Highlander (1992) s01e17 Episode Script

Saving Grace

"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 your world" HIGHLANDER 1x17 "SAVING GRACE" Why don't you just tell me you're seeing someone else? Because I'm not.
Paul, I love you.
But you want him.
It is Jacque, isn't it? Our lab assistant? He's only twenty years old.
So was I when we met.
This isn't about jealousy at all is it, Paul? - What are you talking about? - It's about you and me.
You grow old and I don't.
I'm sorry, but that's the way it is.
Forty years seems like forever when you're twenty.
It was a lot easier to take then.
But that's something you'll never understand.
I understand envy when I see it.
Go to hell! Don't turn your back on me! What's wrong with you? I can't stand looking in the mirror.
Knowing that one day some I'm leaving you before you leave me.
- ¿What? - We're over.
- Paul, you can't! - Watch me.
I'm going home now.
We can get through this.
I'm sorry.
It's funny what would drive men to their deaths.
You know, neither Pickett nor Longstreet wanted to take that hill, but Lee had 15,000 men.
He thought he was unbeatable.
Pride that goes before the fall.
And victory to those who hold the high ground.
- Careful or you'd knock that over.
- Ah, that's already dead.
You know, you may be a priest, but you still think like a warrior.
Now Napoleon on the other hand, where's that book on Napoleon you had? Napoleon that's over there.
War, in the abstract, is a great intellectual puzzle, but In reality it's all blood and tears.
Then why make it into a game? To deny what I was is to deny what I am.
Darius Grace.
I've been walking the streets all night long, I didn't know where else to go.
What is it, Paul? He's dead What? Duncan? Duncan, I'm glad you're here.
by the time I got back to him, it was too late.
So, was it an accident? I think I heard a gun shot before the fire.
- You have any ideas who did it? - No.
Perhaps it's someone wanting your research.
Paul and I had just moved and there wasn't anything to steal but the equipment, which is completely destroyed.
What about Carlo Sendaro? - I haven't seen him in years.
- All right.
And if he did kill Paul, why hasn't he come for me? I don't suppose you've spoken to the police.
Too many questions I might not have answers for.
Oh, I have to prepare for afternoon mass.
Grace, my rectory is a little bit Spartan, not to mention public, but if you like I'd call the Mother Superior at the convent and arrange for you to stay there.
If ¡t is Sendaro, you'll be safe on Holy Ground.
I feel better just talking to you and to you.
Darius told me you were back in town.
And that you were living on a barge with your mortal lover.
Her name is Tessa and you should have drop by.
Paul and I were having our problems, a handsome, Immortal friend wouldn't have helped.
Duncan, what should I do? If it is Sendaro, he won't just go away.
After I left him he kept trailing me.
- You changed your identity.
- Three times.
He can't conceive that I've stopped loving him.
You were right about him.
I think you should stay with us for a while until we can find out whether it's Sendaro or not.
You think it would be all right with Tessa.
Yeah.
Duncan, I'm home! All day I've been thinking about that New Year's eve we spent in Normandy.
You know, maybe this weekend you and I could go somewhere and have lots of fun and spend - No.
- What's the matter? Duncan! Duncan, where do you keep the towels? Under the sink in the bathroom! Found them, thanks! You where Saying? Bonjour, est-ce quelq'un est là.
You want some coffee? Mes amies, bon soir! Ça va? oui? bien? Bon alors, qu'est qu'on fait ce soire? Je vous invite a dinner? Oui? Ok, so my accent sucks but I'm working on ¡t.
Do we have company? Grace Chandel, - an old friend of mine.
- How old? I'm Duncan Mac If it's my head you want I'd appreciate it if you'd wait a few minutes.
c'mon girl.
That is.
That is.
Keep going.
Give us one more push! Get me the water.
Yes, one more! That's it! It's coming! One more, keep going! Keep going! I see it's head, it's coming! It's coming! You wonder what ¡t would be like, too? To hold your own child in your arms.
We are what we are.
I know.
Obviously I can't outfight you and I'm too tired to run, so we might as well get on with ¡t.
Get on with what? Just leave the mother and child.
I wish you no harm.
You don't want my head? Well No.
