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Elementary Sentences, Vol. 5

(Sentences from Elementary (2012-2019). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"This is your last chance. Do the right thing. Do what needs to be done."

"Whatever excuse you have, it isn't good enough. It hasn't been good enough for weeks!"

"Don't pretend you haven't seen her naked. Everyone's seen her naked."

"I'm a doctor. You could have told me."

"I'll deal with this the same way I would with any other problem."

"It's okay. I know how scary this is."

"There are good days and there are bad days. So far, today has been a good day."

"Do you know how illegal it is for us to have this stuff?"

"I can provide several solutions for removing blood. Sadly, none of them can remove the stain of murder from one's soul."

"Would you care to back up and explain yourself?"

"I'm not a psychiatrist, but I do know the criminal mind."

"We may be completely different people, but we share one very big thing in common."

"You're lucky to be alive! Actually, according to your medical chart, you barely are!"

"Listen, you're making terrible decisions right now because you're not thinking clearly!"

"It is a rare advantage to know a killer's mind - to know his greatest weakness."

"You're my friend. I'll never lie to you."

"I wanted you to know that I am happy for you."

"Conventional is the enemy of interesting."

"Maybe you should stop asking so many questions, hm?"

"Grudges are pointless, and the people who hold them are petty and small-minded."

"I'm ready to report my findings."

"Do you always ask questions that you already know the answers to?"

"We're all fish eating other fish. I'd rather be swimming with the biggest one."

"You realise, of course, that you're just staving off the inevitable?"

"Would you agree I'm an excellent judge of character?"

"The way I see it, we're just animals fulfilling a biological imperative."

"If you were thinking of hugging me again, don't do that."

"So, what makes you think I'm lonely?"

"Falling in love with someone isn't supposed to be the same experience every time. Someone else will be someone else."

"I suppose you're going to suggest I try online dating next?"

"Is this just confusing because I haven't had my coffee yet?"

"I'd ask what kind of imbecile befriends a serial killer but we both know the answer lies in the nearest mirror."

"What can I say? I am pretty great."

"I've never had anyone killed before, but I don't think I'm above it."

"Tell me, did you pay in money or blood?"

"I always thought you were smart, but a smart man would let sleeping dogs lie."

"It was always a matter of time, wasn't it?"

"To one extent or another, I've always been alone."

"Did you know that you have a tell when you lie?"

"Since when did I need to be shielded from the truth?"

"Don't suppose you'd mind confessing to the many murders you've orchestrated?"

"I fear that the world is changing, and we have no choice but to change with it."

"People have to be free to make their own choices and make their own mistakes, and then they have to live with them."

"So, who's trying to kill you, and how can I help?"

"I just know that there's exactly one person that you really love in this world."

"As long as we're together, what does it matter?"

[jaffre]

catching up with elementary s5

paraphrasing the scene watson: he’s been poisoned holmes: bitten by (specific snake) watson: how do u know? holmes: it’s right behind you (zooms on the snake behind watson) watson, immobile: what do i do holmes, slowly reaching for his phone in his pocket: im gonna look that up

[crownmemes]

Elementary Sentences, Vol. 1

(Sentences from Elementary (2012-2019). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Please don't get comfortable, we won't be here long."

"Consider every wretched hive of depravity and murder in this city my place of business."

"In case you hadn't noticed, I don't have meaningful connections."

"You can connect to people. It just frightens you."

"Why must you continue to act like you've never seen a dead body before?"

"I just think it's sad that you can't be honest with the man that, as far as I can tell, is the closest thing you have to a friend."

"You can't unlearn something you already know."

"Do you close yourself off to people and deny yourself things that might bring you pleasure because it's some sort of penance?"

"For future reference, when I say that I agree with you, it means I'm not listening."

"You're going to stay up all night again, aren't you?"

"I'd trade my dad for a Tic Tac."

"You tricked me. That doesn't happen very often."

"Are you here to kill me? Because I have to admit, I find the possibility very exciting."

"My advice? Don't dwell on that man's petty deceptions."

"I mean, how often do you meet a sexy doctor?"

"My favourite kind of patient is unconscious on a table with a tube down his throat."

