ELEMENTARY season one & GLEE season four
ELEMENTARY
season 1 finale
Maybe others did too, but I certainly had a strong
feeling that Moriarty would turn out to be Irene Adler herself. Irene turned
out to be alive, which is not how it is in the original Sherlock Holmes stories
(as far as I know, and I don’t know too much about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s
original). Secondly, there was more mystery behind the identity of this ‘Moriarty’
character than there was in BBC’s
SHERLOCK. They definitely wouldn’t be able to justify the suspense if it had
turned out to be someone that we hadn’t seen before or heard of as having been
a significant part of Sherlock’s past. And thirdly, if they made Dr Watson a
female in this version of Sherlock Holmes, what was stopping them from going a
step further and making Sherlock’s nemesis also a female. Having said that, I
think it was a great decision, in order to really spin things around, and give us
a completely different (and very original) interpretation of the phenomenon that
is Sherlock Holmes. Die-hard Sherlock fans might disagree with a passion, but I
think that the writers of ELEMENTARY made the whole Moriarty mystery a lot more
exciting and unpredictable (almost), than it could’ve been. What I didn’t like
was how they trapped Adler/Moriarty in the end. It seemed a little too
convenient for them to catch someone who had eyes and ears everywhere and was
smarter than Sherlock himself, despite the fact that it made for a good twist
when it turned out that Sherlock had faked his overdose. More disappointing
than that was the fact that they just ended it in season one itself. Maybe not,
because Adler/Moriarty could escape from prison and go back to playing mind games
with Sherlock eventually, but this season finale had a sense of finality to it,
leaving no loose ends that would leave us guessing. What I’ve loved throughout
the season is the evolution of Sherlock and Joan as characters, handled very
well by the writers, through all the subtleties and limits in exposition. Their
working relationship and camaraderie especially stood out for me in the season
finale, and that’s one thing I’m looking forward to seeing a lot more of, even
as they go about solving regular homicides of a more procedural drama nature.
GLEE season 4
finale
The season four finale of GLEE didn’t give us anything
that was all that exciting, except for the whole Ryder’s-mystery-girl storyline
coming to a heartbreaking end. I’ll admit that I didn’t guess that it was
Unique, but I wasn’t convinced at all when Marley owned up to being her. I felt
Ryder’s pain when he thought that it was this prank that had gone too far, but
I actually felt worse for him when it turns out to be Unique and that the whole
connection was very real, except that it was with someone that he couldn’t be
with. That, I felt, justified his anger towards Unique. And while I think we
were supposed to feel bad for Unique, I was more like, ‘Okay, you had your fun,
dreamed your dreams; but it’s not like there was any future there, so move on
already!’ And liked that this twist was quite consistent with how Ryder has
felt about Unique in the past, being a little old-fashioned, but not out of
spite, not accepting or understanding Unique’s gender-identity issues. And this
whole storyline really made me realize that I’m actually quite happy with the
new kids in GLEE. And while the New York and NYADA storylines started out with
excitement and the novelty factor, they’re now already tired and I don’t know
if I really care what Rachel does any more. On the other hand, I wanted to slap
Blaine for being impulsive and stupid in wanting to propose to Kurt, despite
the sage advice that Kurt’s had given him earlier. I understand that the writers
want to play with storylines involving ultimate commitments like marriage, despite
the fact that these kids aren’t even 20 yet, but there’s a limit. They should’ve
let Kurt’s dad’s advice to Blaine remain as a lesson for him, and instead,
focus on rebuilding Kurt and Blaine’s relationship. Then there was Brittany’s offer
from MIT. It’s ridiculous how it happened, but then, I stopped taking this show
seriously a long time ago. I will miss Brittany’s ridiculous humor if Heather
Morris does leave the show for good though. And finally, Will and Emma got
married. I’m glad it finally happened. That’s all I’ll say. And, while my
reason for sticking with the show is only that the music and performances are
entertaining, I’m still kind of glad that Fox has renewed it for not just one,
but two more seasons.
(Coming Up Next:
Part III – NASHVILLE and REVENGE)
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