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NARRATOR: He is Immortal, born in the highlands of Scotland

400 years ago.

He is not alone.

There are others like him--

some good, some evil.

For centuries, he has 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.

[MUSIC - QUEEN, "PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE"]

[buzz]

-Anthony Gallen.

-Duncan MacLeod of the clan MacLeod.

-Come on, man.

Come on.

Live.

Breathe!

Breathe!

Damn it.

[coughing]

-It's all right.

It's OK.

It's all right.

Breathe.

You're gonna be all right.

-Tommy Bannen?

-That was his name.

-And you never came across this Gallen before?

-No.

-You must have been more than he bargained for.

-It was an even match, Richie.

-Then how come he took off?

-I don't know.

-Well, too bad about the Bannen kid.

Guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

-That's no reason for him to be dead, Richie.

-You didn't hit the guy, Mac.

You think that Gallen is losing sleep over this?

-Hey, I'm not Gallen.

-Take it easy.

I didn't say you were.

You want to talk about it?

-No.

You want some breakfast?

-Sure.

Look, Mac, if you don't want to discuss it, I understand.

But there's nothing you can do for Tommy Bannen.

-I can go to his funeral.

-I'm Betty Bannen.

I don't think we've met.

-I'm Duncan MacLeod.

-You're the one that tried to save him.

-I'm sorry it wasn't enough.

-You did what you could I thank you for

that with all my heart.

-I should be going.

-Would you--

would you stay a while, Mr. MacLeod?

Please?

You were the last one to see my Tommy alive.

-Of course.

-[laughing]

You do that very well.

-You think you're the first man who ever courted me?

-Only if the men around here are fools.

-The girls say that men are like horses.

Big and stupid.

But they do have their uses.

-You comparing me to a horse?

-Well, you're certainly not stupid.

But as for uses--

-Bastard!

Get out of the wagon.

-Who are you?

-That's Ned.

-Her fiance.

-Your fiance?

We have to talk about this.

-Bess and I will talk about it when you're dead.

She was sworn to marry me.

-It was my parents' idea, not mine.

-Give me satisfaction.

-Well, you have me at a slight disadvantage.

-Then get out and arm yourself.

-Duncan, please.

Duncan, please.

-Tell him, not me.

-Come down and meet your fate.

-Ned, let this go before it does more harm.

Whoa!

-Ned, do not hurt him.

-Whoops.

-No!

Duncan, watch out!

Ned, stop it!

Duncan!

-No, Bess, stay back!

-Bess!

-Duncan.

-Bess?

-Dear God.

-Bess?

-[sobbing]

My Bess!

Oh, God!

Oh, God!

-You dare to come here?

-I would give anything to undo this.

-It's you who should be dead!

-If I could, I would.

-She was supposed to marry Ned.

Then you came.

And now Ned will be

court-martialed and we have nothing!

-You will have whatever you need.

I swear.

Anything.

-Can you bring Bess back?

She was my only child.

May you rot in hell!

-I raised Tommy by myself.

My husband died in Vietnam.

He'd only been an American citizen three years.

-I'm sorry.

-He was a soldier.

After he was gone, I thought about

going home to the Highlands.

Someday I'd like to go back there to live.

-Why don't you?

-Oh, money.

Tommy helped with expenses, but he was just a reporter.

-What kind of reporting did he do?

-Investigative.

He wanted his own byline, but he was always working

undercover.

He promised me that one day I'd see his name.

[sobs]

-I don't--

I don't know why I'm telling you all of this.

-You can tell me what you like.

-Mr. MacLeod, are you--

was it--

was it really an accident?

-What do you mean?

-Well, I don't know.

But the last time I saw Tommy, he was really

scared about something.

It was like he thought he was in danger.

-From what?

-Well, he wouldn't tell me.

He said it was for my own protection.

[car door opening]

-Betty, I am so sorry that we're late.

-That's all right, Suzanne.

You're here now.

-I don't believe you've met my father, Mr. Honniger.

-My sympathies, Mrs. Bannen.

-Thank you.

-This is Duncan MacLeod.

He tried to save Tommy.

I'd better thank Mr. MacLeod.

-Tommy was a fine young man.

We'll miss him at the paper.

-Will you forgive us if we run?

We have a board meeting at 4:00.

