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Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010)

Martin Freeman: Dr. John Watson

The Six Thatchers

Sherlock

Martin Freeman credited as playing...

Dr. John Watson

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Quotes7

  • Sherlock Holmes: [referring to a taxi] That's mine. You two take a bus.
  • Dr. John Watson: I don't... Why?
  • Sherlock Holmes: I need to concentrate and I don't want to hit you.
  • Dr. John Watson: [angrily to Sherlock] Don't you dare. You made a vow. You swore it.
  • Emma Welsborough: Is your friend quite mad?
  • Dr. John Watson: No, he's an arsehole, but it's an easy mistake.
  • Dr. John Watson: And, uh... you, too, Sherlock.
  • Sherlock Holmes: You, too, what?
  • Dr. John Watson: Godfather. We'd like you to be godfather.
  • Sherlock Holmes: God is a ludicrous fiction dreamt up by inadequates who abnegate all responsibility to an invisible magic friend.
  • Dr. John Watson: Yeah, but there'll be cake. Will you do it?
  • Sherlock Holmes: I'll get back to you.
  • DI Lestrade: So, how's it going then, fatherhood?
  • Dr. John Watson: Oh, good, great. Yeah, amazing.
  • DI Lestrade: Get any sleep?
  • Dr. John Watson: Christ, no.
  • DI Lestrade: You at the beck and call of a screaming, demanding baby, woken up all hours to obey his every whim?
  • DI Lestrade: [looking pointedly at Sherlock] Must feel very different.
  • Sherlock Holmes: Sorry. What?
  • Dr. John Watson: Yes, well, you know how it is. All you do is clean up their mess, pat them on the head...
  • Sherlock Holmes: You two having a little joke?
  • Dr. John Watson: Never a word of thanks. Can't even tell people's faces apart.
  • Dr. John Watson: This is a joke, isn't it?
  • Dr. John Watson: You can't arrest a jellyfish.
  • Sherlock Holmes: You could try.
  • Sherlock Holmes: Can't stand it. Never can. There's a loose thread in the world.
  • Dr. John Watson: It doesn't mean you have to pull on it.
  • Sherlock Holmes: What kind of a life would that be?

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