Elementary 3.24 A Controlled Descent
May. 15th, 2015 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kitmerlot_1213Now that was a freakin’ season finale, bitches! There were so many great character moments:
Alfredo: I liked watching Sherlock and Alfredo hanging out and trying to do “guy talk” and Joan was encouraging their bonding by making popcorn. I also like that Sherlock knows Alfredo’s mother and that she’s just as concerned for his sobriety as for her own son’s.
Gregson: At the beginning of this season, Gregson made sure to draw a line with Sherlock by emphatically stating that “he wanted good things for Sherlock, but they weren’t friends.” Then we had the lovely moment of Gregson’s protectiveness in “For All You Know” when the detectives from another precinct wanted to question Sherlock and they were treating him like a suspect. “You wanted five minutes with him; you got your five minutes.” And that protectiveness came out again in last night’s episode when Gregson learned that Sherlock went off unarmed with Oscar: “We’re his friends; we would have helped him find Alfredo.” I love this! Gregson and Bell are like Joan in that they are completely in Sherlock’s corner and will help him in a minute.
Joan: The best friend and partner Sherlock could have asked for. She helped find Alfredo and offered unwavering support—yes, she asked questions but she was never not going to help and she always has his best interests in mind.
Sherlock. JLM hit it out of the ball park in last night’s episode. His simmering rage at Oscar’s callousness regarding Alfredo’s life but also of Sherlock’s life and sobriety was gorgeous to see. We could see how he was barely holding it together in that drug den—not just because he was in the presence of his drug of choice, but also because that he wanted to find Alfredo alive and well and he knew they were wasting time. And when Sherlock figured out that not only had Olivia been dead for two days but that Oscar knew it and kidnapped Alfredo to simply hurt Sherlock and you could pinpoint exactly when Sherlock lost his grip on his self-control.
Oscar. He is the most evil character this show has ever created. He sees that Sherlock has gone through rehab and is rebuilding his life as a sober person bit by bit and he decides that he wants to destroy that. Instead of trying to get clean himself, he sought to ruin Sherlock’s own sobriety simply because he couldn’t stand to see Sherlock doing well. He still wants Sherlock to be the addict crying on the floor, begging for the drugs.
I think Season 4 is going to be brilliant in that we will see Sherlock rebuilding his sober life once more but this time he won’t be so complacent. He will attend meetings, speak to his sponsor daily and he’ll realize that his recovery is a long fought battle that he has to win every day.
I am going on the record and saying that I don’t care if Oscar is dead and that Sherlock may have killed him. I would prefer that Oscar face the kidnapping charges and that he gets put away and suffers in jail but if it turns out that he died after Sherlock beat him, I can’t get too upset about it.
Alfredo: I liked watching Sherlock and Alfredo hanging out and trying to do “guy talk” and Joan was encouraging their bonding by making popcorn. I also like that Sherlock knows Alfredo’s mother and that she’s just as concerned for his sobriety as for her own son’s.
Gregson: At the beginning of this season, Gregson made sure to draw a line with Sherlock by emphatically stating that “he wanted good things for Sherlock, but they weren’t friends.” Then we had the lovely moment of Gregson’s protectiveness in “For All You Know” when the detectives from another precinct wanted to question Sherlock and they were treating him like a suspect. “You wanted five minutes with him; you got your five minutes.” And that protectiveness came out again in last night’s episode when Gregson learned that Sherlock went off unarmed with Oscar: “We’re his friends; we would have helped him find Alfredo.” I love this! Gregson and Bell are like Joan in that they are completely in Sherlock’s corner and will help him in a minute.
Joan: The best friend and partner Sherlock could have asked for. She helped find Alfredo and offered unwavering support—yes, she asked questions but she was never not going to help and she always has his best interests in mind.
Sherlock. JLM hit it out of the ball park in last night’s episode. His simmering rage at Oscar’s callousness regarding Alfredo’s life but also of Sherlock’s life and sobriety was gorgeous to see. We could see how he was barely holding it together in that drug den—not just because he was in the presence of his drug of choice, but also because that he wanted to find Alfredo alive and well and he knew they were wasting time. And when Sherlock figured out that not only had Olivia been dead for two days but that Oscar knew it and kidnapped Alfredo to simply hurt Sherlock and you could pinpoint exactly when Sherlock lost his grip on his self-control.
Oscar. He is the most evil character this show has ever created. He sees that Sherlock has gone through rehab and is rebuilding his life as a sober person bit by bit and he decides that he wants to destroy that. Instead of trying to get clean himself, he sought to ruin Sherlock’s own sobriety simply because he couldn’t stand to see Sherlock doing well. He still wants Sherlock to be the addict crying on the floor, begging for the drugs.
I think Season 4 is going to be brilliant in that we will see Sherlock rebuilding his sober life once more but this time he won’t be so complacent. He will attend meetings, speak to his sponsor daily and he’ll realize that his recovery is a long fought battle that he has to win every day.
I am going on the record and saying that I don’t care if Oscar is dead and that Sherlock may have killed him. I would prefer that Oscar face the kidnapping charges and that he gets put away and suffers in jail but if it turns out that he died after Sherlock beat him, I can’t get too upset about it.
