Highlander (1992) s02e02 Episode Script

He is immortal.
Born on the highlands of Scotland He's not alone.
There are others like him.
Some good, some evil.
For centuries he's battled the forces of darkness with holy ground his only refuge.
He cannot die, unless you take his head and with it his power.
In the end, there can be only one.
He is Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander.
"Here we are, born to be kings" "We're the princes of the universe" "I am immortal" "I have inside me blood of kings" "I have no rival, no man can be my equal" "Take me to the future of your world" HIGHLANDER 2x02 "STUDIES IN LIGHT" So what do you think? You think you could take it? Sure.
Oh, yeah? Let's go.
Help! Help! Greg! Damn you! Help me! - Are you afraid? - I'm going to drown! Are you? What does it feel like? Greg Tell me, do you feel it in your gut? Tell me! What is like dying? Please Bastard Hey, man, Johnny, yeah! You crazy mother.
Get away from me! - What's your problem? - Get away from me! I almost died, son of a bitch.
Would I let that happen to you? I cannot believe that we are turning down front-row, standing-room-only tickets to this country's most souped-up road monsters in the ultimate battle of motocross supremacy that I personally, me, Richie Ryan scalped at fifty bucks a pop to look at some pictures? - I'm meeting an old friend.
- Ah, wait, old as in? Yeah.
Don't worry, you'll be back before the first race.
Well that, I think I can live with it.
- Thank guys.
- After you people.
This stuff is extreme.
Extremely violent.
They haven't labeled them yet.
Which ones are his? Who knows? I've never seen any of Gregor's work.
Didn't even know he'd was a photographer until he called.
This one I could hang in my living room.
There's something familiar about it.
Well, well, well, if it isn't the Highlander himself! Gregor! You haven't changed a bit.
Except maybe for the fashion statement Well, looks can be deceiving.
Oh, I'm sorry, this is Tessa - Hi.
- Hi.
Nice to meet you.
Call me Greg, though.
Gregor has such an old fashioned ring to it.
- And a good friend of mine, Richie.
- Hey.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
We're going to look around.
- Nice.
Do they know? - What do you think? You were always one to lay it on the line.
- Yeah.
Where the hell have you been? - Here, there.
Everywhere.
So when did you start being a photographer? I've been playing at it for quite some time, now.
I'd say you've been doing a little more than playing.
This is a high profile show.
Yeah, someone must've made a mistake, huh? What do you think? It's beautiful.
That's not one of mine.
This is.
Ah, this is yours? You don't like it? Oh, no, it's just a little dark for my taste.
Yeah, I wanted to show it like it is, you know? Hey, Mac, Mac.
Come here.
Check this out.
Look at this.
Hey Greg, bet this one it's one of yours, huh? - No.
- No? You're kidding.
New York - 1938 Tommy! Mom! Tommy! My boy is in there.
It's all right, it's all right, ok? Take that.
Ok.
What's your name? Tommy.
- Have you played hide-and-seek? - No.
No? Tell you what.
We want to play a little, ok? You hang like that and I'll try to get out us of here.
Tommy Are you ok? Oh, sweetheart - All right.
- Oh, thank you, thank you.
You should have someone take a look at that hand.
I will.
You can tell a lot about a man by his hands.
Is that so? I'm Linda Plager.
Why'd you do that? - Do what? - Run into the burning building.
- Because that's where the fire was.
- Very funny.
- What are you, a reporter? - Freelance photographer.
You know, crime scenes, fatal accidents, star divorces, who's doing what to whom and how often.
The more gruesome the better.
Hey, everybody's got to be somewhere.
Come on, don't you want to be a hero? No, no, thanks.
What's with you? It's what people want to see.
Because that's all you show them.
Oh, maybe I should try and sell the editors pictures of flower vases, kittens playing, freshly baked pies? Your camera sees what you want it to see.
You can shoot hope or despair, garbage or flowers.
It all depends the way you want to spend your life.
- Right.