Only to admire.
Is she still a doctor? Well, she's been doing research, mainly.
She figures she could help people more that way.
Right now she's been trying to develop an anti-viral vaccine.
And she's been your friend for all these centuries? Centuries, wow! The expiration date of my relationships is usually a few weeks.
Weeks? Thank you, months.
Grace.
I want you to meet Tessa, - Hi.
- Hi.
And Richie.
- I'm sorry I'm not dressed.
- Hey, that's ok I think you look fantastic.
Come on, I'll find something for you.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Tessa is beautiful.
She may not be one of us, but she has an old soul.
- You're a lucky man.
- Yeah.
She's lucky, too.
Sometimes I wish I was mortal.
It would simplify things, wouldn't it, to know there's a limit to life so the time is precious.
To be able to share things like, gray hair, parenthood No one can choose what they are, not you, not me, not Paul.
I know.
I remember, "we are what we are.
" Paul hated growing old without me.
I could see it in his eyes for year before he exploded.
He hated me for it.
And now he's gone and I hurt again God, I get so tired of ¡t sometimes.
We go on and everything around us dies.
You've always been a good friend, Mac.
Don't hunt for Sendaro, I don't want to lose you too.
I've made some coffee.
I'm sorry, I couldn't Tessa, I Do you still love her? No.
That's all that needs to be said.
She's your friend and she's been hurt.
You'll help her.
I'd expect you to do no less Thanks.
I thing she would feel more comfortable with some of her own things.
Yeah, well, I'll stop by her apartment.
I love you, Tess.
I know.
Have you any idea who did ¡t? No, it wasn't a random break in.
Nothing was stolen.
Then, why? There's an Immortal called Carlo Sendaro.
They were lovers for a century, then they fell apart and he couldn't handle that.
And you think he would kill for her? Yeah.
Now, look who's here.
You wouldn't happen to know someone named Grace Chandel? Yes, I would.
Why is that? - Where is she? - Is there a problem, inspector? Well, her boyfriend was murdered with a nine millimeter automatic.
And guess what we found in her apartment? You try to say that Grace shot him? - I don't know.
That's what I'll find out.
- She wouldn't do that.
Now, how did I know she was a friend of yours? The neighbors said they argued a lot.
One hell of a coincidence, wouldn't you say? And we had an anonymous caller.
He swore that she was Paul Warren's murderer.
Maybe your anonymous caller had a reason to lie.
Oh, maybe.
But if ballistics matches the bullet in Paul Warren's chest to this your friend's Grace Chandel is going to be charged with murder.
And there's such a thing as an accessory, you know? - They think I killed Paul? - They found a gun in your apartment.
This is crazy.
I loved Paul.
I would have never Look, LeBrun's no fool.
Now he knows we're friends.
She can't stay here.
Where can she go? I have to leave the country.
Well, you need a new identity to start over.
It's not going to be easy, everything is computerized these days.
Not like the old days when we just pick up and walk over the hills and be somebody else.
¡MacLeod! We got company, Mac.
- ¿LeBrun? - That's right, boss.
Get these people and take her to Darius.
Here.
MacLeod, are you in there? ¡MacLeod! Inspector.
Twice in one day I'm honored.
Where's Grace Chandel? Oh, yeah.
Well, if I see her I'll tell her you stopped by.
Are you going to let me inside? Do you have a warrant? If you had nothing to hide you wouldn't be asking.
Well, I guess that's perfect cop logic.
Welcome aboard.
No, is this way.
What is this? An Immortal, quick.
The kitchen and the bathroom are down there if you want.
She was here, wasn't she, MacLeod? Well, she's a friend of mine.
She comes here from time to time.
It would be easier for everyone concerned if you'd tell her to come in and talk to me.
If I see her, I'll let you know.
MacLeod Yeah? Just don't get in over your head.
Never do.
Have a very nice day, Inspector! Carlo You are here.
For you.
Why are you running? A beautiful woman should never be afraid of me.
"She does teach the torches to burn bright " Carlo Sendaro, at you service.
You were in your way to see Darius, or just trying to get to Holy Ground? Both.
Shall we? It's been so long since my last confession No.
I think it best we let them speak alone for a while.
