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8 - The Problem of Thor Bridge - Part Two

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8 - The Problem of Thor Bridge - Part Two

8 - The Problem of Thor Bridge - Part Two

8 - The Problem of Thor Bridge - Part Two

8 - The Problem of Thor Bridge - Part Two

Tuesday, 21st November 2023
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Previously on Sherlock and Co. Deceased

1:11

male by the name of Mateos

1:14

Cardoso Gibson de Lima. Goes by

1:16

Mateos Gibson. What are you doing? Fresh

1:18

paint on the railings. The body

1:20

was found on the bridge. But you just looked at some bloody

1:23

paint. Bloody, yes. But

1:25

also chipped. There's the bullet hole

1:28

in the right temple. Killer was his

1:30

height. Throat burns from the palm

1:32

of his hand. Our victim's wife, Mrs.

1:35

Naya Gibson, is shagging

1:38

Mr. Grace

1:38

Dunbar. She won't be anymore.

1:41

The police arrested him this morning. Mr. Grace

1:43

Dunbar was arrested this morning after being

1:46

caught in possession of a firearm with

1:48

one round discharged. Dunbar

1:50

claimed he had never seen the gun before, despite

1:53

it being found in his

1:54

backpack. Quite a build on that

1:56

man. He's six foot four. Watson,

1:58

I kindly ask that you recall what we discussed. discussed about

2:00

the bullet trajectory this morning. Killer was

2:02

the same height as the tail. The

2:05

tail's just short. Sherlock, where are you going? We're

2:07

going to visit Mrs. Nia Gibson

2:09

and get some answers. I'm an ambulance right now!

2:11

Get her out of here, Watson! Sherlock! Sherlock,

2:14

it's gonna bloody explode! Oh

2:15

shit!

2:28

Good! What

2:30

time is it? Er... afternoon,

2:33

everybody! Oh, well, whatever time it is

2:35

for you. Isn't it dark now that the clocks have

2:37

gone back? Ha! Madness! Anyway,

2:40

to the matter at hand, the problem of Thorbridge

2:43

Part 2. Mateus

2:45

Gibson found dead. Gunshot

2:47

wound in the head, rope burns on his hands,

2:49

pumped full of pills and booze. Grace

2:52

Dunbar, his wife's lover, arrested

2:55

for the murder after being found with, drumroll,

2:59

the same gun that killed Mateus.

3:02

And yep,

3:03

that's a

3:05

wee recap for you. Don't know why I did

3:07

that. I just fancied it, went with it and,

3:09

er, yeah. Erm, so obviously, violence

3:12

and swearing in this one. Listener discretion

3:14

is advised. Get comfortable on your couch or

3:17

commute or at the office, yeah,

3:20

wherever you're listening. And, er, yeah,

3:22

enjoy.

3:34

Sherlock!

3:38

Sherlock, it's gonna bloody explode! Oh shit!

3:43

Yes.

3:46

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

3:48

Yes, yes, yes, it's working! Oh,

3:50

get in! Right, hello! Hello.

3:53

Dr John Watson here. Erm, we

3:56

didn't blow up, I'm pleased to say. Naya

3:59

Gibson lives in A-

3:59

a six-storey flat and I had

4:02

to get her outside and I ended up dropping

4:06

the microphone about 50 feet

4:08

onto the top of a bloke's car and yet incredibly,

4:11

incredibly it was a convertible. So

4:14

a soft top to bounce off of, you know? Couldn't

4:17

have hit it if I tried. But yeah, here

4:20

is Nia Gibson. Say hi Nia.

4:23

Hi, hello.

4:25

She is alive and well. We

4:27

are currently in King George Hospital just as

4:29

a precaution because upon

4:32

entering said flat we caught a whiff of

4:34

some gas, natural gas. Smashed the door

4:36

in, dragged out Nia who was out

4:39

for the count. Sherlock's in good shape,

4:41

aren't you mate?

