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22 - The Solitary Cyclist - Part Two

Released Tuesday, 27th February 2024
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22 - The Solitary Cyclist - Part Two

22 - The Solitary Cyclist - Part Two

22 - The Solitary Cyclist - Part Two

22 - The Solitary Cyclist - Part Two

Tuesday, 27th February 2024
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Roses are red, my name is Violet.

2:02

I've loved the show since the pilot.

2:05

Now I must ask for one

2:07

little thing to rid me of

2:09

these men that cling. They demand

2:11

my attention, my love for the

2:14

Tris. The

2:16

one I fear most, the

2:19

solitary cyclist. Exactly. She's

2:21

my fiancee, Violet. Ah,

2:24

right. When's the big day?

2:26

Tomorrow. Oh, wow. Nervous

2:29

times. I don't like

2:31

him. Oh, Zach. Correct. You

2:34

don't know him. Yes, but

2:36

he knows us. You sent

2:38

my colleague a Valentine's card pretending to

2:40

be your sister. You asked for help,

2:43

and now you're getting it. I didn't. I

2:45

didn't do anything. Bang! They found

2:48

my TikTok, which is just me,

2:50

not like my online persona. And

2:53

from that, they found where I live. And

2:57

I guess right now, at this moment in time,

2:59

they're spying on me. They've

3:01

seen videos they've posted of me through

3:03

this window. Found the shops in the

3:06

village. Yeah. Never

3:09

caught any of them. Never seen

3:11

any of them. Apart

3:13

from one. The solitary cyclist.

3:15

What? Who is he?

3:18

I don't know. I'm going to kill them.

3:20

Listen to me. I am going

3:22

to commit a murder. Dad's gone. Put it in the heart.

3:24

I don't care which one. I

3:26

don't care if it's some 15-year-old kid who thinks it's

3:28

all a laugh. Dead. Unless you and him can

3:30

stop him. Bit of jeopardy for

3:32

you, yeah? Keep you invested. Yeah.

3:37

Yeah. Hello,

3:48

wakey-wakey. Cup of

3:50

tea for Mr Holmes. For

3:52

Mahomi Holmes. Hello,

3:56

hello, hello. Okay. Opening the

3:58

Door. Please tell

4:00

me something weird. Ah, fleeting right?

4:03

Get them exists Because I think

4:05

someone broke into our flat last

4:08

night and played the violin until

4:10

four am. What you doing details

4:12

wants to keep this room so

4:15

nice? You ransacked the lounge on

4:17

a daily basis. Watson? I am

4:20

sleeping Yeah, no, got you covered.

4:22

Stuff comes along okay. Suspected my

4:24

grandmother had. So.

4:28

Much time we heading out to sorry. So

4:31

to speak day the wedding Cool. What drama?

4:34

Hey, that's how exciting. Let's go solvent finity

4:36

first of course if you want me to

4:38

put it in a thermal strength on the

4:40

way, glug glug jobs a good it's all.

4:42

Maybe I'll look into it a little later.

4:45

He. Doesn't aroused my interests all

4:48

that much. What salon online?

4:50

Weirdos? drugging ago, trying to

4:52

abductor? Come on, Pain

4:54

and would conceive. on the train he's

4:57

not going to kill someone. He said

4:59

he was gonna do it if we

5:01

fail. Someone dies. On. My

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5:06

idea how many one star reviews

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Shut. Up. The.

5:13

I'm an amateur. their thermal strength and forty minutes.

5:46

Okay, what's going

5:48

on a bicycle he venmo still

5:51

mcgrew baby because watson zone of

5:53

only growing know steady know that

5:55

snoring hoping my clothes riding a

5:58

bike a scintilla think The Walk-in

6:00

parking hell, jeez. Parking

6:03

hell, right, that's a new one. Erm,

6:05

let me just tap this microphone in my... That

6:08

doesn't fit in the pocket, of course it doesn't. Er,

6:10

sorry everybody, you are heading to the croc. There

6:13

we go. Er,

6:17

okay, well. New TK

6:19

Max belt is holding you nicely. Here

6:21

I am! Here I am. Erm... Yeah,

6:25

this is a bit mad, but I've got

6:28

one of those rental bikes from London. Er,

6:30

named after a bank, or an infamous Eaton

6:32

boy. Take your pick. Er,

6:35

anyway, I got on the train with it. Er, had

6:37

a few dodgy looks, but get this. I thought it

6:39

would shut off. Or, or

6:42

something. You know, being so far from London,

6:44

er, out here in Surrey, but no! No,

6:46

she's still going. Hey,

6:48

not bad for £2 an hour. Ahhh!

