A Controlled Descent

Overall, I love this show.

This review is specific to a topic that has been crucial to all of the seasons of Elementary and that is the topic of addiction. I have struggled ever since season one, with the creator's decision to use Alcoholics Anonymous as Sherlock's program. Certainly this must have come from lack of research, since it seems obvious that the modern Sherlock would have chosen a science based program like SMART Recovery over AA. Likewise, the modern sober companion, Watson, also would have recommended this. It is frustrating to watch as the show does great things to enlighten the public about the realities of being an addict but then it is sad that the solution that the show promotes is not a "smart" one and not likely the one Sherlock would choose.

This episode was a very poor ending to what I consider a subpar season, though my elementary standards that still means there was a number of really signed episodes in season three.

The motive for the criminal in this case was about as ridiculous as I could ever think of. I've seen worse, but not a lot worse. And then hold actions in the end, mind you I haven't seen any of the next four seasons, just were Ludacris and non-sensical. It seems the writer wanted a certain solution, but they had no thought to doesn't make sense to get to the solution this in this manner.

This is a very poor episode at least of the solution. It wasn't too bad until the end maybe the last five or 10 minutes where it jumped the shark more or less.