Elementary 2x24

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Discussion post for Elementary 2x24 'Art in the Blood'.

Pretty sure this is the season finale.

Spoilers in the comments.

What did you think?

Comments

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This is my first visit back here since Season 1 ended so I've missed all the comments posted throughout season 2, but I felt I had to come back and see what you all were saying about this last season. Many of the comments made for 2x24 have summed it up well for me too - really the whole season was a let-down and halfway through I was very disheartened by it. It wasn't Holmes for me, it was just another police drama. Every week investigating some slightly mysterious death/murder - well anyone with policing skills could have solved most of these. Where was the deductive reasoning and great intelligence that (should) be associated with SH? The season was very unexciting and uninspiring and to be honest I'm surprised they had the viewer numbers to warrant a third season.

So to the final 3 episodes... Finally we were dealing with something other than just a murder and it actually got quite interesting, if only a slight improvement on earlier eps! The thing between Joan and Mycroft is just weird - where did this connection start and how did it develop because I think I must have missed something along the way?!

Joan leaving the brownstone is a nod to ACD's Holmes and Watson, so i can appreciate why that's in there. As for SH and how he feels about it - of course he's going to be annoyed/upset. The suggestion that he's going to go out and get a fix does excite me but yes, he's probably only doing it to get back at Joan and make her stay with him. He is an adult, he is highly intelligent, but in many ways he is also a complete baby because he's so socially undeveloped. Throughout the series he keeps bringing up how well he's been doing staying sober and he does have Joan to thank for that largely, but I wonder - is he (potentially) going to get a fix to make her stay, or is he genuinely worried that he can't stay sober without her?

As for working for M16 - I see this as a great opportunity to expand the story lines and to take the series to a new level, beyond the murder every week, and to give us some far more interesting plot lines. I'm sure part of why he accepted the role was to spite Mycroft, but maybe SH (like me) is craving something more juicy that he can stick his teeth into!!