Sherlock (TV Series)

A Scandal in Belgravia (2012)

Louise Brealey: Molly Hooper

Quotes 

• Sherlock Holmes : I see you've got a new boyfriend, Molly, and you're serious about him.

  Molly Hooper : What? Sorry, what?

  Sherlock Holmes : In fact, you're seeing him this very night and giving him a gift.

  Dr. John Watson : Take a day off.

  Lestrade : Shut up and have a drink.

  Sherlock Holmes : Oh, come on, surely you've all seen the present at top of the bag. Perfectly wrapped with a bow. All the others are slap-dash at best. It's for someone special, then. The shade of red echoes her lipstick, either an unconscious association or one that she's deliberately trying to encourage. Either way, Miss Hooper has love on her mind. The fact that she's serious about him is clear from the fact that she's giving him a gift at all. That always suggests long-term hopes, however forlorn, and that she's seeing him tonight is evident from her make-up and what she's wearing. Obviously trying to compensate for the size of her mouth and breasts...

  [voice trails off as he opens the tag: "Dearest Sherlock Love Molly xxx"] 

  Molly Hooper : [brutally embarrassed]  You always say such horrible things. Every time. Always. Always...

  Sherlock Holmes : [turns to leave but turns back]  I am sorry. Forgive me.

  [John looks up, completely surprised at hearing an apology from Sherlock] 

  Sherlock Holmes : Merry Christmas, Molly Hooper.

  [Sherlock kisses her cheek. Suddenly, Sherlock's text message tone goes off, which Irene Adler earlier changed to the sound of a woman gasping in ecstasy] 

  Molly Hooper : Oh, No! That wasn't... I didn't...

  Sherlock Holmes : No, it was me.

  Lestrade : My God, really?

  Molly Hooper : What?

  Sherlock Holmes : My *phone*.

• Molly Hooper : Whose phone is it?

  Sherlock Holmes : A woman's.

  Molly Hooper : Your girlfriend?

  Sherlock Holmes : You think she's my girlfriend because I'm x-raying her possessions?

  Molly Hooper : Well, we all do silly things.

  Sherlock Holmes : [a flash of insight]  Yes. They do, don't they? Very silly.

• Molly Hooper : How's the hip?

  Mrs. Hudson : Oh, it's atrocious, but thanks for asking.

  Molly Hooper : I've seen much worse, but then I do postmortems.