6:53

That is gorgeous. Absolutely

6:56

gorgeous round here. Yeah,

6:58

the fresh dawn sunshine easing through

7:00

the delicate morning glaze, as

7:03

I cycle in the golden glow of the

7:05

Surrey hill, looking for

7:07

storkers and perverts. Heh. Lovely. Er,

7:11

Sherlock has charged me with a bit

7:13

of field research. Literally,

7:15

er, I'm going to go sit in a field and

7:18

research. Well, I'm opting for a bush, but

7:21

will accept any concealing foliage. You know,

7:23

tree, shrub, hedge. Heh. I'm

7:26

going to stake out this road that goes along the heath.

7:30

Er, as Violet says, nothing really around.

7:33

Er, some hay bales in the fields, a

7:35

tractor, a, erm...

7:38

I don't know what that is. Er,

7:41

a plough. Or something like

7:43

a plough. Whatever. Er, right! I'd

7:45

better find a place to hide

7:47

before Violet, and ideally the

7:49

cyclist with a death wish, come along. Not,

7:52

not, not Jeremy Vine. Heh.

7:55

The solitary cyclist. The stalker, who,

7:57

if he carries on, is going to get

7:59

killed. my Violet's brother Bobby.

8:02

Yeah, oh okay I'm gonna go

8:04

for this bush here on the

8:06

roadside. Let me just... Ow,

8:14

ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ramble. Okay,

8:18

god bloody hell. Right, I'm

8:20

in. My

8:24

rental bike is hidden in the field behind

8:26

me and yours truly

8:28

like the well-trained soldier he is is

8:30

concealed in the hedgerow awaiting

8:33

cyclists. This

8:36

is of course a huge waste of time potentially

8:38

because it is her wedding day but that's why

8:40

I've come early you know to catch a

8:43

possible pre-wedding workout to blow off steam.

8:46

I know I would. God. One

8:55

minute you're winning podcast awards for drama. Next

8:57

minute you sat in a bush by the

8:59

side of the road. Nice life I suppose.

9:14

It is about 10.30 in the morning. Not

9:17

much to report. Feel

9:20

a bit like a bird watcher. Not

9:22

a tit in sight. Apart from me of course. Sat

9:24

in a bush. Now

9:26

I... Oh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. Why am I shushing

9:29

you? Hold on, hold on. We've

9:31

got biking action. It's

9:35

a guy. It's not

9:37

violent and I have literally no idea where

9:39

he came from. Okay,

9:43

this is insane. He's

9:45

hiding in the bush too. What

9:48

the hell? He's on the other side of the road and he's

9:50

literally hiding in the bush. I don't know what to

9:52

do. I don't know if he knows I'm here or... Okay,

9:55

okay, wait, wait, wait. Here comes Violet. Okay,

10:00

she's gone past, and now I expect...

10:04

I'd be blackbeard is gonna... Yeah,

10:06

he's coming out of his bush. He's hedgerow.

10:08

Yeah, he's getting on his bike. I

10:11

can't see his face, I can't... Just

10:13

the beard. Erm...

10:17

Damn it, he's gone past me, he's stopped. Ah,

10:20

ah, it's because she's stopped. Jesus, this

10:22

guy is... A

10:25

psycho... Oh, god, Violet is cycling towards him.

10:29

What do you want? What

10:31

do you want? What are

10:33

you doing, Violet? Hey, you!

10:35

The old guy is cycling away from there. I'm talking

10:37

to you! He's gone through the hedge. Stay away from

10:39

me! You're a freak! Yeah,

10:41

he's gone. He's gone. Rubbish.

10:47

That's absolutely rubbish.

10:49

Sorry? What? Your

10:52

hiding place is extremely faulty. Oh,

10:54

I don't think so, mate. I saw the whole

10:56

thing. You saw everything we already know, because you

10:58

positioned yourself on the opposite side to the cyclist.

11:01

If you had been on the other side of the road,

11:03

you would have seen his route through the hedgerow and where

11:05

he's hiding. You would have had a better look at the

11:07

man. Big black beard. And he

11:09

was bending over the handlebars to hide his

11:11

face. It doesn't help. Well, yes it does.

11:13

It doesn't. We know he's hiding his face

11:15

from her because he's keeping his distance. So

11:17

we know that they are acquainted outside of

11:20

the online activities. You think it's someone

11:22

she knows? I know it's someone she knows. Concealment, Watson.

11:24

Why else do it? Goodness

11:27

sake. You're acting like I

11:29

achieved nothing. Think, mate. I

11:32

saw his escape route through the hedgerow. She lost

11:34

sight of him. I couldn't find him afterwards either.

11:37

In the wide open fields, he found an escape.

11:39

He knows the area. What have we gained by

11:41

your expedition? The knowledge that

11:43

the girl's story is true? I never doubted it.

