Yeah, what?

Nov. 5th, 2012 09:22 am
hawkwing_lb: (DA2 isabela facepalm)
It's morning. Three degrees Celsius with a windchill of minus one. Oh, and the Guardian is running a live-update on more Greek austerity goes to parliament.

I watched Elementary's fifth episode last night. I think it may be trying too hard to be a procedural, but it's an entertainingly well-characterised one.

I'm grittily anxious in my stomach, and somewhat desperately fretful for no good reason. Perhaps I need to take a vitamin supplement.
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Many and complicated were the hoops I jumped through in order to watch this second episode...


We open at an AA meeting. "I have been sober..." Sherlock does not look patient. Bored is the word. Watson looks much more like she respects the proceedings.

Read more... )

Verdict: Something of an improvement on the pilot, in terms of smoothness and character-work: the actors bring a lot to their roles. I'm disappointed by the to-date maleness of the named police officers - and I'd be very happy to discover that this show isn't going to be just about murders - but based on two episodes' form, I think I'm going to continue to enjoy watching Lucy Liu and Johnny Lee Miller at work.
hawkwing_lb: (Ned virtue)
Having heard good things from various sources in Elementary's regard, I hied myself off to watch it.

I haven't seen a pilot that did this much right for me in a donkey's age. It has mostly good pacing - with a few wobbles - and the actors are giving it socks, in a marvellously understated way.

Lucy Liu. Still fucking awesome )

Conclusions: Definitely promising.

Dead white women: one. People of colour apart from Lucy Liu with speaking parts in this episode: ...maybe one? I am unconvinced that "cop who appears to be of Mediterranean/mestizo extraction" is sufficient to tick any diversity boxes.

But Lucy Liu is still fucking awesome.

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