List of Elementary episodes
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Elementary is an American crime drama created by Robert Doherty and loosely based on Sherlock Holmes and other characters appearing in the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The series stars Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn, and Jon Michael Hill and premiered on CBS on September 27, 2012. On December 17, 2018, it was announced that the series would end after the seventh season. During the course of the series, 154 episodes of Elementary aired over seven seasons, between September 27, 2012, and August 15, 2019.
Tables
First released
First released
Season
First released
Episodes
Last released
1
1
Season
1
Episodes
24
Episodes
September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27)
Originally released
May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16)
2
2
Season
2
Episodes
24
Episodes
September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)
Originally released
May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15)
3
3
Season
3
Episodes
24
Episodes
October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30)
Originally released
May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14)
4
4
Season
4
Episodes
24
Episodes
November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05)
Originally released
May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)
5
5
Season
5
Episodes
24
Episodes
October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02)
Originally released
May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)
6
6
Season
6
Episodes
21
Episodes
April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30)
Originally released
September 17, 2018 (2018-09-17)
7
7
Season
7
Episodes
13
Episodes
May 23, 2019 (2019-05-23)
Originally released
August 15, 2019 (2019-08-15)
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 24 | September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27) | May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) | |
| 2 | 24 | September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26) | May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15) | |
| 3 | 24 | October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30) | May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14) | |
| 4 | 24 | November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05) | May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08) | |
| 5 | 24 | October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02) | May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21) | |
| 6 | 21 | April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30) | September 17, 2018 (2018-09-17) | |
| 7 | 13 | May 23, 2019 (2019-05-23) | August 15, 2019 (2019-08-15) | |
· Episodes › Season 1 (2012–13)
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1
Title
"Pilot"
Directed by
Michael Cuesta
Written by
Robert Doherty
Original release date
September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27)
U . viewers
(millions)
13
Joan Watson is hired by Morland Holmes to be the sober companion of his recovering addict son Sherlock, who used to work for Scotland Yard as a consultant on homicides. The day of his release, Sherlock escapes from rehab to help Captain Gregson with the case of a woman who was attacked and supposedly kidnapped, only to find her body in a concealed
Joan Watson is hired by Morland Holmes to be the sober companion of his recovering addict son Sherlock, who used to work for Scotland Yard as a consultant on homicides. The day of his release, Sherlock escapes from rehab to help Captain Gregson with the case of a woman who was attacked and supposedly kidnapped, only to find her body in a concealed
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Joan Watson is hired by Morland Holmes to be the sober companion of his recovering addict son Sherlock, who used to work for Scotland Yard as a consultant on homicides. The day of his release, Sherlock escapes from rehab to help Captain Gregson with the case of a woman who was attacked and supposedly kidnapped, only to find her body in a concealed
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2
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season
2
Title
"While You Were Sleeping"
Directed by
John David Coles
Written by
Robert Doherty
Original release date
October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04)
U . viewers
(millions)
11
Sherlock and Joan investigate two murders. Sherlock notices that both victims had corneal dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder, which suggests they are related. They discover that they were the illegitimate offspring of a wealthy deceased businessman. His large fortune is to be disbursed to his fraternal twin daughters within days. A witness provides
Sherlock and Joan investigate two murders. Sherlock notices that both victims had corneal dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder, which suggests they are related. They discover that they were the illegitimate offspring of a wealthy deceased businessman. His large fortune is to be disbursed to his fraternal twin daughters within days. A witness provides
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Sherlock and Joan investigate two murders. Sherlock notices that both victims had corneal dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder, which suggests they are related. They discover that they were the illegitimate offspring of a wealthy deceased businessman. His large fortune is to be disbursed to his fraternal twin daughters within days. A witness provides
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3
Title
"Child Predator"
Directed by
Rod Holcomb
Written by
Peter Blake
Original release date
October 18, 2012 (2012-10-18)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
Sherlock and Joan investigate the abduction of a young girl by a serial killer known as "the Balloon Man", whose name comes from the fact that balloons are left at the scene of each of his abductions. The Balloon Man targets children. Matters get complicated when the Balloon Man's first victim from 2005, Adam Kemper, is caught by the police. Sherlo
Sherlock and Joan investigate the abduction of a young girl by a serial killer known as "the Balloon Man", whose name comes from the fact that balloons are left at the scene of each of his abductions. The Balloon Man targets children. Matters get complicated when the Balloon Man's first victim from 2005, Adam Kemper, is caught by the police. Sherlo
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Sherlock and Joan investigate the abduction of a young girl by a serial killer known as "the Balloon Man", whose name comes from the fact that balloons are left at the scene of each of his abductions. The Balloon Man targets children. Matters get complicated when the Balloon Man's first victim from 2005, Adam Kemper, is caught by the police. Sherlo
4
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4
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4
Title
"Rat Race"
Directed by
Rosemary Rodriguez
Written by
Craig Sweeny
Original release date
October 25, 2012 (2012-10-25)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
Sherlock and Joan are hired to find a missing investment firm executive, who turns up dead of a heroin overdose that is not accidental. After identifying other victims, he suspects a serial killer is murdering their way up the company's ranks. The man who hired Sherlock is the prime suspect; he worked at the branches where and when the others were
Sherlock and Joan are hired to find a missing investment firm executive, who turns up dead of a heroin overdose that is not accidental. After identifying other victims, he suspects a serial killer is murdering their way up the company's ranks. The man who hired Sherlock is the prime suspect; he worked at the branches where and when the others were
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Sherlock and Joan are hired to find a missing investment firm executive, who turns up dead of a heroin overdose that is not accidental. After identifying other victims, he suspects a serial killer is murdering their way up the company's ranks. The man who hired Sherlock is the prime suspect; he worked at the branches where and when the others were
5
5
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5
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5
Title
"Lesser Evils"
Directed by
Colin Bucksey
Written by
Liz Friedman
Original release date
November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
While doing research in the hospital morgue, Sherlock stumbles upon a murder that no one else noticed. Someone with medical knowledge is poisoning pain-racked, near-death patients with epinephrine and making it look like they died of natural causes. He murdered eight others. The killer becomes acquainted with his victims; one of them spoke only Ukr
While doing research in the hospital morgue, Sherlock stumbles upon a murder that no one else noticed. Someone with medical knowledge is poisoning pain-racked, near-death patients with epinephrine and making it look like they died of natural causes. He murdered eight others. The killer becomes acquainted with his victims; one of them spoke only Ukr
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While doing research in the hospital morgue, Sherlock stumbles upon a murder that no one else noticed. Someone with medical knowledge is poisoning pain-racked, near-death patients with epinephrine and making it look like they died of natural causes. He murdered eight others. The killer becomes acquainted with his victims; one of them spoke only Ukr
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6
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6
Title
"Flight Risk"
Directed by
David Platt
Written by
Corinne Brinkerhoff
Original release date
November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
A small plane crashed on a beach, killing all four aboard. Sherlock deduces that one of them was murdered beforehand by the lack of bleeding. Sand was put into the fuel tank to disable the plane's engine, and the murder victim walked in on the perpetrator at work. His corpse was then stuffed in the cargo hold, which caused a weight imbalance and th
A small plane crashed on a beach, killing all four aboard. Sherlock deduces that one of them was murdered beforehand by the lack of bleeding. Sand was put into the fuel tank to disable the plane's engine, and the murder victim walked in on the perpetrator at work. His corpse was then stuffed in the cargo hold, which caused a weight imbalance and th
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A small plane crashed on a beach, killing all four aboard. Sherlock deduces that one of them was murdered beforehand by the lack of bleeding. Sand was put into the fuel tank to disable the plane's engine, and the murder victim walked in on the perpetrator at work. His corpse was then stuffed in the cargo hold, which caused a weight imbalance and th
7
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7
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7
Title
"One Way to Get Off"
Directed by
Seith Mann
Written by
Christopher Silber
Original release date
November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
Sherlock assists Gregson with a double homicide investigation that has the same modus operandi as a series of murders from 13 years earlier. That case led to the conviction of Wade Crewes, who is still in jail, and gave Gregson his big break. While Gregson looks for a copycat killer, Sherlock digs into the old case. He discovers that either Gregson
Sherlock assists Gregson with a double homicide investigation that has the same modus operandi as a series of murders from 13 years earlier. That case led to the conviction of Wade Crewes, who is still in jail, and gave Gregson his big break. While Gregson looks for a copycat killer, Sherlock digs into the old case. He discovers that either Gregson
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Sherlock assists Gregson with a double homicide investigation that has the same modus operandi as a series of murders from 13 years earlier. That case led to the conviction of Wade Crewes, who is still in jail, and gave Gregson his big break. While Gregson looks for a copycat killer, Sherlock digs into the old case. He discovers that either Gregson
8
8
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8
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8
Title
"The Long Fuse"
Directed by
Andrew Bernstein
Written by
Jeffrey Paul King
Original release date
November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
A bomb explodes in the office of a website design company, killing two and injuring eleven. The first suspect is someone who called a pager that triggered the bomb, but he just misdialed the number. The bomb is four years old, leading to investigation of the company that occupied the premises at that time. That turns out to be a high-powered public
A bomb explodes in the office of a website design company, killing two and injuring eleven. The first suspect is someone who called a pager that triggered the bomb, but he just misdialed the number. The bomb is four years old, leading to investigation of the company that occupied the premises at that time. That turns out to be a high-powered public
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A bomb explodes in the office of a website design company, killing two and injuring eleven. The first suspect is someone who called a pager that triggered the bomb, but he just misdialed the number. The bomb is four years old, leading to investigation of the company that occupied the premises at that time. That turns out to be a high-powered public
9
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9
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9
Title
"You Do It to Yourself"
Directed by
Phil Abraham
Written by
Peter Blake
Original release date
December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
An under-the-weather Sherlock investigates the murder of a college professor who was shot in both eyes. Sherlock retraces the victim's steps back to the illicit gambling parlor in Chinatown where he was killed. Gregson is able to bring in the gunman thanks to video surveillance footage, but the killer claims that the victim himself hired him as his
An under-the-weather Sherlock investigates the murder of a college professor who was shot in both eyes. Sherlock retraces the victim's steps back to the illicit gambling parlor in Chinatown where he was killed. Gregson is able to bring in the gunman thanks to video surveillance footage, but the killer claims that the victim himself hired him as his
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An under-the-weather Sherlock investigates the murder of a college professor who was shot in both eyes. Sherlock retraces the victim's steps back to the illicit gambling parlor in Chinatown where he was killed. Gregson is able to bring in the gunman thanks to video surveillance footage, but the killer claims that the victim himself hired him as his
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10
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10
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10
Title
"The Leviathan"
Directed by
Peter Werner
Written by
Corinne Brinkerhoff and Craig Sweeny
Original release date
December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
When a supposedly uncrackable bank vault called the "Leviathan" is breached for the second time, Sherlock is called in to figure out what went wrong. The first time, the heist was committed by a once-in-a-lifetime teaming of four world-class criminals. They were all caught and imprisoned, so the vault company cannot imagine how anyone else got in.
When a supposedly uncrackable bank vault called the "Leviathan" is breached for the second time, Sherlock is called in to figure out what went wrong. The first time, the heist was committed by a once-in-a-lifetime teaming of four world-class criminals. They were all caught and imprisoned, so the vault company cannot imagine how anyone else got in.
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When a supposedly uncrackable bank vault called the "Leviathan" is breached for the second time, Sherlock is called in to figure out what went wrong. The first time, the heist was committed by a once-in-a-lifetime teaming of four world-class criminals. They were all caught and imprisoned, so the vault company cannot imagine how anyone else got in.
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11
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11
Title
"Dirty Laundry"
Directed by
John David Coles
Written by
Liz Friedman and Christopher Silber
Original release date
January 3, 2013 (2013-01-03)
U . viewers
(millions)
11
Sherlock and Joan investigate the murder of Teri Purcell, the general manager of a high-end Manhattan hotel, whose body was stuffed into one of the hotel's industrial driers. The woman's background and family seem clean, but a call girl reveals that the victim secretly helped her and her cohorts to ply their trade at the hotel, and at no charge. Te
Sherlock and Joan investigate the murder of Teri Purcell, the general manager of a high-end Manhattan hotel, whose body was stuffed into one of the hotel's industrial driers. The woman's background and family seem clean, but a call girl reveals that the victim secretly helped her and her cohorts to ply their trade at the hotel, and at no charge. Te
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Sherlock and Joan investigate the murder of Teri Purcell, the general manager of a high-end Manhattan hotel, whose body was stuffed into one of the hotel's industrial driers. The woman's background and family seem clean, but a call girl reveals that the victim secretly helped her and her cohorts to ply their trade at the hotel, and at no charge. Te
12
12
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12
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12
Title
"M."
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Robert Doherty
Original release date
January 10, 2013 (2013-01-10)
U . viewers
(millions)
11
Sherlock is reunited with British serial killer "M" who appears to have followed him to New York; Joan eventually learns that "M" is the one who murdered Sherlock's lover Irene Adler, causing him to spiral into his previous drug addiction. However, after Sherlock captures "M" and privately interrogates him, he learns that "M" (whose name is Sebasti
Sherlock is reunited with British serial killer "M" who appears to have followed him to New York; Joan eventually learns that "M" is the one who murdered Sherlock's lover Irene Adler, causing him to spiral into his previous drug addiction. However, after Sherlock captures "M" and privately interrogates him, he learns that "M" (whose name is Sebasti
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Sherlock is reunited with British serial killer "M" who appears to have followed him to New York; Joan eventually learns that "M" is the one who murdered Sherlock's lover Irene Adler, causing him to spiral into his previous drug addiction. However, after Sherlock captures "M" and privately interrogates him, he learns that "M" (whose name is Sebasti
13
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13
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season
13
Title
"The Red Team"
Directed by
Christine Moore
Written by
S : Craig Sweeny;
S/T : Jeffrey Paul King
Original release date
January 31, 2013 (2013-01-31)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
After getting suspended by Gregson at the end of the episode "M.", Sherlock decides to spend some time pursuing one of his favorite activities: riling up conspiracy theorists on the Internet. When one of the theorists goes missing, Sherlock decides to investigate on his own. After finding that the man was killed in a suspicious hit-and-run accident
After getting suspended by Gregson at the end of the episode "M.", Sherlock decides to spend some time pursuing one of his favorite activities: riling up conspiracy theorists on the Internet. When one of the theorists goes missing, Sherlock decides to investigate on his own. After finding that the man was killed in a suspicious hit-and-run accident
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After getting suspended by Gregson at the end of the episode "M.", Sherlock decides to spend some time pursuing one of his favorite activities: riling up conspiracy theorists on the Internet. When one of the theorists goes missing, Sherlock decides to investigate on his own. After finding that the man was killed in a suspicious hit-and-run accident
14
14
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14
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season
14
Title
"The Deductionist"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Craig Sweeny and Robert Doherty
Original release date
February 3, 2013 (2013-02-03)
U . viewers
(millions)
20
While getting prepped in a hospital for a kidney donation to his ill sister, serial murderer Howard Ennis escapes from custody and resumes killing. Sherlock is brought in to consult, but bristles after learning that he must work alongside Kathryn Drummond, an FBI profiler who wrote a book about Ennis. She and Sherlock have a past, but their associa
While getting prepped in a hospital for a kidney donation to his ill sister, serial murderer Howard Ennis escapes from custody and resumes killing. Sherlock is brought in to consult, but bristles after learning that he must work alongside Kathryn Drummond, an FBI profiler who wrote a book about Ennis. She and Sherlock have a past, but their associa
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While getting prepped in a hospital for a kidney donation to his ill sister, serial murderer Howard Ennis escapes from custody and resumes killing. Sherlock is brought in to consult, but bristles after learning that he must work alongside Kathryn Drummond, an FBI profiler who wrote a book about Ennis. She and Sherlock have a past, but their associa
15
15
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15
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15
Title
"A Giant Gun, Filled with Drugs"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
S : Christopher Silber;
T : Corinne Brinkerhoff and Liz Friedman
Original release date
February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
Sherlock assists his old friend Rhys Kinlan after Emily, the latter's adult daughter, is abducted. The kidnapper wants $2 million, the exact amount Rhys stole from the Dominican drug cartel he worked for. Rhys, however, squandered it all within 18 months. Joan becomes worried when she learns that Rhys used to be Sherlock's drug dealer. When Rhys
Sherlock assists his old friend Rhys Kinlan after Emily, the latter's adult daughter, is abducted. The kidnapper wants $2 million, the exact amount Rhys stole from the Dominican drug cartel he worked for. Rhys, however, squandered it all within 18 months. Joan becomes worried when she learns that Rhys used to be Sherlock's drug dealer. When Rhys
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Sherlock assists his old friend Rhys Kinlan after Emily, the latter's adult daughter, is abducted. The kidnapper wants $2 million, the exact amount Rhys stole from the Dominican drug cartel he worked for. Rhys, however, squandered it all within 18 months. Joan becomes worried when she learns that Rhys used to be Sherlock's drug dealer. When Rhys
16
16
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16
No. in
season
16
Title
"Details"
Directed by
Sanaa Hamri
Written by
S : Robert Doherty;
T : Jeffrey Paul King and Jason Tracey
Original release date
February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
While driving home after a long day, Bell is shot at, and his car overturns. He is not able to get a good look at the shooter, but he recognizes the car as belonging to a recently released drug lord who had vowed to get revenge for Bell's involvement in the man's conviction. Then the criminal turns up dead, and all the evidence points to Bell. Sher
While driving home after a long day, Bell is shot at, and his car overturns. He is not able to get a good look at the shooter, but he recognizes the car as belonging to a recently released drug lord who had vowed to get revenge for Bell's involvement in the man's conviction. Then the criminal turns up dead, and all the evidence points to Bell. Sher
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While driving home after a long day, Bell is shot at, and his car overturns. He is not able to get a good look at the shooter, but he recognizes the car as belonging to a recently released drug lord who had vowed to get revenge for Bell's involvement in the man's conviction. Then the criminal turns up dead, and all the evidence points to Bell. Sher
17
17
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17
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season
17
Title
"Possibility Two"
Directed by
Seith Mann
Written by
Mark Goffman
Original release date
February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21)
U . viewers
(millions)
11
While helping Joan learn deductive skills, Sherlock is approached by Gerald Lydon, a wealthy man suffering from an incurable disease that is destroying his mind. The disease is genetic. However, there is no family history of the disease, so Lydon is certain that someone gave it to him somehow. Unconvinced, Sherlock refuses the case. After Lydon kil
While helping Joan learn deductive skills, Sherlock is approached by Gerald Lydon, a wealthy man suffering from an incurable disease that is destroying his mind. The disease is genetic. However, there is no family history of the disease, so Lydon is certain that someone gave it to him somehow. Unconvinced, Sherlock refuses the case. After Lydon kil
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While helping Joan learn deductive skills, Sherlock is approached by Gerald Lydon, a wealthy man suffering from an incurable disease that is destroying his mind. The disease is genetic. However, there is no family history of the disease, so Lydon is certain that someone gave it to him somehow. Unconvinced, Sherlock refuses the case. After Lydon kil
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18
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18
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season
18
Title
"Déjà Vu All Over Again"
Directed by
Jerry Levine
Written by
Brian Rodenbeck
Original release date
March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)
U . viewers
(millions)
11
Sherlock and Joan are handed a case of a woman who disappeared six months before. She had left behind only a video announcing that she was leaving her husband and reflecting on how her life was affected by the news of a woman who was given a bouquet and then shoved into the path of a subway train by a complete stranger. Sherlock thinks this case is
Sherlock and Joan are handed a case of a woman who disappeared six months before. She had left behind only a video announcing that she was leaving her husband and reflecting on how her life was affected by the news of a woman who was given a bouquet and then shoved into the path of a subway train by a complete stranger. Sherlock thinks this case is
No.
