The Abbey Grange
Jul. 5th, 2018 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarahthecoatThis week for @astudyincanon book club, i listened to the audiobook (and i plan to watch the granada episode this evening). This is an old favorite i was happy to revisit. I love how sensitive Holmes is to the clues that lady Brackenstall is being abused. In fact, he is so attuned to it, that it takes him a while to pick up on why she is Really lying: not to protect her abuser! ACD works in one of his little mic-drop moments about how terrible it is that the law binds women to abusive men.
Then there is the wonderful scene with captain Crocker, and Holmes acknowledging that he has sometimes done more harm than good by uncovering the “criminal”, so he finds a way to satisfy his conscience, and serve Justice, if not the letter of the law.
Holmes’ designation of Watson as a “british jury” is rich praise, i can imagine Watson feeling quite warmed by it. They are lovely together throughout, even when Holmes is remarking on how Watson “ruins” his stories with exciting, sensational details that have no instructional purpose. Clearly he has read them all avidly, and felt the excitement!
EDIT to add, i did watch the granada episode, and hoo boy, the looks and expressions between holmes and watson while lady Bracknell is talking about her husband’s addiction, wow. Of course it turns out she was really talking about her father’s addiction, using that truth to wrap up the lie she was telling, about how her husband was killed. still, those looks the boys exchanged, VERY telling and oh so married.
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Jul 5th, 2018
Then there is the wonderful scene with captain Crocker, and Holmes acknowledging that he has sometimes done more harm than good by uncovering the “criminal”, so he finds a way to satisfy his conscience, and serve Justice, if not the letter of the law.
Holmes’ designation of Watson as a “british jury” is rich praise, i can imagine Watson feeling quite warmed by it. They are lovely together throughout, even when Holmes is remarking on how Watson “ruins” his stories with exciting, sensational details that have no instructional purpose. Clearly he has read them all avidly, and felt the excitement!
EDIT to add, i did watch the granada episode, and hoo boy, the looks and expressions between holmes and watson while lady Bracknell is talking about her husband’s addiction, wow. Of course it turns out she was really talking about her father’s addiction, using that truth to wrap up the lie she was telling, about how her husband was killed. still, those looks the boys exchanged, VERY telling and oh so married.
astudyincanon acd abbe abbe acd granada holmes addiction holmes & watson consulting husbands
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