Highlander (1992–1998): Season 2, Episode 6 - The Zone - full transcript

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.

Here we are

Born to be kings

We're the princes of the universe.

I am Immortal.

I have inside me blood of kings.

I have no rival.

No man can be my equal.

Take me to the future of the world.

"The Zone"

There is only one thing
you need to live in this world!

It's not food.

It's not money.



It's not love.

People need respect.

Where's your respect?

Gone!

With the paint chips your babies eat?

And the drugs your teenagers do?

You want to know where your respect is?

Rich man's society has taken it.
You didn't even see it go.

Your kid's future is gone to buy
his kid a new video game.

You say you don't like it.

The rich man says, "It's too bad,
it's part of the game."

Well, sure it's part of the damn game!

While in our game

we take back our kids' futures!

And if the rich man gets in the way of that,
sorry, it's just part of the game.

Stop!

Rich man's game says if the poor man tries
to organize himself, you stop him!

You send your spies and
you send in your police.

Well, here's your rich man's spy.

I'm no cop. I'm a reporter.
See. Here's my ID.

The rich man has no mercy for you.
Show the rich man what we have for him!

Look, I'm no threat to you!

I know.

Get him! Don't let him go.

Get him!

Okay. One more, one more.
Come on!

You're looking pretty hot out there, Charlie.

Hot? I'm sizzling today.

Hey, you know what?

Today's my day to teach the lesson, man.
Come on.

Okay. What do you want to discuss
in today's lesson? Well, I know.
How about the history of the martial arts?

Which was designed to keep the little guy
from being trounced by the big guy.

Oh, is that so?

Yeah. I mean, look.

Take wrestling, for instance.

Even Jacob wrestled with an angel.

He lost. But he tried so hard
the Angel blessed him anyway.

You feel like no angel to me, man.

The Kung-Fu?

It was taken to China in the sixth century
by an Indian Priest who taught it to a bunch
of Shao-Lin monks

who'd like to protect themselves
against bandits.

Come on!

Somebody's always picking on somebody, uh?

Eh, how about boxing?

Boxing.

Yeah, a big ticket item in the Roman Forum, uh?
Come on!

I didn't think I'd be taking bruises on school.

I'll tell you what, how about karate,
which mean empty hand?

It started in Okinawa 400 years ago

because the peasants weren't allowed weapons.

They had to do something
to fight the ruling Japanese.

And of course, there are the modern techniques.

Where did you learn that one?

The Three Stooges. We'll finish it later on.

No, no, no. No, MacLeod, school's out.

Nice suit. You got a date, Joe?

No. I'm going to a funeral.

Oh, sorry. Whose?

Mark Wells. He's one of my people.

So, what's this got to do with me?

He was in the Zone checking out
a guy called Canaan.

You think this guy's Immortal?

And a murderer.

What exactly do you want me to do about it?

He has to be stopped.

So you can have your revenge?

No, it you want something done about it,
you do it yourself.

You know we can't get involved.

Just check this guy out.
Then you can do what you want.

I don't want this to become an habit.

Be careful around Canaan, all right?
I would hate to lose another friend.

Since when did we become friends?

What?

Your buddy just asked you to be careful
with Canaan and you're asking me questions?

It's not polite to eavesdrop, Charlie.

So, sue me.

Hey, look, you're not gonna go down there,
are you? To the Zone?

I have to do a favor for a friend.

This better be a pretty good friend.

Cause anything that involves poking around
in the Zone is one hell of a favor.

I can take care of myself.

Yeah, right, when you know
what you're fighting.

But look, you go down into the Zone cold,
there's a hundred ways of getting yourself killed.

I mean, you look at somebody the wrong way.

Then I guess I'm gonna have to look at
somebody the right way.

You think somebody is going to just open up
and talk to you? Uh?

You need somebody to be a guide.
Or at least someone to watch your back.

Take Richie if you don't want me.

Richie's out of this.

Then, that leaves me, then, doesn't it?

I grew up down there.
I still know a lot of people.

