The Confrontation - Sherlock Style
Watson finally pushes back on Sherlock's emotional detachment
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Dr. Watson: She died, Sherlock. A woman died because we were twelve minutes late.
Sherlock Holmes: Eleven minutes and forty seconds. And she died because of the poison, not our timing.
Dr. Watson: Do you hear yourself? A human being is dead!
Sherlock Holmes: I'm aware. I examined the body myself.
Dr. Watson: Examined it. Not mourned it. Not felt anything about it.
Sherlock Holmes: Feelings don't catch murderers, Watson.
Dr. Watson: No. But they make you worth following. (beat) And right now, I'm not sure you are.
Sherlock Holmes: (long pause) I noticed she was wearing a locket. Inside it — a photograph of her daughter.
Dr. Watson: And?
Sherlock Holmes: And I've already memorized the daughter's face. (beat) So I can look her in the eye when I catch the man who did this.
Dr. Watson: (quietly) Maybe you do feel things after all.
Sherlock Holmes: Don't tell anyone. It would ruin my reputation.