Highlander: The Raven (1998–1999): Season 1, Episode 9 - Cloak & Dagger - full transcript

Please. Let me go.
Trouble with smart guys is
they don't talk much.

Trouble with stupid guys
is usually the same. Now,
tell me: Which one are you?

There is nothing else.
Please.

"Please"? Did you hear
what he said, Dieter?

"Please"? Are you lookin'
for sympathy from me?

You sold out your country,
your own people.

Why are you doin' this?
I've done nothing.
I can make him talk, sir.

No!
Maybe that's a good idea.

No. Not him. Please.

I think he's heard
about you, Keller.

Listen, my friend.
You can make this real easy.



All you have to do is talk
to me, whisper sweet names
in my ear.

-That's all.
-I swear to you.
There is nothing else.

What do you
want me to say?

Thanks to you, two
of our best are dead.
Now, who else did you name?

I had nothing to do with it.
You gotta believe me.

Ludwig.
So,

I see our comrade
is still playing the role
of grieving traitor.

He's told us everything
he knows, sir.
Are you sure?

- Positive.
- Good.

- Kill him, Bert.
- Sir?

Now.

Please.
There's been a mistake.
You gotta believe me.

Please.

Please.



A gift...
for my prot? g? .

Reward
for a job well-done.

There's been a mistake.

No!

Bert? Bert, honey,
are you all right?

I'm fine.

Good thing
I'm not the jealous type.

What are you talkin' about?
You were
screaming Ludwig's name again.

Who is he?
He's nobody.

Come on, sweetie.
Talk to me.

Why don't you go on up?
I'll be with you in a sec.

Would you please tell me?

I'm fine.
It was just a bad dream.
Honey, I'm worried.

You're drinking too much.
You've started smoking again.

I don't know what to do.

She is immortal.

A thousand years old
and she cannot die.

A creature of legend...

like the raven,

a thief who stole the sun
and the moon.

They sent a warrior
to bring her back.

He found her.

Together, they brought back
light to the world.

I was a cop.

To me she was just a thief,

another day on the job.

But she wasn't--
She changed my life,
changed everything.

And both of us knew
from that moment on,

nothing would ever be
the same.

I'm really happy you're
letting me buy you lunch
today.

Don't gush, darling.
It isn't a date.

Give me a chance.
You don't even know me.
Uh-huh.

It's not like we spend
much quality time together.

Did you ever think
there might be a reason
for that?

Here we are.
Said the spider to the fly.

What are you talkin' about?
You getting to the point.

So much for small talk.
All right.

There's this house.
Nice lot. Great view.

Except that I'm wondering what
it looks like on the inside.

Sounds like
you need a good Realtor.
It's not for sale.

I was tempted just to walk up
and check it out, but the owners
installed this security system.

State of the art.
Be a true challenge for ya.

No, thanks.

I'm not in the break-in
for hire business anymore.

That's very perceptive of you,
but let me tell you:
The job pays quite well.

Maybe I'm not
making myself clear.

- How's $25,000?
- Only if that's a down payment.

- How's 50,000?
- Why don't you go home and
break into that piggy bank...

of yours, and possibly,
we'll talk later.

One more thing.
This gig involves
a really close friend.

- You have friends?
When did that happen?
- What if I told you...

there was a law firm
investigating a group of cops,
making a case against them?

Where do I sign up?
Trying to prove corruption,
bribery,

obstruction of justice,
the usual.

Dirty cops? Oh, my God.
What a news flash.

What if I told you
that one of those cops
was an ex-cop?

Nick? Corrupt?
I don't think so.

Oh, really? How long
have you actually known Nick?

Long enough.
You do know that
he killed one of his peers?

A Detective Ferris,
I believe it was.
That was self-defense.

Well, we know that,
but certain things
might get misconstrued,

especially by a D. A.
who wants to be mayor.

Like Nick's leaving the force
under suspicious circumstances,

his consorting
with a famous criminal.

No offense.

Get me in. I'll find
this so-called evidence
and destroy it.

How noble of you.

You don't wanna
help Nick? It's his ass,
not mine.

Does he know about this?
No, and he shouldn't.

Come on. Nick's a Boy Scout.
He still believes that
justice is blind.