11:45

That there is a connection between the cyclist and the

11:48

surroundings. I never doubted that either.

11:51

That he had a big black beard? It's

11:53

not helpful. What

11:57

are you doing? Not talking to you.

12:00

Why? Cos. Cos?

12:02

Yeah, cos. What

12:05

is this? What are you

12:07

doing? This, great detective, is called

12:09

the cold shoulder. Watson. Nope.

12:12

Would you like a high five? I would not

12:14

like a bloody high five. But,

12:17

I'm just pointing out that... You're pointing out that

12:19

you're a genius and I'm an idiot. That is

12:21

not accurate. No, no, no, no, no, mate, you

12:23

think that you are some mastermind and you've been

12:26

lumbered with some ex-army brawny lad... Brawny? Nobody

12:28

thinks you're brawny. Lad that isn't smart enough

12:30

to work on these cases. Well, let me

12:32

tell you. I... Oh bollocks, I've left a

12:34

bike in Charlington. Oh god, they're £2 an

12:37

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right. So the victim, Violet Carruthers,

13:59

is going to... to marry Zach Woodley. Now

14:02

they usually live together. She however moved back in

14:04

with her dad and brother after her drink was

14:06

spiked at the local pub and threats

14:08

to her life became more severe. Why

14:11

are there threats to her life? I

14:13

hear you ask Archie. Well because she

14:15

is closing down her OnlyFans account where

14:17

she strips and stuff

14:19

to Pevert as they say in

14:21

wanky Silicon Valley start-ups towards her

14:24

passion of mountain biking and

14:26

of course the hope of having children as her and

14:28

Zach have been trying for quite some time. Now

14:31

the solitary cyclist, Jesus Christ,

14:33

sorry remind me again how

14:35

this is necessary. He said

14:37

something about Netflix or I don't

14:40

know. John can we- I'm not

14:43

doing it because Netflix do it. I'm

14:45

doing it because it, you know this

14:47

is what people do. They tie red

14:49

string to various things on a cork,

14:51

ow gee bollocks, bollocks,

14:54

bollocks, bollocks. You stab yourself with a pen.

14:56

For sake. Have we finished playing this

14:58

game now? Game for goodness sake. Have

15:00

you read the messages she gets? It's

15:02

not a game. Why are you taking

15:04

this whole thing so seriously? Why are

15:06

you taking it so un-seriously? Because my

15:08

helping of violet is merely a plaster

15:10

over a deeply infected wound. Here.

15:13

What's that? It's a plaster for your

15:15

finger. Ah great thanks Thomas the Tank

15:18

Engine. If you're going

15:20

to continue your red string and photograph decoration you

15:22

can have the whole pack here. Ah thanks.

15:25

What do you mean? She needs our help. She

15:28

does need our help yes. Whether

15:30

she'll take it fully, that's another

15:32

question. Is that why you seem so

15:35

uninterested? The case has a few

15:37

notable curiosities that keep me interested

15:39

but it is not the investigation

15:41

that frustrates me but the outcome.

15:44

Can't you see it? Oh Marianna could

15:46

you grab my crystal balls just next to

15:48

the laptop? We don't know the outcome. I

15:50

do. We help Violet

15:52

but she continues to be dictated to

15:55

by men which begs the question

15:57

why help at all if she's

15:59

trying to get her going to repeat the behavior,

16:01

continue with the problematic lifestyle, then why

16:03

bother? What, the cam girl stuff? Is

16:06

that problematic? Not really. But

16:09

being with Zach is. We haven't

16:11

even properly spoken to Zach, we don't know

16:13

him. As I said before, he knows

16:16

us. I don't

16:18

think he does, mate. He had a ring

16:20

doorbell. He saw us, opened the door and

16:22

gave us directions to Violet. Why

16:24

would he do that if she was being

16:26

hounded by her fans? Why give away her

16:28

location to two men he doesn't know? Because

16:32

he does know us. You

16:35

introduced us as Dr Watson and Mr

16:37

Holmes. When we left, he

16:39

said it was nice to meet

16:41

you, Sherlock. He

16:43

knows who we are. Right.

16:47

Right. But if you think withholding that is

16:49

the worst of him, then you're definitely not

16:51

paying attention. What do you

16:54

think is going on, Sherlock?

16:56

What's going on with the doxxing and

16:58

the fallout of it? I can't quite

17:00

tell yet. But the relationship

17:02

with Zach Woodley is becoming more and

17:04

more apparent. Violet doesn't

17:06

just pay for their wedding, her engagement

17:08

ring and their honeymoon. She also pays

17:10

for Zach's lifestyle entirely. While

17:13

she spoke to us, her phone notified her

17:15

of a payment made from a bank card.

