Recaps for TV shows

Elementary

S1 E8
Status
Ended
Network
CBS
Report
My shows Watch later
SEASON
VIEW ALL EPISODE

Season 1  "The Long Fuse"  1x8

Aired 11 years ago - Nov 29, 2012

While investigating an explosion that kills two people, Sherlock discovers a crime that’s been lying dormant for years. Meanwhile, Watson encourages Sherlock to finally pick a sponsor.

Mouse over thumbnail for slideshow

Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 1
They design and maintain corporate websites.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 2
and secondly, you're right, I'm not gonna miss seeing this stuff.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 3
- You got something? - Motherboard.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 4
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 5
I tell you I'm thinking of using again, and that if I don't, I might die.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 6
That's your idea of a good fit, seriously?
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 7
Bomb Squad confirmed it was part of the device, so touche.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 8
212 area code?
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 9
Mr. Jacobs' wristwatch is nine minutes slow
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 10
The logo remained unchanged until 2008,
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 11
That battery is four years old.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 12
Public-relations consultancy founded in 1994
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 13
She is my consultant-slash-housekeep.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 14
In 2010, they erected a new tower a mere three blocks away.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 15
Two hundred million gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf, for example?
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 16
I'm sorry, but from my forensic linguistic standpoint,
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 17
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 18
- Ask what? - About your sponsor, Alfredo.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 19
But what was the context?
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 20
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 21
I don't know anything about the ELM, and I certainly didn't build any bombs.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 22
When you realized it was defective.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 23
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 24
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 25
The thing is, I didn't smell any fertilizer when we were there.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 26
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 27
Right, most people wouldn't, which is why I traced over it.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 28
so why not take advantage of the ELM threats
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 29
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 30
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 31
Ever since they put the last 50 years of their archives online, I'm a lost cause.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 32
- Am I interrupting? - No.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 33
I see here that he was written up by the Human Resources Department
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 34
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 35
If he had collapsed somewhere, had a heart attack or a stroke,
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 36
- Why? - Formality.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 37
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 38
Photograph at the end of the mantelpiece
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 39
expanded the plastic sheeting that he's wrapped in, pushing outwards.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 40
She didn't even come home until she learned Pradeep was missing.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 41
That means he spent almost a week in the early part of October 2008
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 42
Sequoia Liberty Bank?
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 43
Techniques were rawer back then, and you do, on occasion,
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 44
You picked Alfredo because you thought I wasn't gonna like him,
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 45
Hey, is that Pradeep?
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 46
Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 47
You built a successful new life for yourself
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 48
Which is why you had to pay Pradeep
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 49
You know what? I think I will actually call my lawyer.
 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 50
Detective Bell, the honor is all yours.

Or scroll and see one by one:

Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 2
and secondly, you're right, I'm not gonna miss seeing this stuff.
#2 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 3
- You got something? - Motherboard.
#3 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 4 #4 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 5
I tell you I'm thinking of using again, and that if I don't, I might die.
#5 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 6
That's your idea of a good fit, seriously?
#6 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 7
Bomb Squad confirmed it was part of the device, so touche.
#7 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 8
212 area code?
#8 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 9
Mr. Jacobs' wristwatch is nine minutes slow
#9 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 10
The logo remained unchanged until 2008,
#10 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 11
That battery is four years old.
#11 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 12
Public-relations consultancy founded in 1994
#12 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 13
She is my consultant-slash-housekeep.
#13 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 14
In 2010, they erected a new tower a mere three blocks away.
#14 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 15
Two hundred million gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf, for example?
#15 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 16
I'm sorry, but from my forensic linguistic standpoint,
#16 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 17 #17 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 18
- Ask what? - About your sponsor, Alfredo.
#18 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 19
But what was the context?
#19 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 20 #20 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 21
I don't know anything about the ELM, and I certainly didn't build any bombs.
#21 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 22
When you realized it was defective.
#22 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 23 #23 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 24 #24 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 25
The thing is, I didn't smell any fertilizer when we were there.
#25 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 26 #26 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 27
Right, most people wouldn't, which is why I traced over it.
#27 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 28
so why not take advantage of the ELM threats
#28 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 29 #29 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 30 #30 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 31
Ever since they put the last 50 years of their archives online, I'm a lost cause.
#31 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 32
- Am I interrupting? - No.
#32 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 33
I see here that he was written up by the Human Resources Department
#33 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 34 #34 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 35
If he had collapsed somewhere, had a heart attack or a stroke,
#35 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 36
- Why? - Formality.
#36 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 37 #37 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 38
Photograph at the end of the mantelpiece
#38 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 39
expanded the plastic sheeting that he's wrapped in, pushing outwards.
#39 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 40
She didn't even come home until she learned Pradeep was missing.
#40 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 41
That means he spent almost a week in the early part of October 2008
#41 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 42
Sequoia Liberty Bank?
#42 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 43
Techniques were rawer back then, and you do, on occasion,
#43 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 44
You picked Alfredo because you thought I wasn't gonna like him,
#44 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 45
Hey, is that Pradeep?
#45 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 46 #46 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 47
You built a successful new life for yourself
#47 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 48
Which is why you had to pay Pradeep
#48 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 49
You know what? I think I will actually call my lawyer.
#49 Recap of Elementary Season 1 Episode 8 (S01E08) - 50
Detective Bell, the honor is all yours.
#50