Elementary. Episode 3: "Child Predator"
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CBS via DCT |
When we got to the second episode of Elementary, I really, really thought this show would make countless nods and references to the original Arthur Conan Doyle canon. I was wrong.
This show, as the title suggests, is about a child predator known as the Balloon Man. This guy goes around kidnapping kids, feeding off the public grief over these lost children, then eventually kills them.
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CBS But not before he gives them balloons. Because, you know, Balloon Man. |
Soon I realized that I do not recognize this plot from any of the Conan Doyle stories. And then I realized that I failed to recognize any reference to any of the stories in the canon.
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CBS Such as this part, for example, which looks like Watson teachingSherlock how to dance "Gangnam Style". |
So Elementary gets points for originality. But it fails in every other aspect regarding Sherlock Holmes.
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