4:42

Ah, I get

4:44

it. Get what? He tried to kill

4:47

her. What? Sorry, what? Who? Grace

4:50

Dunbar. No, Grace wouldn't do that. No,

4:53

Mattias. Mattias

4:55

is dead. You're right. And Grace didn't kill him

4:57

by the way so don't even get me started because I am telling

4:59

you he's been set up. Yes, you're right. You

5:02

don't think Grace killed Mattias? Yeah,

5:05

what? I don't. What, you mean

5:07

the guy who messaged Mateus saying he was going

5:09

to meet him on Thor Bridge? The guy that was seen

5:12

going to him? The guy that Mateus said

5:14

was going to kill him? The guy sleeping with the dead bloke's

5:16

wife? Sorry, Nia. It's alright. And

5:19

the guy that was found to have a gun with a

5:21

bullet missing. The exact bullet that they found in Mateus'

5:23

head. They found it on the bridge, actually.

5:26

And it's the same bullet type, not

5:28

necessarily the same bullet. So,

5:31

he didn't kill him? Correct. And

5:34

what? Now my dead husband, he's trying to kill me,

5:36

is he? Not trying. Trying.

5:39

He doesn't get another go at it, seeing as

5:41

he's dead. Who

5:43

is this guy? Aha, well, have

5:46

you heard of a little podcast sweeping the

5:48

nation called Sherlock? No.

6:00

Not exactly

6:06

shine

6:12

your lights there. What's

6:24

this? Yep, there you go. You

6:26

see here, the plastic connection loop.

6:28

Plastic? Shouldn't it be metal? Not

6:30

if it comes into contact

6:32

with the oven. Here, look. It's got a hole

6:35

in it. Yeah.

6:38

Punctured with a knife. That is quite calculated.

6:40

I'm not sure. I'm

6:43

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

6:46

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

6:48

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

6:51

not sure. I'm not sure. He'd drugged himself to

6:53

death anyway. Up you get, Watson. Ah, Christ. There

6:55

are some things

6:56

you should know about Matthias. He,

6:58

uh... Depression, alcoholism,

7:00

cheating wife, yes I know.

7:03

He had Covid too, by the way. So

7:06

do you. The main reason he opted to kill

7:08

you with a gas leak. What

7:12

are you on about? There's a cup. Carbon monoxide

7:14

detector? No. Just a

7:16

face plate, I suspect. See?

7:20

Empty.

7:21

Jesus Christ. Now,

7:23

I won't linger.

7:24

I'd

7:27

rather skip this particular strain of coronavirus. Matthias,

7:30

your late husband. He worked

7:33

in Barking, correct? Correct. He

7:36

lived in North Barking here, with you.

7:38

Correct. What business does he have in Upney? Or

7:41

anywhere, for that matter, on the southern side of Thor Bridge? Nothing.

7:44

Yes.

7:45

That's what I thought. What does he

7:47

do? Signal up for network rail. You

7:49

messaged him on WhatsApp at 11. He

7:51

didn't read it, but he was last online

7:54

at 11.46, approximately when he died.

7:57

Before you ask, I just know.

7:59

the last time you saw him? Um,

8:02

before I went to work. We're

8:05

sort of separated, but he came round here to get some

8:07

stuff. Yeah, so your carbon monoxide

8:09

detector, I suspect.

8:10

And most of my alcohol's missing too.

8:13

We also had

8:16

some dumb rowl as well. Why?

8:20

He had my bag. My bag for

8:22

life, for my shop. There's been a dick about

8:24

that and, um, I was like,

8:26

it's a bag for life, right? Like, how is

8:28

it a bag for life

8:29

if he takes it from me? Now I have to get another one

8:31

sort of thing. Well, I, uh, sorry, we're our global

8:34

listeners. Uh, a bag for life is

8:36

a shopping bag that, um, yeah,

8:38

it's not, not, uh, not single use. Uh,

8:41

not, not, not a disposable bag. It's a...

8:44

Shit, because I always thought that it was like, bag

8:46

for life, you know, day-to-day life.

8:48

That's what he said. Yeah, I

8:50

mean, it is though, right?

8:52

No, it's a bag for life.

8:54

Because it's supposed to last you, it ain't disposable.

8:56

Give it a bag for life. I mean, there's

8:58

no way those bags are gonna last decades. But it's an alternative

9:00

to single use bags, right? Yeah. So

9:03

it's not supposed to be chucked away. If it's not about the chucking

9:05

away, it's... Sherlock, back me up here.

