In the series' finale, Holmes and Watson battle with tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach and receive word of their old enemy and Sherlock's former love, Jamie Moriarty.In the series' finale, Holmes and Watson battle with tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach and receive word of their old enemy and Sherlock's former love, Jamie Moriarty.In the series' finale, Holmes and Watson battle with tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach and receive word of their old enemy and Sherlock's former love, Jamie Moriarty.
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- TriviaWatson naming her son Arthur is likely a tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle.
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[Last lines]
Sherlock Holmes: As long as we're together, what does it matter?
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Written and Performed by Zoe Keating
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S7: As good a conclusion as could have been expected for where it is and what it is
For many, many seasons I have continued to enjoy Elementary for what it is, even while I wish it was more. It is a product, and to be fair if it were my money making it, I would want it to play safe, be consistent, and do what has proven to work for as long as it could. As a viewer though, the high production standards and access to resources of all types has always led me to feel frustrated by the way it plays to genre and endlessly in its comfort zone. It is no great surprise that this final season does the same as those that have gone before.
As with other large events, the exile to London is so fleeting as to not be worth mentioning; it was billed as a big end to what was presumed to be the final season, but in reality it is just something to be gotten out of - and indeed it is only one episode and we are back in the formula in New York, despite all the endless internal reasons that shouldn't happen so easily. From here it continues just as it always has - which is not at all a bad thing. It remains very professionally done, very slick, very easy to watch, and a very decent network television product. Problem is that the majority of people do not get excited about products that they are loyal to - mostly they are loyal because they know what they are getting, they are happy with the price, and it is easy to get. So it is with Elementary I suspect, because as a product I come back to it for these reasons, not because I am really caught up in the narratives.
I appreciate that the show does try; and in this season the reduced episode run helps the main "Facebook is a villain" plot by not having much padding in and around it (unlike last seasons' unexpected expansion). That is not to say that the narrative does all it could have done - it plays it pretty straight, using it as a topical and interesting ideal, but never more than just another villain to be outsmarted and caught. Outside of this the mysteries are the usual over-elaborate but well-explained crimes which get sorted in 42 minutes, and the "character moments" are not much but benefit from good actors and character familiarity.
Elementary ends now, and as a fan who watched it all, I'm glad. At one time it was a great show, but it gradually stripped that back to just be a great product. I enjoyed that product, but it always frustrated me that it didn't use its resources to try to be more than it was. This season does more of that, and I enjoyed those elements of it, and it bowed out in a decent but uninspiring manner.
As with other large events, the exile to London is so fleeting as to not be worth mentioning; it was billed as a big end to what was presumed to be the final season, but in reality it is just something to be gotten out of - and indeed it is only one episode and we are back in the formula in New York, despite all the endless internal reasons that shouldn't happen so easily. From here it continues just as it always has - which is not at all a bad thing. It remains very professionally done, very slick, very easy to watch, and a very decent network television product. Problem is that the majority of people do not get excited about products that they are loyal to - mostly they are loyal because they know what they are getting, they are happy with the price, and it is easy to get. So it is with Elementary I suspect, because as a product I come back to it for these reasons, not because I am really caught up in the narratives.
I appreciate that the show does try; and in this season the reduced episode run helps the main "Facebook is a villain" plot by not having much padding in and around it (unlike last seasons' unexpected expansion). That is not to say that the narrative does all it could have done - it plays it pretty straight, using it as a topical and interesting ideal, but never more than just another villain to be outsmarted and caught. Outside of this the mysteries are the usual over-elaborate but well-explained crimes which get sorted in 42 minutes, and the "character moments" are not much but benefit from good actors and character familiarity.
Elementary ends now, and as a fan who watched it all, I'm glad. At one time it was a great show, but it gradually stripped that back to just be a great product. I enjoyed that product, but it always frustrated me that it didn't use its resources to try to be more than it was. This season does more of that, and I enjoyed those elements of it, and it bowed out in a decent but uninspiring manner.
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- bob the moo
- Sep 21, 2019
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