Elementary (TV Series)

Details (2013)

Jon Michael Hill: Detective Marcus Bell

Quotes 

• Sherlock Holmes : [leaving Gregson's office]  You're uncomfortable with the lie we told. You shouldn't be.

  Detective Marcus Bell : Easy for you to say.

  Sherlock Holmes : Why? Because I'm a mere consultant, and you're a *real* policeman? You think I don't have as much respect for the Captain as you do?

  Detective Marcus Bell : No, of course not.

  Sherlock Holmes : I removed the gun from your apartment for two reasons. Firstly, I'm absolutely certain that you didn't shoot Curtis Bradshaw. Why? Because only an idiot would have brought the gun back to his apartment after he'd used it, and you, Detective, are not an idiot.

  Detective Marcus Bell : Thank you.

  Sherlock Holmes : Secondly, I don't want to put *our* friend, the Captain, in the unenviable position of having to open a case against his favored apprentice and right hand man. If he knew the gun was found at your apartment, he would have no choice but to inform Internal Affairs. The last thing our investigation needs right now is a jaunt around the bureaucratic maypole, wouldn't you agree?

• Sherlock Holmes : It's funny, Detective - the second I heard about the attempt on your life, I dove into your case history. I thought it would only be a matter of time before the culprit's identity presented itself. I was wrong. You've done excellent work over the years. Made a lot of enemies. There's no shortage of people who would like to see you dead.

  Detective Marcus Bell : You say it like it's a good thing.

  Sherlock Holmes : Well, there is, in my humble opinion, no greater compliment an investigator can receive. Speaks to the quality of your work.

• [Andre and Marcus watch the news of the shooter's arrest from Andre's hospital room] 

  Andre Bell : So even if she pleads out, that'll be life, right?

  Detective Marcus Bell : Probably.

  Andre Bell : You remember Sharise?

  Detective Marcus Bell : ...Mmm-hmm.

  Andre Bell : She cut the spokes on my bike when we broke up, back in seventh grade. But that's the worst thing any of my exes ever did to me.

  [They laugh]