The Illustrious Client 

Watson starts her new job as an investigator for an insurance firm, but ends up joining forces on a case with Sherlock when a threat to Kitty emerges.

Director:

Guy Ferland

Writers:

Robert Doherty (created by), Jason Tracey

Stars:

Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Jon Michael Hill

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jonny Lee Miller	...	Sherlock Holmes
Lucy Liu	...	Dr. Joan Watson
Jon Michael Hill	...	Detective Marcus Bell
Aidan Quinn	...	Captain Thomas Gregson
Stuart Townsend	...	Del Gruner
Ophelia Lovibond	...	Kitty Winter
Tammy Blanchard	...	Violet de Merville
Katrina Lenk	...	Sonia
David Valcin	...	Osweiler
Robert Eli	...	Ron Davis
Roe Hartrampf	...	Bartender
Murphy Guyer	...	Detective Whitaker
P.J. Sosko	...	Simon de Merville
Stan Demidoff	...	TARU Detective
Wallace Smith	...	ESU Officer #1

Storyline

Watson starts her new job as an investigator for an insurance firm, but ends up joining forces on a case with Sherlock when a threat to Kitty emerges.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1924 story "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", an informant named Kitty Winter wanted revenge on the man who abused and degraded her, ruining her life. She gave Sherlock important information, but she was not the illustrious client he was attempting to help. More of this short story is included in the next broadcast.

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Goofs

There was no evidence connecting Simon de Merville to Melanie Vilkas's murder but Sherlock gets convinced.

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Soundtracks

Elementary Main Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Sean Callery

User Reviews

Kitty's dark sub-plot takes center stage

We've all known that the darkest part of Kitty's past is going to be revisited at some point in this season, but I don't think we were ready for that much. One of the rare times on Elementary when you are actually scared for the characters' well-being. The air of uncertainty and horror is all around as the ones who usually hunt the criminals become the hunted. The ending was heart-breaking and will make every fan of the show anticipate the next episode so much more. Surprisingly, it was almost as good as the Moriarty episode (e23?) in season one with almost as strong of a twist at the end. We are in for a treat in the upcoming episode, I hope (the Moriarty follow-up did not go as well).

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 January 2015 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hill of Beans Productions, Timberman-Beverly Productions, CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD