> She's also never read any of the stories, so she misses some of the little references that make watching a lot of fun.
I think I may have scared my parents a bit when I cheered (when Elementary's Holmes described Irene as "the Woman...who eclipsed...")

only after the s2 finale could I finally get either of my parents to read any of the original Holmes canon - the first paragraph of the first page of Scandal in Bohemia.