Season 2, Episode 2
Solve for X
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Brief Summery: When a well-respected mathematician is found dead, Holmes and Watson set out to solve a murder and the purpose of the highly guarded equation he was trying to decipher. Meanwhile, Watson is conflicted when the son of a former patient approaches her for a loan.
Review: Okay with this episode, we have Joan visiting the grave of one of her patients who passed away on the surgery table and made have her so much guilt where she quit working in medical. The son of the patient 'coincidentally' being at the grave site at the same time as Joan, and then asking Joan for a loan for a bar.
It was quite funny how Sherlock rocks up and says that Detective Bell had texted him to come, but it was a old text from 2 years ago. I thought that the crime was quite interesting with the invisible ink hiding a room of maths equations.
I loved Joans face when she walked inside and there is this random guy topless doing/looking at maths.
I love how Holmes had a suspect all figured out then Detective Bell tells him that the guy was murdered, and he seemed a little baffled at that. I've seen it happen in quite a lot of crime shows and it wasn''t all that surprising but quite predictable.
How the hell did Sherlock figure out what kind of dog it was ?!?!
We hear and learn about Joans past and what happened to make her change professions. It seemed fitting as last episode we learn about Sherlock. It was quite sad to hear what had happened.
I loved the scene with Sherlock and the taxi. Also a Sherlock work out scene, why hasn't this been done more often. I though Sherlocks speech about poisons and how guilt is the strongest form of poison, was really good and also so very true.
Joan asked for an advance on her paycheck to give to this kid and Sherlock ends up giving her $20,000 to give her a way out of it (which I thought was sweet of him to do). Let me tell you, this kid annoys me way to much, I kind of want to hit him. Joan ends up telling him that she will only pay for his education and not give him money for a bar. I thought that was good of her.
The crime is a bit confusing. you know its the professor but with her changing the time stamp on the video, you get confused. At the start the crime seems really cool and interesting but by the end you only cared about the storyline with Joans past.
On an end note I really likes Sherlock at the end being all sweet and asking to go with Joan to visit the grave with her next time.