‘Elementary’ season 3, episode 7 preview: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, and … nutmeg?

On next week’s new episode of “Elementary,” we may have a story that propels the character in a bizarre, interesting direction. If nothing else, we have one of the best set-ups for a case that we have seen on the show in some time.

The title for this particular episode is “The Adventure of the Nutmeg Concoction,” which may be one of our favorite titles of the entire series. For one, it is completely silly, but it is still possible that we encounter a mystery that is rather serious.

In addition to the case itself, the full synopsis for the hour below teases some more relationship drama for Joan, which has to be rather awful since she is already having to deal with a variety of problems with Sherlock:

“A bored Sherlock forces his investigative services onto Joan, who is trying to locate a woman who has been missing for five years, and the only clue is the smell of nutmeg at the site of her disappearance. Meanwhile, Joan’s bond with her long-distance boyfriend, Andrew, is tested when a man from her past reappears and asks for her help.”

Do we think that this episode will live up to the expectations we’ve clearly already set for it? Right now, we’re hoping so, and that it continues the somewhat-positive momentum we got after watching tonight’s episode. The show has definitely been uneven so far, but there is some potential for the rest of it to get going in the right direction.

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