Elementary 1x23 & 1x24 Season Finale

[killerweasel.livejournal.com]

Don't forget, the show starts an hour earlier than normal (9 pm eastern) and runs for 2 hours.

Discussion post for Elementary 1x23 'The Woman' & 1x24 'Heroine'

Spoilers in the comments.

What did you think?

Comments

[ibishtar.livejournal.com]

SAAHFAKHFKLNFSKNFS DFMS FMASOAR!!!!=?)??)?!

I went in with some optimism about how Irene Adler would be portrayed because this show has done such a great job with Watson. Through the beginning, when she was shown as a victim, my goodwill persisted and I figured there was more to the situation, but the reveal still floored me. I'm just elated about that. Natalie Dormer played a blinder, I hope we see her again in the new season, she totally needs to escape from prison spectacularly asap. Of course, the danger of turning Irene into a villain is that eventually she will have to be defeated, which rather spoils the whole 'woman who beat him' thing if done badly. See BBC Sherlock for how to do this WRONG. The fact that Elementary also depended on Irene's feelings for Sherlock for her downfall is clichéd at this point, but doesn't come off as sexist as it could have since a) it's explicit that feelings were the downfall of both of them, not just her, b) she exhibits a lot of autonomy, agency and brilliance in the script independent of any man and c) the win is thanks to Watson.

Anyway, really enjoyed that, yay.

[midori-yee.livejournal.com]

Excellent articulation of how the "demise" of BBC Sherlock's Irene differs from Elementary. Couldn't agree with you more!