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MACLEOD [OFFSCREEN]: [italian].

-I saw the car go by.

Go call an ambulance.

-OK, OK.

Don't move him.

-Don't touch him.

-But I'm a reporter, not a reader.

-How do you think Barbara Waters got started?

-Speech therapy.

But Mr. Talmage, I belong out in the field.

-Do you know how many girls--

uh, women--

would give their right arms to sit behind the anchor desk?

-Oh, the ones called lefty?

I don't want to be an anchor.

Anchors are only good for holding things down.

I'm an investigative reporter.

I belong out in the street.

-Wrong.

You're a co-anchor filling the slot

between weather and sports.

And as long as I sign the checks, you'll be in makeup,

ready to roll for news at 11:00.

-What have we got?

-Hit and run 20 minutes ago.

Pupils reacted, so they had to jump-start him.

His respiration's ragged as hell.

He's also go extensive head injuries.

-I want x-rays on this, stat.

-Right away.

-Let's go.

-Let's get him squared away with the curtain right away.

-IV up.

-The 10 best dressed actors in Hollywood--

who cares?

They call that news?

-It's the lighter side.

FEMALE SPEAKER [ON RADIO]: 545 in vicinity of 6th and Mule.

Victim on route to City Center emergency.

Suspect vehicle description--

two door domestic, dark blue, last seen going north on Lake.

-Do you hear that?

Things are happening out there.

-Yeah, too bad the cops can't do anything about it.

-You see, that's a story--

the personal side of becoming a random victim in this city.

Can you run one of these?

-Yeah, in my sleep.

But I didn't go to six years of film school for this.

-Let's go.

-Well, what about the news at 11:00?

-Well, it's four and 1/2 hours from now.

And this could be our lead feature, the little victim in

the big city.

Come on.

-I don't know.

-Come on, Jack.

Where's your sense of adventure?

Come on.

Where's your ambition?

Let's go.

-Uh, OK.

-Get the camera, Jack.

-Come on, hurry up.

-Where's the lord and master?

-Late.

-So he's not perfect after all.

-Need cardiac consult now, not in the morning.

What's happening with x-rays?

-I'll go after them.

-Thanks.

What have we got?

FEMALE SPEAKER [OFFSCREEN]: We need chest

x-rays, blood gases.

FEMALE SPEAKER [OFFSCREEN]: Pupils are fixed and dilated.

FEMALE SPEAKER [OFFSCREEN]: OK, hold him down.

-Let's take him over to ICU.

Have Dr. Stevens look after him.

-It doesn't look good.

I'm afraid we're going to lose him.

-Massive hemorrhage in the frontal lobe.

-What's left of it.

-Terminal adema throughout the cortex.

I'm surprised he wasn't DOA.

What's his vitals now?

-Where did he go?

-What?

Wh--

who ordered him moved?

-Nobody told me.

The IV's still dripping.

-Is he dead?

MALE SPEAKER [ON PHONE]: Morgue.

-Yes, hi.

This is Dr. Wilder in the ER.

Did we just send over a call 1?

MALE SPEAKER [ON PHONE]: Uh, no, Dr. Wilder.

It's been real dead down here.

-Thank you.

[phone ringing]

-Admitting, this is Carol.

-Yes, Carol, this is Dr. Wilder in ER.

We sent up ID on a critical accident patient.

Have you notified next of kin yet?

-Well, I was going to, but his brother just came by, and--

-Huh--

his brother?

-Yeah, he was really nice, about six feet, good

looking, pony tail.

-Thank you.

Well, apparently our critical patient just checked out of

the hospital.

-That's impossible.

-His brother came by to take him home.

-The man was dying.

We have to find him.

-Barbara?

Um, Barbara--

Barbara, we've worked together a long time, you and I. And

I'd like to think that we have more than a professional

relationship.

-Well, I was hoping so.

-Me too.

-Oh, and Barbara, don't mention this to

the rest of the staff.

I'll--

I'll follow it up myself.

-If you're certain.

-Uh, yes.

Carol, this is Dr. Wilder once again.

About that patient we have down here-- you did photocopy

his ID, didn't you?

-That's standard procedure, Dr. Wilder.

