#the resident patient

[somethingintheforest]

When you spend too long with your bestie and start picking up on their mannerisms

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[bokkunmann]

sketch granada

scatter as much as he can...

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[ofbakerst]

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[thegoodnessofprovidence]

There is this scene in The Resident Patient that is so very dear, because here's Holmes tearing up their entire sitting room rifling through his index for something he knows is there, but simply cannot find yet all Watson has to do is follow Holmes's own index and finds the material right away.

This implies a few things, namely

Watson is familiar with Holmes's filing system well enough that he can filter by the necessary criteria to find a document within seconds of a prompt

Holmes cannot retrieve data from his own index that he himself created and has spent all day in vain trying to find something Watson was able to retrieve in seconds and created an enormous mess of papers

Holmes has spent so much time trying to find this information in his own index that he has completely covered any surface of the sitting room with discarded / wrong papers and has sent Mrs Hudson into a fright

Therefore...

While Holmes has certainly compiled the material for his index, it is Watson who makes it usable. Holmes without Watson is data, but it is Watson who turns it the data into information.

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[jazzandpizazz]

“Goodbye, and good luck, and believe me to be, my dear fellow,

very sincerely yours.”

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[teaspoonnebula]

Time for me to dig this picture out...

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[pop-goes-the-weasel]

Sidney Paget's illustration showing Holmes doing my favourite bit of analysis in The Resident Patient

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[dathen]

Sherlock Holmes had listened to this long narrative with an intentness which showed me that his interest was keenly aroused. His face was as impassive as ever, but his lids had drooped more heavily over his eyes, and his smoke had curled up more thickly from his pipe to emphasize each curious episode in the doctor's tale.

After @bananonbinary ‘s analysis of Jeremy Brett’s portrayal of ‘autistic listening’ with eyes closed or looking away from the person, I keep noticing more and more instances in the books of the same. I love here now Watson is like “I could tell he was listening intently because he closed his eyes”—he knows the language by now!

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[ineffabletwaddle13]

Holmes and Watson doing a chemical analysis together

Holmes in the books by Arthur Conan Doyle does a lot of chemistry experiments:

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches: “Holmes was settling down to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently indulged in, when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at night and find him in the same position when I came down to breakfast in the morning.”

The Sign of the Four: “He would hardly reply to my questions, and busied himself all evening in an abstruse chemical analysis which involved much heating of retorts and distilling of vapours, ending at last in a smell which fairly drove me out of the apartment. Up to the small hours of the morning I could hear the clinking of his test-tubes which told me that he was still engaged in his malodorous experiment.”

A Case of Identity: “A formidable array of bottles and test-tubes, with the pungent cleanly smell of hydrochloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the chemical work which was so dear to him.”

The Resident Patient: “while he was deep in some of those abstruse chemical investigations which absorbed him utterly as long as he was engaged upon them.”

The Adventure of the Dancing Men: “Holmes had been seated for some hours in silence with his long, thin back curved over a chemical vessel in which he was brewing a particularly malodorous product”

The Naval Treaty: “A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two litre measure. My friend hardly glanced up as I entered, and I, seeing that his investigation must be of importance, seated myself in an arm-chair and waited.”

I like that this Holmes and Watson do the analysis together :) I think it makes sense that Watson could help when it is a time-sensitive situation because he should know some chemistry from his medical studies, although most of the time Holmes does the experiments himself because it is his hobby

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[sherlockianscholar]

okay, fellow canon lovers! i have some points from a study in scarlet and "the resident patient" that i need help reconciling. so please share your thoughts!!

first, a study in scarlet: jefferson hope had been in london for maybe a week before he "applied at a cab-owner's office, and soon got employment." he also states, "the hardest job was to learn my way about, for I reckon that of all the mazes that ever were contrived, this city is the most confusing. I had a map beside me though, and when once I had spotted the principal hotels and stations, I got on pretty well."

NOW! starting in 1865 up to today, london cab drivers (then hansom carriages) have to pass a test known as "the knowledge." you must memorize all the streets and landmarks within a six mile radius of charing cross station. it can take about 3-4 years of studying in order to pass the test. so, mr. jefferson hope, how did you expedite this process and commit sacrilege by using a map?

second, "the resident patient": in this story, a man named blessington snitched on his fellow bank robbers and sent them off to jail. the guys get out of jail and commence working on their revenge. two evenings, back to back, two of the guys show up at the house under the guise of a patient and his son. while the "father" is being seen by the doctor, the "son" goes up to blessington's room. both times blessington is on his daily walk. holmes states that "they were not very well-acquainted with his daily routine" as they had come when blessington was not home.

okay, so i've always thought that it would make sense if the "son" was casing the place while blessington was gone. especially because they came two evenings in a row at the same time Both Times. however, it seems as though holmes is saying that they wanted blessington to be home. which begs an endless number of questions. why would they try to kill him when everyone's up and about? would it just have been the younger man to kill him? what about the rather formal tribunal of the three men as judge, jury, and executioner that occurred during blessington's actual murder? this has never made sense to me.

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[bananonbinary]

Adorable Sherlock Holmes Moments (01/26)

As our visitor concluded, Holmes sprang up without a word, handed me my hat, picked his own from the table, and followed Dr. Trevelyan to the door

i love when holmes just sort of...forgets to tell anyone what he's thinking. no "yes i will take your case" or "take me to your patient" just jumps up and gets his coat. no talking theres mysteries to solve!!!

I saw in the gaslight that Holmes wore an amused smile at this brilliant departure of mine.

once again holmes is just so delighted when watson makes a deduction. i am too good job watson.

At half-past seven next morning, in the first glimmer of daylight, I found him standing by my bedside in his dressing-gown.

someone else on here commented a few letters ago that holmes wakes watson up by standing next to his bed and staring like a kid trying to work up the courage to ask his parent if he can sleep with them and i cant stop laughing every time he does it now. "watson i dont want to disturb you but pls read my mind and wake up anyway"

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[somethingintheforest]

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[brawlcloud]

he gave that old man poppers

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[ofbakerst]

this model ship under construction in watson's room in 'the resident patient' and next to holmes's bed in 'the sign of four'

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[basilsbestpainting]

The beginning of the Resident Patient where Sherlock is watching John, notices him begin to enter a depressive spiral, then proceeds to pull him out at the best moment, is actually so beautiful and deep. It really speaks to there being a deep relationship between them, no matter the context it was intended.

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[jazzandpizazz]

Jeremy Brett and David Burke in Sherlock Holmes (ITV Granada) “The Resident Patient” (1985)

#both the beginning and end of this episode were amazing #the barber shop scene was cute and funny #the arm-in-arm scene was PERFECT #and during the end credits when Sherlock was playing the song that John was humming earlier in the episode was so cute #as well as John contemplating the title of the story and ending up using Sherlock’s suggestion was cute #Victorian husbands #sherlock holmes #granada holmes #jeremy brett #sherlock holmes granada #sherlock holmes 1984 #jeremy brett holmes #john watson #dr john watson #acd holmes #acd johnlock #Johnlock #the resident patient 1985 #the resident patient #granada holmes gifset #my gifset #my gifs #Granada Holmes gif log