Changes: Pushing Buttons

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Cast

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Plot

"The answer we're looking for might lie in excrement, just not the kind you were imagining."

— Holmes

At a Revolutionary War reenactment, Lieutenant George's Nix British troops, including Brian and Kevin, are "hit" by American soldiers and fall to the ground. Pretending to be casualties, Kevin sees blood on George's tunic and complimenting him on the realistic effect, he then realizes that George isn't faking a gun shot wound and is dead. Later, Holmes and Captain Gregson examine the scene and question Brian, Kevin and an American reenactor, Chris Holland. They provide confused and contradictory statements, but Kevin says that he heard a .308 before George was shot. As the officers check all weapons, Watson and Detective Bell question Nix's bodyguard, Fetu, who says Nix had received death threats over the manner in which he ran his gym franchises which had bankrupted several franchisees. Fetu provides them with access to the threatening emails.

Hard to devise a less agreeable crime scene.

Visiting his doctor, Holmes reports that his post-concussion symptoms are worsening. The doctor raises the dose of a medication that Holmes is reluctant to take. At The Brownstone, with a splitting headache, Holmes reviews Nix's emails and finds an email from his daughter, Marcy, who severed ties with Nix and threatened to kill him if he came looking for her. As Watson and Bell go to question Marcy, Holmes meets with Michael Rowan at a coffee shop. Relating his doctor's advice and what he believes Watson will say, Michael encourages him to rely on his support system. Marcy Nix lives at a commune with no technology and calmly explains to Bell and Watson that she'd changed her life months before and wouldn't hurt anyone. Her alibi is being on a hike with her commune and with no technology, she'd have no way to arrange a murder. Standing to inherit millions, she claims she'd give it all away. Bell receives a call from Gregson that Nix's house was burned in the last hour, clearing Marcy.

I've found my true self here at the commune.

The next morning in Gregson's office, Bell and Watson review the arson report of the fire at Nix's house. A footprint that matches the soil at the reenactment was found and Watson notices that a collection of antique silver that belonged to Paul Revere is missing. Holmes arrives at the precinct, having slept in due to his medication, and accompanies Watson to the Property Crimes Division. There, they meet Detective Mason, a historical artifact expert, who is miffed at Holmes as he hasn't helped Mason in six years. After telling Mason about the Nix case, he first asks for help with a case involving a stolen antique golf club. Holmes looks at a few photos and solves the case. Stunned, Mason says he'll make some calls for the silverware. Mason's calls pay off and the fire chief who was at the blaze of Nix's house, Adrian Cruz, is questioned at the precinct. He admits to taking the silverware but has an alibi for Nix's murder.

You dumped me and paired up with Marcus Bell.

To prove he didn't start the fire, Cruz takes them to the trunk of his car where he shows them the burnt silverware and a safe containing burnt documents. He points out it wouldn't make sense for him to start the fire and let the valuables burn. That evening at the Brownstone, Holmes wakes Watson with a terrible smell from a solution he's created to restore the burnt documents. Deducing that the accelerant used was meant to destroy the contents of the safe, he's already restored a document which has given him motive and a suspect. At the precinct, Holmes and Watson explain that the documents were autographed by Button Gwinnett. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, his signature is worth nearly a million dollars due to its rarity. They believe that another collector destroyed the documents to increase the value of his Gwinnett signatures.

They couldn't take the heat.

In "the box" at the precinct, Accompanied by his lawyer, art dealer Paul Chambers confirms he was at the reenactment and has the second largest collection of Gwinnett signatures in the world. A passionate American history collector, he says that Nix offered to sell his collection to cover legal costs from his gym franchisees suing him. In negotiations just before Nix was killed, he affirms he would never destroy historical documents and offers his full cooperation in order that he'll be exonerated. Holmes re-visits his doctor to seek an alternative to medication which is making him drowsy. His doctor firmly advises a few months rest in the country. At the Brownstone, Holmes finds Watson looking through the restored documents. She tells him that Chambers is a poor suspect but their conversation with him sparked a realization that the documents themselves are of value. She's found a bounty land grant from 1777 signed by Gwinnett.

Fight for our new country, we'll let you keep a piece of it.

Music

Justin Halpin - Omen plays at the end of the episode as Michael asks Holmes to find Polly Kenner.

Gallery

Elementary Season Six Episodes
An Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains • Once You've Ruled Out God • Pushing Buttons • Our Time Is Up • Bits and Pieces • Give Me the Finger • Sober Companions • Sand Trap • Nobody Lives Forever • The Adventures of Ersatz Sobekneferu • You've Come a Long Way, Baby • Meet Your Maker • Breathe • Through the Fog • How to Get a Head • Uncanny Valley of the Dolls • The Worms Crawl in, the Worms Crawl Out • The Visions of Norman P. Horowitz • The Geek Interpreter • Fit to be Tied • Whatever Remains, However Improbable
Season One • Season Two • Season Three • Season Four • Season Five • Season Six • Season Seven

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