17:17

It was a retail purchase. I couldn't make

17:19

out what for, but it would mean she

17:21

shares her account with him. He

17:23

ran her fan club for some time. He

17:25

worked on her father's farm for some time.

17:28

But now what? She's given up this

17:30

venture. Has he gone out and got a job?

17:35

We haven't properly spoken to him, Sherlock.

17:37

Again, I feel I

17:39

don't need to. Like her

17:42

dad said, Zach waits on her hand and

17:44

foot. He's a good guide. He doesn't have

17:46

a job, so he makes

17:48

her life as straightforward as possible.

17:50

It's not unusual to

17:52

have a relationship where one person earned

17:55

more than the other. So she earns

17:57

more than him. Big deal. Is

18:00

it because she's a woman? Correction, Mrs.

18:02

Hudson. She earned more

18:04

than him. The business

18:06

venture is no more. For

18:08

now. Shh! What

18:15

is his problem? I think he's

18:17

suggesting that she needs a therapist. Not

18:20

a detective. But, I mean... What,

18:23

so we just do some half-assed investigation

18:25

because she makes poor life decisions? What

18:31

are you writing? Just noting down what

18:33

you said. Oh, for your Netflix word.

18:35

It's a crime investigation board. Because we

18:37

are a serious detective agency, okay? Oh,

18:39

Archie, stop humping her boots, for God's

18:41

sake! Okay, will you chill,

18:44

John? Sorry, sorry. Aw,

18:47

he brought your pen back. Thanks,

18:50

mate. Sorry for shouting, Archie.

18:53

You know, it's just a cheap biro, but thanks.

18:59

John, don't worry. It'll come. It

19:01

always does. Yeah, but what if it doesn't?

19:04

It will. Sure. John.

19:10

What time is the wedding? Er,

19:12

what time is it now? Two. Yeah, it'll

19:14

be around now. Ceremony, anyway. So...

19:16

yeah, she's married him. Yeah.

19:22

Do you think he's right? Sherlock? No,

19:26

he usually is. Not always about

19:28

relationships and dynamics

19:30

between people, though. He

19:33

can have a bit of a blind spot there. But if

19:35

he can see what he says he sees... She

19:39

could be really stuck. Yeah. I

19:43

suppose. What do you

19:45

see? Erm... She's

19:49

unsure. About

19:51

everything. Well,

19:53

apart from mountain biking,

19:56

apparently, and being a mother. And

19:59

sack Woodley. I guess

20:01

she is. She's marrying him. Has

20:04

just a second married him, I

20:06

should say. He sounds nice. Especially

20:09

if he waits on her hand

20:12

and feet. Is

20:14

that the expression? Yeah, yeah.

20:16

Hand and foot. Just

20:19

means, yeah, making her

20:21

food, doing laundry, bringing her snacks

20:23

and drinks or whatever. What?

20:28

The toxicology report. It's, um... It's

20:30

on your phone? No, I... I pranked

20:33

it out for the thing.

20:35

The Netflix true ground board? It's not

20:37

a Netflix thing. It's right here, toxicology.

20:39

I have a previous blood test. What

20:41

do you mean, previous? As

20:44

in, before the

20:46

rihypnol night, they'll submit

20:49

multiple copies to compare the chart to show

20:51

her normal levels uh,

20:53

here from four months ago. Oh

20:57

sure. What is it, John? They've been

20:59

trying for a baby. For a

21:01

year, right? That's what she said, what

21:03

I noted down for. She said for a year. Yeah?

21:05

And? Look. I

21:09

don't... I don't really know what any of it... um...

21:13

would progesterone. No.

21:18

The asterisk means it's high. Above

21:20

natural levels. The pill. Why...

21:23

why would she be on the pill if they're trying

21:26

for a baby? She's trying. He's not. John,

21:30

there's no way. No way what?

21:33

He's slipping her the pill every day. I mean, he... it...

21:37

it's not like that... it's

21:40

not that straightforward. Why not? He...

21:43

he'd have to know her menstrual cycle. He'd have to...

21:46

Why wouldn't he? He's engaged to her, he

21:48

lives with her, he manages her... Oh

21:51

God. You're slipping her the bloody pill,

21:53

for God's sake. Okay, okay, okay. Um...

21:56

She gets her blood taken, eh,

21:58

four months ago. So, so what

22:01

are these tests? This middle one is from

22:03

three weeks ago. Yeah, that test there,

22:06

the C with the Rohypnol and those

22:08

others. That was in

22:10

A&E with the date rape.

22:12

There's a third test. Yeah, that's monitoring. That

22:14

was taken like this week. And the

22:16

birth control is gone. She's

22:19

living with her dad and brother. Zach can't get

22:21

to her. Can't give her the pill every day. I

22:24

knew it. I knew the Net... the crime

22:26

investigation board would work. Where's my red string?

