History Recap / ElementaryS02E09OnTheLine

Samantha Wabash is standing on a bridge on a stormy night, trembling in fear. She pulls a gun and a dumbbell out of a bag, shoots herself, and the gun is dragged under the water. Sherlock and Watson arrive at the scene. While Gregson believes it was murder, Sherlock notes scratches on the otherwise brand new railing. He notes the awkward angle the victim was shot at, and concludes she used a weight to drag down the gun.

At the precinct Lucas Bundsch, a suspect is being interrogated. Bundsch was believed to be guilty of the murder of Samantha's sister Allie. Bundsch is subjected to questions with a polygraph and passes them. Then a policeman comes in and tells them that they found a weighted gun in the river, confirming Sherlock's theory. Before Bundsch leaves, Sherlock asks him about Allie Wabash, then shakes his hand. Sherlock becomes worried about Bundsch, and thinks that he killed Allie Wabash and possibly other women. He points out that he noticed the way Bundsch was biting his tongue to establish a baseline and used deodorant to remove sweat from his palms. He talks to Gerry Coventry, the detective who investigated Allie Wabash's death. Coventry still believes that Bundsch was innocent.

Back at the brownstone, Lucas Bundsch shows up at the door. Sherlock politely greats him, but secretly grabs a knife just in case. Bundsch still maintains his innocence, reminding them that Allie Wabash made a call after Samantha saw him carrying a fridge that she thought had her inside. After he leaves Sherlock and Watson find footage of Allie Wabash making the call. Sure enough, she is alone. Watson notices that Allie has a limp, and suggests a broken ankle but Sherlock thinks something is in her boot. When they read the notes that the Private Detective took, they notice two things he found in his trash: a putty substance that resembles plastic explosive and a broken alarm clock.

They find out another victim of Bunsch's, a girl named Bonnie Tilden, through a memorial site. They call her mother Cynthia, and she tells them to meet her at a gas station. When they arrive no one shows. They receive a call from Bunsch taunting them, and assume the worst. They call the local police and quickly head to her house. When they arrive Cynthia is surprised the police showed up. According to her she never had a daughter. They realize that Bundsch tricked them with a false persona.

* MythologyGag: Samantha's method of suicide at the beginning of staged to look like a murder, on a bridge, with a weighted gun is taken directly from "The Problem of Thor Bridge".

* SerialKiller: Lucas Bundsch kidnaps women, keeps them in a secret compartment where he abuses and kills them, and then leaves there bodies cut up. Despite being refered to as a serial killer through out the episode the end actually reveals that he technically does not meet the criteria, as one of his three prior victims was discovered alve after being [[FateWorseThanDeath kept in a cramped room and tortured for years before being rescued at the end of the episode.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Watson and Gregson frequently talk to Sherlock about his bad behavior and his ego.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: D

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Detective Gerry Coventry resents Holmes' BrutalHonesty when they're publicly arguing about Lucas Bundsch's guilt (although Holmes was right to criticize him)--so much so that he gives Holmes and Watson's address to Bundsch, who promptly tries to intimidate them. (Hey, Bundsch was exonerated--even though Holmes and Watson think he's a SerialKiller--so no harm done, right?) Later, Gregson finds Coventry DrowningHisSorrows and gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech.

Samantha Wabash is standing on a bridge on a stormy night, trembling in fear. She pulls a gun a dumbbell out of a bag, shoots herself, and the gun is dragged under the water. Sherlock and Watson arrive at the scene. While Gregson believes it was murder, Sherlock notes scratches on the otherwise brand new railing. He notes the awkward angle the victim was shot at, and concludes she used a weight to drag down the gun.

At the precinct Lucas Bundsch, a suspect is being interrogated. Bundsch was believed to be guilty of the murder of Samantha's sister Allie. Bundsch is subjected to questions with a polygraph and passes them. Then a policeman comes in and tells them that they found a weighted gun in the river, confirming Sherlock's theory. Before Bundsch leaves, Sherlock asks him about Allie Wabash, then shakes his hand. Sherlock becomes worried about Bundsch, and thinks that he killed Allie Wabash and possible other women. He points out that he noticed the way Bundsch was biting his tongue to establish a baseline and used deodorant remove sweat from his palms. He talks to Gerry Coventry, the detective who investigated Allie Wabash's death. Coventry still believes that Bundsch was innocent.

They find out another victim of Bunsch's a girl named Bonnie Tilden through a memorial site. They call her mother Cynthia, and she tells them to meet her at a gas station. When the arrive no one shows. They receive a call from Bunsch taunting them, and assume the worst. They call the local police and quickly head to her house. When they arrive Cynthia is surprised the police showed up. According to her she never had a daughter. They realize that Bundsch tricked them with a false persona.

