The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)

The Devil's Foot (1988)

Jeremy Brett: Sherlock Holmes

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Quotes 

• Sherlock Holmes : You went to the vicarage, and you waited there for some time.

  Dr. Leon Sterndale : How do you know that?

  Sherlock Holmes : I followed you.

  Dr. Leon Sterndale : I saw no one!

  Sherlock Holmes : That is what you may expect to see when *I* follow you!

• Sherlock Holmes : [In a depressive stone as he stares at an old grave marker overlooking the sea]  Weather-pitted slabs of granite, ancient tombs scattered throughout the length and breadth of this peninsula.

  Dr. John Watson : Like the sea, I suppose, death is always with us.

  Sherlock Holmes : [Holmes stares intently at Watson before answering]  Quite so.

• [Holmes is testing out a theory by putting a poison in a lamp, leaving himself and Watson to inhale the fumes] 

  [the drug induces a nonsensical but disturbing series of images and distorted memories in Holmes's mind; the images stop and he is outside on the ground] 

  Dr. John Watson : Holmes! Holmes! HOLMES!

  [Holmes screams] 

  Dr. John Watson : Holmes! HOLMES!

  [Watson has to shout over Holmes's screaming] 

  Dr. John Watson : Can you hear me? For God's sake, can you hear me?

  Sherlock Holmes : JOHN!

  Dr. John Watson : Thank God you're alright! That was a stupid and dangerous thing to do... We could have been killed!

  Sherlock Holmes : It was an unjustified experiment even for myself... Doubly so for a friend. I really am extremely sorry.

• [last lines] 

  Dr Watson : Not for the first time, Holmes, you've presumed to take the law into your own hands.

  Sherlock Holmes : I have never loved. But if I did, and if the woman I had loved had met with such an end, I might act even as our lawless lion-hunter has done. Wouldn't you?

  Dr Watson : Yes, I suppose so. But that's not the point.

  Sherlock Holmes : The point is: why should I do the work of the official police? And as you're very fond of telling me... I'm on holiday!

• Sherlock Holmes : [In obvious pain from his drug withdrawal, he coughs]  To work the brain without sufficient material is like racing an engine - it cracks itself to pieces.

  [He takes a deep breath] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Wait for me at the cottage.

  Dr Watson : Where are you going?

  Sherlock Holmes : Cheer up, Watson. Sea air, sunshine, patience!

  [He throws the blanket over his shoulder with characteristic flourish] 

  Sherlock Holmes : All will be revealed!

• [first lines] 

  Dr Watson : Almost there.

  Sherlock Holmes : What does a Harley Street specialist know about my health?

  Dr Watson : Listen, Holmes, Dr Moore Agar insists you have a complete rest if you wish to avoid an absolute breakdown. The sea air will do you the world of good.