Elementary, Season 1

Elementary is an American television series that premiered on CBS on September 27, 2012. It presents a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories set in New York City. It stars Jonny Lee Miller as Holmes and Lucy Liu as Watson.

Watson:
It's funny, when I moved in, you didn't mention anything about your little uhh, surveillance system.

Holmes:
This is my Sanctum Sanctorum. Did you honestly believe there wouldn't be security measures?

Watson:
OK, is that M (gestures to a photo)? You told a bunch of children to go to upscale hotels to look for him, why?

Holmes:
Note the hands, vintage NG driving gloves. Quite expensive, but not nearly as expensive as his John Varvatos shoes. M has money. That much is obvious. He's also a recent immigrant to New York. Why did I assume he'd be in a hotel as oppose to a property he might own? Well it's quite simple, I noted a curious scent on the note that he left. I quickly realized it was, in fact, a combination of scents. Those of the high end hand soap and an even higher end mint based shampoo. Each product is used by various upscale hotels around the city but only one chain, The Bentencort, stocks both. My attendants and I each took a Bentencort and watched for M.

Watson:
Right, that's all very impressive, but I wanna know why you shared a photo of a wanted serial killer with a bunch of kids instead of going to the NYPD.

Holmes:
Several weeks ago you learned of the existence of a woman named Irene Adler. I told you she died.

Watson:
M killed her.

Holmes:
Obviously he realized the degree to which I was assisting the British police in the hunt to find him. He zeroed in on me, made things personal. As to why I'm withholding information from the NYPD, it's quite simple. I have no intention of capturing M. I have every intention of torturing, and murdering him.

Therapist:
You were held at gun point!?

Watson:
We both were. Me and Sherlock's friend.

Therapist:
His ex-dealer.

Watson:
There was a struggle, the man with the gun was incapacitated, but then Reese was shot in the abdomine. I was able to stabilize him until the paramedics took over.

Therapist:
Did he pull through? The man who was shot?

Watson:
Yes he did.

Therapist:
What about you? Have you noticed any post-traumatic symptoms in yourself. Anxiety?

Watson:
No

Therapist:
Nightmares?

Watson:
I've been sleeping just fine.

Therapist:
You know I've always been supportive of your exploration of Sherlock's work, but your pattern with him has become troubling. For one thing you haven't told him you're no longer being paid to serve as his sober companion, and now it sounds as if your life is at risk in his home.

Watson:
Oh, he would agree with you. He's been pushing me to learn self-defense.

Therapist:
Whens the last time you talked about boundaries with him?

Watson:
Oh I talk about them all the time. He doesn't always listen.

Therapist:
May I give you my professional opinion?

Watson:
Please.

Therapist:
It's time you moved on. Find a new client. It's been a grand adventure these last few months, with Sherlock, but it's run it's course.

Watson:
But I'm not staying with him for some grand adventure.

Therapist:
His work placed you in real physical danger. You could have been killed. You claim he respects you, that he cares about your safety. If he really cares, and if he's really as smart as you say he is, tell me why isn't he the one telling you to move on.

Watson:
You know what, I appreciate your concern with my safety, I really do, but I think we need to have a conversation about boundaries. Ok, you've given me this incredible window into what you do and, you know what. It is fascinating, but at the end of the day I am not your apprentice, I am your sober companion

Holmes:
No you're not! No you are not. You haven't been for quite some time.

Watson:
Sherlock, what are you-

Holmes:
I know that you lied to me. Several weeks ago when you said that my father had renewed your contract. I found out when I telephoned him last week. I'm not angry, if anything, I am grateful. You saw that I was in a raw state and you stayed to see me through it. Now when I learned of the lie, however, I deliberately adopted a more sanguine mood. I wanted you to see that I was well again. So that you could move on, but the most curious thing happened. You stayed. Days pasted, then a week. It became clearer and clearer that you were not staying for me, but for yourself.

Watson:
Sherlock I-

Holmes:
Its difficult for you to say aloud, I know. So I won't ask you to, rather I would ask you to consider a proposal. Stay on permanently. Not as my sober companion, but as my companion. Allow me to continue to teach you, assist me in my investigations. In return you will receive a stipend that will, at least, equal a salary my father was paying you.

Watson:
You don't even have a source of income.

Holmes:
I have certain funds, set aside. You may continue to reside at the brownstone. You may reside elsewhere. You may also consider yourself relieved of any and all confidentiality burdens with regards to my sobriety. This is an important decision and I encourage you to discuss it with others. Explain what you have been to me, and what I believe you can be to me. A partner. Oh, and lest you think this is an act of charity, a gift from a grateful client, let me assure you it is not. I am better with you Watson. I'm sharper, I'm more focused. Difficult to say why exactly. Perhaps in time I'll solve that as well.


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