A Pair of Professional Beauties

[neadods]

Elementary continues to point out that they Really Aren't Redoing Sherlock by casting someone as Inspector Gregson instead of Inspector Lestrade.

From A Study in Scarlet: "Gregson is the smartest of the Scotland Yarders," my friend remarked; "he and Lestrade are the pick of a bad lot. They are both quick and energetic, but conventional—shockingly so. They have their knives into one another, too. They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties.

Gregson may be smarter, but in the long run, Lestrade had more staying power in both the canon and the public mind; Gregson fades away to the point that in Sherlock he's little more than the probable reason behind DI Lestrade's never-canonically-given first name.

Comments

[tavella.livejournal.com]

I ran into a suggestion somewhere, maybe even one of your links, that Gregson was killed by Moriarty -- there's no stories that can be definitively id'd as set after the Great Game that include him. Which could be interesting.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

That wasn't me, but what a fascinating concept!

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

Actually, that makes me happier about the entire thing.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

They're taking an entirely different angle altogether, apparently; both their Sherlock and their Watson have major screwups in their pasts, rather than establishing a reputation/rebuilding after traumatic injury. It sounds like Gregson is the person who gets them back into the game.

I'm not wild about that setup, as it establishes both Holmes and Watson as in need of redemption rather than two halves of a crime-stopping whole.

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

I hear your concerns - though I think for me it's starting to get far enough away that I can think of it as a completely different story (and therefore much less annoying).

[neadods.livejournal.com]

it's starting to get far enough away that I can think of it as a completely different story (and therefore much less annoying).

There is that!

[inamac.livejournal.com]

And now I want to hunt up Gregson & Lestrade fic. I see them as a sort of Regan & Carter pairing (Sherlock/Sweeney - now there's a crossover...)