I totally need to make a post about how I'm catching up on my never-before-seen canons! DH consented to watching White Collar with me, and we pretty much main-lined both seasons available on Netflix. Reactions later. (so m a n y reactions!)
Then I talked him into Inspector Lewis, while he talked me into Arrested Development. AD is silly and has short eps, so it's like snacking when nothing else is available. Lewis, unfortunately, seemed very slow to us. After 1 ep, we both agreed that we enjoyed WC much more.
Last night, while DH was out doing his music thing, I thought I'd give Lewis one more try. It was still pretty slow, but the final scene definitely sold me on the Lewis/Hathaway pairing. They were sharing earbuds and bumping shoulders walking through Oxford?! Adorkable! I still don't know that I'll be drinking much more of that kool-aid though.
But, fresh off that unsatisfying viewing, I decided to see what Netflix thought was "like White Collar." I'll leave off details of my hysterical reaction to seeing "Three Rivers" listed for now, but next to that was "Sherlock." To quote
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lamardeuse , Benedict Cumberbatch is a posh boy! I'd not seen him
in action before, and OH MY. Yummy! And his voice - that's the stuff dreams are made of, right there.
But, not only was there lots of pretty, the entire thing was totally worth watching. DH came home about 30 min in, and he enjoyed it too. On the theory that it's not spoilers when everyone else on my list has already squeed over the first season, I'm sharing my reactions.
First off, John started fanboying Sherlock immediately after meeting him (amazing! brilliant!)
Later, Sherlock says something like "you know you keep saying that out loud." John replies, "should I stop?" Sherlock: "Oh no, I rather like it." All this in front of Lestrade.
The landlady assumes they'll only need one of the 2 available bedrooms!
The restaurantuer/reformed felon thinks John is Sherlock's date, and goes off for a candle!
Watson: Do you have a girlfriend?
Holmes: ::snort:: That's not really my area
Watson: Boyfriend?
Holmes: I'm unattached
Watson: ::speculative gleam:: (no matter how much he was protesting not)
Back at the flat, out of breath and giddy from chasing the taxi, "that was the most ridiculous thing I've ever done." "You went to Afghanistan." I love dry humor, I do, I do! And then Holmes says they did all that to prove a point. Watson still hasn't remembered his cane, but it's about to be delivered.
The dead pink lady is still smarter than all the men (and the annoying female cop) in the room. Granted, she wasn't smart enough to stay alive, but she impressed Holmes.
The snark all the way through was a thing of beauty. I think it may surpass the legendary SGA snark-fests. I am excite!
But the plot - come ON! Can you say iocayne powder? Which was the "bad" bottle and which was the "good" bottle? I don't think that word means what you think it means, they were obviously both bad! And Holmes almost falls for it? NO way. The absolute best though was, "I'll take the gun." Only Holmes will choose "death" over "cake." That byplay was great. I was thinking Holmes had pegged the cabbie as someone unable to actually pull the trigger, so he felt reasonably safe. The truth was even more in keeping with Occam. Well done, show!
And then, when Holmes figures out who took the shot - if you slow down the video, you can see the exact moment he goes arse over teakettle for Watson. Fantastic!
Sherlock is in the same category as Hawaii Five-O: No subtext whatsoever. They are a couple from day 1, and they're the only ones who don't see it. At least three people speculated Holmes and Watson had a romantic/sexual relationship in the first ep! I am very sad that Netflix only has 3 episodes available right now. But I'm sure I'll be re-watching all of them, because there's so much packed in the first one, it totally bears repeating.
In short: ICONS! I need Sherlock icon recs! (in the meantime, have some sweaty, happy boys)
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kradamadness That's a lot of reading!
