An "Elementary" Conundrum

[nightdog_barks]

So I loved both Person of Interest and Elementary last night, but there's something about Elementary ...



At the end of the episode, I thought Irene was real. But since then I've seen other sources suggesting she was a hallucination, and that Sherlock was "primed" to see her. Someone also suggested that perhaps Sherlock was drugged.

Which brings me back to the moment in the episode when Sherlock said he had a "horrid taste" in his mouth, and he went and brushed his teeth. So what was that horrid taste? Where did it come from? The line came out of nowhere.

Was the horrid taste a drug? IDK, I am just thinking out loud.

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[nightdog_barks]

I hope so too! I mean, I'm not totally averse to a story being told via flashbacks and/or a hallucination, and it would be interesting to see Sherlock doubt his own sanity (heh, as I type this out, it all sounds SO MUCH like House!). But I'd still like for Irene to be alive and real, just because I think that would actually be the more difficult story to tell.