Elementary (TV Series)

Their Last Bow (2019)

Jonny Lee Miller: Sherlock Holmes

Quotes 

• [Last lines] 

  Sherlock Holmes : As long as we're together, what does it matter?

• Hernan Zielenko : I didn't catch your name.

  Sherlock Holmes : Gareth Lestrade. I'm on loan from Scotland Yard.

• Sherlock Holmes : What exactly did the NSA's director of foreign affairs do?

  NSA Agent McNally : Oh, it's... hard to explain.

  Sherlock Holmes : Spy on everyone, everywhere, all of the time.

  NSA Agent McNally : Maybe it's not that hard to explain.

• Sherlock Holmes : I confess I didn't appreciate the extent to which my silence affected you until you published your book.

  Joan Watson : The book was a tribute to you.

  Sherlock Holmes : It was revenge. You knew that I would hate having so much known about me.

  Joan Watson : Fine, it was revenge.

• Sherlock Holmes : You kept the bees.

  Joan Watson : I thought Arthur might find them interesting. Plus, the free honey.

  Sherlock Holmes : He's remarkable, your son. As I was coming up the street, he and his nanny walked right by me. She's ex-military, no?

  Joan Watson : Three tours in Afghanistan. Anyone I helped put in prison tries to get at me through him...

  Sherlock Holmes : She puts them to bed with no supper.

  Joan Watson : Something like that.

• Sherlock Holmes : Got your message. So, who's trying to kill you and how can I help?

• Sherlock Holmes : Yesterday, you were visited by a man who claimed to be Moriarty's attorney. He said that she had died and... left this package to me. You then went to my grave and demolished my headstone.

  Joan Watson : I know you said I should only do that in case of emergency...

  Sherlock Holmes : Ah, my specific instructions were you should only do it if your life was in danger.

  Joan Watson : It was Moriarty, okay? You loved her. I... look, whatever it is, I thought you should... have it.

• Sherlock Holmes : I see you've made some changes. Do we still have the secret exit to the street?

  Joan Watson : This place has a secret exit?

• Sherlock Holmes : You're still a blonde.

  Joan Watson : You just noticed?

  [indicating the scar over his eye] 

  Joan Watson : How'd you get the...?

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh, uh... difference of opinion with a compromised member of the Guardia Svizzera. He thought the Pope should be kidnapped. I didn't.

• Sherlock Holmes : Look, I'm sorry about earlier, rushing through everything. Three years on my own, my manners aren't what they used to be. I do owe you an explanation for breaking off contact the way that I did. Perhaps I could give it over tea?

• Joan Watson : I'm assuming you heard about Odin? Our plan worked.

  Sherlock Holmes : It was my plan. I said we should orchestrate a murder, my murder. I predicted that in the course of the investigation that followed, Odin's many other crimes would come to light, and I was right. Which isn't to say that you didn't play your part. If you hadn't gotten to the crime scene before CSU to replace the shell casings of the bullets that he fired, the police would've realized they were blanks. And you should also be commended for the job you did planting my blood.

  Joan Watson : You said that you were gonna find a way to contact me once a month. That lasted for, what, a year?

  Sherlock Holmes : Give or take.

  Joan Watson : I have been worried about you for the last two years, thinking that you had died for real!

  [he inexplicably gets up and leaves] 

  Joan Watson : Hey. I am talking to you.

• Sherlock Holmes : Look, I'm sorry if I gave you cause for concern, but I assure you, my falling out of touch was absolutely necessary. I kept quite busy after my death. Traveled. First to Florence, and then to Tibet. Spent a good amount of time in Norway. You may have read of the remarkable exploits of a Norwegian named Sigerson. I suppose it never occurred to you, you were receiving news of your friend.

  Joan Watson : What the hell are you talking about?

  Sherlock Holmes : Being dead hasn't kept me from being a detective. In fact, it's been quite a boon. Over the last three years, I've assumed various identities in various countries, using each of them to strike at powerful criminals from the shadows; including our old friend Moriarty.

  Joan Watson : Are you saying that you're the reason she's dead?

  Sherlock Holmes : She isn't dead. You were tricked.

  Joan Watson : What?

  Sherlock Holmes : After my father's death, she did what you and I have long predicted she would do.

  Joan Watson : She took over her group again.

  Sherlock Holmes : Over the years, using various aliases, I managed to sabotage her efforts. Obviously, she began to suspect I was still alive. She sent one of her lieutenants here to attempt to goad you into bringing me to New York. And he succeeded. Only natural you'd grow a bit rusty in my absence.

  Joan Watson : How can you be sure she isn't really dead?

  Sherlock Holmes : You think I wouldn't know?

  Joan Watson : I have no idea what you would know. I haven't heard from you in two years.

  Sherlock Holmes : If I'm right, one of her henchman would have been watching this place, awaiting my return. It's possible it's not too late to stop him from contacting her.

• Sherlock Holmes : The early days of my exile were difficult. I didn't just give up my friends when I left New York, I gave up my career, as well. I tried to focus on my health, on my sobriety, but it-it wasn't enough. I needed an outlet. I needed to work. So I did.

  Joan Watson : You said you started taking on new identities.

  Sherlock Holmes : In Florence, I was Altamont. In Norway, I was Sigerson. With each new city came a new name, and with each new name, a new profession.

  Joan Watson : A new profession?

  Sherlock Holmes : Working as a consulting detective, I'm sure you'll agree, was impossible. There was too much risk I would be recognized by an old ally, or worse, an old enemy, so... I crafted aliases which would allow me to get close to criminals without arousing suspicion. In France, for example, I posed as a researcher of coal tar derivatives. Within a few months, I was able to demonstrate to the French government - anonymously, of course - that the French energy giant Puissance Générale was involved in illegal coal mining in Morocco and responsible for the deaths of multiple miners.

  Joan Watson : That was you?

  Sherlock Holmes : Mm-hmm. Just one of my adventures. But with my adventures came powerful enemies. Corporations and criminal organizations who would stop at nothing to find me. Communication with you, therefore, became even more dangerous. In the event I was exposed, I didn't want anyone to think that you were party to my endeavors.

  Joan Watson : You could've said all this in your last message to me two years ago.

  Sherlock Holmes : I couldn't risk you trying to help me. Not after your last message.

  Joan Watson : Arthur. I told you about him.

  Sherlock Holmes : Your adoption had just been approved. That changed everything for both of us. If anything had happened to him because of me...

• Sherlock Holmes : [on the phone]  Act naturally. Don't tell Marcus you know the victim. You still think Moriarty is dead?

  Joan Watson : No, I don't.

  Sherlock Holmes : [she looks around as he talks, still on the phone]  I retraced Adair's steps after he left you last night. A car service dropped him off a block away. If you're attempting to locate me, please stop. Best we keep this between us.

  Joan Watson : You sure about that?

  Sherlock Holmes : Positive. I'll meet you back at the brownstone.