This isn't your business, Charlie.

Not my business?

You get yourself killed, man,
I lose my shot at a re-match.

Look at the bright side you'd win by default.

Hey, hey, hey, chill, man.
I'm here to help.

I told you I didn't need help.

Didn't believe it then and
I don't believe it now.

You're not going away, are you?

No.

Okay. After you.

Things weren't this bad when I was a kid.

Come on.

People didn't have much, but at least
they had some self-respect.

What happened?

Lot of things. Gangs moved in,
businesses moved out.

People just kind of gave up.

Now, where are you taking me?

To meet somebody who didn't give up.

Hey, you got to stay off the glue, honey.
It's frying your brains.

Now, I'm gonna send you to get some help.
Are you going to take care of you? Yes?
See you next time.

- Charlie! Hey!
- Hey!
- How are you?

- Asia.
- What are you doing here?

This is a friend of mine, Duncan MacLeod.

Hi.

He said he wanted to see the Zone and I told him
you'd be the person to tell him about it.

Well, I don't know if Charlie told you,
it's not exactly the safest place to go sightseeing.

Coffee?

No, I'm all right.
You seem to be holding up all right.

I live here. I know what to do and
what to stay clear of.

Listen, the reason this place exists is
because of her. This lady makes a difference
down here.

So what can I do for you guys?

I'm looking for a guy called Canaan.

Are you a cop?

No. I'm just interested.

The man dealt drugs, guns,
did all kinds of things.

Nobody cared as long as it stayed in the Zone.

As soon as he got himself a political rap,
folks uptown started to freak.

Does anybody buy into his rap?

You'd be surprised.

I mean, in case you haven't noticed, folks
around here don't have an awful lot to believe in.

It's not exactly the land of milk and honey.

Do you know where I can find him?

You don't want to find him. And you
don't want him to find you. Look, man.

What Canaan does or doesn't do is
something you wouldn't understand.

And I don't think it's any of your business.

Thanks for your help.

What are you so pissed about, uh?

Hey, Charlie. Look, just stay out of it, okay?

Hey. I'll call you. Don't worry.

He's got 'em all scared to death.

No, Asia didn't seem too frightened.

Nothing scares Asia, man. You should see
some of the people she takes care of.

Look, about before, I know she's a little rough
around the edges but I don't think she meant it.

She doesn't seem the type who says
anything she doesn't mean.

Look, people around here don't trust outsiders,
you know what I mean?

Yeah. I can see why.

I'm beginning to hate this place.

I didn't spend this much time down here
when I lived down here.

I told you you didn't need to come.

Yeah, well, if you're dumb enough to come down
here, the least I can do is be dumb enough
to keep you company.

The guy's like a dictator in a banana republic.

We spoke to a dozen people.

Everybody knows what's happening,
but nobody wants to talk about it.

Maybe they don't have to.

One of our guys found Wells' notebook.
This came to our hands.

How long did you have this notebook, Joe?
You won't be holding out of me, would you?

No, MacLeod.

A man who takes back what is stolen from him
isn't a thief, he's a liberator.

You put a gun to somebody's head
and take his wallet.

This is not liberation, that's armed robbery.

It's all semantics, my friend. All words.

But when you come right down to it you have
two choices. You can either be my friend or
you can be my enemy.

Pennsylvania - 1920

So how do you like the real world, Jesse?

I never knew people lived like this.
I hate to say it but I'm ashamed to be a Collins.

So your father doesn't know
you're working in the mines?

Are you kidding? He thinks I'm back at Princeton
studying engineering.

And it might not be too healthy for me if anybody
else found I was the mine owner's son.

Collins and his family get richer every day.

And what do we get? The black lung or
crushed in some damn cave-in.

For what? So he can get fatter and our wives
and children can starve.

Who the hell are you?

I'm Duncan MacLeod.

He's a friend of mine.

Friend? Is he one of Collins' private cops?

Are you a Pinkerton?

No.

And how do I know that?

Because I said so.

I knew you were no cop. Your suit's too good.

