A Case of Identity - Part Two

A Case of Identity - Part Two

Released Tuesday, 28th May 2024
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A Case of Identity - Part Two

A Case of Identity - Part Two

A Case of Identity - Part Two

A Case of Identity - Part Two

Tuesday, 28th May 2024
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John I did it do do

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I just it's don't want. Previously

1:01

on Sherlock and Co. Dear Doctor Watson,

1:03

My name is Miles Sutherland on Twenty

1:05

Five Years Old and I live in

1:07

One to. Yeah.

1:11

I'm looking to get married to the

1:13

love of my life, Angel Angel. Keep

1:15

reading Angel is her user name on

1:18

dark fail to Rome of Factions. We

1:20

met two years ago at Vail Colo

1:22

where like minded players of the game

1:24

meet in person. I'm going to ask

1:26

her to marry me. The Blood have

1:29

a Chris my best friend. Found

1:31

the items okay you don't

1:33

quo auction site should I

1:35

be concerned? Has she been

1:37

hacked? Is she she says

1:39

she is? I don't mind

1:42

it. Sorry I think it's

1:44

an intriguing mister Somewhat that

1:46

is was quite well off.

1:48

He left that our state

1:50

for his kids mom still

1:52

with us. She. Lives in

1:54

Kennington with her husband. as told

1:57

me about Angel Angel Yeah. I

2:00

met her at ValeCon, which is a convention

2:02

for Duck Vale 2 on Liddenhall Street, two

2:05

years ago. Just to clarify, demonic,

2:07

but erm, sorry, miles, this is

2:09

in person? In person, yeah. And

2:11

for you, this is the real

2:14

deal? She's the real deal?

2:16

Seems like things are good. Something

2:18

that requires a detective agency. I

2:21

suppose I'm doing this for my mate, really,

2:23

as he thinks she's a... gold

2:27

digger. Actually, I got chatting

2:29

to demonic Bane last night. John.

2:32

I guess I actually think there's something in this

2:34

one. Yeah, I

2:36

think he's being taken advantage

2:39

of. John, what's up? It wouldn't take much work

2:41

to confirm the fact, because of all the words

2:43

he believes it. Well, from what I

2:45

heard last night... Oh, I knew you'd be listening.

2:47

I knew it. There was a girl. He

2:49

saw Angel in person. That person

2:51

corresponded to their in-game character. Then

2:54

the gaming stopped. And all that

2:56

continued were text messages. What

2:59

was that? Oh, it's er, it's someone in the vicinity

3:01

that can contact me when we go... Angel. It's

3:08

Angel. Angel Holmes. That's

3:10

Angel's character. Oh, I thought she'd quit.

3:13

Angel Holmes. Stay away. So

3:17

it's stay away from who? Angel

3:19

Holmes. Stay away.

3:21

So why is he a liar? Who

3:24

is this? To that

3:26

point, Dr Watson. My

3:40

dear fellows and fellowettes, fellowettes,

3:44

welcome to the case of identity

3:46

chapter two. Yep, part

3:48

two. Don't know why I said chapter. Folks,

3:51

this episode contains swearing, violence.

3:54

It contains complex and somewhat dark

3:56

themes, I'm afraid. There

4:00

is a. Go.

4:03

At I don't I say this without spoiling. Yeah

4:07

this this this references to

4:09

self harm. M E

4:11

oh A put that there for you.

4:16

Located. See. You the and.

4:38

Play it again or you didn't pick anything up

4:41

The first hundred and seventy times I played it

4:43

by analyzing. Know I can't hear it

4:45

anymore. My brain is going to

4:47

melt. What?

5:16

Do we reckon? Well. They.

5:19

Know where we live, Yep!

5:22

And. Now. I

5:24

know where they live. You

5:27

do. I do. Chop chop.

5:29

Okay, what? What was going

5:31

on? The game is afoot.

