Elementary (TV Series)

Solve for X (2013)

Jon Michael Hill: Detective Marcus Bell

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Quotes 

• [Holmes and Bell are examining what looks like an empty room in a murder victim's house] 

  Sherlock Holmes : We need to find the black light.

  Detective Marcus Bell : What?

  Sherlock Holmes : There's a chemical called CAM phosphor that's all over the walls, smells like burnt matchsticks. Smell it, smell it!

  [Bell does] 

  Sherlock Holmes : It's a key ingredient in an ink that only shows up under...

  [he removes the shade from a standing lamp, revealing a black light bulb] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Ultraviolet light.

  [He motions to the blinds] 

  Detective Marcus Bell : What? Oh.

  [He draws the blinds to darken the room, and Holmes switches on the light, revealing the walls covered, floor to ceiling, in mathematical formulas] 

  Detective Marcus Bell : What is it?

  Sherlock Holmes : Well, I'm going to take a very literal stab in the dark and say... maths.

• Sherlock Holmes : You always been this observant?

  [Marcus stares at him] 

  Sherlock Holmes : I'm asking that quite sincerely. I was wondering if exposure to my methods had helped you in any way.

  Detective Marcus Bell : Actually, before you came along, I'd never closed a case before; neither had the rest of the department. Most of us were thinking of packing up, leaving, letting the city fend for itself.