George and Alison discuss what tricks they have up their sleeves for the hiatus between season one and season two.
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Show Notes:
George and Alison are joined by Kat, Jason, and Aaron to discuss part two of Elementary season one finale.
Episode logline:
While recovering from his gun shot wounds, Holmes eschews painkillers while working on a case of a Greek shipping magnate - involving an assassination and currency manipulation - before his final showdown with Moriarty.
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Kat on Twitter and Instagram
Jason on Instagram
Aaron on Instagram and Twitter
Show Notes:
Chris Gervais' new podcast, Dead Meat Pete
The drug that killed Michael Jackson is propofol.
The Narwhal is Imhotep
George and Alison have assembled a round table of former guests to discuss Elementary's two-part season finale.
Episode logline:
Holmes reconnects with Irene, his one true love that he thought had been taken from him by Moriarity. He tries to protect her as she recovers from her trauma but he soon learns that it isn't she that needs protection.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Michelle Wheeler on Instagram @michellecwheeler or @madebycaravan
Aaron Smith on Twitter @anoddbird and Instagram @atraveshamockery
Kat Ramachandran on Twitter and Instagram
Jason Houle on Instagram
Show Notes:
Foundation with Lee Pace
Lee Pace's entire-ass filmography
Definition of chode. Turns out both definitions are correct!
George and Alison are joined by our first self-proclaimed fan, listener Sarah McCracken, to discuss Elementary's 22nd episode.
Episode logline:
Moriarty asks Holmes to find out who murdered a mechanic in Brooklyn. Despite Watson's protests, Holmes thinks this case will help him uncover Moriarty's true identity, but it will, in fact, lead Holmes to something much worse.
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Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Sarah on Twitter and Instagram
Show Notes:
George and Alison are joined by Niall and Jonfen of the Bat Minute podcast to discuss Elementary's 21st episode.
Episode logline:
A man connected to the classification of a valuable building as a landmark trust dies when his pacemaker is deliberately short circuited. Holmes soon learns the one behind the murder is an old nemesis known to him only as "Moriarty".
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
The Bat Minute on Twitter and Facebook
Show Notes:
Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies
Queen Victoria's (knob) statue
British detective show, Cracker.
The horrific Hillsborough disaster via MFM
Falling pane of glass
Another British detective show, called Taggart
Sawbones podcast
George and Alison are joined by Neil Brown of The Mogwai Minute to discuss Elementary's 20th episode.
Episode logline:
A blackmailer uses tapes of underage girls to get money from their fathers. When Holmes witnesses the blackmailer's murder, it becomes a race to find out who his accomplice is and prevent the videos from being released on the Internet.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Show Notes:
Tom Guiry of The Black Donnellys and The Sandlot
Please support criminal justice reform.
D’Nealian alphabet
Thank you Library Hours podcast for teaching us how to speak respectfully about fat people.
George and Alison are joined by actor and filmmaker Jordan Maranto, to discuss Elementary's 19th episode.
Episode logline:
In the middle of a winter storm, Holmes and Watson must solve the murder of a guard during a botched robbery and unravel the killer's true plan. The pair also get an interesting new roommate.
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Jordan on Twitter and Instagram
Show Notes:
Jordan's Vimeo, where you can see her short film, "As Seen on TV"
Candis Cayne as Miss Hudson <3
Where to donate your old cell phone
Can you spend ripped dollar bills?
Happy the documentary
George and Alison are joined by Marisha Johnson of the Black Alert Podcast, to discuss Elementary's 18th episode.
Episode logline:
Watson works a case on her own about a woman who has disappeared while Holmes deals with a subway murder. As they work their separate cases they gradually appear to be connected, even though they can't determine exactly how.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Marisha on Twitter
Black Alert Podcast on Twitter
Show Notes:
Marisha's article for Black Girl Nerds
Faith of the Heart Star Trek theme song
Does Wal-Mart still sell Confederate flags?
Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome, via HBV
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
George and Alison are joined by Rick and Julia of the Mad Max Minute podcast to discuss Elementary's 17th episode.
Episode logline:
A wealthy scientist comes to Holmes with a unique case: he believes he has been "poisoned" with a genetic disorder. Holmes has to determine how a healthy person can be contaminated with a genetic disease that no one in his family has.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Mad Max Minute on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
Show Notes:
Successful character actor, Dennis Boutsikaris
Osmia Avosetta nests
Taskmaster on YouTube
Jeremy Bentham, liberal forefather
Jason Mantzoukas makes every show better.
