Sherlock (TV Series)
A Scandal in Belgravia (2012)
Nathan Harmer: Phil
Quotes
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[Holmes is conferring with Watson from Baker Street, via webcam]
Sherlock Holmes : Now, show me the car that backfired.
Dr. John Watson : It's there.
Sherlock Holmes : That's the one that made the noise, yes?
Dr. John Watson : Yeah. If you're thinking gunshot, there wasn't one. He wasn't shot, he was killed by a single blow to the back of the head from a blunt instrument, which then magically disappeared, along with the killer. It's got to be an eight, at least.
DI Carter : [interjecting] You've got two more minutes, they want to know more about the driver.
Sherlock Holmes : Oh, forget him, he's an idiot. Why else would he think himself a suspect?
DI Carter : *I* think he's a suspect.
Sherlock Holmes : Pass me over.
Dr. John Watson : All right, but there's a mute button and I *will* use it.
Sherlock Holmes : Now, up a bit! I'm not talking from down here!
Dr. John Watson : [to DI Carter] Okay, just take it, take it.
[Carter takes the laptop]
Sherlock Holmes : Having driven to an isolated location and successfully committed a crime without a single witness, why would he then call the police and consult a detective? Fair play?
DI Carter : He's trying to be clever. It's over-confidence.
Sherlock Holmes : [sighs] Did you see him? Morbidly obese, the undisguised halitosis of a single man living on his own. The right sleeve of an internet porn addict and the breathing pattern of an untreated heart condition, low self-esteem, tiny IQ, and a limited life expectancy and you think he's an audacious criminal mastermind?
[looking over his shoulder at the Phil, the driver, sitting behind him]
Sherlock Holmes : Don't worry, this is just stupid.
Phil : What did you say? Heart what?