9:07

Was the argument something like this? Yeah.

9:11

Right. Very boring. Okay,

9:14

the problem, the problem of

9:16

Thor Bridge...

9:18

Why? Why head

9:21

to the south side?

9:22

Why does it matter about the south side of the bridge? Both

9:25

he and his supposed murderer live

9:27

and work north of Thor Bridge. So

9:30

maybe he just used that as a meeting place?

9:32

You know, it's pretty quiet there. Then why walk halfway across

9:34

the bridge? His body was found directly

9:36

above the railway lines. Why not just meet at the approach

9:39

to the bridge? A bit of traffic lights on the street

9:41

before it. Why right in the middle,

9:43

Watson? Why? All right, calm

9:46

down. I mean, does anyone else want to have a go at me today?

9:49

Whose phone is that? Mine. Wait.

9:52

You can answer it. What about your podcast?

9:55

Oh, it doesn't matter. I can cut out any private combos,

9:57

you know, the editing suite.

9:59

Snowbig. Hello.

10:02

This is a call from Dagenham police station

10:05

on behalf of Grace Dunbar.

10:08

To initiate the call, press 1.

10:10

Guys, what do I do? Answer it! Put him on

10:12

speaker! Well he's gonna cut this bit. I

10:14

don't want him to incriminate himself anymore. Yeah,

10:17

yeah, of course, yeah.

10:21

Hey. Hey. You

10:24

okay? You know

10:26

how it is.

10:27

Yeah. I don't

10:30

actually. I'm

10:35

missing you. You're missing

10:37

you too.

10:38

You okay?

10:40

Sorry about my tears. Yeah,

10:43

I know. I'm

10:47

okay. It's

10:49

a bit mental actually, but yeah.

10:53

I'm alright.

10:55

You didn't do it,

10:58

did you? Of course not, girl. You

11:00

know that, right? You

11:02

know that. Listen to yourself.

11:05

Listen to the words you're saying. I know,

11:07

I know. I've

11:11

got some guys here and they're detectives,

11:12

I think. Don't say a word to them. No, no,

11:14

they're not police. We're Brazilian government

11:17

representatives. Hola.

11:21

What? Grace, hi. I'm

11:23

Dr. John Watson. My

11:26

colleague and I believe, for some

11:29

reason, that you didn't murder Matteo

11:31

Skibson. Yeah,

11:32

that's because I didn't, man.

11:33

I cannot solve the means of death just yet,

11:36

Mr Dunbar, but could you start by providing

11:38

an alibi? We know that

11:40

you went to the bridge last night. Because the

11:42

man told me to. I was being

11:45

like, I'm trying to help him out

11:47

because he's losing it. Like proper

11:50

losing it. Yes, I appreciate that.

11:52

I did not kill him. Fact. End

11:54

of. I know you didn't. What

11:57

happened last night?

12:00

Matias messages me, right?

12:02

Literally, we never even spoke

12:05

words before. And he messages me.

12:07

It was like, meet me at Thorbridge

12:10

tonight, 10pm, we can sort

12:12

this sort of thing. Like proper amicable,

12:15

it seemed, right? Then I go down

12:17

there, I meet him,

12:19

and we talk, but he's drunk.

12:21

He's like swaying and slurring,

12:24

and after about 10 minutes, I'm just

12:26

like, whatever. He's being cool and everything,

12:29

but I just know tomorrow, we're going

12:31

back to

12:31

him being a dick. Then I go home,

12:34

the message he sent me, right?

12:36

He's deleted it by this point. So it's just

12:38

your message on the threat? Yeah, that's true. Matias

12:41

deleted his own message, it was just Graces.

12:43

Right, yeah, my message being like,

12:45

see you on Thorbridge or whatever. Did he have

12:48

anything with him? Just a bag. Like,

12:50

a shopping bag type thing. Oh, the bag for life.

12:53

I know. I leave, I get

12:55

home, and then I play FIFA. Watson.

12:58

Video game. I think it's called FC now. FC 24.

13:02

Yeah, it's brand new. So is there any good?

13:04

Yeah, it's decent, yeah. Was anybody

13:07

with you?

13:07

No, man.

