01x09 - The Sea Witch

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DUNCAN NARRATING: I was born
400 years ago, in the

Highlands of Scotland.

I am immortal, and
I am not alone.

Not is the time of the
gathering, and the stroke of a

sword will release the power
of the quickening.

In the end, there
can be only one.

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

-Helliman's, Helliman's,
Helliman's.

Damn.

I know it's around
here somewhere.

Helliman's Antiques.

Maybe it's, uh--

1285--

bingo.

Helliman's Antiques.

This a jewelry store now?

-I don't carry no cash.

-Relax, man.

I'm not here to hassle you.

-You, uh-- you want something?

-Not unless you've got
some primo Inca

statues in the back.

What happened to Helliman's
Antiques?

-Too many break-ins.

Moved to Moorland Avenue
last year.

-Last year?

Damn.

Away a few months, the whole
neighborhood moves out on you.

-Come on.

-Maybe not the whole
neighborhood.

-Hey.

Hey, Moorland's the other way.

-What's the matter
with you, Nikki?

This one's gonna put
us over the top.

-Melinda is alone.

I can't.

-Melinda's used to it.

She'll wait.

You'll do what I tell you.

-Like hell I will!

-Come here.

-Keep your hands to
yourself, pal.

-Richie?

What are you doing here?

-Just checking out the
old neighborhood.

-Look, pal, I hate to break up
this little reunion, but--

we gotta go.

-Maybe she doesn't want to go.

-Oh, beautiful.

Now the marines are here.

Now, are you gonna move, or am
I gonna make you eat your

front teeth?

-Just forget it, Richie.

Just leave, OK?

-You sure?

Some other time, pal.

-Oh.

Anytime.

-You're late.

-Minor delay.

We're here now.

You got the stuff?

-Best powder on the coast.

-Uh-uh.

First we see the money.

-I'll take that.

Looks like all 50
grand is here.

-Here you go.

Your ticket to play land.

You don't want to be pulling
that stuff, kid.

-Sure I do.

Hand them to the lady.

That too.

Do it!

Pick it up.

I said pick it up!

-No!

-Hey, knock it off!

NIKKI [OFFSCREEN]: Dennis!

Ahh!

-You were supposed to leave.

-You were supposed to be OK!

HELLIMAN [OFFSCREEN]:
Helliman's Antiques.

May I help you?

-Helliman.

HELLIMAN [OFFSCREEN]: Yes.

-Leonard, hi.

Yeah.

It's, uh, Duncan
MacLeod, here.

-Duncan, how are you?

-Sorry to trouble you.

But I was just wondering what
time Richie left with that

Inca piece.

-Well, he never showed up.

The piece is still here.

-Oh, I see.

-Is there a problem?

-No, no, no.

It's, uh--

we'll deal with it.

Thanks, Leonard.

-Goodbye, now.

-Well?

When did he leave?

-He never turned up.

-You have endangered my
operation for $50,000.

-We just thought that, uh--

-You don't think.

You do as told.

A punk tries to steal from
us, that I expect.

The punk is not dead--
that, too, I expect.

What I don't expect--

is some girl getting away with
$50,000 and my merchandise.

It is a principle.

-She-- she wasn't alone,
Mr. Voshin.

She had a partner.

-This partnership
is now ended?

-They must have known
the area real good.

They lost us.

-The dead one.

You know where he lives?

-Yeah.

-What are you waiting for?

-OK, thanks.

No one's seen him.

-You think he's in trouble?

-I'm gonna take a look around.

Helliman's is near Richie's
old neighborhood.

I'll find him.

But it might take a while.

-I'll be here.

-All right.

-Ohh, check that out.

-Nikki, this is not
a good idea.

This is a very, very bad idea.

-I told you, I gotta
stop here.

-If they know who your boyfriend
is, this is the

first place they'll come.

-I know that.

It'll only take a minute.

-Nikki, I'm telling you.

You can always buy new
clothes, but you

cannot buy a new head.

Head.

The Inca head.

Damn.

After these guys k*ll
me, Mac is gonna

k*ll me all over again.

Nikki, what is so
damn important?

-Melinda.

You want to walk, walk.

-Come on, we gotta
get outta here.

I thought your mother
took care of her.

-She's been dead for
eight months.

-Nobody tells me anything--

oh, man!

-Go, go!

Whats the matter?

-We got no time.

-Is there another
way out of here?

-Yes.

Quickly.

-Here comes a triple hernia.

-Come on!

Hurry up!

Come on.

We're gonna cut them off.

-Marco.

-Here, take her.

Take her.

Go.

Go.

OK.

Hold on.

Time out, guys.

Seriously.