"I must say, you seem strangely reluctant to follow a promising lead."

"If you are ready to talk about it, I'd very much like to know, but I'm not going to ask you about it anymore."

"The musculature of your legs and your shoulders suggests a certain elasticity that I find quite tantalising."

"I must warn you, a relationship between us could never go beyond the physical. No offence to you, of course. It's just not my way."

"Boredom is far more dangerous to my health than any fever."

"You make an effort to appear conventional, but I know that you share my love of all things bizarre."

"The only promise a puzzle makes is an answer. Liking the answer doesn't factor in."

"Sometimes you have to talk about things that make you feel uncomfortable."

"I'm smarter than everyone I meet. I know it's bad form to say that, but, in my case, it's a fact."

"Who the hell are you? Because you're obviously not the person I thought you were before."

"You haven't got to look out for me. I'll look out for you."

"Nothing makes a smart man stupid like a thirst for vengeance."

"I know that we're not the best of friends or anything, but do you honestly think that I might kill a man?"

"May I give you my professional opinion?"

"You have to look out for family, even when they disappoint you."

"I know that it's hard, but one of these days you've got to get over yourself."

"What happens when people figure out that we came in here and cut up a body in the middle of the night?!"

"I wish your word meant something more to me."

"Sometimes new eyes on a case can be just as useful as new information."

"There are ways to hurt you that do not involve hurting you."

"I will never allow any harm to come to you. Not ever."

"I've already told you that you're beautiful, and I can see the way that you're looking at me. Why would we need to leave this apartment to enjoy each other's company?"

"Is this what you want, or what you think you owe?"

"It makes the world quite dull, no? Looking at a man and knowing all his secrets."

"You look at people and see puzzles. I see games."

"What's the point in living with a former surgeon if you can't stitch the occasional bullet hole?"

"I apologise for the subterfuge, but it seemed the most expedient way to get you here."

"You're broken into pieces right now. I can put you back together and, once you're whole, I'll show you a different way to love."

"We both made the same mistake. Falling in love. We were both stupid."

[crownmemes]

Elementary Sentences, Vol. 2

(Sentences from Elementary (2012-2019). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"You thought this was a romantic engagement?"

"We're not going to fight, no matter how much you may want to."

"For a long while now, I've suspected that connection with another person - real connection - simply isn't possible for me."

"Is it possible to truly know another person? Is it even a worthwhile pursuit?"

"When the one that you love is revealed to have a dark heart, it is... Well, it's excruciating."

"Ah, you're alive. That's unfortunate."

"That's some ugly bruising on your arm..."

"I often wonder if I should have been born in another time."

"Did you really mean what you said in there or were you just winding them up?"

"I have many passions - work being first amongst them."

"You're a good detective. For a second, I thought maybe you were going to be a great one."

"You can be nice - I know that you can. You have this tiny, little zone of courtesy, but you're only ever willing to extend it to me."

"I can offer you no satisfactory explanation."

"It was not a decision; it was an impulse."

"I am not a nice man. It is important that you understand that."

"I consider you to be exceptional, so I make an exceptional effort to accommodate you."

"I am answering the question, just more precisely than you intended me to."

"Obviously you want to talk, so talk."

"Would you be surprised to learn that you've been on my mind?"

"Time heals all wounds. Sometimes it just takes a larger dose."

"My superiors insisted we not be seen together."

"My life has been carefully constructed so that I do not have to do things like talk to people about their former romantic partners, and yet here we are."

"Your expression. What does it mean?"

"I think I know what you're thinking..."

"Who's to say what's accurate and what's not?"

"I'm tired of people looking at me the way that you're looking at me right now."

"I don't find your self-pity amusing."

"Are you okay? You seem... Hyper?"

"Since when do you care about other people's privacy?"

"Your apologies always seem to come after you already got what you wanted."

"I know you. Even after all these years, I know you."

"I promise you that I won't let you fail."

"It's my business to know what others don't."

"You have the intellectual tools to make simple deductions. Your failure to apply them in an energetic fashion is a constant source of befuddlement."

"The only way for you to influence this situation is to tell me what I want to know right now and deny me the pleasure of extracting it from you."

