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Season 5  "Crowned Clown, Downtown Brown"  5x12

Aired 7 years ago - Jan 15, 2017

When Holmes and Watson investigate a clown’s murder upstate, they discover a connection between his death and the creation of a new weaponized virus. Also, Watson helps Bell when he’s targeted by his new love interest Chantal’s ex-husband in attempt to sabotage her career at the district attorney’s office.

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Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 1
Looks like someone tried to bury him.
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more than 20 years, so... I'm hardly an expert.
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Who found him?
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 4
You said the second clown made a beeline for these woods.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 5
...it was just, it was nothing.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 6
We know you ran away from two members
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 7
But after this is done, she's gonna have some questions
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 8
It was a job, for a company called AdRupt.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 9
that employed him.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 10
around Mount Pleasant in a clown suit.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 11
Dale was working on a follow-up piece,
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 12
Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 13
And Booker is her ex-husband. Something amiss?
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 14
Schmitt's phone was never recovered.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 15
Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 16
And even her own parents say she's lying.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 17
Perhaps that's why our killer had a crowbar with him.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 18
Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 19
Department of Environmental Protection.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 20
There's no need to start a panic.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 21
GREGSON: Hold on.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 22
Seemed like a better idea than drinking the water.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 23
but said that it was far more likely
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 24
who have both the desire to poison eight million New Yorkers
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 25
when we visited her apartment.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 26
Well, as part of her research, she interacted online
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 27
Chantal?
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 28
You're saying you think he was lying?
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 29
It does not mean that he engineered some superbug.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 30
WOMAN: Well, this doesn't make any sense.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 31
Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 32
Well, think about it.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 33
After we talked to her and poked around her financials,
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 34
Hey.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 35
was the quality of its water.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 36
because it arrives virtually untouched
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 37
the EPA has the right to pull the F.A.D.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 38
confirm he's our guy and that he really boarded.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 39
so Chantal would be a no-show.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 40
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yielded no evidence of a link between
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 42
You know why? Because filtration plants are complicated.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 43
I told you, they're complicated.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 44
Oh. You're getting water everywhere.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 45
I confirmed what you said earlier.
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 46
We're asking them to contact the government in Montenegro,
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 47
We did.
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or are you accusing me of orchestrating the attack?
 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 49
Where's this all going? The guy fled the country,
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We might have left out the part about

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Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 2
more than 20 years, so... I'm hardly an expert.
#2 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 3
Who found him?
#3 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 4
You said the second clown made a beeline for these woods.
#4 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 5
...it was just, it was nothing.
#5 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 6
We know you ran away from two members
#6 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 7
But after this is done, she's gonna have some questions
#7 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 8
It was a job, for a company called AdRupt.
#8 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 9
that employed him.
#9 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 10
around Mount Pleasant in a clown suit.
#10 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 11
Dale was working on a follow-up piece,
#11 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 12 #12 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 13
And Booker is her ex-husband. Something amiss?
#13 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 14
Schmitt's phone was never recovered.
#14 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 15 #15 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 16
And even her own parents say she's lying.
#16 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 17
Perhaps that's why our killer had a crowbar with him.
#17 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 18 #18 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 19
Department of Environmental Protection.
#19 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 20
There's no need to start a panic.
#20 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 21
GREGSON: Hold on.
#21 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 22
Seemed like a better idea than drinking the water.
#22 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 23
but said that it was far more likely
#23 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 24
who have both the desire to poison eight million New Yorkers
#24 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 25
when we visited her apartment.
#25 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 26
Well, as part of her research, she interacted online
#26 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 27
Chantal?
#27 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 28
You're saying you think he was lying?
#28 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 29
It does not mean that he engineered some superbug.
#29 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 30
WOMAN: Well, this doesn't make any sense.
#30 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 31 #31 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 32
Well, think about it.
#32 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 33
After we talked to her and poked around her financials,
#33 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 34
Hey.
#34 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 35
was the quality of its water.
#35 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 36
because it arrives virtually untouched
#36 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 37
the EPA has the right to pull the F.A.D.
#37 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 38
confirm he's our guy and that he really boarded.
#38 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 39
so Chantal would be a no-show.
#39 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 40 #40 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 41
yielded no evidence of a link between
#41 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 42
You know why? Because filtration plants are complicated.
#42 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 43
I told you, they're complicated.
#43 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 44
Oh. You're getting water everywhere.
#44 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 45
I confirmed what you said earlier.
#45 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 46
We're asking them to contact the government in Montenegro,
#46 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 47
We did.
#47 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 48
or are you accusing me of orchestrating the attack?
#48 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 49
Where's this all going? The guy fled the country,
#49 Recap of Elementary Season 5 Episode 12 (S05E12) - 50
We might have left out the part about
#50