verushka70

I have watched Luther, yes. But only through season 2. I just haven't gotten around to season 3. it is very dark, like I like it. Plus Idris Elba!

Yes, I too have found myself watching more Netflix. I don't use iTunes, because I thought you had to pay for that? also, the iTunes app is not available via my Roku device. I think that's because iTunes restrict its availability to only Apple devices. I mean, obviously, you pay for Netflix too. But my impression was that you have to pay per episode on iTunes or per season. I'm cheap, I'd rather just pay for a subscription service like Netflix, or Amazon Prime and get entire seasons when they're available which is usually right when the new season becomes available. So right now the only things that I watch on network television would be Elementary, & iZombie. and some of the PBS shows like Nova, Nature and the mysteries.

Other then over the air antenna TV, and the HBO that comes with my high speed internet, I use my Roku to watch TV on my television. It has some free streaming apps like the Sony Studios app Crackle, which has the rotating list of Sony Studios owned movies and TV shows you can watch for free. But the main things that I use Roku for are Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon music so I can listen to my music/mp3s from Amazon through my sound bar connected to my TV, and a media player that lets me play my accumulated video and audio from an external hard drive. It's basically like having an internet-connected streaming PC with a good GUI and no keyboard, although it is possible to sync a tablet or a mobile phone to the Roku device so you can do your searches on your phone or tablet and they get transmitted to the Roku device. because using that little tiny keyboard one button at a time to do searches on YouTube is kind of annoying. And since nearly everything streams in HD now, whatever I'm watching looks gorgeous. Now if only it had an actual web browser, and some kind of an e-reader that allowed me to magnify the text, it would be a basically perfect replacement for a desktop computer with a huge HD TV screen, and the only thing I wouldn't want to do on it is write stories or edit something.

You're right, a more insular cast has not made things better on Elementary, only worse. and as you rightly point out, it is NYC for god sake! obviously, it's a good idea for them to avoid any kind of romantic pairing between Watson and Holmes. but as we both agree, all of the external threats and problems between them have resulted in us being less invested in the show, because it does feel forced.

I don't really do the femslash thing but Moriarty obviously seems fixated on/ fascinated with Joan. Whether it is a function of Joan being able to catch her, or not, it's a really interesting dynamic that seems somewhat dangerous and edgy. I do get the feeling that Moriarty would do something bad to Joan if she could, but then again the way she is with Holmes now, maybe she would see the opportunity to hurt Joan and then not do it. which might change Joan's perspective on Moriarty, which is rather limited. either way, I think that Holmes is an integral part of the dynamic between Joan and Moriarty, because Joan wants to protect Sherlock from Moriarty, but she can't very well do that if Sherlock is willingly continuing correspondence with Moriarty. all she can do is watch the train wreck as it happens, if it happens, and try to help him pick up the pieces afterwards. which leads to Joan being frustrated with Sherlock, engaging in something that is essentially dangerous to himself. in a way, Moriarty corresponds with heroin. he knows he shouldn't indulge in her, but he can't help himself. it's obvious that Joan disapproves of his correspondence with Moriarty, and probably sees it as corresponding with heroin in terms of his recovery specifically from Moriarty, and basically doesn't understand it. I like that Joan is very protective of Sherlock. because although he is very capable in most respects, he really really isn't in some others. and Joan's got that covered, if he would listen to her or take her advice. and he more or less does in other arenas -- just not Moriarty.

with respect to the Moriarty / Holmes dynamic, I don't have any real desire to see them hook up again romantically. but when Moriarty was let out from prison when her biological daughter was kidnapped to assist with solving the case, there were some exchanges between Moriarty and Holmes that led me to believe that she might be trying to change and debating internally whether or not it is worth it. Questions that she asked Holmes about "Is this why you do it?" or "Is this how you fake being one of them ?," acknowledging the fact that she and Holmes can't really relate to other people as well as they can relate to each other, acknowledging that sociopathic element to their personalities, were really the most interesting parts of that relationship to me after the big reveal that Irene was Moriarty at the end of season one. Joan's perspective on Moriarty is much more limited, I think. She just sees her as an irredeemable criminal sociopath with no hope of ever being a worthwhile human being of any kind. in a way, that kind of limits the Jones / Moriarty possibilities, but the fact that Sherlock himself seems to be trying to make himself less isolated, less unfriendly, developing more of a support network for himself despite his prickliness, his intense need for privacy -- as he continues to work on his addiction recovery -- and the fact that none of this really comes naturally to him makes him far better able to relate to Moriarty, and more inclined to think that if perhaps he can change, if he can redeem those misanthropic, somewhat sociopathic qualities in himself, maybe she can too. I wish that they would give Joan a more complex response to Moriarty in the writing, but they seem to have settled on her just being baffled as to why Sherlock would continue corresponding with Moriarty -- baffled, disapproving, and ultimately chalking it up to romantic / erotic fascination. which I think Holmes is actually past at this point.

So more Moriarty and Joan interaction would hopefully expand on Joan's more rigid take on Moriarty. of course, if anything were to happen, it wouldn't be unusual to see Moriarty revert to type or in general be rather femme fatale ish, and I hate to say it, but I kind of like her evil! she's just more fun that way. the suspense is in whether or not she will choose to be evil, or go a different route, and there are strong hints that she might do the latter, if only because she sees that in Holmes and either wants those things for herself that Holmes now has (expanded circle of support and friends), where that some small part of her wishes for his approval. and I don't mean the latter in any traditional romantic "woman pleasing man" sense but in a kind of therapeutic/change oriented "this person sees me as more capable of these things than I see myself, but maybe I am capable of it -- or maybe he needs to see it that way for himself" kind ofway.

Yes, absolutely, more Mrs Hudson ! and you're right, the Mycroft / Joan thing seemed to have more going for it the less explicitly spelled out it was, especially in terms of Sherlock's / the audience's "did they or didn't they" reaction.

sorry if this isn't quite grammatically correct or spelled properly or the wrong words are being used. I'm using speech to text, but my wrist have been pretty bad the last couple days so it's really, really painful for me to go back and fix things. I think you get the gist of things, even if the wrong words are substituted.