SEASON FIVE
Episode 1: Prophecy

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

 

SCENE ONE

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SCENE TWO

EXT. CROFTER’S HUT - SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS - 1606 - DAY

[SUPER: GLENFINNAN, SCOTLAND 1606, MACLEOD CLAN VILLAGE]

[Past the wall of a crofter's hut, IAN MACLEOD and 3 or 4 CLANSMEN standing by a crude wooden SHEEP PEN. Warriors, mostly 30 to 40, the youngest is NEIL MACGREGGOR, 20s, a sour man. The oldest is OLD TOM, probably mid-50s, but is nearly toothless and looks 20 years older. Ian is angrily discussing a wolf that's been decimating their livestock.]

IAN - We've but twenty sheep left. Twenty, not including the ram! [grim] That damn wolf has to be killed.
 

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SCENE THREE

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SCENE FOUR

 
CASSANDRA - Don't be afraid.

YOUNG DUNCAN - I'm not afraid.

CASSANDRA - I can see that. [beat] I think you're a very brave boy, Duncan MacLeod.

YOUNG DUNCAN - I am not a boy. I am thirteen... [beat] How did you know my name?
 

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SCENE FIVE

 
CASSANDRA - Do I look old?

[He shakes his head, faltering.]
 

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SCENE SIX

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SCENE SEVEN

 
MARY - But to run off without a word...

IAN - [calming] Likely they're off to the next village, stealing sheep from Hamish Campbell. [wry] Or mooning over that red-haired daughter of his.

MARY - The whole night? [off his silence]
 

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SCENE EIGHT

 
YOUNG DUNCAN - Will I ever see you again?

CASSANDRA - Yes.
 

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SCENE NINE

 
[ON MACLEOD as he feels the effect. He tries to shake it off, resume his stance.]

[MACLEOD'S POV: Roland the Giant. He dwarfs MacLeod.]

ROLAND - Every muscle, every inch of your body wants to quit... to surrender.

[MacLeod swings his katana. His sword now larger, heavier in his hand. He is slow, clumsy, sweating with effort.]

ROLAND - Right now, you're probably thinking, "How does he do it?"
 

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SCENE TEN

 
CASSANDRA - Roland was my student. Ages ago. When I realized what he was, it was too late to stop him. He was too strong.
 

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SCENE ELEVEN

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE TWELVE

 
CASSANDRA - You were truly evil.
 

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SCENE THIRTEEN

 
YOUNG DUNCAN - I faced a wolf, and I'm thirteen.

MACLEOD - [a smile, remembering] I remember.
 

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SCENE FOURTEEN

(The shooting script offers no explanation of how Cassandra is there after the Quickening.)

 
[MACLEOD swings -- and Roland dies. The Quickening hits. It's a storm in that space, light cascading out from MacLeod's feet, running up the walls of the silo, to shower down on him. After, MacLeod lifts his head, starts to rise. He looks up and Cassandra hurries toward him.]

CASSANDRA - Duncan... Duncan...

MACLEOD - [smiles] Sorry... I can't hear you. [He reaches into his ears and removes two balls of wax. He looks at the fallen Roland.] I didn't listen.

[FADE OUT.]

[END OF ACT FOUR]
 

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