Elementary (TV Series)

Henny Penny the Sky Is Falling (2016)

Jonny Lee Miller: Sherlock Holmes

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Quotes 

• Dr. Joan Watson : [reads]  'Curious Kent Ambassador to the Cosmos'. He's on TV all the time; he's famous!

  Sherlock Holmes : Yep. Celebrity astronomer. 'Cause apparently the world needs space explained to it with jazz hands.

• Sherlock Holmes : That's Deputy Chief Prosky, isn't it?

  Detective Marcus Bell : That's him.

  Sherlock Holmes : He's the captain's boss, isn't he?

  Detective Marcus Bell : Yeah.

  Sherlock Holmes : Problem?

  Detective Marcus Bell : Technically, he's the captain's boss' boss, which means he's my boss' boss' boss, which means I'm going to mind my own business. But thanks. Now that I know you think something is wrong, I'm going to be worried too.

• [Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson show NYPD Captain Thomas Gregson a diagram found at the murder victim's upstate cabin featuring orange dots surrounding the sun and orbiting Earth, representing asteroids in Earth's solar system] 

  Sherlock Holmes : These are the 5,000 or so that NASA has deemed potentially hazardous. Those whose orbits intersect with the Earth's and therefore pose a threat of cataclysmic collision. Such a collision wiped out the dinosaurs, along with most other life at the time. Any one of these dots could represent the next such event, which would be the last event in human history.

  Captain Thomas Gregson : But there are only 5,000 of them, so, that's reassuring.

  Sherlock Holmes : Emphasis on "potentially" hazardous, but brace yourself, because that existential knot of terror you're feeling in your stomach is about to grow tighter.

• [Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson visit famed astronomer and Sherlock's former schoolmate Julius Kent for his expertise on their current case] 

  Julius Kent : [to Joan Watson]  You know, if it weren't for me, our friend Sherlock would still think that the Sun revolves around the Earth.

  Sherlock Holmes : I was eight when I made that mistake. You chose to wear that vest this morning.

  Julius Kent : [chuckles while looking down at his vest featuring colorful planets against a starry background]  It was a gift from a fan. How could I resist?

  Sherlock Holmes : With self-respect.

• Sherlock Holmes : [to Joan Watson]  When you and I first started, I quickly recognized your merits, both as a detective in your own right, and in that you facilitated my own process. I'm better at the work I do because of you. But over the years, the relative importance of those two values has flipped. I now value the work that we do, first and foremost, because I do it with you.

• Detective Marcus Bell : A poop emoji?

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh, I thought it was ice cream.