Sherlock..........Who?

His Last Vow Part Four

APPLEDORE. In a large sitting room where one entire long wall is made of glass and looks out to the grounds, Magnussen lowers his whiskey glass at the sound of an approaching helicopter. The helicopter – which has the "CAM" logo on its side – flies down towards the house while Sherlock and John look down from inside the vehicle. They land on the grass not far from the house while Magnussen continues to sit on a long curved white leather sofa, not looking round to watch their arrival. Security men walk towards the helicopter while another stands on the patio outside the house. The boys get out and are escorted towards the house and the helicopter takes off and flies away. Shortly afterwards a security man leads the boys through an inside area which is lined with large green exotic plants, while another man follows behind. Magnussen is sitting on the sofa one level above them. He takes a drink from his glass as his men escort Sherlock and John out of an elevator and into the room. Sherlock stops a couple of paces in front of the sofa while John stands a little way behind and to one side of him. Magnussen nods to his men and they turn and leave.

MAGNUSSEN (lifting his glass): I would offer you a drink but it's very rare and expensive.

(He drinks. Sherlock turns and sits down on the sofa a couple of feet to Magnussen's right. He sighs with a contented sound and slaps his hands down on the white leather either side of him, putting the laptop down between himself and the other man, then crosses his legs and clasps his hands in his lap. He looks across to the other side of the room.)

SHERLOCK (calmly): Oh. It was you.

(Projected onto a glass wall opposite them, footage is playing of Sherlock's rescue of John from the bonfire. The footage repeats on a continuous loop.)

MAGNUSSEN: Yes, of course.

(John glances over his shoulder and turns back, then does a double-take.)

MAGNUSSEN: Very hard to find a pressure point on you, Mr Holmes.

SHERLOCK: Mm.

(John turns and walks towards the wall.)

MAGNUSSEN: The drugs thing I never believed for a moment.

(John continues walking closer to the wall, staring at the footage with his mouth open.)

MAGNUSSEN: Anyway, you wouldn't care if it was exposed, would you?

(Sherlock tilts his head, quirks his mouth and shrugs.)

MAGNUSSEN (looking at the screen): But look how you care about John Watson.

(In slow motion on the footage, Sherlock drags John out from under the bonfire again.)

MAGNUSSEN: Your damsel in distress.

(John turns around.)

JOHN: You ... (he walks closer to Magnussen, his voice tight and furious) ... put me in a fire ... for leverage?

MAGNUSSEN: Oh, I'd never let you burn, Doctor Watson. (He sits up and puts his glass onto the clear glass table in front of him, then looks up at John again.) I had people standing by.

(Sherlock looks up thoughtfully at Magnussen as he stands.)

MAGNUSSEN: I'm not a murderer ... unlike your wife.

(John stares up at him grimly. He holds his gaze for a while, then glances across to Sherlock. Magnussen walks over towards the wall.)

MAGNUSSEN: Let me explain how leverage works, Doctor Watson.

(Reaching the wall, he puts one finger on it at the side of the projected footage. There's a beep and as Magnussen slides his finger across the glass, the footage slides with it and disappears off to the side.)