Are you a writer of fiction, Mr. MacLeod? (No) ... That's a shame. Possessed of such an imagination, it seems a shame to squander your talents on my humble self.
If I could help you, Inspector, I would.
Would you? Let's review, shall we? You just happen to be here when they are setting up for the Wilkinson speech.
No, I was here the day before for a boxing match, and I was...
...A woman you have never seen before has a gun. You take the gun away from her. Then she screams you have a gun, and runs away leaving you holding the weapon. Do I understand correctly so far?
So what Breslaw was saying about the murders was true?
I Ingrid
They weren't murders. They were assassinations. There's a difference.
The end result is the same.
I Ingrid
Yes, but some people deserve to die. That's the difference.
You mind telling me what you find funny about this?
Not exactly funny, but pretty entertaining, yeah.
Just what is so entertaining?
MacLeod tussling with another of his moral dilemmas.
You know there are times I really don't like you.
That's OK, sometimes I don't like myself.
I don't have to ask Joe about her. I know about her. She failed to kill Hitler in '44 and she's been making up for it ever since.
It is the ultimate in arrogance to think that one person can alter the course of history.
You can't deny that by killing Hitler in '44, thousands of lives would have been saved, maybe millions.
Yeah, and if you'd killed him in '43 like Rommel wanted, maybe Germany would have won the war. ... History makes men, MacLeod, men don't make history.
What is she to you? A lover? A relation, perhaps? Or just an old friend? Old friends are the worst. They claim more of your soul.
I don't agree with what Ingrid's done.
But part of you understands it, yes?
Your lawyer is here, and since I'm not going to charge you, goodbye.
My lawyer? This I've got to see.
Officers... Well, that worked pretty well.
Since when are you my attorney?
Whatever you need. Lawyer, doctor, Indian chief, I've got paperwork to cover it all.
[He shot Ingrid. They are getting drunk.]
Never gets any easier ... the killing I mean.
Maybe it's not supposed to.
Maybe if I die a little tonight ... it will even things out between me and God.
I hear Wilkinson's speech is back on for tomorrow night.
This time he is on his own. When I was a little boy everything was black and white, good and evil, you see. Then I grew up and discovered that there was only gray. I'm sorry I had to kill your friend.
The Ingrid I knew I'll never forget. But the one you killed, I don't even know who she was. You did what you had to do.
But was I right? If this fascist scum Wilkinson becomes your President in the next 5 or 10 years, how am I going to sleep at night?
I would have made the same choice.
Ingrid asked me something before she died.
She said, what was the difference between her killing them and me killing her.
Good question, right up there with chicken and egg.
So what you're saying is there is no answer?
No, there is an answer. But the real question is whether you're ready for it. (Duncan nods) Stephanovitch killed, and Ingrid judged him. Wilkinson killed, and Ingrid judged him. Ingrid killed, and you judged her.
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