Highlander (1992–1998): Season 2, Episode 4 - The Darkness - full transcript

Duncan proposes marriage to Tessa, but can he escape a long-ago curse as well as a mortal who uses her as bait?

He is immortal.

Born in the highlands of Scotland
400 hundred years ago.

He's not alone.

There are others like him.

Some good,

some evil.

For centuries he's battled
the forces of darkness

with holy ground his only refuge.

He cannot die,

unless you take his head and with it his power.

In the end, there can be only one.



He is Duncan MacLeod,

the Highlander.

The Darkness

Why are you doing this?
He's done nothing to you.

This isn't personal.

You ever wear red dresses?

It'd be a good color for you.

I'll wear whatever you want me to wear.

It's been three days, he won't come.

He'll come. They always come.

See? Right on time.

You're not an Immortal.
What chance do you have?

You wanna know a secret? I cheat.

James! Stay away!



Stay away!

Scream all you want if it makes you feel better.

James! Stay ...

Surprise!

You're not an Immortal.

Oh, give that man a cigar!

Where is she?

She's around here somewhere.
All you gotta do is find her.

I will go. After you're dead.

Talk is cheap.

Guess who won?

So how's my love line doing?

I see you are very romantic.

Yeah, I've had my moments.

You attract women not only of beauty
but of intelligence.

You're very good at this. See any attraction
for me in the very near future?

Not likely. I sense you're not looking
to have a serious relationship.

No, but I can live with frivolous.

You see anything you like?

Yeah, you know, I look at you sometimes
and I realize how beautiful you are.

Maybe we should go home.

Maybe.

Hey guys, I would like you to meet-

Hello, I'm Greta.

I'm the seventh daughter of the seventh son.
I see things that other people don't even look for.

As I was saying, this is Greta.

- Would you care for some wine, Greta?
- Thank you.

As I was saying, a few dollars spent on Greta's
gifts could be the best investment of your life.

The wrap alone is worth the investment.

No, Mac, trust me. She has real talent.

I can see that just by looking at her.

Come on, it could be fun to have my palm read.

Only if she tells you what you wanna hear.

I see you are a woman of taste.

That was a rush.

Are you okay?

Yeah. Where were we?

What the hell was that about?

What's wrong?

It's no big deal, Tess. She's just having
a psychic experience, right?

That's it. I must've ... I mean, I did!

Greta, I was kidding.

Don't worry.

You have to get the hell out of the city.

What are you talking about?

Trouble, and you're right in the middle of it.

I think we've heard enough. Thanks.

Hey, come on, guys. We're all having fun here.
I mean, this is just a joke, right?

Look, I saw what I saw. I think this is for real.

I'm sure it is. Let's go.

I know this sounds crazy as hell, but I saw swords.

It's okay. Thanks for the reading.

Don't let it bother you.

She seemed so upset. What about the swords?
How could she know about that?

Maybe it was a coincidence.

Or maybe she really did have a psychic experience
and caught a glimpse of our lives together.

She scared me.

Hey, Tess, nothing's written in stone.

Whatever she saw or didn't see, we decide
our future. It's whatever we want it to be.

Hold me.

I love you, Duncan.

I love you too, sweetheart.

You bastard!

What was that for? Give me that!

Why?

I'm not a whore!

What did I do?

Roman!

What did I do?

What is this about? I don't understand women.
She is crazy!

Carmen!

Roman!

What is it?

MacLeod, he used me. He lied to me!
He said he would marry me.

I will marry you.

Liar!

I saw it in your palm!

What are you doing?

You'll have hundreds of women,
but you'll never marry. Not me, not anyone!

Is this true?

Give him a knife.

This is crazy.

You have destroyed the honor of my family.

What on earth are you talking about?

You raped my sister.

What?

You will marry her. Now!

Roman, I love your sister. But no one's gonna
force me to marry anyone.

Then you will die.

Roman, I'm your friend. Carmen.

Go, Macleod.

MacLeod, you will bury many women,
but you'll marry none.

You will always be alone! Do you hear me? Alone!

Let's get married.

What do you mean, married?

I mean married, as in, married.

You mean, as in a proposal? You mean,
as in "will you marry me" married?

Is this better? Will you marry me?
Will you marry me?

Get up. There are people.

You still haven't answered my question.
Do you think she should marry me?
I think she should marry me. Yeah?

All right, all right, all right! Yes! I'll marry you!

Yes!

Why now?

What are you looking at?

Probably nothing. I'll be right back.

What's going on? Thought you guys were taking off?

Richie, Duncan just asked me to marry him.

He what?

He proposed to me.

- For real?
- Yeah!

Just now?

Why?

No, Tess, I know that he loves you and all.
But I mean after all this time, it seems a little strange.

Well, no. Not to me.

Congratulations!

Did you ever think ... what if we had never met?

