Elementary

Watson: Mr. Holmes, did your father tell you that I'd be coming? Holmes: He e-mailed, said to expect some sort of addict-sitter. Watson: Then he explained his conditions in respect to your sobriety? Holmes: If you mean his threats to evict me from this, the shoddiest and least renovated of the five, count them, five properties he owns in New York, then yeah. He made his conditions quite clear. I use, I wind up on the street. I refuse your quote-unquote help, I wind up on the street. It was my understanding that most sober companions are recovering addicts themselves, but you've never had a problem with drugs or alcohol. Watson: Your father told you? Holmes: Of course he didn't. Watson: Do you care to explain why you broke out of your rehab facility the same day you were being released? Holmes: Bored. Watson: You were bored? Holmes: No, I am bored. Right now. It happens often. You'll get used to it.

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Watson: There was a woman here just now. Did she get you high? Holmes: About six feet. (he pulls his belt off a ladder, which has two pairs of handcuffs attached to the rungs) I actually find sex repellent. All those fluids and odd sounds. But my brain and my body require it to function at optimum levels, so I feed them as needed.

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Holmes: Tell me, how do clients typically introduce you? Watson: What do you mean? Holmes: I mean, I find it hard to believe they'd actually tell someone they've been assigned a glorified helper monkey. Watson: Helper monkey? You and I have what's known as companion/client confidentiality, which means you can introduce me however you'd like: friend, co-worker, relative, and I'll play along. But, to be honest, most clients just call me their companion. Holmes: Hmm. Captain Gregson! Gregson: Holmes, how are you doing? Holmes: Watson, this is Captain Gregson. Captain Gregson, this is Miss Watson, my personal valet.

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Watson: How do you do it? Holmes: Do what? Watson: Guess things. Holmes: I don't guess. I observe; and once I've observed, I deduce.

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Watson: It's so incredible, the way that you can solve people just by looking at them. I noticed you don't have any mirrors around here. Holmes: And what's that supposed to mean? Watson: It means I think you know a lost cause when you see one.

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Watson: What do you mean you put yourself into a trance? Holmes: I hypnotized myself. It's simple, really. The key is word repetition. My word, as you may have guessed, is amygdala. Watson: So you hypnotized yourself at your first group support meeting. Holmes: I couldn't listen to all those sob stories, now could I? Watson: That's the whole point and when, you know, you feel comfortable, you can share. Holmes: You've been with me a week now, Watson. You know I don't share. Watson: Well then why can't you listen? Holmes: Attic theory. I've always believed the human brain is like an attic: storage space, facts, but because that space is finite, it must be filled only with things one needs to be the best version of oneself. It's important, therefore, not to have useless facts: the natterings that comprised your support meeting, for example, crowding out useful ones.

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