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+ | |summary = [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]] assists with a double homicide that has the same M.O. as a series of murders that took place 13 years ago. Meanwhile, after being frozen out by Holmes, [[Joan Watson|Watson]] visits his old [[Hemdale Recovery Center|rehab center]] in order to learn more about the mysterious man in her care. |
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| − | |text=In an upscale NYC home, a masked intruder empties the contents of the wall safe, then goes to the living room, where the husband and wife are bound and their heads wrapped in pillows, and shoots both of them in the head. The next morning at [[The Brownstone]], things are tense between [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]] and [[Joan Watson|Watson]]. He's angry she's pried into his past so after receiving a text about the murders, he feints reconciliation, excuses himself for a coffee and leaves for the crime scene where he meets [[Thomas Gregson|Captain Gregson]]. Immediately, Holmes see the crime has the same M.O. as home invasion murders perpetrated by [[Wade Crewes]] in 1999 whom Gregson brought to justice. Gregson believes the latest murders were done by a copycat but after Holmes finds that a woman's shoe is also missing, he believes that Crewes lied in 1999 when he said he worked alone and his accomplice is killing again. |
+ | |text=In an upscale NYC home, a masked intruder empties the contents of the wall safe, then goes to the living room, where the husband and wife are bound and their heads wrapped in pillows, and shoots both of them in the head. The next morning at [[The Brownstone]], things are tense between [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]] and [[Joan Watson|Watson]]. He's angry she's pried into his past so, after receiving a text about the murders, he feints reconciliation, excuses himself for a coffee and leaves for the crime scene where he meets [[Thomas Gregson|Captain Gregson]]. Immediately, Holmes see the crime has the same M.O. as home invasion murders perpetrated by [[Wade Crewes]] in 1999 whom Gregson brought to justice. Gregson believes the latest murders were done by a copycat but after Holmes finds that a woman's shoe is also missing, he believes that Crewes lied in 1999 when he said he worked alone and his accomplice is killing again. |
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| − | |text=At Sing Sing, Crewes isn't surprised to see Gregson. He denies any connection to the latest murders, practices anger management when Gregson asks who his accomplice is and quotes Tolstoy. He also claims he's innocent of the 1999 murders, that Gregson planted evidence to further his career and his attorney wouldn't pursue his alibi, that he was with Carla Figueroa, a woman he was having an affair with. He convinced he'll be exonerated. At Hemdale, Watson asks Edison if Holmes ever mentioned a woman named Irene. Edison says no but gives her some letters Holmes left behind. Holmes and Gregson drive to Carla Figuero's home to question her but meet her son, Sean, who says she died years before. Holmes asks Gregson why he's so resistant to the possibility Crewes is innocent. Gregson tells Holmes to watch the interrogation tapes in which Crewes gloats. |
+ | |text=At Sing Sing, Crewes isn't surprised to see Gregson. He denies any connection to the latest murders, practices anger management when Gregson asks who his accomplice is and quotes Tolstoy. He also claims he's innocent of the 1999 murders, that Gregson planted evidence to further his career and his attorney wouldn't pursue his alibi, that he was with Carla Figueroa, a woman he was having an affair with. He convinced he'll be exonerated. At Hemdale, Watson asks Edison if Holmes ever mentioned a woman named [[Jamie Moriarty|Irene]]. Edison says no but gives her some letters Holmes left behind. Holmes and Gregson drive to Carla Figuero's home to question her but meet her son, Sean, who says she died years before. Holmes asks Gregson why he's so resistant to the possibility Crewes is innocent. Gregson tells Holmes to watch the interrogation tapes in which Crewes gloats. |
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| − | |text=Holmes watches the tapes at the Brownstone, and notices that a coffee mug, found smashed at one of the 1999 crime scenes with Crewes' prints on it, was originally handed to Crewes during his interrogation by Gregson. |
