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Last season on Elementary... thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3855426 Sherlock and Joan are in London. Why? Some dumb bullshit about Sherlock taking the fall for the murder of Michael in place of Joan, even though Joan didn't actually kill him, and then running away to the UK so the FBI couldn't arrest him. I dunno. The reasoning didn't make much sense. Then the show ended, because that was the series finale. Except it wasn't! Everything pointed to the finale of S6 being the finale of the show, and the writers even admitted it was written as one, but CBS has decided to renew Elementary for one last miniature season. So I guess we're in London now! Also it's a year later! Woo! Starring Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes In Elementary's retelling of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Sherlock is a recovering drug addict, sent to New York City by his wealthy father to help him recuperate. In his time there, he has been working with the NYPD as a consultant on their most difficult cases, mostly by virtue of being too good of a detective to turn away. Season 6 focused on Sherlock's struggle with post-concussion syndrome, and his befriending of a perfectly normal dude named Michael who turned out to be a serial killer. Once this was revealed, Sherlock spent the rest of the season hunting Michael down, only to be beaten to the punch by Hannah Gregson. But where Sherlock hoped to arrest Michael, Hannah straight-up murdered him, and then the whole thing got pinned on Joan somehow because Michael said her name before he died. Unable to convince the FBI that Joan hadn't been the one to kill Michael, Sherlock confessed to the crime himself and then hosed off to London, using his clout with MI6 to keep the British government from extraditing him. Lucy Liu as Joan Watson A former surgeon, Joan Watson left medicine after losing a patient and became a "sober companion" to recovering drug addicts. Her time with Sherlock has shown that she has a knack for detective work, and she now works alongside Sherlock as an equal partner on his cases. Joan's story in season 6 mostly centered around her sudden inexplicable desire to adopt a child, which led to some sick "don't you have a child to take care of already" burns on Sherlock but, much like all of Joan's plotlines, ultimately went nowhere. After Sherlock revealed his plan to take the fall for Michael's murder, the two shared a heartfelt goodbye that was immediately rendered moot when Joan promptly decided to follow him to London and take up residence in 221A Baker Street. Jon Michael Hill as Detective Marcus Bell A detective with the NYPD with the rare distinction of Sherlock's respect. While he gets along well with Watson, he and Sherlock have never quite had what one could call a friendly relationship. That said, both he and Sherlock have great trust and respect for each other, and they have worked together on numerous cases. In season 6, Bell suddenly got an offer to join the U.S. Marshals, which turned out to be on Sherlock's recommendation, and he spent most of the season mulling the offer over. He didn't take it, of course, because that would have meant writing him out of the show, but it's clear that Bell has the ability to go beyond being a simple city detective, and we may see bigger things happening for him in season 7. Aidan Quinn as Captain Thomas Gregson The captain of the NYPD's 11th precinct, Gregson is the one who first brought Sherlock on to help with homicide cases. Like with Bell, he and Sherlock are not friends, but Gregson sees Sherlock's potential and is the first to defend him when other officers mock or distrust Sherlock's investigative style. Gregson's personal life was mostly a sideshow in the past, but that changed in season 6 when Michael killed the best friend of his daughter Hannah. When Hannah got revenge in the season finale, it was also revealed that Gregson knew about it and erased evidence that might implicate her. Sherlock managed to get around Gregson's betrayal by taking the fall for Michael's murder, but it's unclear what sort of relationship the two will have after the year-long time skip. James Frain as Odin Reichenbach A new character for season 7, and sadly, probably the final nail in the coffin for the hopes of Moriarty ever coming back. Aside from the actor, and that Reichenbach will be S7's major villain, we know nothing about him yet. Other Characters Natalie Dormer as Irene Adler/Jamie Moriarty The love of Sherlock's life and the former head of a criminal empire that spans the globe, Moriarty was imprisoned at the end of season 1. Though she has appeared very occasionally since then, for the most part Natalie Dormer's work on Game of Thrones prevented Moriarty from being a major force on the show. Her absence continued through season 6, but Morland warned Sherlock mid-season that Moriarty had slipped her bonds and was now "back" in some unspecified way. Will she make a triumphant return for Elementary's final season? I sure hope so, but at this point I'm not betting on it. John Noble as Morland Holmes Morland is Sherlock's father, an obscenely wealthy business consultant whom Sherlock detests. After Sherlock relapsed to his drug addiction in season 3, Morland returned to New York to monitor his son, and was the major focus of season 4 (as well as the target of many exquisitely crafted insults from Sherlock). Season 4 ended with Morland being offered the "position" of head of Moriarty's criminal empire, which he accepted with the goal of dismantling it from within. He returned briefly in season 6, but basically only to warn Sherlock about Moriarty being "back." It is unclear if he will return in season 7. Ophelia Lovibond as Kitty Winter An apprentice that Sherlock took on in season 3 while he and Watson were apart, Kitty showed a similar aptitude for detective work. However, in the course of her work with Sherlock, she found the man who had raped her years