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Sherlock and Joan are handed a case of a woman who disappeared six months before. She had left behind only a video announcing that she was leaving her husband and reflecting on how her life was affected by the news of a woman who was given a bouquet and then shoved into the path of a subway train by a complete stranger. Sherlock thinks this case is
19
19
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19
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season
19
Title
"Snow Angels"
Directed by
Andrew Bernstein
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
April 4, 2013 (2013-04-04)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
A security guard is killed during a robbery of unreleased mobile phones, but shoots one of the criminals before dying. The robbery turns out to be a smokescreen to steal blueprints. Sherlock and Joan head to New Jersey to prevent the East Rutherford Operations Center (EROC) from being burglarized during a snowstorm; the city is locked down, with ro
A security guard is killed during a robbery of unreleased mobile phones, but shoots one of the criminals before dying. The robbery turns out to be a smokescreen to steal blueprints. Sherlock and Joan head to New Jersey to prevent the East Rutherford Operations Center (EROC) from being burglarized during a snowstorm; the city is locked down, with ro
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A security guard is killed during a robbery of unreleased mobile phones, but shoots one of the criminals before dying. The robbery turns out to be a smokescreen to steal blueprints. Sherlock and Joan head to New Jersey to prevent the East Rutherford Operations Center (EROC) from being burglarized during a snowstorm; the city is locked down, with ro
20
20
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20
No. in
season
20
Title
"Dead Man's Switch"
Directed by
Larry Teng
Written by
T : Liz Friedman;
S/T : Christopher Silber
Original release date
April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
Sherlock's first anniversary of being sober is approaching, but he does not want to celebrate the event. Meanwhile, a blackmailer targets the fathers of three rape victims and even the rapist - the blackmailer warns that a "fail-safe" accomplice will put the videos online in the event of his arrest or demise. Sherlock identifies a man named Milvert
Sherlock's first anniversary of being sober is approaching, but he does not want to celebrate the event. Meanwhile, a blackmailer targets the fathers of three rape victims and even the rapist - the blackmailer warns that a "fail-safe" accomplice will put the videos online in the event of his arrest or demise. Sherlock identifies a man named Milvert
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Sherlock's first anniversary of being sober is approaching, but he does not want to celebrate the event. Meanwhile, a blackmailer targets the fathers of three rape victims and even the rapist - the blackmailer warns that a "fail-safe" accomplice will put the videos online in the event of his arrest or demise. Sherlock identifies a man named Milvert
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21
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21
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21
Title
"A Landmark Story"
Directed by
Peter Werner
Written by
Corinne Brinkerhoff
Original release date
May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
City councilman Van Der Hoff is forced to change his vote online, then murdered through his hacked pacemaker by serial killer Daniel Gottlieb. Everyone assumes he died of a routine heart attack. Sebastian Moran offers to confess to other murders, but only to Sherlock. Eager to get back at Moriarty for betraying and continuing to try to murder him,
City councilman Van Der Hoff is forced to change his vote online, then murdered through his hacked pacemaker by serial killer Daniel Gottlieb. Everyone assumes he died of a routine heart attack. Sebastian Moran offers to confess to other murders, but only to Sherlock. Eager to get back at Moriarty for betraying and continuing to try to murder him,
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City councilman Van Der Hoff is forced to change his vote online, then murdered through his hacked pacemaker by serial killer Daniel Gottlieb. Everyone assumes he died of a routine heart attack. Sebastian Moran offers to confess to other murders, but only to Sherlock. Eager to get back at Moriarty for betraying and continuing to try to murder him,
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22
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22
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season
22
Title
"Risk Management"
Directed by
Adam Davidson
Written by
S : Robert Doherty;
S/T : Liz Friedman
Original release date
May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
Moriarty calls Sherlock to have him look into the several-month-old unsolved murder of a mechanic; in exchange, he offers to give answers about Irene Adler's death. The mechanic was under surveillance by a private security firm whose founder's sister was killed before. After Sherlock tells the founder, Daren Sutter, that he knows Sutter avenged his
Moriarty calls Sherlock to have him look into the several-month-old unsolved murder of a mechanic; in exchange, he offers to give answers about Irene Adler's death. The mechanic was under surveillance by a private security firm whose founder's sister was killed before. After Sherlock tells the founder, Daren Sutter, that he knows Sutter avenged his
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Moriarty calls Sherlock to have him look into the several-month-old unsolved murder of a mechanic; in exchange, he offers to give answers about Irene Adler's death. The mechanic was under surveillance by a private security firm whose founder's sister was killed before. After Sherlock tells the founder, Daren Sutter, that he knows Sutter avenged his
23
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23
Title
"The Woman"
Directed by
Seith Mann
Written by
Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny
Original release date
May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Flashbacks reveal Sherlock's meeting with Irene two years ago and their subsequent relationship, including her "preserving" antique works of art by returning to museums her forgeries of the paintings rather than the restored originals. Irene was psychologically tortured for the past 18 months, which she believes to have been seven years. Sherlock d
Flashbacks reveal Sherlock's meeting with Irene two years ago and their subsequent relationship, including her "preserving" antique works of art by returning to museums her forgeries of the paintings rather than the restored originals. Irene was psychologically tortured for the past 18 months, which she believes to have been seven years. Sherlock d
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Flashbacks reveal Sherlock's meeting with Irene two years ago and their subsequent relationship, including her "preserving" antique works of art by returning to museums her forgeries of the paintings rather than the restored originals. Irene was psychologically tortured for the past 18 months, which she believes to have been seven years. Sherlock d
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24
Title
"Heroine"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny
Original release date
May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Moriarty reveals that she faked her murder to distract Sherlock from interfering with her plans, though she did not anticipate his drug overdose. She asks him to let her win and then he can have the United States all to himself. Sherlock uncovers her plan to have the father (Arnold Vosloo) of a woman she kidnapped, in addition to smuggling in two l
Moriarty reveals that she faked her murder to distract Sherlock from interfering with her plans, though she did not anticipate his drug overdose. She asks him to let her win and then he can have the United States all to himself. Sherlock uncovers her plan to have the father (Arnold Vosloo) of a woman she kidnapped, in addition to smuggling in two l
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Moriarty reveals that she faked her murder to distract Sherlock from interfering with her plans, though she did not anticipate his drug overdose. She asks him to let her win and then he can have the United States all to himself. Sherlock uncovers her plan to have the father (Arnold Vosloo) of a woman she kidnapped, in addition to smuggling in two l
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) | |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Michael Cuesta | Robert Doherty | September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27) | 13 | |
| Joan Watson is hired by Morland Holmes to be the sober companion of his recovering addict son Sherlock, who used to work for Scotland Yard as a consultant on homicides. The day of his release, Sherlock escapes from rehab to help Captain Gregson with the case of a woman who was attacked and supposedly kidnapped, only to find her body in a concealed | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "While You Were Sleeping" | John David Coles | Robert Doherty | October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04) | 11 | |
| Sherlock and Joan investigate two murders. Sherlock notices that both victims had corneal dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder, which suggests they are related. They discover that they were the illegitimate offspring of a wealthy deceased businessman. His large fortune is to be disbursed to his fraternal twin daughters within days. A witness provides | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Child Predator" | Rod Holcomb | Peter Blake | October 18, 2012 (2012-10-18) | 10 | |
| Sherlock and Joan investigate the abduction of a young girl by a serial killer known as "the Balloon Man", whose name comes from the fact that balloons are left at the scene of each of his abductions. The Balloon Man targets children. Matters get complicated when the Balloon Man's first victim from 2005, Adam Kemper, is caught by the police. Sherlo | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Rat Race" | Rosemary Rodriguez | Craig Sweeny | October 25, 2012 (2012-10-25) | 10 | |
| Sherlock and Joan are hired to find a missing investment firm executive, who turns up dead of a heroin overdose that is not accidental. After identifying other victims, he suspects a serial killer is murdering their way up the company's ranks. The man who hired Sherlock is the prime suspect; he worked at the branches where and when the others were | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Lesser Evils" | Colin Bucksey | Liz Friedman | November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01) | 10 | |
| While doing research in the hospital morgue, Sherlock stumbles upon a murder that no one else noticed. Someone with medical knowledge is poisoning pain-racked, near-death patients with epinephrine and making it look like they died of natural causes. He murdered eight others. The killer becomes acquainted with his victims; one of them spoke only Ukr | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Flight Risk" | David Platt | Corinne Brinkerhoff | November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08) | 10 | |
| A small plane crashed on a beach, killing all four aboard. Sherlock deduces that one of them was murdered beforehand by the lack of bleeding. Sand was put into the fuel tank to disable the plane's engine, and the murder victim walked in on the perpetrator at work. His corpse was then stuffed in the cargo hold, which caused a weight imbalance and th | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "One Way to Get Off" | Seith Mann | Christopher Silber | November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15) | 10 | |
| Sherlock assists Gregson with a double homicide investigation that has the same modus operandi as a series of murders from 13 years earlier. That case led to the conviction of Wade Crewes, who is still in jail, and gave Gregson his big break. While Gregson looks for a copycat killer, Sherlock digs into the old case. He discovers that either Gregson | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Long Fuse" | Andrew Bernstein | Jeffrey Paul King | November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29) | 10 | |
| A bomb explodes in the office of a website design company, killing two and injuring eleven. The first suspect is someone who called a pager that triggered the bomb, but he just misdialed the number. The bomb is four years old, leading to investigation of the company that occupied the premises at that time. That turns out to be a high-powered public | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "You Do It to Yourself" | Phil Abraham | Peter Blake | December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06) | 10 | |
| An under-the-weather Sherlock investigates the murder of a college professor who was shot in both eyes. Sherlock retraces the victim's steps back to the illicit gambling parlor in Chinatown where he was killed. Gregson is able to bring in the gunman thanks to video surveillance footage, but the killer claims that the victim himself hired him as his | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Leviathan" | Peter Werner | Corinne Brinkerhoff and Craig Sweeny | December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13) | 10 | |
| When a supposedly uncrackable bank vault called the "Leviathan" is breached for the second time, Sherlock is called in to figure out what went wrong. The first time, the heist was committed by a once-in-a-lifetime teaming of four world-class criminals. They were all caught and imprisoned, so the vault company cannot imagine how anyone else got in. | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Dirty Laundry" | John David Coles | Liz Friedman and Christopher Silber | January 3, 2013 (2013-01-03) | 11 | |
| Sherlock and Joan investigate the murder of Teri Purcell, the general manager of a high-end Manhattan hotel, whose body was stuffed into one of the hotel's industrial driers. The woman's background and family seem clean, but a call girl reveals that the victim secretly helped her and her cohorts to ply their trade at the hotel, and at no charge. Te | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "M." | John Polson | Robert Doherty | January 10, 2013 (2013-01-10) | 11 | |
| Sherlock is reunited with British serial killer "M" who appears to have followed him to New York; Joan eventually learns that "M" is the one who murdered Sherlock's lover Irene Adler, causing him to spiral into his previous drug addiction. However, after Sherlock captures "M" and privately interrogates him, he learns that "M" (whose name is Sebasti | |||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Red Team" | Christine Moore | S : Craig Sweeny; S/T : Jeffrey Paul King | January 31, 2013 (2013-01-31) | 10 | |
| After getting suspended by Gregson at the end of the episode "M.", Sherlock decides to spend some time pursuing one of his favorite activities: riling up conspiracy theorists on the Internet. When one of the theorists goes missing, Sherlock decides to investigate on his own. After finding that the man was killed in a suspicious hit-and-run accident | |||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Deductionist" | John Polson | Craig Sweeny and Robert Doherty | February 3, 2013 (2013-02-03) | 20 | |
| While getting prepped in a hospital for a kidney donation to his ill sister, serial murderer Howard Ennis escapes from custody and resumes killing. Sherlock is brought in to consult, but bristles after learning that he must work alongside Kathryn Drummond, an FBI profiler who wrote a book about Ennis. She and Sherlock have a past, but their associa | |||||||
| 15 | 15 | "A Giant Gun, Filled with Drugs" | Guy Ferland | S : Christopher Silber; T : Corinne Brinkerhoff and Liz Friedman | February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07) | 10 | |
| Sherlock assists his old friend Rhys Kinlan after Emily, the latter's adult daughter, is abducted. The kidnapper wants $2 million, the exact amount Rhys stole from the Dominican drug cartel he worked for. Rhys, however, squandered it all within 18 months. Joan becomes worried when she learns that Rhys used to be Sherlock's drug dealer. When Rhys | |||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Details" | Sanaa Hamri | S : Robert Doherty; T : Jeffrey Paul King and Jason Tracey | February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14) | 10 | |
| While driving home after a long day, Bell is shot at, and his car overturns. He is not able to get a good look at the shooter, but he recognizes the car as belonging to a recently released drug lord who had vowed to get revenge for Bell's involvement in the man's conviction. Then the criminal turns up dead, and all the evidence points to Bell. Sher | |||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Possibility Two" | Seith Mann | Mark Goffman | February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21) | 11 | |
| While helping Joan learn deductive skills, Sherlock is approached by Gerald Lydon, a wealthy man suffering from an incurable disease that is destroying his mind. The disease is genetic. However, there is no family history of the disease, so Lydon is certain that someone gave it to him somehow. Unconvinced, Sherlock refuses the case. After Lydon kil | |||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Déjà Vu All Over Again" | Jerry Levine | Brian Rodenbeck | March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14) | 11 | |
| Sherlock and Joan are handed a case of a woman who disappeared six months before. She had left behind only a video announcing that she was leaving her husband and reflecting on how her life was affected by the news of a woman who was given a bouquet and then shoved into the path of a subway train by a complete stranger. Sherlock thinks this case is | |||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Snow Angels" | Andrew Bernstein | Jason Tracey | April 4, 2013 (2013-04-04) | 10 | |
| A security guard is killed during a robbery of unreleased mobile phones, but shoots one of the criminals before dying. The robbery turns out to be a smokescreen to steal blueprints. Sherlock and Joan head to New Jersey to prevent the East Rutherford Operations Center (EROC) from being burglarized during a snowstorm; the city is locked down, with ro | |||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Dead Man's Switch" | Larry Teng | T : Liz Friedman; S/T : Christopher Silber | April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25) | 10 | |
| Sherlock's first anniversary of being sober is approaching, but he does not want to celebrate the event. Meanwhile, a blackmailer targets the fathers of three rape victims and even the rapist - the blackmailer warns that a "fail-safe" accomplice will put the videos online in the event of his arrest or demise. Sherlock identifies a man named Milvert | |||||||
| 21 | 21 | "A Landmark Story" | Peter Werner | Corinne Brinkerhoff | May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02) | 9 | |
| City councilman Van Der Hoff is forced to change his vote online, then murdered through his hacked pacemaker by serial killer Daniel Gottlieb. Everyone assumes he died of a routine heart attack. Sebastian Moran offers to confess to other murders, but only to Sherlock. Eager to get back at Moriarty for betraying and continuing to try to murder him, | |||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Risk Management" | Adam Davidson | S : Robert Doherty; S/T : Liz Friedman | May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09) | 9 | |
| Moriarty calls Sherlock to have him look into the several-month-old unsolved murder of a mechanic; in exchange, he offers to give answers about Irene Adler's death. The mechanic was under surveillance by a private security firm whose founder's sister was killed before. After Sherlock tells the founder, Daren Sutter, that he knows Sutter avenged his | |||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Woman" | Seith Mann | Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny | May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) | 8 | |
| Flashbacks reveal Sherlock's meeting with Irene two years ago and their subsequent relationship, including her "preserving" antique works of art by returning to museums her forgeries of the paintings rather than the restored originals. Irene was psychologically tortured for the past 18 months, which she believes to have been seven years. Sherlock d | |||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Heroine" | John Polson | Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny | May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) | 8 | |
| Moriarty reveals that she faked her murder to distract Sherlock from interfering with her plans, though she did not anticipate his drug overdose. She asks him to let her win and then he can have the United States all to himself. Sherlock uncovers her plan to have the father (Arnold Vosloo) of a woman she kidnapped, in addition to smuggling in two l | |||||||
· Episodes › Season 2 (2013–14)
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25
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season
1
Title
"Step Nine"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny
Original release date
September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
Gareth Lestrade, a Scotland Yard inspector who worked with Sherlock, is missing. Sherlock and Joan locate Lestrade at a bar in London and agree to help solve the case that caused him to be suspended. Lestrade accused wealthy Lawrence Pendry of killing his wife, but had no proof. Pendry claimed that an armed intruder shot her; the police arrived wit
Gareth Lestrade, a Scotland Yard inspector who worked with Sherlock, is missing. Sherlock and Joan locate Lestrade at a bar in London and agree to help solve the case that caused him to be suspended. Lestrade accused wealthy Lawrence Pendry of killing his wife, but had no proof. Pendry claimed that an armed intruder shot her; the police arrived wit
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Gareth Lestrade, a Scotland Yard inspector who worked with Sherlock, is missing. Sherlock and Joan locate Lestrade at a bar in London and agree to help solve the case that caused him to be suspended. Lestrade accused wealthy Lawrence Pendry of killing his wife, but had no proof. Pendry claimed that an armed intruder shot her; the police arrived wit
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26
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26
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2
Title
"Solve for X"
Directed by
Jerry Levine
Written by
Jeffrey Paul King
Original release date
October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
Mathematician Felix Soto is murdered. His walls are covered in invisible ink with his work, which is about the P versus NP problem, one that has bedeviled mathematicians. Soto's research partner Cyril Nauer is also murdered, and a mugger was shot and left for dead after seeing the killer leave Soto's apartment. The proof that P equals NP would be w
Mathematician Felix Soto is murdered. His walls are covered in invisible ink with his work, which is about the P versus NP problem, one that has bedeviled mathematicians. Soto's research partner Cyril Nauer is also murdered, and a mugger was shot and left for dead after seeing the killer leave Soto's apartment. The proof that P equals NP would be w
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Mathematician Felix Soto is murdered. His walls are covered in invisible ink with his work, which is about the P versus NP problem, one that has bedeviled mathematicians. Soto's research partner Cyril Nauer is also murdered, and a mugger was shot and left for dead after seeing the killer leave Soto's apartment. The proof that P equals NP would be w
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27
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27
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3
Title
"We Are Everyone"
Directed by
Michael Pressman
Written by
Craig Sweeny
Original release date
October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
After leaking state secrets to the public, government contractor Ezra Kleinfelter is on the run. A man named Honeycutt hires Sherlock and Joan to locate him. Honeycutt works for Ezra's former employers and would most likely kill him if the detectives found him. Sherlock identifies Ezra's connection with "Everyone," a group of cyber-activists, and d
After leaking state secrets to the public, government contractor Ezra Kleinfelter is on the run. A man named Honeycutt hires Sherlock and Joan to locate him. Honeycutt works for Ezra's former employers and would most likely kill him if the detectives found him. Sherlock identifies Ezra's connection with "Everyone," a group of cyber-activists, and d
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After leaking state secrets to the public, government contractor Ezra Kleinfelter is on the run. A man named Honeycutt hires Sherlock and Joan to locate him. Honeycutt works for Ezra's former employers and would most likely kill him if the detectives found him. Sherlock identifies Ezra's connection with "Everyone," a group of cyber-activists, and d
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4
Title
"Poison Pen"
Directed by
Andrew Bernstein
Written by
Liz Friedman
Original release date
October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Wealthy man Titus Delancy is poisoned. He is found wearing a latex bondage suit; an executive at Titus's company dressed the corpse postmortem to get out of paying a $125 million retirement bonus. Someone named Abigail Spencer works under the name Anne Barker as the nanny for Titus's sons. Years before, Abigail was charged with the murder of her fa
Wealthy man Titus Delancy is poisoned. He is found wearing a latex bondage suit; an executive at Titus's company dressed the corpse postmortem to get out of paying a $125 million retirement bonus. Someone named Abigail Spencer works under the name Anne Barker as the nanny for Titus's sons. Years before, Abigail was charged with the murder of her fa
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Wealthy man Titus Delancy is poisoned. He is found wearing a latex bondage suit; an executive at Titus's company dressed the corpse postmortem to get out of paying a $125 million retirement bonus. Someone named Abigail Spencer works under the name Anne Barker as the nanny for Titus's sons. Years before, Abigail was charged with the murder of her fa
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5
Title
"Ancient History"
Directed by
Sanaa Hamri
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
At the morgue searching for a case, Sherlock discovers that one of the dead, Leo Banin, is former Russian mafia assassin Vitaly Andropov, who garroted someone the day he died in a motorcycle accident that also claimed a young woman. He was working as a nurse and building a nursing home. Near the scene of the accident lays his victim's body, another
At the morgue searching for a case, Sherlock discovers that one of the dead, Leo Banin, is former Russian mafia assassin Vitaly Andropov, who garroted someone the day he died in a motorcycle accident that also claimed a young woman. He was working as a nurse and building a nursing home. Near the scene of the accident lays his victim's body, another
No.
