Elementary
(2012–2019)
Holmes and Watson take on an investigation of a personal nature when Holmes' friend and former recovery sponsor Alfredo suddenly disappears.
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Title: A Controlled Descent (14 May 2015)
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| Jonny Lee Miller | ... | Sherlock Holmes | |
| Lucy Liu | ... | Dr. Joan Watson | |
| Jon Michael Hill | ... | Detective Marcus Bell | |
| Aidan Quinn | ... | Captain Thomas Gregson | |
| Ato Essandoh | ... | Alfredo Llamosa | |
| Michael Weston | ... | Oscar Rankin | |
| Jason Kolotouros | ... | Agitated Man | |
| Brenda Pressley | ... | Estella Llamosa | |
| Patrick Page | ... | Jonathan Bloom | |
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Matthew Saldivar | ... | Neil Kopecky |
| Elia Monte-Brown | ... | Kamala | |
| Maceo Oliver | ... | Nassau County Uni | |
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Holmes and Watson take on an investigation of a personal nature when Holmes' friend and former recovery sponsor Alfredo suddenly disappears.
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Sherlock Holmes: What is existence but the absorption of and reaction to the data that the universe presents. You can either grasp these truths or you can misinterpret them to your constant and considerable agitation.
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In this episode, Michael Weston plays Oscar--a drug dealer from Sherlock's past looking for his sister Olivia. Weston played Simon in Law and Order: SVU, Olivia Benson's brother. See more »Goofs
At 26:50, Joan is shown to pick up the phone call and put the mobile phone on her ear. It is not possible for the phone to be on a screen other than call screen. See more »Quotes
Alfredo Llamosa: Everything is evidence to you.Sherlock Holmes: What is existence but the absorption of and reaction to the data that the universe presents. You can either grasp these truths or you can misinterpret them to your constant and considerable agitation.
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14 May 2015 (USA) See more »Company Credits
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Overall, I love this show.
This review is specific to a topic that has been crucial to all of the seasons of Elementary and that is the topic of addiction. I have struggled ever since season one, with the creator's decision to use Alcoholics Anonymous as Sherlock's program. Certainly this must have come from lack of research, since it seems obvious that the modern Sherlock would have chosen a science based program like SMART Recovery over AA. Likewise, the modern sober companion, Watson, also would have recommended this. It is frustrating to watch as the show does great things to enlighten the public about the realities of being an addict but then it is sad that the solution that the show promotes is not a "smart" one and not likely the one Sherlock would choose.