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While You Were Sleeping

  • Episode aired Oct 4, 2012
  • TV-14
  • 44m
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Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary (2012)
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Two heirs of a fortune are murder suspects, but one sister has an undeniable alibi and the other is a coma patient. Holmes is baffled as to how a coma patient could be the killer until anoth... Read allTwo heirs of a fortune are murder suspects, but one sister has an undeniable alibi and the other is a coma patient. Holmes is baffled as to how a coma patient could be the killer until another addict in his support group gives him an idea.Two heirs of a fortune are murder suspects, but one sister has an undeniable alibi and the other is a coma patient. Holmes is baffled as to how a coma patient could be the killer until another addict in his support group gives him an idea.

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    • John David Coles
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    • Robert Doherty
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
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    • Jonny Lee Miller
    • Lucy Liu
    • Jon Michael Hill
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    • Director
      • John David Coles
    • Writers
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      • Arthur Conan Doyle
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      • Lucy Liu
      • Jon Michael Hill
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    • Sherlock Holmes
    Lucy Liu
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    • Dr. Joan Watson
    Jon Michael Hill
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    • Detective Marcus Bell
    Aidan Quinn
    Aidan Quinn
    • Captain Thomas Gregson
    Jennifer Ferrin
    Jennifer Ferrin
    • Rebecca Ellison
    Bill Heck
    Bill Heck
    • Ty Morstan
    Casey Siemaszko
    Casey Siemaszko
    • Michael McGee
    Rosa Arredondo
    Rosa Arredondo
    • Elaine
    Chris Bresky
    • Recovering Addict
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    Amy Landon
    • Yvette Ellison
    Rey Lucas
    Rey Lucas
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    Ken Marks
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    • Doctor
    Paul Michael Valley
    Paul Michael Valley
    • Burly Man
    Roger Brenner
    • Businessman
    • (uncredited)
    DJ Nino Carta
    DJ Nino Carta
    • Hospital Patient
    • (uncredited)
    Jacqueline Honulik
    Jacqueline Honulik
    • Victim's friend
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    Ava Paloma
    Ava Paloma
    • Mary Margaret Phelps
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      • Arthur Conan Doyle
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    • Trivia
      Holmes' theory about the brain being like an attic is taken from the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
    • Goofs
      Rebecca Ellison slaps Holmes. He says that she took him by surprise because she's a lefty. He then goes on to pat his right cheek, saying that it's leathery from slaps, and that his left is soft as a baby's bottom. If slapped by a right-handed person, the slap would land on his left check, supposedly the soft one. When slapped by a left-handed person, the slap would land on the right cheek, allegedly the leathery one.
    • Quotes

      Sherlock Holmes: Attic theory. I've always believed the human brain is like an attic: storage space, facts, but because that space is finite, it must be filled only with things one needs to be the best version of oneself. It's important, therefore, not to have useless facts: the natterings that comprised your support meeting, for example, crowding out useful ones.

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    • Release date
      • October 4, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • English
    • Production companies
      • Hill of Beans Productions
      • Timberman-Beverly Productions
      • CBS Television Studios
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      • 44m
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      • Dolby Digital
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      • 16:9 HD

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