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* FakeAmerican: Sherlock occasionally does this while trying to obtain certain details, like the locations of persons of interest. [[TheCastShowoff Jonny Lee Miller]]'s accent is surprisingly flawless... but then, anyone who saw ''Series/EliStone'', the fifth season of ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', or ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' would already know this.

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Sherlock occasionally does this while trying to obtain certain details, like the locations of persons of interest. [[TheCastShowoff Jonny Lee Miller]]'s accent is surprisingly flawless... but then, anyone who saw ''Series/EliStone'', the fifth season of ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', or ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' would already know this.this.
** [[spoiler:Creator/NatalieDormer uses an American accent for Irene Adler, but switches to her natural accent once she reveals herself as Moriarty.]]
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* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Lucy Liu dyed her hair blonde during the break between the sixth and seventh seasons. The hair color was written in as Joan's reaction to struggling to fit in after moving to London.
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* TheWikiRule:
** Yes, the show has [[http://cbselementary.wikia.com/wiki/Elementary_Wiki its own wiki]].
** There's also a lot of information about the show in the wiki of Franchise/SherlockHolmes in general [[http://bakerstreet.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page here]].
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*** In season 3, they culminate the ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' allusions by casting [[spoiler: Fisher Stevens, "The Plague," as the antagonist of an episode.]]

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*** In season 3, they culminate the ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' allusions by casting [[spoiler: Fisher [[spoiler:Fisher Stevens, "The Plague," as the antagonist of an episode.]]



** In "Bella" Holmes mentions doing things [[Theatre/{{Frankenstein}} "in the cause of science."]]

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** In "Bella" "Bella", Holmes mentions doing things [[Theatre/{{Frankenstein}} [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} "in the cause of science."]]science"]].
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* DuellingShows: With the British ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', which got a 2 year head start.
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* RealitySubtext: The episode "No Lack of Void", which deals with the relapse and death from an OD of Sherlock's friend Alistair, was reportedly inspired by the death of Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffmann, who several people involved with the show were real-life friends of.

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* RealitySubtext: The episode "No Lack of Void", which deals with the relapse and death from an OD of Sherlock's friend Alistair, was reportedly inspired by the death of Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffmann, Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman, who several people involved with the show were real-life friends of.
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* RealitySubtext: The episode "No Lack of Void", which deals with the relapse and death from an OD of Sherlock's friend Alistair, was reportedly inspired by the death of Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffmann, who several people involved with the show were real-life friends of.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Finland the show was known as ''Holmes NYC'', likely due to the phrase "elementary" not having the same iconic feel in Finnish.
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** "Serves You Right to Suffer" from season 5 is directed by Creator/AidanQuinn, which explains why his character Gregson [[AbsenteeActor doesn't appear in the episode]] (although he's mentioned a few times).

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** "Serves You Right to Suffer" from season 5 is directed by Creator/AidanQuinn, which explains why his character Gregson [[AbsenteeActor doesn't appear in the episode]] episode (although he's mentioned a few times).
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* AbsenteeActor:
** Gregson isn't in "Paint It Black". It's the first episode in which one of the four major characters doesn't appear. He's also not in "Serves You Right to Suffer" (see DirectedByCastMember below for the reason why).
** Watson doesn't appear in "Rip Off" as she's in Copenhagen with her boyfriend having agreed to visit with him in the previous episode.

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* InMemoriam: The sixth season premiere is dedicated to Nelsan Ellis who played Shinwell Johnson in season 5.

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The sixth season premiere is dedicated to Nelsan Ellis who played Shinwell Johnson in season 5.5, but died between the two seasons.
** "The Visions of Norman P. Horowitz" has a dedication before the closing credits to Edward F Dolan, a sound engineer who never worked on the show, but was generally well-known in the New York film and TV community.
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* WordOfGod: According to Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Odin Reichenbach's middle initial is K, making the name of his company, Odker, a derivation of '''Od'''in '''K''' '''R'''eichenbach.
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** In "Dead Man's Switch" Sherlock says to Gregson "You have daughters, do you not." [[WordOfGod The writers' Twitter feed]] state that it was a nod to Aidan Quinn, who has two daughters.

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** In "Dead Man's Switch" Sherlock says to Gregson "You have daughters, do you not." [[WordOfGod The writers' Twitter feed]] state that it was a nod to Aidan Quinn, Creator/AidanQuinn, who has two daughters.



** "Serves You Right to Suffer" from season 5 is directed by Creataor/AidanQuinn, which explains why his character Gregson [[AbsenteeActor doesn't appear in the episode]] (although he's mentioned a few times).

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** "Serves You Right to Suffer" from season 5 is directed by Creataor/AidanQuinn, Creator/AidanQuinn, which explains why his character Gregson [[AbsenteeActor doesn't appear in the episode]] (although he's mentioned a few times).



** Jon Michael Hill made his directorial debut for the series with the sixth season episode "The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out".

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** Jon Michael Hill Creator/JonMichaelHill made his directorial debut for the series with the sixth season episode "The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out".
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* {{Jossed}}: From the moment that the show was announced, people unimpressed with the idea of gender-flipping Watson (especially some ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' fans) were convinced that CBS had done it because they intended to have a romantic Holmes/Watson relationship and didn't want it to be a same-gender one. This never, ever, happened.
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* {{Jossed}}: From the moment that the show was announced, people unimpressed with the idea of gender-flipping Watson (especially some ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' fans) were convinced that CBS had done it because they intended to have a romantic Holmes/Watson relationship and didn't want it to be a same-gender one. This never, ever, happened.
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* ThrowItIn: The bit in "Snow Angels" where Holmes gives some cash to the homeless vet, advising him to find a hotel to stay in during the blizzard, was improvised by [[https://twitter.com/ELEMENTARYStaff/status/319997518505201664 Jonny Lee Miller]] because Sherlock is not without some compassion.

