SHERLOCK The computer code is key to this. If we find it, we can use it beat Moriarty at his own – game. JOHN What do you mean, it”? “use He used it to create a false identity, so we can use it to break into the records and SHERLOCK destroy Richard Brook. JOHN And bring back Jim Moriarty again. SHERLOCK (standing up) Somewhere in 221B, somewhere on the day of the verdict he left it – – hidden. (He turns and faces the bench, putting both hands on the work surface. John walks to stand beside him, unconsciously mimicking his stance.) JOHN Uh-huh. (Both of them ahead of them, thinking. John purses his lips, then looks at Sherlock.) JOHN What did he touch? SHERLOCK An apple. Nothing else. (He briefly drums his fingers on the bench.) JOHN Did he write anything down? SHERLOCK No. (John hisses in a breath and looks away, racking his brains and again unconsciously mimicking his friend by drumming his own fingers on the bench. After a moment, he turns and walks across the lab, blowing the breath out again. Sherlock lifts the fingers of his right hand, hesitates for a moment, then begins to drum them again but now he’s beating out a specific rhythm as, in his mind, binary code begins to stream out from his fingers. He lifts his head as John sighs heavily, unaware of Sherlock’s sharpened expression. Straightening up, Sherlock turns his back to John, takes his phone out of his pocket and begins to type a text message Come and play. Bart’s Hospital rooftop. SH He pauses for a moment, then adds PS. Got something of you might want back. Sending the message, he tucks his phone away into his jacket and then turns back towards the bench, his eyes full of thought.) Some hours later, dawn is breaking. Sherlock is still in the same place, although he’s now sitting down with his feet up on the bench. He is rapidly rolling the rubber ball from side to side across the bench, his fingers flickering rapidly over the top of the ball. John has sat on a stool at a nearby bench and has
SHERLOCK The computer code is key to this. If we find it, we can use it – beat Moriarty at his own game. JOHN What do you mean, “use it”? SHERLOCK He used it to create a false identity, so we can use it to break into the records and destroy Richard Brook. JOHN And bring back Jim Moriarty again. SHERLOCK (standing up) Somewhere in 221B, somewhere – on the day of the verdict – he left it hidden. (He turns and faces the bench, putting both hands on the work surface. John walks to stand beside him, unconsciously mimicking his stance.) JOHN Uh-huh. (Both of them ahead of them, thinking. John purses his lips, then looks at Sherlock.) JOHN What did he touch? SHERLOCK An apple. Nothing else. (He briefly drums his fingers on the bench.) JOHN Did he write anything down? SHERLOCK No. (John hisses in a breath and looks away, racking his brains and again unconsciously mimicking his friend by drumming his own fingers on the bench. After a moment, he turns and walks across the lab, blowing the breath out again. Sherlock lifts the fingers of his right hand, hesitates for a moment, then begins to drum them again but now he’s beating out a specific rhythm as, in his mind, binary code begins to stream out from his fingers. He lifts his head as John sighs heavily, unaware of Sherlock’s sharpened expression. Straightening up, Sherlock turns his back to John, takes his phone out of his pocket and begins to type a text message Come and play. Bart’s Hospital rooftop. SH He pauses for a moment, then adds PS. Got something of you might want back. Sending the message, he tucks his phone away into his jacket and then turns back towards the bench, his eyes full of thought.) Some hours later, dawn is breaking. Sherlock is still in the same place, although he’s now sitting down with his feet up on the bench. He is rapidly rolling the rubber ball from side to side across the bench, his fingers flickering rapidly over the top of the ball. John has sat on a stool at a nearby bench and has
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