Elementary: Season 3

Season 3 overview

Joan establishes her own investigation firm while Sherlock returns with Kitty Winter. The season begins with professional tension as the former partners must cooperate on a murder case.

Key story beats

  1. Joan Builds Her Firm — Six months after moving out, Joan is running her own investigation firm and helps dismantle a drug operation.
  2. Sherlock Returns — Sherlock returns after being fired from MI6 with Kitty Winter as his new protege.
  3. The New Team Forms — The three investigators must overcome tension while solving the murder of a key witness.
  4. Orange Bead Murders — Sherlock investigates two murders linked to children poisoned by contaminated toy beads and challenges a false confession.
  5. Kitty Faces Trauma — After a murder case involving mathematicians, Joan encourages Kitty to seek support related to her past sexual assault.
  6. The Artificial Intelligence Case — Sherlock investigates the theft of an artificial intelligence program and then examines a death apparently caused by the program.
  7. The Missing Map — Kitty investigates a stolen historical map, a dead guard, and a theft disguised by the removal of other maps.
  8. The Nutmeg Pattern — Joan's client seeks the truth about a missing sister, while Sherlock traces a recurring scent connected to several disappearances.
  9. The Stolen Police Guns — The investigation reveals that a patrol officer stole real weapons and replaced them with airsoft guns to fund an addiction.
  10. The Illegal Drug Trial — Joan searches for a missing nurse and uncovers an illegal trial whose subjects suffer psychological breakdowns and death.
  11. The Greenhouse Crime — Sherlock connects accidental deaths from toxic gas to a criminal marijuana operation and a rare orchid.
  12. Kitty Finds A Pattern — A murder victim's scars resemble Kitty's, leading the investigation toward a suspected offender who targets vulnerable women.
  13. The Suspect Captured — Kitty secretly captures the suspected offender and prepares to kill him and destroy his body.
  14. The Forgiven Debts — Sherlock and Joan discover that a missing lawyer abandoned debt collection after witnessing the hardship of the people he pursued.
  15. The Stolen Zebras — Sherlock and Bell find two stolen pregnant zebras, a dead veterinarian, and evidence of forced premature births.

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