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The Empty Hearse Part Three

SHERLOCK (voiceover): There were thirteen likely scenarios once we were up on that roof. Each of them were rigorously worked out and given a code name. It wasn't just my reputation that Moriarty needed to bury – I had to die.

(Brief shot of Sherlock falling from the roof and John's anguished cry of his name.)

(Flashback to the roof.)

JIM: You can have me arrested ...

(Flashback to Mrs Hudson in the hallway of 221, bringing a mug of tea to the workman which he gratefully accepts, then – out of her sight – puts one of his tools into his toolbox, revealing the pistol and silencer lying inside.)

JIM: ... you can torture me; you can do anything you like with me ...

(Flashback to the plain clothes police officer looking ominously round to Greg in his office.)

JIM: ... but nothing's gonna prevent them from pulling the trigger.

(Flashback to the sniper assembling his rifle in a building overlooking the pavement outside Bart's, while John is in a taxi on his way back to the hospital.)

JIM: Your only three friends in the world will die ... unless ...

SHERLOCK: ... unless I kill myself – complete your story.

(Jim nods and smiles ecstatically.)

JIM: You've gotta admit that's sexier.

(Flashback to Sherlock shaking Jim's hand.)

SHERLOCK (voiceover): But the one thing I didn't anticipate was just how far Moriarty was prepared to go. I suppose that was obvious, given our first meeting at the swimming pool – his death wish.

(Flashback to Moriarty shoving the pistol into his mouth and pulling the trigger, and Sherlock's cry of alarm as he recoils in shock, then looks around and slowly goes to the edge of the roof.)

SHERLOCK (voiceover): I knew I didn't have long. I contacted my brother; set the wheels in motion.

(On the roof, Sherlock types a single word – LAZARUS – into his phone and sends the message.)

SHERLOCK (voiceover): And then everyone got to work.

(On the ground, a group of men carry a giant airbag – currently deflated – out into the street. Molly looks out of the window. Sherlock steps up onto the ledge. Beside the ambulance station, on the other side to where John will later stand, the team is rolling out the airbag. Molly closes her eyes briefly, then looks upwards. Standing a short distance away from the hospital, a woman looks up towards the roof as if awaiting a signal. John and Jenny's taxi continues on its way to the hospital. As the airbag team continue their work, other people are standing and waiting. One of them has a stethoscope around his neck. The first woman looks around and sees the man on the cycle waiting nearby, one foot on a pedal and ready to go. A few feet away a second cyclist pushes his bike into position. The first cyclist has an earpiece in his ear, and many of the others – possibly all of them – do too. A faint male voice can be heard, presumably relaying instructions through the earpieces. John and Jenny's taxi turns into the road near the ambulance station, and a large group of men comes around the corner behind it. The taxi pulls up. Sherlock takes his phone from his pocket and sees a reply to his earlier text:

LAZARUS IS GO

They gets out of the taxi and heads towards the hospital, taking Sherlock's phone call as he goes. Unseen by John – whose view is blocked by the ambulance station – the truck full of rubbish bags is in position by the bus stop, several people are waiting by the wall of the ambulance station, and the airbag is inflating at the other side of the station.)