What if you didn't jump in that boat?

Don't drive yourself crazy.

Where would you be now? Where would I be?

I give up ... where would you be?

Well ... I do not know.

I can't even imagine a life
where we are not together.

Do you think there's such a thing as fate?
Something that drew us together?

I think what drew us together
was you, your face,

your eyelashes, your hair, your ears.
- My whole head?

And everything inside. Most of all, your heart.

It's got to be funny opening the store
again tomorrow?

So, is this going to be a traditional wedding or what?

What do you mean?

I mean, have you thought about who's going to give you away?

Come on, Richie, give me a break.

See, I was actually kind of hoping that
Mac would ask me to be his best man.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

- All right. Cheers!
- Cheers!

Tess, Mac, could you give me a hand
here for a second?

Mac?

A simple 'no' would have worked.

Can I help you?

Richie.

What do you want?

Take whatever you want.

I will.

Tessa? Richie!

What happened?

Mac, a guy came in here and zap me in the head.

What guy?

- I don't know, a big guy.
- How did he look like?
- Blond hair.

Where is Tessa?

I don't know.

Mac, I'm sorry.

It's not your fault, it's not your fault.
I just have a feeling I've just been set up.

What do you need me for?

Bait.

But he'll fight anyway if that's all you want!

Maybe that's the way Immortals do it,
but I have to be a little more careful.

You're a watcher.

Oh, she know about us.

Yes, I know about you but I don't understand you.
What in God's name do you think you're doing?

My friends would call it saving the human race.

But I do it for other reasons. I get off on it.

Why Duncan?

Because he's a freak.

He is a good, decent man.

He's not a man. He's not human. He's an it.

I think it's time we spoke to him, don't you?

This is MacLeod.

Listen to me carefully, you son of a bitch.

If anything, I mean anything happens to Tessa ...

Wait ... Don't tell me, I'm a dead man, right?

If you're lucky.

How'd I guess? Don't worry, buddy,
you'll get your shot.

And to show you I'm not such a bad guy,
I'm gonna let you talk to her.

Mac.

Tess, are you all right?

I'm fine. Don't come, it's a trap.

Where are you?

Of course it's a trap, but that won't
matter now, will it? I'll be in touch.

Mac, look what I've just found. Isn't this the earring
that Tessa was wearing today?

I just need five minutes of your time.

Something happened to her, didn't it?

Tessa was kidnapped last night.

Then what are you doing here?
Shouldn't you be with the police or something?

I need your help.

Mister, I do an act.

A little theater for the paying customers.

My mother had the gift, but I never did.

You do now.

Look, last night was my first time. My only time.
It's not gonna happen again.

Please.

I'm sorry. I'm blank. Nothing.

The only thing I get is
a picture of the pizza I had for lunch.

Try again.

I do this and then I'm out of it, right?
You go away? Far away?

What did you see?

Nothing.

What did you see? Talk to me!

All right. I saw her. Your friend.
She's a prisoner or something.

And there was a guy with a mask.
He was swinging a sword.

What kind of weird stuff are you people into?

Is she okay? Can you tell me something
about the location?

No.

Is there anything, anything else at all?

There was a wall, with animal heads on it.

Dying art. People just aren't killing
things like they used to.

That's too bad.

It's hell on the fur business too.
My cousin Mel is a furrier uptown.

That's nice for him.

Nice? It's terrible. He's in hock up to his ears.

Nobody's buying nothing and when they do some
wacko starts throwing eggs and garbage at them.

The man I'm looking for is tall, blond.

If God didn't want woman to wear fur coats
why'd he invent mink.

About the blond man.

What does he do, birds or beasts?

What?

What'd he hunt? Ducks? Quail?

Big game.

There was this guy in. But he was bald.
I got a great memory for animals. But people.

Thanks anyway.

Did you get it?

Yeah, everything you asked for.

Something to drink?

Yeah, thanks.

So, what's next?

I'm not sure.

I just killed the person that could have led me
to her. Don't ask me to explain.

There's got to be something in here.

I can't believe Greta called all this.
Are you beginning to believe in this psychic stuff?

I don't know, Richie.

Sometimes just because something can't be
proven now doesn't mean it'll never be proven.

People used to believe that the Earth
was the center of the universe.

A couple years ago I would've never believed
that Immortals could exist.

So, never been married before, have you, Mac?

No.

Well, I guess without being able to have kids
there's not much point, right?

Something like that, yeah.

Then why now?

I mean, I know it's probably none of my business
and basically I shouldn'’t be asking.

That's twice you're right.

Sorry.

It's okay. I'm sorry myself. Look, it might be
just because of what Greta said.

Or maybe it's just the thought of really losing her.

Mac, don't worry. We'll get her back.

I've been around a long time, Richie.

