What I’m Watching: Elementary

Elementary: Season 2, Episode 13 “All in the Family” (B)

It was obvious that Bell and Sherlock would eventually come to terms again, and the stuff in between wasn’t nearly as compelling as it should have been, or as everything before that was. Opening the episode with Sherlock insisting that a suspect give him his (prosthetic) leg was purely amusing, and, after that, this was a big mob episode, once which managed to involved a seasoned police commissioner most definitely on the take. The episode smartly wove two fun guest stars into its plotline, Paul Sorvino and Vincent Curatola, both who are requisitely Italian and able to convincingly portray mafia members. Watson revealing her unexpected enthusiasm about mafia history was somewhat entertaining, though most of her moments in this episode had much more to do with being a blameless go-between for Sherlock and Bell and complaining about needing to find a new pizza place that would deliver more quickly. Sherlock volunteering his services at Bell’s new place of work seemed awfully infantile, and though he and Watson did help to take down a massively corrupt man in partnership with Bell, it was quite convenient that Bell’s boss happened to be the bad guy. Bell transferring back to Gregson’s division at the end of the episode is welcome news, since now he can get back to providing some of the muscle – maybe not in the same physical sense – to back up Sherlock and Watson’s keen detective work. One note of contention for this episode: Sherlock said “Watson and I’s” at one point, which I’m more than certain is incorrect, especially for a Brit.