By Monty Ashley | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.02.2014
Back at the brownstone, Watson is surprised at the twenty-seven letters arrayed in front of her. Holmes claims he maintained the correspondence so he could talk to a criminal genius, as any sensible detective would. Watson doesn't buy this for a second. He refers to the fake Moriarty as "Fauxriarty," which is an incredibly strained pun. I will not be using it, because I didn't think of it first. Gregson calls to say that the three of them will see Moriarty in the morning. But she's not in Newgate anymore. In the world of Elementary, Newgate is in New York, not London.
They're at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which Gregson thinks is a secret prison. Holmes calls it a "black site." While she was off the show, Moriarty has traded some information for better housing. They're met by someone named Ramses Mattoo (and not, as I originally heard, Randolph Mantooth), who's the guy in charge. He claims that he "dots the I's around here," but we never see him doing any paperwork. Moriarty is their only "guest," and she only gets art supplies and a daily copy of the New York Ledger. Holmes warns that she's a vile seductress, but Ramses explains that he's gay. Although he explains it in a way that confuses Gregson, so Holmes has to clarify. Ramses is impressed by Watson's face. And sure, she's Lucy Liu. But he's talking about the giant painting.
When they enter, Moriarty looks up from her Ledger and tells Holmes, "You look a bit tired." He snaps back, "You look a bit evil." It's not the best repartee I've ever seen, but I think Holmes is dealing with some emotions so he's not at his best. Moriarty reveals that she knows that Watson's hunt for a soul mate have not been fruitful, which naturally gets under Watson's skin. Moriarty is relaxed because she believes that she won't be here in a year. Gregson recaps the kidnapping and murder. Moriarty immediately shows off that she knows that Uriah Fuller built the railroads that connect London to Manchester, just like Holmes did, but she says she had nothing to do with it. She suggests that maybe her old lieutenant was just being ambitious. She says she could tell them his name, likeness, and known confederates, but she'd need some sort of inducement. Holmes says he's willing to continue the correspondence but she knows he'd do that anyway because he's hooked. She says there's a list of favors she's asked for.
Kayden is being kept in a fairly nice kid's bedroom by a man who's trying to make friends with her by offering to play cribbage. She's kind of interested, but as she comes closer, there's a knock on the door so he has to leave. Outside the room, his chief goon (named Clay) says the boys are getting jumpy. He promises Clay that they'll hear from Moriarty "soon enough."