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

The Final Problem Part Four

(He opens the door and, from the other side, we see him open the door to the flight deck of the plane and step inside. He stares intensely at what he sees.)

SHERLOCK: I'm your brother.

(The girl turns around in the co-pilot's seat and looks at him. But Sherlock isn't on the flight deck and there is no little girl. He's in a burnt-out bedroom in his family home and he lowers the lantern to the floor and holds out his other hand towards the figure in front of him.)

SHERLOCK (reassuringly): I'm here, Eurus.

(Still wearing the clothes she wore in Sherrinford, Eurus is sitting on the floor with her knees drawn up in front of her and her hands wrapped around them. Her eyes are closed.
The footage of the girl on the plane goes into fast reverse back through all the scenes we've seen of her until she's back in her seat, looking uneasily out of the window. The footage rapidly reverses even further and slows down to the very first moment where, in reverse of what we first saw, we see a close-up of her eye closing. Flashback of young Eurus running around the beach with her toy aeroplane. In her bedroom, adult Eurus keeps her eyes closed and speaks with a child-like voice.)

EURUS: You're playing with me, Sherlock. We're playing the game.

SHERLOCK: The game, yes. I get it now. (He steps closer to her.) The song was never a set of directions.

EURUS (her eyes still closed and her voice child-like and frightened): I'm in the plane, and I'm going to crash.

(Sherlock crouches down in front of her.)

EURUS (child-like): And you're going to save me.

SHERLOCK: Look how brilliant you are. Your mind has created the perfect metaphor. You're high above us, all alone in the sky, and you understand everything except how to land. (He shifts round and sits down in front of her, breathless and anxious.) Now, I'm just an idiot, but I'm on the ground. (He reaches out and puts his fingers onto her hands.) I can bring you home.

EURUS (her eyes still closed, plaintively): No.

(Her voice reverts to its adult tone.)

EURUS: No, no. (She shivers.) It's too late now.

SHERLOCK (shifting closer to her and lowering his hand): No it's not. It's not too late.

(She cries, her eyes screwed tight and her face twisted with fear.)

EURUS: Every time I close my eyes, I'm on the plane. I'm lost, lost in the sky and ... no-one can hear me.

(She pulls her knees closer to herself, crying silently. Sherlock reaches out and gently puts his hand onto hers again.)

SHERLOCK (in a whisper): Open your eyes. I'm here.

(She opens her eyes and slowly raises her head.)

SHERLOCK (in a whisper): You're not lost any more.

(He shifts even closer and reaches out to embrace her. She shuffles forward and wraps her arms around him and they hug each other tightly while she cries.)

SHERLOCK (softly, stroking her hair): Now, you ... you just ... you just went the wrong way last time, that's all. (His voice becomes tearful.) This time, get it right. (Still softly but more clearly) Tell me how to save my friend.

JENNY'S VOICE: (takes a deep breath) SHERLOCK......(fear in her voice).........I Love.....You

(In the well, Jenny say's her final words as the water rises above her mouth to rest under her nose. John groans with the effort of trying to keep his head above the water.
In the bedroom Sherlock pulls back a little.)