SEASON FOUR
Episode 5: Double Eagle

Scenes from the DVD set's "Final Shooting Script"
that do not appear in the episode.

 

SCENE ONE

 
KIT - Dragon woo! [flashes the enormously relieved grin of a gambler who's been riding on hope, starts to rake the cash into a leather satchel] Gentlemen, it's been a pleasure. Any time, day or night, Kit O'Brady is at your service...
 

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SCENE TWO

 
KIT - I see your point. There's just one problem... [shrugs] I gotta see a man about a horse.
 

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SCENE THREE

 
KIT - [O.S.] 'Fraid that's already spent, my friend.

[It's Kit -- blood all over his shirt, but other than some discomfort, he seems fine. He gives an apologetic shrug. The Worker just stares, mouth open -- he's seeing a ghost. Kit pries the sack and the cash from the man's hand. He peels off a single bill, hesitates, then puts it back in his pocket.]

KIT - But thanks for lookin' after it.

[He heads for the outside door, the Worker still staring. Kit pauses at the door, feeling a bit bad about this.]

KIT - Cheer up. Maybe the next guy'll stay dead.

[He winks, and he's out.]
 

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SCENE FOUR

INT. DOUBLE EAGLE GAMBLING PALACE - SAN FRANCISCO - 1888

[As hands come down hard on a piano keyboard. Widen as a piano player launches into a piece. We are in a well-appointed gambling den. The piano plays, high-rolling men in waist-coats and pocket-fobs gamble at poker and blackjack. At a roulette wheel, glamorous women kibitz and play with their partners. This is high-rolling 'Frisco in all its glory.]

[MacLeod is at a blackjack table, a stack of chips before him, onlookers watching as he takes his card. The cards before him are a five and a four. He faces the Dealer -- a seven and a down card.]

MacLEOD - Hit me.

[The Dealer, an unpleasant balding guy of forty, slaps another card from the shoe, a nine.]

DEALER - Eighteen.

MacLEOD - That's close enough.

[The Dealer's face tightens. Right-handed, he turns his down card over to reveal a three underneath. As he reaches for the card-shoe -- CLOSE - The Dealer's hand -- his left hand this time. He smoothly turns over a KING.]

DEALER - Twenty. [beat] Tough luck, Mister. [He smirks and reaches for the chips.]
 

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SCENE FIVE

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE SIX

These lines were not in the original shooting script. (Note: Amanda was not pretending to be French in the shooting script.)

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SCENE SEVEN

These lines were not in the original shooting script. (Note: Amanda was not pretending to be French in the shooting script.)

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SCENE EIGHT
(Note: Amanda was not pretending to be French in the shooting script.)

 
KIT - It's that coin, right there.
 

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SCENE NINE

 
KIT - Nonsense, MacLeod. It's just a friendly little game.
[He moves off to join the other players.]
 

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SCENE TEN
(Note: Amanda was not pretending to be French in the shooting script.)

 
AMANDA - Oh, very well. [beat] You used to be fun.
 

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SCENE ELEVEN

MacLEOD'S VICTORIAN - THE PRESENT - DAY

 
MacLEOD - What do you say we grab some lunch?

KIT - How about we make it dinner instead? I've got business to attend to that can't wait...

MacLEOD - Dinner it is. What'll it be, Italian or Chinese?

KIT - Why don't we flip for it?

MacLEOD - Why can't you just pick one, like everyone else?

KIT - No risk, no pleasure. Where's your spirit? Come on, Mac... [He can't keep the gambler's gleam from his eye.]

[MacLeod sighs, takes a coin from his pocket, tosses it.]

MacLEOD - Call.

KIT - Tails it's Italian.

[MacLeod uncovers it -- HEADS. Kit's face falls.]

KIT - I've been having a bit of a bad run...

MacLEOD - How bad?

KIT - [beat] A hundred and seven years.

MacLEOD - And you're still gambling?

KIT - [stubbornly] It'll turn around, Mac. This is a sure thing. I've come eight thousand miles in search of the perfect horse and I've found her. [beat; checking his watch] Gotta go. I'll pick you up at your place at seven.

[He heads out. MacLeod shakes his head, picks up the plane and continues working.]
 

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SCENE TWELVE

 
AMANDA - Is that a sword in your pocket, MacLeod? [beat] Or are you just glad to see me?
 

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SCENE THIRTEEN
(Note: Amanda was not pretending to be French in the shooting script.)

 
KIT - [smiles, scribbles on a scrap of paper] This should cover it. If you don't mind an I.O.U... [beat] The deed to the Double Eagle saloon. [He drops it in the pot. The Baron's cigar falls from his mouth. The Banker whistles.]

MacLEOD - Kit, this is getting out of hand...

KIT - No, it's getting interesting. [laying out his hand] Full house.
 

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SCENE FOURTEEN

 
[She sweeps out, the Baron and Banker scrambling to stand. MacLeod turns to Kit. He's still holding the cards, eyes glazed, devastated.]

KIT - But I don't lose. Not Kit O'Brady... I can't.

MacLEOD - Sorry, Kit. There's a first time for everything.
 

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SCENE FIFTEEN

 
[MacLeod and Amanda are up and dressed, having coffee while they wait for toast to pop. MacLeod seems slightly haggard and Amanda picks up on it.]
 

