| "You know, Team Sherlock. You help him, I help him." — Harland to Kitty, "Just a Regular Irregular".
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Harland Emple is one of Sherlock Holmes' "Irregulars." He helps Holmes with cases that require advanced mathematics knowledge and, he likes to work with his shirt off. In 1999, Emple devised a formula for predicting crime patterns in NYC which brought him to Holmes' attention. He is Professor for Applied Mathematics at Columbia University, and holder of the Smithfield Endowed Chair of Algebraic Geometry at the Huntington Institute.
Biography
Season Two
| After Holmes finds math equations at a murder scene that are written in ink that only UV light can reveal, he calls Emple to examine the equations. Reproductions are put on a wall in The Brownstone which Emple identifies as "P versus NP". He explains that solving the problem is not only worth $1M but could also be used to render computer security useless. ("Solve for X")
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Season Three
| While playing a puzzle hunt in which math problems need to be solved to identify locations, Emple comes upon a dead body. Agitated, Harland is questioned at the 11th Precinct by Detective Bell and Captain Gregson where he explains the math game. He becomes frustrated and won't talk more until Sherlock and Watson arrive. Cleared of committing the crime, Harland accompanies Sherlock and Watson to the crime scene. Holmes finds the next clue in the game and deduces that the killing was done by someone playing the game who tortured the victim. Harland surprises everyone by mentioning that the game prize is over $1.7M. Harland brings Holmes to a woman who is playing the game who identifies the dead body and knows all the other players. At the Brownstone, Harland discovers from Kitty that Sherlock used another math expert on a case, which hurts his feelings.
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| Harland finds that the game controller changed the clues after the murder, giving a different location. At the new location another tortured, murdered body is found. Sherlock deduces that the game is a trap to kill mathematicians. Watson finds Paul Ladesma who claims that a mysterious blogger, "Mo Shellshocker", is the likely killer. Paul is also looking for him. Sherlock realizes that Mo is actually Harland as the blogger name is an anagram for "Sherlock Holmes". Harland admits he is Mo and that the blog reveals those abusing math which also includes secret military data. Harland expresses his frustration with Sherlock using another math expert. Sherlock explains that Harland had become too needy, they aren't friends which Harland takes that he's a loser.
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| After Kitty encourages Sherlock to look at the Mo blog, he calls Ladesma using a fake voice and reveals that Mo is Harland. Sherlock meets an annoyed Harland at his place and tells him that Ladesma is the killer and Harland is his target. Harland's blog revealed lottery weaknesses which made Ladesma rich prompting Ladesma to find "Mo" and kill him. Sherlock sends Ladesma into a trap where he is arrested by the police. Sherlock also misleads the FBI that Mo is a cyber-terrorist Holmes became aware of when working for MI6. Having saved Harland's life, Sherlock gives Harland an apology of sorts by telling him that he is a tremendous asset that he looks forward to working with again. ("Just a Regular Irregular")
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Trivia
- After a note with a mathematical formula is found on the body of Henry Wilseck, Holmes texts a picture of the formula to Harland who identifies it as being used in victim compensation. ("When Your Number's Up")
- Holmes has Harland show that Everett Keck is spreading bee mites by demonstrating that the occurrences of Keck finding hives with mites is too great statistically compared to his fellow workers at the USDA for it not to be sabotage. ("Absconded")
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