In a tense confrontation, a serial killer challenges Sherlock Holmes to a deadly game of wits involving two identical pill bottles. One bottle contains a lethal poison while the other is harmless; the killer forces Sherlock to choose one while he takes the other, turning a murder into a psychological battle of deduction.
SHERLOCK: Bit of a risk, wasn’t it? You took me away under the noses of about half a dozen policemen - they’re not that stupid.
TAXI DRIVER: Call that a risk. Nah. This is a risk. [He sets a pill bottle on the table]
TAXI DRIVER: Oh, I like this bit. Cos you don’t get it yet, do you? But you’re about to. I just have to do ... this!
SHERLOCK: Love what?
TAXI DRIVER: Sherlock Holmes! Look at you. Here in the flesh. That website of yours! Your fan told me about it.
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