-I see.

Would it be possible if I come up there and look at it?

-I'll be here.

-Thank you.

-Yes, we did admit a hit and run victim

earlier this evening.

Are you related to Mr. MacLeod?

-Who?

Wait, what was that?

The accident victim's name is MacLeod.

-I can't divulge any--

-Duncan MacLeod?

-Oh, you know the guy?

-Let's go.

-Well, are you related?

-Yes, yes.

I'm his sister.

-Why doesn't he call?

-He probably got hung up some place without a phone.

Maybe he ran in to somebody.

-Like another immortal.

-Tess, he can take care of himself.

[groans]

-The exigencies of urban life, never realizing how vulnerable

each of us is, has brought us to the emergency room of city

hospital, where a man who only hours ago was healthy and

living his life, a man who now lies injured.

-Excuse me, but we're going to have to ask you to leave.

-We're doing a story on the city's victims of violence.

-Please, this is a hospital.

-We're checking on your patient, Duncan MacLeod.

-The admitting office handles--

-Is he in surgery?

-Look, if you just turn it off--

-OK, OK, forget the camera.

But can we see Mr. MacLeod?

-Mr. MacLeod's injuries were minor.

He's been discharged.

There's nothing more I can tell you.

-But the police call was for vehicular homicide.

-The police were wrong.

-That's good.

Well, there goes the story, huh?

I'm really sorry.

I'm sorry to bother you.

Sorry.

Let's go, Jack.

I got that.

Sorry.

-Sorry about the morphine, Mr. MacLeod.

But over the years, I realized that my in-house patients

require substantial sedation to avoid

disturbing my neighbors.

But none of them have ever held your promise.

Modern medicine, Mr. MacLeod, it does such a poor job of

healing the body.

We simply must improve the healing process.

But how?

Now, a man comes in to my ER with severe brain trauma,

multiple internal injuries, bone fracture, and he simply

gets up and walks out.

I must know more about this man.

-[mumbling]

-There, there, Mr. MacLeod.

Any discomfort you're about to feel will pale in the medical

history we're about to make together.

Our first approach will be a cell pathology exam, for which

I will need a tissue sample.

Mr. MacLeod, this may be the beginning of a beautiful

relationship.

-Duncan?

-Hi.

You remember me?

Randi McFarland.

-Yes.

What can I do for you?

-I just came by to see how Mr. MacLeod was doing.

You see, I'm doing this story on the

city's accident victims.

-Accident?

What accident?

-He didn't tell you, uh, about last night?

-No.

No, he never even came home.

What happened?

-Well, there was this accident, a hit and run.

And he was taken to City Hospital.

-Dr. Why

-Uh, yes, you're looking for me?

-Yes.

Well, actually, we're looking for someone you saw last

night, Duncan MacLeod.

-MacLeod?

MacLe--

yes.

I saw Mr. MacLeod last night.

-Was he hurt?

-Well, actually, we're not really sure.

You see, when a patient checks himself out of the hospital,

we have no choice but to discharge him.

-Has anyone else come looking for him?

-No.

Would you please excuse me?

-If he was here, something pretty nasty

must have gone down.

He's not exactly the accident prone type.

-But if he left, where is he?

-Honestly, there's nothing else for me to tell you.

-Well then, can I see his file?

-Well, as I recall, the man wasn't here long enough to

create any sort of a file.

-Well, how about his x-rays?

-No, no, he was out of here long before we could order up

any x-rays.

-Do you ordinarily sign the discharge papers?

-Well, some.

-Dr. Wilder?

-Yes.

-We've got a bad dog bite down here.

-Thank you.

Look, I really would like to help you, but I don't know

what else to say.

-Well, the paramedic said he was seriously injured.

-Paramedics aren't equipped to give any sort of diagnosis.

-Dr. Wilder?

-Yes.

And Mr. MacLeod walked out of here on his own volition.

Now seriously injured people, they don't do that, do they?

-I told you, lady, nothing strange in the way of a

homicide's been reported.

I mean, maybe he just took a business trip and forgot to

tell you.

-Oh, give ma break.

Are you nuts?

-Listen, Sergeant Harold, first your people told me I

had to wait 48 hours before I could file a missing persons

report.

