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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

Edward Hardwicke: Dr Watson

The Devil's Foot

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Edward Hardwicke credited as playing...

Dr Watson

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  • [Holmes is testing out a theory by putting a poison in a lamp, leaving himself and Watson to inhale the fumes]
  • [the drug induces a nonsensical but disturbing series of images and distorted memories in Holmes's mind; the images stop and he is outside on the ground]
  • Dr. John Watson: Holmes! Holmes! HOLMES!
  • [Holmes screams]
  • Dr. John Watson: Holmes! HOLMES!
  • [Watson has to shout over Holmes's screaming]
  • Dr. John Watson: Can you hear me? For God's sake, can you hear me?
  • Sherlock Holmes: JOHN!
  • Dr. John Watson: Thank God you're alright! That was a stupid and dangerous thing to do... We could have been killed!
  • Sherlock Holmes: It was an unjustified experiment even for myself... Doubly so for a friend. I really am extremely sorry.
  • Sherlock Holmes: [In a depressive stone as he stares at an old grave marker overlooking the sea] Weather-pitted slabs of granite, ancient tombs scattered throughout the length and breadth of this peninsula.
  • Dr. John Watson: Like the sea, I suppose, death is always with us.
  • Sherlock Holmes: [Holmes stares intently at Watson before answering] Quite so.
  • [last lines]
  • Dr Watson: Not for the first time, Holmes, you've presumed to take the law into your own hands.
  • Sherlock Holmes: I have never loved. But if I did, and if the woman I had loved had met with such an end, I might act even as our lawless lion-hunter has done. Wouldn't you?
  • Dr Watson: Yes, I suppose so. But that's not the point.
  • Sherlock Holmes: The point is: why should I do the work of the official police? And as you're very fond of telling me... I'm on holiday!
  • Sherlock Holmes: [In obvious pain from his drug withdrawal, he coughs] To work the brain without sufficient material is like racing an engine - it cracks itself to pieces.
  • [He takes a deep breath]
  • Sherlock Holmes: Wait for me at the cottage.
  • Dr Watson: Where are you going?
  • Sherlock Holmes: Cheer up, Watson. Sea air, sunshine, patience!
  • [He throws the blanket over his shoulder with characteristic flourish]
  • Sherlock Holmes: All will be revealed!
  • [first lines]
  • Dr Watson: Almost there.
  • Sherlock Holmes: What does a Harley Street specialist know about my health?
  • Dr Watson: Listen, Holmes, Dr Moore Agar insists you have a complete rest if you wish to avoid an absolute breakdown. The sea air will do you the world of good.

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