Elementary 2x1

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Discussion post for Elementary 2x1 'Step Nine'

Spoilers in the comments.

What did you think?

Comments

[venusinthenight]

Not keen on Sherlock waxing not-so-poetic about Joan's sex life or lack thereof/assuming she wants to get it on with Mycroft. Ugh. (Also not keen on her staying largely silent when he's saying all that.)

Also not keen on all the fat shaming. Yes, I know ACD!Mycroft was fat. Yes, I know the remarks are canonical nods. But they're really just Sherlock being an asshole.

Wish Lestrade's arc wasn't self-contained. I'd like to see him again.

I'm glad we're getting more Mycroft, though. Maybe through that, we'll get more of the Holmes family backstory. I can haz Patrick Stewart as their father?

Joan's deduction skills... YES GOOD.

London = also good.

[unovis.livejournal.com]

What annoys me about the fat comments is the desperate need of this show, like Sherlock and the Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, to have a Mycroft who is not overweight. They have to hang fat issues on the thin version to make a nod to canon. It seems as though they're saying that a thin character is a more flexible and appealing human being to work with.

Not wild about them continuing the modern portrayal, also seemingly rooted in Private Life, of animosity between the brothers. Would have loved some large display of Mycroft's superior deductive abilities. BUT still, I liked the actor and some of the dialogue between the brothers and the mention that Mycroft talks to daddy and daddy talks about Joan.

More London, please! Maybe they shot background footage for future shows...

[venusinthenight]

Given Mycroft will be back, maybe we will see his superior deductive skills later? :)

[nrgburst]

I can haz Patrick Stewart as their father?

YAS PLEASE

[capeachino.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on the hateful fat remarks. That comment about the travesty of 'sitting next to a morbidly obese person on the plane' just had me gagging. And the fact that Joan seemed to either agree with or not deem necessary calling him out on it, that brief nod she gives afterwards just broke my heart a bit.

I'm hoping they'll have a moment somewhere in season 2 to address this behaviour and make amends.