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Elementary

★ 7.9 127K votes 2012–2019 7 seasons · 154 episodes Ended CBS
Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 9/10Genius leadExceptional intellect as the protagonist's engine.This show: 8/10ProceduralA case or problem of the week, solved by a formula that works.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Jonny Lee MillerLucy LiuAidan QuinnJon Michael HillJordan GelberJohn Noble
Written by
Robert Doherty
Starring
Jonny Lee MillerLucy LiuAidan QuinnJon Michael HillJordan GelberJohn Noble
Written by
Robert Doherty
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A quiet, long-game study of partnership and recovery"

A modern-day, New York-set reimagining of Sherlock Holmes, with Jonny Lee Miller as a recovering addict detective and Lucy Liu as Watson, his sober companion turned partner and eventual equal. It runs as a network procedural: a case each week, wrapped around a slower-burning serialized story about recovery, trust, and partnership. The tone is grounded and character-driven rather than flashy, leaning on the leads' chemistry more than visual tricks. It's comfortable, episodic television that rewards patience across its long run rather than demanding binge-watching.

Watch it for

the slow-building, genuinely equal partnership between Miller's Holmes and Liu's Watson.

Maybe skip if

you want flashy mystery plotting rather than a steady, character-focused procedural.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12012
8.041K2417h 36m
Season 22013
7.830K2417h 5m
Season 32014
7.926K2416h 53m
Season 42015
7.923K2416h 49m
Season 52016
7.722K2416h 38m
Season 62018
7.817K2114h 35m
Season 72019
7.810K139h 7m
In season seven, Holmes and Watson’s new careers as consultants for Scotland Yard are disrupted by news that a member of their inner circle has been gravely wounded in the United States. As Holmes’ stateside legal trouble – the result of a confession to a murder he didn’t commit – threatens to keep them from returning to New York, their greatest foe to date, tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach, waits on the horizon to test their limits.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jonny Lee Miller Sherlock Holmes
Lucy Liu Dr. Joan Watson, Joan Watson
Aidan Quinn Captain Thomas Gregson
Jon Michael Hill Detective Marcus Bell
Jordan Gelber Dr. Eugene Hawes
John Noble Mr. Morland Holmes, Morland Holmes
Ophelia Lovibond Kitty Winter
Nelsan Ellis Shinwell Johnson
Ato Essandoh Alfredo Llamosa
Tim Guinee NSA Agent McNally, Agent Dean McNally, Dean McNally

Crew

Robert Doherty

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