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Season 1  "Dead Man's Switch"  1x20

Aired 12 years ago - Apr 25, 2013

Sherlock and Joan hunt for the accomplice of a murdered blackmailer who targeted families of rape victims. Meanwhile, Sherlock resists celebrating his first year of sobriety.

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Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 1
a few months ago, I got this in the mail.
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But then... a few weeks later...
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We will also find their associate. Then...
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we will destroy their blackmail troves simultaneously.
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Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 6
He must have just gone to get some groceries.
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Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 8
I'd like you to take a look at something.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 9
Now, I identified the blackmailer
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 10
I saw it happen.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 11
Obviously you'd want to find the accomplice
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 12
What about the materials I took from the dead man's desk?
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 13
Milverton was blackmailing, but the captain raised
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 14
Neither, I'm sorry to say, is impossible to come by in lockup.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 15
Yeah, he's friends with my dad.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 16
He told me all about him when he came to see me.
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Well, as far as rapists go,
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I found something in his ledger.
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Tall, six feet, maybe, fat,
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Is this the guy you saw?
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 21
"Duke Landers, Esquire."
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 22
see if you're actually licensed.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 23
We need everything you have on Milverton.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 24
Listen, if you want to talk about your feelings
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 25
Hmm, Orson Welles was heavyset.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 26
No, his name is Anthony Pistone.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 27
I swear, if I could have got my hands on Garvey...
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 28
Said I'd borrowed it from a friend who runs numbers.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 29
he was looking back at me.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 30
I'm saying I sympathize.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 31
and there is a giant comet headed for Manhattan.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 32
for the essential avarice of the human condition.
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We're going to a meeting.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 34
reminded of that fact.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 35
I believe I've uncovered the real identity of Henry Eight.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 36
that resulted in quick "go away" payoffs.
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against a tanning salon whose beds could not accommodate
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Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 39
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as he drove his head
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an unusually large amount of the stuff a couple weeks ago.
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You were right about the sobriety chips that I ordered.
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Are you saying you relapsed?
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So I devised a way to leave without being detected.
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And then 24 hours later...
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Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 47
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 48
The doctor who treated him chalked that up to concussion,
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According to your neighbors, you two fight a lot.
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at his office.

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Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 2
But then... a few weeks later...
#2 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 3
We will also find their associate. Then...
#3 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 4
we will destroy their blackmail troves simultaneously.
#4 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 5 #5 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 6
He must have just gone to get some groceries.
#6 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 7 #7 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 8
I'd like you to take a look at something.
#8 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 9
Now, I identified the blackmailer
#9 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 10
I saw it happen.
#10 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 11
Obviously you'd want to find the accomplice
#11 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 12
What about the materials I took from the dead man's desk?
#12 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 13
Milverton was blackmailing, but the captain raised
#13 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 14
Neither, I'm sorry to say, is impossible to come by in lockup.
#14 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 15
Yeah, he's friends with my dad.
#15 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 16
He told me all about him when he came to see me.
#16 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 17
Well, as far as rapists go,
#17 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 18
I found something in his ledger.
#18 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 19
Tall, six feet, maybe, fat,
#19 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 20
Is this the guy you saw?
#20 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 21
"Duke Landers, Esquire."
#21 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 22
see if you're actually licensed.
#22 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 23
We need everything you have on Milverton.
#23 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 24
Listen, if you want to talk about your feelings
#24 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 25
Hmm, Orson Welles was heavyset.
#25 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 26
No, his name is Anthony Pistone.
#26 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 27
I swear, if I could have got my hands on Garvey...
#27 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 28
Said I'd borrowed it from a friend who runs numbers.
#28 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 29
he was looking back at me.
#29 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 30
I'm saying I sympathize.
#30 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 31
and there is a giant comet headed for Manhattan.
#31 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 32
for the essential avarice of the human condition.
#32 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 33
We're going to a meeting.
#33 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 34
reminded of that fact.
#34 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 35
I believe I've uncovered the real identity of Henry Eight.
#35 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 36
that resulted in quick "go away" payoffs.
#36 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 37
against a tanning salon whose beds could not accommodate
#37 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 38 #38 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 39 #39 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 40
as he drove his head
#40 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 41
an unusually large amount of the stuff a couple weeks ago.
#41 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 42
You were right about the sobriety chips that I ordered.
#42 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 43
Are you saying you relapsed?
#43 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 44
So I devised a way to leave without being detected.
#44 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 45
And then 24 hours later...
#45 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 46 #46 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 47 #47 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 48
The doctor who treated him chalked that up to concussion,
#48 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 49
According to your neighbors, you two fight a lot.
#49 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 20 (S01E20) - 50
at his office.
#50