#elementary 3x22

“Couple times they had to put her in the SHU. ... Oh, that’s solitary.”

“Yeah, we get Netflix”

"Here you go." The copier paper box Watson dropped on the kitchen table narrowly missed Holmes' nose as he looked up, and he jerked back, blinking and frowning.

"Those are yours. so you better stay out of mine from now on." She folded her arms and stared at him, nodding toward the box impatiently after a few seconds.

He leaned toward it, but all he could smell was cardboard, a bit of must, and industrial laundry detergent, similar to the odor that sometimes lingered on Watson's coat after she'd spent some hours at the shelter. Ah. That explained the source, but not the contents of the box.

"It's not a problem for folks to donate them used, but sometimes they come ripped or don't survive the washing machine. Considering you always end up taking mine apart anyway, I figured that wouldn't be an issue for you." Now that was a curious clue, and focused his deduction considerably. There were lamentably few items she claimed as "mine" in the Brownstone.

"Plus this way you get a lot more variety than I care to provide. Not that I cared to provide any for you, ever. But now I have, so don't say I never got you anything."

I’ll keep the clip of Joan waiting for Sherlock to figure out he needs to get his toy out of the tub, but yeah. the other 41.5 minutes can go.

I’m happy for the lockbell fans who had some nice moments from it, but... yeah. 

(Any time you want to stop being police-apologists, Elementary, I’d be down with that. And that throwaway line about how the police are a necessary institution despite their problems? That would mean a lot more if you showed any cognizance whatsoever of what those problems actually are, or why they matter.) 

(But putting that aside...)

...when the fuck did Bell become so anti-Internal Affairs? In “Details,” the very first time we got any real characterization/backstory for Bell, he was being targeted by another cop for having himself blown the whistle to Internal Affairs. And as far as the “taking shots from the shadows” bullshit was concerned, he did his informing secretly! And as they pointed out last night, he did it all again last season!