Elementary · Season 1
"CUS", I think that means "See You Soon". But what does "IMLTHO" stand for?
(cut to Holmes and Watson)
It means "In My Less Than Humble Opinion".
Your abbreviations are becoming borderline indecipherable. I don't know why, because you are obviously capable of being articulate.
Language is evolving Watson. Becoming a more efficient version of itself. I love text short hand. It allows you to convey content and tone, without losing velocity.
Met a man I see. Handsome one at that.
Um, this is the part where I ask you how you knew that, right?
You put your hair up when you want to look your best. You think it's more flattering. You're wrong of course. It's a draw.
The guys at Wall Street are more... formal, in the way they dress.
Those are costumes. I loathe bankers. They rig the roulette wheel of commerce, very nearly destroy the world economy and they still think if they wear suits they'll be treated as respectable folk instead of the crooks that they are.
You think there's a sociopath working for us? Let me let you in on a little secret, Mr. Holmes: we're all sociopaths.
It has its costs.
What does?
Learning to see the puzzle in everything. They're everywhere. Once you start looking, it's impossible to stop. It just so happens that people, with all the deceits and illusions that inform everything they do, tend to be the most facinating puzzles of all. Of course, they don't always appreciate being seen as such.
Seems like a lonely way to live.
As I said. Has its costs.
Any luck?
Luck is an offensive, abhorrent concept. The idea that there is a force in the universe tilting events in your favor or against it is ridiculous. Idiots rely on luck.
So that'd be a no.
I was thinking sushi tonight.
Salmonella, vibrio parahaemolyticus, mercury poisoning, Anasakis simplex: all illnesses contractible from eating raw fish. Anasakis, of particular note, is a worm that can burrow into the wall of the lower intestine, often requiring surgery to remove it. But yeah, sushi's good.
I wanted you know that you were right: Morgan had endocarditis. The lab found it on a TEE, which coincidentally is the test you wanted me to run on her. The funny thing is, I didn't order it for her. Some anonymous person put the request in her chart and the lab followed through.
Remember in our vascular rotation how the chief resident used to always say "better lucky than good"? Sounds to me like you were lucky.
Yeah. I guess I was.
I know what it's like not to be lucky. It turned my life upside down.
You were always a good friend, Joanie, but you were a better doctor.
I must say, Watson, I enjoyed catching a glimpse of you in your former element. It seems to me your friend was right. You were quite a doctor.
I had my moments.
Maybe you'll give it another go one of these days.
[shouting over the noise] Too loud? Sorry! I went downstairs to get some cereal; didn't want to miss anything. This city has excellent scanner apps, but there's nothing like the tactility of the original devices, all those dials and buttons.
You like pushing buttons. I'm stunned. You've been glued to these for the last few days.
Slow week, at least in regards to murder and mayhem. Captain Gregson hasn't called once.
Maybe some lunatic will throw his mother-in-law in the wood chipper, give you something to do today.
(Holmes holds up two crossed fingers.)
You can't expect Sherlock Holmes to relate to you the way another person might. The moment you do, he'll migrate out of your life, and you'll be the poorer for it.
I left some urine in your room.
...Tell me it's in a cup.
I don't kill those people! Okay?
[Holmes walks into the interrogation room, holding an orange.]
Victor Nardin, think fast!
[He throws it into Nardin's face.]
What are you doing?!
This man is innocent. Detective Bell, a word, please?
Why he hit me?
[following Holmes out] Hey, stay right there!
[A moment later, in Gregson's office.]
So you assault our perp with an orange, and that has you convinced he's innocent?
[Holmes and Watson are watching Bell interview a suspect.]
You don't look convinced.
Bomb building is a dangerous venture. It requires patience, precision, attention to detail. Mr. Jacobs' wristwatch is nine minutes slow, and his fly is three-quarters down. That doesn't scream "detail-oriented".
Ted Kaczynski looked like a hobo puked another hobo. He managed to hurt plenty of people.
And point taken.
One way or the other, I'm going to be out of your life in a few weeks. Maybe you're dreading that day. Maybe you're counting the seconds. Either way, I'm going to make sure you're ready when the time comes. I promise.
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