5:33

That's what's going on. oh

5:55

hey whoa what we do it

5:58

at the oval well up

6:00

to you really what do you fancy?

6:03

never really been much of a cricket guy to be honest

6:05

mate sorry v hampshire doesn't

6:08

quite do it for me fair

6:11

enough for our international, well actually

6:13

that doesn't work because this show is big in india for

6:16

our non-brits or indian

6:19

or pakistani uh... no wait, Aussies

6:21

like it as well for

6:24

our american listeners the oval is a cricket

6:27

ground stadium call

6:29

it what you want home to surrey county cricket

6:32

club it's right in south

6:34

london and is not remotely

6:36

in surrey at all that probably was once

6:38

upon a time before london swallowed it whole

6:40

and we are here because but

6:43

why are we here? listen we

6:47

want to listen to car alarms and neighbours shouting

6:49

at each other? no listen

6:54

that's what? the stadium

6:56

enhancer? yes in our

6:58

little chat with our wizard friend there

7:00

was very faintly an announcer in the

7:03

background i spent a

7:05

great deal of my youth attempting to

7:07

understand frivolity and excitement in people's voices

7:10

to try and detect all the nuances of

7:12

speaking patterns something you may find

7:14

very natural me?

7:16

not so much having created this

7:18

little running motor of vocal and gestural

7:21

analysis in the back of my mind

7:23

it's always rather handy to tune into

7:25

these things that announcement that

7:27

was just about audible from the supposed

7:29

angel couldn't have been anything that functionary

7:32

or proper those are delivered in

7:34

a level speaking manner sometimes

7:36

downward if delivering unfortunate

7:38

news delays, cancellations? exactly

7:41

these tones are used for commands

7:43

or reports so couldn't have been

7:45

a nearby train station the announcement

7:48

had a circumflex pattern a rising

7:50

and falling intonation usually

7:52

to project excitement perfect for

7:54

inspiring a crowd couldn't be

7:56

a protest because the voice clearly came from a

7:58

PA system the stadium. It couldn't

8:01

be a music event, as there was none

8:03

playing, but also no performer in their right

8:05

mind would host a show at 11am in

8:07

London on a Friday. So it

8:09

must be a sport. But

8:11

what kind of sport would hold a

8:13

match at such a particular time? Cricket.

8:15

Cricket? The sport so thoroughly

8:17

soaked in tradition and anachronisms that kicking

8:19

off on a Friday morning is

8:22

just how things are done. Brilliantly.

8:24

Thank you. Only they don't

8:26

kick off in cricket? No.

8:30

What do they do then? They toss.

8:33

They toss off. No, no, no, don't say

8:35

that. They just, the match begins with a

8:37

toss. A toss in off? No,

8:39

no, they toss a coin in the air.

8:42

I see. Why can't

8:44

I say toss off? Er, you just,

8:47

you know, this is a family show, isn't it?

8:49

Maybe just Google it. Er...

8:54

Ah. Well, that

8:56

is unfortunate. Yep. Right.

8:58

So, what are we doing here?

9:00

Well, they must live somewhere around

9:02

here. The thingy, the voice of

9:04

Angel? Yes. OK. It's

9:08

quite a densely populated area. Indeed. Which is

9:10

why we take the knowledge of the oval

9:12

and apply it to what we already know.

9:16

Ah, his mum. His mum

9:18

and his stepdad live in Kennington.

9:20

The oval is in Kennington. Either

9:24

a remarkable coincidence or,

9:27

what's most likely, we

9:29

have the identity of our voice. Why

9:31

would his mum be... No, I

9:33

don't get that. Why is she logging on

9:35

as a character in a game, someone else's

9:37

character, and calling her son a liar? Yes.

9:41

That may well be our first question at hand. Here,

9:43

take this. What is... This

9:46

is a Conservative Party leaflet. Yes.