"You're upset, and you're right to be, but I can explain."

"Everything I've told you is true, more or less. I've just omitted a great deal."

"This is the sort of invitation that one is obliged to accept."

"Don't be sorry. Be better."

"Oh, I work without a shirt sometimes. It makes me feel closer to the problem."

"Someone with a problem can't be forced to get help. They have to want it."

"You might want the world to believe that you're an automaton - a calculating machine - but you and I know better."

"It's a non-disclosure agreement. I would like you to sign it."

"Paranoia is the byproduct of being consistently right. You should aspire to it."

"I really don't know why I subject myself to these people."

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Elementary Sentences, Condensed

(Sentences from Elementary (2012-2019). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Consider every wretched hive of depravity and murder in this city my place of business."

"Why must you continue to act like you've never seen a dead body before?"

"You can't unlearn something you already know."

"For future reference, when I say that I agree with you, it means I'm not listening."

"Are you here to kill me? Because I have to admit, I find the possibility very exciting."

"I must say, you seem strangely reluctant to follow a promising lead."

"Boredom is far more dangerous to my health than any fever."

"Sometimes you have to talk about things that make you feel uncomfortable."

"I know that it's hard, but one of these days you've got to get over yourself."

"I will never allow any harm to come to you. Not ever."

"You look at people and see puzzles. I see games."

"We're not going to fight, no matter how much you may want to."

"For a long while now, I've suspected that connection with another person - real connection - simply isn't possible for me."

"I often wonder if I should have been born in another time."

"I have many passions - work being first amongst them."

"You're a good detective. For a second, I thought maybe you were going to be a great one."

"I am not a nice man. It is important that you understand that."

"Since when do you care about other people's privacy?"

"Your apologies always seem to come after you already got what you wanted."

"It is a poor detective that blames her evidence."

"Can we do something besides talk about murder?"

"I'm an expert in many things, but love is not one of them."

"It hurts. All this. Everything I see, everything I hear, touch, smell. The conclusions that I'm able to draw, the things that are revealed to me."

"I've thought long and hard about it and, after many, many hours, I've come to the most wretched of realizations: you are my friend."

"That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard you say, and I've known you a long time."

"You are one of the best liars that I have ever met, and that's saying something."

"Since when did you have friends?"

"I can't stop you from observing, but please don't interfere."

"There was this woman, once upon a time, right? And to me... To me, she was the woman."

"You talk all the time about the blood on my hands, but how about the blood on yours?"

"Men like us, we're not meant to make connections such as love."

"If that's what you think, then you understand very little."

"Your problem is that you think you're smarter than everyone else."

"You're every bit as perceptive as they say."

"The last time we talked, you left out the fact that you're a criminal mastermind."

"Would you care to back up and explain yourself?"

"Do you always ask questions that you already know the answers to?"

"To one extent or another, I've always been alone."

[crownmemes]

Elementary Sentences, Vol. 4

(Sentences from Elementary (2012-2019). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"Since when did you have friends?"

"I have a certain appreciation for strippers. I like watching them work."

"I don't speak of it because I find the matter painful."

"So, are you going to fight him, or are you going to sleep with him?"

"I can't stop you from observing, but please don't interfere."

"I'm just saying, you're worrying about the breakup when you haven't even gone out on a date!"

"I've been thinking about you. Spending time with you that day - I enjoyed it. That doesn't happen very often. Also, you're very handsome."

"Does the offer to kiss you still stand?"

"I know what it's like to lose a great love. It can change you - force you to make bad decisions."

"Are you here for a reason, or just to show off?"

"You're not fine, I know. I know because I've been where you are."

"There was this woman, once upon a time, right? And to me... To me, she was the woman."

"I'm hurting, but I'll manage."

"You're standing over a precipice and I cannot watch you tumble over it. I refuse to."

"Even if we're wrong about the murder, we could be right about the motive."

"I didn't hire you to lecture me on things that don't concern you."

"That can happen, you know? You can lose."

"I've never really been good at taking no for an answer."

"You know, we don't have to do this whole secret agent thing. We could just talk like normal people."

"Were you under the impression that you were dealing with a nice man?"

