#elementary (cbs)

[finehs]

Tortoises have terrible hearing. The music [Enya] is for you. You said you used to listen to spa music when you operated on patients. I thought it might reduce your agita during this bothersome task.

[beingfacetious]

I'm a doctor. You could've told me. Well, I thought it would pass. It didn't.

[asciuto]

on the way home, I wrote a poem, you say "what a mind", this happens all the time

[partiallypearl]

You make an effort to appear conventional, but I know, Watson, you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the humdrum routine of ordinary life.— Holmes

[tian2he]

Protectors of the City 🏙️

The geniuses and their beautiful, alluring partners hehe

Couldn’t stop thinking about a crossover between Elementary and Person of Interest after finding out about the advertisement they did together

[sherlock-holmesie]

I love you Jamie Moriarty and your comically large portrait of Joan Watson, the woman who you called a side kick and landed you in prison. toxic bisexual

[macbethz]

this is doing some cocomelon shit to me

[sosorrydad]

[hot-on-my-watch]

National Theatre at Home: Frankenstein Part 2- Jonny Lee Miller as 'The Creature'

In Part 1 of this post, I wrote my impressions of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, streamed online via a subscription gifted to me by lovely friends. As a housebound person I would highly recommended such a thing even to those that CAN leave the house! Frankenstein specifically warrants a follow-up due to the production's interesting character doubling of the two main roles played by Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller.

After finding out from @skeletor-n-a-meatsuit that not only is Jonny Lee Miller actually Sherlock Holmes on NBC's Elementary, but a serving NYC firefighter, I obviously needed to educate my husband before the viewing. He then declared that I could say "that is SO SHERLOCK" relentlessly if he could make firefighter puns at every opportunity, and I was forced to agree. He also wished to be informed where the book and play were set, and despite having formally studied the book three times and having seen the play a few days earlier, I only managed "Er... on the continent. Germany-ish?" and "Geneva's in it!" "Oh, Switzerland." he replied. "Yes, but it's not necessarily limited to Switzerland... hmm.. I dunno... I've BEEN to Switzerland. Twice." "So have I!" he said. And then asked me when I'd been.

Both of my times were during the course of our relationship, and whilst he does have a terrible memory, we have been together for a long time and it's a been a bit of a wild ride. I then asked when he had been, and he told me that it was on a school trip. I must have known that at some point, but I'm not sure I ever knew he had windsurfed on the lake. And for some reason I find the idea of him windsurfing really, really funny.

Anyway, we watched the play. Reader, I did not know that quite so many firefighter puns could be made over the first twenty or so minutes of such a production, but I was wrong. I actually managed to avoid saying the word "Sherlock" until Cumberbatch's second entrance, when I suggested that my husband just imagine I was saying whispering "so Sherlock" continuously from that moment on. He agreed that it would go without saying, but after about ten further minutes of arrogance, mad science, social awkwardness and a rather spectacular coat I lost control and had to, lest it be not absolutely clear.

As an English Literature graduate I also felt obliged to telegraph the homoerotic undertones and Victor's seeming lack of passion towards Elizabeth, as any decent literature grad would. Any utterance by my husband of the word "monster" was quashed in favour of "creature" for similar reasons. And I could not help myself but vocally berate Frankenstein for making increasingly terrible decisions one after another. I think part of the reaso I so enjoyed the play is its shift of focus on to the creature, who is significantly less frustrating and frankly much easier to empathise with.

Of course I also pointed out to my husband that the theme of advancing science and technology without thinking through the consequences is ever true today, most obviously in the growing use of AI. I disagree with many of the uses of AI now for various reasons, but we have both used it to make humorous and mildly unhinged cards for each other at short notice. Having recently rewatched a certain film, I joked that AI would surely out pace us intellectually while doing the sultry voice of Scarlett Johanssen - where in fact I think the reality will be far, far worse. My husband replied "at least AI is useful NOW", which is broadly true. Frankenstein, however, didn't even get to exhibit his creature at fairs or anything, what with immediately having abandoned his and provoking his descent into monstrousness- well, a singularly human monstrousness.

Seriously though, the play! Cumberbatch was predictably fantastic in the alternate role of the creator, and Jonny Lee Miller as the creature. Is Lee his middle name? I'm not completely sure. Personally I felt that (Lee) Miller's movements as the creature were not quite as alien and awkward as Cumberbatch's, but, impressive as they were, those may have made his creature appear less human.

Conversely, I found myself pitying Cumberbatch's Frankenstein more, though in some moments he seemed vainer. Whether that was because it was my second go or because I am biased, I am not sure. Admittedly my attention was suffering a little that night, so the additional need to bug my husband and explain what steampunk is only made things worse. However, I am immensely I was able to see both versions and find the character-doubling concept intriguing.

I suppose it remains a mystery whether, were I to rescued from a fire by Jonny Lee Miller, I would scream that I was being grabbed by the creature or creator, or "that bloke I think I might just about know from somewhere." Or, more realistically, just scream.

A fun video:

@a-victorian-girl @ben-locked

[dearsholmes]

sherlock and watson vibes

reminds me of the whole “what’s it like in your funny little minds it must be so nice not being me”

(i don’t remember the ~exact~ quote)

[finehs]

Wh-What about my other recovery?

[she-s-a-shy-one]

i would never kill you.  not in a million years... you may not be as unique as you thought, darling, but you're still a work of art                                                                            -I appreciate art.

[beingfacetious]

Elementary | 1x19 "Snow Angels"

[anerdynerd]

another one from Instagram :]

I’ve really gotta continue this series man👀

also ik this is just the sketch but his actual blanket being the colors of the Union flag is pretty funny to me

[tian2he]

My fav detective duo, or trio including Clyde 🐢

[cluelessrebel1988]

So lately I've been going back and rewatching a bunch of crime procedurals I watched back when they were first airing between 2005 and 2015, and my most recent foray into this is the CBS series Elementary, which I very much enjoyed when it was originally airing, but binging it now, I'm discovering/rediscovering things that I love about the series.

Foremost among them is how the show handles the character of Joan Watson. Having Watson be a woman in this iteration is already an interesting choice, but at no point does she feel like she's there just to be a potential love interest for Sherlock Holmes (or any of the characters, at least not as of early season 2 where I am in my rewatch at the time of this post). She's a fully fleshed-out character first, and her excitement at working with Holmes and then learning how to deduce like he does is very interesting. And she's good at it, if not as seasoned as Holmes, but the writers allow her to contribute to the cases, occasionally picking up on details (usually something medical with her background as a doctor) that lead to a new suspect or lead in the case.

And Sherlock supports her in her efforts. He actively considers her an apprentice of his methods and if he does something to upset her he will, usually, attempt to make amends for it in his own way (the most recent example is an episode where he solves a small robbery case she'd been asked to consult on by herself, one she was actually looking forward to taking a look at in order to test her abilities, and in an effort to make amends, he offers her a trunk containing the files of cases he hasn't been able to solve and encourages her to take a look at them when she wants to get in some extra practice).

I also like how, even though Sherlock knows he's almost always the smartest person in the room, he doesn't rub that fact in the faces of Watson or the detectives he works with most often. He doesn't talk down to them when he's explaining his reasoning and observations, but relays the information in as concise a way as he can, talking to them as equals and not inferiors.

Anyway, just some things I wanted to get off my chest. You may now return to your regularly scheduled scrolling