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At the morgue searching for a case, Sherlock discovers that one of the dead, Leo Banin, is former Russian mafia assassin Vitaly Andropov, who garroted someone the day he died in a motorcycle accident that also claimed a young woman. He was working as a nurse and building a nursing home. Near the scene of the accident lays his victim's body, another
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30
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30
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6
Title
"An Unnatural Arrangement"
Directed by
Christine Moore
Written by
Cathryn Humphris
Original release date
October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
An intruder invades Captain Gregson's home, terrorizing his wife and asking where he can find her husband. She shoots him, and he flees. Later, two murder victims surface, including Gregson's neighbor Lieutenant James Monroe. The killer went to the wrong house (due to a Google Maps error) and is not actually after Gregson. The victims were assigned
An intruder invades Captain Gregson's home, terrorizing his wife and asking where he can find her husband. She shoots him, and he flees. Later, two murder victims surface, including Gregson's neighbor Lieutenant James Monroe. The killer went to the wrong house (due to a Google Maps error) and is not actually after Gregson. The victims were assigned
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An intruder invades Captain Gregson's home, terrorizing his wife and asking where he can find her husband. She shoots him, and he flees. Later, two murder victims surface, including Gregson's neighbor Lieutenant James Monroe. The killer went to the wrong house (due to a Google Maps error) and is not actually after Gregson. The victims were assigned
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31
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31
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7
Title
"The Marchioness"
Directed by
Sanaa Hamri
Written by
Christopher Hollier and Craig Sweeny
Original release date
November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Mycroft is opening a new restaurant named Diogenes in New York City. Sherlock had slept with Mycroft's ex-fiancée, Nigella Mason, to prove to Mycroft that she was after his money. Instead of marrying Mycroft, Nigella landed a marquess. She had an affair with her stablemaster, which led to divorce. She fought hard to get Silver Blaze, a retired cham
Mycroft is opening a new restaurant named Diogenes in New York City. Sherlock had slept with Mycroft's ex-fiancée, Nigella Mason, to prove to Mycroft that she was after his money. Instead of marrying Mycroft, Nigella landed a marquess. She had an affair with her stablemaster, which led to divorce. She fought hard to get Silver Blaze, a retired cham
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Mycroft is opening a new restaurant named Diogenes in New York City. Sherlock had slept with Mycroft's ex-fiancée, Nigella Mason, to prove to Mycroft that she was after his money. Instead of marrying Mycroft, Nigella landed a marquess. She had an affair with her stablemaster, which led to divorce. She fought hard to get Silver Blaze, a retired cham
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32
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season
8
Title
"Blood Is Thicker"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
A woman named Haley Tyler dies after being stabbed, falling off a balcony and landing on a truck. Haley was the illegitimate daughter of technology mogul Ian Gale, who is dying and needs a transplant. She had the same rare blood type as Gale, and had been donating blood to him. Evidence points to Gale's wife Natalie due to a will amendment giving 2
A woman named Haley Tyler dies after being stabbed, falling off a balcony and landing on a truck. Haley was the illegitimate daughter of technology mogul Ian Gale, who is dying and needs a transplant. She had the same rare blood type as Gale, and had been donating blood to him. Evidence points to Gale's wife Natalie due to a will amendment giving 2
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A woman named Haley Tyler dies after being stabbed, falling off a balcony and landing on a truck. Haley was the illegitimate daughter of technology mogul Ian Gale, who is dying and needs a transplant. She had the same rare blood type as Gale, and had been donating blood to him. Evidence points to Gale's wife Natalie due to a will amendment giving 2
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33
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season
9
Title
"On the Line"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
A young woman, Samantha Wabash, commits suicide by shooting herself on a bridge, tying her gun to a weight so it will drop into the river below afterward. She wants to frame a man named Lucas Bundsch as her killer. Samantha believes that Bundsch murdered her sister Allie six years before. Sherlock deduces that her death was a suicide. Bundsch is br
A young woman, Samantha Wabash, commits suicide by shooting herself on a bridge, tying her gun to a weight so it will drop into the river below afterward. She wants to frame a man named Lucas Bundsch as her killer. Samantha believes that Bundsch murdered her sister Allie six years before. Sherlock deduces that her death was a suicide. Bundsch is br
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A young woman, Samantha Wabash, commits suicide by shooting herself on a bridge, tying her gun to a weight so it will drop into the river below afterward. She wants to frame a man named Lucas Bundsch as her killer. Samantha believes that Bundsch murdered her sister Allie six years before. Sherlock deduces that her death was a suicide. Bundsch is br
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34
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34
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season
10
Title
"Tremors"
Directed by
Aaron Lipstadt
Written by
Liz Friedman
Original release date
December 5, 2013 (2013-12-05)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Silas Cole, a schizophrenic young man, dressed as a knight, wanders into the police station with a gun and states that he had to kill the queen. Silas's ex-girlfriend is dead, shot through the heart. However, Sherlock is convinced that Cole did not kill her; his "knight's code" would have prohibited destroying her heart, thought in medieval times t
Silas Cole, a schizophrenic young man, dressed as a knight, wanders into the police station with a gun and states that he had to kill the queen. Silas's ex-girlfriend is dead, shot through the heart. However, Sherlock is convinced that Cole did not kill her; his "knight's code" would have prohibited destroying her heart, thought in medieval times t
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Silas Cole, a schizophrenic young man, dressed as a knight, wanders into the police station with a gun and states that he had to kill the queen. Silas's ex-girlfriend is dead, shot through the heart. However, Sherlock is convinced that Cole did not kill her; his "knight's code" would have prohibited destroying her heart, thought in medieval times t
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35
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35
No. in
season
11
Title
"Internal Audit"
Directed by
Jerry Levine
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
After his Ponzi scheme is uncovered, hedge fund manager Donald Hauser is tortured for information before being killed. The woman who finds the body is a former sober client of Joan's. She refuses to allow Joan to reveal their relationship, hindering the investigation when her former drug dealer becomes the main suspect. The reporter who broke the n
After his Ponzi scheme is uncovered, hedge fund manager Donald Hauser is tortured for information before being killed. The woman who finds the body is a former sober client of Joan's. She refuses to allow Joan to reveal their relationship, hindering the investigation when her former drug dealer becomes the main suspect. The reporter who broke the n
No.
overall
After his Ponzi scheme is uncovered, hedge fund manager Donald Hauser is tortured for information before being killed. The woman who finds the body is a former sober client of Joan's. She refuses to allow Joan to reveal their relationship, hindering the investigation when her former drug dealer becomes the main suspect. The reporter who broke the n
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36
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36
No. in
season
12
Title
"The Diabolical Kind"
Directed by
Larry Teng
Written by
Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny
Original release date
January 2, 2014 (2014-01-02)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
Sherlock recognizes the voice of the man who pretended to be Moriarty in the past when the man calls with a ransom demand for a kidnapped child. Moriarty is brought in, though in electroshock hand restraints, to help track down the kidnappers in exchange for favors. The child turns out to be her daughter. Moriarty's lieutenant wants a collection of
Sherlock recognizes the voice of the man who pretended to be Moriarty in the past when the man calls with a ransom demand for a kidnapped child. Moriarty is brought in, though in electroshock hand restraints, to help track down the kidnappers in exchange for favors. The child turns out to be her daughter. Moriarty's lieutenant wants a collection of
No.
overall
Sherlock recognizes the voice of the man who pretended to be Moriarty in the past when the man calls with a ransom demand for a kidnapped child. Moriarty is brought in, though in electroshock hand restraints, to help track down the kidnappers in exchange for favors. The child turns out to be her daughter. Moriarty's lieutenant wants a collection of
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37
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37
No. in
season
13
Title
"All in the Family"
Directed by
Andrew Bernstein
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
January 9, 2014 (2014-01-09)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
An assignment with the Demographics Unit leads Bell to discover a body in a barrel. The victim is a member of the Pardillo Mafia family who had been in hiding for years. A member of a rival family becomes a suspect. He dies from a car explosion some time later. The National Security Agency (NSA) supplied the killer with information about Pardillo's
An assignment with the Demographics Unit leads Bell to discover a body in a barrel. The victim is a member of the Pardillo Mafia family who had been in hiding for years. A member of a rival family becomes a suspect. He dies from a car explosion some time later. The National Security Agency (NSA) supplied the killer with information about Pardillo's
No.
overall
An assignment with the Demographics Unit leads Bell to discover a body in a barrel. The victim is a member of the Pardillo Mafia family who had been in hiding for years. A member of a rival family becomes a suspect. He dies from a car explosion some time later. The National Security Agency (NSA) supplied the killer with information about Pardillo's
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38
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38
No. in
season
14
Title
"Dead Clade Walking"
Directed by
Helen Shaver
Written by
Jeffrey Paul King
Original release date
January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30)
U . viewers
(millions)
10
While investigating one of Sherlock's cold cases, Joan spots an out-of-place rock in the murder victim's garden. She enlists a geologist to study the photo. Joan eventually steals the rock. It contains a very rare complete dinosaur fossil worth millions. The rock is later stolen from the police evidence room. Tracking down a very high-end smuggler,
While investigating one of Sherlock's cold cases, Joan spots an out-of-place rock in the murder victim's garden. She enlists a geologist to study the photo. Joan eventually steals the rock. It contains a very rare complete dinosaur fossil worth millions. The rock is later stolen from the police evidence room. Tracking down a very high-end smuggler,
No.
overall
While investigating one of Sherlock's cold cases, Joan spots an out-of-place rock in the murder victim's garden. She enlists a geologist to study the photo. Joan eventually steals the rock. It contains a very rare complete dinosaur fossil worth millions. The rock is later stolen from the police evidence room. Tracking down a very high-end smuggler,
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39
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overall
39
No. in
season
15
Title
"Corpse de Ballet"
Directed by
Jean de Segonzac
Written by
Liz Friedman
Original release date
February 6, 2014 (2014-02-06)
U . viewers
(millions)
9
When a ballerina is murdered, evidence seems to point to the dance company's star performer, world famous diva Iris Lanzer. The killer steals a hard drive containing the venue's surveillance footage. Sherlock is convinced Lanzer is not guilty; he accepts her offer to sleep with her. An audio recording is leaked to the tabloids, it reveals Iris's in
When a ballerina is murdered, evidence seems to point to the dance company's star performer, world famous diva Iris Lanzer. The killer steals a hard drive containing the venue's surveillance footage. Sherlock is convinced Lanzer is not guilty; he accepts her offer to sleep with her. An audio recording is leaked to the tabloids, it reveals Iris's in
No.
overall
When a ballerina is murdered, evidence seems to point to the dance company's star performer, world famous diva Iris Lanzer. The killer steals a hard drive containing the venue's surveillance footage. Sherlock is convinced Lanzer is not guilty; he accepts her offer to sleep with her. An audio recording is leaked to the tabloids, it reveals Iris's in
40
40
No.
overall
40
No. in
season
16
Title
"The One Percent Solution"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
S : Bob Goodman;
S/T : Craig Sweeny
Original release date
February 27, 2014 (2014-02-27)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Sherlock and Joan are called to investigate a bombing at a restaurant that targeted finance executives and government officials. On the case, they are reunited and forced to work with Gareth Lestrade, who is now consulting for one of the CEOs involved in the case. Videotape from the hotel attached to the restaurant leads Sherlock and Joan to suspec
Sherlock and Joan are called to investigate a bombing at a restaurant that targeted finance executives and government officials. On the case, they are reunited and forced to work with Gareth Lestrade, who is now consulting for one of the CEOs involved in the case. Videotape from the hotel attached to the restaurant leads Sherlock and Joan to suspec
No.
overall
Sherlock and Joan are called to investigate a bombing at a restaurant that targeted finance executives and government officials. On the case, they are reunited and forced to work with Gareth Lestrade, who is now consulting for one of the CEOs involved in the case. Videotape from the hotel attached to the restaurant leads Sherlock and Joan to suspec
41
41
No.
overall
41
No. in
season
17
Title
"Ears to You"
Directed by
Seith Mann
Written by
Lauren MacKenzie and Andrew Gettens
Original release date
March 6, 2014 (2014-03-06)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Gordon Cushing's wife disappeared in 2010; he was acquitted in a murder trial, but many people still think he is guilty. One day, he receives two severed human ears along with a ransom note. The DNA matches that of Cushing's wife, Sarah. At the ransom exchange, Cushing pursues the suspect and unintentionally kills him. Clues on the suspect's body
Gordon Cushing's wife disappeared in 2010; he was acquitted in a murder trial, but many people still think he is guilty. One day, he receives two severed human ears along with a ransom note. The DNA matches that of Cushing's wife, Sarah. At the ransom exchange, Cushing pursues the suspect and unintentionally kills him. Clues on the suspect's body
No.
overall
Gordon Cushing's wife disappeared in 2010; he was acquitted in a murder trial, but many people still think he is guilty. One day, he receives two severed human ears along with a ransom note. The DNA matches that of Cushing's wife, Sarah. At the ransom exchange, Cushing pursues the suspect and unintentionally kills him. Clues on the suspect's body
42
42
No.
overall
42
No. in
season
18
Title
"The Hound of the Cancer Cells"
Directed by
Michael Slovis
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
March 13, 2014 (2014-03-13)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Researcher Barry Granger has been testing the "Hound", a breathalyzer for detecting cancer. He is eventually murdered. His research was alleged as fraud by an expert in the field under the pseudonym Adam Peer. The allegation looks set to ruin both Granger and the firm that employed him, a company run by Hank Prince. The allegation is actually false
Researcher Barry Granger has been testing the "Hound", a breathalyzer for detecting cancer. He is eventually murdered. His research was alleged as fraud by an expert in the field under the pseudonym Adam Peer. The allegation looks set to ruin both Granger and the firm that employed him, a company run by Hank Prince. The allegation is actually false
No.