I'll call.

-She won't call.

She's not the type.

But my Tommy was in love with her.

-Mrs. Bannen, if--

if you need anything, anything at all,

don't hesitate to call.

[SCOTTISH ACCENT] Us Highlanders

have to stick together.

-Hmm.

[buzz]

-Too bad we're on holy ground, eh?

-Oh, we'll be off it one day.

-So what makes you think Gallen's not in town

to hunt you, Mac?

-Because he didn't know my name before we fought.

It was a chance meeting.

What I can't can figure is what he was

doing in that cemetery.

-Unless he was reacquainting himself with some old pals,

Mac, he had to be after you.

-No.

He couldn't have known I'd be there.

And if he followed me, I would have sensed him.

-That's true.

OK, so if he wasn't there for you, and we know he wasn't

sentimental about Tommy Bannen, who's left?

-Well, there's Betty Bannen, but I don't think so.

And there's Suzanne, his girlfriend, and her father,

Mike Honniger, who he worked for.

-Honniger?

The guy's no Immortal, but he does own Honniger

Communications.

That's, uh, three newspapers and half a dozen

TV and radio stations.

-Maybe.

Or maybe it wasn't a coincidence that Tommy was

there when I fought Gallen.

Maybe he was investigating Gallen for Honniger's paper.

-Exactly.

This could have something to do with Gallen's immortality.

-Maybe.

-I tell you what.

I'm gonna go down to Honniger's paper today and ask

a few questions.

-There's a few questions I want to ask, too.

-Good morning.

-Good morning.

-I've come to see Mr. Honniger.

-Do you have an appointment?

-No, I'm afraid I don't.

-Well, then you couldn't see him even if he was in.

-Thank you.

Mr. Honniger.

-Mr. MacLeod.

It's nice to see you again.

-Call me Duncan.

-Should I call security?

-No, that's all right, Claire.

My father's not in at the moment.

Didn't Claire tell you?

-Yes, she did.

But I saw a guy leaving here as if he'd just been fired.

-He has just been fired.

I've been a vice president of Honniger

Communications for two years.

I assure you, I've earned the title.

-Nice pieces.

-Yeah.

My father's quite the collector of things.

Now, what can I do for you?

-Do you know what Tommy was working on before he died?

-No.

We didn't talk much about his assignments.

Why?

-Betty seems to think his death was tied to whatever he

was working on.

-She thinks that it was deliberate?

You were there.

You told the police it was an accident.

-It seemed that way at the time.

-And now?

-I'm not sure.

-If there was any chance this wasn't an accident, we

have to find out.

My father might know what he was working on.

-Do you think I can talk to him?

-Yeah.

Why don't you come by the house this afternoon?

-OK.

-I'll get you a card.

Tommy and I were good friends.

-Betty told me.

I'm--

I'm sorry.

-Yeah.

We were from different worlds, but it worked for us.

I just want to tell you how much I appreciate all you've

tried to do.

-See you this afternoon?

-Yes.

-Oh.

Excuse me.

Um, excuse me.

I'm looking for a friend of mine.

His name's Tommy Bannen.

-Never heard of him.

What's he do?

-Um, he works up here.

He's a reporter.

-Not that I know of.

-Oh, you know Tommy Bannen.

He works specials.

-Specials.

Is that kind of like, uh, undercover.

-Yeah, that's right.

Undercover.

Sure, I remember him now.

-Short guy.

-Yeah, about 5'5".

-Balding, about 40.

-I was always thinking he looked older.

-You know, I told him he would look a lot younger

if he wore a piece.

-Well, I don't see him around.

-Uh, that's some story the guy's working on, huh?

-Oh, some story.

-He talk to you guys about it?

-Nope.

-No, the man kept pretty much to himself, you know?

Hey, Clackson, take this over to Petrovich.

-So, uh, where's his desk?

-I think he worked mostly out of his home.

-Yeah, a lot of investigative guys do that.

It's kind of a personality thing.

-Yeah, right, right, right.

-Uh, listen, we got a paper to get out here.

-Yeah, sure.

Um, uh, well, listen.

Uh, if you guys do see Tommy, you tell him I'm

looking for him, OK?

-Yeah, sure.

Uh, listen, what did you say your name was?

-Richards.