+ | |text=Holmes watches the tapes at the Brownstone, and notices that a coffee mug, found smashed at one of the 1999 crime scenes with Crewes' prints on it, was originally handed to Crewes during his interrogation by Gregson. He shows Watson and the next morning, Holmes brings his finding to Gregson who says he's never accepted a perk or bribe in his career but he won't say anything about the mug. Returning home troubled, Watson gives him the letters from Hemdale which she didn't read and won't ask him about unless he wants to talk about them. Holmes puts them in a blender. Holmes examines the case file and finds that a suspect in 1999, Victor Nardin, has been in prison for 12 years but was recently released. From Nardin's tattoos of Chechen football, Holmes finds a hotel near a bar that shows the Chechen games and confirms Nardin is staying there. |
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| − | That evening, Holmes returns home, deeply troubled. Watson shows him the bundle of letters that Edison gave her. She admits that she was sorely tempted to read them, but did not, and Holmes may talk about it if and when he is ready. Holmes thanks her for retrieving the letters, before dropping them in the blender with Watson's smoothie and shredding them. She is incredulous, and he explains that it is simple: he didn't go back for them because he didn't want them, nor does he now. Watson throws up her hands in exasperation, and Holmes reminds her of his rule: he will talk about Irene if and when he feels like it, and not before. She suggests that, for the moment, she focused on helping him with the case. |
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| + | |text=On a street, Gregson secretly meets with Terry D'Amico and says that he realized she planted the mug. She says she always thought Gregson knew but he thought it was good fortune as they were both convinced Crewes was guilty. The recent killings have put doubt of Crewes' guilt in Gregson's mind but D'Amico points out that if Gregson tells, she could go to prison and his career will be over which Gregson indicates won't dissuade him from owning up. Watson accompanies Holmes to Nardin's hotel room and finding him not there, he breaks in. The room is a mess including spilt juice and cigarettes. Holmes discovers the murder weapon hidden under carpet and floorboards. He then receives a call from Gregson that there's been another home invasion murder. |
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| − | Examining the old case files, Holmes turns up a promising lead: Victor Nardin, an early suspect in the 1999 murders, has been in prison for the past 12 years but was released three weeks earlier. If he was the real killer, this would explain why the killings stopped in 1999. From his tattoos, Holmes deduces that he is a fan of Chechen football, that there are only a handful of bars in New York that receive the satellite feed for the sport, and only three within walking distance of a long-term stay hotel. Holmes calls the hotel and tracks down Nardin through one of his known aliases. |
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| + | |text=The murder scene matches the M.O. except for a houseguest who was shot in the back as he tried to escape. Cigarette butts that match Nardin's brand are found outside. Gregson believes this and the gun Holmes found in Nardin's room will prove Crewes is innocent. Holmes stands where the killer stood, covers one eye and pretends to shoot. Gregson says he won't hide the Crewes frame-up but incredibly, Holmes shushes him. Bell reports Nardin is in cutody and Holmes surprises Gregson by announcing that will make it easy to prove Nardin isn't the killer. In the box at the precinct, Holmes walks in and throws an orange at the right side of Nardin's head which he doesn't block. In Gregson's office, Holmes explains from numerous clues in Nardin's room, that he is blind in his right eye, making it impossible for him to be the shooter. The cigarettes butts at the scene were planted as evidenced by not being flattened. Nardin is being framed by Crewes' accomplice. |
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| − | On a street, Gregson meets in private with Terry D'Amico. Gregson has realized that she planted the mug at the third crime scene. Coolly, she says she always thought Gregson knew. Gregson says he thought it was convenient, but believed it was their good luck because they were both sure that Crewes was guilty. But the recent killings have shaken that certainty, and Gregson has started to wonder if Crewes really is innocent. Furiously, D'Amico says that if that were true - a big if, as far as she's concerned - then she could go to prison, and Gregson's career will be over. He says he doesn't care: if they put an innocent man in jail, he will not hide from that. ''"Fair warning, partner."'' |
