Sherlock & Co. - The Three Garridebs - Part Three

Episode Date: April 21, 2026

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Get down here, Watson. He'll break out the back kitchen door in no time and we'll cut him off. You want me to jump out the window? Yes, I did. I know. Oh, fine. I'm going to do it. One of these days, mate, someone is going to get really hurt.

Oh, God, I landed on something. Oh, my elbow. You landed on someone. Hello there, Killian. No, I just quickly need to head over to Paddington. What? For what reason? The council, they haven't taken Nathan in.

They haven't checked on him. And he's camping in his garden in this bloody weather because he can't get back into his house. Oh, my God. I know, I know. So I'm going to go get him somewhere safe. It's literally a couple of stops. I'll probably be at Buckingham Palace before you.

Okay. Nathan? Everything's fine. You're not in trouble, mate. I just have some people that can, you know, sort you out is all. What hell is that? Screaming and voices. He said he was hearing screaming and voices.

It's in the floor. Crap, that's a dusty rug. Oh, God. It's okay. It's okay. I'm coming. I'm coming to hell. Turn it up late to his own night.

A God above, honestly. We're still technically early. Technically, holy. Christ, if I were getting night and I would have camped out the night before. Where's John? Our thoughts exactly. It is a mystery and not a particularly intriguing one. No idea how far down I am.

I must have done like five or six hundred steps. My niece are killing me. I don't know if I should be happy. The distant screams have stopped or concerned. Oh, you should be. Very concerned. Hello? Can you please just come out of wherever you are so we can have a normal conversation and I can help...

Well, sounds pleasant. But I don't really have time for that. Oh yeah? So what do you have time for? Fortunately, my payback will be quite... Payback? Moran. Moran!

99. This is like... My fifth attempt to do this, and I suck at it. It, this has been a hard, um, hard edit and just, everything has been so awful. And we're supposed, we're supposed to be the fun show. God, I sound like him. Guys, this is part three of the three Gary Debs. Please, please go in the episode description if you're concerned about what's coming.

But as we all know, this is what John would have wanted. I could... his voice all through the edit, so... Yeah, this is... This is for him. All of this is for him. Where are you sitting? In the area allocated for those receiving honours.

Yeah, no, got that. I was talking to Mariana. Okay, well, Carol is going to be near the front with you, Sherlock, but on the other side. And you and John? So we are kind of off to the side, but not at the back this time. Mm-mm.

Got a spot in the middle. I see you snuck a mic in. What happened to John get stopped at security or something? Oh, yeah, maybe that's it. No. Is that genuinely why he's not here? Sherlock, Stanford made a good point. Last time we were here, they threatened to kick John out

if he tried to take the mic in. Oh, for goodness sake. So, he's obviously... Tried and failed. Yeah. Oh, shit. Oh, this is... This is not good, listeners.

There's not anywhere near enough blood, which you might think is a good thing. But I'm sad to say, that's probably internal bleeding. Breathing feels. Okay, I think lungs are clear, but there's no exhumel. it wound. So which means the round, the round is, is in there somewhere. It's central. I guess to see where it's gone in. Sternum, and I think. Ah! I think I should probably stop moving now because that bullet is almost definitely next to my spine now. breathing under control.

Ah, but I'm panicking. Getting shot in a dark tunnel. We'll do that. Oh, come on. Here. This is not good. This is... Not.

Good. Oh man. Oh God, I wish... I was at Buckingham Palace. Timson for outstanding services to football and charity Mr. Christopher

It's starting to feel well not not feel my legs same for the tips of my fingers my head is very fuzzy well listeners

I for once I don't really know what to say. I hope this isn't causing anyone to stress. I know if I'm holding on all that well here. You know, I've seen enough people die from sudden trauma to know. There's always a surprise when it suddenly happens. When the light switches off beyond your control. and that's why I just want to say this.

Not because I know I'm recording, but I would have said it even if I didn't have the mic. I love you all. Very much. You've made my whole life. My whole life. And I couldn't be more grateful to have spent this time with you. With Archie.

Mariana. It's Sherlock. Fine even with bloody grey. I'm really sorry, Mum. Can everyone email her and just give her support? Oh, hey, Carol. Hello again, darling. Still know John?

Oh, we don't know. Really weird, right? We think because of his microphone, it... What? What is it? He wouldn't miss this. He absolutely would not miss this. Something's something's. not right. Carol, just sit down a second. We think maybe a security. Where is my boy?

Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wow, Carl. Hey, hey, it's okay. It's... Sorry, every... Upside is heaven as a plus. I mean, I know, I know I do a lot wrong. I have, I have a lot. I don't know. I'm far from perfect, but I think I'd get in. Like, just in terms of being the kind kind of average person and I think my dad would have made it too. So he can pick me up at the gates, you know, like he did at school. He will be there. There's no doubt about that straight in. It's hard to leave here.