Can I ask you
a personal question?
Mm-hmm.

What's the story
between you and Nick?
I mean--

Oh, Catherine.
Hi. I was just
passing by, and, uh--

Catherine, this is Amanda.
Amanda, this is Catherine.

Amanda does some
consulting work for me.

- Well, I'm sure
she's very well qualified.
- Well, thank you, Catherine.

You're in the security business?
Securities, yes.
Innovative technologies.

- I make recommendations.
- Oh. Got any hot tips?

Sure.
Buy low. Sell high.

And I guess you should
know when to cut your losses.

Why don't you take a seat
and join us?
I wouldn't want to interrupt.

Oh, don't be silly.
I was just leaving.
Uh, deadlines.

Is your clock ticking?
The sooner, the better.

Nice to meet you,
Catherine.

Come here.

After all those times
you disappeared on me,
I swore that you--

Joey, you're
ruining my lipstick!
Oh, come on.

Baby, you look great.
Now, come on.

Let's not
keep the preacher waiting, huh?
My mother's gonna kill me.

Don't worry about your mother,
because I'm gonna tell you:
We're gonna make her a grandma.

She's gonna be
making me rigatoni
for the rest of my life, huh?

Let's do it!
All right.

- Well, you heard the lady.
- I did.

- I've decided
I'm gonna do it.
- What did Nick say?

- Nick is out of town.
- You're crazy. Nine out of 10,
Myers is lying.

Yeah, but what if he's not
this time? I can't
take that risk.

Come on!
A high-powered attorney's
house?

This guy doesn't have
enough office space? He has
to keep his records at home?

And what if you get caught?
Who do you think's gonna
take the fall?

Please. I can do this
in my sleep. Besides,
he's gonna be with me.

- He's playing you.
-

This is the most important day
of my life, Joey. I wanna
hear you when you say, "I do. "

Okay.

Okay. In that case,
do you, Joseph McCormick--

Is that your real name?
McCormick?

What?
Come on, Joey.
He's a minister.

-We gonna start this marriage
lying to God?
-God? You think he's God?

You think God
would take a job in Vegas?
Joey!

It's Poletti.

Joseph Vincent Francis Poletti.

I see. Okay.

Do you, Joseph Poletti,

promise to never
run out on two million dollars'
bail again?

- I-I-I--
- Uh-uh-uh.

- Joey?
- What is this?

Put your hands
above your head.

Do it.

You don't know
what you're getting
yourself into, pal.

Don't flatter yourself.

- Joey!
- Get him!
-

What'd I just say?

You made
the bail bondsman happy.
If he's happy, I'm happy.

I can't believe
how you nailed that Poletti guy.
Brilliant.

I was lucky.
? ? ? ?

Whoa.
There's more here
than we agreed on.

- Take it as a down payment
for the next job.
- What next job?

A guy who stole the plans
for a new gun prototype has
split to Mexico. You wanna go?

Mexico? No, thanks.

Come on. You should go.
It's a paid vacation.
Great. Then you go to Mexico.

I can't.
Some Indian diplomat
is coming to town.

The firm's been hired
to provide security, so--

You all right?
Yeah. Why?

You seem a little jumpy.
I'm fine.

Just busy. That's all.

Why don't you take a week off,
take that nice lady
of yours someplace?

Wish I could, but, see,
I gotta do this job, so--

Yeah.

Hey, come on.
I'll buy you a beer.

Maybe another time.

Right.

Stay out of trouble,
Myers.

Late night jog?
I'm sorry. Didn't
mean to wake you.

Be sure and say hello
to her for me.
What? Amanda?

I told you. It's business.
Yeah, right.
Security business.

Sneakin' around
in the middle of the night
with a bleached blonde.

Catherine,
you know what I do.
I'm not so sure anymore.

We've been through this.
Three months ago.
Look. Things change.

Hey, I love you,
Catherine,

and I promise this
will all be over soon,
okay?

It better,
or we'll be over.

The property's
surrounded by ultra-sensitive
motion lights and detectors.

The interior
has a multi-source
laser detection system.

Heat sensitive?
Yes. Even if you could
walk on the ceilings,

the lasers would
pick up on you.

Well, I can break that
if you give me a time limit.
It's three minutes,

without the owner's
digital prints.

