Elementarys season 3 finale left off in a dark place.
Its days later, and Watson is wondering if Sherlock finally wants to talk.
The camera pans to reveal Sherlock with his eyes glazed over, clearly having relapsed.
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Quite a way to end the season.
The season 4 premiere does something interesting in that it skips the traditional relapse narrative.
Theres no big scene where Sherlock is confronted by his friends and told to get clean.
Theres no heightened drama.
Even with all of that weighing Sherlock down, hes really just trying to get on with his job.
Then he shoots himself in the face.
That admission of guilt, followed by the suicide, intrigues Sherlock and he begins to investigate the claim.
The connection between the women goes further though.
He asks Watson to head to a restaurant where Elissia was known to frequent and question the owner.
The owner (played byDexters David Zayas) says hes never seen Elissia but that Maribel looks familiar.
Apparently the higher-ups dont have much interest in working with a drug addict who almost killed a man.
Oh, and Mr. Holmes (theeMr.
Sherlock and Watson go to visit a cartel member in prison.
He was working under the name El Gato, a.k.a.
the Cat, and could be the man theyre looking for.
Their partnership is the priority, and shell follow him wherever he goes.
With that good news out of the way, the two can focus on bringing the case home.
Thats when Watson puts it together.
The restaurants name translates to The Ninth Life, and the owners build fits the description of El Gato.
That means no cozy American prison for El Gato.
The season 4 premiere is pretty convoluted and overstuffed, but the presence oftheeMr.
Holmes ensures that things are probably about to get real interesting.