- Hey, wait up! - How come you know so much? - How come you don't? Oh, wait, wait Duncan? It's you! How did you find me? Where have you been all these years? This is Duncan MacLeod, The one I told you about.
Now, Miss Plager, this is a young man.
I'm terribly sorry, it's her medication.
I'll medicate you in a minute.
This is Duncan.
Without him I'd still be shooting garbage.
You never mind her.
She'll call an ambulance if I sneeze! We have so much to talk about You know what Doctor Reichmann said about wearing yourself out I'm telling you, that's Duncan.
You know Linda Plager? - That is the Linda Plager? - Oh, yeah.
I've only seen her work in books.
She's the real thing, man.
The show is for her.
I never thought I'd see her again.
Wait a second.
This mean that you are the long-lost benefactor.
And all this time I thought you were in the right place at the right time.
I just had no idea She's a big deal, man.
All her works gonna be worth a fortune in a few weeks.
- Why? - Well, the old lady's dying.
- This stuff excite you, MacLeod? - What was that? - Never mind.
- Sorry.
I was just thinking.
- About Linda? - Yeah.
- Are you going to tell her? - Tell her what? - That she was right about you.
- Why would he want to do that? Because the woman is dying.
That's right.
What's the point? She gone on this long without knowing.
Of course, I'm just playing devil's advocate.
I don't know what I want to tell her, but I have to tell her something.
I'll see you home.
See you.
He really cares about you.
You're both lucky.
Yeah.
Must be hard knowing that you'll keep getting older and MacLeod And tell me, how do you handle knowing one day he's gonna watch you grow old, wrinkle and then die? No mention he'll move to somebody else.
Were you born sensitive or did you have to study? Hey, come on.
I didn't mean anything by it, I'm just being curious.
That's all.
Hot dogs for everybody.
Have a dog, Tess.
Enjoy dogs I think I'm going home.
I'll see you later, okay? That was weird.
Oh, well, she's a woman, you know what I mean, Richie? Yeah, tell me about it.
Miss Plager I'm sorry.
I was on another planet.
Would you stop hovering? I'm fine.
- Miss Plager, what is it? - Nothing.
Maybe I shouldn't have spoken so soon.
I think I'd like to go home and rest a while.
Call an ambulance! - So, how long have you known Mac? - A long time.
Listen, there's something I always wanted to ask another Immortal about him.
Yeah, and what's that? Well, in all the time that you've known him, - We all change.
- Yeah, I mean, but how? How do you change? It's not the same.
I mean, you know, I just get older.
Change is inevitable.
What if you didn't get any older, then how do you'd feel? Well Greg, I probably wouldn't feel anything.
I'd be dead.
What if you were one of us? An Immortal? Are you kidding? I'll be fantastic.
I mean The places I'd go.
Things I'd do.
The women I'd - Bury? - What did you say? Nothing important.
You know, Immortality is not up all it's cracked to be.
Yeah, but it's easy for you to say.
You're going to live forever.
- Am I? I don't know.
- You should have a shot at it.
That's a comforting thought.
You afraid of death, Richie? Absolutely.
Aren't you? I don't know.
I Just don't know.
Hi.
Hello.
I feel like such an idiot.
I realize now of course you couldn't be I'm sorry.
I seem to be having trouble catching my It's ok.
Your hand is strong.
It reminds me of his.
That's what I first noticed about him.
He burnt one of them in a fire You're related to him, aren't you? Yeah.
- Did he ever mention me? - Yes, he did.
It's because of him, of what he taught to look for the light instead of the shadows.
I realized how much he meant to me.
How much I loved him.
He knows.
- It's over.
- Why? - Because I love you? - Oh, that's a good reason.
Don't you understand? You've made me see that I can be something more than a sleazy photographer.
That my work can move people, inspire them.
- And this is bad? - No, it's not bad.
It's wonderful! But I can't handle you and my work at the same time.
- I'm not asking you to.
- You don't have to! Just having you around kills my concentration.
Whenever I see something beautiful, instead of thinking, 'where is my camera?', I think, 'where is Duncan?' - You don't have to choose.
