Sherlock Holmes – Page 13 – RazorFine Review

Elementary – Over a Barrel

Alan Rapp / January 31, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Elementary – Over a Barrel
wiki: link

It’s rare to see Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) beaten, even if only for an instant. Opening with a montage of a frustrated father’s (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) previous attempts to illicit the assistance of Holmes and Watson (Lucy Liu) into an attack that led to his son’s eventual death, the episode begins in earnest with the man taking a diner full of hostages and giving the detective 16 hours to solve the case. Or else. With Joan as one of the hostages, it falls on Detective Bell (Jon Michael Hill) to work alongside Holmes and help him piece together events from five years ago before time runs out.

…

Elementary – Over a BarrelRead More »

Elementary – Over a Barrel Read More »

Sherlock – The Final Problem

Alan Rapp / January 22, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Sherlock – The Final Problem
IMDb: link

There’s no crime for Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Dr. Watson (Martin Freeman) to solve in the Fourth Series finale. Instead the detective, his trusted partner, and brother Mycroft (Mark Gatiss) are pitted against the Holmes boys’ sister Eurus (Sian Brooke) who has managed to take control of her isolated prison and turn it into a house of riddles for her brothers. The episode also offers a return (of sorts) of Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott). It’s interesting television to be sure, but its also noticeably the furthest the show has strayed from Sir Arthur Conan Doyles’ original stories and characters.

…

Sherlock – The Final ProblemRead More »

Sherlock – The Final Problem Read More »

Elementary – Crowned Clown, Downtown Brown

Alan Rapp / January 17, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Elementary – Crowned Clown, Downtown Brown
wiki: link

The murder of a clown in the woods leads Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) to discover an attempt to poison the New York aquifer with a weaponized virus. Tracing the pathogen back to a virologist who has fled the country, it takes longer for Holmes and Watson (Lucy Liu) to discover the true motive for the crime – old fashioned greed.

…

Elementary – Crowned Clown, Downtown BrownRead More »

Elementary – Crowned Clown, Downtown Brown Read More »

Sherlock – The Lying Detective

Alan Rapp / January 15, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Sherlock – The Lying Detective
IMDb: link

There are times Steven Moffat can be too clever for his own good. That said, he can also give us near perfect moments at the same time. A step-up from “The Six Thatchers,” but built entirely on the rift between Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) caused from the fallout of the previous episode, Sherlock delves into a part of the detective Elementary has spent far longer mining – his addictive personality. The episode has two main points. The first is to introduce a popular celebrity who enjoys murdering in his spare time. The second is to bring the detective and doctor back together again.

…

Sherlock – The Lying DetectiveRead More »

Sherlock – The Lying Detective Read More »

Sherlock – The Six Thatchers

Alan Rapp / January 10, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Sherlock – The Six Thatchers
IMDb: link

“At last, a noose for me to put my neck into.”

The Fourth Series of Sherlock kicks off with an episode that spends equal times dealing with the possibly return of Moriarty (Andrew Scott) from beyond the grave, setting up a larger story of the season, and focusing on Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) getting back to business by solving a multitude of cases while keeping an eye of for one that might offer more of a challenge and lead back to his nemesis. The case settled on involves the strange destruction of several busts of Margaret Thatcher, without an apparent reason. However, Holmes does find a reason buried deep within one of those busts and a motive he traces back to Mary Watson (Amanda Abbington) and her past.

…

Sherlock – The Six ThatchersRead More »

Sherlock – The Six Thatchers Read More »