You can't just break into my flat!
And you can't withhold evidence! And I didn't break in to your flat.
Well what do you call this then?
JohnSeriously. This guy, a junkie? Have you met him?
John
I'm pretty sure you could search this flat all day and you wouldn't find anything that you could call recreational.
John, you might want to shut up now.
John
Yeah, but come on... no...
John
...You?
Shut up. [To Lestrade] I'm not your sniffer dog.
No, Anderson's my sniffer dog.
What, A— [spots Anderson] Anderson? What are you doing here on a drugs bust?!
They all did. They're not strictly speaking on the drug squad, but they're very keen.
[Sgt Donovan comes out of the kitchen with a small clear glass jar with 3 or 4 eyes in it]
DDonovan
Are these human eyes?
DDonovan
They were in the microwave!
John
Yes, of course I'm alright.
Well, you have just killed a man.
John
Yes... that's true, isn't it... but he wasn't a very nice man.
No... no, he wasn't really, was he?
John
No, frankly, a bloody awful cabbie.
That's true, he was a bad cabbie. You should've seen the route he took us to get here.
[They start giggling]
John
Stop it! We can't giggle at a crime scene.
You're the one who shot him, now let me
[They giggle some more]
John
Can you keep your voice down
[John comes back after the self check out at the supermarket refuses to accept his credit card]
John
Yeah, I didn't get the shopping.
John
Because I had a row... in the shop... with a chip and pin machine!
You had a row with a machine?
John
Sort of. It sat there and I shouted abuse at it.
[Sherlock and John reach Eddie Van Coon's apartment building. Sherlock buzzes Van Coon's apartment, but no one answers]
John
What are we gonna do now, then? Sit here and wait for him to come back? [Sherlock notices the label of Ms. Wintle, who lives directly above Van Coon]
John
What?
John
Could've just replaced it.
No one ever does that. [presses button]
Hi! Um, I live in the flat just below you. Yeah, I don't think we've met!
WMs. Wintle
No, well, er, I've just moved in.
[grimaces] Actually, I just locked my keys in my flat!
WMs. Wintle
Do you want me to buzz you in?
Yeah. And can I use your balcony?
[Cuts to Sherlock jumping off her balcony onto the one just below it. He then enters through the unlocked patio door. As he looks around, John buzzes the intercom.]
John
Sherlock? [Sherlock continues to search] Sherlock? You okay? Any time you feel like letting me in? [Sherlock sees Van Coon's dead body. Cut to crime scene technicians taking photos of the body, as Sherlock and John stand by]
John
You think he lost a lot of money? Suicide is common among city boys.
John
Come on. The door was locked from the inside. You had to climb down the balcony. [Sherlock looks at Van Coon's suitcase]
Been away three days, judging by the laundry. [gets up] Look at the case, there was something tightly packed inside it.
John
Thanks. I'll take your word for that.
John
Yeah. I'm not desperate to root around some bloke's dirty underwear.
[Sherlock and John encounter Raz, a graffiti artist, spray-painting a doorway]
RRaz
Part of my new exhibition.
RRaz
I call it Urban, uh, Bloodlust Frenzy. [sprays away]
John
Mm. Catchy.
RRaz
I've got two minutes before a community support officer comes round that corner. Can we maybe talk whilst I'm working? [Sherlock hands Raz his phone and he scrolls through photos of the ciphers from the bank. Raz hands John his spray paint can]
RRaz
Recognise the paint. Looks like Michigan, hardcore propellant. I'd say zinc.
And what about the symbols? Do you recognize them?
RRaz
It's not a tag. I'm not even sure it's a proper language.
Two men have been murdered, Raz. Deciphering this - it’s the key to finding who killed them.
RRaz
This is all you got? Not much to go on.
You think you could help out?
Someone must recognize it. [Two community police officers notice them and come running around the bend]
CSCommunity Support Officer
Oi! [Sherlock and Raz take off, leaving John with Raz's bag of spray paint cans] What the hell do you think you’re doing? This gallery is a listed public building!
John
Oh no, that wasn't me who painted it. I was just... Just holding this for... [The officers look at Raz's display, and then at the bag of spray paint]
CSCommunity Support Officer
Bit of an enthusiast, are we?
John
Yeah, well, you know how it is, custody sergeants don't really like to be hurried, do they? Just... formalities: fingerprints, chart sheet... and I've got to be in Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
John
Me, Sherlock, in court on Tuesday! They're giving me an ASBO!
[not paying attention] Good, fine.
[Unknown to John, Sherlock has just recovered from almost being strangled into unconsciousness]
John
You've gone all croaky, you getting a cold?
John, concentrate. I need you to concentrate. Close your eyes.
[Sherlock grabs John by his shoulders and begins to slowly rotate turning John as he does so]
John
Wh-what? Why? Why? What are you doing?
I need you to maximise your visual memory. Try to picture what you saw. Can you picture it?
John
Yeah...
John
Yes, definitely!
You remember the pattern?
John
Yes!
How much can you remember it?
John
Well, don't worry!
Because the average human memory on visual matters is only 62% accurate.
John
Yeah, well, don't worry, I remember all of it.
John
Yeah, well, at least I would, if I could get to my pockets! Took a photograph...
I need to get some air; we're going out tonight.
John
Actually, I've got a date.
John
It's when two people who like each other go out and have fun...
That's what I was suggesting.
John
No, it wasn't. At least, I hope not.
John
Hi, I have two tickets reserved for tonight.
BOBox office agent
And what's the name?
John
Uh, Holmes.
BOBox office agent
Actually I have three in that name.
John
No, I don't think so. We only booked two.
[from off screen] And then I phoned back and got one for myself as well.
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