Elementary: Season 7

Season 7 overview

Sherlock and Joan return to New York after Gregson is shot. Their cases move from concealed evidence and manipulated infrastructure to murders tied to carefully hidden motives.

Key story beats

  1. The Pearl and the Attacks — A break-in exposes the Black Pearl hidden among the last of six busts. Sherlock and Joan investigate acid attacks on a tabloid model, whose distress ends in suicide.
  2. Gregson Is Shot — After Gregson is shot, Bell calls Sherlock and Joan back to New York. Sherlock reconstructs the route and discovers a hidden crime scene and a long-concealed body.
  3. The Stolen Provenance — The murder of a storage facility manager leads Sherlock and Joan to his secret searches for information to sell. Their inquiry focuses on a collection of artifacts with a falsified provenance.
  4. The Hacked Traffic Lights — A van crash and explosion initially suggest a possible terrorist attack. Sherlock and Joan discover that traffic lights were manipulated to target a truck carrying high-speed elevators.
  5. Deaths in the Woods — A murder during a race leads to the discovery of a moonshiner's body and a dead hog. Sherlock traces a reconstructed wine bottle to a stolen vintage and sets a trap for the killer.
  6. The Missing Sniper — The disappearance of an NYPD sniper raises fears of a shooting spree. Sherlock and Joan find that he was blackmailed into staging a scare, while the boxer he was assigned to protect was killed by another person.
  7. A Poisoned Drug Stash — A death at a raided stash house first appears connected to fentanyl. Sherlock finds cat hairs and an inhaler containing a suspected poison, prompting him to seek an expert assessment.
  8. The Returning Impostor — A pathological liar arrives at the brownstone claiming that a shot woman was her foster mother. Joan recognizes the visitor's identity from an earlier case, and the investigation uncovers a possible con.
  9. The False Serial Killer — A murder is attributed to a supposed serial killer, but a review of old DNA evidence reveals contaminated samples. Sherlock and Joan pursue other leads connected to the victim.
  10. A Second Murder Tour — A guided murder tour uncovers another killing connected to an older case. Sherlock discovers a secret elevator leading to the location where the body was found.
  11. Reichenbach's Network — Sherlock uses webcams to test Reichenbach's surveillance methods, while Morland helps create a false threat. Joan traces assigned hits to a website, exposing a system behind multiple murders.
  12. The Threat Escalates — An arson attack kills a witness, and Sherlock identifies signs that Reichenbach's operation is becoming less careful. Sherlock evacuates the police team before a car explodes, and Hawes identifies the burned mercenaries.
  13. A Verdict and a Return — Reichenbach is sentenced to 148 years in prison, and Joan is introduced as the author of a published casebook. Bell then tells Joan that Sherlock is back, while a parcel arrives for him.

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