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Elementary S3E6 - 'Terra Pericolosa' - What do you get when you have three Sherlock's in the same room?

I love maps. Who doesn't.
They promise adventure, hope, new places.
Old ones can offer adventure.

Think of how many tales we have watched or read that start with maps.

Looking at maps can bring back fond memories of past family trips.

New maps help us plan and dream about future adventures.



I have a favorite map of Nepal that still brings back great memories of a past trip.

In this episode Holmes Inc. gets involved with stolen maps and a murdered security guard. Which leads to another murder. Only one of the stolen maps is relevant to the rest of the case, which involves land boundaries from a previous century.  Of course there still is no honor among thieves, so almost everyone involved with the stolen map must die or is slated for death if Holmes does not solve the case first.

The case of the stolen map and its subsequent coping and re-coping is pretty could. It takes several good twists and turns and involves several interesting characters.
Although we didn't see very much of the leg work involved some good investigation was to be had, if not many good Sherlockianisms.
Ms. Hudson is mentioned but not seen.

Yes, the case was very strong in this one, but it was still more a story about the personalities involved and their relationship to each other and Holmes and Watson's jockeying for position as lead detective, with Watson failing so far. To give the episode a little credit, Watson's roll was much diminished and she was more of a sounding board than anything this week.

The bound seems to be growing between Kitty and Holmes, with Watson's help. And it is interesting to see Holmes' realization of the importance of this bound. And it is setting up for a good story line if something happens to that relationship.

Most of the important detective work was done by Sherlock in this one, with Kitty coming in second and Watson bringing up the rear. But even with that hierarchy, there were two too many Holmes'. Considering how we keep looking for more Holmes like characteristics having that search spread out over three characters will make the likelihood of that happening almost nonexistent.
This show does have the difficulty of finding enough for a convincing Watson to do and still remain relevant as a Boswell. You can't dumb him (her) down so much that he (she) just becomes the straight man to Millers Holmes. And yet it is not working as it is with everyone remaining as Holmes' almost equal.
Although Judd Law as only had to pull it off in two movies so far, his Watson worked. As has Freeman's in 'Sherlock'. Again, neither have had to do it over so many shows. But both have found away to play a smart Watson without over-shadowing Holmes' talents.

The relationship between Holmes and Kitty was interesting to watch this week, and is suggesting, at least to me, that something big is going to happen in that area. Will Kitty die? Is Joan going to leave the show? (I don't think that will happen.)

One thing that has been mentioned by another blogger is the fact that in most episodes the main criminal is introduced in the very beginning as a seemingly unimportant individual, who then turns out to be the real bad guy. Canonical quiz for today; Canonically, does that happen very often in the, well, Canon?

We heard nothing about Joan's trip to Denmark and saw nothing of the boy friend.

The turtle was just present briefly.

If the show continues in this way, it should be called the Three Holmes'.

For that reason I can only, for a good story, but too many Holmes' and lack of Canonical references;

Well someone says it's official . . . .

Benedict Cumberbatch Is Your Doctor Strange

The Huffington Post  | By Christopher Rosen

Benedict Cumberbatch is officially the Sorcerer Supreme. Following months of speculation, Marvel announced on Thursday that Cumberbatch will play the lead role in "Doctor Strange."

"Stephen Strange's story requires an actor capable of great depth and sincerity,"Marvel Studios president and "Doctor Strange" producer Kevin Feige said in a statement. "In 2016, Benedict will show audiences what makes Doctor Strange such a unique and compelling character."

Cumberbatch was first rumored for the part back in June, but Marvel's search would later focus in on Joaquin Phoenix. But after Phoenix dropped out of consideration,Cumberbatch's name resurfaced in late October. Marvel wouldn't confirm anything then, but the new round of rumors proved true.

"Doctor Strange," written by Jon Spaihts ("Prometheus") and directed by Scott Derrickson ("Sinister"), will arrive in theaters on Nov. 4, 2016.

I don't know who he is. . . but what do you think, could he do it?

EastEnders star Danny Dyer has said he could swap the Queen Vic for 221B Baker Street and play Sherlock Holmes.

The actor, who plays pub landlord Mick Carter in the long-running soap, also said he thought he could play Doctor Who.

Asked about the rise of privately-educated actors like Benedict Cumberbatch, he told Radio Times: "I love Benedict. The Imitation Game looks amazing. He couldn't play a kid from a working-class estate, but I couldn't do what he does either.

"I think that I could play Sherlock, though, if I did it my way. Benedict's brilliant and the lines roll off his tongue, but that role is about being highly intelligent rather than posh. I think I could do Doctor Who as well.

"But there is a niche for what I do. And there's a demographic for Benedict. But it means that he's more likely to get roles in Hollywood and I'm more likely to stay living in Debden [he has a house in the Essex footballer belt]. In this country, he has got utmost respect, but if he walked into a pub, he'd get annihilated by geezers. He'd be bullied."

But Dyer blamed himself for becoming "a parody of myself and my own worst enemy" by trading on his cockney hard man image after a stint at the National Theatre.

He said: "I was working at the National, so you can't get more credible acting work anywhere in the world. But I was earning £350 a week. I was skint. So I ended up doing All Star Mr And Mrs and some series about hard men. I had children to feed, but I cringe at those documentaries now.

"Also, you had my films being sold on this image of me as a working-class gangster, even when I was trying to do something different. I did a film called Borstal Boy about a homosexual male in the 1940s and they repackaged it with a picture of me in The Football Factory on the front to make people think it was like Scum.

"There's only so much the audience will take before they feel cheated. And who's the face of it all? Who's the brand? Me. But I allowed all that to happen."

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One done for the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. . .

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artist Bryan Talbot

And some of the Classics. . .

And some more. . .

This is much better than most. . .

Credit where credit is due.

Blue Carbuncle time of year. . . .

A slide show on the history of Benedict

Slide show

We can all sleep better now.. . .

Benedict Cumberbatch has no plans to quit 'Sherlock'