Let's just sit here and think
about this for a second.

I mean, nobody's k*lled
anybody yet, right?

-Wrong.

-OK, so there's Dennis.

But that's ancient history.

No big deal.

We don't even count him.

It'll be like a clean
slate, see?

So you can let us go, and
then everybody's happy.

Come on.

What do you say?

-We got one rule.

You mess with us, you die.

You broke that rule.

-Mac.

-Want to try someone
your own size?

-Come on.

Come on!

[groaning]

-Come on.

Let's go.

You OK?

-Fine.

No problem.

I had it under control.

I would have taken them
both eventually.

-Richie, shut up.

[car starting]

-Damn!

-Man, that dude in the T-Bird
took you down cold.

-T-Bird.

You catch the license number?

-Ain't nothing I don't catch.

If I tell you, what's
in it for me?

-Your life.

How's that?

-OK?

-How long was your
mom sick for?

-About three years.

-Three years?

How'd I miss that one.

-Easy.

You weren't looking out for
anyone but Richie Ryan.

-I just saved your life and
you're all over my case.

Look, I'm sorry that
Dennis is gone.

But how did you wind up with
this guy in the first place?

I mean, he's such a loser.

He's-- he's-- he's like roadkill
with attitude.

-Yeah, well.

There was nobody else.

I was broke, I was on the street
with a three-year-old.

It wasn't like I had a lot
of options, Richie.

-Well, you could have--

-What?

Huh?

Who's gonna give me a job?

-Well, I mean, you
never had to--

you know--

-Turn tricks?

No.

No thanks to friends
like you, though.

-Oh, Nikki.

Give me a break.

I had to make a choice.

It was either get
up or go down.

Duncan gave me the chance,
and I grabbed it.

-Yeah, well.

You're lucky you had something
to grab onto.

-Ah!

-Am I interrupting?

-It's your place.

Where's my kid?

-She's in Richie's room.

She's still asleep.

You can stay there for now.

That is, if Richie doesn't
in mind the couch.

-No, I--

couch is great.

Love the couch.

-Look, lady.

Don't put yourself
out, all right?

I don't need the kid gloves.

-My name is Tessa.

And I'm sure you don't.

But I thought Melinda might--

-I can look after
her just fine.

-What is your problem?

-It's OK.

Can I get you something
to drink, or eat?

-I'm not hungry.

-Fine.

Listen, Duncan wants
to talk to you.

-Unless, of course, it's
too much trouble.

-Oh, no.

No trouble at all.

Richie.

-Hey.

These are good people.

Lighten up.

-They're your people.

Not mine.

-Damn right.

And you're in their house,
so shape up, Nikki.

-Sit down.

You want to tell me about it?

-What's to say?

Dennis set up a deal with some
seriously ugly guys.

-I know.

We met.

Well?

-The deal was about
to go down.

Something went wrong.

Richie came, Dennis got
shot, and we ran.

-Is that all?

-What do you mean?

-Well, why follow you
all that way?

Why bother?

-How should I know?

Most pushers are pretty
screwy, aren't they?

-Only for two things, Nikki.

Drugs and money.

Which do you have?

-Mac.

She'd have told me.

Right?

Nikki?

I don't believe you.

-I'm sorry.

It was my chance to make
it out, Richie.

I grabbed it, OK?

-Nobody makes it out
with this garbage.

-So what are we gonna do now?

Are we gonna call the cops?

-No, please.

I know what'll happen.

They'll tell me I'm
an unfit mother.

They'll take my little girl.

-Why don't we just
give it back?

You know, no harm done,
sayonara, see ya later.

-So they can put this
back on the streets?

So they can sell it to
another Richie Ryan?

Or another Melinda?

-Those guys are still
after us.

-They don't know
where you are.

You can stay here until
it blows over.

As for this poison--

I just hope there really aren't

alligators in the sewer.

-Hi, Melinda.

Everything's OK now.

Did you get something to eat?

-From Tessa.

She's nice.

-Yeah.

Well, she's rich.

Now you go back to sleep, OK?

-Look, this new guy came
out of nowhere.

He caught us off-guard.

-Looks like he did a
lot more than that.

-This guy was real good.

Hands, feet--

moves like I'd never
seen before.

Like he'd been doing it
for a hundred years.

-Describe him to me.

-Tall, dark hair.

Pony tail.

He was wearing a long coat.

The kid called him something.

Mac.

Mac.

-Not MacLeod?

-Yeah, yeah.

Might have been MacLeod.

-Are you sure?

-Well, what?

Have you run into him
somewhere before?

-It's hard to know.

I've had a very long career.

Run into many people.

But there is one thing you
should watch out for.