-That's the law.

-Then they said I should come back.

-I wish I had something to tell you.

-So do we.

-A man doesn't disappear without a trace.

-Look, Miss Noel, we get a couple of these

things a week in here.

I mean, we spend more time trying to track these guys

down than you'd imagine.

And you know what?

When we we find them, they usually

don't want to be found.

-What are you saying?

-Look, you're a beautiful women, and a guy would have to

be crazy, but men are men.

These things happen.

-Let's go.

-I don't get this.

What is so damned newsworthy about this MacLeod guy?

-He's--

he's brought in to the hospital after being run down.

He gets up and he walks out under his own power, and then

he promptly disappears.

I mean, it sounds like there's a story in there somewhere.

-So we want his complete medical history then.

-Who knows?

Maybe he's got something to hide.

-OK.

-Party?

-Yeah, we're all meeting down at Clancy's for dinner.

I thought it might be a change for everyone

to have a good time.

-Ow.

-You know, Miss Moore, some day a sprain like this will

heal in minutes, right from within your own body.

-Ugh.

ANNOUNCER [ON PA]: Telephone call for Dr. Wilder.

Dr. Wilder--

-I can handle this.

Go ahead.

-Yes, this is Dr. Wilder.

RANDI [ON PHONE]: It's Randi MacFarland, doctor.

-Oh, hi.

Um, I'm rather busy right now.

Can I call you back?

-Are you too busy to hear about your

patient, Duncan MacLeod?

-Uh, can I put you on hold?

-Barbara?

I have a--

I have to take this in the other room.

Um, go ahead, Miss MacFarland.

-We've been doing some research, doctor.

And there are no medical records anywhere on Duncan

MacLeod-- no vaccinations, no hospitalizations.

There's not even dental work.

-Well, um, maybe he's just really healthy.

-It's odd, though, that after he left your hospital he just

disappeared, isn't it?

-Yes, yes, it is.

Um, but thank you for calling.

And I'll make sure to call you if I hear anything.

-I just tell this guy about a medical miracle and he acts

like I'm talking about dental floss.

Let's check in to this Dr. Wilder and his ER and

see what turns up.

-Everything all right?

-Yeah, everything's fine, just fine.

So you think you're going to make it tonight?

-Oh, right, the party.

Look, Barbara, I'm--

I'm not very good at parties.

But uh, I'll, uh--

I'll be there.

-[groans]

[phone ringing]

[phone ringing]

-Hello?

-Paul, I thought you were coming.

The party's over.

-Oh, Barbara, I'm sorry.

Uh, something came up.

-Something always comes up.

-It's just-- it's not been a very good time.

-It's about that patient, Duncan MacLeod, isn't it?

-Barbara, I thought we said we weren't going

to mention him again.

-He wasn't the first, Paul.

I've always done what you ask me.

You owe me the truth.

As much as I care for you, if you can't tell me, I'm going

to have to bring it up with the hospital board of inquiry.

-No, no, you can't do that.

-Then explain it to me.

-All right, I'll come over to the restaurant.

BARBARA [ON PHONE]: The restaurant's closed.

Everybody's gone home.

-All right.

Well, I--

I'd still love to see you.

-I'd like that.

Uh, where are you?

-Um, I'm at the pier next to the parking lot.

-I'll be right there.

[tires squealing]

-Paul, I'm glad you came.

-Hi, Barbara.

-Hi.

-Are you all right?

-Yeah.

You missed a great party.

But I took a lot of pictures.

-Barbara, you must promise me that you will forget about

MacLeod and never mention his name again.

-What are you afraid of, Paul?

What have you done?

-Nothing.

I--

I've done nothing.

-Then why all the secrets and all the lies?

-I--

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

-I heard what you told the reporters about us not taking

any x-rays.

-I don't recall.

-I checked radiology.

The x-rays aren't there anymore.

The same thing happened with Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Desavlo.

Please, Paul, what is going on?

We've got to tell somebody about the MacLeod fellow,

about what happened to him in there.

He left ER in critical condition.

-Barbara, I'm sorry, but you won't be

telling anybody anything.

-Why?

