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Elementary, Ep. 2.06: “An Unnatural Arrangement” delves into rarely-used material

Elementary, Season 2: Episode 6 – “An Unnatural Arrangement” Written by Cathryn Humphris Directed by Christine Moore Airs Thursday nights at 10 on CBS Despite the fact that there are four regular cast members included in Elementary‘s title credits, it would be a stretch to say that Gregson and Bell are anything more than supporting characters …

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Elementary, Ep. 1.18: “Déjà Vu All Over Again” – two cases for the price of one.

Elementary Season 1, Episode 18: “Déjà Vu All Over Again” Written by Mark Rodenbeck Directed by Jerry Levine Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS Like most great partnerships, it all starts with a flashback – during a seemingly normal evening, Watson gets a call to become the sober companion to a person with a weird …

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Elementary, Ep. 1.17: “Possibility Two” has clever case, lacks personal touches

Elementary Season 1, Episode 17: “Possibility Two” Written by Mark Hoffman Directed by Seith Mann Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS So, how do you follow last week’s heartwarming ‘confession’ by a seemingly indifferent detective and the official pairing of Holmes and Watson?  As it would appear, you follow it with a somewhat delicious …

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Elementary Ep.1.16, “Details” – personal vendetta against Detective Bell brings Holmes and Watson closer together

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 16: “Details” Directed by Sanaa Hamri Written by Jeffrey Paul King and Jason Tracey Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS After the last few episodes, skeptics have reached the conclusion that this series is actually not that bad.  In fact, Elementary is pretty darn good – thanks to the melee …

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Elementary, Ep.1.14, ‘The Deductionist’: Escaped serial killer opens up Holmes’ old wounds

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 14: “The Deductionist” Written by Craig Sweeny and Robert Doherty Directed by John Poison Aired Thursdays at 8pm (ET) on CBS Due to the Super Bowl, there is a bit of mix-up with Elementary, so there are two episodes for the price of one this week.  After a curious cold opening …

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Elementary Ep.1.13, “The Red Team” – conspiracy murder mystery highlights strong return for show

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 13: “The Red Team” Directed by John Poison Written by Jeffrey Paul King and Craig Sweeny Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS. Elementary, Season 1, Episode 13: “The Red Team” Directed by John Polson Written by Jeffrey Paul King and Craig Sweeny Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS. Starring …

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Elementary Ep.1.12, “M” – at last, we’ve hit pay dirt!

. Elementary, Season 1, Episode 12: “M” Directed by John Polson Written by Robert Doherty Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS. Starring Jonny Lee Miller (Sherlock Holmes), Lucy Liu (Joan Watson), Aidan Quinn (Captain Gregson), Jon Michael Hill (Detective Bell) For the last three months, we have been through the ins and outs of …

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Elementary Ep.1.11, “Dirty Laundry” – Holmes goes all James Bond

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 11: “Dirty Laundry” Directed by John Coles Written by Liz Friedman and Jonathan Silber Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS. Starring Jonny Lee Miller (Sherlock Holmes), Lucy Liu (Joan Watson), Aidan Quinn (Captain Gregson), Jon Michael Hill (Detective Bell).  Guest starring Melissa Farman (Carly Purcell), Mark Moses (Oliver Purcell) and …

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Elementary Ep.1.10, “The Leviathan” – intriguing and clever, Happy Holidays everyone!

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 10: “The Leviathan” Directed by Peter Werner Written by Corinne Brinkerhoff and Craig Sweeny Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS. Starring Jonny Lee Miller (Sherlock Holmes), Lucy Liu (Joan Watson), Aidan Quinn (Captain Gregson), Jon Michael Hill (Detective Bell).  Guest starring Freda Foh Sheh (Mary Watson), Gbenga Akinnagbe (Jeremy Lopez) …

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Elementary Ep.1.09, “You do it to yourself” – Holmes is human after all!

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 9: “You do it to yourself” Directed by Phil Abraham Written by Peter Blake Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS. Starring Jonny Lee Miller (Sherlock Holmes), Lucy Liu (Joan Watson), Aidan Quinn (Captain Gregson), Jon Michael Hill (Detective Bell).  Guest starring Adam Rothenberg (Liam Danow), Kristy Wu (Jun Annunzio) and …

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Elementary Ep.1.08, “The Long Fuse” – enjoyable and complex

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 8: “The Long Fuse” Directed by Andrew Bernstein Written by Jeffrey Paul King Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS. Starring Jonny Lee Miller (Sherlock Holmes), Lucy Liu (Joan Watson), Aidan Quinn (Captain Gregson), Jon Michael Hill (Detective Bell).  Guest starring Lisa Edelstein (Heather Vanowen) and Ato Essandoh (Alfredo). During the …

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Elementary Ep.1.07, “One Way to Get Off” – possibly the most entertaining episode yet.

Writer Christopher Silber is more creative with the plot, adding different layers to what seemed to be a simple copycat case – along with the showcase of talents from Miller and finally Quinn, “One Way to Get Off” is the easily most watchable Elementary episode yet.

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Elementary Ep.1.06, “Flight Risk” – finally, more about Sherlock!

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 6: “Flight Risk” Directed by David Platt Written by Corinne Brinkerhoff Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS. After a Watson-centric episode last week, we finally have an episode that is (more of less) about Sherlock, as we learn more about his background, courtesy of his partner/sober companion’s persistent nature. “Flight …

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Elementary, Ep. 1.03, “Child Predator”: An engaging and well thought-out episode

Elementary, Season 1, Episode 3: “Child Predator” Directed by Rob Holcomb Written by Peter Blake Airs Thursdays at 10pm (ET) on CBS. Two episodes in and Elementary hasn’t stood out as a worthwhile UK-to-US adaptation.  It may have made us chuckle with choice moments and the chemistry between lead stars Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy …

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Elementary, Ep. 1.04, “The Rat Race”: Holmes in the face of temptation

Elementary: Season 1, Ep. 4 – “The Rat Race” Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez Written by Craig Sweeny Elementary airs Thursday nights at 10 p.m. ET on CBS. After the enjoyably tense “Child Predator“, there were high hopes for the fourth episode of Elementary, rather than have the season return to the initial slump at the …

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