9:49

Now, wear this. There

9:52

we go. Right. Why am I

9:54

wearing a blue rosette and holding

9:56

a Conservative Party leaflet? Because we're

9:58

out canvassing for votes. Okay,

10:00

Sherlock, are you into

10:02

politics at all? Not particularly. Yeah, thought

10:05

as much. No one is going to answer the

10:07

talk to us, mate. Why not? Because you've dressed

10:09

me up as a Tory in the heart of

10:11

South London. Oh, that's

10:13

not good. It's terrible. Any

10:16

other party at all

10:19

would have been good. My mistake. We'll just

10:21

have to be extra enthusiastic, won't we? His

10:24

mother, Zara Windybank, lives on the

10:26

street, according to her Facebook anyway.

10:29

All I could work with, I'm afraid. I mean, that's

10:32

pretty good. The Conservative thing,

10:35

mate. There's no need. Let's just knock on

10:37

doors. She liked three tweets from the

10:39

Conservatives in the last month. Oh, blimey.

10:42

She's a member of the local Conservative club.

10:45

Right, yeah. So if she

10:47

does have hostile suspicions towards our little

10:49

agency and podcast, as our interaction would

10:51

suggest... We'll get in the house, at

10:54

least, if we pretend to be Tories.

10:56

Conservatives. Yeah, same thing. I thought so.

10:59

Just wanted to check. I should

11:01

say, there's nothing wrong with being a Tory,

11:04

nor a Tory councillor. My

11:07

mum is a Tory. She's not

11:10

a member, but she votes that way. Anyway,

11:15

all I'm saying is that this is South

11:18

London, and it's fair

11:20

to say that it's not a Tory heartland.

11:23

So, yeah, feeling a little bit exposed. Here

11:26

we go. Hello

11:30

there. I'm from the Conservative... Next

11:33

door. Okey-dokey. And just a tip.

11:37

Open with, could I speak to Zara

11:39

Windybank? Yeah, sorry. It flustered. To be

11:41

honest, not exactly how I pictured my

11:43

day going. No problem. Nice and easy.

11:46

Deep breath. Okay.

11:50

Take two, eh? You're hiding the

11:53

pamphlet. Hold it higher. Yep. Just go.

11:59

Hello. The her

12:01

know next door. Beware

12:04

of the dog. Lovely. I

12:16

did solar wind up wrong to

12:18

losses or operate a knock on

12:20

the costs are great, thank you

12:22

you can very helpful for your

12:24

fucking. Split

12:27

exhaust now please yet to get

12:29

in the house First we can

12:31

to say you asked about her

12:33

son to be worried the sun's

12:35

he calls a liar you me

12:37

ah point. Of.

12:41

Hi hello there are. I'm from

12:43

the local Tory party still here

12:45

and Kennington looking to see what

12:47

we can do for residents like

12:49

yourself As case yes and we

12:51

you seem interested in you politics.

12:53

Yes, I remember the Party Animal

12:56

Interim for counseling Day. that says.

12:58

right? Great. We can discuss with you the

13:00

route to that the tenth row if you

13:02

wish. Yeah yeah we we could have that

13:05

chat right now if you free. And

13:07

yes and at she says. You

13:13

come in and as it he says. Thanks

13:16

are as very kind Love the

13:19

picture is that you in the

13:21

and Margaret Thatcher Maggie Mrs. Thatcher.

13:24

Know that's my dad. one

13:26

of oh okay well that's you. don't

13:29

see a perma that these days from

13:31

goods yet no good for him is

13:33

saying. That taking the time to

13:35

check to me about all of this

13:38

bit daunting on the west and haven't

13:40

really found the members resources to be

13:42

that helpful. Yes, of course sometimes these things

13:44

can be bit of a closed book. Yeah, absolutely

13:46

it's that isn't a. reliable

13:48

politics like anything really is

13:50

about connections i find em

13:52

both local level and and

13:55

yeah right up to the

13:57

higher office sorts of decisions

13:59

am Do you, uh, do

14:01

you have any dependents at all? You know, we're

14:03

always looking for the younger voter. Can't seem to

14:05

find many at the moment. Ha ha ha! Do

14:08

you have a daughter or a son? Yeah, I've got

14:10

a son from a previous relationship. Cool, yeah, cool,

14:12

cool. And, um, and where does he live?