13:08

Did you see anybody else that night?

13:11

No.

13:12

Did Matias mention any cash?

13:15

Specifically around four grand? Nope.

13:18

Wait, did you play online? When you

13:20

got home, did you play online? I

13:23

did, yeah. Who did you play?

13:25

Anyone you know?

13:26

A bunch

13:28

of random players. Actually, one

13:30

guy, Total Prickman, streamer.

13:33

What's his name? I

13:36

don't know. No, his user. What did he play as? Something

13:40

like...

13:43

Rabona? I can't remember,

13:46

man. Grace, you remembering could stop

13:48

you being charged for murder.

13:51

It was like...

13:55

Rabona. Rabo... Rab...

13:58

Rab... Rabona. Robbo,

14:01

Robona, that's it. Robbo, Robona.

14:04

Oh,

14:07

damn, Sia! Who's the

14:10

player? Who's the player?

14:14

Oh, God, it's very little, isn't

14:17

it? Are you

14:19

still watching that complete fool? I'm

14:21

telling you, we can prove that Grace Dunbar

14:23

didn't do it. Well, two

14:25

hours of that man could well send you insane.

14:29

And I like you as you are, Watson. Well,

14:32

thanks, very kind. I've got

14:34

one hour left from his recorded stream of last night, okay?

14:37

Just come on, we can prove it. I know it. Yes, well,

14:40

right now we have to prove something about

14:42

Matthias. Which is...

14:45

How he did what he did. And...

14:48

what did I do? I'll tell you when I

14:51

know how he did what he did. But

14:54

now, 11.46pm news something. More

14:58

than just the time he died. At 11.44,

15:01

a freight train passed through Barking Station. It would

15:04

have been at Thorbridge by 11.46pm. The

15:06

moment Matthias logged into WhatsApp for the

15:08

final time.

15:10

And put the gun to

15:13

his head.

15:15

I feel like I'm almost there, Watson.

15:18

What's Wiggins and the Irregulars saying?

15:21

Did they speak to Mariana about invoicing for their work

15:23

or becoming P.A.Y.E.? What on earth are you

15:26

talking about? Well, just handing

15:28

over cash. It's difficult,

15:31

HMRC ones. Speaking of handing over

15:33

cash, Wiggins says that £4,000

15:36

wouldn't buy you a Glock 42 on the street. Oh.

15:40

It would buy you two Glock

15:43

42s on the street. Well,

15:45

that doesn't help. Actually, Watson,

15:47

it helps enormously.

15:48

Twin guns. Now

15:51

they haven't been able to... Great! What?

15:53

Yeah, give it to us, big

15:55

boy. Yeah, of course. Yeah, of course.

15:58

You want to see how it's done? What?

15:59

How is that not a foul? How is that

16:02

not a foul, man? That's how you do it.

16:04

He skips one, he skips two, he skips

16:06

three, and that is what you call

16:09

a goal!

16:12

Good goal, to be fair. Great.

16:15

Disgusting, man. You're a cheat, man.

16:17

How is that not a foul? Stop saying

16:20

that.

16:20

7.44pm. The stream is in

16:22

the US, so 7.44pm Eastern time. And

16:29

the clock went back in the US a week or so ago,

16:31

so it would be 11.44pm UK time.

16:36

So Dunbar has an alibi.

16:39

You're a dick, man. You're the

16:41

dick, bro. You're a dick. You are the

16:43

dick. You are.

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Is

18:31

this

18:31

absolutely necessary? I must return

18:33

to the bridge, Watson. Yeah, two secs. What can I

18:35

get you? Hello there, I will have...

18:37

The maple and caramel latte. Whoa!

18:40

You have got a good memory. Yeah, I'll have that.

18:42

I thought it was too sweet. It grew on me. Anything

18:45

else? Anything else? Yes, hurry

18:48

up. I have a crime scene to attend and a

18:50

man to free. We only have moments until he's

18:52

charged. £5.50, please.

18:54

Yeah.

18:56

Is he been down there, by the way? Where?

18:58

The crime scene. All the world's

19:01

media buzzing around there. Oh, okay.

