I watched the pilot of the new US Sherlock Holmes show, Elementary, with very low expectations and was not disappointed. That is, I was very disappointed but not surprised by how weak it is. Like the RDJ movies, the makers prove once again that you can't just slap the names Holmes and Watson on a couple of actors and make a good Sherlock Holmes story. With his drug history and penchant for hookers, this iteration of the great detective is more House than Holmes. I think the biggest problem was that it is entirely lacking in the clever use of elements from the original stories that the BBC's Sherlock does so brilliantly. Totally meh.