This certainly wasn't on par with most episodes but it was OK. I think having Penny, Bernadette and Amy want to be fairytale princesses for once was just fine, don't the guys wear their comic book costumes quite often? If anything seeing these successful female scientists still enjoy their feminine side might have gotten the schoolgirls to see you can be super smart and still have fun which is not the message they usually hear.
Raj's date was predictably boring. I don't see how having two people with so much social awkwardness is funny. This is even more tedious than the start of Sheldon and Amy. That only started clicking when they made her more normal.
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I hope he won't let his issues get in the way of his considerable talent again.
Once he was off the show, Heigl and Knight weren't talented enough to seize the day so it really was a loss. Grey's became much less interesting to watch.
Sorry Matt but you're misremembering this controversy. Isaiah Washington was arguing with Patrick Dempsey over the delays he had caused in filming that day and said he wasn't M.Dempsey's -insert homophobic slur- and shouldn't have to wait around if the other couldn't be bothered to show up ready for filming. T.R. Knight heard of the incident and was offended. He apparently hadn't come out yet but nonetheless saw it as a slur against himself and when Washington ignored his complaints on the grounds that he wasn't the one being argued with, Knight decided to air his grievances in public with Katherine Heigl siding with him.
A less charitable person might point out that, at the time, Washington and Sandra Oh were eclipsing even the official stars of the show Pompei and Dempsey and more so Heigl and Knight and that his departure in disgrace resolved that problem.But, then again, Washington had a drinking problem and was insensitive, and unprofessional, at least on the set that day.I hope he won't let his issues get in the way of his talent this time.
Raj finally got a girl and a storyline.Yay! Not to be picky, and maybe I'm biased because seeing Mayim Bialik in real life makes me know Amy can be made beautiful on the show at some point, but this girl didn't only look plain she looked scrawny and ill. I know it's not all about looks but, well, television is a visual medium. The show already has a frump with Amy no need for more. Raj is handsome and smart surely it would make more sense to cure him of selective mutism than have him settle for whatever he can get.
Fun with Flags was hilarious. Once Sheldon took Penny's advice about relaxing, he went so far with that idea that I thought for a minute he was going to forget about flags and make a pass at her. I loved seeing Penny and Sheldon interact both there and over the invitation to the play.
I'm glad a few of her friends got to appreciate Penny's acting. I hope they can find a way to exploit that aspect by getting her a theater gig in town.
Another excellent episode.I was glad to see Watson's training but not surprised that Sherlock is a good mentor. Sheldon on TBBT wasn't interested in people until recently whereas, in a way, they and their behavior, are Sherlock's life's work.He may be too preoccupied to be all warm and fuzzy but that doesn't make him unable to see when they do good work. Remember how he found a way to make Watson's family appreciate the importance of her work as a sober companion?
Having this be a double case was very clever.I thought the sociopath boyfriend was covering up for someone so when it was revealed that wealthy donors were infected by the top geneticist to research funds for his own illness it was a big surprise.Wish we'd been told the illness could be cured but then again, Sherlock is about the cases not what happens after he solves them.
I feel there's a tie for favorite scene between Holmes offering Watson a partnership and the perfectly acted scene where it was revealed that the man Bell was checking up on was his brother.
Favorite quote was ''I'm better with you Watson'' It felt honest and humble of Holmes.
I loved learning more about detective Bell and how it also subtly showcased that these characters all respect each other and hold the others in high esteem which is necessary for the audience to believe a police force would work with Holmes and Holmes would want to help them.
I'm glad it wasn't exactly about a murder, Doyle's mysteries also dealt with theft and con artists and those stories were every bit as entertaining as those dealing with murder.
I loved this episode. The entire cast was great as usual but Nathan Fillion outdid himself. That scene with the wounded kidnapper? Wow, just,wow!What this guy can do with just his eyes other actors can't manage with their entire body.
I did also wonder if this kidnapping is really about the Egyptian girl despite the 2nd set of kidnappers speaking arabic, it seems quite odd that of all the places where they could be taken, they would end up in Paris. Isn't that where Alexis's mother was headed a short while ago? I think I recall that at some point it was understood that this was where she lived. Ditzy women like her often attract the wrong kind of men or see things they shouldn't so I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't about revenge for something in Egypt or on Castle's side.
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Last I checked murder was a far more serious crime than rape so I can't see why the authorities would make a point of calling in the girl and her poor excuse of a mother and not the boy's loving mother to tell them they'd caught the man responsible for these crimes.
The episode lost something by being obviously aired out of order but I often watch reruns of shows so that wasn't such a big deal.
For once I didn't resent Sweets because, for once, his character was doing what his character should be doing: be a psychiatrist.
