Who Shot Sherlock (6 Jan. 2005)

Greg is doing his final proficiency test and he has a case to solve. Ironically, he investigates the death of a Sherlock Holmes- wannabe, obsessive to the point of recreating the great ... See full summary »

Director:

Kenneth Fink

Writers:

Anthony E. Zuiker (creator), David Rambo,

Stars:

William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows
Gary Dourdan	...	Warrick Brown
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders
Robert David Hall	...	Dr. Al Robbins
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Captain Jim Brass
Catherine Dent	...	Kay Marquette / Irene
Sebastian Roché	...	Josh Frost / Moriarty
John Krasinski	...	Lyle Davis
Rod McLachlan	...	Nelson Oakes / Dr. Watson
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges
José Zúñiga	...	Detective Chris Cavaliere (as Jose Zuniga)
Ted Rooney	...	Denny Kingsley / Sherlock Holmes

Storyline

Greg is doing his final proficiency test and he has a case to solve. Ironically, he investigates the death of a Sherlock Holmes- wannabe, obsessive to the point of recreating the great detective's living room in his home. He died from a close-range gunshot wound. The murder weapon is not found in the scene although everything other pieces of evidence suggest that it was a suicide. Working under Catherine, Nick and Warrick works on a case of a dead guy found in his car which veered off the highway. Dr. Robbins cannot find the cause of death and it is left to the two detectives to solve the mystery.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | test | accident | role playing | sherlock holmes | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 January 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The method in which the murder weapon was concealed closely parallels the Holmes story "Thor Bridge" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Goofs

The wannabes are portraying Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Irene Adler, and Professor Moriarty. These four characters are obviously meant to reference the old "221B Baker Street" board (and, later, computer) game. However, although Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler, and Dr. Watson were characters in the game, Professor Moriarty wasn't. The fourth character in the game was the redoubtable Inspector Lestrade. The mistake was undoubtedly due to the fact that Moriarty appears on the cover of the computer game version alongside Irene Adler, Holmes and Watson.

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Quotes

Gil Grissom: Shag tobacco.
David Hodges: Yeah. How'd you know?
Gil Grissom: That's what Holmes smoked.
David Hodges: Bad habit, even for a fictional character.
Gil Grissom: [to Greg] You do have two suspects with pipes.
Greg Sanders: Yeah. And, uh, smoking kills.

User Reviews

"The Case Batman Failed to Solve"

This Sherlock story is like the first one published in "Batman 14" (Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1942). A story plot can be found at http://www.dcindexes.com/database/story-details.php?storyid=7341

Synopsis: Batman and Robin are invited to attend a meeting of great detectives. The Guest of Honor, Dana Drye, is shot to begin the meeting. The other detectives and Batman join together to solve the mystery of his murder. Batman follows several leads. Eventually he learns that Drye was dying of an incurable disease, and his death was suicide. Drye had also discovered Batman's secret identity. In order to protect his own secret, Batman pretends to fail in his effort to solve the case.

This Dana Drye planned his own dead so the gun desappears.