overall
Researcher Barry Granger has been testing the "Hound", a breathalyzer for detecting cancer. He is eventually murdered. His research was alleged as fraud by an expert in the field under the pseudonym Adam Peer. The allegation looks set to ruin both Granger and the firm that employed him, a company run by Hank Prince. The allegation is actually false
43
43
No.
overall
43
No. in
season
19
Title
"The Many Mouths of Aaron Colville"
Directed by
Larry Teng
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
April 3, 2014 (2014-04-03)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Bite marks on two murdered women echo the trademark of Aaron Colville, a man convicted as a serial killer who subsequently died in prison. This raises the question of Colville's possible innocence. The bite marks are traced to ex-con Alan Vikner with the help of hacker collective Everyone. However, when he is brought in, Vikner shows that he has de
Bite marks on two murdered women echo the trademark of Aaron Colville, a man convicted as a serial killer who subsequently died in prison. This raises the question of Colville's possible innocence. The bite marks are traced to ex-con Alan Vikner with the help of hacker collective Everyone. However, when he is brought in, Vikner shows that he has de
No.
overall
Bite marks on two murdered women echo the trademark of Aaron Colville, a man convicted as a serial killer who subsequently died in prison. This raises the question of Colville's possible innocence. The bite marks are traced to ex-con Alan Vikner with the help of hacker collective Everyone. However, when he is brought in, Vikner shows that he has de
44
44
No.
overall
44
No. in
season
20
Title
"No Lack of Void"
Directed by
Sanaa Hamri
Written by
Liz Friedman and Jeffrey Paul King
Original release date
April 10, 2014 (2014-04-10)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
When a pickpocket collapses in jail, Joan starts to help, then realizes he seems to have contracted anthrax. He stole the anthrax from someone, thinking it was cocaine, then swallowed it when he was apprehended. The man dies. One of the pickpocketed items leads to Charlie Simon. He had the expertise to make anthrax spores, but they find him dead at
When a pickpocket collapses in jail, Joan starts to help, then realizes he seems to have contracted anthrax. He stole the anthrax from someone, thinking it was cocaine, then swallowed it when he was apprehended. The man dies. One of the pickpocketed items leads to Charlie Simon. He had the expertise to make anthrax spores, but they find him dead at
No.
overall
When a pickpocket collapses in jail, Joan starts to help, then realizes he seems to have contracted anthrax. He stole the anthrax from someone, thinking it was cocaine, then swallowed it when he was apprehended. The man dies. One of the pickpocketed items leads to Charlie Simon. He had the expertise to make anthrax spores, but they find him dead at
45
45
No.
overall
45
No. in
season
21
Title
"The Man with the Twisted Lip"
Directed by
Seith Mann
Written by
T : Craig Sweeny;
S/T : Steve Gottfried
Original release date
April 24, 2014 (2014-04-24)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Sherlock and Joan investigate the disappearance of Paige, the sister of a woman who frequents Sherlock's sobriety meetings. At the brownstone, they are surprised by Mycroft, who returned to New York, apparently to focus on Diogenes. Later, Joan meets Sherlock at a park he found based on a clue in one of Paige's songs. The pair find two bodies there
Sherlock and Joan investigate the disappearance of Paige, the sister of a woman who frequents Sherlock's sobriety meetings. At the brownstone, they are surprised by Mycroft, who returned to New York, apparently to focus on Diogenes. Later, Joan meets Sherlock at a park he found based on a clue in one of Paige's songs. The pair find two bodies there
No.
overall
Sherlock and Joan investigate the disappearance of Paige, the sister of a woman who frequents Sherlock's sobriety meetings. At the brownstone, they are surprised by Mycroft, who returned to New York, apparently to focus on Diogenes. Later, Joan meets Sherlock at a park he found based on a clue in one of Paige's songs. The pair find two bodies there
46
46
No.
overall
46
No. in
season
22
Title
"Paint It Black"
Directed by
Lucy Liu
Written by
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Original release date
May 1, 2014 (2014-05-01)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Mycroft receives a call from Joan's kidnapper. Le Milieu previously offered Mycroft money to open up Diogenes in New York to serve as their headquarters, followed by various requests. Meanwhile, Swiss bank executive Pierce Norman plans to sell a list of thousands of bank executives' names and information to the black market. The NSA is onto Norman,
Mycroft receives a call from Joan's kidnapper. Le Milieu previously offered Mycroft money to open up Diogenes in New York to serve as their headquarters, followed by various requests. Meanwhile, Swiss bank executive Pierce Norman plans to sell a list of thousands of bank executives' names and information to the black market. The NSA is onto Norman,
No.
overall
Mycroft receives a call from Joan's kidnapper. Le Milieu previously offered Mycroft money to open up Diogenes in New York to serve as their headquarters, followed by various requests. Meanwhile, Swiss bank executive Pierce Norman plans to sell a list of thousands of bank executives' names and information to the black market. The NSA is onto Norman,
47
47
No.
overall
47
No. in
season
23
Title
"Art in the Blood"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Sherlock returns home to find Joan safe. Mycroft is actually working for MI6. MI6 utilized Mycroft's observational skills to investigate criminal groups such as Le Milieu. Mycroft's handler, Tim Sherrington, wanted Sherlock out of New York. Sherrington hires Sherlock to investigate the murder of Arthur West, an MI6 analyst. West's arms were stolen
Sherlock returns home to find Joan safe. Mycroft is actually working for MI6. MI6 utilized Mycroft's observational skills to investigate criminal groups such as Le Milieu. Mycroft's handler, Tim Sherrington, wanted Sherlock out of New York. Sherrington hires Sherlock to investigate the murder of Arthur West, an MI6 analyst. West's arms were stolen
No.
overall
Sherlock returns home to find Joan safe. Mycroft is actually working for MI6. MI6 utilized Mycroft's observational skills to investigate criminal groups such as Le Milieu. Mycroft's handler, Tim Sherrington, wanted Sherlock out of New York. Sherrington hires Sherlock to investigate the murder of Arthur West, an MI6 analyst. West's arms were stolen
48
48
No.
overall
48
No. in
season
24
Title
"The Grand Experiment"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny
Original release date
May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Mycroft is being framed as the mole, so Sherlock relocates him and Joan to a vacant, remote library accessible only to Sherlock. The three identity Sherrington as the mole, but decide to keep it quiet. Sherrington eventually visits Joan at the brownstone to confront her, but Joan had invited members of "Everyone" to a video chat to have witnesses f
Mycroft is being framed as the mole, so Sherlock relocates him and Joan to a vacant, remote library accessible only to Sherlock. The three identity Sherrington as the mole, but decide to keep it quiet. Sherrington eventually visits Joan at the brownstone to confront her, but Joan had invited members of "Everyone" to a video chat to have witnesses f
No.
overall
Mycroft is being framed as the mole, so Sherlock relocates him and Joan to a vacant, remote library accessible only to Sherlock. The three identity Sherrington as the mole, but decide to keep it quiet. Sherrington eventually visits Joan at the brownstone to confront her, but Joan had invited members of "Everyone" to a video chat to have witnesses f
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) | |
| 25 | 1 | "Step Nine" | John Polson | Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny | September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26) | 10 | |
| Gareth Lestrade, a Scotland Yard inspector who worked with Sherlock, is missing. Sherlock and Joan locate Lestrade at a bar in London and agree to help solve the case that caused him to be suspended. Lestrade accused wealthy Lawrence Pendry of killing his wife, but had no proof. Pendry claimed that an armed intruder shot her; the police arrived wit | |||||||
| 26 | 2 | "Solve for X" | Jerry Levine | Jeffrey Paul King | October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03) | 9 | |
| Mathematician Felix Soto is murdered. His walls are covered in invisible ink with his work, which is about the P versus NP problem, one that has bedeviled mathematicians. Soto's research partner Cyril Nauer is also murdered, and a mugger was shot and left for dead after seeing the killer leave Soto's apartment. The proof that P equals NP would be w | |||||||
| 27 | 3 | "We Are Everyone" | Michael Pressman | Craig Sweeny | October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10) | 9 | |
| After leaking state secrets to the public, government contractor Ezra Kleinfelter is on the run. A man named Honeycutt hires Sherlock and Joan to locate him. Honeycutt works for Ezra's former employers and would most likely kill him if the detectives found him. Sherlock identifies Ezra's connection with "Everyone," a group of cyber-activists, and d | |||||||
| 28 | 4 | "Poison Pen" | Andrew Bernstein | Liz Friedman | October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17) | 8 | |
| Wealthy man Titus Delancy is poisoned. He is found wearing a latex bondage suit; an executive at Titus's company dressed the corpse postmortem to get out of paying a $125 million retirement bonus. Someone named Abigail Spencer works under the name Anne Barker as the nanny for Titus's sons. Years before, Abigail was charged with the murder of her fa | |||||||
| 29 | 5 | "Ancient History" | Sanaa Hamri | Jason Tracey | October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24) | 8 | |
| At the morgue searching for a case, Sherlock discovers that one of the dead, Leo Banin, is former Russian mafia assassin Vitaly Andropov, who garroted someone the day he died in a motorcycle accident that also claimed a young woman. He was working as a nurse and building a nursing home. Near the scene of the accident lays his victim's body, another | |||||||
| 30 | 6 | "An Unnatural Arrangement" | Christine Moore | Cathryn Humphris | October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31) | 9 | |
| An intruder invades Captain Gregson's home, terrorizing his wife and asking where he can find her husband. She shoots him, and he flees. Later, two murder victims surface, including Gregson's neighbor Lieutenant James Monroe. The killer went to the wrong house (due to a Google Maps error) and is not actually after Gregson. The victims were assigned | |||||||
| 31 | 7 | "The Marchioness" | Sanaa Hamri | Christopher Hollier and Craig Sweeny | November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07) | 8 | |
| Mycroft is opening a new restaurant named Diogenes in New York City. Sherlock had slept with Mycroft's ex-fiancée, Nigella Mason, to prove to Mycroft that she was after his money. Instead of marrying Mycroft, Nigella landed a marquess. She had an affair with her stablemaster, which led to divorce. She fought hard to get Silver Blaze, a retired cham | |||||||
| 32 | 8 | "Blood Is Thicker" | John Polson | Bob Goodman | November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14) | 8 | |
| A woman named Haley Tyler dies after being stabbed, falling off a balcony and landing on a truck. Haley was the illegitimate daughter of technology mogul Ian Gale, who is dying and needs a transplant. She had the same rare blood type as Gale, and had been donating blood to him. Evidence points to Gale's wife Natalie due to a will amendment giving 2 | |||||||
| 33 | 9 | "On the Line" | Guy Ferland | Jason Tracey | November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21) | 9 | |
| A young woman, Samantha Wabash, commits suicide by shooting herself on a bridge, tying her gun to a weight so it will drop into the river below afterward. She wants to frame a man named Lucas Bundsch as her killer. Samantha believes that Bundsch murdered her sister Allie six years before. Sherlock deduces that her death was a suicide. Bundsch is br | |||||||
| 34 | 10 | "Tremors" | Aaron Lipstadt | Liz Friedman | December 5, 2013 (2013-12-05) | 8 | |
| Silas Cole, a schizophrenic young man, dressed as a knight, wanders into the police station with a gun and states that he had to kill the queen. Silas's ex-girlfriend is dead, shot through the heart. However, Sherlock is convinced that Cole did not kill her; his "knight's code" would have prohibited destroying her heart, thought in medieval times t | |||||||
| 35 | 11 | "Internal Audit" | Jerry Levine | Bob Goodman | December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12) | 9 | |
| After his Ponzi scheme is uncovered, hedge fund manager Donald Hauser is tortured for information before being killed. The woman who finds the body is a former sober client of Joan's. She refuses to allow Joan to reveal their relationship, hindering the investigation when her former drug dealer becomes the main suspect. The reporter who broke the n | |||||||
| 36 | 12 | "The Diabolical Kind" | Larry Teng | Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny | January 2, 2014 (2014-01-02) | 9 | |
| Sherlock recognizes the voice of the man who pretended to be Moriarty in the past when the man calls with a ransom demand for a kidnapped child. Moriarty is brought in, though in electroshock hand restraints, to help track down the kidnappers in exchange for favors. The child turns out to be her daughter. Moriarty's lieutenant wants a collection of | |||||||
| 37 | 13 | "All in the Family" | Andrew Bernstein | Jason Tracey | January 9, 2014 (2014-01-09) | 9 | |
| An assignment with the Demographics Unit leads Bell to discover a body in a barrel. The victim is a member of the Pardillo Mafia family who had been in hiding for years. A member of a rival family becomes a suspect. He dies from a car explosion some time later. The National Security Agency (NSA) supplied the killer with information about Pardillo's | |||||||
| 38 | 14 | "Dead Clade Walking" | Helen Shaver | Jeffrey Paul King | January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30) | 10 | |
| While investigating one of Sherlock's cold cases, Joan spots an out-of-place rock in the murder victim's garden. She enlists a geologist to study the photo. Joan eventually steals the rock. It contains a very rare complete dinosaur fossil worth millions. The rock is later stolen from the police evidence room. Tracking down a very high-end smuggler, | |||||||
| 39 | 15 | "Corpse de Ballet" | Jean de Segonzac | Liz Friedman | February 6, 2014 (2014-02-06) | 9 | |
| When a ballerina is murdered, evidence seems to point to the dance company's star performer, world famous diva Iris Lanzer. The killer steals a hard drive containing the venue's surveillance footage. Sherlock is convinced Lanzer is not guilty; he accepts her offer to sleep with her. An audio recording is leaked to the tabloids, it reveals Iris's in | |||||||
| 40 | 16 | "The One Percent Solution" | Guy Ferland | S : Bob Goodman; S/T : Craig Sweeny | February 27, 2014 (2014-02-27) | 8 | |
| Sherlock and Joan are called to investigate a bombing at a restaurant that targeted finance executives and government officials. On the case, they are reunited and forced to work with Gareth Lestrade, who is now consulting for one of the CEOs involved in the case. Videotape from the hotel attached to the restaurant leads Sherlock and Joan to suspec | |||||||
| 41 | 17 | "Ears to You" | Seith Mann | Lauren MacKenzie and Andrew Gettens | March 6, 2014 (2014-03-06) | 8 | |
| Gordon Cushing's wife disappeared in 2010; he was acquitted in a murder trial, but many people still think he is guilty. One day, he receives two severed human ears along with a ransom note. The DNA matches that of Cushing's wife, Sarah. At the ransom exchange, Cushing pursues the suspect and unintentionally kills him. Clues on the suspect's body | |||||||
| 42 | 18 | "The Hound of the Cancer Cells" | Michael Slovis | Bob Goodman | March 13, 2014 (2014-03-13) | 8 | |
| Researcher Barry Granger has been testing the "Hound", a breathalyzer for detecting cancer. He is eventually murdered. His research was alleged as fraud by an expert in the field under the pseudonym Adam Peer. The allegation looks set to ruin both Granger and the firm that employed him, a company run by Hank Prince. The allegation is actually false | |||||||
| 43 | 19 | "The Many Mouths of Aaron Colville" | Larry Teng | Jason Tracey | April 3, 2014 (2014-04-03) | 7 | |
| Bite marks on two murdered women echo the trademark of Aaron Colville, a man convicted as a serial killer who subsequently died in prison. This raises the question of Colville's possible innocence. The bite marks are traced to ex-con Alan Vikner with the help of hacker collective Everyone. However, when he is brought in, Vikner shows that he has de | |||||||
| 44 | 20 | "No Lack of Void" | Sanaa Hamri | Liz Friedman and Jeffrey Paul King | April 10, 2014 (2014-04-10) | 7 | |
| When a pickpocket collapses in jail, Joan starts to help, then realizes he seems to have contracted anthrax. He stole the anthrax from someone, thinking it was cocaine, then swallowed it when he was apprehended. The man dies. One of the pickpocketed items leads to Charlie Simon. He had the expertise to make anthrax spores, but they find him dead at | |||||||
| 45 | 21 | "The Man with the Twisted Lip" | Seith Mann | T : Craig Sweeny; S/T : Steve Gottfried | April 24, 2014 (2014-04-24) | 8 | |
| Sherlock and Joan investigate the disappearance of Paige, the sister of a woman who frequents Sherlock's sobriety meetings. At the brownstone, they are surprised by Mycroft, who returned to New York, apparently to focus on Diogenes. Later, Joan meets Sherlock at a park he found based on a clue in one of Paige's songs. The pair find two bodies there | |||||||
| 46 | 22 | "Paint It Black" | Lucy Liu | Robert Hewitt Wolfe | May 1, 2014 (2014-05-01) | 7 | |
| Mycroft receives a call from Joan's kidnapper. Le Milieu previously offered Mycroft money to open up Diogenes in New York to serve as their headquarters, followed by various requests. Meanwhile, Swiss bank executive Pierce Norman plans to sell a list of thousands of bank executives' names and information to the black market. The NSA is onto Norman, | |||||||
| 47 | 23 | "Art in the Blood" | Guy Ferland | Bob Goodman | May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08) | 7 | |
| Sherlock returns home to find Joan safe. Mycroft is actually working for MI6. MI6 utilized Mycroft's observational skills to investigate criminal groups such as Le Milieu. Mycroft's handler, Tim Sherrington, wanted Sherlock out of New York. Sherrington hires Sherlock to investigate the murder of Arthur West, an MI6 analyst. West's arms were stolen | |||||||
| 48 | 24 | "The Grand Experiment" | John Polson | Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny | May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15) | 7 | |
| Mycroft is being framed as the mole, so Sherlock relocates him and Joan to a vacant, remote library accessible only to Sherlock. The three identity Sherrington as the mole, but decide to keep it quiet. Sherrington eventually visits Joan at the brownstone to confront her, but Joan had invited members of "Everyone" to a video chat to have witnesses f | |||||||
· Episodes › Season 3 (2014–15)
49
49
No.