* LieDetector: Bundsch passed a polygraph when accused of killing Samantha's sister and asks to take another one to prove he didn't kill her. When Holmes watches the test he realises Bundsch is using several techniques to trick the machine such as biting his tongue on control questions and coating his fingers with deodorant. Gregson does point out that polygraphs aren't admissable in court specifically because their results are so unreliable.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Samantha Wabash kills herself to frame the Lucas Bundsch, whom she believes killed her sister. Sherlock proves that it was indeed a suicide, but during the polygraph test realizes that Samantha was right in suspecting Lucas of killing her sister. He spends the rest of the episode trying to finish Samantha's work.
* SerialKiller: Lucas Bundsch kidnaps women, keeps them in secret compartment where he abuses and kills them, and then leaves there bodies cut up.

* LieDetector: Bundsch passed a polygraph when accused of killing Samantha's sister and asks to take another one to prove he didn't kill her. When Holmes watches the test he realises Bundsch is using several techniques to trick the machine such as biting his tongue on control questions and coating his fingers with deodorant. Gregson does point out that polygraphs aren't admissable in court specifically because their results ae so unreliable.

At the precinct Lucas Bundsch, a suspect is being interrogated. Bundsch was believed to be guilty of the murder of Samantha's sister Allie. Bundsch is subjected to questions with a polygraph and passes them. Then a policeman comes in and tells them that they found a weighted gun in the river, confirming Sherlock's theory. Before Bundsch leaves, Sherlock asks him about Allie Wabash, then shakes his hand.

Sherlock becomes worried about Bundsch, and thinks that he killed Allie Wabash and possible other women. He points out that he noticed the way Bundsch was biting his tongue to establish a baseline and used deodorant remove sweat from his palms. He talks to Gerry Coventry, the detective who investigated Allie Wabash's death. Coventry still believes that Bundsch was innocent.

Sherlock becomes worried about Bundsch, and thinks that he killed Allie Wabash and possible other women. He points out that he noticed the way Bundsch was biting his tongue to establish a baseline and used deodorant remove sweat from his palms. He talks to Gerry Coventry, the detective who investigated Allie Wabash's death

* AfterActionPatchUp: Joan takes a look at Sherlock's broken finger.

Samantha Wabash is standing on a bridge on a stormy night, trembling in fear. She pulls a gun a dumbbell out of a bag, shoots herself, and the gun is dragged under the water. Sherlock and Watson arrive at the scene. While Gregson believes it was murder, Sherlock notes scratches on the otherwise brand new railing. He notes the akward angle the victim was shot at, and concludes she used a weight to drag down the gun.

At the precinct Lucas Bundsch, a suspect is being interrogated. Bundsch was believed to be guilty of the murder of Samantha's sister Allie. Bundsch is subjected to questions with a polygraph and passes them. Then a policeman comes in and tells them that they found a weighted gun in the river, confirming Sherlock's theory. Before Bundsch leaves, Sherlock askes him about Allie Wabash, then shakes his hand.

* AloneWithThePsycho: Holmes confronting .

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Detective Gerry Coventry from "On the Line" resents Holmes' BrutalHonesty when they're publicly arguing about Lucas Bundsch's guilt (although Holmes was right to criticize him)--so much so that he gives Holmes and Watson's address to Bundsch, who promptly tries to intimidate them. (Hey, Bundsch was exonerated--even though Holmes and Watson think he's a SerialKiller--so no harm done, right?) Later, Gregson finds Coventry DrowningHisSorrows and gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech.

* WorthyOpponent:
** Le Chevalier, in "The Leviathan". Watson even mentions that "he has style".
** The villains of "Snow Angels." Sherlock is so impressed with their plan to steal millions of dollars with no one ever knowing that he says he would be tempted to let them get away with it, if only they hadn't accidentally killed a man during step one.
** Moriarty qualifies as one. Even Holmes [[spoiler: calls her ''a nemesis''.]]
** Lucas Bundsch, the serial killer. He manages to fool Holmes and Watson on several occasions and is so disgusting and dangerous that Holmes loses his control when confronting him.

A woman is standing on a bridge on a stormy night, trembling in fear. She pulls a gun a dumbbell out of a bag, shoots herself, and the gun is dragged under the water. Sherlock and Watson arrive at the scene. While Gregson believes it was murder, Sherlock notes scratches on the otherwise brand new railing. He notes the akward angle the victim was shot at, and concludes she used a weight to drag down the gun.