The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)
The Red Headed League (1985)
David Burke: Dr. John Watson
Quotes
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[first lines]
Sherlock Holmes : Hm!
Dr. John Watson : [entering] Oh. Sorry, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes : No no. You couldn't have come at a better time.
Dr. John Watson : Well, I was, I was afraid you were engaged.
Sherlock Holmes : I am. Very much so.
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Dr. John Watson : What are you going to do?
Sherlock Holmes : To smoke. It is quite a three-pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes.
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[last lines]
Sherlock Holmes : Sometimes I think my whole life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence.
Dr. John Watson : No no, you are a benefactor of the race, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes : Well, maybe it is of some little use after all. "L'homme c'est rien - l'oeuvre c'est tout," as Gustave Flaubert wrote to Georges Sand. Hm?
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Sherlock Holmes : Now I begin to think my reputation, such as it is, will suffer shipwreck if I am so candid. 'Omne ignotum pro magnifico.'
Dr. John Watson : [to Mr. Wilson] Everything becomes commonplace by explanation.
Sherlock Holmes : Watson, that is a very loose translation!