The storyline with Cam was just the right lighthearted touch although I have to say I can't fathom what kind of daughter(yes, I know she came late in Cam's life as a teen, but still)wouldn't tell her mom she was in town if only for the last day of her week-end visit.
The one glaring misstep in the episode was not having the murdered boy's mother back on at the end. While I understand the girl was also raped the night of the murder,not having both mothers there to find out the man who committed both crimes was caught felt off. It was as if they were saying that the only point in finding out the mover was the murderer was that it helped convict him as a rapist. Last I checked murder was a far more serious crime than rape so I can't see the authorities making a point of calling in the girl and that creepy mother of hers and not the loving mother of the boy to say they had their man.
Loved this episode. Our Sheldon is really growing up, when Amy finally had him cornered he flat out threw Penny under the bus and tried to put the blame on her.It may not seem like progress but his bothering to lie and scheme to avoid the risk of losing Amy by admitting he wasn't ready to have her move in is a pretty big step.
The more I see of Bernadette the more I dislike her. Howard may have thought he married someone like his mother but while she bosses him around like his mother she barely seems to have any affection for him which I doubt is the case with Mrs.Wolowitz.
About Raj, where's the girl he's supposed to meet?
Great episode. I'm not sure why some of you are saying there was no killing. Granted the mother was killed the year before but the little sister whose body was fished out of the river near the country property was killed during this episode even if it was offscreen. I thought that with so many people whining about the gore on this show not showing us the murder was a contrast to the usual. I guess you just can't please everyone.
Honestly, this is something I might enjoy as a movie or miniseries but I can't imagine watching this for an entire season much less several. As others have stated, yes, The Mentalist has Red John and Bones has Pelant but those drawn out stories are interesting because they aren't the be all and end all of the show. Watching Bacon's character playing wack-a-mole with the flock this killer has enthralled long-distance is ludicrous. Purefoy's professor isn't even able to appear spell-binding during the flashbacks with his students and his wife sure seems to have had no trouble getting over him to have an affair,so when did he acquire this irresistible magnetism?
Frankly I hope they don't handicap this show with the 'Irene' situation. She wasn't Sherlock's lover in the books and frankly his interest in her seemed more about being impressed (and surprised considering what men thought of women at the time) that she sort of bested him intellectually than as romantic feelings. Even Watson's storyline wasn't weighed down with hook ups even though he was married so the writers would be wise to stick to the detective stories and developing the friendship of Holmes and Watson. Romance was the downfall of House Md., I'd hate to see another excellent show brought down by this maudlin obsession with pairing off characters.
The best shows always leave you wondering how they managed to pack a storyline worthy of a movie into 1 short hour; Elementary does that. From the accountant's murder to the woman's near murder, to the revelation about Irene's death, the killer getting caught and tortured, Joan's session, and especially the scenes between Watson and Holmes, everything was there, everything unfolded at the perfect pace, and yet it was all done in one episode. Loved every second of it.Bravo!
I second the entire review. I really liked this episode and loved how Sherlock turned a family supper that would have been an embarrassing moment for Watson into a moment for her to shine.
The case was pretty interesting, I also thought it might turn into a two-parter when the saintly volunteer's DNA was what was found at the murder scene with only a few minutes left in in the show, but they wrapped it up quickly thanks to Watson identifying the bone marrow donor ribbon.
They keep telling us there's no laugh track so...
I'm not into D&D but that's not the part that bored me; Raj's lines did that. Look, the writers/audience may be unaware of this but people in India-especially those of the social class producing doctors, scientists and lawyers like Raj's family- have probably been speaking English for many more generations than most people living in the USA unless their ancestors were English.Therefore,it makes no sense at all to insinuate that he somehow doesn't grasp the nuances and interpretations of the ridiculous phrases they have him say to imply his homosexuality.Just because he has an accent doesn't mean English is a foreign language to him. Because I'm aware of that cultural fact, I don't see the humor there. At. All.
Have Raj come out, have him be straight: I'm fine with either option, but get on with it. And, after 6 years, have him talking to women even when he's sober, that selective mutism device was already getting old in season 2. Even if he couldn't afford therapy, he's on a university campus that would give him free help for that.
I'm liking this show more with every episode. I think this episode was more about establishing how Holmes and Watson can help each other in investigations to explain why Watson doesn't leave him in a few weeks. In the novels it was always hinted at but for television Watson needs to seem less like a third wheel or an obtuse character than he sometimes did in writing.
I'm sure Alfredo will be discussed again in due time, technically, isn't he supposed to take over from Watson? That's weeks off from now so of course Holmes would try to drag his feet about picking him.
