Elementary (TV Series)

M. (2013)

Jonny Lee Miller: Sherlock Holmes

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• [on meeting "M."] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Arsenal fan. As if I didn't have enough reasons to despise you.

  Sebastian Moran : You!

  Sherlock Holmes : Me.

  [draws a baton] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Baton!

  [knocks M. unconscious] 

• Sherlock Holmes : A famous statistician once stated that while the individual man is an insoluoble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can, with precision, say what an average man will do. Individuals vary, percentages remain constant. So says the statistician. I... am *not* an average man.

• Dr. Joan Watson : Hey, just a reminder that I have an appointment in a little while, but I will be back in a couple of hours.

  Sherlock Holmes : I shall count the seconds until your return.

• Sherlock Holmes : Several weeks ago, you learned of the existence of a woman named Irene Adler. I told you she'd died.

  Dr. Joan Watson : M killed her.

  Sherlock Holmes : Obviously, he realized the degree to which I was assisting the British police in their hunt to find him. He zeroed in on me, made things personal. As to why I am withholding information from the NYPD, it's quite simple. I have no intention of capturing M. I have every intention of torturing and murdering him.

• Dr. Joan Watson : The end of our companionship is actually what I wanted to talk to you about.

  Sherlock Holmes : Do tell.

  Dr. Joan Watson : Well, when I'm wrapping up with a client, I like to carry out exit protocols.

  Sherlock Holmes : Sounds ominous.

  Dr. Joan Watson : No, we just need to carve out a time to talk.

  Sherlock Holmes : It's time I told you, Watson. You place far too much emphasis on talking. Most of what we humans have to say to one another is communicated haptically. When I think of the many thousands of words that you yourself have wasted during your time here...

  Dr. Joan Watson : We'll go to dinner, we'll talk; verbally, haptically, whatever. I think the whole point is to reflect on your progress.

  Sherlock Holmes : Reflection is for mirrors. Can't you just hand me a report card?

  Dr. Joan Watson : Well, I am completing a final evaluation, but that is for your father.

  Sherlock Holmes : Of course, how else would you justify the exorbitant salary he's been paying you?

  Dr. Joan Watson : Actually, my fees are the opposite of exorbitant.

• Sherlock Holmes : Ten years ago, when M first started killing, I was an integral part of the investigation. By the time he had claimed his 36th life, however, my addiction was out of control. I was, I'm quite embarrassed to say, useless to the police. Now, his appearance here in the States, it's a second chance for me. It's an opportunity to do what I should have done a long time ago - bring a ruthless killer to justice.

• Dr. Joan Watson : [re: Moran]  Are you planning on helping him? He killed Irene.

  Sherlock Holmes : No. As it turns out, he did not. He was incarcerated at the time she died. I confirmed it a short while ago.

  [silence] 

  Sherlock Holmes : I am sorry that I lied to you, Watson. The last few days have been quite vexing. Even now I'm not certain if I've done the right thing in allowing him to live. It's strange, really. I'm rarely conflicted about the decisions I make. That's the beauty of deductive reasoning, I suppose. It makes a science of almost everything. Not this.

  [Watson takes his hand] 

  Sherlock Holmes : I'm going to miss this. Maybe not *this*, so much, but this. Working with you. I think what you do is amazing.