overall
49
No. in
season
1
Title
"Enough Nemesis to Go Around"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny
Original release date
October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Six months after Joan moved out, she is running her own investigation firm and helps bust female drug kingpin Elana March. Two months later, the case has gone stagnant and the key witness in the prosecution of the kingpin is murdered in a hotel elevator. To her surprise, Joan discovers Sherlock has returned with a new protégé named Kitty Winter, an
Six months after Joan moved out, she is running her own investigation firm and helps bust female drug kingpin Elana March. Two months later, the case has gone stagnant and the key witness in the prosecution of the kingpin is murdered in a hotel elevator. To her surprise, Joan discovers Sherlock has returned with a new protégé named Kitty Winter, an
No.
overall
Six months after Joan moved out, she is running her own investigation firm and helps bust female drug kingpin Elana March. Two months later, the case has gone stagnant and the key witness in the prosecution of the kingpin is murdered in a hotel elevator. To her surprise, Joan discovers Sherlock has returned with a new protégé named Kitty Winter, an
50
50
No.
overall
50
No. in
season
2
Title
"The Five Orange Pipz"
Directed by
Larry Teng
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
November 6, 2014 (2014-11-06)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
A double murder appears to be revenge for the deaths of children poisoned by GHB, the inadvertent result of cost-cutting measures taken by the Indian manufacturer of toy beads. Each of the victims received five orange beads in the mail. The father of one of the children confesses, but Sherlock deduces that he is lying. FBI agent Vince Boden refuses
A double murder appears to be revenge for the deaths of children poisoned by GHB, the inadvertent result of cost-cutting measures taken by the Indian manufacturer of toy beads. Each of the victims received five orange beads in the mail. The father of one of the children confesses, but Sherlock deduces that he is lying. FBI agent Vince Boden refuses
No.
overall
A double murder appears to be revenge for the deaths of children poisoned by GHB, the inadvertent result of cost-cutting measures taken by the Indian manufacturer of toy beads. Each of the victims received five orange beads in the mail. The father of one of the children confesses, but Sherlock deduces that he is lying. FBI agent Vince Boden refuses
51
51
No.
overall
51
No. in
season
3
Title
"Just a Regular Irregular"
Directed by
Jerry Levine
Written by
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Original release date
November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
Mathematician Harlan Emple comes across a dead body packed in mothballs while participating in a "math hunt", a number game with a puzzle involving Belphegor's prime. When another body is found, it is believed that the game is intended to be a death trap for mathematicians or, as it turns out, one mathematician in particular. Meanwhile, Joan tries
Mathematician Harlan Emple comes across a dead body packed in mothballs while participating in a "math hunt", a number game with a puzzle involving Belphegor's prime. When another body is found, it is believed that the game is intended to be a death trap for mathematicians or, as it turns out, one mathematician in particular. Meanwhile, Joan tries
No.
overall
Mathematician Harlan Emple comes across a dead body packed in mothballs while participating in a "math hunt", a number game with a puzzle involving Belphegor's prime. When another body is found, it is believed that the game is intended to be a death trap for mathematicians or, as it turns out, one mathematician in particular. Meanwhile, Joan tries
52
52
No.
overall
52
No. in
season
4
Title
"Bella"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Craig Sweeny
Original release date
November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
Software developer Edwin Borstein has created an artificial intelligence (AI) program called Bella, and he hires Sherlock because someone has broken into his company and stolen a copy of the program. Sherlock takes the case, not because he finds it interesting, but because he does not believe AI is achievable. He solves the theft case, but then Bor
Software developer Edwin Borstein has created an artificial intelligence (AI) program called Bella, and he hires Sherlock because someone has broken into his company and stolen a copy of the program. Sherlock takes the case, not because he finds it interesting, but because he does not believe AI is achievable. He solves the theft case, but then Bor
No.
overall
Software developer Edwin Borstein has created an artificial intelligence (AI) program called Bella, and he hires Sherlock because someone has broken into his company and stolen a copy of the program. Sherlock takes the case, not because he finds it interesting, but because he does not believe AI is achievable. He solves the theft case, but then Bor
53
53
No.
overall
53
No. in
season
5
Title
"Rip Off"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
November 27, 2014 (2014-11-27)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
A severed hand is seen in a street puddle. It belongs to the corpse of Orthodox Jew Moshe Shapiro. Shapiro owned a Postal Unlimited store nearby. A hidden safe contains Moshe's ledger. Moshe turns out to have been a diamond smuggler. Sherlock deduces that weightlifter Dana Kazmir ripped the hand off. Kazmir confesses to the murder and provides a li
A severed hand is seen in a street puddle. It belongs to the corpse of Orthodox Jew Moshe Shapiro. Shapiro owned a Postal Unlimited store nearby. A hidden safe contains Moshe's ledger. Moshe turns out to have been a diamond smuggler. Sherlock deduces that weightlifter Dana Kazmir ripped the hand off. Kazmir confesses to the murder and provides a li
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A severed hand is seen in a street puddle. It belongs to the corpse of Orthodox Jew Moshe Shapiro. Shapiro owned a Postal Unlimited store nearby. A hidden safe contains Moshe's ledger. Moshe turns out to have been a diamond smuggler. Sherlock deduces that weightlifter Dana Kazmir ripped the hand off. Kazmir confesses to the murder and provides a li
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54
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54
No. in
season
6
Title
"Terra Pericolosa"
Directed by
Aaron Lipstadt
Written by
S : Jeffrey Paul King;
S/T : Bob Goodman
Original release date
December 4, 2014 (2014-12-04)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
Joan returns from Denmark. Kitty is called to a museum, where valuable old maps and a security guard are missing. The guard is dead. One particular map was the target; the rest were taken just to camouflage that fact. That map, "The County of King James, Virginia, 1794", was loaned to the museum by a now-deceased member of the Bray family decades b
Joan returns from Denmark. Kitty is called to a museum, where valuable old maps and a security guard are missing. The guard is dead. One particular map was the target; the rest were taken just to camouflage that fact. That map, "The County of King James, Virginia, 1794", was loaned to the museum by a now-deceased member of the Bray family decades b
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Joan returns from Denmark. Kitty is called to a museum, where valuable old maps and a security guard are missing. The guard is dead. One particular map was the target; the rest were taken just to camouflage that fact. That map, "The County of King James, Virginia, 1794", was loaned to the museum by a now-deceased member of the Bray family decades b
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55
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55
No. in
season
7
Title
"The Adventure of the Nutmeg Concoction"
Directed by
Christine Moore
Written by
Peter Ocko
Original release date
December 11, 2014 (2014-12-11)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Joan's new client wants to find out about her sister, Jessica Holder, who disappeared five years before. The smell of nutmeg was detected at the site of Jessica's disappearance and those of others. Noah Kramer, a married lawyer with whom Jessica was having an affair, told her that his client, Raymond Carpenter, was guilty of several murders; she wa
Joan's new client wants to find out about her sister, Jessica Holder, who disappeared five years before. The smell of nutmeg was detected at the site of Jessica's disappearance and those of others. Noah Kramer, a married lawyer with whom Jessica was having an affair, told her that his client, Raymond Carpenter, was guilty of several murders; she wa
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Joan's new client wants to find out about her sister, Jessica Holder, who disappeared five years before. The smell of nutmeg was detected at the site of Jessica's disappearance and those of others. Noah Kramer, a married lawyer with whom Jessica was having an affair, told her that his client, Raymond Carpenter, was guilty of several murders; she wa
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56
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56
No. in
season
8
Title
"End of Watch"
Directed by
Ron Fortunato
Written by
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Original release date
December 18, 2014 (2014-12-18)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Flynn, a Highway Patrol officer, is murdered; his sidearm had been replaced with an airsoft gun. Flynn was a drug addict. He stole guns from the police department's Rodman's Neck Armory, replacing them with airsoft guns, and sold the real weapons to fund his addiction. His buyer, Buros, a wanted arms dealer, already had buyers lined up for the priz
Flynn, a Highway Patrol officer, is murdered; his sidearm had been replaced with an airsoft gun. Flynn was a drug addict. He stole guns from the police department's Rodman's Neck Armory, replacing them with airsoft guns, and sold the real weapons to fund his addiction. His buyer, Buros, a wanted arms dealer, already had buyers lined up for the priz
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Flynn, a Highway Patrol officer, is murdered; his sidearm had been replaced with an airsoft gun. Flynn was a drug addict. He stole guns from the police department's Rodman's Neck Armory, replacing them with airsoft guns, and sold the real weapons to fund his addiction. His buyer, Buros, a wanted arms dealer, already had buyers lined up for the priz
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57
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57
No. in
season
9
Title
"The Eternity Injection"
Directed by
Larry Teng
Written by
Craig Sweeny
Original release date
January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
A nurse Joan knew is missing. The woman's trail leads to an illegal human drug trial of EZM-77, a time-dilating substance. Five test subjects were injected. The higher the dose the madder they went (one killed the missing nurse, who administered the drug) and they die or are murdered. Carlisle, on the lowest dose, survives and his interview leads t
A nurse Joan knew is missing. The woman's trail leads to an illegal human drug trial of EZM-77, a time-dilating substance. Five test subjects were injected. The higher the dose the madder they went (one killed the missing nurse, who administered the drug) and they die or are murdered. Carlisle, on the lowest dose, survives and his interview leads t
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A nurse Joan knew is missing. The woman's trail leads to an illegal human drug trial of EZM-77, a time-dilating substance. Five test subjects were injected. The higher the dose the madder they went (one killed the missing nurse, who administered the drug) and they die or are murdered. Carlisle, on the lowest dose, survives and his interview leads t
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58
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58
No. in
season
10
Title
"Seed Money"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Brian Rodenbeck
Original release date
January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
An elderly couple dies in bed. They are inadvertent casualties of another crime committed elsewhere in the building. Someone burned rubber in the basement, which emitted a toxic gas. Sherlock finds a burned body with a tire around his neck. Clay Dubrovensky was the second floor tenant who worked for the criminal SDS Cartel, growing marijuana for th
An elderly couple dies in bed. They are inadvertent casualties of another crime committed elsewhere in the building. Someone burned rubber in the basement, which emitted a toxic gas. Sherlock finds a burned body with a tire around his neck. Clay Dubrovensky was the second floor tenant who worked for the criminal SDS Cartel, growing marijuana for th
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An elderly couple dies in bed. They are inadvertent casualties of another crime committed elsewhere in the building. Someone burned rubber in the basement, which emitted a toxic gas. Sherlock finds a burned body with a tire around his neck. Clay Dubrovensky was the second floor tenant who worked for the criminal SDS Cartel, growing marijuana for th
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59
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59
No. in
season
11
Title
"The Illustrious Client"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
A woman is murdered, and her premortem back scars resemble Kitty's. A burner phone left at a bar the woman was at leads the NYPD to a suspect, Simon de Merville. Simon works for a brothel that kidnaps illegal immigrants, and in his property is the body of one of the brothel's suppliers, as well as women captives. Simon might have been injured durin
A woman is murdered, and her premortem back scars resemble Kitty's. A burner phone left at a bar the woman was at leads the NYPD to a suspect, Simon de Merville. Simon works for a brothel that kidnaps illegal immigrants, and in his property is the body of one of the brothel's suppliers, as well as women captives. Simon might have been injured durin
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A woman is murdered, and her premortem back scars resemble Kitty's. A burner phone left at a bar the woman was at leads the NYPD to a suspect, Simon de Merville. Simon works for a brothel that kidnaps illegal immigrants, and in his property is the body of one of the brothel's suppliers, as well as women captives. Simon might have been injured durin
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60
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60
No. in
season
12
Title
"The One That Got Away"
Directed by
Seith Mann
Written by
Robert Doherty
Original release date
January 29, 2015 (2015-01-29)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Del Gruner abruptly fires Joan. Sherlock begins exploring the backgrounds of kidnapped and murdered women who match Gruner's modus operandi. They track down Tabitha Laird, a coworker of Gruner's at a charity to which he donates his time and money. Laird's adopted son turns out to be the child of Gruner and one of the victims on Sherlock's list. Kit
Del Gruner abruptly fires Joan. Sherlock begins exploring the backgrounds of kidnapped and murdered women who match Gruner's modus operandi. They track down Tabitha Laird, a coworker of Gruner's at a charity to which he donates his time and money. Laird's adopted son turns out to be the child of Gruner and one of the victims on Sherlock's list. Kit
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Del Gruner abruptly fires Joan. Sherlock begins exploring the backgrounds of kidnapped and murdered women who match Gruner's modus operandi. They track down Tabitha Laird, a coworker of Gruner's at a charity to which he donates his time and money. Laird's adopted son turns out to be the child of Gruner and one of the victims on Sherlock's list. Kit
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61
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overall
61
No. in
season
13
Title
"Hemlock"
Directed by
Christine Moore
Written by
Arika Lisanne Mittman
Original release date
February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
The wife of missing lawyer Steven Horowitz hires Sherlock to find him. Sherlock and Joan discover that he did not tell his wife he had been fired by his firm. They find out that he went to work for a debt collection agency and was given a debt package worth millions. Sherlock and Joan try to narrow down the pool of suspects from the thousands of de
The wife of missing lawyer Steven Horowitz hires Sherlock to find him. Sherlock and Joan discover that he did not tell his wife he had been fired by his firm. They find out that he went to work for a debt collection agency and was given a debt package worth millions. Sherlock and Joan try to narrow down the pool of suspects from the thousands of de
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The wife of missing lawyer Steven Horowitz hires Sherlock to find him. Sherlock and Joan discover that he did not tell his wife he had been fired by his firm. They find out that he went to work for a debt collection agency and was given a debt package worth millions. Sherlock and Joan try to narrow down the pool of suspects from the thousands of de
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62
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62
No. in
season
14
Title
"The Female of the Species"
Directed by
Lucy Liu
Written by
Jeffrey Paul King
Original release date
February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Elana March tells Joan she had Andrew murdered in revenge. Sherlock enlists Detective Bell to help him find two missing pregnant zebras stolen from a zoo. A trademarked color provides the first clue; the color is only used on delivery vans for one company. They eventually find the zebras, who have given birth. They also find a veterinarian, shot de
Elana March tells Joan she had Andrew murdered in revenge. Sherlock enlists Detective Bell to help him find two missing pregnant zebras stolen from a zoo. A trademarked color provides the first clue; the color is only used on delivery vans for one company. They eventually find the zebras, who have given birth. They also find a veterinarian, shot de
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Elana March tells Joan she had Andrew murdered in revenge. Sherlock enlists Detective Bell to help him find two missing pregnant zebras stolen from a zoo. A trademarked color provides the first clue; the color is only used on delivery vans for one company. They eventually find the zebras, who have given birth. They also find a veterinarian, shot de
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63
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overall
63
No. in
season
15
Title
"When Your Number's Up"
Directed by
Jerry Levine
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19)
U . viewers
(millions)
8
Sherlock and Joan investigate two murders in which the killer leaves envelopes of cash on the victims equating to their "worth". The probe leads the two to investigate an airline crash which killed over 80 people and the amount that each would receive as wrongful death compensation according to an equation formulated by attorney Arlen Schrader. Whe
Sherlock and Joan investigate two murders in which the killer leaves envelopes of cash on the victims equating to their "worth". The probe leads the two to investigate an airline crash which killed over 80 people and the amount that each would receive as wrongful death compensation according to an equation formulated by attorney Arlen Schrader. Whe
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overall
Sherlock and Joan investigate two murders in which the killer leaves envelopes of cash on the victims equating to their "worth". The probe leads the two to investigate an airline crash which killed over 80 people and the amount that each would receive as wrongful death compensation according to an equation formulated by attorney Arlen Schrader. Whe
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64
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overall
64
No. in
season
16
Title
"For All You Know"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Peter Ocko
Original release date
March 5, 2015 (2015-03-05)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
A woman named Maria Gutierrez vanishes in 2011. Her body is found three years later. Sherlock wrote a signed note found in her purse, giving his address and a meeting time, but says that he does not know her. However, he was a heavy drug user then, which caused blackouts and memory loss. Maria worked as a cleaner at the offices of Councilman Robert
A woman named Maria Gutierrez vanishes in 2011. Her body is found three years later. Sherlock wrote a signed note found in her purse, giving his address and a meeting time, but says that he does not know her. However, he was a heavy drug user then, which caused blackouts and memory loss. Maria worked as a cleaner at the offices of Councilman Robert
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A woman named Maria Gutierrez vanishes in 2011. Her body is found three years later. Sherlock wrote a signed note found in her purse, giving his address and a meeting time, but says that he does not know her. However, he was a heavy drug user then, which caused blackouts and memory loss. Maria worked as a cleaner at the offices of Councilman Robert
65
65
No.
overall
65
No. in
season
17
Title
"T-Bone and the Iceman"
Directed by
Michael Slovis
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
A distracted driver is killed after colliding with a van and discovering that it carries corpses. The driver's body is partially mummified, by the coolant R22. Sherlock's investigation leads to a cryogenics facility owned by a cash-strapped company that preserves the bodies of clients in the hope that future advances can revive them. There, the cor
A distracted driver is killed after colliding with a van and discovering that it carries corpses. The driver's body is partially mummified, by the coolant R22. Sherlock's investigation leads to a cryogenics facility owned by a cash-strapped company that preserves the bodies of clients in the hope that future advances can revive them. There, the cor
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overall
A distracted driver is killed after colliding with a van and discovering that it carries corpses. The driver's body is partially mummified, by the coolant R22. Sherlock's investigation leads to a cryogenics facility owned by a cash-strapped company that preserves the bodies of clients in the hope that future advances can revive them. There, the cor
66
66
No.