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SCENE SIXTEEN

 
RAINEY - Her sisters won at Arlington and Hollywood Park.
 

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SCENE SEVENTEEN

 
RAINEY - You remind me a lot of myself when I was your age.
 

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SCENE EIGHTEEN

 
KIT - I could. I really could like her... [with feeling] Right after I take her head.
 

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SCENE NINETEEN

INT. DOUBLE EAGLE - NIGHT - 1888

 
[Two days after the game. Amanda is with MacLeod, talking about her new acquisition -- she's in love with the place. MacLeod isn't paying much attention.]

AMANDA - The latest dances from Paris. And stage girls, with the latest costumes... [seeing his look] You don't like the stage girls?

MacLEOD - I was just thinking of Kit.

[Amanda gives him some thought, too. About a nanosecond.]
 

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SCENE TWENTY

EXT. RACETRACK - STANDS - THE PRESENT - DAY

 
[Amanda storms through the stands, looking for MacLeod. Richie follows, trying to steer her away.]

RICHIE - If MacLeod was seeing someone, he'd have told you! [reasonably] I mean, would you lie about something like that? [off her look] Lemme put it another way...

AMANDA - Don't worry. I just want to get a look at the competition... [beat] Then push her onto the track.

[Richie has had enough. He stops.]

RICHIE - Then you're on your own.

AMANDA - [suspicious] Why? Where are you going?

RICHIE - The bathroom. You want to come?

[He walks in the opposite direction. A BEAT -- Amanda moves in the other direction.]
 

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SCENE TWENTY-ONE

This line was not in the original shooting script. (NOTE: Kit wasn't 'allegic' to Immortals in the shooting script.)

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SCENE TWENTY-TWO

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE TWENTY-THREE

 
RICHIE - I don't think Amanda's gonna leave Double Eagle any time soon.
 

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SCENE TWENTY-FOUR

This line was not in the original shooting script. (NOTE: Kit wasn't 'allegic' to Immortals in the shooting script.)

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SCENE TWENTY-FIVE

This material is missing from the DVD shooting script (I guess maybe they lost those pages...)

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SCENE TWENTY-SIX

 
[Amanda circulates with eye-batting charm, past the BANKER and a distinguished man with a handle-bar mustache. She nods to a Waiter.]

AMANDA - A brandy for the Colonel and Mr. Hodge, Henry. Doubles... [beat] And make sure it's Napoleon.

[The men doff their hats in appreciation as she moves on.]
 

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SCENE TWENTY-SEVEN

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SCENE TWENTY-EIGHT

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SCENE TWENTY-NINE

This sequence was not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE THIRTY

 
RICHIE - Without killing her?
 

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SCENE THIRTY-ONE

INT. DOJO - MOMENTS LATER

 
[MacLeod moves into the dojo, dumps the just-reviving Kit on a practice mat, then quickly moves to the side door. He BARS it just as Amanda gets there, starts to HAMMER on it.]

[MacLeod moves back to grab Kit -- but Kit is recovering. He shoves away from MacLeod, pulls his sword cane.]

KIT - Nice try, MacLeod... but you can't keep us apart forever.

[ANOTHER KICK -- the door splinters open and Amanda charges in. The two Immortals start squaring off.]

AMANDA - It's not Holy Ground, MacLeod.
 

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SCENE THIRTY-TWO

 
MacLEOD - [beat; to Kit] Especially if she wins.
 

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SCENE THIRTY-THREE

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE THIRTY-FOUR

EXT. RACETRACK - OWNER'S BOX - DAY

The fifth race. Several OWNERS mill about expectantly, eager for the race. Amanda is there with them, caught up in the excitement as the horses are announced.]

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) - [over P.A.] ...Dryad in number three. And in number four, ridden by jockey David Downs... Double Eagle.
 

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SCENE THIRTY-FIVE

 
ANNOUNCER (V.O.) - [over P.A.] They're off!

[Kit and Amanda are instantly at the window, binoculars up to see -- CLOSER - THE TRACK and the horses thundering out of the boxes, jockeys floating on their straining backs. KIT AND AMANDA are caught up in the infectious excitement.]

AMANDA - Go... go! [bursting] Come on, Double Eagle!

KIT - Look at her run!

[A BEAT -- they look at each other, realizing they're cheering the same horse. There's a guilty BEAT, then -- ]

KIT - GO DOUBLE EAGLE!

AMANDA - [same time] C'MON DOUBLE EAGLE!

[They're shouting over each other, close to jumping up and down. As the horses round the track -- RESUME - THE HORSES as they come thundering down the stretch.]

[INTERCUT: KIT AND AMANDA cheering their horse and THE HORSES CROSSING THE FINISH LINE, Double Eagle winning.]

[BACK TO AMANDA AND KIT cheering as they jump into each others' arms. Then, realizing who they are, they back away as if soiled by the experience.]
 

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SCENE THIRTY-SIX

All the rest of these loft intercuts were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE THIRTY-SEVEN

 
KIT - Too bad you missed the age of chivalry.
 

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SCENE THIRTY-EIGHT

 
AMANDA - I still say she needs a new trainer!
 

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