22:28

Oh my God. All this time

22:30

she thought she was trying for a baby with this

22:32

guy? What a twat! Sorry,

22:35

but yeah, it's true.

22:37

I hate to say it, but

22:40

secretly feeding your partner birth control would

22:43

mean it's a pretty toxic relationship.

22:46

Which means Sherlock

22:49

is right. Yep. Sherlock

22:51

is right. Okay.

22:56

What are you doing? Oh, waiting reception

22:58

to attend. Okay, but what about this one I'm doing

23:00

next? Oh, yes, I've got a

23:02

hand. Erm... Shh, shh, I can figure it out.

23:05

Oh. Oh. Erm...

23:07

Your bike rental has expired. Please return

23:10

the bike to a pickup point. Oh,

23:12

God's sake. Are

23:16

you still stalking? No. You're

23:19

being quiet. You'd

23:22

usually be talking incessantly to quiet

23:24

carriage. You

23:26

make a podcast documenting our crimes and

23:28

you've chosen a carriage where you can't

23:30

talk. Yes, I know. I'm sorry the

23:32

train is busier than I expected. Oh,

23:34

shh. I

23:37

hope you don't expect me to dance at this

23:39

wedding. Firstly, why would I do that? Secondly, please

23:42

shut up. Can't answer the question

23:44

if I shut up. Fine. Don't. Don't

23:46

answer the question or do shut up.

23:49

Quiet carriage, you know. Yep, yes, I know. Apologies.

23:55

Oh, God. Who's that calling me? You can't answer your

23:57

phone in the quiet carriage. It might be important

23:59

to my... mobile number. It's against the rules

24:01

to answer your phone in the quiet carriage.

24:03

I'm just gonna see who it is. Hello?

24:07

Doc Watson. Speaking? Zach

24:09

Woodley, you all right? Ah, okay. God,

24:12

hi. Shouldn't you be busy at your

24:14

wedding? Can't use your phone here.

24:16

All right, all right. For God's sake, I'll go in

24:18

the toilet. Sorry, Zach, two

24:20

seconds. No worries, mate. Oh,

24:24

God. Oh,

24:27

no, it won't flush. Oh, sake.

24:32

Hey, Zach. Hey, meant

24:34

to call a sooner, but three years have been... Ah!

24:37

You know? Right, yeah. No,

24:39

um... Yeah, I think

24:41

if we could just get, uh... Everything,

24:44

you know, just, um... Just

24:47

tell me your recollections, your understandings of what's

24:49

going on in... Yeah, one

24:51

big info dump. Big fan

24:53

of the show, by the way. Second

24:56

favourite part after Rogan. Ah,

24:58

thanks. Happy to be

25:00

number two. It's gonna be

25:02

weird hearing myself, won't it? Jesus Christ. All

25:04

right, let's dance, all right? But,

25:07

no, yeah, um... Actually, I won't

25:09

hear myself, because we're gonna say

25:12

thanks, but no thanks, sort

25:14

of thing. Didn't mention when I met

25:16

you yesterday that all that stuff, the

25:18

pit stop bank over the cyclist and

25:21

that, it's sorted, so, you know, cyclist

25:24

was the problem, weird, weird behaviour.

25:26

Something didn't smell right, you know what I

25:29

mean? Yeah, I know what you mean. Just

25:31

lingering about. We've been trying to confront him,

25:33

but he keeps coming back like a turd

25:35

that won't flush. Yeah. Yeah.

25:39

I wasn't sure if she was ready, to be honest,

25:41

to suck it all off. She makes a

25:43

ton. A lot comes with it, it's all,

25:45

like a lot of jobs. Just lots and

25:48

lots of shit. Yeah, yeah,

25:50

lots and lots... HE COUGHING Mmm.

25:53

I'm not doing this on purpose, I promise. Do

25:56

you want me? No, nothing,

25:58

just... Aaaah! talking to

26:01

the listeners! Classic

26:03

mate, classic! Alright listeners!

26:06

She's buying the ring isn't she? The

26:08

engagement ring? Yeah!