Lasers, radar. You
don't pick easy ones, do you?

Hey, a picket fence
and a watchdog,
I could've handled solo.

What are you doing?
Ordering Chinese?
Attempting to break the code.

and two
from column one.

Come on. Come on.

Gotcha. All we need now
is to disable the interior
alarm system.

Can you do it?

Break-ins are us,
darling.

I hate to ask,
but what in the hell
is that piece of junk?

This car carries
a heat-sensitive microfiber.

I'm gonna send it
into the house by remote.
When it hits its mark,

I'm gonna raise the heat
above body temperature,
and that'll be our cue.

the hottest thing in the room,
which won't be us anymore.
Right.

That's brilliant.
I have my moments.

- We're basically in.
- Let's go.

Remote?
Here.

The real trick is
not to wake anyone with things
going bump in the night.

Come on.
We can get a clean view
from over here.

Ahh. Here comes
the last train to Clarksville
right on time.

Okay. Now what?

Come on, my pretties.

See?
Wow.
I'm sold.

The file's upstairs.
Stay put. I'll meet you
back here.

I'll check the back.
Don't be clumsy.
Three minutes.

Come on, Ludwig.
It's over. Where is it?

It'll never be over.

Amanda.
Thirty seconds.

We're done.
Did you get
what you needed?

Yeah. Let's
get out of here.

The new irrigation project
for drought-plagued India.

Mrs. Haleh Chandra,
shown arriving in town
today,

is expected to speak out
against the project.

Chase MacAffee,
reporting live the news
as it happens.

Where the hell
were you?
Everything's fine.

Fine?
You didn't
have to wait up.

Well, it's the last time.
I'm moving out.
W-Wait.

I'm all done now.
It's over. No more secrets.
Just like that?

I don't think so.
Cat, you gotta
trust me on this. Please?

Why the hell
should I believe you?
Because I love you.

Then prove it.
Let's go away somewhere,
just the two of us.

No work. No secrets.
Deal.

I'll pack. We'll take the first
plane out in the morning.
Wait a second. Slow down.

I knew it!
Look. Give me 48 hours--
just one more job, okay?

Afterwards, we go wherever
you want-- you pick the place.
And when we come back?

My work will never
come between us again.
That's a promise.

Please? Please?

Ohh--

Did you find Basil?
Yeah. About two seconds
before he left on vacation,

and he simply loved
the painting I liberated.

In fact,
he loved it a lot.

I wouldn't go spending
any of this if I were you.

You might need it
to post bail.
What are you talking about?

No good deed
goes unpunished.

I can't believe it.
That is the house!

You have to find Basil.
That etching put you
at the crime scene.

He's gone.
I don't know where he went.
Then contact Myers.

# I crawled from the window
to the door

- Oop.
- Didn't you ever learn
to knock?

What? In a garage?
Who made up that rule?

-My garage. My rules.
- Sorry. I'm trying
to find Myers.

Why?
Because
I wanna kill him.

Sounds good to me.
Son of a bitch
set me up.

Murder?
It wasn't supposed
to happen that way.

He told me there was
this law firm who was
preparing a case against you.

- He was gonna
destroy all the evidence.
- What evidence?

Bribery. Extortion.
Obstruction of justice.

- You actually believed him?
-Turns out the dead guy
wasn't even a lawyer.

Myers just used me
to break into the house
so he could kill the guy.

- You were trying to help me.
- Would you just tell me
where he is,

so I can wring
his little neck and this
can all be just a memory?

Where are you going?
To find Myers.

This is not your problem.
You just
made it my problem.

Don't touch anything.

I'm sorry.
I can't hear you,
Amanda. What?

Just listen
for one second. Please.

Why is it always your job
to take care of everybody?

Oh, don't think of it
as a job. Think of it more
as a-- a hobby.

Very profound.
Now, where is he?

Tell you what.
You look after the Immortals
and leave the rest to me.

Nick.

Nick?

Who are you talking to?

Okay. Listen.
Just-- If he calls in,
would you have him--

would you have him
get ahold of me?
Nick.

Okay.

And, Catherine... don't worry.
Nick.

Who are you talking to?
Nick!

Nick!

You know,
you are the most stubborn,
pig-headed man I've ever met.

