Sherlock (TV Series)

The Lying Detective (2017)

Martin Freeman: Dr. John Watson

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• Dr. John Watson : You didn't kill Mary. Mary died saving your life. It's her choice. No one made her do it. No one could ever make her do anything, but the point is, you did not kill her.

  Sherlock Holmes : In saving my life she conferred a value on it. It is a currency I do not know how to spend.

• Dr. John Watson : I cheated on you, Mary. There's a woman on the bus, and I had a plastic daisy in my hair. I'd been playing with Rosie, and this girl just smiled at me. That's all it was. It was a smile. We texted, constantly. You want to know when? Every time you left the room - that's when. When you were feeding our daughter. When you were stopping her from crying - that's when. And that's all it was. Just texting. But I wanted more. And do you know something? I still do. I'm not the man you thought I was. I'm not that guy. I never could be. But that's the point.

  [his voice breaks] 

  Dr. John Watson : That's the whole point. Who you thought I was... is the man who I want to be.

  Mary Watson : Well then... John Watson... Get the hell on with it.

  [John starts crying] 

• Sherlock Holmes : You know, it's not my place to say, but it was just texting. People text. Even I text. Her, I mean. Woman. Bad idea. Try not to, but, you know, sometimes...

  [pauses] 

  Sherlock Holmes : It's not a pleasant thought, John, but I have this terrible feeling from time to time that we might all just be human.

  Dr. John Watson : Even you?

  Sherlock Holmes : No. Even you.

• Dr. John Watson : [looking at needle marks on Sherlock's arm]  Yeah, well, they're real enough, I suppose.

  Sherlock Holmes : Why would I be faking?

  Dr. John Watson : Because you're a liar. You lie all the time. It's like your mission.

  Sherlock Holmes : I have been many things, John, but when have I ever been a malingerer?

  Dr. John Watson : You pretended to be dead for two years!

  Sherlock Holmes : Apart from that!

• Dr. John Watson : I mean, obviously, "normal" and "fine" are both relative terms when it comes to Sherlock and Mycroft.

• Sherlock Holmes : As I think I have explained to you *many* times before, romantic entanglement, while fulfilling for other people...

  Dr. John Watson : [interrupts]  Would complete you as a human being.

  Sherlock Holmes : That doesn't even mean anything.

  Dr. John Watson : Just text her. Phone her. Do something while there's still a chance, because that chance doesn't last forever. Trust me, Sherlock, it's gone before you know it. Before you know it!

• Dr. John Watson : [after his therapist mentions the secret sibling of Sherlock]  How did you know about that? I didn't tell you that.

  Therapist : You must have done.

  Dr. John Watson : I really didn't.

  Therapist : Well, maybe Sherlock told me.

  Dr. John Watson : Wait, you've met Sherlock exactly once, in this room. He was off his head.

  Therapist : Oh no, no. I-I met him before that.

  Dr. John Watson : When?

  Therapist : We spent a night together. It was lovely. We had chips.

  [repeating her previous lines] 

  Therapist : You're not what I expected, Mr Holmes. You're... nicer.

  [starts smiling] 

• Sherlock Holmes : [talking about Irene]  Oh, for God's sakes, I don't text her back!

  Dr. John Watson : [laughing]  Why not? You bloody moron! She's out there, she likes you and she's alive! And do you have the first idea how lucky you are?

• Dr. John Watson : [while beating Sherlock]  Is this a game? A bloody game.

• Sherlock Holmes : It's okay.

  Dr. John Watson : It's not okay.

  Sherlock Holmes : No... but it is what it is.

• Sherlock Holmes : [embracing John]  It's OK.

  Dr. John Watson : [weeping]  No, it's not.

  Sherlock Holmes : No. But it is what it is.

• Eurus : I'm Eurus.

  Dr. John Watson : Eurus?

  Eurus : Silly name, isn't it? Greek. Means the East Wind. My parents loved silly names. Like Eurus, or Mycroft, or Sherlock.

  [sees Watson is baffled] 

  Eurus : Oh, look at him. Didn't it ever occur to you, not even once, that Sherlock's secret brother might just be Sherlock's secret sister?

• Dr. John Watson : Well, how is he?

  Sherlock Holmes : [answering for Molly]  Basically fine.

  Molly Hooper : I've seen healthier people on the slab.

  Sherlock Holmes : Yeah, but, to be fair, you work with murder victims. They tend to be quite young.

  Molly Hooper : Not funny.

  Sherlock Holmes : Little bit funny.

  Molly Hooper : If you keep taking what you're taking at the rate you're taking it, you've got weeks.

  Sherlock Holmes : Exactly, weeks! Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

• Therapist : You are holding yourself to an unreasonable standard.

  Dr. John Watson : No, I'm failing to.

• Culverton Smith : Please, please, no violence. Thank you Doctor Watson. I don't think he's a danger any more. Leave him be.

  Sherlock Holmes : No, no it's OK, let him do what he wants, he's entitled. I killed his wife.

  Dr. John Watson : Yes you did.

• Dr. John Watson : It's for a case, you said.

  Sherlock Holmes : Yep.

  Dr. John Watson : What sort of case?

  Sherlock Holmes : Too big and dangerous for any sane individual to get involved in.

  Dr. John Watson : You're trying to put me off?

  Sherlock Holmes : God, No. I'm trying to recruit you.

  [He smiles] 

• [first lines] 

  Therapist : Tell me about your morning. Start from the beginning.

  Dr. John Watson : I woke up.

  Therapist : How did you sleep?

  Dr. John Watson : I didn't. I don't.

  Therapist : You just said you woke up.

  Dr. John Watson : I stopped lying down.

• Mrs. Hudson : Anything you need, anytime: just ask. Anything at all.

  Dr. John Watson : Thank you.

  [walks out and turns back] 

  Dr. John Watson : Uh... sometimes, can I borrow your car?

  Mrs. Hudson : No.