26:10

Makes the most sense really! She's

26:13

the breadwinner mate! Was? Sorry

26:15

what was that? Was the breadwinner, she

26:17

quit right? Nah, we just had

26:19

a chat this morning. It's sorted

26:21

mate, kosher, tickety fucking boo! Sorry,

26:24

what is sorted? She's

26:26

seen the error of her ways! She's seen

26:28

the error of her ways! I'm pretty

26:30

sure this outburst from her fans! Because there's fans

26:32

at the end of the day! You've got fans,

26:34

you know it is! Yeah,

26:37

but um, you know, they

26:39

don't stalk people, slip things in people's drinks or threaten to

26:41

rape them, Zach. Yeah, yeah! But

26:44

what I'm saying is, this has put her back

26:46

on track! No more

26:48

babies! For

26:50

a bit anyway! Back to being in

26:52

front of the camera! No one is going to spend 50

26:54

quid! No one is

26:57

going to spend 50 quid a month watching some pregnant

26:59

girl are they? Oh, I've got to

27:01

go! Box is getting the shots in! But

27:04

yeah, thanks wee services! But we're

27:06

sorted now! Jobs are

27:09

good then! Oh! Look,

27:12

we've got to go! Goodness

27:14

me Watson! It's toxic

27:16

mate! Toxic! Yes,

27:19

I notice! I told you

27:21

it was a toxic relationship!

27:26

I told you! He's being slipping out

27:28

of pill, right? He's monitoring her

27:30

menstrual cycle! You do realise

27:32

you have told me this? Of course he'd never buy

27:34

a ring! He doesn't want to wear

27:36

it now on camera! Anyway, she's supposed to be some young,

27:40

hot, horny single girl, whatever

27:42

as far as the paying customers are concerned! Good

27:44

boy! Very

27:46

good! Haha, it

27:48

gets better! I knew it!

27:50

The blood test from the night she went to hospital!

27:52

Rahipnol! Yes, date

27:55

rate! Yes, of course! It looks that way!

27:58

But we failed to notice what else registered in the blood! and

28:00

when her stomach was pumped. You may

28:02

have failed to notice, but I didn't.

28:04

But we did, Sherlock, we did. Meffa-Preston.

28:07

We made a mistake and so did

28:10

Zach. Meffa-Preston? He missed a few days.

28:12

She got pregnant, so he spiked her drink.

28:15

The Rahitnol was a cover. And amidst all

28:17

the chaos of the online weirdos hunting her

28:19

down, it was a pretty good cover. He

28:22

was hiding the Meffa-Preston, which

28:24

terminated her pregnancy. High

28:27

bloody five, Watson. Tremendous

28:30

work, your finest yet. We

28:33

must get to Violet and inform her. First

28:35

things first, the Flats, where they live together.

28:37

We've gotta go there, Sherlock. To confront Zach

28:40

Woodley. He's at the wedding. I

28:42

see. Oh,

28:46

God. That's fine. Welcome

28:50

to the Breaking and Entering podcast

28:52

with your host, Jon Watson. We

28:55

are in the flat of Zach

28:57

Woodley and Violet Carruthers. Well, now

29:00

Mrs. Violet Woodley. Mrs. Violet Dickhead, if

29:02

you ask me. Yeah, not

29:05

that she's, I mean, she's not the, he's

29:07

the, you know what I mean. We

29:10

here looking for any

29:12

indication of further wrongdoing.

29:15

Something, well, a

29:17

lot doesn't add up with this guy. What

29:20

are you doing? His laptop, look.

29:24

Ah, yeah, Liverpool fan. Certainly not helping

29:26

himself, is he? Not the desktop background.

29:28

Look at the icons. Lots

29:31

of different instances of web

29:33

browsers. Multiple

29:35

logins? Multiple logins. Why?

29:39

Perhaps Zach Woodley is more

29:41

than just Zach Woodley. In

29:45

what way? Care

29:49

to explain? Shh. Anything

29:52

I can help with? Please, do

29:54

your shout outs or something. No,

29:57

I'm not gonna do shout outs to our fans. actively

30:00

breaking into someone's home. What is going

30:02

on? Bugger. I was wrong

30:04

again. Violet Carruthers was

30:07

not doxed. What do you mean?

30:09

Zach Woodley just made her think she

30:12

was. He created a

30:14

chat group and multiple accounts lambasting

30:16

her, abusing her, threatening her. He

30:19

took the photos of their flat, of her out

30:21

of her house, of her going to the shops.

30:23

It wasn't stalkers. It

30:25

was all him. Hiding

30:28

behind an army of fake accounts,

30:30

he ran her fan club. He

30:32

manipulated the information coming her way,

30:34

which was all bile, vitriol, hate,

30:37

fury. Zach Woodley created

30:39

a world outside of her business, so

30:41

hostile she'd had no choice but to

30:43

return to it. No choice

30:45

but to keep earning the money. Hold.

30:49

That is absolutely bloody mental.

30:53

What is it? The mouse was on

30:56

the left-hand side of the laptop. The

30:59

pictures on the walls. Look.

31:02

His watch is

31:04

on his right

31:07

wrist. He wrote the

31:09

card. What? Why? Sherlock,

31:12

what do you mean? Why would he ask for

31:14

our services? He's the perp. Always

31:17

wanted to say perp. He's not the cyclist.

