CBS's "Elementary"

This is a very well composed poster,

I'd never noticed before.

Right, so, when it was first announced I was Very Skeptical about Elementary. While I was super into a female Watson, it just seemed like such blatant train-hopping I figured they couldn't possibly get a good show together in time to ride the Sherlock Holmes wave. Even after the first episode, I was iffy: it seemed to hit most of the same tropes as the BBC's Sherlock, and I was concerned that they were going to go through the same cases. Also, Johnny Lee Miller was a scruffy hot white guy who I'd never seen act, and so I thought he would probably be boring.

I was wrong, anyone who was worried about this was wrong, it is excellent. I'M PUBLICLY REPENTING FOR MY SINS. Miller plays a Holmes whose emotions and addictive personality are two of his most important traits, Lucy Liu knocks an entirely new take on John Watson out of the park-- hopefully leading to more gender-swapping in reboots. Ironically, the world's Most Homoerotic Detective Duo has translated amazingly well into a platonic male/female friendship, and even more ironically, I'm desperate for it to stay that way: their friendship is adorable and awkwardly genuine, and unfolding compellingly. And, Sherlock Holmes aside: as a crime show, the cases are compelling and fun to watch.

They photoshopped out her freckles!! Why would anyone

photoshop out her freckles????

Besides, Lucy Liu might well be the most beautiful woman in the world.

Grade: A (fun, a good adaptation, stars Lucy Liu's freckles)

Buy: Off of Amazon.

Watch: CBS, Thursdays at 10pm.