When--

not if--

you find him, find out
if he has a sword.

-Is that a cow?

-A dinosaur.

-Ah.

I should have known.

Do you like dolls, Melinda?

-Maybe.

-Maybe?

You're not sure?

-I can't remember.

-Close your eyes
and wait here.

-Can I open them yet?

-Now open them.

-Is she yours?

-Once.

When I was a little
girl like you.

Now she's yours.

-She had toys, you know.

I wasn't that much
of a screw-up.

-I never said that.

Listen, I know how rough
it's been for you--

-You know?

What do you know?

You, with your money and
your expensive clothes.

That stuff meant a new life
for Melinda and me.

-Drugs don't bring life.

-Don't judge me.

-I'm not.

-Sure you are.

I see the way you look at her.

-Listen, I don't want her.

I just want you to get
a grip on your life.

Give her a chance.

Let her have a real childhood.

She deserves that much.

-Mommy?

-What do you want now?

-I want to go out.

-Well, you can't.

Melinda?

Honey?

Maybe Tessa can take you.

-I'll take good care of her.

-I'm sorry, baby.

I'm sorry.

I love you, but you're
better off here.

-Now, don't give us that.

Nobody flushes $50,000
worth of dope.

-I'm telling you the truth.

You've got the money.

Can't you just let me go?

-And people tell me I have
no sense of humor.

This is not funny.

Now, where is the money?

-I don't know.

-But you will.

Marco.

-OK--

look-- all right--

I--

I hid it in the loft.

But I can get it for you.

Ngh--

-You deliver us the money.

And we'll leave you in peace.

-OK.

OK.

-Of course, Marco will
go with you.

If you're lying--

you will die.

And I will take your daughter.

Do you have a problem
with that?

-Nobody's here.

This way.

-You got one minute.

-It might take a
little longer.

-55 seconds.

-You're expecting me to
carry this by myself?

-You volunteered.

-I don't know why the Incas
had to make this

stuff out of stone.

-Don't slam the door.

Thanks.

-No wonder they became
extinct.

-Not extinct.

Their empire fell apart because
they couldn't feed

themselves.

On a modern level, I don't think
we're too far behind.

-Yeah, well, on a personal
level, I feel for them.

I haven't eaten all day.

-I think you're gonna have to
wait a little while longer.

-You're stalling.

-It's here.

I know it is.

Just a little more time.

-Time is up.

You know what that means?

-That's not a good idea.

-You.

Let's see who wins this time.

-Surprise.

-I'm getting a little
tired of this.

Hm?

Let go of the knife.

Up.

-Let's see what else
we got here.

-You all right?

-Ooh.

Look at this.

-Now, what are we gonna
do with you?

-Do what you gotta do.

Freakin' weirdos.

He said you might
have a sword.

-Sword?

Who said that?

Who said that?

Who?

-Not a chance.

Look--

if I tell you, he'll k*ll me.

If he doesn't, I will.

Now what's his name?

[phone ringing]

-Talk to him yourself.

-He's getting away, Mac.

-Oh, let him.

-Marco?

-Sorry, Marco's not here.

He had to run.

-It's the mystery man.

You've been causing me a
lot of trouble lately.

Dumping my drugs.

Stealing my money.

-Well, life's tough
everywhere.

-Not as tough as they're
going to be.

I know where you live.

And unless you want me to
hunt your friends--

and gut them like rabbit--

you'll come to see me.

-Where?

-A shop at the old wharf.

You wouldn't have a problem
finding it.

It's called the Sea Witch II.

-Duncan?

They are almost all here.

-We should have been
on our way by now.

-It is not easy for people
to leave their

homes, their books.

All they know.

But better the sea
than Siberia.

-Stalin is madman.

He kills those he fears.

And he fears everyone.

-I am wondering.

What is the name of this ship?

-It is called [yugoslavian].

-But it's not Russian word.

-A Yugoslav word.

It means "sea witch."

-Niva, meet Alexei Voshin,
your captain.

He is going to get us out
of Russian water safely.

-Ah.

Then it is your ship?

-Always at your service.

And the service of
the clan MacLeod.

-Ah, then you are old friends.

-Let's just say we know each
other for long time.

And the captain is in my debt.

-And I repay my debt.

He almost took my head.

-But I did not.

And that is why you are helping
us, is it not, Alexei?

-My ship is where you asked
it to be, is it not?

[sirens]

NIVA [OFFSCREEN]:
It is police.

DUNCAN [OFFSCREEN]:
Do not worry.

We have papers for all.

He is not police.

He is Red Army major.

KGB.

-As Rasputin said before they
m*rder*d him, what's life

without a little excitement
in it?

