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SEMI-REFORMED ALCOHOLIC
FORMER “EXOTIC DANCER”
(SEE FILE)
FINANCES: 21% DEBT
(SEE FILE)
STATUS: UNIMPORTANT

and underneath, flashing in red:

PRESSURE POINT: >
MARIJUANA

Upstairs, the three men – clearly security men, all wearing earpieces – walk into the living
room. Sherlock, now standing by the fireside with John, sighs and unfolds his arms.)
SHERLOCK (mock-wearily): Oh, go ahead.
(He spread his arms and allows one of the goons to frisk him. Another one walks over to John
while the third generally looks round the room.)
SECURITY MAN (to John): Sir?
(John glances over to Sherlock, then looks back to the man.)
JOHN: Can I have a moment?
(Sherlock lowers his arms from his frisking and looks across to the man.)
SHERLOCK: Oh, he’s fine.
(The man glances at Sherlock, then kneels down in front of John and starts frisking him.)
JOHN: Er, I ... right. I should probably tell you ...
(The man reaches into John’s jacket pocket and takes out Bill’s flick-knife.)
JOHN: Okay, I ... (he points to the knife) ... That.
(The man pulls John’s jacket open.)
JOHN: And ...
(The man stands up, holding the tyre lever he has just taken from John’s jeans and looking at
him sternly. Sherlock looks startled. John steps closer to the man and speaks confidentially.)
JOHN: Doesn’t mean I’m not pleased to see you.
(The man does not look amused.)
SHERLOCK: I can vouch for this man. He’s a doctor. If you know who I am, then you know who
he is ...
(He turns his head towards the door as Magnussen walks in and stops just inside the doorway.)
SHERLOCK: ... don’t you, Mr Magnussen?
(John’s security man steps to John’s side and faces his boss while the other one stands at
Sherlock’s side and the third waits in the kitchen.)
SHERLOCK (to Magnussen): I understood we were meeting at your office.
(Magnussen looks round the room for a moment.)
MAGNUSSEN: This is my office.
(He walks slowly towards the sofa, then stops and turns to look at John. Information appears in
front of his eyes:

JOHN HAMISH WATSON
AFGHANISTAN VETERAN (SEE FILE)
G.P. (SEE FILE)
PORN PREFERENCE: NORMAL
FINANCES: 10% DEBT (SEE FILE)
STATUS UNIMPORTANT

then, in flashing red underneath:

PRESSURE POINT: > HARRY WATSON (SISTER) ALCOHOLIC
MARY MORSTAN (WIFE)

MAGNUSSEN: Well, it is now.
(He continues on to the dining table, picks up a newspaper from it and then goes back and sits
down on the sofa.)

Transcripts by Ariane DeVere (arianedevere@livejournal.com)