John leaned back, arms folded. “Always.”
John set his phone aside. “Right. But usually you’d have something… more. A dazzling leap of logic. A remark about my choice of inquiry.” sherlock how many episodes in season 1
Sherlock did not turn. His fingers, steepled beneath his chin, did not so much as twitch. For a long moment, the only sound was the distant wail of a police siren, two streets over. John leaned back, arms folded
Then, Holmes spoke. “Three.”
John laughed quietly. “She asked me the same thing. ‘Only three? That’s it?’ And I didn’t know how to explain why it works.” But usually you’d have something… more
Sherlock stared into the amber liquid in his glass. “Because a story, John, is not measured in hours. It is measured in revelations. Three episodes. Thirty-three clues. One impossible man. That is more than enough.”