Lesser Evils
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The Rat Race is the 5th episode in season 1 of the American TV series Elementary aired on 1st november 2012 on CBS. 41 min. Audience : 10,49 millions.
Similarities with original stories : Sherlock Holmes, in a morgue, beats some dead corpses in order to study post mortem bruises as did the original Sherlock Holmes at St. Bartholomew the day he met Watson. (STUD, 73)
Plot summary
While doing research in the hospital morgue, Sherlock stumbles upon a murder that everyone else overlooked. According to Holmes' deductions, someone in the hospital has been killing weak and terminal patients and making it look like they had died of natural causes. While interrogating hospital doctors and staff, the evidence begins to mount--Sherlock is chasing an angel of death. Watson reconnects with an old doctor friend of hers while working with Sherlock at the hospital. While sitting in on a pre-op procedure, she learns that Sherlock is not the only one with an uncanny sense of intuition.
Cast
- Sherlock Holmes : Jonny Lee Miller
- Dr. Joan Watson : Lucy Liu
- Captain Toby Gregson : Aidan Quinn
- Detective Marcus Bell : Jon Michael Hill
- Morgan Duncan : Rozi Baker
- Jacqueline Zoltana : Jenni Barber
- Janitor : David Costabile
- Richard Sanchez : Eric Deskin
- Dr. Baldwin : David Harbour
- Barista Dave : Jonathan Charles Kaplan
- Morgue Attendant : Jay Klaitz
- Nurse : Shauna Miles
- Dr. Cahill : Ben Rappaport
- Dr. Carrie Dwyer : Anika Noni Rose
Crew
- Director : Colin Bucksey
- Screenplay : Robert Doherty, Liz Friedman
- Producer : Alysse Bezahler, Geoffrey Hemwall
- Music : Sean Callery
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