14:15

Wandsworth. Wandsworth, very nice, very nice.

14:17

Yeah, they used to vote for us,

14:19

I think, those lot. Ha,

14:21

yeah, what does he do? He...

14:25

Des! Say! Will

14:27

Des be joining us? He might do,

14:29

but that's his cup of... Des! I'll

14:33

go grab him. Oh, of course, of course, yeah,

14:35

yeah. This

14:38

rosette is really digging in. It's got

14:40

like a pin. Look

14:42

at that, look at what you've done. What have I

14:45

done? That's... That's in the fabric

14:47

of the t-shirt pocket. That'll leave a tear now

14:49

if I take it out. You can repair it.

14:51

I shouldn't have to. Just don't rip it out.

14:53

Oh, great, yeah, thanks. Come on. What? Upstairs. Yeah,

14:55

she's getting him now. It's just a bloody cup

14:58

of tea. Will everyone relax? Jesus. She's piecing around.

15:01

I can hear it. No, she isn't. Is

15:03

she? She certainly is. She's

15:06

gone quiet. Why is she not talking to him? Let's

15:09

go find out. Sherlock, what... Sherlock,

15:11

get back here. Jesus.

15:17

What are you doing? Looks like Des may

15:19

have popped out. There. What's

15:23

going on? Close the door, Watson. Has he jumped

15:25

out the window? Close the bedroom

15:27

door and lock it. Watson. You're

15:30

the... You're that

15:32

podcaster. We're detectives, actually. You

15:35

may not have known that, but your husband

15:37

certainly did. Hence why he jumped out

15:39

the window the moment you let us in. Might

15:42

just close this now if you don't mind. Just

15:44

to make sure. Make sure of

15:47

what? That you don't do the same.

15:50

Maybe I'll call the police. Yes,

15:52

maybe I will as well. What

15:56

is going on with my son? We'd like

15:58

to ask you the same. Miles

16:00

Sutherland has been messaging a woman he

16:02

believes to be Angel. Now

16:06

listen. Erm...

16:10

Usually you have to say something after you tell people to listen to it.

16:12

I am. But... Let

16:15

me just... I

16:17

don't want this to come out wrong or...

16:22

He has lots of money. Miles

16:24

is very fortunate in that respect. Okay?

16:28

He has to be responsible with it. And

16:30

we weren't happy with this relationship.

16:32

So... We... We

16:35

erm... We changed

16:38

the number. Her number. In his phone.

16:41

Kept the name the same. Took the er...

16:43

The profile picture. And

16:46

just... Yeah. Changed

16:48

it. And we blocked the

16:50

original. What the

16:52

hell did you do that for? Because you can't be too

16:54

careful. Girls will be after his

16:56

money. He's 25. And

16:59

you're right. It's his money. Doesn't

17:01

mean he's not vulnerable. Who cares? He's

17:03

25. But

17:05

what does age really mean, right? If

17:08

he... Yeah, yeah. What... What does it mean? What does

17:10

it mean? Again, Sherlock. Oh yeah.

17:12

It means he's 25. He

17:14

doesn't need his mum and step-dads stealing girlfriends away

17:17

they don't approve of. You don't understand.

17:19

He's been messaging the number. You know that, right? He

17:21

did a long time ago. But that's

17:23

over now. We sent some messages

17:25

as her. Shifting the relationship down

17:28

after she stopped playing that game. It's

17:31

over. It's not Zara. It is. It's

17:34

over. It's done. It

17:36

was finished months ago. It isn't. He's

17:38

still messaging her. He thinks he's going to

17:40

marry her. He's... He's buying her

17:42

things. Sending her money. That's

17:46

impossible. Oh

17:50

God. Oh

17:52

no, I think I know why Des has done a run. Oh

17:55

no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. Where

17:57

is it? Wait

18:00

to get in touch with her again. right?

