Richie Ryan quotes from Highlander: The Series

Richie

Mac, you don't understand, one minute the guy was there, and the next, boom, he's trying to take my head. And he wasn't kidding around. I mean, that girl came in, and he just freaked. He totally lost it. Now what the hell is this all about?

Richie

Whoa! Damn, check me out, I am one sharp dude!

Tessa Noël

Even if you do say so yourself.

Richie

Hey, Tess, I'm just callin em as I see em.

Richie

So what makes this Grayson guy so different from the others?

Duncan MacLeod

He's 1400 years older than I am. He's one of the few ancient Immortals left. He's been a warlord most of that time. You don't just go up to him with your sword and say "Tsst, tsst, tsst! En garde, fool!".

Richie

Did Darius ever change you?

Duncan

Yeah, I guess he did. I was born of a warrior people. When war came I chose sides like most men. I fought. I killed.

Richie

Mac, you ever had it bad for an older woman?

Duncan

Well, the situation hasn't come up recently.

Tessa Noël

You don't look like someone who would worry much about forgiveness.

Richie

Tess, you do know that they all carry big swords with them. Just a thought.

Amanda

You've always had a taste for beautiful and spirited women, Duncan.

Tessa

And modest. Don't forget modest.

Duncan MacLeod

Time to go. It's been thrilling.

Amanda

It's been 65 years. A girl might think you're trying to avoid her.

Duncan

Now how could you think that? Goodbye, Amanda.

Tessa

After all she's done to you, why do you care whether she's happy or not?

Duncan

I don't know, Tessa. She made me laugh when there weren't too many things to laugh about. Maybe that doesn't seem important, but those are the things I remember of her.

Tessa

She makes me feel like I have to compete with her. Maybe if I'd been a lady pirate or something....

Duncan

whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Richie, give us a moment, would you?

Richie

I was just leaving. [He leaves]

Duncan

Hey, listen to me young lady, she's no competition. Hmmm?

Duncan MacLeod

She (Tessa) was part of our lives, Richie. Never pretend she wasn't.

Richie

I don't! I keep waking up every morning...

Duncan

...expecting her to be there. Get used to it, it won't be the last time it happens to you.

Richie

When does this start getting easier?

Duncan

It doesn't.

Richie

I keep waiting to feel different. Like someone's going to tell me how to be, what to do.

Duncan

What were you expecting, a set of instructions?

Richie

I could have killed her, Mac. I mean, that's what I'm supposed to do, right?

Duncan

Sometimes.

Richie

I couldn't do it. I thought I could, but I couldn't. Maybe I'm just not cut out for this.

Duncan

You're still who you are, Richie. You don't change when you become Immortal, you just live longer. Hopefully.

Richie

Oh, boy, I'd say I got a lot to learn.

Duncan

You still have time.

Duncan

Take good care of it. Live with it. Make it part of you. Might be the only friend you have.

Duncan

Richie, where is this going from here? What happens if you are out on the road and a cop recognizes her? What are you going to do, kill him? How far is this going to go, Richie?

Richie

I don't know, Mac, I don't know! All I know is, I gotta help her, Mac. Mac, she needs me.

Duncan MacLeod

Let me know when you've found the formula.

Richie

The formula?

Duncan

For getting in shape without training.

Duncan

Immortals can't have children.

Richie

Exactly Mac, this happened before I became an immortal.

Duncan

That's not the way it works.

Richie

Maybe I'm the first.

Duncan

I wish it could happen. But it's not in the cards. We don't get to live happily ever after. Children aren't part of our lives...it can't happen.

Richie

It just did.

Richie

I didn't know if I'd find you alive. What the hell happened?

Duncan

I lived.

Richie

Very funny. And the other guy?

Duncan

He lived too.

Duncan

I think you need some oil and vinegar.

Richie

I'm lucky I didn't need a funeral.