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

The Final Problem Part Four

JOHN: Bones, Sherlock.

(Sherlock sees something under the table and turns to look at it.)

JOHN: There are bones in here.

(Sherlock kneels down, puts the lantern onto the floor and reaches towards the round ceramic bowl under the table.)

SHERLOCK: What kind of bones?

JOHN: Uh, I dunno. S-small.

(Sherlock lifts up the bowl and holds it in both hands as he looks at it in shock. Painted on the side of the bowl is the word "Redbeard".Clearly this is a dog's water bowl.)

SHERLOCK & JENNY (softly): Redbeard.

(He closes his eyes.)

GIRL's VOICE (in his earpiece): Who's Redbeard?

(Sherlock jolts, sinking his face into one hand as he replies to her.)

SHERLOCK: Oh, hello. Are you at the front of the plane now?

GIRL (in the flight deck, shaking the arm of the unconscious pilot): Yeah. I still can't wake the driver up.

(In front of the pilot the control column is jerking around under its automatic controls, and an automated voice repeatedly calls out warnings.)

SHERLOCK (wiping the corner of one eye): That's all right. What can you see now?

GIRL (looking through the front windshield): I can see a river. (She steps over the co-pilot lying on the floor to get closer to the front.)And there's-there's-there's a big wheel.

SHERLOCK: All right. Well, you and I are going to have to drive this plane together. (He slowly stands, looking up towards the sky.) Just you and me.

GIRL (nervously): We are?

SHERLOCK (smiling so as to sound confident): Yeah, there's nothing to it. We just need to get in touch with some people on the ground.

(He bends down to pick up the lantern.)

SHERLOCK: Now, um, can you see anything that looks like a radio?

(The girl, now sitting in the co-pilot's seat, looks around at all the dials and switches above her head. Alarms continue to beep and the automated warnings continue to sound.)

GIRL: No.

SHERLOCK: That's all right. Well, we ... keep looking. We've got plenty of time.

(In the flight deck more alarms sound and the automated voice calls out more warnings. The plane jolts violently and the girl screams.)

SHERLOCK: What's wrong?

GIRL: The whole plane's shaking.

(Sherlock grimaces but keeps his voice soothing. He is walking around the room as he talks.)

SHERLOCK: It's just turbulence. It's nothing to worry about.

GIRL: My ears hurt.

SHERLOCK: Does the river look like it's getting closer?

GIRL: A-a little bit.

SHERLOCK: All right, then. That means you're nearly home.

(He puts his hand to his head.)

JENNY (over earpiece): Sherlock?

(High above John's  and Jenny's head, clouds in the night sky drift past and the full moon comes into view. Its light now shows Jenny's and John's location more clearly. She stares upwards.)