18:03

He. Found her real number. Oh. No No no

18:05

air is it? The phone

18:07

that side you change the number in

18:10

his phone to one you owned. Is.

18:12

That correct. Yes, Then.

18:15

Where Is it? Accidents.

18:21

It's yes, yes, it probably won't

18:24

be charged giving assess. It.

18:27

Is charged. And used frequently

18:29

from the looks of it. code. Code

18:32

is as for for for for. Wrong.

18:35

What's Wednesday's his birthday hit?

18:38

At the sixteenth of October. Sixteenth

18:40

had no might be.

18:43

Wedding Anniversary. No No No no,

18:45

it won't be leader. Why

18:48

has he changed his birth year? Nineteen

18:51

Seventy One. One nine,

18:53

seven months unlocked. There.

19:00

It is. Plane. Ticket

19:02

request. Plumbing

19:04

request. Good

19:07

night my beautiful Warrior. Good

19:10

Night Prince! I

19:12

love you. I

19:15

need. I can't

19:18

believe I found my ideal man! I

19:20

can't wait to see you. I

19:23

can't wait to touch analysis. And

19:27

a little voice note here. I

19:29

love you so much space I

19:32

have your case. Stay.

19:34

Strong keep picturing us together and

19:36

will come true. Ah,

19:40

She. Replies. Let's

19:43

hear it. I

19:45

love your baby me so much

19:47

to look I need to be

19:49

with you Make come true for

19:52

me. Please make it happen! it's

19:55

the same does is pop down as we could have

19:58

asked him to do the impression Does

20:00

that sound like him? I'm

20:04

gonna be sick! Everything

20:09

alright, Watson? Er,

20:11

not really. Oh. Why?

20:14

Well, I've had no sleep. I'm dressed as a

20:16

Tory councillor and I just heard a man flirting

20:19

with his own stepson, so, yeah, not, erm... Not

20:22

good, Kate, not good. Oh,

20:24

I was a little bit sick coming up there. Eeeeee

20:32

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20:34

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20:57

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21:00

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21:02

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22:00

like none of this

22:02

has happened, right? Yeah. Clean what

22:04

you can. Where is he?

22:06

Why did he leave? Yeah, yeah. Okay.

22:12

Okay. Here we

22:14

go. Hiya

22:17

love, who you're wearing? Where have you gone? I

22:20

didn't see you go out. Yeah, no, those

22:24

lads have gone, have they? They're

22:26

gone, yeah. The counsellors. I

22:30

don't think they were counsellors. In fact, I know they're

22:32

not. What are you talking

22:34

about? This is,

22:38

I think Angel has hired them. The

22:41

little one is a podcaster. What?

22:44

Little one. And they investigate

22:46

people, they're detectives. Right.

22:50

And how exactly do you

22:52

know that, Des? Because, right, sorry,

22:55

excuse me. Because I, right. When

22:58

we changed the number in Miles' phone, right,

23:00

I saw her character logging details for the

23:02

game. Because she had

23:04

him bloody playing for her, freeloading

23:06

cow. And she had

23:08

all these fancy bits and bobs. I

23:10

changed the password, right? Because I knew,

23:13

I knew for a fact that he

23:15

gave them to her. They're expensive. Sorry,

23:18

push him on how he knows about

23:20

us. That

23:22

doesn't really explain how you know who they are, Des.

23:26

I need you to be clear because I've had

23:28

them in our house. I've been talking to them. Because they're

23:30

going on the game every now and again, can I, to make

23:32

sure he's all right. And his mates,

23:35

if you can call them that,

23:37

talking about getting private investigators involved

23:39

from a podcast they listen to.

23:41

The podcasters love their detectives. So

23:44

you looked them up? Yes. Right.