19:04

Oh, do you have a loyalty card, by the way? You know, can

19:06

I get like a stamp for each coffee? They were in

19:09

here the day it happened. Huh. The

19:11

Brazilian guy. Really? With

19:14

who? His wife? No. He

19:16

was with the guy that did it. What? What

19:18

time? Like, I don't know,

19:20

like four in the afternoon? Can you be certain

19:22

it's them? I write people's names

19:24

on cups all day. It was

19:27

them. We must access your security

19:29

camera footage immediately. Get your manager.

19:33

Right, so we are currently in the staff

19:35

room of this coffee place,

19:38

reviewing some CCTV footage. Bit

19:40

of a crappy staff room, to be honest.

19:42

Just a microwave and a table. Sherlock

19:44

is looking at a laptop. I mean, they don't

19:47

even have a kettle in here. Oh. Yeah, well, actually,

19:49

they get all their hot drinks from downstairs, don't

19:51

they?

19:52

Duh. Obvious. Come on, where

19:55

are you? It's Sherlock, mate. She seems very

19:57

nice, but she could be wrong. Yeah,

19:59

look, she wrote John.

19:59

junk on my cup. I mean, who is called junk?

20:02

It's a boy. Oh, congratulations.

20:04

What are you going to call him? Junk? Yeah,

20:07

we're going to call him junk there. Oh

20:09

my God. Ah ha. Mathews

20:12

with the bag. The bag for life.

20:15

And there is

20:17

Grace Dunbar. We're

20:20

currently watching Mateus order a coffee

20:22

on the day of his murder, just what, six

20:25

hours before he

20:27

orders, goes to the, no

20:30

wait, he's going to sit near Grace.

20:33

He's reaching into the bag.

20:35

Wait, what's he doing? What did he just do? He

20:38

planted something in the backpack of Grace Dunbar

20:40

and I would venture doctor that it was a Glock 42

20:43

with one discharged round.

20:46

One of our twin guns.

20:51

Why are we running? Because I'm excited.

20:55

Why are you excited? Ah, I spilled coffee on

20:57

myself. I'm excited

20:58

because I have the

21:01

answer. Which is what? He

21:03

shot himself. Mathew

21:06

shot

21:06

himself. No gun at the

21:08

scene, mate. Where's the bloody gun? Rotterdam.

21:12

What? Rotterdam, Dr Watson.

21:15

The gun is in Rotterdam.

21:19

He's lost it. He's

21:21

completely lost it. The podcast is over. It's nice

21:23

knowing you all. Excuse

21:27

me. Thank you. Hey, Sherlock,

21:29

what are you doing? It's the window

21:33

for media only, okay, gents? Would

21:35

you please get out of the way of my crime

21:37

scene? Yeah, we're media. We're media. Oh

21:40

yeah. Yeah, yeah. Have you heard of the podcast

21:43

Sherlock and Co.? No. Ladies

21:46

and gentlemen, it would seem you were

21:48

all gathered here for answers. Well,

21:50

allow me to provide some.

21:54

At 10 p.m. last

21:55

night, Grace Dunbar and Matthew Escardosa

21:58

Goodson-Gileema had a very brief...

21:59

but amicable conversation on this very

22:02

bridge. Upon its conclusion, Mr

22:04

Dunbar returned home, with Senor Gibson

22:06

very much alive. And he would

22:08

stay alive for another one hour and 46 minutes

22:11

exactly. Excuse

22:13

me. I'm just here to ask for help. I'm just

22:16

here to ask for help. Hey,

22:18

hey, just wait. Yeah,

22:20

he's with the Brazilian Authority. Matter

22:23

is, it's heartbroken and furious

22:26

at his wife's affair, along with complex

22:28

and unfortunate mental health issues, decided

22:31

to take his own life. But

22:33

he not only wanted to hurt himself, he

22:36

wanted to take down those that hurt

22:38

him. But how could he be sustained? How

22:42

does a gun after he fires it

22:44

into the side of his own head somehow

22:46

end up in a man's backpack over a mile

22:49

away? The answer is, it

22:52

doesn't.

22:53

There are two guns.