I'm with Lisa on this. You people who have issues with being battered, sexually abused etc keep forcing your vision of things everywhere. It's like you don't even realize that your perceptions were warped by your experience and want everyone to share that. Because Sheldon is a man, he's the abuser? No one was abusing anyone but if that label could be applied to anyone wouldn't it go to Amy who tricked someone much more naive into sexually gratifying her? But it's not even that because there's nothing Amy did that will hurt him and he could learn a lot more just by watching the afternoon soaps. He isn't some ordinary boyfriend beating on his girlfriend. He's treating Amy like a child because he doesn't know any better than to refer to his childhood when confronted by a person who's been making him take care of her as if she was a sick toddler for days.
Loved this episode:they packed a lot in the hour. Miller and Liu were great and I hope Alfredo becomes a regular.
While I enjoyed seeing Lisa Edelstein I was even more glad that this is going to be her only appearance. She's an OK actress but not romantic lead material as far as I've seen; her fans misguidedly pushing a relationship between her character and Hugh Laurie's on House led to nothing but trouble over there and I don't want this show plagued with her as Irene until that drags it under as well.
I hope they don't make Liu's Watson into Sherlock's girlfriend either now that she may not be his companion. Men and women can be lifelong friends or associates without ever sleeping with each other, I wish writers remembered that for once.
I liked this episode but there was too much of the girlfriends and not enough Raj. I'd like to have seen him convincing Howard.Also, for someone like Sheldon who only understands/appreciates obvious social cues, it makes sense to see losing the parking space as a blow to his prestige. Those saying he doesn't need the space are missing the point.Sheldon didn't need one before did he? And yet the university deemed that he, and not Howard, should have one up to this point. It might be that the university is just becoming sensible but it could be seen as a snub too. A normal person would get a car to get their space back but Sheldon, being true to character, fought just to keep it since it had been his even without a car.
1) Scene in the garden-I was sure he'd found the body so I thought his justification of why he thought there was a body in there was touching-even though he was right he didn't want Watson to think he just broke the wall for nothing.
2)I hope Alfredo sticks around.I don't think Sherlock could manipulate him as much as others. Not sure what a 'Black sounding' name would be unless you're unaware of history. Just by descending from slaves Blacks have names from all over the world, add to that parental preferences...
3)I think Sherlock and Watson are two people who need each other. He needs a 'mommy', she needs to help someone smart enough that she doesn't feel she's wasting her life by supporting them.
continued... What made her a killer was having a father who associated with terroriss and her not having the morals to see that not what Hetty's team was forced to do to protect their country from murderous criminals.
It was a so-so episode worsened by two moments.First there was Kensi's uncalled for assault of the madam at the escort service. The madam didn't kidnap her off the street, she walked in there of her own volition and featured her cleavage to get into the main office. If she can't handle a bit of flirting and being barely pawed by a madam without losing her cool after being warned by Deeks that someone might attempt to sample the goods she has no business going undercover. She could have exited on any pretext and left the door open for if they needed to go back there someday.Second if the Khan girl discovered who killed her father she's bound to have found out her father was a terrorist's chauffeur. He knew what he was risking doing that job and got what he deserved and I think that even though I'm as liberal as they come. What made her a killer was having a father who associated with terroriss and her not having the morals to see that not what Hetty's team was forced to do to protect their country from murderous criminals.
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The Big Bang Theory Review: Hello, Female Children
Raj's date was predictably boring. I don't see how having two people with so much social awkwardness is funny. This is even more tedious than the start of Sheldon and Amy. That only started clicking when they made her more normal.
Isaiah Washington Joins Cast of CW Pilot
I hope he won't let his issues get in the way of his considerable talent again.
Once he was off the show, Heigl and Knight weren't talented enough to seize the day so it really was a loss. Grey's became much less interesting to watch.
Isaiah Washington Joins Cast of CW Pilot
A less charitable person might point out that, at the time, Washington and Sandra Oh were eclipsing even the official stars of the show Pompei and Dempsey and more so Heigl and Knight and that his departure in disgrace resolved that problem.But, then again, Washington had a drinking problem and was insensitive, and unprofessional, at least on the set that day.I hope he won't let his issues get in the way of his talent this time.
The Big Bang Theory Review: Most Pathetic Guy May Get a Girl
Fun with Flags was hilarious. Once Sheldon took Penny's advice about relaxing, he went so far with that idea that I thought for a minute he was going to forget about flags and make a pass at her. I loved seeing Penny and Sheldon interact both there and over the invitation to the play.
I'm glad a few of her friends got to appreciate Penny's acting. I hope they can find a way to exploit that aspect by getting her a theater gig in town.
Elementary Review: Intro to Deduction 101
Having this be a double case was very clever.I thought the sociopath boyfriend was covering up for someone so when it was revealed that wealthy donors were infected by the top geneticist to research funds for his own illness it was a big surprise.Wish we'd been told the illness could be cured but then again, Sherlock is about the cases not what happens after he solves them.
