Elementary (TV Series)

Details (2013)

Jonny Lee Miller: Sherlock Holmes

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• Sherlock Holmes : I know that you lied to me. Several weeks ago when you said that my father had renewed your contract. I found out when I telephoned him last week. I'm not angry. If anything, I am grateful. You saw that I was in a raw state and you stayed to see me through it. Now when I learned of the lie, however, I deliberately adopted a more sanguine mood. I wanted you to see that I was well again. So that you could move on, but the most curious thing happened: you stayed. Days passed, then a week. It became clearer and clearer that you were not staying for me, but for yourself.

  Dr. Joan Watson : Sherlock, I...

  Sherlock Holmes : It's difficult for you to say aloud, I know. So I won't ask you to, rather I would ask you to consider a proposal: stay on permanently. Not as my sober companion, but as my companion. Allow me to continue to teach you, assist me in my investigations. In return, you will receive a stipend that will, at least, equal the salary my father was paying you.

  Dr. Joan Watson : You don't even have a source of income.

  Sherlock Holmes : I have certain funds set aside. You may continue to reside at the brownstone, you may reside elsewhere. You may also consider yourself relieved of any and all confidentiality burdens with regards to my sobriety.

  [Joan is silent] 

  Sherlock Holmes : This is an important decision, and I encourage you to discuss it with others. Explain what you have been to me, and what I believe you can be to me: a partner.

  [He turns to leave, but turns back, embarrassed] 

  Sherlock Holmes : And lest you think this is an act of charity, a gift from a grateful client, let me assure you it is not. I am... better with you, Watson. I'm sharper, I'm more focused. Difficult to say why exactly. Perhaps in time I'll solve that as well.

• [last lines] 

  Dr. Joan Watson : Just one more thing for this to work.

  Sherlock Holmes : Yeah, what's that?

  [She slams a basketball into his face] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Ow!

  Dr. Joan Watson : Could have been a knife.

• Sherlock Holmes : Nothing makes a smart man stupid like a quest for vengeance.

• Sherlock Holmes : [re: Bell's old partner, Officer Reyes]  She boxes. I noticed that from the tape marks on her knuckles. Perhaps you should ask for some lessons, get an idea of what it'd be like to go up against someone in your weight class?

  Dr. Joan Watson : You sure this new interest in my safety has nothing to do with watching two women engage in some foxy boxing?

  Sherlock Holmes : You think you're foxy?

• Sherlock Holmes : [leaving Gregson's office]  You're uncomfortable with the lie we told. You shouldn't be.

  Detective Marcus Bell : Easy for you to say.

  Sherlock Holmes : Why? Because I'm a mere consultant, and you're a *real* policeman? You think I don't have as much respect for the Captain as you do?

  Detective Marcus Bell : No, of course not.

  Sherlock Holmes : I removed the gun from your apartment for two reasons. Firstly, I'm absolutely certain that you didn't shoot Curtis Bradshaw. Why? Because only an idiot would have brought the gun back to his apartment after he'd used it, and you, Detective, are not an idiot.

  Detective Marcus Bell : Thank you.

  Sherlock Holmes : Secondly, I don't want to put *our* friend, the Captain, in the unenviable position of having to open a case against his favored apprentice and right hand man. If he knew the gun was found at your apartment, he would have no choice but to inform Internal Affairs. The last thing our investigation needs right now is a jaunt around the bureaucratic maypole, wouldn't you agree?

• Sherlock Holmes : It's funny, Detective - the second I heard about the attempt on your life, I dove into your case history. I thought it would only be a matter of time before the culprit's identity presented itself. I was wrong. You've done excellent work over the years. Made a lot of enemies. There's no shortage of people who would like to see you dead.

  Detective Marcus Bell : You say it like it's a good thing.

  Sherlock Holmes : Well, there is, in my humble opinion, no greater compliment an investigator can receive. Speaks to the quality of your work.

• [trying to teach Watson self-defense, Holmes hits her in the back with a tennis ball] 

  Dr. Joan Watson : Ow! What the hell was that about?

  Sherlock Holmes : Don't be cross. It could have been a knife.

• [first lines] 

  Dr. Joan Watson : Sherlock, you home?

  [she turns on the foyer light, nothing happens] 

  Dr. Joan Watson : I think we need a new bulb in the foyer.

  [a man in a ski mask appears behind her] 

  Sherlock Holmes : [disguised voice]  You tell me where Holmes is, and I'll let you live.

  [Joan gropes in her purse] 

  Sherlock Holmes : [holds up a mace can]  Looking for this? I'm going to ask you one last time: where is Holmes?

  [Joan runs into the living room, and trips on a wire] 

  Sherlock Holmes : [normal voice]  That's pathetic.

  Dr. Joan Watson : Sherlock?

  [Furious, she jumps to her feet and punches him in the chest] 

  Sherlock Holmes : *Now* you hit me? Seriously?

• Sherlock Holmes : In the meantime, you should expect more guerilla-style tests of your ability to fight back!

  [Watson's door slams] 

  Sherlock Holmes : You have been warned.

• [Watson comes home to find the stereo turned up full blast, and Holmes firing a pistol into his practice dummy] 

  Dr. Joan Watson : Is this another test of my reflexes? Because you're about to see how fast I can call the police.

  Sherlock Holmes : Watson! You startled me.

  [turns down the stereo] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Sorry about the din, I needed something to obscure the sound of my ballistics exam.

  Dr. Joan Watson : Okay, this is a residence. There are people who live in this neighborhood. You don't do a ballistics exam here. In fact, you don't do a ballistics exam at all!