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| "Moriarty is quite clearly smarter than I am. A man should know when he's beaten." — Holmes
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| Distraught, Holmes grabs Irene Adler and shouts her name. She doesn't appear to recognize Holmes but as he caresses her face, she calms, then scratches his face and collapses in his arms. Two years previously in London, Holmes enters Adler's art studio and introduces himself while she's busy restoring a painting. Consulting on an art purchase, Holmes is seeking Adler's evaluation whether several paintings are genuine or not. Turning from her work, she comments on Holmes' handsomeness and explains why the paintings are fakes. Impressed with her deductions, Holmes looks at her paintings and asks why she's kept an original and given her restoration to the client. When he explains how he's deduced this, Adler explains that her client wanted history erased from the painting. Appreciating this, Holmes proposes a game. He'll deduce which of her other paintings are originals she has kept, and if he's right, she'll go out with him. Commenting on their mutual attraction, she proposes he stay.
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| In present day, Adler lies in a hospital bed, disoriented. Her doctor tells Holmes, Watson and Captain Gregson that her personality has been destroyed by a masked man who she called Mr. Stapleton. Crushed, Holmes indicates he won't be working on her case. They bring Irene to The Brownstone and settle her in Holmes' bedroom. In private, Watson offers her help and expresses concern about Holmes' sobriety. Assuring her that he is fine and will be dedicating himself to caring for Irene, he encourages her to consult on her own. At the mansion where Adler was found, she meets with Gregson and Detective Bell. They report the house is clean and the owner is 9 year old Austrian heir. Watson examines pigments Adler was using in her paintings and discovers a rare sample that only a few shops in NYC sell. Finding the buyer may result in discovering who was holding Adler.
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| Two years previously in London, Holmes approaches Adler outside her home, wondering why she won't accept a second date with him. Indicating that their first encounter couldn't be topped, Holmes offers her a unique experience. Intrigued, she follows him into the tunnels under London where he shows her a walled off tunnel branch which contains Roman prayer tablets. As she gazes at them, he says they are the only two people who know about them. In present day at the Brownstone, Irene calls out in distress. Holmes rushes to her and she asks about his life in NYC. Watson returns with little to report but receives a call from Gregson that her pigment tip led to a buyer named Duane Proctor who was imprisoned for a weapons assault. Gregson and police question Duane's brother, Isaac, at his home where Duane also lives. Isaac doesn't believe Duane has anything to do with holding Adler. Duane arrives so Gregson leaves an officer with Issac. As Gregson questions a confused Duane, shots are heard from inside the house and Isaac is found to have fled. |
| At the 11th Precinct, Duane is questioned in "the box" while Adler watches. Duane is shocked Isaac had multiple weapons and shot an officer. He's never heard of Moriarty and Adler doesn't know him. Gregson tells Watson that Isaac was a professional killer but chose to only wound the officer guarding him. In a motel room, Isaac anxiously speaks to one of Moriarty's lieutenants and asks for help. The lieutenant agrees but has a task for Isaac to perform. Years previously in London, Holmes studies the case of "M." while in bed with Adler. Apologizing, his caresses her back and notices a pattern of moles resembles a star constellation. He asks her about a special project she's keeping hidden in a bedroom which may be an original work. She smiles and says he'll see it when it's ready.
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Trivia
- All the paintings shown in Irene Adler's studio were made from scratch for the show.[1]
- This episode is the first to feature Holmes' bedroom. [2]
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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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