Six weeks we've been sitting on our asses
waiting for Collins to negotiate!

And what does the bastard do?
He brings in his own damn army.

He's not going to negotiate, Tom.
He's going to bring in scabs.
We can't win.

Like hell we can't. We can hit him
where it hurts. In the pocket.

We can blow the mine entrance and then
burn down his damn house.

Show him what it's like to live like an animal.

You're dead if you do.

What do you know about it?

I know the Pinkertons are just waiting for
an excuse to earn their eight dollars a day.

They're here fighting for money.

We're fighting for the right.
They'll back down!

They won't back down.
They kill people like you for a living.

- Better a bullet than to die slowly in the mine.
- Yeah!

Are you with us on this, Jesse?

I don't know.

Look, Jesse, you've got two choices.
Either you're with us or you're against us.

And I don't think that you want to be against us!

I've seen enough.

Hey, that's it? You only wanted to see him?

He's not what my friend was afraid he was.

Yeah, well, he was plenty scary
from where I was standing.

Come on.

Hey.

- Leave.
- Let's get out of here.

Let's go.

Hey, hey, I used to know that kid. Theo.
You know? I'm gonna talk to him.

Charlie, that "kid" has a gun. Be careful.

Hey, Theo! It's Charlie.
Charlie de Salvo, man.

How you're doing? Hey, I just want to
talk to you buddy. How is it going?

What are you doing here man?

I just want to come down and talk to you
about business. Where do you get
the piece, man?

I got nothing, nothing to tell you man!

Hey, what do you mean?

Don't touch me, man.

What are you doing here anyway?
You don't belong here anymore.

Get out of here.

MacLeod!

MacLeod!

MacLeod!

So, how's the water?

Wet.

You're sure that he's not an Immortal?

Believe me, he was close enough
that I'd have known.

So, it's over?

Not quite.

But you said he wasn't an Immortal.

He's evil.

But MacLeod!

Don't give me that line about it's not my job.
We've been on the sidelines for too long.
Both of us.

Then what am I supposed to do, start a war?

I want you to help me nail this guy.

Call the cops.

Hey, Joe, the cops won't go anywhere
near the Zone.

They think it's a bunch of animals
killing each other.

There are people that watch and
there are people that do.

I spoke to my father.

I figured you would.

He called me a traitor. He said
he'd disown me if I didn't go back to school!

So, what are you going to do?

I don't know.

He doesn't give a damn about these people.

I told him the reason we're rich
is because of them!

It's their blood that's in these mines.

But it's his money.

How'd you know he said that?

He's not the first or the last that'll feel that way.

McGee thinks we can shut it down and
bring my father to the bargaining table.

McGee's wrong.

You don't like him do you?

No, it's not that. It's just that I don't it's gonna
help anybody by getting him killed.

What do you think I should do?

I think you should go back to school.

I'm not a coward.

No, you're my friend.
And I came down here to help you.

But if you try taking the mine with violence
you gonna have the government, the militia

and the whole damn country against you.

I'm not gonna get involved on that Jesse.

You think my father orders men to shoot?

Yeah.

You think people are gonna die?

I'm sure of it.

Well, Jesse? Are you with us?

Come on then, let's go!

Well, maybe some things are worth dying for.

Hold it right there! You're trespassing on my property!

This is our home! Paid for it with our blood!

Get the hell out of my way!

McGee! I suggest you turn around and take
your people back the way they came.

Like hell I will!

Suit yourself.

Come on! He is bluffing! They won't fire!

No!

Come on, men!

Stop firing!

Charlie?

MacLeod?

This is getting to be a bad habit.

How was I supposed to know it was you?

I thought you were dead, man!
I saw you go into the water!

I did. It woke me up, it was cold as hell.

Yeah, I know! I spent half an hour
diving for your body!

I'm touched.

Yeah, and then I checked out the Zone
but nobody was talking.

Well, I'm going to jog somebody's memory.

I thought you were doing this for a friend, man.

That was for him. This is for me.

