Sir Doyle and Det. Murdoch in “Unfinished Business”

Your world may consist of cold logic, detective, but I'm afraid I need something more.

I do have something more. My faith.

Oh? So you do believe in an afterlife yet you cut yourself off from the possibilities of communicating with it?

Common sense tells me that if we were indeed able to communicate with the afterlife, we wouldn't require the services of an intermediary.

Yet you make your confessions to a priest. That sort of an intermediary? Where is your common sense in that?

Confession is about earthly sin, not heavenly imaginings.

Well, last night, when Ms. Pensell that this Liza person may have a message for you, were you not the least bit hopeful?