22:55

Mattias

22:58

did not purchase Mungor 42, he purchased two of them. He

23:00

placed one with five bullets

23:02

into the backpack of Mr Dunbar. He put the

23:04

other to his head and paused the trigger

23:07

when he last appeared on WhatsApp

23:09

to load up the message from Grace Dunbar. Exactly

23:11

11.46pm. Where

23:15

is it then? The gun? Rotterdam. Rotterdam.

23:24

Mattias had rope foam on

23:26

his hands. He worked for

23:28

network rails, so had familiarity with

23:30

train lines, and most importantly, he

23:32

picked this exact spot to

23:35

do it.

23:36

Why this spot? Well,

23:39

if my timing is correct and the

23:41

trains are running without delay, I

23:43

can demonstrate. Does anyone

23:46

have a bag? A shopping bag?

23:49

A bag? Perfect.

23:52

Right. Erm... Ah,

23:55

my shoes.

23:59

Girl, is...

23:59

taking his shoes off. Here we go. And

24:02

Watson I'll need yours too.

24:07

There you go mate. That should do it. I

24:10

don't have any rope.

24:12

Watson give me the charging cable for your

24:14

microphone. Sherlock give it

24:16

chop chop.

24:19

Now I tie

24:21

the weighted bag to the cable and

24:23

the other end of the cable to this. This

24:27

is my gun by the way. You

24:29

stay still. You stay still and do not

24:31

move. Get

24:34

the government down. Yes I will.

24:36

I'm just waiting for the cross London freight. Ah.

24:40

Here she comes. This

24:43

train and many freight trains on this

24:45

route head to Felix though in Suffolk. From

24:48

there the goods are shipped all around the

24:50

world. The freight train that passed

24:52

through here lowest unit at 11.46pm. The

24:55

freight liner class 90 I believe

24:58

was carrying among other things limestone.

25:01

The gemstone is of course

25:03

stored in open top carriages. Mattius

25:07

knew all this. Despite

25:09

the dread and panic, the cocktail

25:11

of anti-depressants and alcohol, he

25:13

knew what he was doing, what

25:16

he was waiting for. What

25:19

odd it was you said this morning Dr Watson. Couldn't

25:21

hit that convertible with your microphone if you

25:23

tried.

25:25

It's a pleasure. What

25:29

are you talking about? I don't know. It's

25:31

all about timing and positioning

25:34

ladies and gentlemen. And if I do it right, like

25:36

Senor Gibson, my gun will chip

25:39

the paint on this railing like his did. Wait.

25:41

Yeah? I

25:44

drop the weighted bag over the side of the bridge,

25:48

down goes the way like so. And

25:51

then I put the gun to my head like this.

25:54

Sherlock! I wait

25:56

for the limestone carriages to line up underneath.

26:01

Lovely. And on

26:03

the count of three.

26:06

One. Sherlock. Two. Three.

26:08

Five. Bullseye.

26:15

The weight

26:18

of the bag carries the gun off

26:20

the bridge and into the carriage. If

26:22

anyone would like to use our services, here's

26:25

a business card for Sherlock and Colton.

26:30

I've got no

26:33

shoes for God's sake. And I,

26:35

no gun. Not

26:37

really the same, is it?

26:39

Oh, hi guys. How...

26:41

Where are your shoes? Where are

26:43

my shoes? What time is

26:46

it? 7.30. Probably

26:48

in the North Sea.

26:50

The North Sea. Oh,

26:51

okay. Sherlock,

26:54

the Dutch Port Authority company emailed back. What

26:56

did they find? A gun, a rope,

26:59

a bag, with some bottles

27:02

and a fire alarm.

27:03

Ah, yes, of course.

27:05

Lovely. Mrs. Hudson, could you

27:07

get me the company card? I need to buy a

27:09

new gun.

27:10

No, I cannot do that, Sherlock. Well, I'm

27:12

off

27:13

to do... Don't

27:15

say any of the Class A drugs. You're about to say what

27:17

I'm recording, please.

27:20

Understood.

27:21

Well, I'm off to

27:23

do... that. Cheerio.

27:28

You okay? Yeah, long

27:30

day. Long day.

27:33

Um...

27:34

Look,

27:36

I think we don't charge anybody for this one. The

27:40

guy took his own life. I'm

27:42

so sorry. Hey, no, don't be sorry for me.

