The Visions of Norman P. Horowitz

Elementary 6×18

David Horowitz: He started writing obituaries for a small local paper. He really liked it. In fact, he liked it so much, he wrote a bunch of obituaries for people who hadn't died yet.

David Horowitz: ...Norman's predictions have gone three for three. He's been right about everything: the dates... the causes of death...
Holmes: While I'm sure there's a mundane explanation for all of this, I confess to not seeing it yet.

Holmes: That's fairly typical. In the 1950s, many schizophrenics thought the Soviets were controlling their mind via radio waves. In the '90s, it was popular to blame aliens because the search for extraterrestrial life had become a popular subject.
David: For Norman, it was all explained by Simulation Theory.
Holmes: I've heard about that. God is a computer programmer or something?...

Watson: Thanks for seeing us, Mr. Baskerville.
Henry Baskerville: Oh, please, call me Henry. I'm still alive because of you guys.

Holmes: We need to talk about what happens after I die.
Watson: “The Last Will and Testament of Sherlock Holmes”?

Watson: Uh, it says here that I'm supposed to sell the brownstone if I can't pay the taxes on your foreign equities... This is a very valuable home. What kind of taxes are we talking about?

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Holmes: Did you decide which murder to solve?

Holmes: None seemed capable of serial murder. Serial onanism, on the other hand...

Holmes: My favorite theory involves a sonic cannon. The killer could have purloined one from the DARPA warehouse in New Jersey, and with certain modifications...
Watson: Okay, let's stop right there. If a sonic cannon is on your short list, then I think it'd just be easier to admit that we're living in a computer simulation and that Norman Horowitz could see the future.
Holmes: I confess, it's not yet clear how to apply Occam's razor to this case.

Holmes: It's remarkable-- every television journalist applies an identical patina of smarm, no matter the story.

Capt. Gregson: “Dot net”? Haven't heard that in a few years.
Det. Bell: It's not a real hangout for the cool kids.

Baskerville: Norman Horowitz saw the future.
Holmes: No, he did not. There will be a logical explanation. The realm of what is possible is not infinite.
Baskerville: Oh, okay, well, I agree with you there, but do you think that you're arguing against Simulation Theory or for it?

Holmes: You'll be inheriting a lot less of it. You'll still get the house, of course, and my brain.
Watson: Mmm. There's always that.

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