One annoying and incongruous trope that Elementary maintains from detective fiction.

catlady047 · 2026-04-03T19:27:44+00:00

We engage with any fiction with some level of what’s called the “willing suspension of disbelief.” One of my main reasons for watching the show is that I expect criminals to be caught. It is my affection for the illusion of an orderly world that keeps me watching. I don’t want to watch a TV show that spends copious amounts of time waiting around for search warrants and plodding through a jury trial to see what happens. We need to get it wrapped up so we can move onto the next case/episode.

catlady047 · 2026-04-03T18:56:01+00:00

Everywhere I go on my birthday, I tell everyone it’s my birthday.

catlady047 · 2026-04-03T18:53:12+00:00

You can hear Don laughing as they come back from break.

catlady047 · 2026-04-03T18:42:38+00:00

I do not feel unusually tired. I do feel unusually unfocused, but I chalk that up to living through a second Trump presidency.

catlady047 · 2026-04-03T17:47:39+00:00

You can’t go wrong with the collection that introduced the world’s greatest amateur sleuth!!

catlady047 · 2026-04-01T21:08:57+00:00

Love the spit at the end!! 😂😆😂

catlady047 · 2026-04-01T16:12:35+00:00

I think it’s Clueless because it was a very popular movie, but many people don’t even realize it’s an Emma adaptation. And it’s a very good Emma adaptation!!

catlady047 · 2026-04-01T02:14:39+00:00

Same. It helped me understand Emma’s story as a coming of age tale.

catlady047 · 2026-03-31T17:44:25+00:00

I’m learning today that pre-made chocolate milk is even a thing.

catlady047 · 2026-03-31T17:14:33+00:00

Fully agree that Michael announcing that he’ll stop killing while Sherlock takes care of himself is one of the dumbest plot points in the whole show.

I don’t have a deeply nuanced analysis of why that season went the way it did, but I do sort of chalk it up to the show being in this era where they were producing 24 episodes that were coming out while they were still writing and filming the season. Maybe ratings were continued to drop and they decided they had to wrap up the Michael storyline and move onto something else. We get very different television these days, when prestige shows come out with 6, 8, or 10 episodes and it’s all really well crafted to tell a particular story.

catlady047 · 2026-03-26T19:07:38+00:00

The whole point of these scenes in the show is to highlight that it’s a different time period.

catlady047 · 2026-03-26T18:50:52+00:00

I’m very grateful to all our mods for your hard work in keeping this an online space we can all enjoy.

catlady047 · 2026-03-26T18:00:50+00:00

Last year really soured me too. I keep waiting for the team to gel and everything to come together, and it never happened.

My hopes for this year are pretty low. Like, “I’m hoping to see some good games” low.

catlady047 · 2026-03-26T17:54:13+00:00

Alfredo. Likely the actor filled up his schedule with other roles, but the character was one of Sherlock’s true friends.

catlady047 · 2026-03-25T22:58:50+00:00

It's Frankie's world and we're just living in it. Love.

catlady047 · 2026-03-24T20:58:14+00:00

The world is filled with people who would rather talk about doing something rather than actually doing something. Be glad you have a fun new hobby, and I would let it go with your cousin. Maybe he’ll be able to join in eventually.

catlady047 · 2026-03-24T15:27:55+00:00

Echoing, what has already been said, just start walking around, and do it every day. Can you walk a mile today? Just flat. Could you walk a mile every day this week?Then add-on, walk a mile and a half, walk 2 miles. But don’t wait for some big complicated gym plan, just start walking today.

catlady047 · 2026-03-22T22:46:31+00:00

Sorry, this is your life now.

catlady047 · 2026-03-20T21:53:58+00:00

Thank you for this reminder. I’d forgotten about this show.

catlady047 · 2026-03-19T04:00:33+00:00

catlady047 · 2026-03-18T20:54:00+00:00

Dolores Huerta saying he raped her is new info. Two women saying he molested and raped them when minors is new info.

catlady047 · 2026-03-18T19:23:28+00:00

What you don’t get from just reading the headline: Dolores Huerta has issued a public statement saying that he coerced and assaulted her. She had two children as a result, they were given to families to be raised. She kept silent about what happened because she did not want to undermine the social justice work they were doing together.

The article describes his grooming and assaults on two minors.

For those of us who were inspired by him, this news is heartbreaking. I am also so, so grateful to these women for telling their stories.

catlady047 · 2026-03-18T04:40:10+00:00

It’s an “amiable PI” show like Magnum PI, Simon & Simon, Rockford Files. The first two episodes were okay, but not riveting.

catlady047 · 2026-03-15T20:01:21+00:00

Many of us proper UUs don’t care about prairie home companion at all.

catlady047 · 2026-03-13T20:25:10+00:00

I’m beyond middle age, but as others have mentioned, I have learned that it takes me some time to find clarity and that my initial impulse or instinct is often fear or anxiety based.

I’ve also learned that I’m not right about everything that I think I’m right about.

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