I have been called worse
by better people.

All right. I want you
to tell me where Myers is.
No.

I know he's your friend.
Why?

Because he set me up.
Why is it
you agreed to help him?

Does it matter?
To me it does, yes.

All right. Well,
uh, the moon was blue
and my Venus was in retrograde.

Why does anybody
do anything?
You never trusted Myers.

Well, I also waltzed
with Machiavelli. I
didn't trust him either.

What kind of felony
did you commit for him?
As I recall,

it had something to do
with a gondola, the Grand Canal
and a dwarf named Antonio.

Just give me his address.
You never thought anyone
was gonna indict me.

Because you were innocent.
What does that have to do
with anything?

Myers is right.
You are a Boy Scout.

And you're a thief
who put her butt on the line
for an ex-cop.

What can I say?
I'm a paradox wrapped
in an enigma.

Although I look much better
wrapped in mink.

Why can't you just ever
be straight with me?
Nick, I don't have time...

to go into the finer points
of truth, justice
and the American way.

I've lived long enough to see
good men get shafted. I don't
wanna see it happen to you.

You don't owe me anything.
I don't think I do.

Thank you.
You're welcome. Now,
what's his address?

Forget it.
Wait a minute. What about
a little quid pro quo here?

I mean, I help you,
you help me? You owe me
on this one.

That's exactly why
I'm gonna take care
of this myself.

Yeah. We're
finished with it. Come on.
About an hour.

What the hell's with you?
I see you've read the paper.
Anything interesting?

You're ruining my sweater.
Let go of me.
In a minute... maybe.

Are you crazy?
Not crazy enough to
set up someone for murder.

- It's not like that, Nick.
- Oh, that's right. That's why
you wanted me to go to Vegas.

So I wouldn't interfere?
You don't understand.

- You have no idea
what you're talkin' about.
- Well, make it clear.

- I really needed
to get into that house.
- So you could kill the guy.

It was self-defense, Nick.
Right.

- He had a shotgun on me.
I swear it.
- I like this guy already.

Ever heard of the Stasi?
Yeah. Stasi.
East German Secret Police.

See, I knew 'em
from the inside.

Till the Wall came down,
I worked as a double agent.

The guy I shot,
he was no industrialist.

His name was Ludwig Weiss--
living under
an assumed identity.

He was responsible
for the deaths of hundreds
of men and women.

I was his prot? g? ,
or so he thought.

You're late.
Five minutes.

We're not in Germany anymore.
No need to be overly punctual.

Yes, well, it's this
Western life. It taints us.

It broke my heart,
what you did, betraying me
like that.

Tell me. What do you think
would happen...

if the contents
of this file were made public?

I could speculate
what certain people might do
if they knew who you really are.

- Were.
- Were.

- I can live with that.
But you did name names.
-

How many of these names--

that is,
the ones that survived--
are out there looking for you?

I'll ask you again.
What do you want?

Your security firm
will be providing protection
for a visiting Indian diplomat,

a Mrs. Chandra.

Ohh, you still have it.
May I?

I'm touched. She's very
outspoken in her views,
I'm given to understand.

Sadly, not everyone
shares them.

Are you asking me
to assassinate
some Indian diplomat?

You used to be good
at it.

Are you out of your mind?
I can't do that.

But we're counting on you.
Why else do you think
your security firm...

was given
such a lucrative contract?

You've made so many mistakes,
Bert. Some of them
could be deadly.

For both of us.
Now, give me that file.

You don't think
that's the original?

- Besides, killing me
won't change anything.
- It'll make me feel better.

Now, give me that file.

I'm unarmed.
That's always been a problem
for you.

- People change.
- Not you.

But I've made contingency plans,
should I be mistaken.

Drop the gun.

It's been a long time,
Keller.

Contingency
upon contingencies,
as we were all taught.

Some of us better
than others, it seems.

And when the Curtain fell,
I thought I made
a clean exit.

Why do they wanna
kill Mrs. Chandra?

She's speaking out against
some massive dam project
planned for her homeland.

She claims it'll
destroy the environment
and displace millions of people.

Hey, with millions
of dollars invested,
why not?

Exactly. But that's why
I needed those files.

