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This is a weirdly conservative show. The camera doesn't moves during scenes, the lighting is kinda dim, the colour palette is brownish, the background music is real spartan, the editing is straightforward. I feel like if the show was more up its own rear end it would get more accolades. But it puts the focus on the mysteries and the acting, and those totally deliver in spades. I was re-watching last season and there's a scene where Holmes witnesses a blackmailer's murder while hiding in the bathroom; you can only see him through a tiny slit in the doorway, but Miller acts the poo poo out of that scene with just his one eye, it was impressive.
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The demographics unit is a real thing in the NYPD. Seems to be mostly an excuse to spy on brown people and liberals.
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Dec 15, 2013 02:21
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Yeah I was on the edge of my seat with the stupid pizza box too. This show loves its red herrings.
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Jan 11, 2014 18:36
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Dragonatrix posted:Yeah, I had him pegged as the killer too from his first appearance, then when they were all "he used to be an inmate here and he got dental work here off the books" at the 25 minute mark I knew it was wrong. Good to know the obvious answer was indeed too obvious for once. There are some duds here and there, but I usually feel they do a strong job with this. They often have stories that get convoluted and weird in the Conan Doyle tradition, and they're not afraid to engage on the edges of medicine and science. Plus the writers really understand the conventions of this type of show and enjoy screwing with their viewers. There's red herrings galore, alibis get broken, characters often show up for one scene and are never heard from again. There was that warrior gene episode where the killer only shows up as a painting throughout the episode, or that scene with the pizza delivery that was just them messing with people.
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Apr 5, 2014 08:25
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Sherlock's description of Mycroft to their father was straight out of Doyle's stories, wasn't it? That sounded familiar.
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