A STUDY IN PINK SHOOTING SCRIPT - GREEN AMENDED 18/04/10
SHERLOCK (cont'd)
I know you’ve got a brother with a bit of money who’s worried about you, but you won’t go to him for help because you don’t approve of him - possibly because he’s an alcoholic, more likely because he recently walked out on his wife. And I know that your therapist thinks your limp is psychosomatic - quite correctly, I’m afraid. That’s enough to be going on with, don’t you think?
John is staring at him. Utter astonishment. What? What?? Sherlock has turned on his heel, and is walking out the door. He turns SHERLOCK The name’s Sherlock Holmes and the address is 221b Baker Street. Afternoon. He goes. On John, slack-jawed. He turns to Mike. MIKE Yeah. He’s always like that. CUT TO: 21 John, sitting on the edge of the bed, thinking. Still a bit dazed. What kind of man has he just met?? New thought! He reaches inside his jacket pulls out his phone. On the phone screen, we see that he is checking his texts. Under SENT, the following: IF BROTHER HAS GREEN LADDER ARREST BROTHER. SH. John: stares at this. What? CUT TO: John, now at his laptop, typing... A search engine, and into the box he is typing... Sherlock Holmes. DISSOLVE TO: INT. JOHN’S BEDSIT - DAY
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