Cast
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Plot
| "They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. It's a very bad definition but it does apply to detective work. You wanna be a detective, Kitty, accept that you'll be taking pains." — Holmes to Kitty
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| At the 11th Precinct, Detective Bell watches as Captain Gregson interviews Kitty Winter and kids with Holmes that he's really back working with the NYPD again. Later, Elias Openshaw returns to his remote home and finds a package in the mail containing five orange beads. Terrified, he calls his lawyer, Theo Fordham, but Theo's phone is answered by Gregson. Confused, Openshaw hears a noise and Gregson hears him plead for his life until shots ring out and the connection falls silent. Gregson and Bell are at Theo's office where he's been shot and a package with five orange beads is spilled in front of him. Heading to the Morgue, Holmes finds Watson has already been assigned the Openshaw case. Allowing him to join in, Holmes explains that the beads, "the Pipz", were made by Openshaw's company and when ingested, metabolized into GHB. A hallucinogen used as a "date rape" drug, nine children had been killed or poisoned by swallowing the Pipz. Watson notices Openshaw has bruising consistent with being hit by a car.
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| Meeting Gregson in his office, they're introduced to FBI Agent Vince Boden who indicates the FBI had proof Openshaw knew the Pipz were poison but sold them anyway. He'd skipped bail and had been a fugitive. The FBI seized all of the Pipz and Boden has no suspects other than a list of the parents of the children who'd been poisoned. Kitty examines Theo's murder scene and reacts strongly when Bell touches her arm. Receiving the list from Holmes, she recognizes that the zip code on the envelope sent to Theo matches that of one of the parents, Gabe Coleman. Gregson, Holmes and Watson question Coleman who had a break-in at his place the night before. He denies killing Openshaw despite his son dying from the Pipz and his wife leaving him. He refuses to co-operate with Gregson's request to search his home.
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| At the Brownstone, as Kitty paints a dresser, Holmes reports on their questioning of Coleman and says he believes Coleman is innocent. (♫ Dead Sara - Weatherman ♫) At the precinct, Coleman turns himself in and claims to have killed Openshaw and Theo. Holmes questions Coleman in his jail cell while Kitty watches. He's deduced that the break-in at his home was to plant evidence as Coleman provided the weapon that killed the two men. Holmes believes Coleman realized he was being framed and decided to go along with it to assuage his guilt over not doing anything about the death of his son. Bell and Watson discuss their negative initial impressions of Kitty. Holmes texts Watson to join him at the office of Angela White, the prosecutor of the Pipz case. As Watson arrives at White's office, Kitty becomes defensive and jealous. White indicates they had a paper trail proving Openshaw's knew the Pipz were poison.
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| She's heard about Coleman's confession but is surprised to hear they think he is innocent. She denies Holmes' request for access to surveillance video of Theo, citing privacy concerns, and Kitty accuses her of not wanting them to find the real killer. Offended, White ends the meeting. Outside, Holmes rebukes Kitty for allowing her jealousy of Watson to interfere with the case. She also believes they should allow Coleman to take blame for the killing to which Holmes points out that she, of all people, shouldn't want a killer roaming free. Bell brings in a taxi driver, who he saw from traffic video, hit a pedestrian. The driver, Azeem, admits that Openshaw ran in front of his vehicle and he hit him. He tried to help him, but Openshaw saw a woman, who Azeem identifies as White, and fled.
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Trivia
- Holmes' hiding place in the hearth of the library fireplace at the Brownstone is first seen. He retrieves a file on Kitty from it to show Watson.
- The title is a reference to the Conan Doyle story The Five Orange Pips from which the character Elias Openshaw is taken.
- The "infinite capacity for taking pains" quote is from the Conan Doyle story A Study in Scarlet which in turn is taken from Thomas Carlyle's Frederick the Great. It's also the title of the Season Six premiere, "An Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains".
Music
- Dead Sara - Weatherman plays as Kitty paints a dresser in her bedroom.
- Sharon Van Etten - Everytime the Sun Comes Up plays as Watson tells Kitty that she didn't look at the file on Kitty's background.
Quotes
I never guess. It's a shocking habit. Destructive to the logical faculty. We observe and then we deduce.
— Holmes
Gallery
| Elementary Season Three Episodes | ||
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| Enough Nemesis To Go Around • The Five Orange Pipz • Just a Regular Irregular • Bella • Rip Off • Terra Pericolosa • The Adventure of the Nutmeg Concoction • End of Watch • The Eternity Injection • Seed Money • The Illustrious Client • The One That Got Away • Hemlock • The Female of the Species • When Your Number's Up • For All You Know • T-Bone and the Iceman • The View From Olympus • One Watson, One Holmes • A Stitch in Time • Under My Skin • The Best Way Out Is Always Through • Absconded • A Controlled Descent
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