Sherlock's kinky sex, with the possible implication he pays for it, pinged me as more a Mulder than a House behavior. I know that doesn't make sense. It should look the opposite, so I'll try to explain. Mulder watched porn and engaged in casual hookups; outside flirtation and serious relationships, House paid hookers. Yes. Still, I'm seeing this more as a Mulder thing I think because Sherlock, like Mulder, needs release. In terms of his sex life he's not into puerile rebellion ala House, at least I don't think so after watching one ep, but rather he just needs to get off in order to eliminate any distraction from work. I hope that's right. I hope his kinks continue to look matter-of-fact like Mulder's rather than flaunted like House's. The flaunting really turned me off to House as a character.

In those terms, I'd love to also see Watson engage in a lost weekend of sex with a complete stranger ala Scully in the ep "Never Again." That's the one in which she gets the ouroboros tattoo.

I see where this is going now. I miss Mulder and Scully, and I'm really really hoping to see something of their dynamic in Elementary. Bother.