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The Great Game (Sherlock) Quotes

The Great Game (Sherlock) is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . The Great Game ended its run in 1970.

It features Sue Vertue as producer, and David Arnold; Michael Price in charge of musical score.

The Great Game (Sherlock) Quotes

  • (Jim Moriarty) "Sorry, boys. I'm so changeable. It is a weakness with me, but to be fair to myself, it is my only weakness. You can't be allowed to continue. You just can't. I would try to convince you, but everything I have to say has already crossed your mind."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Probably my answer has crossed yours."
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "Who are you?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Sherlock Holmes."
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "Am I supposed to be impressed?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "You should be. Have a nice day."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Just -- tell me what happened from the beginning."
  • (Crying Woman) "I've -- sent you -- a little puzzle -- just to say hi."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Who's talking? Why are you crying?"
  • (Crying Woman) "I-I'm not crying. I'm typing. And -- this -- stupid -- bitch -- is reading it out."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "The curtain rises."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "What?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Nothing."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "No, what did you mean?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "I've been expecting this for some time."
  • (Crying Woman) "Twelve -- hours -- to solve -- my puzzle -- Sherlock, or -- I'm -- going -- to be -- so -- naughty."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "Do you know what happens if you don't leave me alone, Sherlock? -- To you?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Oh, let me guess. I get killed?"
  • (Jim Moriarty) "Kill you? N -- No, don't be obvious. I mean, I'm going to kill you anyway, some day. I don't want to rush it, though. I'm saving it up for something special. No, no, no, no, no. If you don't stop prying -- I'll burn you."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "I will burn -- the heart out of you."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "I have been reliably informed that I don't have one."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "But we both know that's not quite true."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "Jim? Jim from the hospital?"
  • (Jim Moriarty) "Oh, did I really make such a fleeting impression? But then, I suppose, that was rather the point."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Study In Pink, you read his blog?"
  • (DI Lestrade) "Of course I read his blog. We all do. Do you really not know that the Earth goes around the Sun?"
  • (Jim Moriarty) "Now you're in my way."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Thank you."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "Didn't mean it as a compliment."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Yes, you did."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "Yeah, okay, I did."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Anything in? I'm starving."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Oh, f --."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "There's a head -- A severed head."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Just tea for me, thanks."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "No, there's a head in the fridge."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Yes?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "A bloody head."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Well, where else was I supposed to put it? You don't mind, do you?"
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "Don't you have something to do?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Just admiring the view."
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "Yes, lovely. Now go back to work. We open tonight."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Doesn't it bother you?"
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "What?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "That the painting's a fake?"
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "What?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "It's a fake. It has to be. It's the only possible explanation. You are in charge, aren't you, Miss Wenceslas?"
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "Who are you?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Alex Woodbridge knew that the painting was a fake, so somebody sent the Golem to take care of him. Was it you?"
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "Golem? What the hell are you talking about?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Are you working for someone else? Did you fake it for them?"
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "It's not a fake."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "It is a fake. I don't know why. But there's something wrong with it, there has to be."
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "What the hell are you on about? You know I could have you sacked on the spot."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Not a problem."
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "No?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "No, I don't work here, you see. Just popped in to give you a bit of friendly advice."
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "How did you get in?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Please."
  • (Miss Wenceslas) "I want to know."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "The art of disguise is knowing how to hide in plain sight."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "I gave you my number. I thought you might call."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "I've shown you what I can do. I cut loose all those people, all those little problems, even thirty million quid, just to get you to come out and play. So take this as a friendly warning -- my dear. Back off. Although, I have loved this, this little game of ours. Playing Jim from I.T. Playing gay. Did you like the little touch with the underwear?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "People have died."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "That's what people do."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "There are lives at stake -- Sherlock. Actual human li -- Jus-just so I know, do you care about that at all?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Will caring about them help save them?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Nope."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Then I'll continue not to make that mistake."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "And you find that easy, do you?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Yes. Very. Is that news to you?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "No. No."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "I've disappointed you."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "That's good -- that's a good deduction, yeah."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Don't make people into heroes, John. Heroes don't exist, and if they did, I wouldn't be one of them."
  • (DI Lestrade) "Any ideas?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Seven, so far."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "I am on fire."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "Is that a British Army Browning L9A1 in your pocket -- or are you just pleased to see me?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Both."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Uh, anytime you want to explain? --"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Homeless network. Really is indispensable."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Homeless network?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "My eyes and ears all over the city."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Ah, that's -- clever. So-so you scratch their backs, and? --"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Yes, and then disinfect myself."
  • (DI Lestrade) "Why is he doing this, the bomber? If this woman's death was suspicious, why point it up?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Good Samaritan."
  • (DI Lestrade) "Who press-gangs suicide bombers?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Bad Samaritan."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "The only mystery is this: Why is my brother so determined to bore me when somebody else is being so delightfully interesting?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "So why is he doing this, then? Playing this game with you. Do you think he wants to be caught?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "I think he wants to be distracted."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Oh --"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "I hope you'll be very happy together."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "I'd be lost without my blogger."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "You know, I'm still waiting."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Hm?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "For you to admit that a little knowledge of the solar system and you'd have cleared up the fake painting a lot quicker."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "It didn't do you any good, did it?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "No, but I'm not the world's only consulting detective."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "True."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Look at that, Mrs. Hudson -- Quiet. Calm. Peaceful."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Isn't it hateful?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "I'm glad no one saw that."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Hm?"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "You ripping my clothes off in a darkened swimming pool. People might talk."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "People do little else."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "What the hell are you doing?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Bored."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "What?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Bored."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "No --"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Bored. Bored. I don't know what's got into the criminal classes. Good job I'm not one of them."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "So you take it out on the wall?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Ah, the wall had it coming."
  • (Jim Moriarty) "Oh -- that? The missile plans. Boring. I could have got them anywhere."
  • (Mycroft) "Think about it, Sherlock. Don't make me order you."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "I'd like to see you try."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "The picture's a fake."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Fantastic."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Meretricious."
  • (DI Lestrade) "And a happy new year."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "I see you've written up the taxi driver case."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Er -- yes."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "A Study In Pink. Nice."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Well, you know. Pink lady, pink case, pink phone. There was a lot of pink. Did you like it?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Um -- no."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Why not? I thought you'd be flattered?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Flattered? "Sherlock sees through everything and everyone in seconds. What's incredible, though, is how spectacularly ignorant he is about some things.""
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Now hang on a minute, I didn't mean that in --"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Oh, you meant "spectacularly ignorant" in a nice way. Look, it doesn't matter to me who's Prime Minister or --"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Yeah, I know"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "-- who's sleeping with who --"
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Whether the Earth goes round the Sun."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Oh God, that again. It's not important."
  • (Dr. John Watson) "Not impor? It's primary school stuff. How can you not know that?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Gay."
  • (Molly Hooper) "Sorry, what?"
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Nothing. Um -- Hey."
  • (Bezza) "Eh, you've gotta help me, Mr. Holmes. Everyone says you're the best. Without you -- I-I'll get hung for this."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "No, no, Mr. Bezza, not at all. Hanged, yes."
  • (Sherlock Holmes) "Mycroft never texts if he can talk."

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