Elementary season 6
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sasha_featherElementary Season 6 spoilers below the cut!
In many ways this felt like an ending, a final season. I am surprised and pleased to learn that there will be one more season, and that it will be different.
This season is about connections and relationships. The main mystery plots are wild and over the top, but the threads winding through the episodes and the seasons are about these mature and meaningful friendships.
I appreciated seeing the return of many of Sherlock's friends this season. Harlan, the mathmetician; the Nose; Gaye (the lesbian scientist of my heart); Alfredo; Athena; even Clyde the tortoise. Watson's sister and mother get screen time, as does Sherlock's father. So, there is this web of secondary relationships. But the central relationships, between Bell, Gregson, Watson, and Sherlock, are destablizing. Marcus is being encouraged to move onwards and upwards, to step up in his career. Sherlock knows that Gregson is not too far off from retirement.
At the end of the season, there is an unexpected betrayal: Captain Gregon's daughter murders someone, and he helps cover it up. He lets Joan be arrested for the murder even while he knows the truth. This was a shocking turn because the Captain has always been a character with a moral center, someone who toes the line, someone that others including Sherlock look up to. He's called by his first name, Tom, maybe 4 or 5 times in the last two eps. This feels jarring, and deliberate: he's no longer the Captain but rather is a human being with flaws. He has a weak point, and that's his daughter. For her, he is willing to betray his ideals and his friends. The most startling part of this arc was when Sherlock confronts Gregson. Instead of showing remorse, Gregson gets angry and blames Sherlock for the whole situation. Sherlock stands up and leaves. Their relationship has ended.
The plot with Michael feels tied up in this too, as Michael is a serial killer who tried to befriend Sherlock. Sherlock later says that Michael caught him at a moment of weakness. I'm not sure what to make of this plot line. I hated Michael but I also just am so tired and done with serial killers in media. They are boring, over-represented, and presented as these lone-genius monsters instead of as people who are operating within a system that tolerates violence. They usually get away with it not because they are particularly intelligent, but because they prey upon people whom society does not care about, such as sex workers. So anyways, I kind of tuned out during all those parts of this season.
Throughout all of this, Joan and Sherlock's relationship remains strong and true. They have conflict and work through it by talking and by trusting each other. "I would lay down my life for you," Sherlock says to Joan. And, at the end: "We are two people that love each other."
I love them a lot.
I can't get the kudos-button poll HTML to work, but feel free to comment in a low-key way if you like. :D
In many ways this felt like an ending, a final season. I am surprised and pleased to learn that there will be one more season, and that it will be different.
This season is about connections and relationships. The main mystery plots are wild and over the top, but the threads winding through the episodes and the seasons are about these mature and meaningful friendships.
I appreciated seeing the return of many of Sherlock's friends this season. Harlan, the mathmetician; the Nose; Gaye (the lesbian scientist of my heart); Alfredo; Athena; even Clyde the tortoise. Watson's sister and mother get screen time, as does Sherlock's father. So, there is this web of secondary relationships. But the central relationships, between Bell, Gregson, Watson, and Sherlock, are destablizing. Marcus is being encouraged to move onwards and upwards, to step up in his career. Sherlock knows that Gregson is not too far off from retirement.
At the end of the season, there is an unexpected betrayal: Captain Gregon's daughter murders someone, and he helps cover it up. He lets Joan be arrested for the murder even while he knows the truth. This was a shocking turn because the Captain has always been a character with a moral center, someone who toes the line, someone that others including Sherlock look up to. He's called by his first name, Tom, maybe 4 or 5 times in the last two eps. This feels jarring, and deliberate: he's no longer the Captain but rather is a human being with flaws. He has a weak point, and that's his daughter. For her, he is willing to betray his ideals and his friends. The most startling part of this arc was when Sherlock confronts Gregson. Instead of showing remorse, Gregson gets angry and blames Sherlock for the whole situation. Sherlock stands up and leaves. Their relationship has ended.
The plot with Michael feels tied up in this too, as Michael is a serial killer who tried to befriend Sherlock. Sherlock later says that Michael caught him at a moment of weakness. I'm not sure what to make of this plot line. I hated Michael but I also just am so tired and done with serial killers in media. They are boring, over-represented, and presented as these lone-genius monsters instead of as people who are operating within a system that tolerates violence. They usually get away with it not because they are particularly intelligent, but because they prey upon people whom society does not care about, such as sex workers. So anyways, I kind of tuned out during all those parts of this season.
Throughout all of this, Joan and Sherlock's relationship remains strong and true. They have conflict and work through it by talking and by trusting each other. "I would lay down my life for you," Sherlock says to Joan. And, at the end: "We are two people that love each other."
I love them a lot.
I can't get the kudos-button poll HTML to work, but feel free to comment in a low-key way if you like. :D