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* ThrowItIn: The bit in "Snow Angels" where Holmes gives some cash to the homeless vet, advising him to find a hotel to stay in during the blizzard, was improvised by [[https://twitter.com/ELEMENTARYStaff/status/319997518505201664 Jonny Lee Miller]] because [[PetTheDog Sherlock is not without some compassion.compassion]].
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* CharacterOutlivesActor: Joan's stepfather, Henry Watson, is mentioned as being alive in season six in episodes that aired a year after his actor, Creator/JohnHeard. passed away.

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* CharacterOutlivesActor: Joan's stepfather, Henry Watson, is mentioned as being alive in season six in episodes that aired a year after his actor, Creator/JohnHeard. Creator/JohnHeard, passed away.
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* CharacterOutlivesActor: Joan's stepfather, Henry Watson, is mentioned as being alive in season six in episodes that aired a year after his actor, Creator/JohnHeard. passed away.
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** "Serves You Right to Suffer" from season 5 is directed by Aidan Quinn, which explains why his character Gregson [[AbsenteeActor doesn't appear in the episode]] (although he's mentioned a few times).

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** "Serves You Right to Suffer" from season 5 is directed by Aidan Quinn, Creataor/AidanQuinn, which explains why his character Gregson [[AbsenteeActor doesn't appear in the episode]] (although he's mentioned a few times).

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* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Ms. Hudson is a trans woman, along with her actress Candis Cayne.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Michael Cuesta, who directed the pilot, initially wanted to cast Rupert Friend as Sherlock. But after seeing the actor's audition tape, he decided to cast Friend in another pilot he was doing, ''Series/{{Homeland}}''.

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Michael Cuesta, who directed the pilot, initially wanted to cast Rupert Friend as Sherlock. But after seeing the actor's audition tape, he decided to cast Friend in another pilot he was doing, ''Series/{{Homeland}}''.
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* TheOtherDarrin: The [[spoiler:fake]] voice of Moriarty heard in phone calls during the first season was provided by Adam Godley. When the character [[spoiler:now identified as Devon Gaspar]] appears in person during the second season he's played by Andrew Howard.
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* InMemoriam: The sixth season premiere is dedicated to Nelsan Ellis who played Shinwell Johnson in season 5.
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** Lucy Liu has directed an episode in each season starting with "Paint It Black" in season 2. Her subsequent episodes are "Female of the Species" from season 3, "Turn It Upside Down" from season 4, "Moving Targets" from season 5, "The Adventures of the Ersatz Sobekneferu" and "The Visions of Norman P Horowitz" from season 6.

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** Lucy Liu has directed an episode in each season starting with "Paint It Black" in season 2. Her subsequent episodes are "Female of the Species" from season 3, "Turn It Upside Down" from season 4, "Moving Targets" from season 5, "The Adventures of the Ersatz Sobekneferu" and Sobekneferu", "The Visions of Norman P Horowitz" from season 6.6 and "Unfriended" from season 7.



** Jonny Lee Miller [[https://twitter.com/ELEMENTARYStaff/status/908019228665511941 directed]] the sixth season episodes "Give Me The Finger" and "The Uncanny Valley of the Dolls".

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** Jonny Lee Miller [[https://twitter.com/ELEMENTARYStaff/status/908019228665511941 directed]] the sixth season episodes "Give Me The Finger" and "The Uncanny Valley of the Dolls". He also directed season 7's "Red Light, Green Light".
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* PostscriptSeason:
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* PostscriptSeason: The Season 6 finale was specifically written to be the series finale, shaking up the status quo by [[spoiler: sending Sherlock and Joan to London]]. But then the network ordered the true final season, Season 7, rendering the Season 6 finale as a SeriesFauxnale.
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** In "The Long Fuse" Lisa Edelstein's character is revealed to have paid for business school by working as an [[HighClassCallGirl escort]]. Edelstein had a recurring role in the first season of ''Series/TheWestWing'' as a law student paying tuition by working as an escort.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Although Watson being a woman was written into the show's DNA from the start, her ethnicity was determined wholly by the choice casting of Lucy Liu; ColorblindCasting at its finest.
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** That in the episode "M.", the "M." [[spoiler:wouldn't stand for [[BigBad "Moriarty"]] but [[TheDragon "Moran"]]]].
** Sherlock knew that Joan stayed on, despite his father's orders.

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** That in the episode "M.", the "M." [[spoiler:wouldn't stand for [[BigBad "Moriarty"]] but [[TheDragon "Moran"]]]].
"Moran"]], although really it stands for both]].
** InUniverse, Sherlock knew that Joan stayed on, despite his father's orders.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Season 6 was initially 13 episodes and was thought to be the final one due to low ratings. But CBS ended up extending the season to 21 episodes ''and'' ordered a seventh season for the show.


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** The pilot episode had Manny Perez playing Detective Javier Abreu, originally meant to be the fourth regular on the show. But when the pilot was picked up for a series, Perez was unable to commit to it, and so he was replaced with Jon Michael Hill as Detective Marcus Bell.
** Season 6 was originally meant to be just 13 episodes. But CBS unexpectedly ordered 8 additional episodes, which ended up being placed between episode 11 and the two-part finale.

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