- Yes, I do.
If you don't leave right now, I may never be able to ask you again.
Whatever you say.
Why do I think I've just made the worst mistake of my life.
Duncan? No.
I can't.
I'm gonna make you proud of me.
You look just like him.
It's uncanny.
My parents died so long ago.
I have no children.
Does it seem funny for an old woman to want someone to be proud of her? No.
- If only - He's very proud of you.
I'm very proud.
- You didn't tell her.
- Tell her what? That eternal life does exist, but not for her? - Duncan, how close were you? - Does that matter? - No.
But you never told her about - Being Immortal? No.
I only told you.
Hey, guys.
Uh, I'm sorry.
It's all right.
Where's Gregor? Yeah, went run a couple of errands.
Listen.
I'm gonna go to the studio.
Check it out later.
Is that cool? Yeah.
I mean, who knows? Maybe photography's in my future.
- I see you later.
- Richie, be careful.
Yeah, sure.
Later.
Something wrong? Tell me more about Gregor I mean, what kind of person is he? He just said some things He made you feel uncomfortable.
He's not the way you described him.
And all those pictures Well, maybe he's grown a thicker skin since I knew him.
You can breath now.
You've got a weird sense of humor.
Maybe it wasn't a joke.
It was a test.
A Test! What for? To see if you were real or just MacLeod's shadow.
Go to hell.
- Richie, it's too easy to push you.
.
- Look.
It's been fun.
I'll see you around.
Hey, Richie Think you can ride? Do you know how to ride a bike? I don't know.
Maybe.
But I think I can fake it.
Jonathan couldn't hack it.
He just didn't have the stuff.
What is this, some sort of initiation? You could say that.
Lead the way, my friend.
Richie! Richie, can you hear me, man? It's that a rush or what? You made it, man.
I bet you thought that is over for sure.
Lay off me.
- Why're you pissed at me for? - I could have killed myself that's way.
Richie, would I let you do it if it was dangerous? Ah, man, look at this.
You just need a couple stitches, that's all.
Let's go.
I don't want MacLeod think I'm abusing his best buddy.
- Thanks.
- Was that Richie? No.
He wasn't.
I was just checking in with the hospital.
- How is she? - The same.
What's going on? Well, we had a little bit of an accident, but nothing to worry about.
- What happened to your arm? - It's not big deal.
I dumped the bike.
Dumped the bike? Whose bike? - Mine.
No damage, though.
- No damage.
That's no damage? - I'm okay, Mac.
- I didn't realize you were the boy's father.
Later.
Richie's arm is fine.
Don't sweat it.
Yeah, but what's going on, Greg? What's with all these games? Take it easy.
I think you're letting these mortals get a little too much under your skin.
I mean, look at this Linda Plager thing.
You're beating yourself up over what's obviously a pretty much cut and dried situation.
You of all people.
"People", MacLeod? Is that what we are? Are we really still people? Are we really supposed to care about them, care about anything? Well, tell me what else there is, if we don't.
- Take a look at me and see for yourself.
- See you don't care about anything.
I'm right here, man.
Search me.
- What happened to you? Huh? - Life's happened to me, my friend.
Eternal life to be exact.
Sound ironic, isn't it? I'd call it tragic.
You think so? I don't know, I feel sort of privileged.
I mean, it's a lot easier to get through time without all the crap that humans carry around and that drag you down.
Oh, you mean things like feelings, compassion, love? You've done away with all those things.
I don't know.
It's been a long path since I checked.
- You feel nothing? - Not even for myself.
It's funny, because I don't believe you.
Your pictures are not the work of a man who feels nothing.
Don't tell me you don't care about them.
MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL THE WEST - 1880 Just put him down here.
This is the last of the opium salts from Indian Wells, Ought to do some good.
How's Billy? What I'm gonna tell Ray? - That you did what you could.
- I watched him die is what I did.
You don't work miracles, Gregor.
You're a doctor.
You keep beating yourself up Where is my boy, Gregor? Where is my boy? Ray, I'm sorry.