The Warrior Gene
NoHo Hank (Spot the other Elementary alum!)
This week we're joined by comedian Amanda Cohen to discuss Elementary's sixteenth episode.
Episode Logline:
Detective Bell is nearly killed while driving home one night. A just-released felon is the first suspect but, when he's killed, suspicion moves to Bell's brother who, unlike the dedicated detective, has lived life on the wrong side of the law.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Amanda on Twitter and Instagram
Show Notes:
"Rifle"definitions and etymology
Malcolm Goodwin AKA Mr. Cheese AKA Detective Babinoe
Looks like Pergotti is a made up shoe brand after all.
Trejo's Donuts, Tacos, or book
George and Alison are joined by comedic actor and host of the podcast, Library Hours, Reed Brice to discuss Elementary's 15th episode.
Episode logline:
Holmes' former drug supplier comes to him for help to find his kidnapped daughter. He agrees to help him despite Watson's protests. When Holmes appears stymied, the former dealer encourages Holmes to go back on drugs, hoping it will help him solve the case.
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Show Notes:
Join Reed in supporting Solidarity and Snacks
That Guy Fieri comedy bit is by Shane Torres. (RIP Bourdain.)
The Adventure of the Crooked Man
The Taino people
Ethiopian wat recipe
Alison and George are joined by comic and screenwriter Aaron Smith to discuss Elementary's 14th episode.
Episode logline:
A convicted killer who is supposed to donate a kidney to his sister ends up killing the surgical staff before escaping. Holmes is forced to work with a profiler (whom he can't stand) because she supposedly can predict what he will do next.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Aaron on Twitter and Instagram @atraveshamockery
Check out Aaron's very odd website
Show Notes:
Party anthem, "Bom Bom" by Sam and the Womp
Fakirs of Bangladesh
How to lower (not stop) your heart rate with yoga
Is criminal profiling pseudoscience?
You can find Aaron's video of the background actor with the camera on our Instagram.
George's scarf video
The "fuck" scene from The Wire.
George and Alison are joined by comedian, drag artist, and TikTok sensation, Christopher Ryan Stamey, to discuss Elementary's 13th episode.
Episode logline:
Holmes discovers a man running an internet conspiracy site is dead. As he follows the chain of clues, he becomes aware of the "Red Team" and the trail leads him further down the rabbit hole than he ever imagined.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Show Notes:
Read up on the Illuminati and try not to buy into the conspiracies
Zapruder film
Denver Airport bunker conspiracy theory
Armchair Expert's conspiracy theory podcast, Armchaired and Dangerous
Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...
WarGames the movie
Early onset Alzheimers
Highway hypnosis is a thing
Domoic acid poisoning
The always wonderful Chris Sullivan
Dad sneezes
The proper way to hail a cab in NYC
George and Alison are joined by producer, fanfic novelist, and Elementary super fan, Michelle Wheeler, to discuss Elementary's 12th episode.
Episode logline:
Sherlock is called in on a case and immediately recognizes the work of an old foe from Britain. Sherlock sees it as a chance at redemption in catching the man, but first he needs to control his own emotions about the murderer.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Michelle and her production work on Instagram
Join Cooper's Troopers in fighting juvenile type 1 diabetes
Michelle's 1D fanfic novel, Ready to Run
Show Notes:
Shout out to Robert Lee Harvey
Invincible on Amazon Prime
Cabinet of Curiosities podcast
Definition of a serial killer
Make your very own book safe
The Irregulars on Netflix
The Adventure of the Empty House
Joan's Fashion Show and Joan Watson's Closet
George and Alison are joined by Kat and Jason of the You Should Check Out podcast, to discuss Elementary's 11th episode.
Episode logline:
The manager of a high-end hotel that caters to diplomatic VIPs is found dead in the hotel's laundry. After first suspecting a connection to a prostitution ring, Holmes believes the answer lies in her treacherous past.
Social Media:
You Should Check out on Instagram
Katherine on Instagram
Jason on Instagram
elementarypod@gmail.com
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Show Notes:
Handsome red-headed man from Grey's Anatomy and Rome
Why do so many women like SVU?
What is the CBS demographic?
Baby Clint Howard in Star Trek
Jake Weber is shitty Tim Roth
SecretCompartmentFurniture.com
The Canadian spy story that inspired The Americans
The red-headed Russian spy is Maria Butina
Another red-headed Russian spy who loves Trump
American spy imprisoned in Russia
Strongbad, in case you weren't born yet.
