I wasn't going to write a review but I feel like I need to do so this purely to explain the episode to others here. Is it perfect? No. Most especially the ridiculous accent used by the actress playing Mrs Banin. It was like nails on chalkboard.
First of all, Sherlock figures out the dead body in the morgue just killed someone because of the cuts on his hands that look like they came from garroting someone and they were fresh. He explains how he was familiar with the marks and that the injuries could not have been caused by the actual accident because he was wearing gloves.
Joan's friend Jen, or "the girl" as another repeatedly calls her along with other misogyny, never said she wanted to marry Tony. She just felt a connection and wanted to try to make a go of it - a very real connection one may argue because she hooked up with him again. Yes, women have one night stands and also they can be memorable. Why not ask a friend, who only recently announced to her friends in the continuity of the show that she is working as a detective, to track down someone you just can't forget?
At the end, when Jen tells Joan she found out Tony was Sherlock, she does a poor job lying why she is no longer interested by saying how wrong they were for each other. Joan quickly gets the truth out of her. Only after spending yet more time with Sherlock, btw not Tony, she realized the connection "was only physical". Their first meeting as magical, the next time not so much. *Adults* are capable of making these assessments.
Also may I point out that within the lifetime of the characters on the show there was something called the USSR. I don't know, perhaps that is how Leo got mixed up with Bratva. That part is yes, more vague. Or perhaps I didn't realize I needed to write this review so I wasn't taking notes during the episode. However Lara Banin did clearly explain Leo found The Church later on after his life of crime and then he was turning over a new leaf helping others. Though one certainly doesn't have to look hard to find really evil people who also claim to be religious and attend church regularly.
Also at no point does the show claim that every single Polish woman who came to America had to pay for it with porn. However Lara Banin did. It is very common, again, for adults who have things in common to find each other. So two immigrants who fled a past they regret, and coming together once in the US and in the same church, seems very plausible to me.
Again, I am not saying this episode is perfection (see the above mentioned accent). However it is a very enjoyable episode of a really good show. I especially enjoyed Mike Starr's brief appearance as the bookie. Danielle Nicolet was very believable as an old friend of Joan's. I wish she got to make more episodes. They had great chemistry. And OMG Sherlock's NYC accent when making that phone call was hilarious. Notice how the script points out his commitment to his alias - the lisp is from a childhood sledding accident! LOL. Might one think Tony also had an elaborate backstory?
I hope this helps. I hate for viewers of any show to mark it down purely because they didn't follow the plot.
First of all, Sherlock figures out the dead body in the morgue just killed someone because of the cuts on his hands that look like they came from garroting someone and they were fresh. He explains how he was familiar with the marks and that the injuries could not have been caused by the actual accident because he was wearing gloves.
Joan's friend Jen, or "the girl" as another repeatedly calls her along with other misogyny, never said she wanted to marry Tony. She just felt a connection and wanted to try to make a go of it - a very real connection one may argue because she hooked up with him again. Yes, women have one night stands and also they can be memorable. Why not ask a friend, who only recently announced to her friends in the continuity of the show that she is working as a detective, to track down someone you just can't forget?
At the end, when Jen tells Joan she found out Tony was Sherlock, she does a poor job lying why she is no longer interested by saying how wrong they were for each other. Joan quickly gets the truth out of her. Only after spending yet more time with Sherlock, btw not Tony, she realized the connection "was only physical". Their first meeting as magical, the next time not so much. *Adults* are capable of making these assessments.
Also may I point out that within the lifetime of the characters on the show there was something called the USSR. I don't know, perhaps that is how Leo got mixed up with Bratva. That part is yes, more vague. Or perhaps I didn't realize I needed to write this review so I wasn't taking notes during the episode. However Lara Banin did clearly explain Leo found The Church later on after his life of crime and then he was turning over a new leaf helping others. Though one certainly doesn't have to look hard to find really evil people who also claim to be religious and attend church regularly.
Also at no point does the show claim that every single Polish woman who came to America had to pay for it with porn. However Lara Banin did. It is very common, again, for adults who have things in common to find each other. So two immigrants who fled a past they regret, and coming together once in the US and in the same church, seems very plausible to me.
Again, I am not saying this episode is perfection (see the above mentioned accent). However it is a very enjoyable episode of a really good show. I especially enjoyed Mike Starr's brief appearance as the bookie. Danielle Nicolet was very believable as an old friend of Joan's. I wish she got to make more episodes. They had great chemistry. And OMG Sherlock's NYC accent when making that phone call was hilarious. Notice how the script points out his commitment to his alias - the lisp is from a childhood sledding accident! LOL. Might one think Tony also had an elaborate backstory?
I hope this helps. I hate for viewers of any show to mark it down purely because they didn't follow the plot.
