What I’m Watching: Elementary

Elementary: Season 1, Episode 10 “The Leviathan” (B+)

Watson sure doesn’t know what to expect when it comes to what Sherlock will do next. Waking up to find half-dressed identical twin women departing after a night of Sherlock’s company is certainly something new, and of course he would emphasize the scientific quality of their existence over the obvious draw of their attractiveness. Noticing that Watson was dressed up for brunch with her mother enabled Sherlock to take an overbearing interest in Watson’s personal life, meeting and managing to charm both her mother and her brother. Watson’s mother really did offer a compelling analysis of Watson’s livelihood at the end of the episode, concluding that Sherlock’s work seemed to make her happy, and that it was more important than the companion work that Watson was doing. If this show should continue, which it’s safe to say that it will, they’ll be together for a while, and I can’t imagine that Watson would depart to find another client for more than just a short while. The case of this week brought in head engineer of the bank vault manufacturer Micah Erlich, played by Reg Rogers, who I recognized right away from his entertaining role as the aggression-prone director of Joey’s play in season three of “Friends.” Finding someone else’s DNA at the crime scene because it belonged to a donor was cool, and I also enjoyed Sherlock taking the Pieta and putting it up in his living room, only to anonymously return it later to generously appease a disapproving Watson.