Don't be surprised if you see some familiar esports faces the next time you watch CBS' "Elementary."

The Elementary Writers Twitter account revealed earlier this week that some major esports stars will be making cameo appearances in the shows' esports-centric episode on Feb. 19.

The players you may recognize will include Team EnVy Us Call of Duty pro Jordan "JKap" Kaplan, Optic Gaming's CS:GO player Tarik "tarik" Celik, FGC veteran Arturo "TS Sabin" Sanchez, and Super Smash Bros. Melee players Hendrick "DJ Nintendo" Pilar and Misfits' Ryan "The Moon" Coker-Welch.

"I feel really excited being a special guest on Elementary. Never been on TV and this is a great way to give more exposure to the esports community," said The Moon to ESPN.com.

This all-star cast from various games will cameo as players on a fictional team. In the episode, present-day Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, played by Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu respectively, tackle the murder of a fictional Canadian esports up-and-comer.

"I read some articles about the emerging pro esports scene and came across some on teams poaching other teams' best players," said Elementary writer and producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe to ESPN. Wolfe wrote the idea on a card and kept it on ice for the better part of a year.

"I continued to research the area over that year as well," Wolfe added. "I also watch live streams and YouTube vids for games I play myself and think that's a fun world. So that was another card: Murder on a live stream. The ideas seemed like they'd go nicely together."

That's when writer and producer Jeffrey Paul King chimed in. He mentioned the idea of bringing in actual esports players. King has been involved with the Super Smash Bros. community, and he worked on the Cultivation Leffen documentary with Team SoloMid and Red Bull, covering Melee player William "Leffen" Hjelte.

All the players will be playing a fantasy lane-pusher type game, similar to League of Legends or DotA 2.

"We tried to get a real game, but, for legal reasons, we couldn't go there," Wolfe said.

Whenever a show tackles niche communities, there's always a fear that representations can come off as unflattering. And Wolfe admitted there is a concern to ensure the show is approachable for people outside of esports.

"I definitely don't want it to seem stereotyped or tacky," Wolfe said. That's one of the main reasons he was excited to bring on actual players.

But don't expect to actually see the players act.

"We had one speaking role we'd hope to use a real player or live streamer for, but acting is a very specific skillset and we didn't have any luck finding anyone who could pull it off," Wolfe said. "So yeah, the players will be playing [on] an esport team, Team ProFine, practicing for an upcoming tournament in their team house."

For fans, the episode will be littered with esports references.

"Their real-life tags are on the backs of the shirts we made for them for the episode," King said. And according to Dot Esports, references will also be made to Melee's Evil Geniuses' Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, BOXR's Julian "Zhu" Zhu, Leffen, and Halo player for Str8 Rippin Richie "Heinz" Heinz.

"Filming was amazing. We got to see behind the scenes and how they take different camera angles. Had to do a lot of re-dos, but it was worth it," said The Moon.

In an earlier episode, references were made to Team Liquid's Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma and Team Secret's Otto "Silent Wolf" Bisno. The upcoming esports episode will also include the writer's personal references to their own Runequest and World of Warcraft tags. It goes without saying: The writers on "Elementary" like video games.

Esports continue to gain mainstream popularity. Many professional teams are seeing investment from the likes of Shaquille O'Neal, Mark Cuban, Rick Fox and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Wesley Edens. Capcom Cup, a Street Fighter V tournament, was recently aired on ESPN2, and the Disney Channel's "Gaming Show" brought on Counter-Logic Gaming's Tyrell "Nakat" Coleman and Richard "Keitaro" King Jr. As for the future of esports on television, Wolfe doesn't have grand aspirations at the moment, saying, "We just wanted to introduce our audience to esports in general."