Elementary2012

Sherlock Holmes:
[leaving Gregson's office] You're uncomfortable with the lie we told. You shouldn't be.

Detective Marcus Bell:
Easy for you to say.

Sherlock Holmes:
Why? Because I'm a mere consultant, and you're a *real* policeman? You think I don't have as much respect for the Captain as you do?

Detective Marcus Bell:
No, of course not.

Sherlock Holmes:
I removed the gun from your apartment for two reasons. Firstly, I'm absolutely certain that you didn't shoot Curtis Bradshaw. Why? Because only an idiot would have brought the gun back to his apartment after he'd used it, and you, Detective, are not an idiot.

Detective Marcus Bell:
Thank you.

Sherlock Holmes:
Secondly, I don't want to put *our* friend, the Captain, in the unenviable position of having to open a case against his favored apprentice and right hand man. If he knew the gun was found at your apartment, he would have no choice but to inform Internal Affairs. The last thing our investigation needs right now is a jaunt around the bureaucratic maypole, wouldn't you agree?