ago and killed him, then fled so that both she and Sherlock could not be connected to the murder. She appeared once in season 5, but it was strongly played as a farewell, so we'll see if she comes back for season 7. Ato Essandoh as Alfredo Llamosa Sherlock's former sponsor in Narcotics Anonymous, Alfredo was once a car thief, but now uses his talents to test alarm systems for car companies. Though they were awkward with each other, Sherlock eventually "fired" Alfredo as his sponsor so that they could be friends outside of their relationship in NA. He appeared briefly in season 6, but has stopped being a major character on the show for the most part. Rhys Ifans as Mycroft Holmes mycroft is gross go aw--oh. (thanks Pick) And last but not least... Clyde as Clyde https://twitter.com/elementary_cbs/status/1026901182009106432 Elementary premieres Thursday, May 23rd at 10pm on CBS! TheOneAndOnlyT fucked around with this message at 23:36 on May 21, 2019 |
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# ? May 3, 2024 12:51 |
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Is Clyde even alive anymore
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# ? May 21, 2019 22:22 |
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The final season's antagonist is named Odin Reichenbach? That's so metal and perfect I love it.
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# ? May 21, 2019 22:28 |
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Dragonatrix posted:The final season's antagonist is named Odin Reichenbach? That's so metal and perfect I love it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB4rZMipgtM Milo and POTUS posted:Is Clyde even alive anymore
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# ? May 21, 2019 22:35 |
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You're the one teasing us with a turtle that may not even exist
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# ? May 21, 2019 22:40 |
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Hello, show I love!
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# ? May 21, 2019 23:05 |
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Milo and POTUS posted:Is Clyde even alive anymore he got in trouble last year for some drunk racist tweets
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# ? May 21, 2019 23:13 |
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Hopefully we get a satisfying conclusion. Hopefully.
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# ? May 21, 2019 23:34 |
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We have a trailer too. Watson is blonde now I guess? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWOhB8JKIB0
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# ? May 21, 2019 23:36 |
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Adnor posted:Hopefully we get a satisfying conclusion. And if it's bad, just pretend the show ended after season 6.
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# ? May 21, 2019 23:51 |
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:
My exact plan!
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# ? May 21, 2019 23:56 |
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:
Season 6 ending was good enough to be the show finale, so yeah. Same.
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# ? May 22, 2019 00:07 |
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quote:but CBS has decided to renew Elementary for one last miniature season.
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# ? May 22, 2019 02:10 |
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Mraagvpeine posted:Wait, how long is this season?
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# ? May 22, 2019 02:17 |
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Heck yeah we're back.
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# ? May 22, 2019 02:29 |
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Heh? Okay.
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# ? May 22, 2019 02:39 |
The one thing about this show is that it's IMO, a sherlock holmes show where ignoring the "lore" made it better. I generally liked Moriarty because it was just a very organized psychopath whose "criminal empire" was just a rolodex of the kind of garbage people who happily commit crimes in exchange for money. Further appearances weren't great. In general I'm not a fan of that.
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# ? May 22, 2019 06:25 |
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Clyde lives! The change of scenery is nice. I hope they get some good use of London before moving back to New York(I assume that's what will happen anyways).
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# ? May 24, 2019 03:51 |
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Feels like they'll be back sooner rather than later given that happened to Gregson. I liked the explanation as to why Marcus isn't a Marshall yet.
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# ? May 24, 2019 04:29 |
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Clyde lives! They never left from the looks of it. It looks so 'faux' english to me. The side walks are so american. Just swap the rich suspects to have posh accents and the average suspects to be cockney luv a duck guvnor
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# ? May 25, 2019 04:15 |
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I wonder if Saffron Burrows is going to show up again. Otherwise she seems like kind of a big pull for just that one scene.
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# ? May 25, 2019 04:21 |
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It was a nice bonus getting to see Kitty again for a few scenes. Hypocrisy posted:Feels like they'll be back sooner rather than later given that happened to Gregson. I was fully expecting them to be back next week for some reason. This is absolutely a very strong motivator to do just that.
