Cast
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Plot
| "I don't care which cock I'm holding, I just want to know how it got there. Okay, congratulations. You got me to say it." — Watson
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| Under a crowded restaurant dining table, a bomb explodes. At The Brownstone, Watson arrives and finds Holmes has broken up a cock fighting ring. He's feeding two roosters, Romulus and Remus and intends to experiment if they can be trained to stop fighting. Captain Gregson calls them to the scene of the explosion which killed several people from the Dept. of Labor (DoL) and a bank whose CEO is Richard Balsille. Gregson informs them that Balsille has a "security czar" they'll have to work with which, to Holmes' revulsion, turns out to be Gareth Lestrade. Despite Holmes' having saved his career and kept Lestrade from jail, he is arrogant and challenges Holmes to see who can solve the bombing first. Lestrade has an aide, Miss Truepenny and orders a helicopter to take them to the hospital to interview the survivors.
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| Together at the hospital, they question Michelle Forrester, a DoL undersecretary. Seated at the end of table, she escaped with minor injuries and mentions a seating plan which Holmes asks for. Holmes and Watson leave Lestrade to employ deductive pseudo-science, a "deep dive", with Forrester. They interview a waiter who mentions that a peer, John Bowden, left work just before the explosion and, can't be found. Lestrade catches up with them and hands Holmes the seating plan while a call from Gregson informs them that the city's newspaper received letters from a serial bomber, Aurelius, who takes credit for the bombing. At the Brownstone, Holmes watches a video of Lestrade giving a lecture which employs many of Holmes' teachings. Watson tries to break him out of his funk by suggesting he confront Lestrade so he can focus on the case. She learns that Holmes believes that the real Aurelius didn't write the letter to the newspapers.
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| The next morning, by examining the seating plan, Holmes has deduced that Lawrence Iver, a rising executive at Balsille's bank who died in the blast was the likely target. He's also accounted for all guests at the Griffin hotel, which adjoins the restaurant, except for a Jacques St. Teton. Lestrade calls wanting to find Bowden but Holmes intends, to Lestrade's concern, to question Lestrade's boss, Richard Balsille. Lestrade beats them to Balsille's and while entering Balsille's office, Miss Truepenny tries to demean Watson by declaring her an assistant who can't go in with Holmes. Balsille confirms Iver was a rising executive who had enemies but when Holmes see a book Balsille wrote entitled "Teton", he calls Lestrade out of the office. Holmes threatens to confront Balsille about being at the Griffin Hotel as Jacques St. Teton and committing the bombing that killed Iver to eliminate him as a contender for CEO. Lestrade has Truepenny get security and has Holmes and Watson seen out.
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| At the Griffin Hotel, Holmes and Watson see on video that Lestrade checked in as St. Teton. At the Brownstone as they ponder how complicit Lestrade is in the bombing, he arrives. Apologizing for having them thrown out, he tries to find out what they've discovered. Holmes lies that they couldn't find out who St. Teton was and Lestrade says Balsille has affairs and checked in as St. Teton. Somewhat warily, they agree to work together to find Bowden and as Watson sees Lestrade out, he tries to recruit her to work for him. Watson pick-pockets Lestrade's phone which she gives to Holmes to find out why he lied about Balsille checking in as St. Teton.
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Music
- Daniel Powter - Bad Day is Holmes' and Watson's ringtone for Lestrade.
Gallery
| Elementary Season Two Episodes | ||
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| Step Nine • Solve for X • We Are Everyone • Poison Pen • Ancient History • An Unnatural Arrangement • The Marchioness • Blood Is Thicker • On the Line • Tremors • Internal Audit • The Diabolical Kind • All in the Family • Dead Clade Walking • Corpse de Ballet • The One Percent Solution • Ears to You • The Hound of the Cancer Cells • The Many Mouths of Aaron Colville • No Lack of Void • The Man With the Twisted Lip • Paint It Black • Art in the Blood • The Grand Experiment
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