23:49

Why are you pissed off with me? Protecting him? I'm not

23:52

pissed off, Des. Well, they're

23:54

the tones, to be honest. There's

23:56

no tone. I mean,

23:58

well, there is, isn't there? Maybe,

24:01

maybe, you need to have a

24:03

quick check in with yourself and realise that your

24:05

husband is going, well you know, going

24:08

out of his way to look after

24:10

your son, you know? Yeah.

24:13

Listen, I can't, I can't help you get to

24:16

the right place mentally, you've gotta do that. You've

24:19

gotta realise my intentions and not give

24:21

me, well, shitty

24:23

tone of voice. I wasn't doing a

24:26

tone of voice, did I? I'm

24:28

worried. I'm worried. Yeah,

24:32

yeah, me too. They're

24:35

definitely gone, yeah? What?

24:38

They're gone. Alright, alright, I'll

24:41

be back in two ticks, I just went round the corner,

24:43

hold on. Zara,

24:46

I need you to remain calm. How

24:49

exactly can I do that? She doesn't have to

24:51

be calm, it's nice if she is, but it really doesn't

24:53

matter. We'll apprehend him

24:55

regardless. May need

24:57

to stretch off if

25:00

we're going to be having a little sight. Yeah,

25:02

yeah, but I want her to be relaxed as

25:04

we tackle her husband to the ground and force

25:06

a confession out of him. Well, yeah.

25:10

He's coming, he's coming. Right, okay.

25:12

Let him enter, latch goes across the

25:14

door, don't let him leave. Things will

25:17

probably get physical, okay, with that? Absolutely.

25:19

Walking to Zara. Understood. Yeah,

25:22

fine. Don't like, beat him up.

25:26

Hi. Oh yeah, it's all

25:28

mad really, because I'm... What

25:30

are you doing? Get out! What

25:33

are you doing? You're not leaving. Get off

25:35

me! In my own house! Take

25:37

a seat, then. We need to seek you.

25:40

Get out and we'll have a call, yeah?

25:42

Later in the week. Get down! Now,

25:46

I'll call the police. We've already called them.

25:49

Get out, now! The

25:51

door is locked, you need to calm down.

25:57

I'm a coward, you might get out of the way! Can

25:59

I use physical? No, not

26:01

yet. Des, we know what you've done.

26:04

Yeah, we know. You've been taking

26:06

money from your steps, son. From miles.

26:08

Pretending to be Angel. We

26:12

know. It's

26:14

over. Yes.

26:16

No. Des, look. No!

26:18

Sherlock, get off me! Sherlock,

26:20

Des. Get off me! We've seen

26:22

the messages. You

26:25

put your wife and your stepson

26:27

through a terrible thing. Sherlock, haven't

26:29

you? You're

26:31

not Angel. And

26:33

you took her away from him. Oh,

26:40

but I am Angel. Night,

26:43

night, miles. Love

26:45

you. You need to

26:47

stop it. You need to stop. No, you

26:50

need to stop. Where's

26:52

he going? Des! Where's he going? Des! I'll

26:56

do it. I will. I am. Get

26:58

off me. Put the knife down. Des,

27:00

please. Des, put the knife down. Des,

27:05

this will not be as bad as you

27:07

think. Please, love. Please. Stay

27:10

away from me. Yeah, we're staying

27:13

away. Alright, we are staying away. But

27:16

I'm telling you now, Des, after everything that

27:18

has happened, you cannot do this. You

27:23

are Des. You

27:25

are Desmond Windebank. You

27:28

did a bad thing, but that does not

27:30

destroy who you are. You

27:33

can't tell anyone. You

27:36

can't. You can't. I'll

27:38

be ruined. Please,

27:41

please, do it, alright? I

27:44

know, Des. Okay? I

27:48

understand. I'll

27:51

pay the money back, right? I'll

27:54

pay the money in instalments. In instalments. We

28:00

couldn't eat out or are under the

28:02

carpet that that the how they did

28:05

this place to stick my neck. Is

28:08

it? I bet it's. Of

28:13

such stuff. I

28:16

just I just couldn't stop. They

28:19

were as this: There

28:21

were others. It was

28:24

her. Who's. Who's

28:27

her does? Who was. Who's

28:31

her? Angel.

