Sherlock (TV Series)
The Great Game (2010)
Martin Freeman: Dr. John Watson
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Quotes
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Dr. John Watson : There are lives at stake... Sherlock. Actual human li... Jus-just so I know, do you care about that at all?
Sherlock Holmes : Will caring about them help save them?
Dr. John Watson : Nope.
Sherlock Holmes : Then I'll continue not to make that mistake.
Dr. John Watson : And you find that easy, do you?
Sherlock Holmes : Yes. Very. Is that news to you?
Dr. John Watson : No. No.
Sherlock Holmes : [pause] I've disappointed you.
Dr. John Watson : That's good... that's a good deduction, yeah.
Sherlock Holmes : Don't make people into heroes, John. Heroes don't exist, and if they did, I wouldn't be one of them.
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Dr. John Watson : I'm glad no one saw that.
Sherlock Holmes : Hm?
Dr. John Watson : You ripping my clothes off in a darkened swimming pool. People might talk.
Sherlock Holmes : People do little else.
[smiles]
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Dr. John Watson : [John arrives home to find Sherlock shooting at a smiley on the wall] What the *hell* are you doing?
Sherlock Holmes : [mumbles] Bored.
Dr. John Watson : What?
Sherlock Holmes : Bored!
Dr. John Watson : [seeing Sherlock raise the gun again] No...
Sherlock Holmes : Bored! Bored! I don't know what's got into the criminal classes. Good job I'm not one of them.
Dr. John Watson : So you take it out on the wall?
Sherlock Holmes : Ah, the wall had it coming.
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Sherlock Holmes : I see you've written up the taxi driver case.
Dr. John Watson : Er... yes.
Sherlock Holmes : A Study In Pink. Nice.
Dr. John Watson : Well, you know. Pink lady, pink case, pink phone. There was a lot of pink. Did you like it?
Sherlock Holmes : Um... no.
Dr. John Watson : Why not? I thought you'd be flattered?
Sherlock Holmes : Flattered? "Sherlock sees through everything and everyone in seconds. What's incredible, though, is how spectacularly ignorant he is about some things."
Dr. John Watson : Now hang on a minute, I didn't mean that in...
Sherlock Holmes : Oh, you meant "spectacularly ignorant" in a nice way! Look, it doesn't matter to me who's Prime Minister or...
Dr. John Watson : Yeah, I know
Sherlock Holmes : ...who's sleeping with who...
Dr. John Watson : [quietly] Whether the Earth goes round the Sun.
Sherlock Holmes : Oh God, that again. It's not important!
Dr. John Watson : Not impor...? It's primary school stuff. How can you not know that?
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Dr. John Watson : Anything in? I'm starving.
[Opens refrigerator]
Dr. John Watson : Oh, f...!
[closes door immediately, pauses, opens it again, stares at a human head for a bit, closes door]
Dr. John Watson : There's a head... A severed head!
Sherlock Holmes : [From other room] Just tea for me, thanks.
Dr. John Watson : No, there's a head in the fridge.
Sherlock Holmes : Yes?
Dr. John Watson : A bloody head!
Sherlock Holmes : Well, where else was I supposed to put it? You don't mind, do you?
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Sherlock Holmes : [after explaining a series of complicated deductions] The picture's a fake.
Dr. John Watson : [impressed] Fantastic.
Sherlock Holmes : Meretricious.
DI Lestrade : And a happy new year.
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Dr. John Watson : You know, I'm still waiting.
Sherlock Holmes : Hm?
Dr. John Watson : For you to admit that a little knowledge of the solar system and you'd have cleared up the fake painting a lot quicker.
Sherlock Holmes : It didn't do you any good, did it?
Dr. John Watson : No, but I'm not the world's only consulting detective.
Sherlock Holmes : True.
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Sherlock Holmes : How's Sarah, John? How was the Lilo?
Mycroft : Sofa, Sherlock. It was the sofa.
Sherlock Holmes : [glancing back at John] Oh, yes, of course.
Dr. John Watson : How...? Oh, nevermind.
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Dr. John Watson : So why is he doing this, then? Playing this game with you. Do you think he wants to be caught?
Sherlock Holmes : I think he wants to be distracted.
Dr. John Watson : Oh...
[chuckles]
Dr. John Watson : I hope you'll be very happy together.
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DI Lestrade : But what has this got to do with that painting? I don't see...
Sherlock Holmes : You do *see*, you just don't *observe*!
Dr. John Watson : All right, all right, girls. Calm down.
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Dr. John Watson : Uh, anytime you want to explain?...
Sherlock Holmes : Homeless network. Really is indispensable.
Dr. John Watson : Homeless network?
Sherlock Holmes : My eyes and ears all over the city.
Dr. John Watson : Ah, that's... clever. So-so you scratch their backs, and?...
Sherlock Holmes : Yes, and then disinfect myself.
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Crying Woman : [sobbing over the phone] I've... sent you... a little puzzle... just to say hi.
Sherlock Holmes : Who's talking? Why are you crying?
Crying Woman : I-I'm not crying. I'm typing. And... this... stupid... bitch... is reading it out.
Sherlock Holmes : [to himself] The curtain rises.
Dr. John Watson : What?
Sherlock Holmes : Nothing.
Dr. John Watson : No, what did you mean?
Sherlock Holmes : I've been expecting this for some time.
Crying Woman : Twelve... hours... to solve... my puzzle... Sherlock, or... I'm... going... to be... so... naughty.
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Dr. John Watson : Oh, sh...
[releasing he's not armed]
Sherlock Holmes : What?
Dr. John Watson : I wish I...
[Sherlock hands him his gun]
Sherlock Holmes : Don't mention it.