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Sherlock (BBC)

As Sherlock Series 2 starts tonight, I thought I'd choose this for the 'Why you should watch...' challenge.

Reasons to watch Sherlock

The actors:

Benedict Cumberbatch

Martin Freeman

Mark Gatiss

The writing:

John Watson: That was amazing.
Sherlock Holmes: You think so?
John Watson: Of course it was. It was extraordinary. It was quite... extraordinary.
Sherlock Holmes: That’s not what people normally say.
John Watson: What do people normally say?
Sherlock Holmes: "Piss off!"

Sherlock Holmes: Ah, Anderson. Here we are again.
Anderson: It's a crime scene. I don't want it contaminated! Are we clear on that?
Sherlock Holmes: Very clear. Is your wife away for long?
Anderson: Oh don't pretend you worked that out! Somebody told you that!
Sherlock Holmes: Your deodorant told me that.
Anderson: My deodorant.
Sherlock Holmes: It's for men.
Anderson: Well of course it's for men! I'm wearing it!
Sherlock Holmes: So's Sergeant Donovan. Ooh... I think it just vaporised. May I go in?
Anderson: Now look, whatever you're implying-
Sherlock Holmes: I'm not implying anything. I'm sure Sally came round for a nice little chat, and just happened to stay over. And I assume she scrubbed your floor, going by the state of her knees.

Sherlock Holmes: Anderson, don't talk out loud. You lower the IQ of the entire street.

The shippyness:

Mrs. Hudson: There's another bedroom upstairs, if you'll be needing two bedrooms.
John Watson: Of course we'll be needing two bedrooms.
Mrs. Hudson: Oh, don't worry. We get all sorts 'round here. Mrs. Turner next door's got married ones.

John Watson: You don’t have a girlfriend, then?
Sherlock Holmes: Girlfriend? No, not really my area.
John Watson: Oh right then. Do you have a boyfriend? Which is fine, by the way...
Sherlock Holmes: I know it’s fine.
John Watson: So you’ve got a boyfriend?
Sherlock Holmes: No.
John Watson: Right, okay. You’re unattached, just like me. Fine. Good.
Sherlock Holmes: John, um... I think you should know that I consider myself married to my work and while I am flattered by your interest I’m...
John Watson: No...
Sherlock Holmes: ...really not looking for anyone...
John Watson: No. I’m not asking...no. I was just saying. It’s all fine.
Sherlock Holmes: Good. Thank you.

Sherlock:

Sherlock Holmes: When I met you for the first time yesterday, I said "Afghanistan or Iraq?" You looked surprised.
John Watson: Yes. How did you know?
Sherlock Holmes: I didn't know, I saw. Your haircut, the way you hold yourself, says military. The conversation as you entered the room — said trained at Bart's, so army doctor. Obvious. Your face is tanned, but no tan above the wrists — you've been abroad but not sunbathing. The limp's really bad when you walk, but you don't ask for a chair when you stand, like you've forgotten about it, so it's at least partly psychosomatic. That suggests the original circumstances of the injury were probably traumatic — wounded in action, then. Wounded in action, suntan — Afghanistan or Iraq.

[John walks in to find Sherlock shooting the wall]
John Watson: What the HELL are you doing?!
Sherlock Holmes: Bored...
John Watson: What?
Sherlock Holmes: BORED! BORED! BORED! Don't know what's got into the criminal classes. Good job I'm not one of them.
John Watson: So you take it out on the wall?
Sherlock Holmes: Oh, the wall had it coming.

John Watson: It's a head. A severed head.
Sherlock Holmes: Just tea for me, thanks.
John Watson: No there's a head in the fridge!
Sherlock Holmes: Yes?
John Watson: A bloody head!
Sherlock Holmes: Where else am I supposed to put it?

And finally, because Series 2 starts tonight!

Sherlock Series 2 starts tonight at 8.10pm (GMT) on BBC1

Resources: rawr_caps (Screencaps) | SpoilerTV (Promo Pics) | Wikiquotes (Quotes) | IMDB (Quotes)

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