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There were too many dangling threads.
How would his friendship withJoan Watson (Lucy Liu)fare in the wake of this?
Would the NSA, in the form of Agent McNally (Tim Guinee), foil these plans?
The revelations dont stop there.
Captain Gregson (Auden Quinn) has retired.
Marcus Bell (Jon Michael Hill) has become captain of the precinct.
Most importantly, Joan has adopted a young child named Arthur.
She somehow balances raising him with the demands of her life as a consulting detective and writer.
And for those wondering, yes, shes still blonde.
InElementarys final hour, there is still a mystery to be solved, of course.
This leads Joan to contact Sherlock, who rushes back to New York.
But, unfortunately, one of the seasons most mishandled major threads was left dangling.
Sherlock gruffly remarks on the changes to the brownstone and seems uncomfortable around Arthur.
Joan is strangely secretive about a case shes working on.
It seemed, for a moment, thatElementarywould limp to a hollow finish.
Then came a twist I never expected: Joan has cancer.
But I cant lie: I was moved by Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Lius performances here.
The gentle chemistry they share makes the scene practically glow.
He barely looks at her, hes so overcome with emotion.
Of course Im staying, he says.
Its beautiful because of the performances, but feels too baldly manipulative and poorly sketched to fully work.
Unfortunately, the manipulations dont end there.
Agent McNally approaches Sherlock and gives his condolences, which makes it seem that Joan is dead.
This season being whittled down from 21 episodes to 13 is clearly felt.
But its hard to reconcile with the manipulation that led us to this endpoint.
