SEASON FIVE
Episode 15: The Stone of Scone
Scenes from the DVD set's "Final Shooting Script"
that do not appear in the episode.
SCENE ONE
This intro sequence was not in the original shooting script.
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SCENE TWO
This line was not in the original shooting script.
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SCENE THREE
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SCENE FOUR
These lines were not in the original shooting script. Also, Patrick runs off as soon as Fitz leaves him to investigate the 'buzz'.
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SCENE FIVE
The rest of this scene and start of the golf scene take place before the opening credits in the original shooting script.
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SCENE SIX
The opening teaser ends here in the original shooting script. The rest of this scene continues after the opening credits.
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SCENE SEVEN
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SCENE EIGHT
This scene takes place at the beginning of Act 2 in the original shooting script.
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SCENE NINE
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SCENE TEN
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MACLEOD - Not a chance.
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SCENE ELEVEN
In the original shooting script, this scene takes place (uninterrupted) at the beginning of Act 2.
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SCENE TWELVE
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[He fumbles with his purse, starts to open it -- Crimmins grabs away the entire purse.] FITZCAIRN - You're welcome. [He starts to reach for the map.]
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SCENE THIRTEEN
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FITZCAIRN - But I don't have another hundred. [beat, to MacLeod] MacLeod? MACLEOD - [firmly] No. FITZCAIRN - I'll pay you back. MACLEOD - I've heard that one before. FITZCAIRN - [points to the door excitedly] It's Connor MacLeod! MACLEOD - Where? [MacLeod turns and looks. Fitzcairn uses the opportunity to pick MacLeod's purse and toss it to Crimmins.] MACLEOD - That's my money! [He starts to step forward-- Crimmins casually swings up his heavy EXECUTIONER'S AXE and SLAMS it on the table. The sound echoes in the ale-house.] CRIMMINS - Not any more. [And OFF his menacing leer--]
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SCENE FOURTEEN
Act One does NOT end here in the original shooting script (all of the 1970 golf scene is in Act Two). (see SCENE EIGHTEEN)
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SCENE FIFTEEN
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SCENE SIXTEEN
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[A beat later -- FITZCAIRN slides down the rope -- and lands on MacLeod's SHOULDERS, riding him piggyback.] MACLEOD - Am I supposed to carry you all the way to the Tower? FITZCAIRN - [clambers down] Sorry. No need to get huffy about it.
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SCENE SEVENTEEN
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[He moves off in the dark. Fitzcairn waits, miffed, then glances at the padlock. A BEAT -- he draws his sword, makes a careful golf like adjustment to his grip - and WHACKS it. It drops off.]
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SCENE EIGHTEEN
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FITZCAIRN - MacLeod! Save yourself! [MACLEOD looks at the approaching swords then seems to do exactly that. He turns and RUNS away from them, towards the WALL. THE GUARDS go after him. FITZCAIRN reacts in horror.] FITZCAIRN - [dismayed] Wait! Wait! I didn't mean it. Save me too! [MACLEOD races for the wall, where a ROPE hangs well above head-height -- it secures one of the WALL HANGINGS. MacLeod LAUNCHES off a table, jumps -- GRABS the rope -- and SWINGS back at the approaching Guards in an Errol Flynn swing.] [ON THE GUARDS as MacLeod SWINGS INTO THEM, planting both feet into the first one -- sends them tumbling backwards into a heap. MacLeod releases his rope -- and a huge WALL HANGING plummets down on the fallen Guards, tangling them. They stare at the fallen Guards a moment.] FITZCAIRN - I could have done that. MACLEOD - Don't start on me. Quick now, the chains! [Fitzcairn places his manacled arms against a wall. MacLeod WHACKS the chain with his sword, cutting it.] MACLEOD - Now let's get the bloody hell out of here. FITZCAIRN - Without the jewels?! [A BELL sounds, echoes through the halls. We hear FOOTSTEPS of what could be a REGIMENT running through the tower.] MACLEOD - Either that, or without your head. [He turns and takes off. Fitzcairn follows, grimacing.] FITZCAIRN - MacLeod... Not so fast... I'm wounded... [As they HEAD OUT, the sound of RUNNING FOOTSTEPS behind them--]
