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(He waves those away, then opens his eyes and points upwards triumphantly at the correct
name as it appears.)

Claire-de-la-lune

(Sherlock quietly says the name out loud, then turns around, grimacing.)
SHERLOCK: Why do I know it?
(John looks up from where he is still checking Janine.)
JOHN: Mary wears it.
SHERLOCK (turning back and still speaking in a loud whisper): No, not Mary. Somebody else.
(He lifts his head as he hears a noise from upstairs and his gaze becomes intense. John seems
to recognise that look and whispers loudly.)
JOHN: Sherlock!
(But Sherlock’s already off, running across the room to the stairwell and hurrying upwards,
pausing for a moment to look up the stairs before quickly continuing on.
Up in what must be Magnussen’s private penthouse flat, Sherlock walks softly along the
carpeted hall towards where he can hear Magnussen talking quietly and sounding very anxious
and almost tearful.)
MAGNUSSEN (offscreen): What-what-what would your husband think, eh?
(Sherlock walks carefully towards a partially open door at the end of the hall.)
MAGNUSSEN (offscreen): He ... your lovely husband, upright, honourable ...
(Sherlock looks through the gap in the door and sees Magnussen on his knees with his hands
behind his head and cowering.)
MAGNUSSEN: ... so English. What-what would he say to you now?
(Standing in front of him, someone dressed all in black and wearing black gloves pulls back the
pistol and silencer they are pointing at Magnussen and cocks the gun before pointing the
business end at him again. He cowers, whimpering and momentarily lapsing into Danish.)
MAGNUSSEN: Nej, nej! [No, no!]
(Sherlock slowly pushes the door open.)
MAGNUSSEN (tearfully, tremulously): You’re-you’re doing this to protect him from the truth ...
but is this protection he would want?
SHERLOCK (slowly walking to stand a few feet behind the person holding the gun, who we now
see is also wearing a black knitted cap on their head, covering their hair): Additionally, if you’re
going to commit murder, you might consider changing your perfume ...
(The potential killer raises the gun a little, turning it slightly to the left.)
SHERLOCK: ... Lady Smallwood.
(Magnussen straightens a little, breathing out a long shaky breath.)
MAGNUSSEN (in a slightly stronger voice): Sorry. Who?
(Sherlock focuses on the back of the assassin. Magnussen’s gaze goes from him to the face of
his potential killer as the person adjusts their grip on the pistol.)
MAGNUSSEN: That’s ... not ... Lady Smallwood, Mr Holmes.
(Sherlock frowns. The person in black turns to face him, aiming the pistol at him, and Sherlock
looks into the face of Mary Elizabeth Watson.
He draws in a breath and rapidly flashes back to several different times when they have been
together [and oddly one moment when he wasn’t in the room] and in each of those moments
his many deductions about her – many of which were seen during “The Empty Hearse” – swarm
around her. Then he’s back in Magnussen’s flat and the deductions fade, leaving many instances
of only one word repeatedly drifting around her as she aims her gun towards him:

Liar

They too fade and he focuses on her face as she stares back at him. A single large word
appears beside her face:

Liar

MARY (as the word rotates and then fades): Is John with you?
SHERLOCK (shakily): He’s, um ...
MARY (firmly): Is John here?
SHERLOCK: He-he’s downstairs.

Transcripts by Ariane DeVere (arianedevere@livejournal.com)