Very good point about the two types of villain - the wacky/chaotic/harmless vs pure evil - and her allying herself with the wrong kind, and, basically, everything. I mean, it was a nice enough solution of the pool scene, but, like, yeah, it made her doomed to fail from the start.

(Irene Adler? Should have been an internet pirate. Just saying.)

Here's a post that sums up all my feelings nicely, which is good, because I'm lazy to type them out: http://rosa-acicularis.livejournal.com/43692.html#cutid1

Also, haaaah, very good point about the titles. Countdown before creepy angel motif commences?