Grace, you are my life.
You always have been.
Is that why you make my life hell? You loved me once.
I could make you love me again.
No, you couldn't.
Oh, yes, I could.
You killed Paul.
Why would I do that? You bastard! You did kill him! Calm down.
Calm down.
Who put those lies in your head? I see.
Carlo, don't! I haven't come to fight you.
Duncan? What bring you here? I heard you were leaving.
Who are you? Carlo Sendaro, this is Duncan MacLeod.
An old friend.
Where are you going? We're going to the Amazon jungle.
Oh, the Amazon.
This is a wonderful opportunity for my research.
I've heard the Indians there have some extraordinary medicines.
I'll be staying at Carlo's plantation.
So, you have a lot of properties, then.
Oh, yes.
Actually this is a rubber plantation.
As big as Paris.
No.
It's much bigger.
Come on.
I'm not exaggerating, is much bigger.
Can I have a word with you, please? Do you mind? How old do you know Sendaro? I know he won't take my head if that's what you're afraid of.
No, the Amazon's a long ways away.
So? I've heard things about Sendaro.
Once he thinks something is his he never gives ¡t up.
Thank you, but I can take care of myself.
I didn't think you were the jealous type.
I'm afraid we have quite long way to go.
And our ship sails at dawn.
Be careful.
She's mine now, and always will be.
Or not.
If I see you again If you don't take care of Grace you will.
Don't worry, she is in good hands.
May the winds be with you.
Goodbye, Duncan.
Have you forgotten where you are? Yes.
I'm not here to deal with your past mistakes, - just our future.
- We have no future.
- Grace, you belong with me.
- Do you mean to you? You stay out of this if you want to go on living.
Some things are easer said than done.
You arrogant bastard.
You kill the man I love and you expect me to come with you? What future you got here with the police searching for you? You placed the gun in her apartment! I said stay out of this.
I love you, Grace.
I love you.
I have an empire in the Amazon, you could continue your research.
In twenty or thirty years you could come back You're crazy.
Get out of here, and once and for all get out of my life.
I love you.
This does not end here.
You are so right.
I wonder whatever happened to that baby.
Which baby? When we met.
I think about him too, sometimes.
Maybe she had children of her own grandchildren, great grandchildren.
That child could be one of her offspring.
And here we are still Actually I was thinking about another time.
There was a little inn, not too far from this spot.
Yeah, I remember it.
Probably a fast food restaurant, now.
Things change.
Even we do.
It's time that keeps shifting things under our feet.
That's not what happened.
No.
The truth is, you and I were too different.
Maybe if I stayed.
You would have been unhappy.
That's why I let you go.
My wandering knight, charging off to right all the wrongs of the world.
Not so much now Are you happy? Yes.
yes I am.
That's good.
So, what now? Now, we gonna found you a new identity.
I want a nice name this time.
We'll see what we can find.
LeBrun is going crazy.
It has MacLeod barge covered.
We have to watch the church.
The Chandel girl may try to contact the priest, Darius.
"Isabelle Pontand".
Born 12.
4.
1964.
Dies 20.
12.
1964.
You missed a hell of a party.
What's up boss.
Is LeBrun men still out there? Oh, absolutely.
And doing a very unsuccessful job trying not to be obvious.
Here you go.
The forms you ask for.
Good.
Tessa will keep Grace away from the barge long enough for us to get the documents to her.
You know, I keep telling you, Mac.
If we were in the States, I could have fixed you up with something absolute and completely, Yeah, and all you'd had to do is talk to your friends at the local prison.
Hey, give me a break, Mac.
I'm talking about one stop shopping.
So how are we supposed to meet up with Tess and Grace? They'll call.
You'd think I'd learn how to handle this, wouldn't you? And the strange thing is every time it happens I tell myself I won't go through it again.
I swear to myself I won't fall in love with a mortal As if love were something you had any control over.
You and Mac have something good.
I envy you.
Grace, about you and Mac We had a moment, that was all thought I wanted it to be more.
Please, don't hold it against me It's funny, but I don't.
It would take me several lifetimes to find out everything in Duncan's past.
I know there'd been others, but I never thought I would meet one of them.
