The Illustrious Client

Episode aired Jan 22, 2015
TV-14TV-14
43m

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8.4/10

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S3.E11

Crime

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Mystery

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.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.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.

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

904

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Director
- Guy Ferland
Writers
- Robert Doherty
- Jason Tracey
- Jeffrey Paul King(executive story editor)
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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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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.

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

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Elementary Main Theme
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Written by Sean Callery

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9/10

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).

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