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| + | |text=Gregson is confused since Holmes has been indicating for days that Crewes may be innocent. Holmes says he's been trying to establish a connection to Crewes which the framing of Nardin shows but since he doesn't know who the accomplice is, there'll be no case against Crewes and he'll go free. At the Brownstone, Holmes and Watson pour over Crewes' prison records, while the latest news coverage speculates Crewes maybe innocent. They can find no family, visitors or prisoners who may be the accomplice. As Crewes is interviewed, Holmes notices he quotes from Tolstoy. Since Crewes was illiterate when he entered prison, they try to find out how he learned to read at an advanced level. Holmes finds he worked in the prison library which was saved from shutdown by literacy charity. Seeing the charity's website, Holmes recognizes Sean Figueroa in a picture. |
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| − | After ascertaining that Victor Nardin is not home, Holmes picks the lock to his hotel room and looks around. He notices several odd details about the room, including that a corner of the carpet has been lifted, but not from age. He pulls it up, and, beneath the floorboards, finds the gun that killed the Myroses. Gregson calls, saying there have been another three murders with exactly the same M.O. |
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| − | Holmes examines the crime scene along with Gregson and Bell. The couple who owned the house was killed in exactly the same way, and the only difference is that there is a third victim, a houseguest who tried to run when he heard the gunshots. The intruder shot him in the back as he was trying to get away. Bell says they also found cigarette butts that match Victor Nardin's brand, on the ground outside the house, probably when he was scouting the location. In a resigned voice, Gregson says that, if the gun Holmes found in Nardin's room turns out to be the murder weapon, it will be an open-and-shut case. Holmes notices something odd and stands where the killer stood when he shot the third victim, covering one eye with his hand. Gregson steps in front of him and says, in a low voice, that if Wade Crewes is innocent, Gregson will not try to escape the blame. Holmes tells Gregson not to ''"fall on [his] sword just yet."'' Gregson is confused when he receives a call informing him that Nardin was picked up outside his hotel room. Holmes says, excellent - it should be that much easier to prove that Nardin is innocent. He walks out, leaving Gregson staring after him. |
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| − | At the precinct, Holmes walks in on Bell as he is interrogating Nardin, and throws an orange into his right eye. Nardin starts to protest, and Holmes pulls Bell out, telling him the man is innocent. |
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| − | In Gregson's office, Holmes explains that he noticed several clues in Nardin's hotel room that indicates Nardin is blind in his right eye: all of his belongings are out of alignment, the toiletries in the bathroom cabinet are all arranged on the left side, and on the ceiling over his bed are the marks of a racquetball being bounced - a common exercise used to improve depth perception. Nardin's perception is so poor that he spilled orange juice all over the floor while trying to pour it into a glass - the odds that he could hit a moving target with a pistol shot at twenty feet are virtually insurmountable. |
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| − | Confused, Bell says they have evidence placing Nardin at the scene, and Holmes says both the murder weapon and the cigarettes were planted, and that Nardin is being framed, by the only person who has something to gain from someone else being implicated in the 1999 murders: Wade Crewes. By law, Crewes is allowed access to his own case files; he could have picked a suspect to the frame, then shared with his accomplice the details of the original crimes, plus the location of the murder weapon. |
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| − | Gregson is even more confused, saying that Holmes has spent the last three days insisting that Wade Crewes is innocent. Holmes says, on the contrary, he has been insisting that there is a connection, and there is: Crewes recruited an accomplice to frame Nardin for Crewes's own crimes - but as to the identity of that accomplice, Holmes admits he has no idea. Gregson says no one wants Holmes to be right more than Gregson, but unless they identify the accomplice quickly, Nardin will be indicted, and Crewes will walk free. |
