Pushing Buttons

Elementary 6×3

Reenactor: Come on, man. Really? This is supposed to be an immersive experience. No tech post-1776.

Holmes: "The Battle of Harlem Heights." The scene of Washington's first real success. After months of defeats and retreats, he used a squad of rangers to draw the British out of position and then overrun them. The, uh, colonists then learned to press their native advantage, employ more guerrilla tactics. Some people see it as the beginning of the end.
Capt. Gregson: Well, we just see it as the beginning this side of the pond.

Holmes: It would be hard to devise a less agreeable crime scene. Hundreds of men, all dressed the same, all carrying weapons, and all with gunpowder residue on their hands.

Holmes: Gentlemen, we can only really understand six of you at a time...

Fetu: You don't hire a bodyguard and then tell him not to guard your body...

Holmes: So that's the sum total of your professional advice-- just wait and hope for the best?

Holmes: If you leave now, you could buy yourself a meal which doesn't smell like decomposing cassowary...

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Holmes: "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign of?"
Michael: Who said that?
Holmes: Einstein.
Michael: That guy... You know, when he wasn't busy figuring out the universe, he sure could crank out quotes for a fridge magnet.

Holmes: During the Second World War, my countrymen developed a method to restore burnt documents recovered from bombed out enemy bases. It begins with a 25% solution of chloral hydrate--

Capt. Gregson: But who the hell is Button Gwinnett? It sounds like something out of a kid's book?
Holmes: Button Gwinnett was the provisional president of colonial Georgia, and he was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He also happens to have the most valuable signature on Earth.

Holmes: 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. The complete set of their signatures is the holy grail for autograph hounds. Gwinnett's is the rarest of the bunch.

Holmes: My work is important to me.
Dr. Hanson: I know it is, but you have to ask yourself, do you want to get by or do you want to get better? ....if you want to get better,
the best option is a very long vacation. No work. Just rest.

Holmes: No fun when the murderer is right, is it?

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