31:20

The cyclist is not threatening her.

31:24

He's protecting her. Who's

31:27

the cyclist then? Bobby?

31:32

Look, in the nicest possible way, I don't think

31:35

you're invited to the reception lads, and I've got to head

31:37

back in. We just want to talk to

31:39

you. I haven't got time. They're doing speeches, like, right

31:41

now. I can assist you with those cufflinks. And

31:44

that bow tie too. Can't

31:46

do a best man's speech looking like

31:48

that, can we, Bobby? Yeah,

31:51

sure. I'm

31:55

telling you, I didn't send that card. Alright, I

31:57

didn't. We know. Cufflinks sorted.

32:00

Sorted? Bow tie? Sorted?

32:03

Nothing I can do about those marks under

32:05

your ears and around your jaw though. That's

32:09

what you get for wearing a costume shop

32:11

beard on the morning of the wedding. Hey

32:13

Bobby Carruthers. The

32:15

solitary cyclist. Shit.

32:22

Don't tell her please. Dad and

32:24

I, we

32:26

sort of, we take

32:28

it in turns to make sure she's safe. Whenever

32:31

she leaves the house we follow her. Make

32:34

sure there's none of them weirdos about. If

32:37

she goes mountain biking, which is nearly every day

32:39

at the moment, I park

32:42

the tractor nearby and, yeah.

32:46

I follow her. On the bike.

32:49

How do you feel about this?

32:52

What? The wedding? Come

32:55

on, I'm not that guy. If she's happy,

32:57

she's happy. What do you think of him? Zach.

33:00

He's my pal. He's

33:02

one of my best mates. I know the

33:04

worst of him. Yeah, sure. Bit of a sprout, you

33:06

know. But he's lovely

33:08

to her and good for her. Mates

33:11

on a hand and foot. Once for nothing, that

33:13

girl. Can you say scrounger?

33:17

Look, I'm not an overbearing brother about this sort

33:19

of bollocks. I'm just protecting her from the

33:21

psychos. Not some

33:24

lazy boyfriend. Fiance, sorry. Husband.

33:26

Right. Husband, yeah. I

33:29

don't care if he's lazy or likes a drink. Half

33:32

the time I'm in the pub with him anyway. Who

33:34

she dates, don't care. Do not

33:36

care. That's not me. What

33:41

she went through. They're

33:43

saying they'll do to her. There is

33:45

no them, Bobby. What

33:48

are you on about? I've seen

33:50

it, mate. I've seen the

33:52

chats in the comments. They're accounts that

33:54

Zach Woodley has created. You're

33:58

wrong. My

34:01

dad and I have got a speech to make,

34:03

so... yeah. I

34:05

have been wrong for this investigation and

34:08

for that I apologise, but I have

34:10

not wrong about this. Bobby, I

34:13

mean, it's important that

34:15

you keep calm and

34:17

trust that we, the

34:20

authorities, will handle this. But Zach

34:22

Woodley has created this whole

34:24

thing. He wants to

34:26

keep the money coming in. He doesn't want her to

34:28

be pregnant and he certainly doesn't want

34:30

her to shut it down. He's been drugging her

34:32

with birth control. When he missed a

34:34

couple of days, he spiked her drink with a drug that...

34:38

terminated her pregnancy. Bob,

34:40

Bobby, Bobby, wait! Bobby! Bobby! The gun! He's

34:43

treating the gun! Bobby, just wait! Wait! For

34:45

God's sake, why has he got a gun

34:47

in his car? Because he's a father. Farmers

34:50

have got it so much blood! Jack!

34:54

Bobby, please! Stop! I

35:00

just see each day where I look

35:02

at you see old friends, new friends.

35:05

Family at everyone. It's

35:08

amazing for us. Amazing

35:10

that you've come all this way

35:12

to the beautiful Charlington House. Not

35:15

as beautiful as my bride, of course. Who?

35:20

One day, I promise we'll

35:23

have a diamond drink. Just as

35:25

bloody beautiful. I promise. Ah,

35:28

there we go. The

35:30

best man has finally graced us with his

35:32

present. Bobby! Bobby,

35:34

just stop! Better late than never.

35:38

Who knows? I might regret saying that. Haven't

35:40

heard his speech yet. You bastard! He's

35:45

not pulling his punches. You

35:47

fucking bastard! What? She

35:51

was pregnant with your kid! Jesus.

35:53

Not denying it then. You

35:56

are sick, mate. Sick. Bobby, what

35:59

are you doing? I wanna do the videos no

36:01

more mate, and you're pushing her back

36:03

into it. Making up stalkers

36:05

and predators. He made it all up,

36:07

Violet. He made it all up, what?