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| − | At the brownstone, Holmes and Watson pour over Crewes' prison records, while watching the latest news coverage, as the media speculates that Crewes might be innocent. Watson confirms that, as far as his records show, Crewes has no family and has received no letters, telephone calls, or visitors while in prison. She wonders if the accomplice might be an old cellmate, and Holmes says no: Crewes has had only one cellmate, who is still incarcerated, and besides, ''"this is no casual acquaintance"'' - whoever the accomplice is, he has killed five people for Crewes's sake. |
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| − | Crewes is interviewed on the news and says he will be exonerated soon, throwing in a quote from Oscar Wilde. Holmes remembers that when Gregson interviewed him earlier, Crewes threw in a quote from Leo Tolstoy. According to his records, Crewes was practically illiterate when he first went to prison, yet now he is not only reading, he is reading at an advanced level. Looking closer at these records, Holmes and Watson see that Crewes never took a class while he was in prison, but he did take a job in the prison library. Holmes also remembers that, a few years ago, Sing Sing's library was in danger of being shut down, but was kept open through a charity drive by a New York literacy association. Holmes realizes the connection. |
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| − | At the association's office, Holmes and Bell confront Sean Figueroa, who works there (Holmes remembers seeing the logo on his t-shirt when he and Gregson met Sean). Holmes points out that, while Sean has his mother's Hispanic features, Sean's bright blue eyes came from his real father, Wade Crewes. |
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| − | Holmes asks when Sean found out that Crewes was his father, and Sean admits that he went through his mother's belongings after her death, and found her secret diary. Holmes asks if that is what prompted Sean to volunteer for the literacy initiative at Sing Sing's library, so he could meet his real father? Holmes further asks, at what point did Crewes "seduce" Sean into killing five people, and framing Victor Nardin, to secure his father's release from prison? |
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| − | Sean denies it, but Bell says they will be able to link him to the latest crime scene, and to Victor Nardin's hotel room. Holmes commends Sean for his extraordinary loyalty to his father, but invites him to consider how loyal that father will be to Sean - will Wade Crewes even hesitate, when the District Attorney offers to commute his sentence in exchange for ratting on Sean? Will Crewes visit Sean in prison, the same way Sean visited him? |
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| − | At Sing Sing, Crewes is brought into an interview room to meet Holmes and Gregson. Crewes is confidently expecting a humble apology from Gregson, but instead, Gregson opens an evidence case and pulls out three plastic bags, containing three individual ladies' shoes, that Crewes took from the original crime scenes. His son Sean has already confessed to everything, including where Crewes hid his murder weapon and his trophies. Crewes acts confused, saying he doesn't have a son, and Gregson coolly informs him that, instead of being exonerated, Crewes is getting five additional counts of conspiracy to commit murder tacked onto his rap sheet. |
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| − | That evening, Holmes is sitting in an easy chair, staring into the fire. Behind him, Watson starts to head upstairs to bed. Just before she is out of earshot, Holmes says, ''"She died... we were quite close... I did not take her passing well." ''And with that, he bids Watson good night, that being all he is willing to say for now. |
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| + | *In the opening scene as Sean Figueroa shoots the Myroses, his mask is splattered with blood after the first shooting but is clean before the second shooting. |
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*Holmes' ringtone when Watson calls is the music from the famous shower scene in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film) Psycho]'' (1960). |
*Holmes' ringtone when Watson calls is the music from the famous shower scene in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film) Psycho]'' (1960). |
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*Holmes speaks Russian in this episode. |
*Holmes speaks Russian in this episode. |
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*Titled ''Ways and Means'' in German.<ref name="German Elementary wikipedia page">[[wikipedia:de:Elementary (Fernsehserie)|Elementary (Fernsehserie)]] de.wikipedia.org. Retrieved May 20, 2013.</ref> |
*Titled ''Ways and Means'' in German.<ref name="German Elementary wikipedia page">[[wikipedia:de:Elementary (Fernsehserie)|Elementary (Fernsehserie)]] de.wikipedia.org. Retrieved May 20, 2013.</ref> |