I did everything I could.
- No.
No, he ain't dead.
- There was nothing I could do.
He wasn't that sick when I brought him here.
- It was cholera, Ray.
- No, no.
It was a small fever He killed my boy, Gregor.
He murdered my son.
- Let's go outside.
- No! No! Oh, my God! What have I done? - Go home.
- My boy! Go home.
You okay? I forgot how much it hurts.
What happened to Ray? I sent him home.
I'll talk to the sheriff.
Tell him it was an accident.
I can't go back, can I? No.
You're dead to them.
Time to move on.
I can't.
I can't do this any more.
Anything I'd do it.
They'll die.
How do you do it? How you could through the years all your friends.
One day at a time.
- So, how's your friend? - He's not happy with his life.
- What did he say? - He's lost.
- What do you mean, lost? - He doesn't know who he is anymore.
- Sounds like he needs therapy.
- That's easier said than done.
Imagine going in to somebody and saying, "Hello, I'm Duncan MacLeod, and I've grown a little neurotic over the past 400 years, I'd like to talk to you about it.
" They'd lock you away.
- Richie could've been badly hurt.
- Yeah, I know.
He scares me, Mac.
I got this feeling, he didn't care.
He's not evil, Tess.
- How do you know? - Because he's my friend.
Anyway, what do you want me to do? Chop off his head? No.
I just wish he'd go away.
Hum, let me call you back, ok? I'll talk to you soon.
Hello? - Where is MacLeod? - Greg.
Hum He's he went to the hospital for a few minutes.
He'll be right back.
You're welcome to hang out I've hang out a little too damn long as it is.
I destroyed them all, and I didn't feel a thing.
I guess it's true what they say about a life's work.
But then again maybe I'd feel differently if my life was going to be over at some point.
You destroyed what? Your photographs? Everything.
The photographs, the negatives.
And why not? Answer me that and you win the playoffs.
You don't want to win the playoffs.
On the edge of the bridge, just before liftoff.
Fear, right? Then what? For me? Nothing is.
Well, I I guess I don't know what I feel.
That's because you can feel, boy! Want to know how it feels like to die? No, Gregor, please I can send you to the grave in a hartbeat and I wouldn't feel a thing.
Because I don't know how.
You're wrong.
I destroyed them at all and I didn't feel a thing.
Gregor, this has to end.
But I'm having such a good time.
- Are you having a good time? - Leave her out of this.
- I guess it's just you and me.
- I'm unarmed.
Variety is the spice of life.
Will I feel what you feel, MacLeod? Will I love, will I hate? Gregor, I know what you're going trough.
Don't.
You can learn to live with what you are.
You have a choice.
You can either die or you can change, but you can't go on living the way you are.
Go ahead! Do it! How did it feel, Gregor? - How did it feel? - Pain pain.
Pain.
It'll be all right, my friend.
It's all right.
It's all right.
- How do you feel? - Like an old photograph faded around the edges but the essence of the person it's still in there.
It's funny you should say that.
It's wrapped beautifully.
Do you want to turn your head while I tear it to shreds? I was always too anxious when it comes to presents.
Yeah, I remember.
Go ahead.
Did your grandfather give this to you? No.
You did.
Duncan? Don't ask me to explain, Linda.
It's not something you need to understand now.
But what you need to understand, is that you've always been very important to me.
- It's not the first time I've imagined this.
- No, Linda.
It's not your imagination.
I wanted to tell you the first time I saw you in the gallery.
I'm so proud of you.
I always have been.
Tell me you believe me.
You have to believe me.
Even though I never took pictures of kittens and flower vases Or freshly baked pies? I should never have left you.
I was so young And beautiful, and talented.
You still are.
Thank you, Duncan.
Thank you so much for everything.
The pleasure was mine.
"Here we are" "We're the princes of the universe" "Here we belong, fighting for survival" We've got to be the rulers of the world.
"I am immortal" "I have inside me blood of kings" "I have no rival; no man can be my equal" "Take me to the future of the world"