Sherlock (TV Series)

The Reichenbach Fall (2012)

Malcolm Rennie: Judge

Quotes 

• Sherlock Holmes : How long have I known him? Not really your best line of enquiry. We met twice, five minutes in total. I pulled a gun. He tried to blow me up. I felt we had a special something.

  Judge : Miss Sorrel, are you seriously claiming this man is an expert? After knowing the accused for just five minutes?

  Sherlock Holmes : Two minutes would have made me an expert. Five was ample.

  Judge : Mr Holmes, that's a matter for the jury.

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh, really?

  [Holmes studies the jury members] 

  Sherlock Holmes : One librarian, two teachers, two high-pressure jobs, probably the City. Foreman's a medical secretary, trained abroad, judging by her shorthand.

  Judge : Mr Holmes...

  Sherlock Holmes : Seven are married and two are having an affair with each other, it would seem. Oh, and they've just had tea and biscuits. Would you like to know who ate the wafer?

  Judge : Mr Holmes! You've been called here to answer Miss Sorrel's questions, not to give us a display of your intellectual prowess. Keep your answers brief and to the point. Anything else will be treated as contempt. Do you think you could survive for just a few minutes *without showing off*?

  [Holmes opens his mouth to say something; cut to a bailiff leading him to a jail cell] 

• Prosecuting Barrister : "A consulting criminal."

  Sherlock Holmes : Yes.

  Prosecuting Barrister : Your words. Can you expand on that answer?

  Sherlock Holmes : James Moriarty is for hire.

  Prosecuting Barrister : A tradesman?

  Sherlock Holmes : Yes.

  Prosecuting Barrister : But not the sort who'd fix your heating?

  Sherlock Holmes : No, the sort who'd plant a bomb or stage an assassination, but I'm sure he'd make a pretty decent job of your boiler.

  Prosecuting Barrister : Would you describe him as...

  Sherlock Holmes : Leading.

  Prosecuting Barrister : What?

  Sherlock Holmes : Can't do that. You're leading the witness. He'll object and the judge will uphold.

  Judge : Mr Holmes!

  Sherlock Holmes : Ask me how. How would I describe him? What opinion have I formed of him? Do they not teach you this?