I thought if I could
save myself, I could
save her.

How selfishly noble of you.
But now Ludwig's dead.
It's over.

Two birds with one bullet.
You must be livin' right.

See, I can't go to the police.
There are people out there
lookin' for me.

I'd be signing my own
death warrant. Plus,

Amanda would be arrested
as an accessory to murder.

Yeah, but you'll
clear her, right?

I'd love to do that,
Nick, but I can't.

Well, I'd love you
to do it too,
and you will.

I go down,
she goes down with me.
It's up to you.

What was I thinking?
Of course you'd side
with him.

I did the research,
Amanda. Stasi, the man
known as Ludwig Weiss?

You don't wanna know
about this guy.
He was a monster.

So because you've decided
he's a bad guy, it's all right
for Myers to have murdered him?

It wasn't murder.
It was self-defense.

Nick, I read the paper.
Ludwig had two bullet holes
in his jammies.

I was there, for God's sake. I
didn't hear a damn thing. Don't
you think it's convenient...

that Myers had a silencer
when he was "forced"
to defend himself?

I have a question.
I'm really, really curious.

If you were still a cop,
would you just let him walk?

Don't pretend to
know my conscience.
You're not up to it.

You would have his ass
stapled to the jail cell
by now.

What is it you want
from me, Amanda?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

You got it.

It's because of you.
Me? What does this have
to do with me?

He brings Myers down;
he brings you down too.
You think he's protecting me?

Didn't we have a little talk
about you listening in
on my conversations?

I just wanna
give you a phone message.
Basil? Is he back?

He sold the etching.
To whom?

Oh, some guy
who was just asking a lot
of questions.

But he sold it
to him anyway.
What do you expect?

Basil wouldn't let some small
matter like trust interfere
with his making a profit.

Well, did he even
get a name?
Nope.

But his security camera
did pick up a license plate.

Damn.

It's okay.
You're gonna be okay.
All right? Stay with me.

Will you give us a minute?
You're not serious?

Please?

Let's talk a little bit
about blackmail.

Catherine!

Catherine!

Hey, Nick.

I hate him.

Sounds like
you're having a bad day.
Just one?

Is he in?
Yeah, but he can't
be disturbed right now.

He's with his associate.
Maybe I'll
disturb him anyway.

Look. What is with him?
What do you mean?

He's having bad dreams.
He's waking up in cold sweats.
He's smoking.

Look. What is going on?
Have you been
with him all day?

No. He picked me up
at the grocery store
about 15 minutes ago.

What about around noon?
No idea. Why?

Nick, you're not
holdin' out on me too?

Listen, if I find out
anything, you'll be
the first to know, okay?

The etching. That's what
I'm talking about, and don't
pretend that you don't know.

I got a very good description.
"A weasel with a fake smile
and a desperate wallet"?

You could ask nicely.

You saw me
take it, didn't you?
Yeah.

Maybe you'd like
to put this back
where you found it, hmm?

What's the catch?
No catch.

I just wanted to make sure
that nobody can trace it back
to you. Just tell me one thing.

What kind of schmuck would
steal such an easily traceable
item from a murder scene? Huh?

Maybe next time
you won't leave dead bodies
laying around.

- Pleasure workin' with you.
- Bert, never--
and I mean never--

Whatever.
One cop's dead.
One's in I. C. U.

I'd like some answers.
Have you met Amanda?

Look, Amanda was
just about to leave.

Where were you today?
Where'd you find this?

Around noon, where were you?
With Catherine,
having lunch.

Really? Well, you must still
be hungry, 'cause Catherine said
she ate alone.

You two must have a lot
to talk about,
so I'm gonna just go.

I don't think so. I think
you should fill me in too.
What do I know?

We might as well get it
out in the open.

How much trouble the two of you
can get into in two days.
Well, it's a talent we hone.

Can we please get back
to the problem now?
Yes. Let's.

Obviously somebody
tried to frame me today.

Whoever it was
was probably after
the documentation we discussed.

Please tell me
they didn't get it.

Hello?

You know,
Ludwig was like a father
to me.

You don't recognize my voice.
And we were so close.
I'm crushed.

Chandra.
And if I say no?

You know better than that.
Consider this
a friendly reminder.

