A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
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Jonny Lee Miller
Sherlock Holmes
Lucy Liu
Joan Watson
Jon Michael Hill
Marcus Bell
Aidan Quinn
Thomas Gregson
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24 episodes • 2012Avg: 8.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Sep 27, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 2 | While You Were Sleeping | Oct 4, 2012 | 7.6 |
| 3 | Child Predator | Oct 18, 2012 | 8.1 |
| 4 | The Rat Race | Oct 25, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 5 | Lesser Evils | Nov 1, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Flight Risk | Nov 8, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 7 | One Way to Get Off | Nov 15, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 8 | The Long Fuse | Nov 29, 2012 | 7.9 |
| 9 | You Do It to Yourself | Dec 6, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 10 | The Leviathan | Dec 13, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 11 | Dirty Laundry | Jan 3, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 12 | M. | Jan 10, 2013 | 8.7 |
| 13 | The Red Team | Jan 31, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 14 | The Deductionist | Feb 3, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 15 | A Giant Gun, Filled with Drugs | Feb 7, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 16 | Details | Feb 14, 2013 | 8.2 |
| 17 | Possibility Two | Feb 21, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 18 | Déjà Vu All Over Again | Mar 14, 2013 | 8.1 |
| 19 | Snow Angels | Apr 4, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 20 | Dead Man's Switch | Apr 25, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 21 | A Landmark Story | May 2, 2013 | 8.4 |
| 22 | Risk Management | May 9, 2013 | 8.5 |
| 23 | The Woman (1) | May 16, 2013 | 8.7 |
| 24 | Heroine (2) | May 16, 2013 | 8.8 |
24 episodes • 2013Avg: 7.8Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step Nine | Sep 26, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Solve for X | Oct 3, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 3 | We Are Everyone | Oct 10, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Poison Pen | Oct 17, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Ancient History | Oct 24, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 6 | An Unnatural Arrangement | Oct 31, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 7 | The Marchioness | Nov 7, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 8 | Blood is Thicker | Nov 14, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 9 | On The Line | Nov 21, 2013 | 8.4 |
| 10 | Tremors | Dec 5, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Internal Audit | Dec 12, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 12 | The Diabolical Kind | Jan 2, 2014 | 8.5 |
| 13 | All in the Family | Jan 9, 2014 | 7.9 |
| 14 | Dead Clade Walking | Jan 30, 2014 | 7.3 |
| 15 | Corpse de Ballet | Feb 6, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 16 | The One Percent Solution | Feb 27, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 17 | Ears to You | Mar 6, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 18 | The Hound of the Cancer Cells | Mar 13, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 19 | The Many Mouths of Aaron Colville | Apr 3, 2014 | 7.6 |
| 20 | No Lack of Void | Apr 10, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 21 | The Man with the Twisted Lip | Apr 24, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 22 | Paint It Black | May 1, 2014 | 8.3 |
| 23 | Art in the Blood | May 8, 2014 | 8.2 |
| 24 | The Grand Experiment | May 15, 2014 | 8.2 |
24 episodes • 2014Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enough Nemesis to Go Around | Oct 30, 2014 | 7.6 |
| 2 | The Five Orange Pipz | Nov 6, 2014 | 7.4 |
| 3 | Just a Regular Irregular | Nov 13, 2014 | 7.9 |
| 4 | Bella | Nov 20, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Rip Off | Nov 27, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 6 | Terra Pericolosa | Dec 4, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 7 | The Adventure of the Nutmeg Concoction | Dec 11, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 8 | End of Watch | Dec 18, 2014 | 8.1 |
| 9 | The Eternity Injection | Jan 8, 2015 | 7.6 |
| 10 | Seed Money | Jan 15, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 11 | The Illustrious Client (1) | Jan 22, 2015 | 8.4 |
| 12 | The One That Got Away (2) | Jan 29, 2015 | 9.0 |
| 13 | Hemlock | Feb 5, 2015 | 8.0 |
| 14 | The Female of the Species | Feb 12, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 15 | When Your Number's Up | Feb 19, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 16 | For All You Know | Mar 5, 2015 | 8.0 |
| 17 | T-Bone and the Iceman | Mar 12, 2015 | 7.3 |
| 18 | The View from Olympus | Apr 2, 2015 | 7.7 |
| 19 | One Watson, One Holmes | Apr 9, 2015 | 7.5 |
| 20 | A Stitch in Time | Apr 16, 2015 | 7.8 |
| 21 | Under My Skin | Apr 23, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 22 | The Best Way Out is Always Through | Apr 30, 2015 | 7.6 |
| 23 | Absconded | May 7, 2015 | 7.6 |
| 24 | A Controlled Descent | May 14, 2015 | 8.2 |
24 episodes • 2015Avg: 7.9
