Elementary: You've Got Me, Who's Got You?

March 21, 2016 4:06 PM - Season 4, Episode 17

When a vigilante dressed as a comic book hero is murdered, it's up to Holmes and Watson to find the man's true identity and locate his killer; Morland tries to charm Watson into doing him a favor.
posted by oh yeah! (8 comments total)

I love Sherlock. I love superheroes.

Yet this episode was flat for me, and it set a new record for the number of words I could decipher coming out of Miller's mouth...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 4:30 PM on March 21, 2016

I did love Sherlock's "I was bitten by a radioactive detective" line, and the “Pushed over a waterfall locked in the embrace of his nemesis” reference to Reichenbach Falls. But that line about Joan knowing about comics because her brother was a geek was beyond irritating -- I don't read comics anymore, but I've got 6 longboxes full of them stored under my bed from my teenage-to-20s comic-book-reading years, there's no reason to make Joan a comics-fan-by-proxy.
posted by oh yeah! at 5:05 PM on March 21, 2016 [4 favorites]

While I wouldn't nominate it for a "best of" list, I enjoyed this episode. Several great wisecracks, culminating in the Reichenbach Falls reference.
posted by pmurray63 at 6:09 PM on March 21, 2016 [1 favorite]

Just this minute starting watching this. I'm curious when this episode was produced - the name of the bakery is Blackstar. A nod to Bowie?
posted by urbanwhaleshark at 6:29 PM on March 21, 2016

Just this minute starting watching this. I'm curious when this episode was produced - the name of the bakery is Blackstar. A nod to Bowie?

Very likely. The episode with the Chinese gangs/face masks ("Who Is That Masked Man") was filmed the week of Dec. 7, and each episode takes about 7-8 days to film, IIRC.
posted by purpleclover at 7:55 PM on March 21, 2016

Nope, contrary to the comment from a writer that "The Blackstar Bakery may have been named for Bowie by lovely graphics team," the scene is a minor variation on the very real Black Star Bakery (also on Yelp).

But that commentary from the writer provided insight into the other comic book deaths ("buried deep underground, made microscopic, impersonated by an alien and-- my particular favorite demise-- pushed over a waterfall, locked in the embrace of his nemesis"): Captain America; Superman; The Wasp; Skrull victims and… Sherlock Holmes!
posted by filthy light thief at 9:38 PM on March 21, 2016

1) That's a fascinating link, thanks

2) I think the writer (of the episode) may have misspoken slightly. They didn't invent the Black Star Bakery for the episode, but they almost certainly used it as a Bowie tribute.
posted by purpleclover at 10:30 PM on March 21, 2016

All I could think when they first mentioned The Midnight Ranger was '... what Ranges at Midnight!'
posted by DowBits at 11:16 PM on March 21, 2016 [1 favorite]