How the Sausage Is Made

Elementary 5×8

& Watson: Sherlock’s not really big on hats, so I’m not sure he’s gonna want a crown.

& Watson: So he didn’t die from taking a horse sedative. He died from eating someone who took a horse sedative?

& Watson: Are you okay?
    Holmes: .... The trick is to suppress the gag reflex. It was an illuminating whiff. I’m sensing strong notes of anise—

& Watson: It’s pretty thin, don’t you think?
    Holmes: I think that a unique set of circumstances calls for a flexible intellect to act as interpreter.

& Brendan: It’s a solution of amino acids, mineral supplements. Mostly sugar.
    Holmes: So, it’s what a cow would taste like if it was raised on, um... breakfast cereal.

& Watson: You’re arrogant.
    Holmes: I beg your pardon?
    Watson: Your problem is that you think you’re smarter than everyone else.
    Holmes: I am smarter than everyone else, demonstrably.
    Watson: I didn’t say you weren’t, you are.
    Holmes: I said you think you are, you think that being smarter makes you different.

& Watson: «Shmeat»?
    Holmes: A term of art among scientists in the field, a «sheet of meat.»

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& Det. Bell: The people Pereya worked with? They called him the Mozart of Meat. Sherlock says he knows a little something about genius, and that... «No truly exceptional intellect would knowingly submit flawed work.»

& Det. Bell: Hmm. That’s him. «Get here immedi8ly.» He used an eight to make it easier to type out «immediately.»

& Watson: Those people in the room, whatever their I.Q. is, they’ve been through a lot. They can handle you being an arrogant jerk. I mean, will it be awkward? Probably, but when’s that ever stopped you?

& Holmes: Jews and Muslims are united by more than conflict, Watson. Both groups have labored under dietary restrictions for millennia. Including very strict guidelines over the slaughter and consumption of meat.

& Holmes: Are you familiar with the word pareve?
    Watson: Uh, it’s a kosher thing, right?
    Holmes: Mm. The laws of kashrut state that permissible foods are divided into groups— dairy, meat. But there’s a third classification. Pareve. Water is pareve. Carrots are pareve.
    Watson: Okay, so pareve is like... neutral?
    Holmes: Exactly, it’s the Switzerland of food.

& Holmes: Imagine, Watson. Observant Jews finally being allowed a cheeseburger. Religious Muslims indulging in pulled-pork Cubanos...
    Watson: There is what? Over a billion Muslims in the world. It’s a huge untapped market.

& Watson: These guys are not criminal geniuses. They’re just a couple of idiots who killed for money.
    Holmes: Granted, it’s not the perfect crime, but occasionally, criminals walk free due to dumb luck. It’s not a... perfect universe, is it, Watson?

& Watson: Do you seriously think this is gonna work?
    Holmes: I have no earthly idea.

& Holmes: Satisfactory outcome?
    Watson: I’ll take it. It’s a random universe.

& Holmes: Hello, my name is Sherlock and I’m an addict. I’m also... I’m the cleverest person in the room...

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