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

The Final Problem Part Three

GIRL: My nan's.

JENNY: And where are you going?

GIRL: Home.

SHERLOCK: No, she mean what airport are you ...

(There's a click as he speaks, and Eurus' image reappears on the screen at the end of the room.)

EURUS (sing-song): Enough for now. (She leans close to the camera, her eyes wide.) Time to play a new game.

(Sherlock turns away in frustration.)

EURUS (sitting back in her chair): Look on the table in front of you.

(Sherlock, Jenny and John are standing either side of the glass table. Mycroft stands a few feet away with his arms still folded.)

EURUS (more sternly): Open the envelope! If you want to speak to the girl again, earn yourself some phone time!

(Putting the pistol on the table, Sherlock picks up the envelope.)

MYCROFT: This is inhuman; this is insane!

JOHN (firmly, looking at him): Mycroft, we know.

(Mycroft lowers his eyes, looking exasperated. Sherlock has opened the envelope and taken out the contents.)

EURUS: Six months ago, a man called Evans was murdered; unsolved except by me.

(Sherlock starts laying three glossy photographs side by side on the table. As Eurus continues to speak, a bright light comes on at the end of a beam above Sherlock's head. He looks up and sees a hunting rifle resting in a rack which has been attached to the side of the beam.)

EURUS: He was shot from a distance of three hundred metres with this rifle.

(Sherlock stretches up and takes down the gun.)

EURUS: Now, if the police had any brains they'd realise there are three suspects, all brothers. Nathan Garrideb, Alex Garrideb and Howard Garrideb.

(Sherlock has been looking towards the screen while she spoke but now looks down at the photos spread out on the table. Each one is of a different man. The first, wearing grey trousers, a blue shirt, a brown corduroy jacket and glasses, is in an outdoor car park and the word"NATHAN" has been written on the picture; the second man, wearing a dark blue suit, is standing talking on his phone, perhaps in an office environment, and the photo is labelled "ALEX"; and the third man, wearing a white T-shirt and black jumper with a dark jacket and trousers, is walking near rocky cliffs and his picture is labelled "HOWARD". Above the three photos the envelope, laid face-up, has the word "EVANS" written on it.)

EURUS: All these photos are up-to-date, but which one pulled the trigger, Sherlock? Which one?

JOHN (looking towards the screen): What's this? W-we're supposed to solve this based on what?

JENNY(looking at the photos): This. This is all we get.

EURUS: Please, make use of your friends, Sherlock. I want to see you interact with people that you're close to. Also, you may have to choose which one to keep.

(John frowns and glances towards Mycroft. Sherlock turns and holds out the rifle in both hands, looking at his brother. We see that it's not a modern rifle and much of it is made of dark wood. A telescopic sight is attached to the top.)

SHERLOCK: What do you make of it?

MYCROFT: Am I being asked to prove my usefulness?

SHERLOCK: Yes, I should think you are.