What are you doing, man?
Look, I didn't mean nothing.

- It's all right.
- I was just looking for place to crash.

It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you.

It's all right.

Aren't you one of Cannan's men?

No. I need to find him, though.

Mister, you don't need that kind of trouble.

Let me worry about that.
Do you know where he's gone?

He should go to hell for all I care.
That son of a bitch.

He tried to buy me with a bowl of soup.

But I'm not for sale.
At least not for a bowl of soup.

Doesn't sound like you're one of the faithful.

Listen, pal. This is Canaan's world.

And if you don't buy his line of crap,
you aren't part of the plan.

And if you aren't part of the plan, you're gone.

Yeah, Canaan's brave new world.

There's nothing brave about it, buddy.

I know.

Buy yourself a bowl of soup.

Good. Get the knee up.

Good, one more. Knee up.

Good.

What?

Hang on. Take five, man.

Asia. Hey.

How are you doing? Come on. Sit down.

What's up?

I heard what happened.
Look I told him to leave Canaan alone.

He should have listened.

MacLeod's okay.

What do you mean okay?

I mean, walking, talking, okay.

They said he was dead.

Well, I get the feeling he's a hard man to kill.

Thank God!

Charlie, you've got to stay out of this.
Keep MacLeod out of it too.

Look, once he gets something into his head
I don't think he gives up too easily.

Neither does Canaan.

But, Charlie, you got to understand.

Things aren't always. Sometimes you got to
take what's there if that's all there is.

What are you talking about?

Never mind.

Asia, what?

Asia, come on!

That's a dangerous toy if you don't know
what you're doing with it.

Come on boys, get up! Come on. Up again.

Come on! It's okay, you don't know me.

Yeah, I know, but I need to know where he is.

- We're working on it.
- Yeah, well, work harder.

Why do you care so much
about the Zone, MacLeod?

Nobody else gives a damn!

Look, we'll talk philosophy some other time.
Just help me find the son of a bitch.

All right, I'll try.
This guy's invisible when he wants to be.

Yeah, I know. When people see him,
they don't see him.

He'll show up.

MacLeod.

He'll show up.

How's it going, Theo?

Who the hell are you?

You gonna work for Canaan?

I don't know what you're talking about,
man, all right?

What are you doing?

You shoot anybody yet? Oh, look!

Listen, man.

No, you listen.

The only thing Canaan's going to
get you is dead.

Let him go! Please.

Anytime you want to finish this, man, you know?
I'm right here, man.

Yeah.

Is this what you want? How long are you going to
watch what he's doing to these people?

Oh, hey, it's no different to what society's doing
to him. You be Theo for a minute.

You're illiterate. Never worked your whole life.
Your parents never worked either.

How does that match up to
what you see on the TV?

Canaan doesn't give a damn about Theo
or anybody else. It's all a con!

You don't know him. And maybe
what he's about is retribution.

I mean, what's wrong with taking back
what's been taken from us?

I mean, look how we live!

Something's got to be done to wake up people
to what's going down here.

Then you do it. But somebody has to stop Canaan
before there's nothing left to save.

How would you do that?

By getting people to stand up to him.

And where would you find these people?

Charlie's already has some.
But they need a place to meet.

You can meet at the clinic.

It could be dangerous. All right, don't worry.
We'll protect you.

You really think you can do that?

Yeah.

Asia said we can use the clinic.

Asia did? Great. I'll set it up.

Thanks man.

I didn't do anything.

This kind of stuff's been going on
in the Zone for years.
Now, I've just been shaking my head.

You made it out.

Well, it's time to make it back,
and because of you I am.

Hey, Charlie. I think you probably
would've done it anyway.

What the hell does he want?

Man's looking into the reporter we iced.

It's more than that. It's got to be.

Maybe he's looking for a little taste of
what you got going here.

If he wanted a taste, we'd know about it.

Talk.

I'll get back to you.

There is gonna be a meeting at Asia's place.

That's crazy!

What's crazy is that he's still alive!
Now, let's go!

