‘Elementary’ season 4 spoilers: Some further details surface on Sherlock’s father
For the first three seasons of “Elementary,” the writers / producers have set up the idea of Sherlock Holmes’ dad in a way that made him out to be some sort of epic mystery. This was a guy who not a whole lot was known about, other than that he had some sort of hold of what his son did, and wanted to at least ensure an aspect of his physical health. However, at the same time he has a reputation for being extremely enigmatic, and not the sort of man who is particularly easy to pin down.
Well finally, the show is going to give us a taste of this man in the flesh on the upcoming fourth season after having some near-misses. Maybe this is a way in order to ensure that this character gets some time in the story before the series ends (its ratings or declining), or maybe it just feels creatively like the time is right given the recent relapse at the end of season 3.
Regardless of the reason, executive producer Rob Doherty was kind enough to say the following to Entertainment Weekly about the character when asked how to describe him:
“Sherlock’s dad, like Sherlock, is a complicated man … When Sherlock has described him, he hasn’t painted a picture of a very loving father… and yet it’s worth noting this will be the second time he’s taken steps to help his son during a difficult time.”
Ultimately, we feel like this is a guy who does care very much about his son. However, at the same time this is also a man who has a very hard time actually showing some of these feelings.
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Vael Victus
May 24, 2015 @ 3:02 am
Readers may draw some connections to Sherlock’s father, and how Sherlock felt about being a father. It could imply Father Holmes is similar in manner to Sherlock.
Peri Menopausal
May 22, 2015 @ 8:28 pm
I, for one, would much prefer that Doherty and company spend their valuable air time on Watson, and what she must’ve been going through in the three prior days, than trying to shoehorn/stunt cast yet another male character into the mix, family or no.
My other dearest wishes for season 4: Less arcane/convoluted plots, richer and more emotion-based stories, much higher stakes, fewer statically-shot, massively boring exposition scenes, more attention to narrative history/character bg, worthy antagonists (Moriarty or her minions), new showrunner, diverse writing staff, more directing by Liu and MUCH MUCH more Watson. #JWDB
Jesus love
May 23, 2015 @ 11:30 pm
I hated season three finale sherlock just took the guys bait. He simply just gave into the drugs if am wstson I dont go back. What is the point of being so smart if u cant use it to fight such a weskness
CorporatePunk
May 24, 2015 @ 10:01 pm
I’m afraid that you are missing a key point here: being smart has little, if not any, impact on managing addiction. This is the whole point… Sherlock is alone, in the sense that no one (except Watson and other addicts) understand this.
Peri Menopausal
May 25, 2015 @ 3:26 pm
Totally agree. That’s why it would’ve been great to see Watson actually react to this, instead of just showing up to provide exposition that it’s been three days and dad’s coming. But I also agree with Jesus Love that the finale would’ve been much more impactful if Sherlock had fallen off the wagon instead of being set up and forced off of it by an adversary. The adversary of the addict is the addict himself.