-Because you'll be dead.

-Paul, please.

Paul, no, please.

Paul.

Let me go.

Let me go.

-The body was face down when we, uh, got here.

-And with me here is Sergeant Bill Harold.

Sergeant, what exactly occurred here last night?

-Look, we have an apparent female homicide

victim aged 25 to 30.

-Any idea who might have done this?

-Not at this time.

Although we do have several witnesses that saw a car

leaving the scene.

We'll keep you informed.

All right?

-A grisly scene down on the pier last night, with more

details as they become available.

Reporting live from Silver Strand Beach, this is Randi

MacFarland.

Now back to you, Brian.

-And we're out.

-Sergeant, what kind of car was seen?

-Look, I'm not at liberty to tell you that.

-It's off the record.

Promise I'll stay out of your hair.

-All right, off the record, it's a black T-bird.

Yeah.

-Dr. Wilder, do you have any comment on the murder of

Barbara Madison?

-Um, I only heard it this morning.

I'm shocked and-- and saddened.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

-And are aware that the prime suspect in her murder is the

patient we discussed?

-Yes.

Duncan MacLeod.

I have no idea why he would do such a thing.

-Well, do you see any possibilities between his

visit to this hospital and the events of last night?

-I leave such matters to the police.

And I suggest you do the same.

-The pier, you think he was there?

-Witnesses saw his car speeding away from the scene.

-Then he's alive.

-Yeah, but this murder down by the bridge, they

think Duncan did it.

-Bright boy.

-This is insane.

Duncan didn't kill anyone.

-Look, he phones, I want to know.

You got it?

[phone ringing]

-MacLeod and Noel Antiques.

MALE SPEAKER [ON PHONE]: Will you accept a

Collect call from Duncan?

-Yes, yes I will.

MALE SPEAKER [ON PHONE]: Go ahead, party.

-Duncan, is that you?

-Yeah, yeah, it's me.

-Are you all right?

Where have you been?

-Not really sure.

-Where are you now?

-Uh, the harbor.

Silver Strand.

-OK.

OK, there is a little cafe there.

Uh, I'll be right there.

And stay hidden.

-Why?

-You're wanted for murder.

-What?

TESSA [ON PHONE]: You're wanted for murder.

Hello?

Duncan?

I've got to go get him.

Richie, help me.

-I'll take care of it.

-[snickers]

-You're alive.

-Yeah, well don't judge a book by its cover.

-Where have you been all this time?

-All what time?

-Look at today's date.

-Oh my god.

-Where have you been?

-I don't know.

Look at this.

The police think I killed this woman.

-They have witnesses who swear your car was there.

-She was a nurse at City Hospital.

-That's the hospital you were at.

-I was?

-Don't you remember?

-I've seen her before.

-Mass head injury.

-She was killed on the pier.

-At the rear of Clancy's parking lot.

-Well, they said the only thing stolen was her camera.

How do they know that?

-Because she had a camera strap attached to her wrist.

-Why steal her camera and not her purse?

I wonder.

-You found it.

-Yeah, well protected by your limited tidal action

this time of year.

-But Duncan, the film.

Even if there's anything worth looking at, it's been sitting

in salt water.

-Tessa, trust me, we're not going to one-hour photo.

Come on.

-Why don't you just take this to one-hour photo?

-Because, uh, we don't have an hour to spare.

And uh, I happen to be wanted for murder.

-He's joking, right?

I forgot, he doesn't have a sense of humor.

-So what do you think?

How far down was it?

-18 feet, stuck in rocks.

-Case is still intact, which is good.

The immersion in salt water, which is bad.

But I do like a challenge.

Lights.

Not bad, considering the salt water.

Looks like a party.

-Is that all?

Well, it's a full roll, 24 exposures.

-She squeezed off an extra shot at the end of the roll.

-Oh, you're right.

It's over exposed and out of focus.

You can't see what it is.

-You might be able to enhance it with a computer simulation.

-Well, that will take all night.

-I'll give you a hand.

Besides, what else have you got to do?

-Something's weird with MacLeod.

-What do you mean?

-Well, this isn't the first time he's shown up right in

the middle of one of my stories.

-Coincidence.

