Elementary2012
Phil Simms:
[Seeing Watson] What's this?
Dr. Joan Watson:
You're...
Phil Simms:
Not here. [to Holmes] I'm not here. Remember that, okay?
Sherlock Holmes:
Oh yes. Heaven forbid if your work with me should offend your precious day job.
Dr. Joan Watson:
You throw knives?
Phil Simms:
[to Holmes] Ya know, it was supposed to be just you here.
Sherlock Holmes:
Philip is arguably the greatest knife thrower in the world. [Phil give the disbelieving Watson a proud smile] Has been for decades. Only there is little money to be made in the impalement arts. So, as a youth, he turned to what you Americans term football. [He shrugs in disbelief]
Dr. Joan Watson:
Is this a joke?
Sherlock Holmes:
[Retrieves two large knives and offers them to Philip] Philip, head and heart.
Phil Simms:
C'mon...
Sherlock Holmes:
Head and heart.
Phil Simms:
[Throws the knives and hits the head and heart of the life sized mannequin across the room, then turns to Sherlock] Can I go?
Sherlock Holmes:
Yeah. Fifteen years he spent throwing that misshapen ball around. Fifteen years. When I think of the acclaim he could have brought to competitive blade slinging...
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