"Is it my imagination, or are you asking me questions as if I were a suspect?"

"I know many kings - quite a few princes too."

"Have you ever known me to be intimidated?"

"You talk all the time about the blood on my hands, but how about the blood on yours?"

"Sometimes you have to bite the orange in order to peel it."

"What is it about you and I that causes us to do so much harm to the ones we are alleged to care about?"

"Being loved by you is a dangerous thing."

"Men like us, we're not meant to make connections such as love."

"I don't want to kill you. I want to hire you."

"The work we do is too important to jeopardise."

"If that's what you think, then you understand very little."

"I have to give you credit for devising such a clever hiding place."

"The question is, did he know that he was eating someone?"

"Your problem is that you think you're smarter than everyone else."

"On a scale of one to ten, how confident are you of his innocence?"

"What the hell? Was that real?"

"You're every bit as perceptive as they say."

"Well, when you put it like that, it does sound quite mad."

"The only thing I want - the only thing I've ever wanted - was for you to be happy."

"Would you believe that I've never been a godparent before?"

"I think you've got me mixed up with James Bond."

"You're being a snob."

"I did not say that "people" believe this; I said "conspiracy theorists"."

"It's of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and which are vital."

"I know who you are now. I know what you are."

"The last time we talked, you left out the fact that you're a criminal mastermind."

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Elementary Sentences, Vol. 3

(Sentences from Elementary (2012-2019). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"I would never suggest that a woman cannot melt corpses."

"Your romantic inclinations are not a flaw to be corrected; they're a trait to be accepted."

"I know you, and I know you'll never be happy within the confines of a 'traditional relationship.' I said what I said because it pains me to see you try to fit into one simply because it is the default mode of polite society."

"Did you bring a child with you to work today?"

"It is a poor detective that blames her evidence."

"You must understand that you will always be special to me."

"Can we do something besides talk about murder?"

"Imagine sitting for an oil portrait in this day and age. The hubris practically leaks off the canvas."

"What is wrong with me? I'm not feeling anything I'm supposed to be feeling..."

"I'm an expert in many things, but love is not one of them."

"You think this is an exercise in self-pity?"

"It's a form of torture, having to swim through my old life."

"Would it not have been simpler to just tell me?"

"You're not a doctor anymore, and I'm not your patient."

"If you want to drag your feet on this, feel free. Just keep in mind, this investigation could be handled quietly, or it could show up on the evening news."

"Do you plan to reproduce? Are you going to procreate at some point?"

"The things that I do, you think that I do them because I'm a good person. I do them because it would hurt too much not to."

"It hurts. All this. Everything I see, everything I hear, touch, smell. The conclusions that I'm able to draw, the things that are revealed to me."

"You helped me when I needed help. I won't forget it."

"I've thought long and hard about it and, after many, many hours, I've come to the most wretched of realizations: you are my friend."

"Well, I confess to being surprised that this has escaped my attention."

"I have what some may call a strong personality."

"Sometimes, without meaning to, I can bend others to my point of view."

"You are, in your own way, a lonelier man than me."

"The great love of my life is a homicidal maniac. No one's perfect."

"I don't have enough caffeine in my system to understand you right now."

"What is existence but the absorption of and the reaction to the data that the universe presents?"

"That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard you say, and I've known you a long time."

"Justice is like an orgasm; it can never come too late."

"My behaviour was inexcusable, and I do apologize."

"I let myself in. I hope you don't mind?"

"I've always been willing to go to great lengths to protect my family."

"How much do you really know of my father?"

"Spies don't have motives; they have orders."

"If I've learned one thing over the past couple of years, it's the importance of making amends."

"The past is the past; I wish to move forward."

"Ask yourself; when you were a boy, could anyone have parented you?"

"You're not a cop; you're a citizen with delusions of grandeur."

"Perhaps it's best that I don't hear the full explanation."

"I don't think that either of us is a fool."

"You don't care for my father much, do you?"

"You are one of the best liars that I have ever met, and that's saying something."

"You seem angrier than I'd expected. May I ask why?"

"Respectfully, I don't like that theory."

"You can never just drop anything, can you?"

"It's been a long time since you've enjoyed any intimate contact."