36:10

Oh Bobby, how many have you had mate? This

36:13

is pathetic. Your pathetic won't

36:16

even fire a bloody ring for God's sake. What

36:18

is it then, eh, Bobs? Am I not rich

36:21

enough, or am I some date raper?

36:23

Which one? Getting

36:25

mixed signals here, lad. Your blood results,

36:27

Violet. He had you on

36:30

birth control. Slipping into

36:32

your food. Shut up. Yes. No.

36:34

Shut up, mate. He's controlling you and you don't even

36:36

realise it. Enough! Shut up! Shut

36:39

up! Right,

36:44

enough out of you. Round

36:47

of applause for the best man. Sorry,

36:50

the worst man. The

36:52

worst fucking man on the planet. Violet, get

36:55

away from him. Oh shut up. Get away

36:57

from him now. Violet, come over

36:59

here. What do you mean, come over here? What

37:02

gives you the right to- She's my

37:04

sister. She's my wife. No. She's

37:07

your widow. Bobby. Oh,

37:12

stop me. Let go, let go.

37:14

No, Bobby. Watson, can

37:16

you back now? Excuse

37:19

me, out of the way. I'm a bloody

37:21

doctor. Move. It's

37:24

a big drunk idiot. Oh, there's blood everywhere.

37:28

Jesus Christ. What? Out

37:30

of the way. Violet, out. Let go of him,

37:32

please. Let me see him. Zach,

37:36

Zach, I'm just gonna hold your head up

37:38

and- Why are you breathing like that? His

37:40

lung has collapsed. His lung-

37:42

Viral, viral. Got it. Oh,

37:45

thank you, Archie, you fat bastard. Sorry,

37:48

Zach. Oh my God. What

37:50

are you doing? Letting air out of

37:52

his chest cavity. He's

37:55

twitching. Zach, baby, what have

37:57

you done to him? What

37:59

are you- Shut up, shut up, please, come

38:01

on, Zach, come on. Okay,

38:04

okay, feeling more even now. Feeling

38:06

more, that's it. There we go,

38:09

right. Okay, now for some

38:11

more weird shifts. What the hell

38:13

are you doing? What the hell? This

38:15

is my lucky condom. Finally gonna use

38:17

it. I hope for Zach's sake

38:19

it's very, very, very lucky. Where

38:22

was I? I'm just gonna feel his wound

38:24

with it. Sherlock, the plasters, the Thomas the

38:26

Tank Engine. Oh wait, no, I've got them.

38:31

Why are you always up for that?

38:33

I'm running, I'm running. I'm running, I'm

38:35

running. Motherfucker, come on.

38:38

Motherfucker. Motherfucker. So

38:42

the condom and the Thomas the

38:45

Tank Engine plasters. They're mine. The

38:48

plasters, not the condom. Right, and

38:50

you sealed the wound with it. I'm a

38:52

doctor. The bullet caused

38:54

a sucking wound. It was pulling air into

38:57

the chest cavity. That pressure collapsed his lung. I

39:00

got air back into his lung. With the biro?

39:02

Yes, the biro, just between the ribs and the

39:04

condom. Sorry,

39:06

sealed the wound from pulling air into

39:08

his chest. Correct. Yeah.

39:11

Right, well, we'll obviously

39:14

be in touch regarding the

39:16

case, but bloody well done,

39:18

gents. Cheers. Thank you.

39:21

Thanks. I

39:26

should have corrected him. Why? Why? Did

39:29

they have wrong information from us? He thanked us both. He

39:32

should be thanking just you. Don't be

39:34

daft. Well done, Watson.

39:36

Really, well done. I'm

39:39

sorry I wasn't much use. You were loads of

39:41

use. What are you talking about? You know what

39:43

I'm talking about. High five.

39:46

High five and a hug? We

39:51

best hurry. We'll miss the last train

39:53

to Waterloo. Ah, Christ, you're right. Well,

39:58

thanks for listening, everyone. It was a berserk. our

40:00

start, a weird middle and

40:02

a completely bonkers ending but we got there in the

40:04

end. The adventure solitary

40:07

cyclist. Oh god the rental bike.

40:10

Get over here you big old nutty. Oh thanks a lot,

40:12

thank you. Well

40:21

folks I hope you enjoyed that adventure.

40:24

Zach Woodley thought he could use us

40:26

to identify the solitary cyclist because

40:28

it was the one thing he couldn't

40:31

control. Well boy did he underestimate little

40:33

old John Watson and Sherlock

40:35

Holmes. Well that backfired for him didn't it.

40:38

Yeah that'd be a lesson. If you come at

40:40

the King's you better not miss. Oh you knob.

40:44

Oh bloody hell. That's

40:46

these jeans ruined now. Hey

40:50

21 miles to

40:53

London baby. Everybody.

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