Elementary Catch-Up: 2x01 - 2x07

2x01 "Step Nine"

• I was actually in London when they were filming this episode, and I tried so hard to find the set by following tips on message boards, but I never managed to get anywhere on time. There was one day where I must have run all over the city. Sad!
• Wowww I hate this Mycroft so much. Even from this introduction, he is just so smarmy. I’ll save the rest of my complaints for later episodes. My kingdom for a decent Mycroft where the brothers have a good relationship. I know I'm projecting Katie Forsythe onto other adaptations again, but I just love the way she wrote the Holmeses as siblings so much.
• How much do I love seeing Joan defend Sherlock and their FRIENDSHIP.
• If no one had tested the milk-like substance in order to realize it was acetone... is it just a very 2013 thing to not assume it was a plant or nut milk instead of cow milk? Seeing "milk" in a vegan’s house wouldn’t be weird, it's strange to think that it would capture someone's notice.
• Paddington Station! <3

2x02 "Solve for X"

• The way Sherlock looks out for Joan in this episode is love. He doesn't want her taken advantage of.
• Is this the same classroom as The X-Files' “This?” No, I looked it up, and it's not even close... but they did style the academic ladies the same way.
• Omg Sherlock offering to go to the cemetery with her 😭😭😭

2x03 "We Are Everyone"

• The fact that they had to make a fictionalized Anonymous is weird... and did they just fictionalize Robert Caro??
• “We just need to get creative about how the watch came into our possession” 🙃🙃🙃 this is why I can’t fuck with cop shows!
• Sherlock tapping Joan on the shoulder, lol. I hope that was an acting choice with minimal script direction.
• “I shouldn’t be the only one who knows you.” They literally go through so much effort to put these little moments in every episode.
• And the first appearance of Joan writing the Casebook!!!!

2x04 "Poison Pen"

• This case is too heckin sad y’all.

2x05 "Ancient History"

• So this is actually one of my ~things about modern Sherlock adaptations. The original stories are such a great mix of mundane mysteries and international intrigue, gruesome murder but also petty crimes. Modern versions lean too heavily on rape and homicide tbh. 

2x06 "An Unnatural Arrangement"

• “I’ve come to appreciate the premise of partnership. It’s far more intricate than I had previously imagined. The very smallest gesture can speak volumes. You had a partner. Perhaps you still do." THE ROMANCE. I don’t know what to say when you end your episode by mirroring a character and his wife with Holmes and Watson like ??????

2x07 "The Marchioness"

• It's fine, whatever. Still don't care about or like Mycroft. Hate Joan/Mycroft a lot a lot a lot.