Mrs Welsborough [about Sherlock]: Is your friend quite mad?
No, he’s an arsehole, but it’s an easy mistake.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
I can’t stand it, never can. There’s a loose thread in the world.
It doesn’t mean you have to pull on it.
What kind of a life would that be?
Mycroft Holmes [looking at a screen]: Why am I looking at this?
That’s her, John and Mary’s baby.
Oh, I see, yes. Looks very… fully functioning.
Is that really the best you can do?
Sorry, I’ve never been very good with them.
Babies?
Humans.
Are you having a premonition, brother mine?
The world is woven from billions of lives, every strand crossing every other. What we call premonition is just movement of the web. If you could attenuate to every strand of quivering data, the future would be entirely calculable. As inevitable as mathematics.
What is that? [balloon with a face drawn on it]
That is… me. Well, it’s a me substitute.
Don’t be so hard on yourself. You know I value your little contributions.
Yeah? It’s been there since nine this morning.
Has it? Where were you?
Helping Mrs H with her Sudoku.
What’s wrong? I thought you’d be pleased.
I am pleased.
You don’t look pleased.
This is my game face. And the game is on.
Sherlock Holmes [about Greg’s date]: Trust me, though, she’s not right for you.
What?
She’s not the one.
Well, thank you, Mystic Meg.
How do you work all that out?
She’s got three children in Rio that he doesn’t know about.
Are you just making this up?
Possibly.
Hang on, Mary’s better than me?
Well, she is a retired super-agent with a terrifying skill-set. Of course she’s better.
Yeah, OK.
Nothing personal.
What, so I’m supposed to just go home now, am I?
What do you think, Sherlock? Shall we take him with us?
John or the dog?
Ha-ha, that’s funny!
John.
Well…
He’s handy and loyal.
That’s hilarious. Is it too early for a divorce?
Sherlock Holmes [voiceover]: When does the path we walk on lock around our feet? When does the road become a river with only one destination? Death waits for us all in Samarra. But can Samarra be avoided?
Stop talking, it makes me aware of your existence.
I need a second opinion.
Oh, John, calm down. When have you ever managed two opinions? You'd fall over.
You can keep your scars.
FFaith (Eurus)
You're not what I expected Mr. Holmes. You're - nicer.
I'm not nice. I'm just high.
Taking your own life. Interesting expression - taking it from who? Once it's over, it's not you who'll miss it. Your own death is something that happens to everybody else. Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.
I have known many people in this world, but made few friends, and I can safely say-
-I cheated on her.
...
No clever comeback?
...
[talking to Mary] I cheated on you, Mary. There was 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. [voice breaking] That's the whole point. Who you thought I was...is the man who I want to be.
MMary
Well, then...John Watson... [smiling] Get the hell on with it.
[Mary disappears. John lowers his head into his hand and begins to weep. Sherlock gets up and gently embraces him]
It's okay.
[crying] It's not okay.
No...But it is what it is.
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