Sherlock (TV Series)

The Great Game (2010)

Andrew Scott: Jim Moriarty

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• Jim Moriarty : Do you know what happens if you don't leave me alone, Sherlock?... To you?

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh, let me guess. I get killed?

  Jim Moriarty : Kill you? N... No, don't be obvious. I mean, I'm going to kill you anyway, some day. I don't want to rush it, though. I'm saving it up for something special. No, no, no, no, no. If you don't stop prying... I'll burn you.

  [pause] 

  Jim Moriarty : I will burn... the *heart* out of you.

  Sherlock Holmes : I have been reliably informed that I don't have one.

  Jim Moriarty : But we both know that's not quite true.

• Jim Moriarty : I've shown you what I can do. I cut loose all those people, all those little problems, even thirty million quid, just to get you to come out and play. So take this as a friendly warning... my dear. Back off. Although, I have loved this, this little game of ours. Playing Jim from I.T. Playing gay. Did you like the little touch with the underwear?

  Sherlock Holmes : People have died.

  Jim Moriarty : [shouting]  That's what people *do*!

• Jim Moriarty : Is that a British Army Browning L9A1 in your pocket... or are you just pleased to see me?

  Sherlock Holmes : Both.

• Jim Moriarty : Now you're in my way.

  Sherlock Holmes : Thank you.

  Jim Moriarty : Didn't mean it as a compliment.

  Sherlock Holmes : Yes, you did.

  Jim Moriarty : Yeah, okay, I did!

• [last lines] 

  Jim Moriarty : Sorry, boys! I'm *so* changeable! It is a weakness with me, but to be fair to myself, it is my only weakness. You can't be allowed to continue. You just can't. I would try to convince you, but everything I have to say has already crossed your mind.

  [Sherlock glances at John, who gives a small, almost imperceptible nod] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Probably my answer has crossed yours.

  [shifts his gun aim to the bomb] 

• [as Moriarty is leaving] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Catch you... later.

  Jim Moriarty : [high-pitched]  No, you won't!

• Jim Moriarty : Oh... that? The missile plans. Boring! I could have got them anywhere.

• Jim Moriarty : Jim? Jim from the hospital?

  [pause] 

  Jim Moriarty : Oh, did I really make such a fleeting impression? But then, I suppose, that *was* rather the point.

• Jim Moriarty : Daddy's had enough now!

• Jim Moriarty : I gave you my number. I thought you might call.

• Jim Moriarty : Sorry, boys! I'm *so* changeable! It is a weakness with me, but to be fair to myself, it is my only weakness. You can't be allowed to continue. You just can't. I would try to convince you, but everything I have to say has already crossed your mind.

  Sherlock Holmes : [Sherlock glances at John, who gives a small, almost imperceptible nod]  Probably my answer has crossed yours.

  [shifts his gun to aim at the bomb]