28:35

Hi. I'm angel. I'm

28:37

from Canada. Islay Decile

28:39

says. Okay,

28:43

okay sorry. Let

28:47

me try. Angel.

28:50

Yeah. Sweep.

28:53

Put. That nice down. Here.

28:55

To see Scaring. Sorry. Ah,

28:58

My. You. Are a

29:00

into yes? Think is best. Weaken

29:03

them. We.

29:06

Can still make veil Can totally. New

29:09

isn't go get ready big. they also a thing.

29:11

We could do that. If

29:14

we could, couldn't we. Do

29:18

that. Zaragoza me A to. Sure,

29:23

It's okay. All right Czar or

29:25

okay angel this is good. This

29:27

is good how we would go

29:29

in in the right direction now

29:31

for to if he if he

29:33

can just. Put. The knife

29:35

don't I can't see can angel

29:37

you can can do that for

29:40

me. I put. Angel

29:42

say. Can't. Put

29:45

a nice girl, no. not

29:49

at all The

30:01

victory was for

30:04

angels! Where

30:07

are you, baby? Oh,

30:14

what a light! I

30:18

can see you, are we? I

30:25

can see you, are we? Hey,

30:29

just let me tell you this, you. Let

30:32

me see you and see where you are, but I know you're here.

30:36

I know that because you've promised me, and

30:39

I made a promise to myself, actually,

30:42

that I would love you out of my life, that

30:45

I would love you and care for you, for

30:47

everything I've had for the past, and

30:50

that everything I've had for the past, and that you've made

30:52

me happy, and that

30:56

you're a

30:58

great angel. Thank

31:01

you. I know

31:04

that you just made me happy, and that you're a great

31:06

angel. You're mine! Is

31:17

it, is it, is it, is it,

31:19

is it, is it, is it, is it, is it?

31:21

It's definitely on, yeah.

31:25

Okay, angel? Miles,

31:28

be a... Angel!

31:35

Miles. Miles?

31:46

Demonic Bane. Level

31:49

95 Shadow Knight. Protector

31:51

of the Veil. Master of the White Keep. Slower of

31:53

the Dead King. Well,

31:57

I, I, um... I

32:00

know you're in there. Just

32:02

bumped into blood hammer

32:04

Chris. He's a good friend, man.

32:08

He's got your back, as they say. A

32:12

lot less spiked armor in real life, that guy.

32:19

God, I can't imagine how this feels right

32:21

now, what you're going through.

32:24

But, there's

32:28

a lot of people out there that really love you, and

32:31

care for you. If

32:36

you open this door right now, you're

32:38

not just opening a door, you're

32:42

opening your heart.

32:45

Mate. Now everybody,

32:48

all of us here, we're

32:51

here to help it heal. Miles?

32:58

Open the door. There

33:01

you go. See, I knew...

33:03

I'm not, Miles. Oh. Excuse

33:07

me. I'm

33:12

in this one. Right, sorry. Did

33:16

you hear all that, though? Yeah.

33:23

Okay, well, I

33:26

wanted to tell you this so I could see

33:28

your face. I

33:31

don't know why that would help. Maybe this is easier. I

33:33

don't know. Your

33:36

mum and stepdad,

33:39

they changed the contact in your phone. They

33:43

assumed the role of Angel, as

33:45

far as you were aware, anyway. Some

33:49

stupid protective thing. That's

33:52

how it started out. Des...

33:56

Des took over. He was pretending to be

33:58

her. Oh,

34:02

sorry, it's

34:05

getting to me a little bit

34:07

now. That's only because I know how hard this must be

34:09

for you to hear.