-I stopped believing in that about the same time I stopped

believing in the tooth fairy.

He's into something with the good doctor.

And I'm going to learn what it is.

-So what's it doing?

-He's taking a look at what can be seen in the picture and

creating the most probable form.

-Hell of a thing.

-Looks like a finger.

-And what's that?

-Looks like a ring.

-It's some sort of a symbol.

[typing]

-It's the Greek letter omnicron.

-Well, it sure doesn't tell you much.

-You'd be surprised, Sam.

You'd be surprised.

-Can I help you, Miss MacFarland?

-Dr. Wilder, I'd just like to ask you a few questions.

-Not now.

-Where are the others who disappeared from your ER?

-What's this about?

-It's about a half a dozen people being discharged from

your emergency room and then disappearing.

-Young lady, are you implying--

-That there's something going on in your ER and Duncan

MacLeod is a part of it?

You bet.

-You don't give up, do you?

-Never.

-Well, it's a rather long story.

But I assure you, there's a credible explanation for all

of this.

-I've got the time.

-72 organizations in this country using the

Greek letter omnicron.

-How many use omnicron as the first letter?

-Let's see.

Oh, I love these software upgradings.

Ah, one.

Omnicron Delta, honorary medical fraternity of trauma

care specialists.

-Emergency room doctors.

-Of which there are 33 members in this city.

-But only one treated me.

[typing]

-People know I'm here.

-I see.

But this isn't where they'll find you.

-This would qualify as an infringement

of the First Amendment.

You're trying to muzzle the press.

-I'm glad to see that you still have a sense of humor,

Miss MacFarland.

Please, walk over to the gurney.

Please.

-Yes, may I help you?

-I hope so.

I was looking for Dr. Wilder.

Is he in?

-And you are?

-Um, a very old friend.

My plane has a layover for a couple of hours and I thought

I might catch him.

-He should be here, but he hasn't checked in.

Uh, he could be at home.

-Thank you.

Oh, I forgot my address book is in my luggage.

He lives at?

-421 Highland.

-Thank you so much.

He's not there.

But I've got his address.

-No, no, no, no.

It's just a little shot, Miss MacFarland.

Really.

No, you'll go to sleep.

You won't feel any pain at all.

-Look, doctor, I want to know more about these

experiments of yours.

I think it would make a great story.

I just-- if you're unconscious, I can't--

-No, don't underestimate yourself.

You're an enormous help to me and to all mankind.

-I could get you on "60 Minutes," on CNN.

-Now you're underestimating my intelligence.

Do you think I'm insane?

-Hm, that would never cross my mind.

-This is it.

No, stay here.

-Let me come with you.

-No.

-Miss MacFarland, you should be excited.

You're about to be part of something historically

significant.

You see, by altering genes, we may be able to prolong our

lives for decades, even centuries.

-No.

I--

I report history.

I don't participate.

I--

please.

-No, no, no.

-You're gonna kill me.

-Of course not.

My mission is to save lives.

But I do when I need my research subjects.

And although you're not as interesting as

Mr. MacLeod, you'll--

you'll do fine.

-Please.

-Miss MacFarland, some day you'll be proud of what you've

done, very proud.

MACLEOD [OFFSCREEN]: No peace for the wicked, doctor?

-Get out.

I'll kill her.

She's not like you.

She won't survive.

-If you even so much as scratch her, I'll dissect you.

[shouts]

[groans]

-Duncan, watch out.

-Leave him.

Come on!

Go!

-It's you.

Wilder?

-He won't hurt you.

-Where is he?

-He's dead.

-The lab is pretty burned up.

It's hard to tell what he was doing down there.

I'm not sure I really want to know, but can

you give us a statement?

-A statement?

I think I just slept through the best story of my career.

-Hey, what about you, MacLeod?

-He was trying to help mankind.

For some men, that's a dangerous impulse.

Can we go?

-Yeah, OK.

But I want a full statement from you later.

Let's go home.

-Thanks for getting me out of there.

-It wasn't us.

We found you out here.

-MacLeod!

I'm gonna get that story one of these days.

-All because I was going to [inaudible].

-You have a long memory.

-Yeah, I have to.

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