Elementary (TV Series) T-Bone and the Iceman (2015) User Reviews

"A crowbar Watson that's how we do it in my family" (dialog)

[A_Different_Drummer · 8/10 · 20 February 2017]

Let's start with a big TV secret.

Relationships, connection and empathy is what makes good shows great and gives them longevity.

This episode not only provides a clever little puzzle but also riffs nicely on about family relationships, dementia, senior moments, fights between cousins.

It might not be a bell-ringer like for example the Natalie Dormer arc (historic writing, historic TV) but it is as good as the series usually is. Which is to say, GREAT.

As this review is belatedly penned in 2017, the infamous British Sherlock series appears to have self-destructed or, at the very least, really really annoyed its fan base by trying to cross a bridge too far (plotwise.) Slow and steady wins the race. Great episode. When it ultimately goes into syndication it should cycle around on cable for decades to come.

So who killed Allie Newmeyer?

[CrimeDrama1 · 7/10 · 1 April 2022]

I don't know! It felt like only two of three murders were solved. I will never understand why crime drama writers choose to never reveal the killer (confession or proof) of the victim(s) shown in the opening scene. The closest we get is one of the two primary suspects telling Detective Bell, "Leave it on (video camera), I have more to tell you." He was throwing the other suspect under the bus but was never actually asked about the car accident with Allie and what happened afterwards. I don't understand that. Also, they don't do a good job explaining why two male killers both chose to strange their male victims. It is important because the first killer was the third victim and the second victim (Allie) was killed a different way. Everything about a crime drama must make sense to the viewer. Everything.

Two plot holes weakened the episode.

[contactssm89 · 3/10 · 6 April 2015]

Those who watched the episode closely will agree that the following two unanswered questions weakened the story substantially.

1. After having killed Sullivan, Ford wore Sullivan's smaller shoes and pretended to discover the body. But, where did he hide his original pair of shoes? He couldn't have kept it among Sullivan's as the police would have checked Sullivan's wardrobe and found a perfect match to the prints left by the killer. Neither could Ford have disposed them so efficiently in such a short time (he feared the neighbours heard the quarrel and he couldn't go outside the house to dispose the shoes; also some neighbour may have already called the police). And obviously he couldn't have carried the shoes with him back to his house!

2. Secondly, it was mentioned that the original investigators in the Sullivan murder had Ford as their primary suspect. Surely at some point during the investigation, they would have tried to look at Ford's collection of shoes at his house or at least get a more precise measurement of his feet - since (a) the footprints were the undeniable physical evidence and (b) Ford was such an important person of interest, that the investigators would surely try and get evidence that linked him to the crime. It's unbelievable that the investigators would have believed his 'size 9' story and neither noticed his funny way of walking when he came into the station nor his mismatching shoes when compared to his overall sense of dressing.

I really feel these two issues robbed the script of it's robustness. I'll give it a 3/10 only.