overall
66
No. in
season
18
Title
"The View From Olympus"
Directed by
Seith Mann
Written by
S : Jordan Rosenberg;
T : Bob Goodman
Original release date
April 2, 2015 (2015-04-02)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Galen Barrow, a driver for ridesharing company Zooss, is run over by a city cab. The murder was staged to look like professional rivalry. Barrow was an internet journalist and had begun working for Zooss recently. Registered sex offender Gordon Meadows admits to having killed Barrow; he was blackmailed into it after he broke his parole. Barrow's in
Galen Barrow, a driver for ridesharing company Zooss, is run over by a city cab. The murder was staged to look like professional rivalry. Barrow was an internet journalist and had begun working for Zooss recently. Registered sex offender Gordon Meadows admits to having killed Barrow; he was blackmailed into it after he broke his parole. Barrow's in
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Galen Barrow, a driver for ridesharing company Zooss, is run over by a city cab. The murder was staged to look like professional rivalry. Barrow was an internet journalist and had begun working for Zooss recently. Registered sex offender Gordon Meadows admits to having killed Barrow; he was blackmailed into it after he broke his parole. Barrow's in
67
67
No.
overall
67
No. in
season
19
Title
"One Watson, One Holmes"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Original release date
April 9, 2015 (2015-04-09)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Everyone member "Species", real name Errol White, is killed by a now-missing samurai sword. It is later revealed that Species was secretly two people, an arrangement that allowed Species to always be online. The other half of Species is someone named Bradley Dietz. Dietz killed White when he rejected Dietz's idea of hacking think tank the Atherton
Everyone member "Species", real name Errol White, is killed by a now-missing samurai sword. It is later revealed that Species was secretly two people, an arrangement that allowed Species to always be online. The other half of Species is someone named Bradley Dietz. Dietz killed White when he rejected Dietz's idea of hacking think tank the Atherton
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Everyone member "Species", real name Errol White, is killed by a now-missing samurai sword. It is later revealed that Species was secretly two people, an arrangement that allowed Species to always be online. The other half of Species is someone named Bradley Dietz. Dietz killed White when he rejected Dietz's idea of hacking think tank the Atherton
68
68
No.
overall
68
No. in
season
20
Title
"A Stitch in Time"
Directed by
Ron Fortunato
Written by
Peter Ocko
Original release date
April 16, 2015 (2015-04-16)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Debunker Garrison Boyd is killed. Boyd accused real estate developer Collin Eisley of trying to scare a woman into selling a beach house, as she was hearing unusual noises. This was actually the result of tunneling from a neighbor's house. The tunnel's target is Ruby, the world's fastest transatlantic internet cable. Ruby feeds certain investment f
Debunker Garrison Boyd is killed. Boyd accused real estate developer Collin Eisley of trying to scare a woman into selling a beach house, as she was hearing unusual noises. This was actually the result of tunneling from a neighbor's house. The tunnel's target is Ruby, the world's fastest transatlantic internet cable. Ruby feeds certain investment f
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Debunker Garrison Boyd is killed. Boyd accused real estate developer Collin Eisley of trying to scare a woman into selling a beach house, as she was hearing unusual noises. This was actually the result of tunneling from a neighbor's house. The tunnel's target is Ruby, the world's fastest transatlantic internet cable. Ruby feeds certain investment f
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69
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overall
69
No. in
season
21
Title
"Under My Skin"
Directed by
Aaron Lipstadt
Written by
Jeffrey Paul King
Original release date
April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
A man shoots two paramedics and steals their ambulance with patient Maggie Halpern inside. A man named Wallace Turk later admits the murders. Halpern is also murdered, and her body is eviscerated by Turk's partner. Halpern was an unwitting drug mule who had received what she thought was normal surgery in Brazil. Her surgeon, Turk's brother-in-law,
A man shoots two paramedics and steals their ambulance with patient Maggie Halpern inside. A man named Wallace Turk later admits the murders. Halpern is also murdered, and her body is eviscerated by Turk's partner. Halpern was an unwitting drug mule who had received what she thought was normal surgery in Brazil. Her surgeon, Turk's brother-in-law,
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overall
A man shoots two paramedics and steals their ambulance with patient Maggie Halpern inside. A man named Wallace Turk later admits the murders. Halpern is also murdered, and her body is eviscerated by Turk's partner. Halpern was an unwitting drug mule who had received what she thought was normal surgery in Brazil. Her surgeon, Turk's brother-in-law,
70
70
No.
overall
70
No. in
season
22
Title
"The Best Way Out Is Always Through"
Directed by
Michael Slovis
Written by
Arika Lisanne Mittman
Original release date
April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30)
U . viewers
(millions)
7
Judge Dennis Vaughn is killed with a screwdriver. While in New York City for a fundraiser for a governor's re-election, Vaughn had sex with one of the governor's staffers; her alibi depends on a friend, Andrea Schuster. Fingerprints on the screwdriver belong to Nikki Moreno, who escaped from a correctional facility days earlier. At the for-profit p
Judge Dennis Vaughn is killed with a screwdriver. While in New York City for a fundraiser for a governor's re-election, Vaughn had sex with one of the governor's staffers; her alibi depends on a friend, Andrea Schuster. Fingerprints on the screwdriver belong to Nikki Moreno, who escaped from a correctional facility days earlier. At the for-profit p
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Judge Dennis Vaughn is killed with a screwdriver. While in New York City for a fundraiser for a governor's re-election, Vaughn had sex with one of the governor's staffers; her alibi depends on a friend, Andrea Schuster. Fingerprints on the screwdriver belong to Nikki Moreno, who escaped from a correctional facility days earlier. At the for-profit p
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71
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overall
71
No. in
season
23
Title
"Absconded"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
May 7, 2015 (2015-05-07)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
Testing to learn the cause of Colony collapse disorder (CCD), USDA employee Everett Keck visits Belinda's honey farm. Keck and her bees die from cyanide in his smoker. AgriNext might be behind CCD in Northeast USA. AgriNext's company executive denies murder, saying that they had been ready to counter Keck's accusations by discrediting him. Belinda'
Testing to learn the cause of Colony collapse disorder (CCD), USDA employee Everett Keck visits Belinda's honey farm. Keck and her bees die from cyanide in his smoker. AgriNext might be behind CCD in Northeast USA. AgriNext's company executive denies murder, saying that they had been ready to counter Keck's accusations by discrediting him. Belinda'
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Testing to learn the cause of Colony collapse disorder (CCD), USDA employee Everett Keck visits Belinda's honey farm. Keck and her bees die from cyanide in his smoker. AgriNext might be behind CCD in Northeast USA. AgriNext's company executive denies murder, saying that they had been ready to counter Keck's accusations by discrediting him. Belinda'
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72
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72
No. in
season
24
Title
"A Controlled Descent"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Robert Doherty
Original release date
May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
Oscar Rankin kidnaps Alfredo to leverage Sherlock into finding Oscar's missing sister Olivia, a fellow drug addict. Sherlock searches for Olivia with Oscar, visiting his former rehabilitation center and an active heroin den. At the den, the discarded contents of a stolen wallet contain the driving licence of Jonathan Bloom, a sexual predator who lu
Oscar Rankin kidnaps Alfredo to leverage Sherlock into finding Oscar's missing sister Olivia, a fellow drug addict. Sherlock searches for Olivia with Oscar, visiting his former rehabilitation center and an active heroin den. At the den, the discarded contents of a stolen wallet contain the driving licence of Jonathan Bloom, a sexual predator who lu
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overall
Oscar Rankin kidnaps Alfredo to leverage Sherlock into finding Oscar's missing sister Olivia, a fellow drug addict. Sherlock searches for Olivia with Oscar, visiting his former rehabilitation center and an active heroin den. At the den, the discarded contents of a stolen wallet contain the driving licence of Jonathan Bloom, a sexual predator who lu
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) | |
| 49 | 1 | "Enough Nemesis to Go Around" | John Polson | Robert Doherty and Craig Sweeny | October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30) | 7 | |
| Six months after Joan moved out, she is running her own investigation firm and helps bust female drug kingpin Elana March. Two months later, the case has gone stagnant and the key witness in the prosecution of the kingpin is murdered in a hotel elevator. To her surprise, Joan discovers Sherlock has returned with a new protégé named Kitty Winter, an | |||||||
| 50 | 2 | "The Five Orange Pipz" | Larry Teng | Bob Goodman | November 6, 2014 (2014-11-06) | 7 | |
| A double murder appears to be revenge for the deaths of children poisoned by GHB, the inadvertent result of cost-cutting measures taken by the Indian manufacturer of toy beads. Each of the victims received five orange beads in the mail. The father of one of the children confesses, but Sherlock deduces that he is lying. FBI agent Vince Boden refuses | |||||||
| 51 | 3 | "Just a Regular Irregular" | Jerry Levine | Robert Hewitt Wolfe | November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13) | 6 | |
| Mathematician Harlan Emple comes across a dead body packed in mothballs while participating in a "math hunt", a number game with a puzzle involving Belphegor's prime. When another body is found, it is believed that the game is intended to be a death trap for mathematicians or, as it turns out, one mathematician in particular. Meanwhile, Joan tries | |||||||
| 52 | 4 | "Bella" | Guy Ferland | Craig Sweeny | November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20) | 6 | |
| Software developer Edwin Borstein has created an artificial intelligence (AI) program called Bella, and he hires Sherlock because someone has broken into his company and stolen a copy of the program. Sherlock takes the case, not because he finds it interesting, but because he does not believe AI is achievable. He solves the theft case, but then Bor | |||||||
| 53 | 5 | "Rip Off" | John Polson | Jason Tracey | November 27, 2014 (2014-11-27) | 6 | |
| A severed hand is seen in a street puddle. It belongs to the corpse of Orthodox Jew Moshe Shapiro. Shapiro owned a Postal Unlimited store nearby. A hidden safe contains Moshe's ledger. Moshe turns out to have been a diamond smuggler. Sherlock deduces that weightlifter Dana Kazmir ripped the hand off. Kazmir confesses to the murder and provides a li | |||||||
| 54 | 6 | "Terra Pericolosa" | Aaron Lipstadt | S : Jeffrey Paul King; S/T : Bob Goodman | December 4, 2014 (2014-12-04) | 6 | |
| Joan returns from Denmark. Kitty is called to a museum, where valuable old maps and a security guard are missing. The guard is dead. One particular map was the target; the rest were taken just to camouflage that fact. That map, "The County of King James, Virginia, 1794", was loaned to the museum by a now-deceased member of the Bray family decades b | |||||||
| 55 | 7 | "The Adventure of the Nutmeg Concoction" | Christine Moore | Peter Ocko | December 11, 2014 (2014-12-11) | 7 | |
| Joan's new client wants to find out about her sister, Jessica Holder, who disappeared five years before. The smell of nutmeg was detected at the site of Jessica's disappearance and those of others. Noah Kramer, a married lawyer with whom Jessica was having an affair, told her that his client, Raymond Carpenter, was guilty of several murders; she wa | |||||||
| 56 | 8 | "End of Watch" | Ron Fortunato | Robert Hewitt Wolfe | December 18, 2014 (2014-12-18) | 7 | |
| Flynn, a Highway Patrol officer, is murdered; his sidearm had been replaced with an airsoft gun. Flynn was a drug addict. He stole guns from the police department's Rodman's Neck Armory, replacing them with airsoft guns, and sold the real weapons to fund his addiction. His buyer, Buros, a wanted arms dealer, already had buyers lined up for the priz | |||||||
| 57 | 9 | "The Eternity Injection" | Larry Teng | Craig Sweeny | January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08) | 8 | |
| A nurse Joan knew is missing. The woman's trail leads to an illegal human drug trial of EZM-77, a time-dilating substance. Five test subjects were injected. The higher the dose the madder they went (one killed the missing nurse, who administered the drug) and they die or are murdered. Carlisle, on the lowest dose, survives and his interview leads t | |||||||
| 58 | 10 | "Seed Money" | John Polson | Brian Rodenbeck | January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15) | 8 | |
| An elderly couple dies in bed. They are inadvertent casualties of another crime committed elsewhere in the building. Someone burned rubber in the basement, which emitted a toxic gas. Sherlock finds a burned body with a tire around his neck. Clay Dubrovensky was the second floor tenant who worked for the criminal SDS Cartel, growing marijuana for th | |||||||
| 59 | 11 | "The Illustrious Client" | Guy Ferland | Jason Tracey | January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22) | 8 | |
| A woman is murdered, and her premortem back scars resemble Kitty's. A burner phone left at a bar the woman was at leads the NYPD to a suspect, Simon de Merville. Simon works for a brothel that kidnaps illegal immigrants, and in his property is the body of one of the brothel's suppliers, as well as women captives. Simon might have been injured durin | |||||||
| 60 | 12 | "The One That Got Away" | Seith Mann | Robert Doherty | January 29, 2015 (2015-01-29) | 7 | |
| Del Gruner abruptly fires Joan. Sherlock begins exploring the backgrounds of kidnapped and murdered women who match Gruner's modus operandi. They track down Tabitha Laird, a coworker of Gruner's at a charity to which he donates his time and money. Laird's adopted son turns out to be the child of Gruner and one of the victims on Sherlock's list. Kit | |||||||
| 61 | 13 | "Hemlock" | Christine Moore | Arika Lisanne Mittman | February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05) | 7 | |
| The wife of missing lawyer Steven Horowitz hires Sherlock to find him. Sherlock and Joan discover that he did not tell his wife he had been fired by his firm. They find out that he went to work for a debt collection agency and was given a debt package worth millions. Sherlock and Joan try to narrow down the pool of suspects from the thousands of de | |||||||
| 62 | 14 | "The Female of the Species" | Lucy Liu | Jeffrey Paul King | February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12) | 7 | |
| Elana March tells Joan she had Andrew murdered in revenge. Sherlock enlists Detective Bell to help him find two missing pregnant zebras stolen from a zoo. A trademarked color provides the first clue; the color is only used on delivery vans for one company. They eventually find the zebras, who have given birth. They also find a veterinarian, shot de | |||||||
| 63 | 15 | "When Your Number's Up" | Jerry Levine | Bob Goodman | February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19) | 8 | |
| Sherlock and Joan investigate two murders in which the killer leaves envelopes of cash on the victims equating to their "worth". The probe leads the two to investigate an airline crash which killed over 80 people and the amount that each would receive as wrongful death compensation according to an equation formulated by attorney Arlen Schrader. Whe | |||||||
| 64 | 16 | "For All You Know" | Guy Ferland | Peter Ocko | March 5, 2015 (2015-03-05) | 7 | |
| A woman named Maria Gutierrez vanishes in 2011. Her body is found three years later. Sherlock wrote a signed note found in her purse, giving his address and a meeting time, but says that he does not know her. However, he was a heavy drug user then, which caused blackouts and memory loss. Maria worked as a cleaner at the offices of Councilman Robert | |||||||
| 65 | 17 | "T-Bone and the Iceman" | Michael Slovis | Jason Tracey | March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12) | 7 | |
| A distracted driver is killed after colliding with a van and discovering that it carries corpses. The driver's body is partially mummified, by the coolant R22. Sherlock's investigation leads to a cryogenics facility owned by a cash-strapped company that preserves the bodies of clients in the hope that future advances can revive them. There, the cor | |||||||
| 66 | 18 | "The View From Olympus" | Seith Mann | S : Jordan Rosenberg; T : Bob Goodman | April 2, 2015 (2015-04-02) | 7 | |
| Galen Barrow, a driver for ridesharing company Zooss, is run over by a city cab. The murder was staged to look like professional rivalry. Barrow was an internet journalist and had begun working for Zooss recently. Registered sex offender Gordon Meadows admits to having killed Barrow; he was blackmailed into it after he broke his parole. Barrow's in | |||||||
| 67 | 19 | "One Watson, One Holmes" | John Polson | Robert Hewitt Wolfe | April 9, 2015 (2015-04-09) | 7 | |
| Everyone member "Species", real name Errol White, is killed by a now-missing samurai sword. It is later revealed that Species was secretly two people, an arrangement that allowed Species to always be online. The other half of Species is someone named Bradley Dietz. Dietz killed White when he rejected Dietz's idea of hacking think tank the Atherton | |||||||
| 68 | 20 | "A Stitch in Time" | Ron Fortunato | Peter Ocko | April 16, 2015 (2015-04-16) | 7 | |
| Debunker Garrison Boyd is killed. Boyd accused real estate developer Collin Eisley of trying to scare a woman into selling a beach house, as she was hearing unusual noises. This was actually the result of tunneling from a neighbor's house. The tunnel's target is Ruby, the world's fastest transatlantic internet cable. Ruby feeds certain investment f | |||||||
| 69 | 21 | "Under My Skin" | Aaron Lipstadt | Jeffrey Paul King | April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23) | 7 | |
| A man shoots two paramedics and steals their ambulance with patient Maggie Halpern inside. A man named Wallace Turk later admits the murders. Halpern is also murdered, and her body is eviscerated by Turk's partner. Halpern was an unwitting drug mule who had received what she thought was normal surgery in Brazil. Her surgeon, Turk's brother-in-law, | |||||||
| 70 | 22 | "The Best Way Out Is Always Through" | Michael Slovis | Arika Lisanne Mittman | April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30) | 7 | |
| Judge Dennis Vaughn is killed with a screwdriver. While in New York City for a fundraiser for a governor's re-election, Vaughn had sex with one of the governor's staffers; her alibi depends on a friend, Andrea Schuster. Fingerprints on the screwdriver belong to Nikki Moreno, who escaped from a correctional facility days earlier. At the for-profit p | |||||||
| 71 | 23 | "Absconded" | Guy Ferland | Jason Tracey | May 7, 2015 (2015-05-07) | 6 | |
| Testing to learn the cause of Colony collapse disorder (CCD), USDA employee Everett Keck visits Belinda's honey farm. Keck and her bees die from cyanide in his smoker. AgriNext might be behind CCD in Northeast USA. AgriNext's company executive denies murder, saying that they had been ready to counter Keck's accusations by discrediting him. Belinda' | |||||||
| 72 | 24 | "A Controlled Descent" | John Polson | Robert Doherty | May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14) | 6 | |
| Oscar Rankin kidnaps Alfredo to leverage Sherlock into finding Oscar's missing sister Olivia, a fellow drug addict. Sherlock searches for Olivia with Oscar, visiting his former rehabilitation center and an active heroin den. At the den, the discarded contents of a stolen wallet contain the driving licence of Jonathan Bloom, a sexual predator who lu | |||||||
· Episodes › Season 4 (2015–16)
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73
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season
1
Title
"The Past Is Parent"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Robert Doherty
Original release date