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*Titled ''The Only Way Out'' in Russian.<ref name="Russian Elementary page">[http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE_%28%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%29 Элементарно (телесериал)]. ru.wikipedia.org. Retrieved May 23, 2013.</ref> |
*Titled ''The Only Way Out'' in Russian.<ref name="Russian Elementary page">[http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE_%28%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%29 Элементарно (телесериал)]. ru.wikipedia.org. Retrieved May 23, 2013.</ref> |
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Cast
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Plot
| "What is not at your disposal are the details of my personal life, which are uniquely my own, and which I will not cheapen by allowing them to become grist for your tedious recovery mill." — Holmes to Watson
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| In an upscale NYC home, a masked intruder empties the contents of the wall safe, then goes to the living room, where the husband and wife are bound and their heads wrapped in pillows, and shoots both of them in the head. The next morning at The Brownstone, things are tense between Holmes and Watson. He's angry she's pried into his past so, after receiving a text about the murders, he feints reconciliation, excuses himself for a coffee and leaves for the crime scene where he meets Captain Gregson. Immediately, Holmes see the crime has the same M.O. as home invasion murders perpetrated by Wade Crewes in 1999 whom Gregson brought to justice. Gregson believes the latest murders were done by a copycat but after Holmes finds that a woman's shoe is also missing, he believes that Crewes lied in 1999 when he said he worked alone and his accomplice is killing again.
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| At the 11th Precinct, Gregson briefs a newly-formed task force to deal with the murder of the Myroses. Holmes proposes that he and Gregson interview Wade Crewes at Sing Sing, but Gregson doesn't see the value. After constantly calling Holmes, Watson arrives at the precinct. When she refuses to stop trying to get details about Holmes' past, he announces he'll adhere to the letter of the sober companion agreement but otherwise will ignore her. Detective Bell reports that a disgruntled contractor named Walsh had a record and was fired by the Myroses. Bell, Gregson and Holmes question him at his home and Walsh denies being at the Myroses when the murders occurred. Holmes sees Walsh glancing at the floor several times so he asks to use the bathroom and sneaks downstairs. Holmes discovers a hidden room in which a woman in her underwear is chained. Holmes rescues her and Walsh is arrested.
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| Watson visits the Hemdale and meets with Holmes' therapist, who confirms that Holmes was there for six months and never revealed any of his past. After speaking with the rescued woman in Russian, Holmes confirms that Walsh was with her when the Myroses was murdered. At the police lab, Holmes matches the bullets from the Myrose murders to those from the 1999 murders demonstrating the same gun is being used again. At the precinct, Gregson meets his partner from 1999, Terry D'Amico who Holmes has called to provide insights. Bell briefs the task force on the findings to date including that Crewes maybe working with an accomplice. When Holmes suggests Crewes may be innocent, D'Amico refutes this and Gregson angrily dismisses everyone. He decides to question Crewes and allows Holmes to come along. After more dead ends at Hemdale, Watson sees the groundskeeper, Edison, who is smoking a beehive. Figuring Holmes would have talked to him, she's proven right.
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| At Sing Sing, Crewes isn't surprised to see Gregson. He denies any connection to the latest murders, practices anger management when Gregson asks who his accomplice is and quotes Tolstoy. He also claims he's innocent of the 1999 murders, that Gregson planted evidence to further his career and his attorney wouldn't pursue his alibi, that he was with Carla Figueroa, a woman he was having an affair with. He convinced he'll be exonerated. At Hemdale, Watson asks Edison if Holmes ever mentioned a woman named Irene. Edison says no but gives her some letters Holmes left behind. Holmes and Gregson drive to Carla Figuero's home to question her but meet her son, Sean, who says she died years before. Holmes asks Gregson why he's so resistant to the possibility Crewes is innocent. Gregson tells Holmes to watch the interrogation tapes in which Crewes gloats.
