Elementary

Wen Ruohan, an eccentric, once wildly popular, now washed up newspaper columnist, who’s been cut off by his rich father and has sunk into a deep writer’s block and post-divorce depression (full of drugs, alcohol, and self-pity), realizes that he doesn’t have enough money to rent the apartment he’s living in. His new roommate is even weirder than he is: cold, ridiculously intelligent, with amazing powers of deduction, and very likely linked to the criminal underworld.-“If you are not opposed, I will move in tomorrow."“Excellent! Though, I must warn you, I do have a few bad habits.”“I know. As long as we do not interfere with one another, I see no reason why these habits should affect me.”Throwing his head back and laughing, Wen Ruohan asks, “You know?”“You smoke,” Lan Qiren says flatly, “As do I.” He pushes his glasses up. “You drink heavily, indulge in cocaine, and have no fixed schedule. You gamble, too, but not compulsively. Only socially. You seem to have an excellent command of figures. I think I can depend on you paying the rent on time.”Wen Ruohan stares at him, and then gets angry. “What have you been doing, following me around?!” he demands. “What kind of-”