AS HOLMES AND WATSON JOIN THE NYPD MANHUNT FOR A SERIAL BOMBER, WATSON SEEKS HELP FROM HER FORMER PATIENT, ON THE FIFTH SEASON PREMIERE OF "ELEMENTARY," SUNDAY, OCT. 2

Nelsan Ellis Joins the Cast as Shinwell Johnson, Watson's Former Patient and a Character from the 1924 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Story "The Illustrious Client"

"Folie a Deux" - When a serial bomber becomes active again after being dormant for six years, Watson seeks help from Shinwell Johnson (Nelsan Ellis)
, a former patient whose life she saved when she was a surgeon. Also, Holmes senses Watson is unhappy and questions whether she is still fulfilled by her detective career, on the fifth season premiere of ELEMENTARY, Sunday, Oct. 2 (10:00-11:00, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network.

REGULAR CAST:

Jonny Lee Miller (Sherlock Holmes)
Lucy Liu (Joan Watson)
Aidan Quinn (Captain Tommy Gregson)
Jon Michael Hill (Detective Marcus Bell)
Nelsan Ellis (Shinwell Johnson)

GUEST CAST:

Matthew Del Negro (Nathan Resor)
Lorenzo Pisoni (Gardner)
Lee Tergesen (Cray Fielder)
Jacob Alexander (Tom)
Simon Belz (Kid)
Irungu Mutu (Taxi Driver)
Antonio Edwards Suarez (Sedan Driver)
Leopold Manswell (Punk Boxer)
Bianca Amato (Brenda Resor)

WRITTEN BY: Robert Doherty and Jeffrey Paul King

DIRECTED BY: Christine Moore