November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Just before killing himself in front of Holmes, Jonathan Bloom hires him to discover what happened to his Honduran wife Alicia, who went missing in 2010. Bloom did kill two other women (drug addicts who did not survive rough sex), gives the location of their bodies, and kills himself. Another Honduran, Maribel Fonseca, vanished at the same time as
Just before killing himself in front of Holmes, Jonathan Bloom hires him to discover what happened to his Honduran wife Alicia, who went missing in 2010. Bloom did kill two other women (drug addicts who did not survive rough sex), gives the location of their bodies, and kills himself. Another Honduran, Maribel Fonseca, vanished at the same time as
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Just before killing himself in front of Holmes, Jonathan Bloom hires him to discover what happened to his Honduran wife Alicia, who went missing in 2010. Bloom did kill two other women (drug addicts who did not survive rough sex), gives the location of their bodies, and kills himself. Another Honduran, Maribel Fonseca, vanished at the same time as
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74
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74
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season
2
Title
"Evidence of Things Not Seen"
Directed by
Ron Fortunato
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
With the NYPD no longer employing him, Sherlock persuades FBI agent Gary Burke to hire him and Joan. They investigate a triple homicide at a neuroeconomics research facility, but chafe under Burke's close supervision. The researchers were working on a brainwashing technique for DARPA. All the hard drives containing the research were stolen. They me
With the NYPD no longer employing him, Sherlock persuades FBI agent Gary Burke to hire him and Joan. They investigate a triple homicide at a neuroeconomics research facility, but chafe under Burke's close supervision. The researchers were working on a brainwashing technique for DARPA. All the hard drives containing the research were stolen. They me
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With the NYPD no longer employing him, Sherlock persuades FBI agent Gary Burke to hire him and Joan. They investigate a triple homicide at a neuroeconomics research facility, but chafe under Burke's close supervision. The researchers were working on a brainwashing technique for DARPA. All the hard drives containing the research were stolen. They me
75
75
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75
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season
3
Title
"Tag, You're Me"
Directed by
Christine Moore
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Two strangers who look like each other are murdered. Dorion Moll spoke with both by phone. Moll runs a website that finds people's doppelgängers, using a stolen and modified facial recognition system. Moll thinks that Countenance Technologies, the firm he stole the software from, wants to kill him; he previously escaped a masked man with a knife. O
Two strangers who look like each other are murdered. Dorion Moll spoke with both by phone. Moll runs a website that finds people's doppelgängers, using a stolen and modified facial recognition system. Moll thinks that Countenance Technologies, the firm he stole the software from, wants to kill him; he previously escaped a masked man with a knife. O
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Two strangers who look like each other are murdered. Dorion Moll spoke with both by phone. Moll runs a website that finds people's doppelgängers, using a stolen and modified facial recognition system. Moll thinks that Countenance Technologies, the firm he stole the software from, wants to kill him; he previously escaped a masked man with a knife. O
76
76
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76
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season
4
Title
"All My Exes Live in Essex"
Directed by
Michael Pressman
Written by
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Original release date
November 26, 2015 (2015-11-26)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Sherlock and Joan investigate a missing lab technician who works in the fertility clinic of the hospital where Joan used to work. The woman's skeleton is found stripped and assembled as an educational tool for medical students. Meanwhile, Joan meets with an old friend and finds out that a Detective Cortez has been asking questions about her. It tur
Sherlock and Joan investigate a missing lab technician who works in the fertility clinic of the hospital where Joan used to work. The woman's skeleton is found stripped and assembled as an educational tool for medical students. Meanwhile, Joan meets with an old friend and finds out that a Detective Cortez has been asking questions about her. It tur
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Sherlock and Joan investigate a missing lab technician who works in the fertility clinic of the hospital where Joan used to work. The woman's skeleton is found stripped and assembled as an educational tool for medical students. Meanwhile, Joan meets with an old friend and finds out that a Detective Cortez has been asking questions about her. It tur
77
77
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77
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season
5
Title
"The Games Underfoot"
Directed by
Alex Chapple
Written by
Arika Lisanne Mittman
Original release date
December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
The case of a dead unemployed archaeologist presents new mysteries, as the detectives find out that he was digging up an old landfill from the 1980s. The man was searching for Nottingham Knights, an old video game from the 1980s that was never released because of monumentally bad advance reviews. When it turns out a suspect already found and dug up
The case of a dead unemployed archaeologist presents new mysteries, as the detectives find out that he was digging up an old landfill from the 1980s. The man was searching for Nottingham Knights, an old video game from the 1980s that was never released because of monumentally bad advance reviews. When it turns out a suspect already found and dug up
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The case of a dead unemployed archaeologist presents new mysteries, as the detectives find out that he was digging up an old landfill from the 1980s. The man was searching for Nottingham Knights, an old video game from the 1980s that was never released because of monumentally bad advance reviews. When it turns out a suspect already found and dug up
78
78
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78
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season
6
Title
"The Cost of Doing Business"
Directed by
Aaron Lipstadt
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
December 17, 2015 (2015-12-17)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
A sniper shoots nine people, killing four, in the financial district. Morland offers his help with the case, knowing the sniper's identity. Although the shooting appears random, it is too precise, concealing the true target; Morland knows of a prior mass shooting with the same modus operandi, which benefitted a former client. Shooter-for-hire Gagni
A sniper shoots nine people, killing four, in the financial district. Morland offers his help with the case, knowing the sniper's identity. Although the shooting appears random, it is too precise, concealing the true target; Morland knows of a prior mass shooting with the same modus operandi, which benefitted a former client. Shooter-for-hire Gagni
No.
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A sniper shoots nine people, killing four, in the financial district. Morland offers his help with the case, knowing the sniper's identity. Although the shooting appears random, it is too precise, concealing the true target; Morland knows of a prior mass shooting with the same modus operandi, which benefitted a former client. Shooter-for-hire Gagni
79
79
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79
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season
7
Title
"Miss Taken"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Tamara Jaron
Original release date
January 7, 2016 (2016-01-07)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
Retired FBI agent Robert Underhill is killed. He was investigating the old, unsolved case of Mina Davenport. Mina was kidnapped at age eight and escaped her captor 14 months prior after 10 years in captivity and returned to her wealthy parents, Nancy and Richard Davenport. However, the woman claiming to be Mina is an impostor. The impostor claims t
Retired FBI agent Robert Underhill is killed. He was investigating the old, unsolved case of Mina Davenport. Mina was kidnapped at age eight and escaped her captor 14 months prior after 10 years in captivity and returned to her wealthy parents, Nancy and Richard Davenport. However, the woman claiming to be Mina is an impostor. The impostor claims t
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Retired FBI agent Robert Underhill is killed. He was investigating the old, unsolved case of Mina Davenport. Mina was kidnapped at age eight and escaped her captor 14 months prior after 10 years in captivity and returned to her wealthy parents, Nancy and Richard Davenport. However, the woman claiming to be Mina is an impostor. The impostor claims t
80
80
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80
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season
8
Title
"A Burden of Blood"
Directed by
Christine Moore
Written by
Nick Thiel
Original release date
January 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Ellen Jacobs, two months pregnant despite having had a tubal ligation, is found suffocated by a plastic bag in her car. She was leaving a voice mail message when she was killed; her last words are "Oh, my God. No. Stop it! No!" Her husband is sterile. Ellen is the daughter of an imprisoned killer whose modus operandi matches her death. The father o
Ellen Jacobs, two months pregnant despite having had a tubal ligation, is found suffocated by a plastic bag in her car. She was leaving a voice mail message when she was killed; her last words are "Oh, my God. No. Stop it! No!" Her husband is sterile. Ellen is the daughter of an imprisoned killer whose modus operandi matches her death. The father o
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Ellen Jacobs, two months pregnant despite having had a tubal ligation, is found suffocated by a plastic bag in her car. She was leaving a voice mail message when she was killed; her last words are "Oh, my God. No. Stop it! No!" Her husband is sterile. Ellen is the daughter of an imprisoned killer whose modus operandi matches her death. The father o
81
81
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overall
81
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season
9
Title
"Murder Ex Machina"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Original release date
January 21, 2016 (2016-01-21)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
Morland asks Joan to dine with him at a restaurant opening. Maxim Zolotov, a Russian oligarch, is shot and killed, and the two shooters are killed immediately afterward when their car is hacked. An analysis of the hacked code leads to Pentillion, a company creating automated vehicles, who admit that they were hacked by a rival company with which Zo
Morland asks Joan to dine with him at a restaurant opening. Maxim Zolotov, a Russian oligarch, is shot and killed, and the two shooters are killed immediately afterward when their car is hacked. An analysis of the hacked code leads to Pentillion, a company creating automated vehicles, who admit that they were hacked by a rival company with which Zo
No.
overall
Morland asks Joan to dine with him at a restaurant opening. Maxim Zolotov, a Russian oligarch, is shot and killed, and the two shooters are killed immediately afterward when their car is hacked. An analysis of the hacked code leads to Pentillion, a company creating automated vehicles, who admit that they were hacked by a rival company with which Zo
82
82
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overall
82
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season
10
Title
"Alma Matters"
Directed by
Larry Teng
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
January 28, 2016 (2016-01-28)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
Morland downplays the danger surrounding him by saying that the assassin has been dealt with, a story Sherlock disbelieves. Two weeks later, Sherlock is turning up only empty leads. Sherlock corners Lukas. Startled by Lukas's hostility, Sherlock returns to Morland with the accusation that Morland suspects him of the shooting; Morland admits that Sh
Morland downplays the danger surrounding him by saying that the assassin has been dealt with, a story Sherlock disbelieves. Two weeks later, Sherlock is turning up only empty leads. Sherlock corners Lukas. Startled by Lukas's hostility, Sherlock returns to Morland with the accusation that Morland suspects him of the shooting; Morland admits that Sh
No.
overall
Morland downplays the danger surrounding him by saying that the assassin has been dealt with, a story Sherlock disbelieves. Two weeks later, Sherlock is turning up only empty leads. Sherlock corners Lukas. Startled by Lukas's hostility, Sherlock returns to Morland with the accusation that Morland suspects him of the shooting; Morland admits that Sh
83
83
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overall
83
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season
11
Title
"Down Where the Dead Delight"
Directed by
Jerry Levine
Written by
Jeffrey Paul King
Original release date
February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
A bomb hidden inside a body explodes in the morgue, destroying the evidence for several crimes. Sherlock discerns which case was the target of the bombing. Despite the lack of a body, the victim is identified as Janet, a woman who made a small profit selling drugs. A secret camera in Janet's kitchen reveals Toby, one of her clients, was spying on h
A bomb hidden inside a body explodes in the morgue, destroying the evidence for several crimes. Sherlock discerns which case was the target of the bombing. Despite the lack of a body, the victim is identified as Janet, a woman who made a small profit selling drugs. A secret camera in Janet's kitchen reveals Toby, one of her clients, was spying on h
No.
overall
A bomb hidden inside a body explodes in the morgue, destroying the evidence for several crimes. Sherlock discerns which case was the target of the bombing. Despite the lack of a body, the victim is identified as Janet, a woman who made a small profit selling drugs. A secret camera in Janet's kitchen reveals Toby, one of her clients, was spying on h
84
84
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overall
84
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season
12
Title
"A View with a Room"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Richard C. Okie
Original release date
February 11, 2016 (2016-02-11)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
A colleague of Gregson's wants some help infiltrating the headquarters of a drug-dealing biker gang. Undercover cop Ryan Dunning believes that the gang leader stores everything about the gang's operations on a computer in his office. Sherlock plans the heist, but the inside man dies before they can carry it out. The man's body camera records the mo
A colleague of Gregson's wants some help infiltrating the headquarters of a drug-dealing biker gang. Undercover cop Ryan Dunning believes that the gang leader stores everything about the gang's operations on a computer in his office. Sherlock plans the heist, but the inside man dies before they can carry it out. The man's body camera records the mo
No.
overall
A colleague of Gregson's wants some help infiltrating the headquarters of a drug-dealing biker gang. Undercover cop Ryan Dunning believes that the gang leader stores everything about the gang's operations on a computer in his office. Sherlock plans the heist, but the inside man dies before they can carry it out. The man's body camera records the mo
85
85
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overall
85
No. in
season
13
Title
"A Study in Charlotte"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Original release date
February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
A professor and some students die from consuming mushrooms tainted with a synthetic deathcap toxin. The professor's former associate, academic Alston C. Harper, says that although they had a falling out, they had made their peace. Another body, Harper's wife Charlotte Koenig, is later found. Koenig gave the professor the mushrooms. Koenig was the i
A professor and some students die from consuming mushrooms tainted with a synthetic deathcap toxin. The professor's former associate, academic Alston C. Harper, says that although they had a falling out, they had made their peace. Another body, Harper's wife Charlotte Koenig, is later found. Koenig gave the professor the mushrooms. Koenig was the i
No.
overall
A professor and some students die from consuming mushrooms tainted with a synthetic deathcap toxin. The professor's former associate, academic Alston C. Harper, says that although they had a falling out, they had made their peace. Another body, Harper's wife Charlotte Koenig, is later found. Koenig gave the professor the mushrooms. Koenig was the i
86
86
No.
overall
86
No. in
season
14
Title
"Who Is That Masked Man?"
Directed by
Larry Teng
Written by
Jason Tracey
Original release date
February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Three members of a Chinese triad are murdered. Hoping to prevent a gang war, Gregson turns to Sherlock and Joan. Sherlock deduces the victims let their killer into an arcade late at night. The crimes are traced to a mortician who, using his skill at creating lifelike masks for his disfigured clients, disguised himself as an old woman the triad memb
Three members of a Chinese triad are murdered. Hoping to prevent a gang war, Gregson turns to Sherlock and Joan. Sherlock deduces the victims let their killer into an arcade late at night. The crimes are traced to a mortician who, using his skill at creating lifelike masks for his disfigured clients, disguised himself as an old woman the triad memb
No.
overall
Three members of a Chinese triad are murdered. Hoping to prevent a gang war, Gregson turns to Sherlock and Joan. Sherlock deduces the victims let their killer into an arcade late at night. The crimes are traced to a mortician who, using his skill at creating lifelike masks for his disfigured clients, disguised himself as an old woman the triad memb
87
87
No.
overall
87
No. in
season
15
Title
"Up to Heaven and Down to Hell"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Tamara Jaron
Original release date
March 3, 2016 (2016-03-03)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Rosalyn Graham, a wealthy octogenarian, falls from her penthouse flat, dying and killing the man she lands on. An ottoman is found next to the railing of her balcony, but she did not have the strength to move it there; it was put there to make it look like a suicide. Graham leaves her estate to her dog, which would tie her estate up for years while
Rosalyn Graham, a wealthy octogenarian, falls from her penthouse flat, dying and killing the man she lands on. An ottoman is found next to the railing of her balcony, but she did not have the strength to move it there; it was put there to make it look like a suicide. Graham leaves her estate to her dog, which would tie her estate up for years while
No.
overall
Rosalyn Graham, a wealthy octogenarian, falls from her penthouse flat, dying and killing the man she lands on. An ottoman is found next to the railing of her balcony, but she did not have the strength to move it there; it was put there to make it look like a suicide. Graham leaves her estate to her dog, which would tie her estate up for years while
88
88
No.
overall
88
No. in
season
16
Title
"Hounded"
Directed by
Ron Fortunato
Written by
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Original release date
March 10, 2016 (2016-03-10)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Venture capitalist Charles Baskerville is struck and killed by a truck while fleeing for his life from what an unreliable witness describes as a large glowing animal. Charles' brother Henry believes that it might have been murder. The animal breaks into Henry's mansion while he is on the phone with Sherlock; Sherlock deduces in time that the animal
Venture capitalist Charles Baskerville is struck and killed by a truck while fleeing for his life from what an unreliable witness describes as a large glowing animal. Charles' brother Henry believes that it might have been murder. The animal breaks into Henry's mansion while he is on the phone with Sherlock; Sherlock deduces in time that the animal
No.
overall
Venture capitalist Charles Baskerville is struck and killed by a truck while fleeing for his life from what an unreliable witness describes as a large glowing animal. Charles' brother Henry believes that it might have been murder. The animal breaks into Henry's mansion while he is on the phone with Sherlock; Sherlock deduces in time that the animal
89
89
No.
overall
89
No. in
season
17
Title
"You've Got Me, Who's Got You?"