It's really hard. Think about death is, they say life is a party, don't they? And what makes death difficult to accept? The party is going to carry on. The party is going to carry on, but you have to leave. You have to leave. And that, that hurts. That's, this, this bullet hole.

Might have to, in to the, uh, just switch off. Sorry, everyone. Um, sorry. So, he very kindly went to help a vulnerable old man. Who did him? John? Old vulnerable, Matt, what do you mean? His phone isn't...

Nothing is bloody happening! Is there any sign of John yet? Sherlock! You're meant to be up there. Still no sign of him, at all? Nothing, and we're calling. Okay, we are trying. And his phone isn't on? It would appear...

Not... Oh, God, his phone's always on. It's windin a plane, for God's sake. Something's wrong. That's what I said. Carol, wait here. He may arrive. You call us if he does. Mariana, Stanford with me.

Oh God, the king is going to be so mad. We do this whole of thing. Just run around from one place to the next. Yeah, I know. I listen to the show, don't I? Down this way. To where exactly, Sherlock? To one of the three Garadev's.

Art Deco guy, yeah? Exactly that, Mr. Stanford. Doctor? Oh yes. Sorry, I forget that sometimes. That is where John headed off to. And here, Here we are.

He's hit the garden. The guy had been camping in his garden? Nathan, yes. Through the side gate. John? John. He did the ride here. The long grass trodden down by a shoe his size.

Here and here. He came through the gate like we did. Then he doubled back. Then where did he go? Are you looking for Nathan? Kind of. Yeah. I've got him in here.

I found him in his garden. He's just warming up. The cup of tea. Oh, wow. Okay. Our friend John, is he with you? Who? John, a friend of ours, he came to check on them.

No, I've not seen anyone else. Okay, this way. Whoa, whoa, what? Sherlock, he won't be in the house. Willie, the whole point he came is that Nathan couldn't get in. Is that door off it, it's injures? Come on, let's go in. Oh, Jesus.

John? John, you're here, mate. Swindon have scored? Nope. Not here. What is it? Sherlock. The pattern. The brickwork pattern.

Yeah. Follows the winding stairs. Yes, it's a helix, but it continues. Right into the ground where there aren't any stairs. Yeah. But the pattern signifies the stairs, the escalation up and down a vertical axis.

But following the wall of the building, could the pattern denote further stairs, a dissension as well as ascension? I don't think the building goes any higher, may. No, but it may go lower. We follow it, follow it. The brickwork pattern. He was commissioned in 1939,

of course. Garadeb was most likely asked to construct something, something concealed, something hidden in plain sight beneath the glamour of his modernistic works. There had to be something, something functional, necessary, and this pattern is the pathway. It can be followed. The rug, he told me to get away from. They cleared out the whole house, but for the rug, the rug, that has now been disturbed. Oh my god Oh my god It leads to a door

John Oh my god Oh my god John! No no Oh Jesus John Tell me you're not Tell me

John Can you hear me Samford I hey hey Okay okay it's okay Please We're here We're here now

We're here We're here John Hey Hey we're here You're safe Hello mate, hello mate, I'm just gonna inspect, okay? Okay, I know, I know, I know, I know, keep that head up for me, yeah?

We must apply pressure. No, no, no, no, no, he's it. He's bleeding internally. We'll leave that for now, won't we mate, eh? Okay, give you nice and still. Nice and still, nice and calm. Keep that airway open, yeah. Mariana, can you run up top just to see if I'm at this is a little?

Just to see if my medical services arrived. Yeah, sure, sure. When they do, panamedics down here right away, okay, we're not bringing him up. Possible spinal fracture, so trauma board, headstraps and brace. His breathing to speak, he'll need immediate high flow oxygen. Okay. All right? Yeah, okay, I'm going, I'm going.

It's going to be okay, John. I'm here, John. I'm right here. Cold hands, warm heart. I'm going to go. Assist. I think they've arrived. and that entourage type.

Right here, John. Right here. Welcome aboard via rail. Please sit and enjoy. Please sit and stretch. Steep. Flip. Or that.

And enjoy. Via Rail. Love the way. Oh, hey. Oh, look at you. Full look. Labcoat and everything. I'm on my break, so.

Right. But I was chatting with Dr. Moore and Dr. Sharma. Right. And what do they think? His vital signs are actually okay. And what they are concerned about is that the surgery itself was a

a high risk strategy. They don't do many bullet wounds near the spine. But they do work with spinal complications a lot and they know how temperamental they can be. Can he walk? Stanford.