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Past is Parent | Nov 5, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 2 | Evidence of Things Not Seen | Nov 12, 2015 | 7.7 |
| 3 | Tag, You're Me | Nov 19, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 4 | All My Exes Live in Essex | Nov 26, 2015 | 7.8 |
| 5 | The Games Underfoot | Dec 10, 2015 | 7.7 |
| 6 | The Cost of Doing Business | Dec 17, 2015 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Miss Taken | Jan 7, 2016 | 8.9 |
| 8 | A Burden of Blood | Jan 14, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 9 | Murder Ex Machina | Jan 21, 2016 | 7.9 |
| 10 | Alma Matters | Jan 28, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Down Where the Dead Delight | Feb 4, 2016 | 7.5 |
| 12 | A View With a Room | Feb 11, 2016 | 8.2 |
| 13 | A Study in Charlotte | Feb 18, 2016 | 7.9 |
| 14 | Who Is That Masked Man? | Feb 25, 2016 | 7.4 |
| 15 | Up to Heaven and Down to Hell | Mar 3, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 16 | Hounded | Mar 10, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 17 | You've Got Me, Who's Got You? | Mar 20, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 18 | Ready or Not | Mar 27, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 19 | All In | Apr 10, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 20 | Art Imitates Art | Apr 10, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 21 | Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing | Apr 17, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 22 | Turn It Upside Down | Apr 24, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 23 | The Invisible Hand | May 1, 2016 | 8.3 |
| 24 | A Difference in Kind | May 8, 2016 | 8.2 |
24 episodes • 2016Avg: 7.7
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Folie à Deux | Oct 2, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 2 | Worth Several Cities | Oct 16, 2016 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Render, and then Seize Her | Oct 23, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 4 | Henny Penny the Sky is Falling | Oct 30, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 5 | To Catch a Predator Predator | Nov 6, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 6 | Ill Tidings | Nov 13, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 7 | Bang Bang Shoot Chute | Nov 20, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 8 | How the Sausage is Made | Nov 27, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 9 | It Serves You Right to Suffer | Dec 11, 2016 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Pick Your Poison | Dec 18, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 11 | Be My Guest | Jan 8, 2017 | 8.1 |
| 12 | Crowned Clown, Downtown Brown | Jan 15, 2017 | 7.7 |
| 13 | Over a Barrel | Jan 29, 2017 | 8.1 |
| 14 | Rekt in Real Life | Feb 19, 2017 | 7.3 |
| 15 | Wrong Side of the Road (1) | Mar 5, 2017 | 8.2 |
| 16 | Fidelity (2) | Mar 12, 2017 | 7.9 |
| 17 | The Ballad of Lady Frances | Mar 19, 2017 | 7.5 |
| 18 | Dead Man's Tale | Mar 26, 2017 | 7.4 |
| 19 | High Heat | Apr 16, 2017 | 7.1 |
| 20 | The Art of Sleights and Deception | Apr 23, 2017 | 7.3 |
| 21 | Fly Into a Rage, Make a Bad Landing | Apr 30, 2017 | 7.8 |
| 22 | Moving Targets | May 7, 2017 | 7.1 |
| 23 | Scrambled | May 14, 2017 | 7.8 |
| 24 | Hurt Me, Hurt You | May 21, 2017 | 8.1 |
21 episodes • 2018Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains | Apr 30, 2018 | 7.8 |
| 2 | Once You've Ruled Out God | May 7, 2018 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Pushing Buttons | May 14, 2018 | 7.4 |
| 4 | Our Time is Up | May 21, 2018 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Bits and Pieces | May 28, 2018 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Give Me the Finger | Jun 4, 2018 | 7.7 |
| 7 | Sober Companions | Jun 11, 2018 | 8.5 |
| 8 | Sand Trap | Jun 18, 2018 | 7.5 |
| 9 | Nobody Lives Forever | Jun 25, 2018 | 7.5 |
| 10 | The Adventure of the Ersatz Sobekneferu | Jul 2, 2018 | 7.7 |
| 11 | You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby | Jul 16, 2018 | 7.5 |
| 12 | Meet Your Maker | Jul 23, 2018 | 7.5 |
| 13 | Breathe | Jul 30, 2018 | 7.6 |
| 14 | Through the Fog | Aug 6, 2018 | 8.0 |
| 15 | How to Get a Head | Aug 12, 2018 | 7.5 |
| 16 | Uncanny Valley of the Dolls | Aug 13, 2018 | 7.9 |
| 17 | The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out | Aug 20, 2018 | 7.6 |
| 18 | The Visions of Norman P. Horowitz | Aug 27, 2018 | 7.9 |
| 19 | The Geek Interpreter | Sep 3, 2018 | 7.5 |
| 20 | Fit to Be Tied | Sep 10, 2018 | 8.3 |
| 21 | Whatever Remains, However Improbable | Sep 17, 2018 | 9.2 |
13 episodes • 2019Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Further Adventures | May 23, 2019 | 7.8 |
| 2 | Gutshot | May 30, 2019 | 7.8 |
| 3 | The Price of Admission | Jun 6, 2019 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Red Light, Green Light | Jun 13, 2019 | 7.6 |
| 5 | Into the Woods | Jun 20, 2019 | 7.5 |
| 6 | Command: Delete | Jun 27, 2019 | 7.6 |
| 7 | From Russia with Drugs | Jul 4, 2019 | 7.3 |
| 8 | Miss Understood | Jul 11, 2019 | 7.7 |
| 9 | On the Scent | Jul 18, 2019 | 7.5 |
| 10 | The Latest Model | Jul 25, 2019 | 7.6 |
| 11 | Unfriended | Aug 1, 2019 | 8.4 |
| 12 | Reichenbach Falls | Aug 8, 2019 | 8.5 |
| 13 | Their Last Bow | Aug 15, 2019 | 8.5 |