Directed by
Seith Mann
Written by
Paul Cornell
Original release date
March 20, 2016 (2016-03-20)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
A comic book superhero impersonator who fights actual criminals is found dead. This leads the investigation to the publisher and the creator's grandson, Al Baxter, who is the editor of that comic. Baxter constantly voices his dismay over the fact that his grandfather was screwed out of his rights in the 1940s, irritating his co-workers. Baxter knew
A comic book superhero impersonator who fights actual criminals is found dead. This leads the investigation to the publisher and the creator's grandson, Al Baxter, who is the editor of that comic. Baxter constantly voices his dismay over the fact that his grandfather was screwed out of his rights in the 1940s, irritating his co-workers. Baxter knew
No.
overall
A comic book superhero impersonator who fights actual criminals is found dead. This leads the investigation to the publisher and the creator's grandson, Al Baxter, who is the editor of that comic. Baxter constantly voices his dismay over the fact that his grandfather was screwed out of his rights in the 1940s, irritating his co-workers. Baxter knew
90
90
No.
overall
90
No. in
season
18
Title
"Ready or Not"
Directed by
Christine Moore
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
A survivalist doctor goes missing, leaving behind evidence that he was selling prescription drugs to dealers. When his body turns up, the investigation turns to the Keep, a deluxe shelter for wealthy survivalists. Sherlock exposes the Keep as a scam, determining that the victim attempted to cover his drug dealing by stealing the shelter's stock of
A survivalist doctor goes missing, leaving behind evidence that he was selling prescription drugs to dealers. When his body turns up, the investigation turns to the Keep, a deluxe shelter for wealthy survivalists. Sherlock exposes the Keep as a scam, determining that the victim attempted to cover his drug dealing by stealing the shelter's stock of
No.
overall
A survivalist doctor goes missing, leaving behind evidence that he was selling prescription drugs to dealers. When his body turns up, the investigation turns to the Keep, a deluxe shelter for wealthy survivalists. Sherlock exposes the Keep as a scam, determining that the victim attempted to cover his drug dealing by stealing the shelter's stock of
91
91
No.
overall
91
No. in
season
19
Title
"All In"
Directed by
Aaron Lipstadt
Written by
Kelly Wheeler
Original release date
April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
An illegal high roller poker game is robbed, the look-out murdered, the dealer Sofia Darrow injured, and the organizer of the game, Lin Wen, comes to Sherlock and Joan for help after being framed for it all. Lin claims she knew Mycroft well, getting her off on the wrong foot with Joan, but Sherlock takes the case. Interviewing the players leads to
An illegal high roller poker game is robbed, the look-out murdered, the dealer Sofia Darrow injured, and the organizer of the game, Lin Wen, comes to Sherlock and Joan for help after being framed for it all. Lin claims she knew Mycroft well, getting her off on the wrong foot with Joan, but Sherlock takes the case. Interviewing the players leads to
No.
overall
An illegal high roller poker game is robbed, the look-out murdered, the dealer Sofia Darrow injured, and the organizer of the game, Lin Wen, comes to Sherlock and Joan for help after being framed for it all. Lin claims she knew Mycroft well, getting her off on the wrong foot with Joan, but Sherlock takes the case. Interviewing the players leads to
92
92
No.
overall
92
No. in
season
20
Title
"Art Imitates Art"
Directed by
Ron Fortunato
Written by
Arika Lisanne Mittman
Original release date
April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10)
U . viewers
(millions)
6
Exiting a gym late at night, Phoebe Elliot spots a car she thinks is her ride share, but is shot and killed. Sherlock and Joan come across a selfie the victim took, which was later enlarged and sold as "art". The art gallery where the piece was exhibited was broken into, and several works were stolen, but not the selfie. However, Sherlock notices t
Exiting a gym late at night, Phoebe Elliot spots a car she thinks is her ride share, but is shot and killed. Sherlock and Joan come across a selfie the victim took, which was later enlarged and sold as "art". The art gallery where the piece was exhibited was broken into, and several works were stolen, but not the selfie. However, Sherlock notices t
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overall
Exiting a gym late at night, Phoebe Elliot spots a car she thinks is her ride share, but is shot and killed. Sherlock and Joan come across a selfie the victim took, which was later enlarged and sold as "art". The art gallery where the piece was exhibited was broken into, and several works were stolen, but not the selfie. However, Sherlock notices t
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93
No.
overall
93
No. in
season
21
Title
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
Directed by
Jeremy Webb
Written by
Nick Thiel and Jeffrey Paul King
Original release date
April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
During an apparent carjacking gone wrong, both the driver and the carjacker are shot dead. However, many details do not fit that story; for example, the alleged carjacker was left-handed, but the gun ended up next to his right hand. It turns out that the carjacker was actually a hitman hired by the driver's partner in a struggling business. The par
During an apparent carjacking gone wrong, both the driver and the carjacker are shot dead. However, many details do not fit that story; for example, the alleged carjacker was left-handed, but the gun ended up next to his right hand. It turns out that the carjacker was actually a hitman hired by the driver's partner in a struggling business. The par
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overall
During an apparent carjacking gone wrong, both the driver and the carjacker are shot dead. However, many details do not fit that story; for example, the alleged carjacker was left-handed, but the gun ended up next to his right hand. It turns out that the carjacker was actually a hitman hired by the driver's partner in a struggling business. The par
94
94
No.
overall
94
No. in
season
22
Title
"Turn It Upside Down"
Directed by
Lucy Liu
Written by
Bob Goodman
Original release date
April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Sherlock is furious with Joan because she did not inform him about her recruitment/blackmailing of a person in Morland's organization. The two of them suspect Morland of ordering the assassination in the diner, but the evidence points elsewhere after the suspect confesses to both it and another murder for hire by the same person two weeks earlier.
Sherlock is furious with Joan because she did not inform him about her recruitment/blackmailing of a person in Morland's organization. The two of them suspect Morland of ordering the assassination in the diner, but the evidence points elsewhere after the suspect confesses to both it and another murder for hire by the same person two weeks earlier.
No.
overall
Sherlock is furious with Joan because she did not inform him about her recruitment/blackmailing of a person in Morland's organization. The two of them suspect Morland of ordering the assassination in the diner, but the evidence points elsewhere after the suspect confesses to both it and another murder for hire by the same person two weeks earlier.
95
95
No.
overall
95
No. in
season
23
Title
"The Invisible Hand"
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Written by
Robert Doherty and Jason Tracey
Original release date
May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Sherlock deduces that someone has taken charge of Moriarty's organization. Morland's office is bombed by the Russian hitman. This leads Sherlock to economics professor Joshua Vikner. Not only is he the head of Moriarty's organization, he is also the father to her daughter. New evidence on the hitman surfaces, after which Morland appears at the brow
Sherlock deduces that someone has taken charge of Moriarty's organization. Morland's office is bombed by the Russian hitman. This leads Sherlock to economics professor Joshua Vikner. Not only is he the head of Moriarty's organization, he is also the father to her daughter. New evidence on the hitman surfaces, after which Morland appears at the brow
No.
overall
Sherlock deduces that someone has taken charge of Moriarty's organization. Morland's office is bombed by the Russian hitman. This leads Sherlock to economics professor Joshua Vikner. Not only is he the head of Moriarty's organization, he is also the father to her daughter. New evidence on the hitman surfaces, after which Morland appears at the brow
96
96
No.
overall
96
No. in
season
24
Title
"A Difference in Kind"
Directed by
John Polson
Written by
Jason Tracey and Robert Doherty
Original release date
May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)
U . viewers
(millions)
5
Sherlock disarms the bomb and deduces that it was not arranged by Vikner, but by a rival who wants to frame him and make him the target of Moriarty's vengeance; Moriarty has ordered her organization to not harm Sherlock and Joan. Sherlock and Joan find out with help from Morland that the bomber is connected to an Iranian diplomat in the organizatio
Sherlock disarms the bomb and deduces that it was not arranged by Vikner, but by a rival who wants to frame him and make him the target of Moriarty's vengeance; Moriarty has ordered her organization to not harm Sherlock and Joan. Sherlock and Joan find out with help from Morland that the bomber is connected to an Iranian diplomat in the organizatio
No.
overall
Sherlock disarms the bomb and deduces that it was not arranged by Vikner, but by a rival who wants to frame him and make him the target of Moriarty's vengeance; Moriarty has ordered her organization to not harm Sherlock and Joan. Sherlock and Joan find out with help from Morland that the bomber is connected to an Iranian diplomat in the organizatio
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) | |
| 73 | 1 | "The Past Is Parent" | John Polson | Robert Doherty | November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05) | 5 | |
| Just before killing himself in front of Holmes, Jonathan Bloom hires him to discover what happened to his Honduran wife Alicia, who went missing in 2010. Bloom did kill two other women (drug addicts who did not survive rough sex), gives the location of their bodies, and kills himself. Another Honduran, Maribel Fonseca, vanished at the same time as | |||||||
| 74 | 2 | "Evidence of Things Not Seen" | Ron Fortunato | Jason Tracey | November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12) | 5 | |
| With the NYPD no longer employing him, Sherlock persuades FBI agent Gary Burke to hire him and Joan. They investigate a triple homicide at a neuroeconomics research facility, but chafe under Burke's close supervision. The researchers were working on a brainwashing technique for DARPA. All the hard drives containing the research were stolen. They me | |||||||
| 75 | 3 | "Tag, You're Me" | Christine Moore | Bob Goodman | November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19) | 5 | |
| Two strangers who look like each other are murdered. Dorion Moll spoke with both by phone. Moll runs a website that finds people's doppelgängers, using a stolen and modified facial recognition system. Moll thinks that Countenance Technologies, the firm he stole the software from, wants to kill him; he previously escaped a masked man with a knife. O | |||||||
| 76 | 4 | "All My Exes Live in Essex" | Michael Pressman | Robert Hewitt Wolfe | November 26, 2015 (2015-11-26) | 5 | |
| Sherlock and Joan investigate a missing lab technician who works in the fertility clinic of the hospital where Joan used to work. The woman's skeleton is found stripped and assembled as an educational tool for medical students. Meanwhile, Joan meets with an old friend and finds out that a Detective Cortez has been asking questions about her. It tur | |||||||
| 77 | 5 | "The Games Underfoot" | Alex Chapple | Arika Lisanne Mittman | December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10) | 5 | |
| The case of a dead unemployed archaeologist presents new mysteries, as the detectives find out that he was digging up an old landfill from the 1980s. The man was searching for Nottingham Knights, an old video game from the 1980s that was never released because of monumentally bad advance reviews. When it turns out a suspect already found and dug up | |||||||
| 78 | 6 | "The Cost of Doing Business" | Aaron Lipstadt | Jason Tracey | December 17, 2015 (2015-12-17) | 5 | |
| A sniper shoots nine people, killing four, in the financial district. Morland offers his help with the case, knowing the sniper's identity. Although the shooting appears random, it is too precise, concealing the true target; Morland knows of a prior mass shooting with the same modus operandi, which benefitted a former client. Shooter-for-hire Gagni | |||||||
| 79 | 7 | "Miss Taken" | Guy Ferland | Tamara Jaron | January 7, 2016 (2016-01-07) | 6 | |
| Retired FBI agent Robert Underhill is killed. He was investigating the old, unsolved case of Mina Davenport. Mina was kidnapped at age eight and escaped her captor 14 months prior after 10 years in captivity and returned to her wealthy parents, Nancy and Richard Davenport. However, the woman claiming to be Mina is an impostor. The impostor claims t | |||||||
| 80 | 8 | "A Burden of Blood" | Christine Moore | Nick Thiel | January 14, 2016 (2016-01-14) | 5 | |
| Ellen Jacobs, two months pregnant despite having had a tubal ligation, is found suffocated by a plastic bag in her car. She was leaving a voice mail message when she was killed; her last words are "Oh, my God. No. Stop it! No!" Her husband is sterile. Ellen is the daughter of an imprisoned killer whose modus operandi matches her death. The father o | |||||||
| 81 | 9 | "Murder Ex Machina" | Guy Ferland | Robert Hewitt Wolfe | January 21, 2016 (2016-01-21) | 6 | |
| Morland asks Joan to dine with him at a restaurant opening. Maxim Zolotov, a Russian oligarch, is shot and killed, and the two shooters are killed immediately afterward when their car is hacked. An analysis of the hacked code leads to Pentillion, a company creating automated vehicles, who admit that they were hacked by a rival company with which Zo | |||||||
| 82 | 10 | "Alma Matters" | Larry Teng | Bob Goodman | January 28, 2016 (2016-01-28) | 6 | |
| Morland downplays the danger surrounding him by saying that the assassin has been dealt with, a story Sherlock disbelieves. Two weeks later, Sherlock is turning up only empty leads. Sherlock corners Lukas. Startled by Lukas's hostility, Sherlock returns to Morland with the accusation that Morland suspects him of the shooting; Morland admits that Sh | |||||||
| 83 | 11 | "Down Where the Dead Delight" | Jerry Levine | Jeffrey Paul King | February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04) | 6 | |
| A bomb hidden inside a body explodes in the morgue, destroying the evidence for several crimes. Sherlock discerns which case was the target of the bombing. Despite the lack of a body, the victim is identified as Janet, a woman who made a small profit selling drugs. A secret camera in Janet's kitchen reveals Toby, one of her clients, was spying on h | |||||||
| 84 | 12 | "A View with a Room" | John Polson | Richard C. Okie | February 11, 2016 (2016-02-11) | 6 | |
| A colleague of Gregson's wants some help infiltrating the headquarters of a drug-dealing biker gang. Undercover cop Ryan Dunning believes that the gang leader stores everything about the gang's operations on a computer in his office. Sherlock plans the heist, but the inside man dies before they can carry it out. The man's body camera records the mo | |||||||
| 85 | 13 | "A Study in Charlotte" | Guy Ferland | Robert Hewitt Wolfe | February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) | 5 | |
| A professor and some students die from consuming mushrooms tainted with a synthetic deathcap toxin. The professor's former associate, academic Alston C. Harper, says that although they had a falling out, they had made their peace. Another body, Harper's wife Charlotte Koenig, is later found. Koenig gave the professor the mushrooms. Koenig was the i | |||||||
| 86 | 14 | "Who Is That Masked Man?" | Larry Teng | Jason Tracey | February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) | 5 | |
| Three members of a Chinese triad are murdered. Hoping to prevent a gang war, Gregson turns to Sherlock and Joan. Sherlock deduces the victims let their killer into an arcade late at night. The crimes are traced to a mortician who, using his skill at creating lifelike masks for his disfigured clients, disguised himself as an old woman the triad memb | |||||||
| 87 | 15 | "Up to Heaven and Down to Hell" | John Polson | Tamara Jaron | March 3, 2016 (2016-03-03) | 5 | |
| Rosalyn Graham, a wealthy octogenarian, falls from her penthouse flat, dying and killing the man she lands on. An ottoman is found next to the railing of her balcony, but she did not have the strength to move it there; it was put there to make it look like a suicide. Graham leaves her estate to her dog, which would tie her estate up for years while | |||||||
| 88 | 16 | "Hounded" | Ron Fortunato | Robert Hewitt Wolfe | March 10, 2016 (2016-03-10) | 5 | |
| Venture capitalist Charles Baskerville is struck and killed by a truck while fleeing for his life from what an unreliable witness describes as a large glowing animal. Charles' brother Henry believes that it might have been murder. The animal breaks into Henry's mansion while he is on the phone with Sherlock; Sherlock deduces in time that the animal | |||||||
| 89 | 17 | "You've Got Me, Who's Got You?" | Seith Mann | Paul Cornell | March 20, 2016 (2016-03-20) | 5 | |
| A comic book superhero impersonator who fights actual criminals is found dead. This leads the investigation to the publisher and the creator's grandson, Al Baxter, who is the editor of that comic. Baxter constantly voices his dismay over the fact that his grandfather was screwed out of his rights in the 1940s, irritating his co-workers. Baxter knew | |||||||
| 90 | 18 | "Ready or Not" | Christine Moore | Bob Goodman | March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27) | 5 | |
| A survivalist doctor goes missing, leaving behind evidence that he was selling prescription drugs to dealers. When his body turns up, the investigation turns to the Keep, a deluxe shelter for wealthy survivalists. Sherlock exposes the Keep as a scam, determining that the victim attempted to cover his drug dealing by stealing the shelter's stock of | |||||||
| 91 | 19 | "All In" | Aaron Lipstadt | Kelly Wheeler | April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) | 6 | |
| An illegal high roller poker game is robbed, the look-out murdered, the dealer Sofia Darrow injured, and the organizer of the game, Lin Wen, comes to Sherlock and Joan for help after being framed for it all. Lin claims she knew Mycroft well, getting her off on the wrong foot with Joan, but Sherlock takes the case. Interviewing the players leads to | |||||||
| 92 | 20 | "Art Imitates Art" | Ron Fortunato | Arika Lisanne Mittman | April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) | 6 | |
| Exiting a gym late at night, Phoebe Elliot spots a car she thinks is her ride share, but is shot and killed. Sherlock and Joan come across a selfie the victim took, which was later enlarged and sold as "art". The art gallery where the piece was exhibited was broken into, and several works were stolen, but not the selfie. However, Sherlock notices t | |||||||
| 93 | 21 | "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" | Jeremy Webb | Nick Thiel and Jeffrey Paul King | April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17) | 5 | |
| During an apparent carjacking gone wrong, both the driver and the carjacker are shot dead. However, many details do not fit that story; for example, the alleged carjacker was left-handed, but the gun ended up next to his right hand. It turns out that the carjacker was actually a hitman hired by the driver's partner in a struggling business. The par | |||||||
| 94 | 22 | "Turn It Upside Down" | Lucy Liu | Bob Goodman | April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24) | 5 | |
| Sherlock is furious with Joan because she did not inform him about her recruitment/blackmailing of a person in Morland's organization. The two of them suspect Morland of ordering the assassination in the diner, but the evidence points elsewhere after the suspect confesses to both it and another murder for hire by the same person two weeks earlier. | |||||||
| 95 | 23 | "The Invisible Hand" | Guy Ferland | Robert Doherty and Jason Tracey | May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01) | 5 | |
| Sherlock deduces that someone has taken charge of Moriarty's organization. Morland's office is bombed by the Russian hitman. This leads Sherlock to economics professor Joshua Vikner. Not only is he the head of Moriarty's organization, he is also the father to her daughter. New evidence on the hitman surfaces, after which Morland appears at the brow | |||||||
| 96 | 24 | "A Difference in Kind" | John Polson | Jason Tracey and Robert Doherty | May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08) | 5 | |
| Sherlock disarms the bomb and deduces that it was not arranged by Vikner, but by a rival who wants to frame him and make him the target of Moriarty's vengeance; Moriarty has ordered her organization to not harm Sherlock and Joan. Sherlock and Joan find out with help from Morland that the bomber is connected to an Iranian diplomat in the organizatio | |||||||
References
- Aired a week earlier in Canada at 7 pm Eastern/Pacific; the originally planned April 9 airing in the USA was preempted b
- Johnny Simmons as Adam Kemper
- Roger Rees as Alistair Moore
- Lisa Edelstein as Heather Vanowen
- Vinnie Jones as Sebastian Moran
- Terry Kinney as Howard Ennis
- John Hannah as Rhys Kinlan
- Michael Irby as Xande Diaz
- Malcolm Goodwin as Andre Bell
- Paula Garcés as Officer Paula Reyes
- Becky Ann Baker as Pam
- Candis Cayne as Ms. Hudson
- Based on the villain in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton.
- F. Murray Abraham as Daniel Gottlieb
- Natalie Dormer as Irene Adler
- Lynn Collins as Tanya Barrett
- Christian Campbell as Ezra Kleinfelter
- Laura Benanti as Anne Barker / Abigail Spencer
- Olivia d'Abo as Nigella Mason
- William Sadler as Ian Gale