Elementary Round Table: "Details"
Favorite quote was ''I'm better with you Watson'' It felt honest and humble of Holmes.
I loved learning more about detective Bell and how it also subtly showcased that these characters all respect each other and hold the others in high esteem which is necessary for the audience to believe a police force would work with Holmes and Holmes would want to help them.
I'm glad it wasn't exactly about a murder, Doyle's mysteries also dealt with theft and con artists and those stories were every bit as entertaining as those dealing with murder.
Castle Review: The Dark Side of Rick
I did also wonder if this kidnapping is really about the Egyptian girl despite the 2nd set of kidnappers speaking arabic, it seems quite odd that of all the places where they could be taken, they would end up in Paris. Isn't that where Alexis's mother was headed a short while ago? I think I recall that at some point it was understood that this was where she lived. Ditzy women like her often attract the wrong kind of men or see things they shouldn't so I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't about revenge for something in Egypt or on Castle's side.
Bones Review: The Suitcase Case
Last I checked murder was a far more serious crime than rape so I can't see why the authorities would make a point of calling in the girl and her poor excuse of a mother and not the boy's loving mother to tell them they'd caught the man responsible for these crimes.
Bones Review: The Suitcase Case
For once I didn't resent Sweets because, for once, his character was doing what his character should be doing: be a psychiatrist.
The storyline with Cam was just the right lighthearted touch although I have to say I can't fathom what kind of daughter(yes, I know she came late in Cam's life as a teen, but still)wouldn't tell her mom she was in town if only for the last day of her week-end visit.
The one glaring misstep in the episode was not having the murdered boy's mother back on at the end. While I understand the girl was also raped the night of the murder,not having both mothers there to find out the man who committed both crimes was caught felt off. It was as if they were saying that the only point in finding out the mover was the murderer was that it helped convict him as a rapist. Last I checked murder was a far more serious crime than rape so I can't see the authorities making a point of calling in the girl and that creepy mother of hers and not the loving mother of the boy to say they had their man.
The Big Bang Theory Review: Bert and Ernie Break Up
The more I see of Bernadette the more I dislike her. Howard may have thought he married someone like his mother but while she bosses him around like his mother she barely seems to have any affection for him which I doubt is the case with Mrs.Wolowitz.
About Raj, where's the girl he's supposed to meet?
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Elementary Review: Measure of Success
The case was pretty interesting, I also thought it might turn into a two-parter when the saintly volunteer's DNA was what was found at the murder scene with only a few minutes left in in the show, but they wrapped it up quickly thanks to Watson identifying the bone marrow donor ribbon.
The Big Bang Theory Review: D&D Christmas Edition
I'm not into D&D but that's not the part that bored me; Raj's lines did that. Look, the writers/audience may be unaware of this but people in India-especially those of the social class producing doctors, scientists and lawyers like Raj's family- have probably been speaking English for many more generations than most people living in the USA unless their ancestors were English.Therefore,it makes no sense at all to insinuate that he somehow doesn't grasp the nuances and interpretations of the ridiculous phrases they have him say to imply his homosexuality.Just because he has an accent doesn't mean English is a foreign language to him. Because I'm aware of that cultural fact, I don't see the humor there. At. All.
Have Raj come out, have him be straight: I'm fine with either option, but get on with it. And, after 6 years, have him talking to women even when he's sober, that selective mutism device was already getting old in season 2. Even if he couldn't afford therapy, he's on a university campus that would give him free help for that.
Elementary Review: A Matter of Perception
I'm sure Alfredo will be discussed again in due time, technically, isn't he supposed to take over from Watson? That's weeks off from now so of course Holmes would try to drag his feet about picking him.
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Elementary Review: The Truth is in the VCR
While I enjoyed seeing Lisa Edelstein I was even more glad that this is going to be her only appearance. She's an OK actress but not romantic lead material as far as I've seen; her fans misguidedly pushing a relationship between her character and Hugh Laurie's on House led to nothing but trouble over there and I don't want this show plagued with her as Irene until that drags it under as well.
I hope they don't make Liu's Watson into Sherlock's girlfriend either now that she may not be his companion. Men and women can be lifelong friends or associates without ever sleeping with each other, I wish writers remembered that for once.
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2)I hope Alfredo sticks around.I don't think Sherlock could manipulate him as much as others. Not sure what a 'Black sounding' name would be unless you're unaware of history. Just by descending from slaves Blacks have names from all over the world, add to that parental preferences...
3)I think Sherlock and Watson are two people who need each other. He needs a 'mommy', she needs to help someone smart enough that she doesn't feel she's wasting her life by supporting them.
NCIS: Los Angeles Review: Let's Get Faded
NCIS: Los Angeles Review: Let's Get Faded
NCIS: Los Angeles Review: Let's Get Faded