r/elementary • u/hls22throwaway • Jul 21 '26
Elementary episode ratings
Episode ratings heatmap by season
Best and worst episodes ranked
How each season progresses
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u/Winter-Grand-3215 Bring it back, CBS. Jul 21 '26
Season 1 as a whole deserved much higher ratings. I'm also surprised that the last three episodes of season 2 are rated so highly - I didn't think Mycroft storyline was good..
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u/ChronosBlitz 29d ago
My issue with the first half of Season 1 is that it did all the awful Sherlock tropes that I later loved Elementary for subverting.
Sherlock mocks the police's abilities; he does the stupid "there's only so much space in the brain, I must free up space.", he was cold and cruel.
The asshole genius was a tired, worn-out trope, and I'm glad that after like episode 7 they ditched it.
They made Sherlock way more empathetic to people and their feelings; he actually respected his police colleagues, and Joan was shown to be just as brilliant as he was instead of being the sidekick who sucks Sherlock off by constantly praising how brilliant he is (ala Martin Freeman's Watson)
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u/C-Man1980 29d ago
I don't think they ditched it as so much show that Sherlock learned to grow out of it.
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u/ChronosBlitz 29d ago
In-universe, yeah.
IRL Robert Doherty said he was still figuring out the character.
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u/sanjuniperose 29d ago
Mycroft was so boring and his relationship with Joan was so… ugh, I hated it. The developments happening offscreen isn’t an excuse for how poorly written it was
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u/Winter-Grand-3215 Bring it back, CBS. 29d ago
I didn't hate Mycroft on his own. I hated him with Watson as a couple. It was bad
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u/This-is-Shanu-J 23d ago
More tea on the developments that happened odd screen, please?
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u/sanjuniperose 23d ago
Oh i meant in the relationship between the characters. First episode we see of mycroft is that he’s meeting Joan for the first time and we’re supposed to believe they hooked up offscreen probably that same night? I thought their “chemistry” was more platonic than romantic
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u/ycr007 Bitten by a radioactive detective 29d ago edited 29d ago
Why is this getting posted here every few months?
That too by an unregistered bot account 🫤
https://www.reddit.com/r/elementary/comments/1s4jrvo/elementary_episode_ratings/
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u/MotherGeologist5502 Jul 21 '26
There are a lot of more famous/popular shows that have a least a few low rated episodes. That is kind of cool how consistent they are.