Last Thursday’s episode of Elementary (4/25/13), “Dead Man’s Switch” (1×20), featured our very first full glimpse into an Arthur Conan Doyle canon Sherlock Holmes story.

Elementary, a NY-based modern Holmes adaptation starring Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Joan Watson, has always strongly adhered to ACD’s original written works (first published in 1887). Critics of the CBS crime drama complaining about the lack of canon elements often seem to be doing so as a racist and sexist gesture (conscious or otherwise), attempting to discredit a popular TV show starring a woman of color (Liu), since their complaints of non-Holmesian situations and characterization rarely if ever hold up.

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In this new golden era of horror TV – with shows like The Walking Dead, True Blood, American Horror Story, Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries dominating the small screen – it’s hard to believe how many decent horror series have had a helluva time taking hold recently, even when they managed to grab high ratings and a serious fan following. Sure, every series that clicked with audiences then spawned its own imitators, and a lot of those probably deserved to die a quick death… but there were many strong contenders among them that deserved a better chance than they ended up getting. A few actually showed potential for greatness, but for one reason or another, they were canceled after – or even before – the end of their first season.

A married couple face prosecution for naming their baby Daemon after a character in the Vampire Diaries.