What they're essentially saying is they've done everything they can. The likelihood on that, on walking in particular, is low. Oh God. But not

zero. Alright, it's in... It's in John's hands. Yeah. I just wanted to come up and give you extra details where I could, you know. Thank you. Thank you. That's... that's really helpful. It's the least I can do.

At least I could do. Can I... Can I say a quick hello? Of course you can. I've got to put your bullet in a jar. I thought you might like that then. I was supposed to give these two some news the other day but you... Yeah, Nadia and I are having a baby.

And we'd love to borrow your name, if that'd be right, mate. That's a middle name, obviously. And if you could be the godfather too. We'd really appreciate that. He'd do a mile on Brando if he was awake right now, wouldn't he? Yep, he would. Good. Good doctor in that tunnel, by the way, mate.

I saw how close that thing was to your spine. You must have been flat as a pancake for about an hour. That's top work, mate. Anyway, I will see you in a bit. I'll see you in a bit. Bye. And congratulations. Cheers.

Thanks. Bye, Stanford. That's sweet. He's going to be a dad. There is another John out there that I never met. And I never compromised. One that was never dragged on any silly adventures. Chaste any dangerous criminals.

No, no. Sherlock, come on. And that John is alive. Well, probably married, if not at the least in love. Could have had a child. Could be thinking about having children. But no. Sherlock, he loves you, okay?

And he loves his life. Yes, well, I have damn near cost it. No, you haven't. We ruptured an underground human trafficking. network and I couldn't even see, I couldn't even see, Mariana, that they clearly rebuilt. Almost immediately, the three Garadeb's, Houston, Victoria, Paddington, it was a royal mail rail line, a commissioned but unused extension from the war. Garidab was tasked to build their street-level frontage. Those were the houses. Exactly that. Nathan talked of hearing,

screaming, and now I know he was telling the truth. I got cocky. I indulged myself in a knighthood for goodness sake. A knighthood! Without what? Checking that we had even severed the head of the snake. Dismembered the cruel, probing limbs of our enemy. Of course a convicted murderer on the run suddenly appeared in the Victoria Garadeb.

Of course he did. He didn't come in the front door or the... the back or abseil from the ceiling, he came from below, where he operates. And so clearly do others. Nathan reached out to John because he saw what he was. An ordinary, kind man. We all know what he saw in me. What I see now. John went. John saw it and faced. John saw it and face the threat head on. All the while I sat in a palace, awaiting ceremonial praise. Do you think he can hear you right now?

I have no idea. I don't think he can. You don't? No. Want to know why? Go on. Because if he could hear you, he would rise up out of that bed and beat you over the head. Well, that would be both miraculous and... and unpleasant.

This is not your fault. This is not John's fault. You don't need to fault find. He sure as hell wouldn't want you to. You're not an employee. You're not a corporation. You don't go trying to reassure shareholders. This won't happen again or whatever.

You be here for him. Like you have been. That's all he would want you to do. Be here with fear. Yes. With sadness. Of course. But with shame?

And guilt? No. You may as well be at home, Sherlock. Archie could do with the company. If the bullet didn't kill him, knowing that you felt responsible in some way for what happened, that... That...

That absolutely would. That absolutely would. That would end him. Cause of death? Sherlock Holmes' shame. Exactly Thank you Mariana It's okay

It's okay I'm sorry for ranting It's okay Rants can have a way of getting to the point I rather appreciate them from time to time Sorry for ranting John I'm only doing it because I love you both

I know you can hear us I was just being Well Kind of like you Maybe I was channeling you I don't know Maybe this is the power of the microphone.

What happens now? Oh, um, they have post-surgical scans to talk us through, I, I think. No, with that. The microphone? Oh, oh, the show. Um, I will think about that. Yeah, I will think about it.

I took Archie for another walk today. He's enjoying his little Wiltshire getaway. Oh, it was so nice to be sat by your side these past few days. You've got some colour in your cheeks? Doctors are saying lots of wee is coming out nicely as well. So well done on that. And, yeah, I'll give you another message tomorrow. That's the latest from Carol for you.

There's a few more fans here. Hi John, I heard from Marianna about what happened. I'm so sorry to hear that and I'm sending you all the luck in the world. Get well soon, John. Please, please get bare soon. We miss you and we love you and you can do this. Stay strong, please. Hi, I saw on your mum's Facebook that you weren't doing so well, John.

Please take all the time that you can. We're all praying for you, John Watson. Lots of love. And another one has just popped up. Oh my God, John. I'm so sorry to hear about what happened. I hope you're doing okay. I'm sending lots of love and positive thoughts.

But I also think this does serve as a reminder. To stay out of my business. Don't you think and sends his love? So sad. No.