Elementary (TV Series)

The Leviathan (2012)

Lucy Liu: Dr. Joan Watson

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Quotes 

• Dr. Joan Watson : And as someone recently said, "If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, is the truth."

  Sherlock Holmes : Sounds like a windbag.

• [coming downstairs for her morning jog, Watson meets two half-dressed identical twin sisters, before Sherlock emerges, pulling on his shirt] 

  Sherlock Holmes : If you must know, Watson, the Lynch Sisters and I enjoy a mutually beneficiary relationship.

  Dr. Joan Watson : If I must know? I didn't ask.

  Sherlock Holmes : I need to study the difference between two specimens born into the world with exactly the same genetic material. In the Lynches' case, there are seven major ones. And they get...

  Dr. Joan Watson : I... didn't... ask!

• [the doorbell rings] 

  Dr. Joan Watson : Triplets?

  [Sherlock shakes his head] 

• [first lines] 

  Dr. Joan Watson : [coming downstairs]  Hey, are you going to get the-?

  [sees Gwen in the living room, wearing Sherlock's t-shirt and little else] 

  Gwen Lynch : Hey! Sherlock's still asleep, I wasn't sure if I should get the door. I'm Gwen. You're the companion, right?

  Dr. Joan Watson : ...Yes.

  Gwen Lynch : [laughs]  I guess I should get dressed.

  [Watson turns off the TV, then goes to the foyer to open the door] 

  Olivia Lynch : Sorry, I wasn't sure if you wanted me to get the-! Oh, you're not Sherlock.

  [Watson does a double take] 

  Olivia Lynch : You're the companion, right?

  Dr. Joan Watson : ...Yes.

  Olivia Lynch : I'm Olivia, it's nice to meet you.

  Dr. Joan Watson : I think I just met your sister.

  Olivia Lynch : Did she mention what time our car service is getting here?

  Dr. Joan Watson : No.

  [the doorbell keeps ringing] 

  Olivia Lynch : You should get the door. There's crepes downstairs if you want.

• Dr. Joan Watson : Did you give the people at Casterly Rock my cell phone number as your contact info?

  Sherlock Holmes : Well, I didn't want them to call *me*.

• Mary Watson : When you came to dinner the other night, when the two of you talked about Sherlock's work, I saw something in you. There was a spark. A sense of excitement. I haven't seen that in you in a long time. You like what he does.

  Dr. Joan Watson : Yes, ok, I enjoy it, but I'm not a detective, Mom. And I'm almost done working with Sherlock, and then it's on to another client.

  Mary Watson : Will the next client make you happy? People find their paths in the strangest of ways.