MMMatthew McCormick
[referring to a slinky] You know what I like about these? If you had enough stairs, they'd just go on forever.
Unless they're stopped.
MMMatthew McCormick
Kinda like us.
No, just like us.
S5 E3Manhunt
It's freezin' in there.
Well yeah, It's the morgue. At least you're still fresh.
You know, you're real funny, MacLeod. Hey, who picked out these clothes anyway? Your mother?
[to Matthew] You should have killed him.
S5 E10The Valkyrie
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?
I know how it sounds...
So what Breslaw was saying about the murders was true?
IIngrid
They weren't murders. They were assassinations. There's a difference.
The end result is the same.
IIngrid
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 see. Ingrid Henning.
Hey, ask Joe about her.
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.
They usually do.
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.
So who judges me?
(long pause) You hungry?
S6 E1Avatar
I guess it's just you and me Richie. I can't believe it's been a year already. I wish I could tell you why this happened. That it all makes sense now...But I can't. I'm sorry.
He knows why.
Well, welcome back.
I'm glad you stayed in Paris.
Somebody had to. [pause] I buried him with his sword. I didn't know what else to put on the headstone... It seemed right.
'Friend' is good. Because that's what he was.
When Richie died, I wanted to die. But I realized that if his death was to mean anything, I had to survive... I had to understand what happened. I had to believe what happened.
But how to we beat something with the power of life and death?
Because we have to, Joe. Because there is no one else.
What the hell.
Exactly.
S6 E2Armageddon
HHorton
Somewhat theatrical, I agree. A thousand years ago it would have been enough to have caused a panic in the streets.
What do you want?
HHorton
But this is the scientific age. People don't believe in demons and devils anymore. And maybe that's my best trick yet. [on laptop screen] All that technology...So much useless information... It's almost a sin to want to know so much.
We went back to the archives. The symbol turned up in the writings of an ancient German mystic. To him it was a force of hate that could only be defeated by love.
Fine for Gandhi. But what about us? What else did he say?
Nothing. Seems he died before he could finish his memoirs.
That's great. So what do we do, sit and contemplate our navels while the world goes to hell?
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