart broke a little at his admission that he wanted to be a sponsor but no one ever asked him.

I watch because there's nothing else on. I find myself drawn to the peripheral characters like the fake-father too.

[karaokegal]

Strangely enough, I felt they went out of their way NOT to play on the House=Holmes=Sherlock Holmes connection, and that's why there was no chance Lisa could have a recurring part... they know that's one degree too many. Which made it even stupider to cast her and hang so many lamp-shades that she'd be the murderer.

I want Alfredo back so much. (Haven't seen any eps since this one, so I'm not sure if he's recurring or not.) In fact...I could possibly ship Joan/Alfredo, if the writers are on the level about not going with Joan/Sherlock. Sherlock already seems unhealthily interested in Joan's sex life. This could get REALLY twisted, especially if Alfredo does become part of his support team, even if not an "official" sponsor.

[evila_elf]

I thought the plot was interesting up to finding out there was a dead body hidden in the walls...then I kinda kept nodding off as it all became very boring.

Lisa...I wanted to tune her out just like I did the last few seasons of House she was on. Nothing about her grabbed my attention.

Because of the nodding off thing...I can't really remember the back end of the episode.

[karaokegal]

Basically the end of the episode was that Lisa's character had the same back story as her character in The West Wing i.e. Hooker putting her way through school and somehow THAT was the motive for the killing. Even Holmes made a speech pretty much lampshading how ludicrous it was. HOWEVER, I blame the writing, NOT Lisa.