And here you are.
What happened between you and Sendaro? We went on a great adventure.
But over the years he changed.
He went from being an explorer to being a conqueror.
He started terrorizing and dominating the people I was treating.
He demanded whole village to worship him like a god.
So you ran.
I'd been running ever since.
Every few decades he finds me.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
What are you doing here, Tessa? That's a question I should be asking you.
What do you want? May I talk to you? Tell her to leave.
It's all right.
I'm safe.
Just give us a moment.
I'll be waiting by the gate.
Your chaperone? Tessa ¡s my friend.
You always did have a weakness for mortals.
If you mean I prefer friends to Slaves, you're right.
You just mean mortals.
Grace.
Stay.
Face it, Grace.
Our love is immortal.
- He's got her.
- How? He must have been waiting for her at the cemetery, knowing she would come.
You know where they went? I think she went with him to protect me.
- I'll find them.
- You want me to go with you? No.
I knew I can count in your memory, MacLeod.
Where is she? Just picking up the passport you were so instrumental in obtaining.
You should have been a bureaucrat, not an Immortal.
And you should have stayed in Brazil.
No one takes what is mine.
She's not yours, and she never was.
You still love her, don't you? No! I knew it the first time I saw you You know, you were blind then, and you still are.
And you are dead.
Stop it! No more killing! Do it! MacLeod, do it now.
Come on, come on.
- With plenty of time.
- Do it.
Be here with me.
You should have killed me when you have the chance.
Grace, there is no way you can escape me! You all right? I keep looking over my shoulder for the police.
Is not the police you should be afraid of.
I should never have return to Paris.
But you did.
I'll more careful this time.
Where will you go? It's a big world I can go wherever I want.
Oh, God, sometimes I get so tired of this charade.
One day I'm Grace, next I'm Helen Ok.
Who I am today.
At least you have the choice.
Most people don't.
I can change my name, I can't choose who I am.
And we have to move on.
You have to move on, I have to move on.
At least we have a little more choice that Isabelle Pontand.
She was a baby.
She was here for only a moment and the only thing she ever have is a name and and now I've taken that.
You have a right, you are alive.
You and any every other living thing have a basic instinct that needs to survive.
Don't you never get tired of living with the guy who knows everything? I thought you would know him better than that.
Well, if I know everything I know he knows your new identity.
I have to take that chance.
- I'll get you out of the country.
- Duncan, You can't protect me forever.
I'm a big girl.
I can get on the plane alone.
- At least let me - Please.
It's easier to say goodbye here.
Inspector LeBrun, the Chandel woman has entered the church.
Grace.
Grace.
- I had to say good-bye.
- Where you going? I don't know.
Is there nothing I can do to help? Pray to Saint Christopher for me, The patron saint of travelers So, drop me a postcard sometime.
I'm starting a collection.
Grace Chandel.
You're under arrest for the murder of Paul Warren.
- No.
- Come with us.
Not so fast, Miss Chandel.
You're not going anywhere.
This is the police.
You under arrest for the murder of Paul Warren.
Stay right there, sir.
Freeze or I'll shoot.
Stay where you are! I'm warning you.
LeBrun here.
Give me an ambulance in front of St.
Joseph Chapel.
Over.
- Who was him? - An old boyfriend of mine.
He is the one who killed Paul Warren.
- You're fast, you know that? - What you mean? Pinning the murder on a dead man.
That was Darius.
Sendaro just did a number on LeBrun and two of his detectives And Grace? On her way out of the country with him probably.
What can we do? Just one thing.
Get out off the car! He'll only keep following me and more people will die.
It ends tonight.
No! Watch it! It's end here.
Get out, now! Go! Come in.
Come in.
Thank you again.
Anytime.
Thank you.
For everything.
Take care of yourself, Grace.
Let them have their goodbyes.
Goodbye.
The investigation is over, you could stick around for a while.
I couldn't.
I'm beginning to understand how Sendaro felt About loving someone he couldn't have.
Grace I know.
Goodbye Duncan.
Goodbye.
May the winds be with you.
"Here we are" "We're the princes of the universe" "Here we belong, fighting for survival" We've got to be the rulers of the world.
"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 your world"
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