Highlander: The Series · Season 6
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.
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?
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?
Game's over. Your time is up.
No gun. No sword. How are you going to fight me? Are you going to huff and puff and blow my house down?
I become one with everything. I become one with you.
Too bad you didn't think of that before you killed Richie.
I become everything. Therefore I become nothing.
C'mon, be a man. I dare you!
Therefore you are nothing. Without my anger, you have no substance. Without my pride, you have no form. Without my hate... you - have - no - being.
Evil exist in all of us, Joe. When we deny that, we give evil power. Ahriman said it himself. His greatest trick was to convince the world he didn't exist. But, he does, he exists in all of us. Once I accepted that, I was able to defeat him.
We've gotta stop meeting like this.
Then you've gotta stop trying to blow up my friends.
So there is no Russian Mafia.
Sure there is...somewhere.
We rewrite our history all the time because we have to. We rationalize our cruelty. So we can look in the mirror and face ourselves.
Why should I trust you? Give me a reason, give me one good reason.
Because there is no one else.
[Flashback to 1640, a tavern]
You've forgotten what it's like to be a woman. I think you need a real man to remind you.
What men? All I see are a pair of miserable toads who work for the bastard Richelieu.
Cardinal Richelieu does the work of God!
Somehow I doubt God spends much of his time in the sewers of France. Tell me, is it true Richelieu has syphilis? Because if so, that's quite an accomplishment for a eunuch. Well, maybe he's not a eunuch, but you know, I hear it's, um... (points to the end of her little finger)
[They fight. She wins.]
[Flashback to 1640, an inn]
[They are sharing a bed, under strictly honorable circumstances]
I've never met a Scotsman before. Tell me, are they well armed?
Ah-hem. What exactly do you mean?
I mean their swords, of course. What did you think I meant?
Oh, well, your French toad stabbers, they're fine for some, but they're kind of puny.
You think them small?
Och! They're hardly worth your while. Now a Scotsman's weapon, that's another matter. Once it gets going there's nothing that can stop it.
Really?
Aye. Two hands to hold the thing. I doubt you could even hold it.
Surely you exaggerate.
No, not a wee bit. Come to Scotland and I'll show you.
Scotland?
You dinna think I could bring it in here did you? I mean the bloody thing wouldn't fit through the door.
Oh. Oh, you mean your sword.
A claymore, of course. What did you think I meant?
[Taunting a bad guy]
Looking for me? Mine's a .44. Modified. Go right through you. Probably kill your partner too.... Of course, I'm only a girl. Might lose my nerve. Might even miss. (BANG) But not this time.
After the trial, the chief judge was murdered. Albright...
Richard. Richard was his name. Did you ever meet someone truly good, MacLeod? Someone who didn't want money, or power, or, or glory? Somebody beyond temptation and corruption?
You were his bodyguard.
I did a hell of a job, didn't I?
And there's more?
That's how it started. God, I loved him. Richard believed, MacLeod, believed like, like nobody I've ever met before. Justice, compassion. They were his Gods. Being with him was like being inside a warm, bright light. For 10 years, MacLeod. I wanted it never to stop. And then somebody stopped it. Do you know what that feels like?
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