Jordan Richards.

Take care, boys.

-See you later, Jordan.

-Yeah, Frank.

-They had no idea who Tommy Bannen was, Mac.

They didn't even know he was dead.

-Then why would Mrs. Bannen and Honniger say that he

worked there when he didn't?

-That's just the thing.

He did.

You see, I went down to payroll.

I told them I'm a friend of Tommy Bannen's.

He's sick and wants me to pick up his paycheck.

It was for two grand.

-Nice salary for a guy without a desk or phone extension.

-Exactly.

So now what?

-Well now the Honnigers are expecting me.

-The Honnigers?

Well, that would include Suzanne.

I'm correct, right?

I checked out her picture, Mac.

Maybe you need some company.

You know, you talk to her father, I talk to her?

-Richie, this is work.

It's not like I'm going to enjoy it.

-So let me do it.

I mean, Suzanne Honniger's only, what, 28 years old?

-25, and incredibly beautiful.

-25?

And how old are you?

-400.

But you know what, Richie?

Today I feel like a kid.

MALE SPEAKER [ON INTERCOM]: Who is it?

-It's Duncan MacLeod.

[buzz]

-Come in, Mr. MacLeod.

-In here, please.

Mr. Honniger will be with you in a moment.

-Like it?

It's a Luigi Balda.

Turn of the century Italian.

Would you believe I got it for almost nothing?

-That depends on what you call almost nothing.

-Under $20,000.

-Then you got a bargain.

-Always nice to get an expert opinion.

Drink?

-No thanks.

-Really?

My father always told me to be suspicious of

men who don't drink.

-Are you suspicious of me?

-Actually, I'm curious.

-About what?

-About what you were doing at that amusement park so early

in the morning.

-I was out jogging, minding my own business.

Whose business was Tommy minding?

-Mine.

Please.

Look, uh, Suzanne told me about Mrs. Bannen's worries,

so I checked with my editors.

Tommy it wasn't working on anything that could have

gotten him killed.

-Do you mind if I ask what he was working on?

-Do you mind telling me why you're so interested in him?

-When a man dies in your arms, you get interested.

-Exactly what kind of antique dealer are you, MacLeod?

-You should know that.

You checked me out, didn't you?

-A man in my position can't be too careful.

-And what position is that?

-On top.

-Don't worry about daddy, Mr. MacLeod.

He's suspicious of everybody.

Including me.

Please.

-My daughter graduated from Vassar in three years and got

her master's from Wharton in one, but she has a lot to

learn about real life.

Survival is not learned from reading a book.

-Please, daddy.

No more stories about fighting with baseball bats to get the

best newspaper route.

-For someone Who.

Wants to run my companies, you're incredibly naive.

Mr. MacLeod here has lived here and in Paris and in half

a dozen other cities.

His name turns up in a stack of unsolved police files.

Some antique dealer.

-That piece over there is worth $40,000.

It came from Vienna, not Italy, and the carver's

Wolfgang Bosch.

Who's Luigi Balda?

Your hairdresser?

-My attorney.

-Touche.

Nicely done, Mr. MacLeod.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

So, about Tommy.

-Your father doesn't think there's a connection.

-Frankly, neither do I. those calls that I made?

Nothing.

If he was working on something,

he kept it to himself.

-Did he keep any notes anywhere?

-He had an apartment in the Rivercrest Arms.

The corner of Rivercrest and Watson.

You might try there.

-You'd be wasting your time.

-It's mine to waste.

-As you like.

Good day, Mr. MacLeod.

-Good day.

-Well, well, well.

Why did Honniger send you?

-Go to hell!

-You first.

-Help!

Help!

Hey!

Hey, you, let me up!

Hey!

You!

You're crazy!

-I'm just impatient.

Now what were you doing here?

Well?

-Up yours!

-Well, that's very brave, but not very smart.

Come on!

-[screams]

-I mean, think about it.

You might chip a tooth down there.

-All right.

All right.

It was Honniger.

-That was who.

Now why?

Come on, my arms are getting tired.

-All right!

OK.

He thought somebody was trying to kill him.

-And?

-He pays big money to know what's going on in the street.

The word came back that there was a contract out on his

life, and they figured it was you.

-Why me?

-Because of your file!

Because of your history with the cops.

