Sherlock (TV Series)
The Great Game (2010)
Benedict Cumberbatch: Sherlock Holmes
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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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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.
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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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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*!
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Jim Moriarty : Is that a British Army Browning L9A1 in your pocket... or are you just pleased to see me?
Sherlock Holmes : Both.
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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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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!
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Sherlock Holmes : [after Molly introduces her new boyfriend] Gay.
Molly Hooper : Sorry, what?
Sherlock Holmes : Nothing. Um... Hey.
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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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Sherlock Holmes : [re: Watson] Study In Pink, you read his blog?
DI Lestrade : Of course I read his blog. We all do. Do you really not know that the Earth goes around the Sun?
[Sgt Donovan snickers]
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[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]
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Miss Wenceslas : Who are you?
Sherlock Holmes : Sherlock Holmes.
Miss Wenceslas : Am I supposed to be impressed?
Sherlock Holmes : You should be. Have a nice day!
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Sherlock Holmes : [to Watson] I'd be lost without my blogger.
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Sherlock Holmes : Look at that, Mrs. Hudson... Quiet. Calm. Peaceful.
[sighs]
Sherlock Holmes : Isn't it hateful?
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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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DI Lestrade : Any ideas?
Sherlock Holmes : Seven, so far.
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[as Moriarty is leaving]
Sherlock Holmes : Catch you... later.
Jim Moriarty : [high-pitched] No, you won't!
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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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Sherlock Holmes : [after solving the second case in a few hours] I am on *fire*!
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Miss Wenceslas : [seeing Sherlock, who is disguised as a security guard, staring at a painting] Don't you have something to do?
Sherlock Holmes : Just admiring the view.
Miss Wenceslas : Yes, lovely. Now go back to work. We open tonight.
Sherlock Holmes : Doesn't it bother you?
Miss Wenceslas : What?
Sherlock Holmes : That the painting's a fake?
Miss Wenceslas : What?
Sherlock Holmes : It's a fake. It has to be. It's the only possible explanation. You are in charge, aren't you, Miss Wenceslas?
Miss Wenceslas : Who are you?
Sherlock Holmes : Alex Woodbridge knew that the painting was a fake, so somebody sent the Golem to take care of him. Was it you?
Miss Wenceslas : Golem? What the hell are you talking about?
Sherlock Holmes : Are you working for someone else? Did you fake it for them?
Miss Wenceslas : It's not a fake.
Sherlock Holmes : It is a fake. I don't know why. But there's something wrong with it, there has to be.
Miss Wenceslas : What the hell are you on about? You know I could have you sacked on the spot.
Sherlock Holmes : Not a problem.
Miss Wenceslas : No?
Sherlock Holmes : No, I don't work here, you see. Just popped in to give you a bit of friendly advice.
Miss Wenceslas : How did you get in?
Sherlock Holmes : [scoffs] Please.
Miss Wenceslas : I want to know.
Sherlock Holmes : The art of disguise is knowing how to hide in plain sight.
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DI Lestrade : Why is he doing this, the bomber? If this woman's death was suspicious, why point it up?
Sherlock Holmes : Good Samaritan.
DI Lestrade : Who press-gangs suicide bombers?
Sherlock Holmes : Bad Samaritan.
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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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Mycroft : Think about it, Sherlock. Don't make me order you.
Sherlock Holmes : I'd like to see you try.
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Bezza : Eh, you've gotta help me, Mr. Holmes! Everyone says you're the best. Without you... I-I'll get hung for this.
Sherlock Holmes : No, no, Mr. Bezza, not at all. Hanged, yes.
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Sherlock Holmes : Mycroft never texts if he can talk.
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Sherlock Holmes : The only mystery is this: Why is my brother so determined to bore me when somebody else is being so delightfully interesting?
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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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Sherlock Holmes : Look, it doesn't matter to me who's Prime Minister... or who's sleeping with who...
John Watson : Whether the Earth goes round the Sun.
Sherlock Holmes : Not that again. It's not important.
John Watson : But it's the solar system!
Sherlock Holmes : [Groans] Oh, hell! What does that matter? So we go round the Sun! If we went round the Moon, or round and round the garden like a teddy bear, it wouldn't make any difference.
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Sherlock Holmes : Threatened me with a Knighthood... . again.
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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.
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[first lines]
Sherlock Holmes : Just... tell me what happened from the beginning.
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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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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]