Four hundred years, I'd say
that's quite a bit of time, yeah.

Yeah, but sometimes I feel even older than that.

I've seen so many things.
I've fought so many battles.

People become part of your life
and then they they just die.

This all stays with you, Richie. You have to live with it.
Their hopes, their dreams, their pain, their love.

Tessa makes me feel so young.

Every time I see her it's like the first time.

Every time I touch her ...

Sounds to me, like you're in love.

Yeah. Come on, I want to get back to the store.
We got to be by a phone.

Better eat. You'll be here for a while.

Why are you waiting?
Why don't you just get it over with?

The longer MacLeod has to wait, the edgier
he becomes. An edgy man makes mistakes.

Maybe he won't come.

He'll come as soon as I tell him to.

Yeah?

Billy is dead. Macleod killed him.

Your "good and decent man" just killed my friend.

You have no one to blame but yourself.

Bitch!

Billy really believed in this crap. He was a soldier.

Soldier? You're trying to kill an innocent man!
That isn't war, it's murder!

Anything?

I thought you wanted no part of this.

I didn't, but I can't get it out of my head.
I keep having these visions, these images.
It's making me crazy.

Did you see anything new?

I saw you.

What was I doing?

I don't know. I mean, all I get is bits and pieces.
It's not like I put in a tape and watch the movie.

What do you think I was doing?

Fighting with somebody.
The guy in the mask, I think.

Look, this is all new to me.

I read palms, make a few bucks.
It's a gig, not a lifestyle.

Read my palm.

What good will that do?

Please.

My God, you've got a lifeline the size of
the Mississippi! Wait a minute, how old are you?

- Father!
- You are not my son!

What are you?

What did you see?

Halloween!

Guys in costumes, sword fights.
This big old house and then it all just went black.

What do you mean, the visions stopped?

No! It was different than that.

It was pitch black, you know, like like someone
turned out the lights or something. But blacker.

Was it night?

But, what color were the walls?
I mean, I need details.

What details? Black is black.

Was there anything else of Tessa
or the man holding her?

No.

There must have been something.

What do you want from me? You want me just
to make up something so you feel better?

No, I want you to give me something I can use!

I'm sorry. I know you're doing your best.
Is there anything else? What about the house?

It's an old Tudor, I think.

Was there anything special about it?

No. I mean, it's probably nothing.

What?

The windows of the house. Some of them were
colored glass. Look, I told you, it's not much.

No, it's more than I had.

Wait.

This is my home number.

- I won't sleep until this is over.
- Thanks.

Let me know what happens, ok?

Did he call?

No. Mac, what's he waiting for?

It's his game.

What are you doing?

Looking for the Tudor house that Greta saw.

Mac, there are tons of Tudor houses in this city.

Some are registered as historic landmarks, so ...

Sure, dozens.

Yeah, but not all of them
have colored glass windows.

What are you doing in there?

Stop! Stop, please! You have to help me!

Lady, you're drunk or something?

I still need you!

Hello?

Is that you, Richie?

Who is this?

Still stunned?

Why don't you come find out?

Funny man. Let me talk to MacLeod.

He is not here right now.

That's too bad. Give him a message for me.

You tell him the girl is at 3490 Briarcliff Street.
And tell him that I'll be expecting him.

That was very good before.
I won't underestimate you again.

It's not me you have to worry about.

We'll see.

Mac?

What the hell? What are you doing here?

He called just after you left. He's in that house.

I know. I want you outside. Tessa's the only one
I want to worry about in there. Right?

Right.

Right?

Right.

Wrong.

So, he brought the posse.

Welcome, Highlander.
You got here sooner than I thought.

Where is Tessa?

Here.

Who are you?

Very impressive.

It's only a matter of time, Highlander.

Mac!

Thank God!

Out of the way!

You all right?

I'm fine.

I'm fine too, if anyone cares.

I thought I told you stay outside

So, sue me.

Take Tessa home in the car.
I'll take your bike.

I want to find out a little more about
this guy and his friends.

Don't be too long. I love you.

I love you too.

Tess.

Thanks.

Come on, let's go.

Nice car. How about a ride?

Some other time.

Let's go.

Now! Give me your keys. I want your rings,
wallet, necklace. Come on!

Come on!

Hurry up! Come on! It's all you got?
You got more! Where's your purse? In the car?

I have no a purse. I swear. Only the rings.

Your lying bitch!

I didn't want to miss the tour.

Is this the way you always make an entrance?

I want to make an impression.

You have. Bravo.

Damn you! Damn your Gathering!
Damn your whole race!

Calm. I'm not your enemy.

Maybe I want someone I can grow old with.

You know I wanted the same thing.
To grow old with you.

I love you, Duncan.

I love you too, sweetheart.

You're one of us, now.

Sell it.

Richie.

Watch your head.

Subtitles by Rusakov