And because you killed Tommy Bannen.

-Why would I hit Tommy Bannen?

-How the hell should I know?

All right.

All right.

Honniger said whoever hit Tommy was out to kill him, OK?

Now let me up.

-Say please.

-You son of--

please?

-Pretty please.

-Please.

-I don't like letting you out of my sight.

Now, it's not that I don't trust you, but.

-Oh, what has trust got to do with it?

You are being well paid in more ways than one.

Didn't I warn you about Tommy?

-Little bastard was good.

I never thought he'd find me.

MacLeod's next.

-Don't worry about him.

Daddy thinks he's a hitman who's after him.

He's sending Johnson to take care of him.

-Johnson will fail.

-How do you know?

-Because I know.

You leave MacLeod to me.

You understand me?

-You're hurting me.

I love it when you play rough.

-Mrs. Bannen?

-I'm sorry to bother you.

-It's OK.

When I offered to help, I meant it.

What can I do for you?

-I need your advice.

-Then you're going to have to tell me what it's about.

-Well, Tommy's lawyer called.

He told me Tommy's will left me everything.

There wasn't much, except a key to a safety deposit box.

-So you opened it?

What did you find?

-There's over $200,000 in cash in there.

Duncan, Tommy was just a reporter.

Where would he get that kind of money?

-I don't know.

What are you going to do with it?

-Well, my mother said, don't look a gift horse in the

mouth.

-Then use it.

Go back to the Highlands.

It's what Tommy would have wanted.

-Well, I thought of that.

But without knowing where he got it--

-All right, I understand.

Just put it in the bank for now.

There's nothing wrong with just having it.

-I still don't see why Johnson couldn't drive us.

-Oh, Daddy, we never get to spend time alone together.

It'll be fun.

-Damn!

I forgot.

I gotta get those bank proposals.

-I'll wait.

Johnson, let's go.

I told you to stick close to us.

[phone ringing]

-Hello?

MALE SPEAKER [ON PHONE]: Hello, Mr. Honniger.

-Who is this?

How'd you get this number?

MALE SPEAKER [ON PHONE]: Your daughter gave it to me.

She also gave me a message for you.

-What message?

MALE SPEAKER [ON PHONE]: She told me to tell you, good bye.

[laughing]

-I thought you'd be too grief-stricken to work.

-Life goes on.

-Not for everyone.

What was worth $8,000 a week?

-What do you mean?

-I got hold of Tommy's pay stubs.

I ran his social security number.

Your father was paying him $2,000 a week through four

different companies.

No tax evasion charges for little old Tommy.

-I don't know what you're talking about.

-Of course you do.

You know everything that goes on in this company.

-You're right.

I do.

I am this company.

My father hasn't made a decision of his own in years.

-Oh, daddy's little girl.

Couldn't you wait until he handed over the reins?

-Daddy was a very healthy man.

I would have had to wait 20 or 30 years.

Patience never was one of my virtues.

This man killed my father.

Take care of him.

-Remember me?

-Yeah, you're the guy that's afraid of heights.

-Not here.

-Your pants still wet?

-Get him out of here.

-Well.

How was the funeral?

-It was wonderful.

Even the governor was there.

-So much are you worth now?

-$287 million, but who's counting?

-Since I did the job, I'll take my money.

-That was $1 million.

-Two.

-My mistake.

-It's a bargain.

Cheers.

-Cheers.

I'll get it.

-You know, maybe in a couple of months, I

could come back, huh?

We could have a lot of fun.

-I don't think you'll be coming back.

-You may be surprised.

-I don't think so.

[gunshot]

-Surprise.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Like the stroke of a sword, one second

there's life, next second it's gone.

I didn't want him to die.

HONNIGER [VOICEOVER]: Tommy was a fine young man.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Our fight isn't their fight.

I should've stopped him.

-No!

Bess!

Stay back!

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: We have to be careful.

Human life is too fragile.

Tommy.

Bess.

All of them.

Life is so fragile.

BETTY [VOICEOVER]: I'm Betty Bannen.

I don't think we've met.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Bess.

No matter what you do, death comes when it's ready.

On its own time, not yours.

You can't keep them forever.

-I don't believe you've met my father, Mr. Honniger.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: All you can do is say goodbye.

