The best one yet. . .! Episode #14 - 'The Deductionist'

Now I know it followed the Super Bowl and all, but if you think about the fact that the game ended late because of the power outage, and people (at least I know we did) probably jumped right in there cars and headed home when it was over, the fact that this episode rated the highest yet is really cool. And probably means it is developing a fairly big following. And that can only be good for the world of Sherlock Holmes.

Of course for us Sherlockians, I think the best part was the several references to 'Single Stick' fighting and the display 'Holmes' provided for us. It seemed like a very accurate demonstration and was very interesting. It had a much more realistic feel to it than the Martial Arts used in the RDJ movies.

There were a couple of comparisons to the Canonical tale WIST. Although they are a little bit of a reach, they are there non-the-less, whether the writers intended it or not.


In WIST, a man and women team seeks revenge for a wrong done to them by someone else. In WIST the reason for revenge is political murder.
In 'The Deductionist', the man and women team are siblings seeking revenge for something done to their family.

In WIST Holmes develops a distant respect for one he sees has having abilities near his own in the form of Ispector Baynes. Although loath to show this respect to Baynes, it is there non-the-less. Also Baynes surprise Holmes with his methods that come to the same conclusions as his.

In 'The Deductionist', at one time at least, and 'Holmes' states as much, K. Drummond had potential in understanding and learning 'Holmes' methods. Some of this talent she must of had before she met 'Holmes' You can tell by his reaction, at one time he respected her for this (sex always ruins a good friendship).

Much like in WIST, codes and subterfuge is used to help in misdirection.

In both someone is wrongly accused of something as a means to an end.
Although with different results in the two stories.

In both, the main protagonist has a nickname.

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One of my favorite things developing in the series is the mix of  recumbent positions Miller is using to represent Holmes' positions when thinking, much like in the Paget illustrations.

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 The fact that Watson has actually stated it is a friendship now is great, and the ending with 'Holmes' expressing his realisation of that was well done.
This episode was also one of the best examples of 'Watson's' intelligence with Joan coming up with several of her own deductions.

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The opening, once again with the strippers/hookers, was also a nod to 'Holmes' using disguise or subterfuge to draw some one in, often used in the Canon.

I will probably add more to this as I come up with it, but I think over all, a great episode and should have elevated the show in most opinions.

Update from wiki: On February 3, 2013, Elementary aired after the Super Bowl. As a result of a 34 minute power outage during the game, the show was pushed out of primetime and had the latest start of any post-Super Bowl program in history. Despite running out of prime time in the Eastern time zone, the episode drew 20.8 million viewers

I think I said that.