Det. Marcus Bell quotes from Elementary

Sherlock Holmes

I could always use friends in medium places.

Det. Marcus Bell

Well, as long as it helps you.

Det. Marcus Bell

[about Mason] Is anything this kid's doing legal?

Sherlock Holmes

Define legal.

Det. Marcus Bell

A poop emoji?

Sherlock Holmes

Oh, I thought it was ice cream.

Sherlock Holmes

You know, if you'd have told me you had a crush on Ms. Milner before we came here, I could have told you to wear a different color shirt. There's ample literature on which colors women are most attracted to, and purple isn't one of them.

Det. Marcus Bell

That was a business meeting, not a speed date.

Sherlock Holmes

It was both. You dragged me here to save face with that A.D.A. I would've been happy to be your wingman-slash-scapegoat.

Det. Marcus Bell

Let me guess, you're already two steps ahead of me.

Sherlock Holmes

At least two.

Det. Marcus Bell

[in a warehouse with large wooden crates] Am I the only one keeping an eye out for the lost Ark of the Covenant?

Sherlock Holmes

It's in a warehouse in Yemen.

Det. Marcus Bell

I was joking!

Sherlock Holmes

...So was I.

Sherlock Holmes

He's not going to run.

Marcus Bell

How the hell could you possibly know that, huh? I'm the one who talked to the guy, not you.

Sherlock Holmes

We know that on at least two occasions, he savagely beat his wife, and he made no attempt to flee. Why? Because he thinks that his lawyers and his money make him bulletproof. I've seen it hundreds of times.

Marcus Bell

Yeah, but we're not just trying to hang Chantal's assault on him, we're trying to hang a homicide.

Sherlock Holmes

Well, to a man like that, the difference is negligible.

Marcus Bell

Look, I just came by to say thanks for being my eyes and ears the last few days. And to let you know that I'm going to talk to someone, about all the stuff that came up that I obviously haven't been dealing with.

Sherlock Holmes

I don't presume to know the details of what your father did to you and your family. But, um... I've seen enough parental abuse to know that one thing is always the same: when someone whose job it is to nurture you, hurts you instead, it-it can't help but have a profound and lasting effect on your sense of who you are. I stopped you from beating Ukhov because I didn't want you to throw away your career, but more importantly, I didn't want you to throw away yourself. I mean, I might be this extraordinary detective, but you are an extraordinary man. And that's a far, far more precious thing... isn't it?

I always told Dad capitalism was going to kill him.

Det. Marcus Bell

I don't mean to be difficult, but we can't bring charges against capitalism.