-Tommy was a fine young man.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Galen killed Tommy,

but why kill him?

Our fight isn't his fight.

-If there was any chance this wasn't an accident, we

have to find out.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Why kill Tommy?

Gallen knows.

-$200,000 in cash.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Something is missing.

-They had no idea who Tommy Bannen was, Mac.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Suzanne and Honniger.

-They didn't even know he was dead.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Suzanne and Tommy.

-They didn't even know he was dead.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Tommy dies.

-His name turns up in a stack of unsolved police files.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Then Honniger dies.

What's the connection?

-Some antique dealer.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Tommy's working for Honniger.

What's he really doing there?

Gallen was death.

-Your father was paying him $2,000 a week.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Then who was Tommy?

-No tax evasion charges for little old Tommy.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Death comes in its own time.

-Too bad about the Bannen kid.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: What was Tommy doing there?

Tommy and Gallen.

Something's missing.

Tommy wasn't in the wrong place.

Tommy was in the right place.

Tommy was there for a reason, but the reason wasn't me.

-You'd be wasting your time.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Tommy's dead.

Honniger's dead.

Suzanne in the center.

-Mr. MacLeod.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: It's all connected.

Tommy was there for a reason.

-Was it really an accident?

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: Maybe Tommy was death, too.

HONNIGER [VOICEOVER]: You'd be wasting your time.

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: It's all connected.

-May you rot in hell!

MACLEOD [VOICEOVER]: It has to be connected.

-Hey!

Hey!

That look familiar?

-Uh, hold on.

No, not from this angle.

-You got a smart mouth, but not for much longer.

Miss Honniger said to get rid of you, and she

doesn't much care how.

You had a good time when you were up here where I am now.

-Why don't you just shut up and let me go.

Huh?

-Say please.

Well, have a nice flight.

-I say we go back and have a little chat with your friend

Suzanne.

-She's not gonna tell us anything.

-All right.

Well, in that case, do we have any idea what we're looking

for?

-No.

We'll know when we find it.

What we know is that Tommy was being paid a ton of money by

Honniger for something, and that Gallen went out of his

way to kill him.

Now, when Gallen first jumped me, it was over there.

The fight took us halfway up the roller coaster.

Gallen got hold of me and pushed me down.

When I looked back, he'd disappeared.

I looked down here, and Tommy was

standing here by his Corvette.

Stand here a minute.

Now, as Tommy was standing this way, Gallen's car came

from the right, accelerated, went straight for Tommy, and

it hit him.

-So obviously he nailed Tommy on purpose.

-The question is why.

-Mac, what are you doing?

-Looking for something.

I think I just found it.

Catch.

A nine millimeter.

A hitman's weapon.

-How'd you know this bag was down there?

-Tommy was holding it.

It went flying when he was hit.

-If Tommy was carrying a gun--

-Then he was coming to kill Gallen.

[buzz]

-Nice of you to drop in.

-Well, we have some unfinished business.

But this time, we won't be interrupted, will we?

-You're the one who killed Honniger.

-And Honniger knew you were coming after him, so he sent

Tommy to stop you.

-You should've used that.

I didn't want to have to handle both of you.

But now, uh, I'm all yours, MacLeod, huh?

[cocks gun]

-Really?

How much is she paying you?

-The bitch?

Tried to double cross me.

She actually tried to kill me.

[laughing]

-Come on, Mac.

Let's take this son of a bitch.

-No, Richie.

One on one.

You know the rules.

-That's right, Richie.

You run along now and live a little longer, huh?

I'll see you soon enough.

-I doubt it.

-Well, shall we rock and roll?

-Come on, MacLeod!

-Come!

Come!

-By Tommy?

But this is today's paper.

How could he--

you wrote this.

-I just put the words on the paper.

It's because of Tommy that those people were caught.

-Well, the money-- the--

$200,000?

-Well, sometimes when a reporter's on a risky

assignment, he can ask for the money up front.

-So the money really was his.

-It's yours.

-Thank you.

You've brought my Tommy back to me.

If you could use some of that money--

-Take it.

Go back to Scotland.

Back to the Highlands like you wanted.

See them for me.

-I will.

-Duncan.

When I'm over there, you'll come visit me?

-It's a promise.

[MUSIC - QUEEN, "PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE"]