Music by Jim Bogg*S*
George and Alison are joined by Lisa Laureta: stand up comic, actor, and handler of tube sock outrage machine, Sock Karen.
Episode logline:
Micah Erlich hires Holmes to solve urgently the robbery of diamonds in David Batonvert's Manhattan exchange from his world-reputed security firm's top-range vault model, the 'impregnable' Leviathan, before the news wrecks the manufacturer. Both men remember it was actually cracked once four years ago by a brilliant team of four, who were tried and jailed, but draw different conclusions concerning a connection, which Holmes has to revise while his investigation progresses with the help of his own consultants. Meanwhile he helps Watson deal with her unexpectedly ...
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Find Lisa Laureta on Twitter, Instagram, and her website.
Follow Sock Karen on Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok
Show Notes:
Forgive us, Corinne Brinkerhoff—we mean no offense.
How to pronounce Van Gogh (spoiler: we're both wrong!)
Handsome woman, Freda Foh Shen
Van Gogh's Pieta
On stealing diamonds from diamond mines
Malboge programming language
Colonel Sanders, stealth programmer and soap star
Concertina wire is named after a musical instrument
George and Alison are joined by Lewis Wright, lead singer of Attic Theory (a band named from Elementary episode two!) to discuss Elementary's ninth episode.
Episode logline:
An under-the-weather Sherlock investigates the murder of a college professor whose body was found with gunshot wounds through both of his eyes. Using his trademark deductive reasoning, Sherlock retraces the victim's path back to an illicit gambling parlor in Chinatown where he was shot. Gregson is able to bring in the gunman thanks to video surveillance footage, but when the killer claims that he was hired to take out the professor, Sherlock realises that his work has only just begun. Meanwhile, Watson gets a call from an addict and former lover who is in prison and needs her help. (From Baker Street Wiki)
Social Media:
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Attic Theory on Twitter and Instagram
Show Notes:
Planet Rock UK
Poirot, Quincy, and of course, Colombo
Sherlock Holmes 22nd Century is bananas.
Why do British singers sound American?
Radiohead's "You Do it to Yourself"
Sex Bob-bomb's "Threshold"
More than you ever wanted to know about a pig's orgasm.
Get you very own vocal steamer
Kafkaesque via New York Times Machine
The Horatio Alger nerd burn
Atlantic article about abolishing ICE
The Long Haul by Black English
Alison and George are joined by Key Whiskey, host and creator of Hollyword, a podcast that explores the lives of history’s greatest storytellers.
Episode Logline:
While Watson struggles with Holmes over finding a new sponsor, they work a case of a bombing of an Internet company. The bomb was planted four years ago but it's inconceivable that anyone would plan a bombing so far into the future.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Hollyword podcast on Instagram
Show Notes:
That Philip K. Dick AI biography is called How to Build an Android
When Kathy Acker met the Spice Girls
Building muscle also builds your brain.
Earth Liberation Front (Not an endorsement.)
Speaking of, here's an article about the Green Scare.
White supremacist groups carried out more acts of terror than any other group in 2020.
See Ato Essandoh in the sadly defunct Altered Carbon
Method of loci AKA your mind palace!
American character actor John Pankow
What the heck is a divan?
"Calm the storm" by Graffiti6
That episode of Frasier with Lisa Edelstein
Alison and George are joined by Chris Gervais; filmmaker, screenwriter, voice actor, and all around good time.
Episode Logline:
Sherlock assists with a double homicide that has the same M.O. as a series of murders that took place 13 years ago.
Social Media:
Elementary My Dears on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Chris's production company, Strawhouse Pictures, on Instagram
Show Notes:
How much do Jimmy Choo shoes cost? About a grand.
History of ballistic forensics
That Aidan Quinn smolder
There actually are several film adaptations of Crime and Punishment. The only one in English is the 1935 version, starring Peter Lorre.
Illiteracy and crime are inextricably linked
Wrongful convictions are, unsurprisingly, a real problem. (LA Times) (WaPo)
Debunking warrior gene myths
"Feather on the Clyde" by Passenger
Alison and George are joined by Carrie Cranford, production manager at Actor's Theater of Charlotte.
Episode Logline:
After a small jet crashes killing four people, Holmes battles both the police and the NTSB when he believes one of them was murdered before the crash occurred. Meanwhile, Watson confronts Holmes over a past friend, someone named Irene.
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Actor's Theater of Charlotte on Instagram
AT Charlotte website
