Uncanny Valley of the Dolls

Elementary 6×16

Det. Bell: Man, I'm all for doing whatever you want in the privacy of your own home, but that is unsettling.
Holmes: You're referring to the uncanny valley. It's the discomfort one feels when an inanimate object ventures too close to seeming real.

Det. Bell: Yeah, just the thing if you're up for having a relationship with an appliance.
Holmes: Sex toys sell to the tune of $15 billion a year, so, clearly, many people are.

Holmes: Perfect Mate 10s are ... capable of remembering your likes, your dislikes, details of your conversations-- all so as to simulate a sense of relationship. Unlike many romantic partners, they actually listen.

Det. Bell: Hello, Skyler.
Skyler: Hello, Bruce. How are you today?

Det. Bell: Skyler, have you ever met any of my friends?
Skyler: You can share me with your friends. I want to make you happy.

Det. Bell: Skyler, can you remember any words I said yesterday?
Skyler: I can look up the words to “Yesterday.” I like that song. It puts me in the mood.
Watson: It's like a horny Alexa.

Lubbock: Sorry. I guess the AI wasn't as ready for a police interview as I'd hoped.

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Nina: It's like revenge porn in 3-D.

Holmes: Which topic do you think was so sensitive? Was it food replicators, tractor beams or warp drives?
Kowalski: No, that stuff is all fantasy. The tech I was talking about is real. It's being developed right now. It's gonna change everything.
Watson: What's gonna change everything?
Kowalski: Teleportation.

Holmes: So it's not teleporting; it's copying.
Kowalski: Well, that's how all teleportation works. A copy is made, and the original is destroyed.

Skyler: Okay. Here's something I found about justice. The philosopher Mortimer Adler believed that justice is defined as a balance between personal liberty and social equality.
Holmes: We're discussing my interests.
Skyler: I like learning your interests. What's your favorite position?
Holmes: Lucena.
Watson: The Lucena position is a chess thing, right?

Holmes: Actually, we've been going back and forth whether to, uh, call Skyler a witness or evidence.

Holmes: ...if you persist ... then you will make an enemy of me. You might have seen me as an enemy before, but I assure you, Baynes... I never was. You will not like having me as an enemy... The choice is yours.

Skyler: Marcus. Marcus, will you please help me?
Det. Bell: Help you what?
Skyler: Help me escape.

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