Sherlock..........Who?

The Empty Hearse Part Three

JOHN: We need bomb disposal.

SHERLOCK: There may not be time for that now.

JOHN: So what do we do?

SHERLOCK (after a brief pause): I have no idea.

JOHN (sternly): Well, think of something.

SHERLOCK: Why d'you think I know what to do?

JOHN: Because you're Sherlock Holmes. You're as clever as it gets.

SHERLOCK: Doesn't mean I know how to defuse a giant bomb. What about you?

JOHN: I wasn't in bomb disposal. I'm a bloody doctor.

SHERLOCK (angrily pointing his torch at him): And a soldier, as you keep reminding us all.

JENNY: Hang on I have my sonic lipstick in my jacket Sherlock have a look will you

(John looks down at the countdown clock currently frozen at 2:30.)

SHERLOCK: There nothing there Jenny, I told you not to come , why do you never listen?.

JENNY: What it was there last night? .... oh god you're one to talk you never listen

JOHN: PACK IT IN THE PAIR OF YOU.. Can't-can't we rip the timer off, or something?

SHERLOCK: That would set it off.

JOHN: You see? You know things.

(Sherlock turns away, sighing.)

In his room, Moran types the code 051113 onto the number pad. He inserts one of the keys into its slot and turns it. The device beeps. He releases the key, then reaches to the Not Big Red Button and presses it.

In the Tube carriage, all the lights come on and the countdown clock on the mother bomb begins to tick down. The trio look around in shock, and John groans.

SHERLOCK: Er ...

JOHN (breathing fast): My God!

(Sherlock paces away from him.)

SHERLOCK: Er ...

JOHN: Why didn't you call the police?

SHERLOCK: Please just ...

JENNY (furiously): Why do you never call the police?

SHERLOCK: Well, it's no use now.

2:15

JOHN (angrily): So you can't switch the bomb off. You can't switch the bomb off and you didn't call the police.

(He turns away for a moment, then turns back again. Sherlock looks at him.)

SHERLOCK: Go, John Jenny . (He points towards the driver's cab.) Go now.

JOHN: There's no point now, is there, because there's not enough time to get away; and if we don't do this ... (he gestures down to the mother bomb) ... other people will die!

1:57

(He looks down at the clock for a moment, then points at Sherlock.)

JOHN: Mind Palace.

SHERLOCK: Hmm?

JENNY : Use your Mind Palace.

SHERLOCK: How will that help?

JOHN: You've salted away every fact under the sun!

SHERLOCK: Oh, and you think I've just got "How To Defuse A Bomb" tucked away in there somewhere?