34:15

Oh, I'm sorry, mate. I'm

34:18

really, really... I'm

34:20

really sorry, mate. Listen,

34:26

so, um... Sherlock

34:29

and I, along with your

34:32

mum, who was actually really helpful, we

34:36

confronted Des about

34:39

it, and he... Ah...

34:45

He tried to take his own life about

34:48

two hours ago. I

34:51

don't think he could quite cope with

34:54

the gravity

34:56

of what he'd done,

34:58

I think. I

35:01

think he might be a bit more troubled

35:05

than he maybe lets

35:07

on. I

35:10

don't know, I don't know him. He's

35:16

in an ICU right now. Prognosis

35:18

was moving towards stable last time I checked

35:20

in. Long

35:23

way to go, yeah, but... If

35:33

you... I don't

35:35

know, if you want to try and just sneak out

35:37

of here and get home, we can try and

35:39

arrange transport or... I

35:43

don't know, really, anything you need.

35:48

Anything, just... Yeah,

35:51

I'll wait outside the

35:53

door here. Thank

35:59

you. Fire

36:02

Lord? Yep.

36:06

Yeah, no worries. Well,

36:09

he is officially dead. Wait, wait, cool. Dead? Oh,

36:13

no, no. Fire Lord. Well, fire

36:15

Lord. John? What? Don't

36:18

come here saying he's dead. Why not?

36:20

Because it... I thought... Never

36:23

mind. Well, I am

36:26

glad Fire Lord is dead. Oh,

36:28

come off it. The sacred fighter. You

36:31

know, wielder of ancient magic. Yes.

36:34

Bye, Fire Lord. Thanks for the

36:36

memories. What are you

36:38

doing? Showing you something on my phone. Okay.

36:41

It... Oh, oh, wait. What?

36:46

Yeah, see? Now you're interested. Is

36:48

that Miles? And... and

36:50

the angel? The real angel

36:52

in Canada. That is

36:54

so great. Yep. Did

36:57

you do that? I think

36:59

the master detective may have tracked her

37:01

down and let Miles know all the

37:03

details. That's amazing. Oh, my God. Sherlock.

37:07

Yeah. What

37:09

a guy. What a guy. You're

37:12

not bad either. Thanks. I

37:15

better... Yeah, yeah, yeah. You get back to work.

37:19

Worky work. What

37:27

are you typing? I'm typing a

37:29

report. On what? On the

37:31

case. For whom? For the police.

37:35

What for? For our business, for the

37:37

records, for our services that we provide. You're bored,

37:39

aren't you? No. What? Me? No. Come

37:41

off it. Look at you. You're biting your nails.

37:43

Yeah. I always bite my nails. You

37:46

don't know what to do with yourself. No.

37:48

I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm

37:51

not. I always bite my nails. You

37:54

don't know what to do with yourself. No. The game is gone. Come

37:58

on, man. That is

38:00

not true. Ugh, you're as bad as him. As

38:02

who? Miles. Sherlock.

38:04

When he doesn't have a case, this is what he does. Oh

38:07

come off it, I'm not as bad as Sherlock. What

38:10

are you typing? I rep- Why?

38:12

Oh god. Well,

38:16

you can't see this, but I am

38:18

currently taking a bow for my role

38:21

in a case of identity. I

38:24

knew there was something there and got stuck in to

38:26

figure out. There's obviously some tricky

38:29

themes and things we uncovered there, but... You

38:33

did it. We did it. We

38:35

got through it together. I'm proud of you. We

38:38

all now understand more about

38:40

the human condition in all

38:42

its ugliness. And

38:44

also its beautyfulness. Yeah.

38:49

Have a great week. Enjoy

38:51

life. Hug those you love.

38:53

Love those you hug. Yeah, I

38:57

should really write these outros. But

38:59

you know what, then they'd lose their charm. Wouldn't

39:02

they? Yeah. Bye.

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