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| Holmes watches the tapes at the Brownstone, and notices that a coffee mug, found smashed at one of the 1999 crime scenes with Crewes' prints on it, was originally handed to Crewes during his interrogation by Gregson. He shows Watson and the next morning, Holmes brings his finding to Gregson who says he's never accepted a perk or bribe in his career but he won't say anything about the mug. Returning home troubled, Watson gives him the letters from Hemdale which she didn't read and won't ask him about unless he wants to talk about them. Holmes puts them in a blender. Holmes examines the case file and finds that a suspect in 1999, Victor Nardin, has been in prison for 12 years but was recently released. From Nardin's tattoos of Chechen football, Holmes finds a hotel near a bar that shows the Chechen games and confirms Nardin is staying there.
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| On a street, Gregson secretly meets with Terry D'Amico and says that he realized she planted the mug. She says she always thought Gregson knew but he thought it was good fortune as they were both convinced Crewes was guilty. The recent killings have put doubt of Crewes' guilt in Gregson's mind but D'Amico points out that if Gregson tells, she could go to prison and his career will be over which Gregson indicates won't dissuade him from owning up. Watson accompanies Holmes to Nardin's hotel room and finding him not there, he breaks in. The room is a mess including spilt juice and cigarettes. Holmes discovers the murder weapon hidden under carpet and floorboards. He then receives a call from Gregson that there's been another home invasion murder.
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| The murder scene matches the M.O. except for a houseguest who was shot in the back as he tried to escape. Cigarette butts that match Nardin's brand are found outside. Gregson believes this and the gun Holmes found in Nardin's room will prove Crewes is innocent. Holmes stands where the killer stood, covers one eye and pretends to shoot. Gregson says he won't hide the Crewes frame-up but incredibly, Holmes shushes him. Bell reports Nardin is in cutody and Holmes surprises Gregson by announcing that will make it easy to prove Nardin isn't the killer. In the box at the precinct, Holmes walks in and throws an orange at the right side of Nardin's head which he doesn't block. In Gregson's office, Holmes explains from numerous clues in Nardin's room, that he is blind in his right eye, making it impossible for him to be the shooter. The cigarettes butts at the scene were planted as evidenced by not being flattened. Nardin is being framed by Crewes' accomplice.
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| Gregson is confused since Holmes has been indicating for days that Crewes may be innocent. Holmes says he's been trying to establish a connection to Crewes which the framing of Nardin shows but since he doesn't know who the accomplice is, there'll be no case against Crewes and he'll go free. At the Brownstone, Holmes and Watson pour over Crewes' prison records, while the latest news coverage speculates Crewes maybe innocent. They can find no family, visitors or prisoners who may be the accomplice. As Crewes is interviewed, Holmes notices he quotes from Tolstoy. Since Crewes was illiterate when he entered prison, they try to find out how he learned to read at an advanced level. Holmes finds he worked in the prison library which was saved from shutdown by literacy charity. Seeing the charity's website, Holmes recognizes Sean Figueroa in a picture.
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- Passenger - Feather On the Clyde plays at episode end.
Trivia
- In the opening scene as Sean Figueroa shoots the Myroses, his mask is splattered with blood after the first shooting but is clean before the second shooting.
- Holmes' ringtone when Watson calls is the music from the famous shower scene in Psycho (1960).
- Holmes speaks Russian in this episode.
- Titled Ways and Means in German.[1]
- Titled The Only Way Out in Russian.[2]
Quotes
Every cop gets offered a few perks. Free lunch here, gym membership there. I never took a single one, and I sure as hell never planted evidence.
— Gregson
Gallery
References
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| Elementary Season One Episodes | ||
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| Pilot • While You Were Sleeping • Child Predator • The Rat Race • Lesser Evils • Flight Risk • One Way to Get Off • The Long Fuse • You Do It to Yourself • The Leviathan • Dirty Laundry • M. • The Red Team • The Deductionist • A Giant Gun, Filled with Drugs • Details • Possibility Two • Déjà Vu All Over Again • Snow Angels • Dead Man's Switch • A Landmark Story • Risk Management • The Woman • Heroine
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