The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)

The Six Napoleons (1986)

Edward Hardwicke: Dr. Watson

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Quotes 

• [Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade are on a stakeout] 

  [Watson sneezes] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Watson, if you've caught a cold, it's your fault. You left the rugs behind.

  Dr. Watson : Sorry, Holmes.

• Dr. Watson : Have a humbug, Lestrade.

  Sherlock Holmes : Watson, this is no time for humbugs!

• Sherlock Holmes : And now, Watson, I commend to you the universal answer to almost all problems.

  Dr. Watson : What's that, Holmes?

  Sherlock Holmes : Sleep.

• Sherlock Holmes : I dare call nothing trivial, Lestrade. Some of my most classic cases have had the least promising commencement.

  Dr. Watson : Yeah. That dreadful business of the Abernetty family.

  Sherlock Holmes : Yah! Woo.

  Inspector Lestrade : I'd hardly call the dismemberment of an entire family trivial.

  [Watson laughs] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh, Watson, would you be so kind as to explain?

  Dr. Watson : What? Oh, uh, the point is that, um, it only came to Holmes's notice because of the depth to which the parsley had sunk into the butter on a hot day.

• [Lestrade visits Holmes and Watson in their rooms at 221B Baker Street] 

  Dr. Watson : Anything remarkable on hand, Lestrade?

  Inspector Lestrade : No, nothing in particular.

  Sherlock Holmes : [after a long pause, lowers the newspaper he's reading and smiles at Lestrade]  Then tell us about it.