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Elementary Season 1 Episode 8

The Long Fuse

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AIRED: Nov 29, 2012

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Sherlock discovers a long hidden crime while investigating a bombing. Watson pushes Sherlock to choose a sponsor.

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Elementary "The Long Fuse" Review: Good Mystery! Now Quit Second-guessing Holmes and Pretending Watson's Gonna Leave

"The Long Fuse" gave us one of the better puzzles the show has put together so far, if not the best.

By Lily Sparks, Nov 30, 2012

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better and better

8.0

By phxcowbot, Dec 12, 2012

the writing, plots, dialog, acting, everything keeps getting better and better - Jonny Lee knows he has excellent competition for this role, and he plays it with gusto; at a party with Rob Downey and Benedict Cumberbatch he can hold his head high,

Lucy plays her Watson with classic reserve and solid characterization. The f/x on the opening scene, and all the supporting actors, and the new street dude trying for the AA sponsor role hit the mark just right.moreless
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Long Fuse" Episode

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By 1hotgolfer, Dec 12, 2012

Watson may be staying, but the closing scene with Watson, Holmes, and the prospective sponsor "tugged" at my emotions. With that smooth, beautiful background music, and Holmes declaring, "I'm entirely self sufficient". I have it on it again and again. Maybe I'm just getting sentimental as I grow old. Found the song called CALM THE STORM, by Graffiti6. Login (browser)ELEMENTARY EPISODE 8 END SONG.
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Elementary.

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By Dec1964, Dec 09, 2012

A very well written episode, Watson is looking for a new sponsor for Sherlock, because Watson is leaving in a few weeks. I dont read spoilers but i do know Lucy Liu is not leaving the show, i enjoyed this episode Sherlock asking Heather "Do You Want Sex". & Watson walking in

"Am I Interrupting" lol. I Love This Show.
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Lisa Edelstein in her underwear never gets old!

8.5

By mnementh01, Dec 03, 2012

once again while this was an excellent case with many twists and turns, WTF is going on with the timescale of this show?

I've said, more than once, that Watson was supposed to leave after SIX weeks, mentioned in the show on several occasions.

Yet, once again, Watson says that Holmes WILL lose her in SEVERAL weeks!

Is this show on a spaceship at near lightspeed? That's the only reason I can think of that time seems to be slowing down and the SIX weeks is never reached!

C'mon writers, stop treating your viewers like idiots and get it resolved. We ALL know she ain't leaving, so get on with it!

The case itself, was very interesting with an "ancient" pipe bomb using an outmoded pager as a trigger.

A body walled up in his own house.

Multitasking on an epic scale and tennis ball bombs on the roof.

The sponsor? I couldn't care less about the sponsor as he's simply a ploy to keep the Watson/Holmes partnership question running a bit longer until the writers stop taking the mickey out of the audience.

Who cares if a guest star is in the show and the obvious culprit.

All this and Lisa Edelstein in her Bra 'n Pants (Yummy!) It just doesn't get any better than this.

Or maybe it does ??????

Roll on, next episode.moreless
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New super bateries unleashed!

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By WonderW, Dec 03, 2012

I'm sorry to say I found the script for this episode a bit weak. There are some irrational elements that is very distracting. This is even more distracting as it is a series which try to use smarts and wits as a driving factor. I find myself being irritated over these things instead of fully enjoying the plot and storyline.

First: how on Gods green earth can a retail pager have a unattended power lifetime of four years? Are there some batteries out there from Star-Trek that they use in this episode?

Same goes for the bomb-battery. The lead-acid 6V would have died out a long time ago. The water and acid would have been separated and the battery would most likely not even be re-chargeable anymore due to sulfation.

Diphenhydramine was not "recently" classified a controlled substance in Zambia, it has been for over a decade.

How can Mr. Holmes manage to deduct that the unlucky miss-dialer, while all the time being seated, has his fly down by three quarters?

Why does the eco-terrorist say he used "nitrate based" bombs. It jumped out and felt very un-natural when delivered; and when the story-line builds upon this it becomes even more corny.

And then; an imprint on a newspaper as the "daming evidence"? A NYT issue most likely to have been at the workplace before the bomb was made. An item that is not exactly as personal as a toothbrush or a pair of underwear. Have you ever read or had a newspaper that was not yours? Probably. Also; how likely is it that one manage to do a handwriting comparison from indentations from a nine letter word in all capital letters on a four year old newspaper clipping used as packing in a bomb that went off against a signature?

There are also some weird staccato flow internally and especially towards these sponsor tryouts. All over characters, relations and plot had a negative curve instead of positive; which one should have in this part of the series.moreless
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Jonny Lee Miller	Sherlock Holmes
Lucy Liu	Dr. Joan Watson
Aidan Quinn	Captain Tobias Gregson
Jon Michael Hill	Detective Marcus Bell

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Lisa Edelstein	Heather Vanowen	Guest Star
Ato Essandoh	Alfredo Llamosa	Guest Star
Donnie Keshawarz	Earl Wheeler	Guest Star

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- Holmes: You want sex?
  Vanowen: Excuse me?
  Holmes: I'm not averse, Ms. Vanowen. I'm just busy. Perhaps we could set an appointment. You're flirting. This crossword talk. You find me attractive. The feeling is mutual, mostly. The musculature of your legs and your shoulders suggests a certain elasticity I find quite tantalizing. I must warn you, however, a relationship between us could never go beyond the physical. No offense to you, of course. It's just... not my way.
  Watson: (walks in) Hey. Am I interrupting?
  Vanowen: Nope. Not even a little.
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- Watson: Is this about us?
  Holmes: Is what about us?
  Watson: Your reluctance to find a sponsor. I'm starting to think you're being difficult because you don't want me to leave.
  Holmes: You never told me you were funny.
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- Watson: (about Alfredo) What's the harm in getting to know the guy? One way or the other, I'm gonna be out of your life in a few weeks. Maybe you're dreading that day, maybe you're counting the seconds. Either way, I'm going to make sure you're ready when the time comes. I promise.
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- Special billing was given to Aidan Quinn (and) for this episode.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Canada: November 29, 2012 on Global
  United Kingdom: December 11, 2012 on Sky Living
  Czech Republic: February 26, 2013 on AXN
  Germany: February 28, 2013 on SAT 1
  Belgium: March 10, 2013 on VIER
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