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Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010)

Martin Freeman: Dr. John Watson

The Final Problem

Sherlock

Martin Freeman credited as playing...

Dr. John Watson

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Quotes10

  • Mycroft Holmes: We're not actually going to discuss this, are we? I'm sorry, Doctor Watson. You are a fine man in many respects. Make your goodbyes and shoot him. Shoot him!
  • Dr. John Watson: What?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Shoot Doctor Watson. There's no question who has to continue from here. It's us. You and me. Whatever lies ahead requires brain power, Sherlock, not sentiment. Don't prolong his agony. Shoot him.
  • Dr. John Watson: Do I get a say in this?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Today we are soldiers. Soldiers die for their country. I regret, Doctor Watson, that privilege is now yours.
  • Dr. John Watson: Shit. He's right. He is, in fact, right.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Make it swift. No need to prolong his agony. Get it over with, and we can get to work. God! I should have expected this. Pathetic. You always were the slow one. The idiot. That's why I've always despised you. You shame us all. You shame the family name. Now, for once for your life, do the right thing. Put this stupid little man out of all our misery. Shoot him.
  • Sherlock Holmes: Stop it.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Look at him. What is he? Nothing more than a distraction, a little scrap of ordinariness for you to impress, to dazzle with your cleverness. You'll find another.
  • Sherlock Holmes: Please, for God's sake, just stop it.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Why?
  • Sherlock Holmes: Because, on balance, even your Lady Bracknell was more convincing. Ignore everything he just said. He's being kind. He's trying to make it easy for me to kill him, which is why this is going to be so much harder.
  • Mycroft Holmes: You said you liked my Lady Bracknell.
  • Dr. John Watson: Sherlock, don't.
  • Mycroft Holmes: It's not your decision, Doctor Watson. Not in the face, though. Please. I promised my brain to the Royal Society.
  • Sherlock Holmes: Where would you suggest?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Well, I suppose there is a heart somewhere inside me. I don't imagine it's much of a target, but... why don't we try for that?
  • Dr. John Watson: I won't allow this.
  • Mycroft Holmes: This is my fault. Moriarty.
  • Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Her Christmas treat. Five minutes' conversation with Jim Moriarty five years ago.
  • Sherlock Holmes: What did they discuss?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Five minutes' conversation... unsupervised.
  • [Sherlock sighs]
  • Mycroft Holmes: Goodbye, brother mine... No flowers... By request.
  • Dr. John Watson: [to Sherlock having an emotional breakdown] Look, I know this is difficult and I know you're being tortured, but you've got to keep it together.
  • Sherlock Holmes: This isn't torture. This is vivisection. We're experiencing science from the perspective of lab rats.
  • Sherlock Holmes: [pause] Soldiers.
  • Dr. John Watson: Soldiers.
  • [John helps him back up again]
  • Dr. John Watson: There's a place for people like you, the desperate, the terrified, the ones with nowhere else to run.
  • Mycroft Holmes: What place?
  • Dr. John Watson: 221B Baker Street.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Doctor Watson, why would he do that to me? That was insane.
  • Dr. John Watson: Uh, yes. Well someone convinced him that you wouldn't tell the truth unless you were actually wetting yourself.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Someone?
  • Dr. John Watson: Probably me.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Well done, Doctor Watson! How useful you are. Do you have a suspicion we're being made to compete?
  • Dr. John Watson: No, we're not competing. There's a plane in the air that's gonna crash. So what we're doing is actually trying to save a little girl. Today we have to be soldiers, Mycroft. Soldiers. And that means to *hell* with what happens to us.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Your priorities do you credit.
  • Dr. John Watson: No, my priorities just got a woman killed.
  • Dr. John Watson: [clears throat] So there were three Holmes kids. What was the age gap?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Seven years between myself and Sherlock, one year between Sherlock and Eurus.
  • Dr. John Watson: Middle child. Explains a lot.
  • Dr. John Watson: [to Mycroft] You might wanna close that window. There is an east wind coming.
  • Prison Governor: ...and, frankly, this is embarrassing.
  • Dr. John Watson: Oh. Doing a cavity search?
  • Prison Governor: What are you doing here?
  • Dr. John Watson: It's a hospital. Any work?
  • Mycroft Holmes: We're not going to discuss this are we? I'm sorry doctor Watson you are a fine man in many respects. Make your goodbyes and shoot him. Shoot him.
  • Girl on Plane: What?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Shoot Dr. Watson. There's no question who has to continue from here, it's us. You and me. Whatever lies here requires brain power, Sherlock, not sentiment. Don't prolong his agony, shoot him.
  • Girl on Plane: Do I get a say in this?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Today, we are soldiers. Soldiers die for their country. I regret Doctor Watson, that privilege is now yours.
  • Girl on Plane: Shit, he's right. He is, in fact, right.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Make it swift. No need to prolong his agony. Get it over with and we can get to work. Huh-huhh. oh, God! I should have expected this. Pathetic. You always were the slow one. The idiot. That's why I always despised you. You shame us all. You shame the family name. Now, for once for your life, do the right thing. Put this stupid little man out of all our misery. Shoot him.
  • Dr. John Watson: Stop it.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Look at him. What is he? Nothing more than a distraction ,a little scrap of ordinariness for you to impress, to dazzle with your cleverness.You'll find another.
  • Dr. John Watson: Please for God's sake,- just stop it.
  • Mycroft Holmes: Why?
  • Dr. John Watson: Because, on balance even your Lady Bracknell was more convincing. Ignore everything he just said, he's being kind. He's trying to make it easy for me to kill him. Which is why this is going to be so much harder.
  • Mycroft Holmes: You said you liked my lady Bracknell.
  • Girl on Plane: Sherlock, Don't.
  • Mycroft Holmes: It's not your decision, Dr. Watson. Not in the face though,please.I promised my brain to the Royal Society.
  • Dr. John Watson: Where would you suggest?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Well, I suppose there is a heart somewhere inside me. I don't imagine it's much of a target, but why don't we try for that?
  • Girl on Plane: I won't allow this.
  • Mycroft Holmes: This is my fault. Moriarty.
  • Dr. John Watson: Moriarty?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Her Christmas treat. Five minutes conversation with Jim Moriarty five years ago.
  • Dr. John Watson: What did they discuss?
  • Mycroft Holmes: Five minutes conversation... unsupervised.
  • Dr. John Watson: Huhh
  • Mycroft Holmes: Goodbye, brother mine. No flowers. My request.

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