Hello, this is MacLeod.

Duncan, Canaan's people heard about
the meeting. They're coming after me.

It's all right. Lock the doors,
I'll be there as fast as I can.

Duncan, please hurry!

Asia?

Asia!

I should've known. Let's go.

Let's go, let's go. Where?

To Canaan. That's where you're supposed to
be taking me, isn't it? After you tell me
how he grabbed Asia.

Man, you're crazy.

Am I? This whole thing's a setup.

That's how Canaan knew about me
and Charlie. That's why you're here.

How'd you know?

I didn't. Until now.

He's gonna kill you, man.

Let's not keep him waiting.

What is this?

I thought we talked about you
playing with sharp objects.

Funny, you don't seem so surprised.

He knew what was coming down.

And you still came.

Man obviously thinks he's a hero.

Why?

Who do you think pays for that clinic that
keeps those people alive?

The city shut us down three months ago.

People were dying.
Nobody gave a damn.

Except me.

- So you took ten and gave back one.
- It's good business.

Speaking of business,
you should've minded your own.

Seeing as I can't mind my own business,
why don't we talk about yours?

I don't think so.

Put him in the freezer.

You've done good, baby. Real good.

You're not going to kill him, are you Canaan?

Don't tell me what to do.
Understand? Understand?

Let her go, man!

It's okay, Theo.
Put the gun down.

You talking to me?

Let her go.

It's okay, man, I wasn't going to hurt her.

Hey, man, it's Asia. We take care of her.
Come on.

It's okay. We were just playing with her, uh?

Be a good boy.

That's good. Okay.

See? Good.

I have to set an example.

You bastard!

Damn you. Bastard!

Damn!

Pick up the body.

We have a meeting to go to.

Hey. You okay?

What's the matter? You're not dating
your boyfriend any longer?

You see enough suffering, you take help
from anybody who's offering.

Even if he's someone like him.

I'll try this door.

Hey, I'm sorry.

It's okay. At least you're on my side.
The most important thing is to get out of here.

You got us down here. Where's Asia and
that guy we were supposed to meet?

They'll be here.

We're not here to play games!
We're taking big risks just being here!

I said they'd be here!

That's it, I'm out of here.

Look, I know you're afraid.
That's what this is all about.

You don't have to be afraid.
You make the choices, not him.

Mouth like yours should
run for President, my man.

Gave you a chance to step back.
You should've taken it.

You got to get up.

It's all right, keep moving.

Come on. Move. Move. Okay, move.

I'll get us out of here.
Let's just keep moving.

Move.

Canaan's gone to the clinic.

Clinic? Let's go.

What does it take to convince you, people?

If somebody gets in the way
you get him out of the way.

Kill him!

This doesn't end here!

Nobody's coming to the rescue, Charlie.
Asia took care of that.

You're lying.

Something he does a lot of.

Look who's joined to the party.
You should be dead!

Yeah, neither of us does
what we're supposed to.

Let's see about that.

Now, there's a problem thinking the strongest
can take what they want.

Yeah? What's that?

There's always somebody stronger.

He's mine, Charlie. He's mine.

Help me!

Get him!

Come on!

Come on!

It's over, Canaan.

Canaan. No, no!

Are you okay?

Yeah. Hey, Charlie.

I'm heading out, MacLeod.

Take it easy, Charlie.

About Asia.

Everybody makes mistakes.

What are you, MacLeod?

What do you mean?

When I was in the SEALS
I saw guys with eyes like yours.

The lifers. The ones who'd gone to too many
battles and never came all the way back.

Well, I guess that describes me pretty good.

It don't begin to describe you
and we both know it.

You're playing psychologist and detective
all in one night, Charlie.

You're pushing your luck.

Maybe. But one day I'm gonna find out
what you're all about.

You may be disappointed.

I don't think so.

You walk pretty close to the edge, MacLeod.

What are you hiding?

You don't want to know, Charlie.

Some of the people that found out
aren't around anymore.

Lock the door on your way out, Charlie.

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