Highlander (1992–1998): Season 1, Episode 8 - Deadly Medicine - full transcript
On his way home from the grocery store, Duncan is the victim of a hit and run. He is rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but due to his remarkable recovery time he is able to check himself out shortly after he arrives. This is noticed by a doctor who drugs and kidnaps Duncan so that he can experiment on him. Meanwhile, reporter Randi MacFarland is hot on the trail of Duncan's disappearance.
[theme music]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[engine starting]
[tires squealing]
[shouts]
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.
[theme music]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[engine starting]
[tires squealing]
[shouts]
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.
[theme music]