Our agreement
still stands, so don't
disappoint us...

or we'll definitely
disappoint you.

I really appreciate
what you and Amanda
are doing for me.

I know.
No. Really.

And I wanna say I'm sorry.
Are you developing a conscience
on me?

Hey, it happens
to the best of us.
Take a look. That's Keller.

- How old is this picture?
- He hasn't changed much.

The guy smokes like a chimney,
carries a Luger
and likes to use it.

- Anything else?
- Yeah. He limps.

I thought guys like this
disappeared when the Wall fell.

It's called
capitalistic progression.

They've given up
torturing their citizens
for more practical pursuits,

like makin' money.

You tell me who pays them,
I'll tell you who they serve.

You're doing
the right thing, you know?

Do you think so?

It's the end of the road
for me-- I'm tellin' ya.

Change your name. Start again.
How often
can you do that?

You think
I was born Bert Myers?
You'll be alive.

You'll have Catherine.
God only knows
why she puts up with me.

How's it coming?
Twenty minutes.

You're late, Amanda.
You must be confusing me
with someone who works for you.

- Gotta love her.
- Maybe later. Here you go.
Is everything ready?

Uh-huh.
Are you sure?

Would you relax?
You're not supposed
to let them see you sweat.

Didn't they teach you that
in spy school?
Time.

Good luck.
You too.

Hey. Thank you, guys.
I know I've been a--

Schmuck?

I know this is none
of my business, but--
Then don't ask.

I just thought I'd mention it.
What's the story
between you and her?

She's way too old for me.
What do you mean?
How old can she be?

You'd be surprised.

Which is the human one.

You do realize that
as far as I'm concerned, that
is of paramount importance.

Your guys in position?

Uh, the businessman.

Bicycle delivery guy.
Needs a haircut.

The newlyweds.
The usual suspects.

I'm ready on this end.

- Should be any time now.
- Amanda?

- All set.
- We're up. Limo's here.

We're good to go.
Okay.

Madam Chandra,
this way.

Get down!

Come on. Let's go.
Let's go. Come on.

We've got
the shooter. We're all clear.
Madam Chandra is safe.

Good job, everyone.

Surprise.
You!

Happy to see me,
Catherine?

Let go!

- Amanda?
- Where'd that come from?

Amanda-- the limo.
You stay here.

You okay?
Fine.
She went that way.

- "She"?
- Myers sure knows
how to pick them.

Sure does.
Mm.

Well, aren't you
gonna say something?

What do you expect me to say?
"This is the beginning
of a beautiful friendship"?

What a lie it all was.
Not all of it.

Come on.
We had some fun.
The sex was great.

- I was your assignment.
- Contingency upon contingency.

Contingency upon contingency.

Don't take it personal.
Ludwig's dead.
Why'd you keep goin'? Why?

Because it's what I know.
Look. Come on.
We can make a deal here.

Let me go, and I'll
destroy all that evidence
against you.

Come on. You kill me,
you'll be killing
yourself.

That information
is still out there.
You need me.

Say hi to Ludwig. I'll
join you both when I get there.
Put it down.

Get out of here, Nick.
This is none of your business.

Nick, don't let him
kill me.
She's not worth it.

She betrayed me.
Don't do this.

I'm doing the world a favor.
You kill her,
your life is over!

Nick, help me,
please.
Put it down.

You've won.
I've lost everything,
Nick.

No, you haven't,
but if you do this, you will.
It's not worth it.

- Please.
- To me, it is.

She forgot her flashlight.

I'm sorry.

Just came by
to say thanks.

Hey, you all right?

Bike's coming along nicely.

Yeah.

What's up?

Catherine obviously--

She, um-- anyway.

Ballistics
matched up her gun
as the murder weapon.

You know,
the cop at Ludwig's estate?

- Yeah. I'm sorry.
- I'll just get out
of town for a while,

stay low
till the smoke clears.

Will you thank Amanda
for me, please?

I, um,
knocked this time.
Yeah. I heard you.

I'm sorry.
No!

I got it.

I thought
I might find you here.

I was just
tellin' Nick, uh--

- What's that?
- Photos. Documents. Few things
you might be interested in.

- Where'd you find these?
- "Need to know," Myers.
"Need to know. "

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