-As you can see, major, those
are legitimate travel papers.

-So it would seem.

You were right, Comrade
Voshin.

They are excellent forgeries.

-The deal Comrade Stalin offered
was just too good.

-Put him with the others.

-No.

Do what you want
with this ship.

But this one is for me.

-You betrayed all these
people because of me?

-They are nothing.

But you--

I'm going to teach you
something, MacLeod.

I'm going to teach you how
to lose your head.

-Niva, come on!

Come on!

[g*nshots]

-Everyone get down!

Everyone, move out of the way!

-Not this time, Voshin.

-Open fire!

-Don't bother.

If he hasn't come up by now,
he's never going to.

-Don't count on it.

-Alexei Voshin.

-Mm.

So it is you, Highlander.

Well.

When may I expect you?

-Is this a summons, Alexei?

-Merely a courtesy.

I assumed you didn't want
me coming to you.

I can guarantee you
complete privacy.

-And I can guarantee that if you
harm anybody I care about

I'll send you to hell
the hard way.

-You'll be there long
before me, MacLeod.

Yeah.

-I wish there were
some other way.

-There never is.

How's Melinda?

-She's beautiful.

And innocent.

And has no idea her mother was
planning to leave her.

For a while there--

just for a few hours--

I felt like she was mine.

I liked how it felt.

But she's not.

I have my own life, and
it's more than enough.

-Are you certain?

You could--

-Never.

-I think we have something
for you.

And I'm sorry.

For everything.

-A lot of people looking
for this.

-It's all there.

The whole $50,000.

Guess I have a lot to
make up for, huh?

-No.

You've got a lot to live for.

-Are you really gonna
go to those creeps?

-Sometimes life doesn't
give you the choice.

I think you know
how that plays.

-Is he gonna be OK?

-I don't know.

-That's it.

Everybody's ashore.

Except for me, I mean.

You sure you don't
want me to stay?

-I'm sure.

-It's just that, uh--

Alexei, I've seen what
this guy can do.

-You've also seen
what I can do.

-Well, I'm--

I'm out of here.

-I feel you, MacLeod.

[strange hum]

-We have to stop meeting
like this, Voshin.

It's been a little more
than half a century.

What will people say?

-Who cares?

They're sheep, MacLeod,
here to provide us

with whatever we want.

We tolerate them.

-Hmph.

You haven't changed.

-Did you expect me to?

-No.

That's why I'm here.

-I welcome it.

-Not this time, Alexei.

This is the last time.

-Strong words for men who spent
his time saving sheep

from the slaughter.

-I never fed off human blood
and misery to gain power.

-And pleasure.

Don't forget pleasure.

Stalin was a fool.

But he had a talent for
brutality, and I

love that in a man.

-Sounds like you miss it.

-True.

What took you so
long, MacLeod?

She died in my arms.

I even named the ship
the Sea Witch II.

For-- how do you Scots put it?

For auld lang syne?

-Yaah!

-You should have taken my head
while you had the chance.

-I'll take it now, in
the name of all the

people you've betrayed.

-Agh!

Haah!

I feel you, MacLeod.

What are you waiting for?

[laughter]

-I'm waiting for you, Alexei.

It ends here.

-Ahh!

Coming with me?

[inaudible]!

[crackling]

-So long, Alexei.

Say hello to Comrade
Stalin for me.

-Well, I guess you're gonna be
glad to see the last of us.

Especially me.

-I'm going to be thinking
about both of

you for a long time.

-Oh, I'll send these clothes
back to you as soon as we get

settled in Danville.

-Why don't you keep them?

They look great on you.

And you'll need them for that
new job you're going to find.

-Oh, and the money--

it's not mine.

-The police nailed Marco,
Reese, and the rest of

Voshin's playmates last night,
so don't worry about it.

They won't come looking
for it.

-Bad money put to good use.

Besides, it's not
just for you.

It's for her, too.

-What can I say?

Nobody's ever been
this good to me.

-There is light at the
end of the tunnel.

It's up to you to get to it.

-I'm sure as hell gonna try.

And I got the best reason
in the world.

I guess Danville's gonna seem
pretty boring compared to

hanging out in the hood, huh?

-Take my word for it.

You won't miss it
for a second.

Well, maybe a split second.

-I guess we have
to say it, huh?

-Bye.

-Aren't we forgetting someone?

I'm going to miss
you, Melinda.

Very, very much.

I'll always remember you.

-Promise?

-Mm-hm.

You see, I'm going
to save you.

Right here.

-Where's Duncan?

-He has his own way
of saying goodbye.

-That must have cost
you a bit.

-You have no idea.

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