27:44

Be sorry for him, yeah? Just

27:46

get... I'm gonna... I'll head upstairs and do

27:49

a bit of work, a bit of editing or something. Are

27:51

you, uh... are you heading

27:53

out?

27:53

I gotta get a full report over

27:55

to the Brazilian Embassy on, well,

27:58

everything. Oh, uh... I

28:00

can help with that.

28:01

Yeah, no, I can... I'll

28:04

just run upstairs and change my socks first. Great,

28:07

cool.

28:09

Yeah, so I was going

28:11

to church myself up with coffee first.

28:14

You

28:14

want anything?

28:15

No, I don't think I can really

28:17

stomach anything right now. I understand. God,

28:20

of course. Okay, I'll see you

28:22

next. Actually, could I get

28:25

a maple and... She's gone. She's...

28:28

Yep, yep,

28:28

I'll put that in the WhatsApp group. Well,

28:32

listeners, there you have it. That was the problem

28:35

of Thor Bridge. Yeah,

28:38

yet more feedback and messages from you guys.

28:41

Lydia Ross, that's a great picture with a bear. Tim

28:44

Bendix, Anne-Helene Yufe Wu,

28:46

Jill Wilson, Lucia Lazaro, muchas

28:48

gracias, Lucia. Emma

28:50

Byrne, Zoldi in Dublin, Svarik,

28:53

slash David. Thank you to Thomas Tucker.

28:56

Erica Sips, correcting my grammar in the intro

28:58

read. Thank you for that. Vivi, Ava,

29:01

Elianne, Chloe, Mela,

29:03

Sherlockate, Sherlockate in

29:06

Poland. Bo in California,

29:09

Alois Wood, probably butchered

29:11

that pronunciation. Rory Arnett,

29:13

thanks for the blue sky codes. I will get off

29:15

my arse and sort that. Someone told me to get on Tumblr

29:17

too. That's going on the to-do list. Sorry

29:20

if I've missed any... Oh, speaking of to-dos, transcripts,

29:22

lots of requests. Yeah,

29:25

I am sorting it with the help of my new pals, Orpheus

29:28

and Elissa, and we'll provide links

29:30

in the show notes when they're ready. I

29:33

should go inside now, because this is a bit weird, isn't it? It's

29:35

outside the door of my flat, waffling on to... We

29:38

have no dragon fruit. No, yeah,

29:40

no dragon fruit. Yep, that

29:42

sounds about right. That is a shame. Sure.

29:45

Good work today, mate, by the way. Well done.

29:49

You too. What? I mean,

29:51

it looked like a murder to

29:53

just about everybody. Mmm. Mattius

29:55

was trying a little too hard for my liking.

29:58

How so?

29:59

And a WhatsApp message opened on his phone.

30:05

Yeah, yeah, I see what you mean, but... Christ,

30:08

it's crazy stuff. The affair, the twin

30:10

set of guns, the rope burns, the bullet,

30:12

the bloody bag for life. Or,

30:15

in the problem of Thorbridge, Watson,

30:17

a bag

30:19

for death. Oh,

30:21

that's a great line. I don't think the mic picked it

30:23

up. Can you say it again? Watson... Say it again, just in case.

30:25

I'm not bloody saying it again. Come here, into

30:27

the mic. Get away from

30:29

me, you fool. Turn on!

30:32

That

30:40

was the problem of Thorbridge. Get

30:43

in touch if you want any questions answered

30:45

on the show, you know, or just

30:48

a shout-out sort of thing. DocJWatsonMD

30:51

on Twi... X. Give

30:55

us an email, if you fancy, docjwatsonmd

30:57

at gmail.com. If you've enjoyed

30:59

the show, give it five stars on...

31:02

Yeah, on whatever

31:04

you can give it five stars on. And... Jesus

31:07

Christ, what the hell are you doing? I'm knocking

31:10

on your bedroom window. What are you doing out

31:12

there? You're gonna fall. It's a big

31:14

drop, mate. Yes. Do

31:17

you want to go to the pub? Do I... Well,

31:19

I mean, yeah, but... Okey-dokey.

31:23

See you downstairs. Shall... Shall... Oh,

31:28

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