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# ? May 25, 2019 12:47 |
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It bothers me no end that the way they solved the case was because "obviously" the model had given her National Insurance number to the hospital where she was having cosmetic surgery - they're a tax thing, and get no use outside the tax system unlike SSNs. For someone who's not on PAYE like a model then your accountant will know it and HMRC will know it but that's it for third parties. It really makes the case read hard as one that was set in the USA originally then moved to the UK more or less last minute (and the scene where the model is attacked I swear that no one is even attempting a UK accent so it may have been a very last minute change?)happyhippy posted:It looks so 'faux' english to me. The side walks are so american. At least the car that Kitty's kid was put in was left hand drive. ookiimarukochan fucked around with this message at 22:07 on May 26, 2019 |
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A bit disappointed that Sherlock is just walking around New York. He should be wearing disguises! Maybe a novelty mustache or hat. Or pull an Arrested Development and hire someone to be his Larry Middleman. The ending wasn't completely unexpected but I'm guessing he's out to assist with the case of the week in two episodes at most. Hypocrisy posted:Feels like they'll be back sooner rather than later given that happened to Gregson. Looks like you were right.
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# ? May 31, 2019 18:03 |
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I'm actually a bit surprised at how that ended but I am assuming that it was done to further the case.
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# ? May 31, 2019 21:47 |
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It's hard to tell from the preview, but my guess is Sherlock is going to offer his help to root out any other people connected to the ferry bomb plan, in exchange for the FBI dropping the charges against him.
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# ? May 31, 2019 21:58 |
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I wasn't thrilled with last week but I liked this one a lot more. Also yes to disguises
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# ? Jun 1, 2019 02:33 |
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Oh hot drat, I didn't realize this was back on. Elementary is the best Holmes in recent years.
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# ? Jun 3, 2019 04:13 |
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:A bit disappointed that Sherlock is just walking around New York. He should be wearing disguises! Maybe a novelty mustache or hat. Or pull an Arrested Development and hire someone to be his Larry Middleman. I dunno, I kinda liked that he had the casual audacity to just wander around being Sherlock like it's no big deal. Of course, it was undermined a bit when he outright walked into the FBI HQ, and folks there had no idea who he even was, so it just made the FBI look even more incompetent.
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# ? Jun 3, 2019 14:41 |
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Dragonatrix posted:I dunno, I kinda liked that he had the casual audacity to just wander around being Sherlock like it's no big deal. You mean the door security guy? I doubt he's kept up to date on suspects in year-old murders. On top of that, I have to think Sherlock isn't a terribly high priority for the FBI. Investigator with a long history of helping the police confesses to killing a known serial killer that had personally threatened him, then skips the country? I doubt someone is monitoring street cameras every day in case he decides to come back to New York. Especially since the FBI agent in charge of the investigation thinks the confession was bogus anyway.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 14:25 |
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Whew. Tough episode for blackmailers.
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# ? Jun 7, 2019 21:57 |
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Lucy's hair is definitely growing on me.
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# ? Jun 7, 2019 23:10 |
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Hypocrisy posted:Whew. Tough episode for blackmailers. I did like that someone outplayed Sherlock. Well done.
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# ? Jun 10, 2019 02:10 |
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:I did like that someone outplayed Sherlock. Well done. yeah that got an "OOF" from me. great moment.
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# ? Jun 10, 2019 05:56 |
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I'm surprised that I am so interested in this case of the
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 09:34 |
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I keep hoping for an appearance but I know it'll be a last second thing
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 10:18 |
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That first scene made me mad. I keep forgetting that this is a proper short season and I keep expecting a sudden dropping of the overarching plot until the last episode. So we have a new, shadowy organization with unknown ideals but possibly vaguely patriotic? Made me think of Burn Notice. CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:I did like that someone outplayed Sherlock. Well done. I wonder if he'll get some comeuppance before the series finale or if this is just the reality of Sherlock playing fast and loose with bad people.
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# ? Jun 14, 2019 22:42 |
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I can't remember the last time Elementary had a good engaging season long background plot the way this season does. It's a shame it's going to be the end because the show really does seem to have rejuvenated itself after a very soggy middle run of episodes.
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# ? Jun 17, 2019 15:59 |
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Woof. This episode was... not good.
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# ? Jun 21, 2019 05:16 |
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Well that was an unexpected turn. Tech ceo who uses his surveillance and information to stop domestic terrorism only he hires incompetent people as the pointman. I think CBS used to have a show like this Should be a good antagonist for the season.
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