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Lesser Evils

  • Episode aired Nov 1, 2012
  • TV-14
  • 44m
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Lucy Liu in Elementary (2012)
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During a visit to a hospital's morgue to do some experiments, Holmes deduces that a terminally ill patient has been murdered. Is this an isolated incident or is there an "Angel of Death" ope... Read allDuring a visit to a hospital's morgue to do some experiments, Holmes deduces that a terminally ill patient has been murdered. Is this an isolated incident or is there an "Angel of Death" operating in the hospital?During a visit to a hospital's morgue to do some experiments, Holmes deduces that a terminally ill patient has been murdered. Is this an isolated incident or is there an "Angel of Death" operating in the hospital?

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    • Colin Bucksey
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    • Liz Friedman
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
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    • Jonny Lee Miller
    • Lucy Liu
    • Jon Michael Hill
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    • Director
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    • Writers
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      • Liz Friedman
      • Arthur Conan Doyle
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      • Jonny Lee Miller
      • Lucy Liu
      • Jon Michael Hill
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    • Sherlock Holmes
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    • Dr. Joan Watson
    Jon Michael Hill
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    • Detective Marcus Bell
    Aidan Quinn
    Aidan Quinn
    • Captain Thomas Gregson
    David Harbour
    David Harbour
    • Dr. Mason Baldwin
    David Costabile
    David Costabile
    • Danilo Gura
    Ben Rappaport
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    • Jacqueline Zoltana
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    Anika Noni Rose
    • Dr. Carrie Dwyer
    Eric Deskin
    Eric Deskin
    • Richard Sanchez
    Jonathan C. Kaplan
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    Rozi Baker
    • Morgan Duncan
    Roger Brenner
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    Mike Getz
    • Trent Kelty
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    Shawn Gonzalez
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    • Trivia
      Incongruently, one scene has Sherlock supposedly writing the dates of deaths of potential victims on a blackboard however he writes them month/day/year which is incorrect for a British person who would've used day/month/year.
    • Goofs
      Watson enters the office as Holmes goes through the files of recent deaths in the hospital, carrying two fresh cups of takeaway coffee. The following action reveals that the two actors were using empty cups. Watson gives one of the cups to Holmes, who immediately drinks the coffee by tipping the cup past horizontal. If he had done this with a full cup of coffee, he would have ended up with a burnt face as the coffee escaped from the cups cap. In the same scene, Watson takes the cap off her coffee, but none is visible in the cup, despite it being freshly purchased. When standing at the blackboard, she takes a sip from the cup, but judging by the possible coffee level from the earlier shot, she doesn't appear to tip the cup far enough to get anything out of it, had there been any in the cup .
    • Quotes

      Dr. Joan Watson: Any luck?

      Sherlock Holmes: Luck is an offensive, abhorrent concept. The idea that there is a force in the universe tilting events in your favor or against it is ridiculous. *Idiots* rely on luck.

      Dr. Joan Watson: So that'd be a no.

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    • Release date
      • November 1, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • 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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