Joan Watson (Lucy Liu) gets some unsolicited help from her friend Emily Hankins (Susan Pourfar), who sets up Joan's profile on an online dating site called “TrueRomantix”. This constitutes the mandatory secondary plot for this episode.
One Mr Mueller (Ronald Guttman) wants
Holmes to track down Ezra Kleinfelter (Christian Campbell), a contractor who leaked highly
confidential secrets to the media. Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) discovers that Ezra is using Celia Caroll (Laura Osnes) of the Dispatch to publish the secrets.
Sherlock takes the help of his associate, Milton Van Kirk (Peter McRobbie) in the investigation. Holmes suspects that Ezra has killed a known acquaintance.
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Ezra has the support of an anonymous hacker group called “We are Everyone” and the group targets both Holmes and Joan. Soon, power is down at the brownstone and Joan's profile on the dating site is also hacked into.
Holmes and Joan race against time to catch Ezra, before he can leave the US to relocate to an unknown destination.
The plot has a marked resemblance to the real life incidents involving Edward Snowden. Further, the group “We are Everyone” reminded me of the “Anonymous” hacker group.
Still, this
was one of the most boring episodes of Elementary. After a couple of
better-than-usual episodes, the show is back to its usual level of (low)
standards.
The references by Miller's Holmes to his former love, Irene Adler/Moriarty (Natalie Dormer) did not help either.
The acting by the leads as well as the plot was subpar compared to the previous episodes.
Perhaps, the next episode will be better.
Perhaps, the next episode will be better.
Canonical References
1. Mr Mueller states that Miller's Holmes comes
highly recommended from a certain corporation - In the Canon, Sherlock
Holmes often received cases through recommendations from previous
clients.
2. Joan Watson is seen typing “The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes” on her laptop - Direct reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's final collection of Sherlock Holmes stories of the same name, that were published between 1921 - 1927.
2. Joan Watson is seen typing “The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes” on her laptop - Direct reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's final collection of Sherlock Holmes stories of the same name, that were published between 1921 - 1927.
Trivia
The song “The Load” by Barbarossa is played in the final scenes, when Miller's Holmes is reading the letter from Jamie Moriarty.
The song “The Load” by Barbarossa is played in the final scenes, when Miller's Holmes is reading the letter from Jamie Moriarty.
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