Elementary, My Dears

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:

The Elementary novel

The animated Sherlock Holmes

Mr. Holmes, the movie

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

Monkeybone

Lemurs vs. monkeys

Zoboomafoo

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.

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Michelle Wheeler on Instagram @michellecwheeler or @madebycaravan

Aaron Smith on Twitter @anoddbird and Instagram @atraveshamockery

You Should Check Out Podcast

Kat Ramachandran on Twitter and Instagram

VomCom Podcast

Jason Houle on Instagram

Show Notes:

Foundation with Lee Pace

Lee Pace's entire-ass filmography

Amy Adams' Lee Pace story

The Fighting Temeraire

The Blind Leading the Blind

London's underground tunnels

Lee Pace with chickens

Definition of chode. Turns out both definitions are correct!

House of Blue Leaves

Natalie Dormer/Lola Bunny

Captain Kangaroo

Lurky

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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Sarah on Twitter and Instagram

Show Notes:

A Scandal in Bohemia

J.C. MacKenzie

Alan Ruck

Kyokushin karate

Mastoid process

Fear, trauma, and the brain

Clarence Elkins

Complicated Grief

Last Podcast on the Left

Jim's Bandcamp

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".

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The Bat Minute on Twitter and Facebook

Show Notes:

Bat nipples

Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies

Dinner, lunch, and and supper

Queen Victoria's (knob) statue

Can a pacemaker be hacked?

"You'll never walk alone"

British detective show, Cracker.

The horrific Hillsborough disaster via MFM

The Problem of Thor Bridge

Lucha Underground

Bix Beiderbecke

Prohibition

Prescription Guinness?

Falling pane of glass

Another British detective show, called Taggart

Rod of Asclepius

Sawbones podcast

pieroskis

Africanized honey bees

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.

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Neil on Twitter and Instagram

Show Notes:

Dead man’s switch 

Types of men’s shirt collars

Sword of Damocles

Tom Guiry of The Black Donnellys and The Sandlot

Please support criminal justice reform.

D’Nealian alphabet

Henry VIII

Herman’s Hermits

Thank you Library Hours podcast for teaching us how to speak respectfully about fat people.

Joseph Siravo 

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening

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"

We're No Angels

The O'Henry Pun Off

Eli Manning's book

Candis Cayne as Miss Hudson <3

White Darjeeling tea

Together Together

Where to donate your old cell phone

Judd Apatow's book

Can you spend ripped dollar bills?

Word-detective.com

Happy the documentary

Friends blackout episode

Pied-a-terre

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.

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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

Firefly companion 

Etymology of shyster

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.

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Show Notes:

The Postman

The Green Knight

Aguirre the Wrath of God

Successful character actor, Dennis Boutsikaris

Osmia Avosetta nests

Taskmaster on YouTube

Jeremy Bentham, liberal forefather

Jason Mantzoukas makes every show better.

The Warrior Gene

Jennifer Lim

NoHo Hank (Spot the other Elementary alum!)

Sloppy Steaks

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.

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Amanda on Twitter and Instagram

Show Notes:

Comic vs Comedian?

JLM's Dr. Who episode

"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

Life after incarceration