EXT. ALLEY - 1720 - NIGHT [ON - A PILE OF WOODEN CRATES as several UNIFORMED GUARDS run past at a trot, pikes and swords at the ready.] BEEFEATER'S VOICE - (O.S.) Search every house! They're around here somewhere! [As the FOOTSTEPS fade in the distance -- The CRATES are pushed aside -- MacLeod and Fitzcairn clamber out. Fitzcairn rubs his still-smarting rear.] FITZCAIRN - If I didn't know any better, I'd think they were waiting for us. MACLEOD - They were. Crimmins must have sold us out. FITZCAIRN - [incensed] That dishonest bastard. We're going back and get our money... [He starts off. MacLeod pulls him back into a doorway.] MACLEOD - The only thing you're going to get out of him is your head on a plate! [beat] And he wouldn't have my money if you didn't steal it. FITZCAIRN - And how you're going to let him keep it? MACLEOD - Yes. [beat] in case it escaped your notice, we've just committed an act of treason against the English Crown! If we’re caught, we'll be thrown in the Tower... [beat] And beheaded by your friend Crimmins. FITZCAIRN - [beat] Since you put it that way, a vacation in Tuscany may be in order... [MacLeod and Fitzcairn turn and slink down the street, glancing over their shoulders. Fitzcairn is walking awkwardly. MacLeod glances at him.] FITZCAIRN - What are you looking at? MACLEOD - You're walking oddly. FITZCAIRN - You're imagining it. [As they disappear into the fog--] [FADE OUT.] [END OF ACT ONE]
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SCENE NINETEEN
This episode must have run short, as none of these newsreels were in the original shooting script.
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SCENE TWENTY
The 1950s bedroom scene takes place here in the original shooting script, rather than at the beginning of Act Three.
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SCENE TWENTY-ONE
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CRIMMINS - So why come to me? AMANDA - Because you're the only one I know who can handle something this big. |
SCENE TWENTY-TWO
This scene takes place before the Clermont Club scene in the original shooting script. (See SCENE TWENTY)
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SCENE TWENTY-THREE
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MACLEOD - It's done. There’s nothing to do about it. |
SCENE TWENTY-FOUR
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[BEAT. They look at each other. Amanda gives a "why not" shrug. Amanda gets off the bed, goes to the door and opens it, just as -- FITZCAIRN launches himself at the door staggers past Amanda -- and lands on the bed, on top of MacLeod. He's blasted to the gills.] FITZCAIRN - [slurring] There you are... [beat] Mac, my friend, my companion. My comrade. I'm dying with guilt. Can you ever forgive me. [His BREATH wafts over MacLeod in a nauseating wave.] MACLEOD - Could you breathe in another direction? FITZCAIRN - For two hundred and thirty years the memory of that betrayal has been like a curse hanging over me. [beat] Please, just give me a chance to make it up to you. [MacLeod and Amanda trade looks.] MACLEOD - [finally] All right. |
SCENE TWENTY-FIVE
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SCENE TWENTY-SIX
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[The Bobby suddenly staggers. Amanda holds him up, leads him towards a CLOAKROOM DOOR. She OPENS the door, aims him inside -- he falls into the cloakroom, out cold.] AMANDA - Nighty-night.
INT. GREAT HALL - WESTMINSTER ABBEY - 1950 - MOMENTS LATER [Empty as a church. One fabric covered CHAIR dominates the far wall. MacLeod and Fitzcairn enter carrying ropes, crowbars, picks. They stop as they see the chair. MacLeod gazes at it, visibly moved.] MACLEOD - There it is. |
SCENE TWENTY-SEVEN
In the original shooting script, this is a coat closet, not another corridor.
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SCENE TWENTY-EIGHT
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MACLEOD - Wait. She'll be back. She's looking for the Stone. |
SCENE TWENTY-NINE
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SCENE THIRTY
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SCENE THIRTY-ONE
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EXT. SCOTLAND YARD - 1950 - NIGHT - (STOCK) [Stock footage of the old Z-CARS with clanging bells -- seen in all the old British Detective films -- race out of the Scotland Yard forecourt and into the night.] |
SCENE THIRTY-TWO
This scene is at the end of Act Three in the original shooting script.
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SCENE THIRTY-THREE
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SCENE THIRTY-FOUR
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SCENE THIRTY-FIVE
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SCENE THIRTY-SIX
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EXT. MASON'S YARD - 1950 - DAWN [MacLeod, covered in so much dust he looks like a Pillsbury doughboy, is rubbing at something with a rag, it looks like he's finished a long night's work. As he stands aside to see his handiwork, we see -- THE STONE OF SCONE, or what looks like it. He brushes away dust and steps back to appraise his handiwork.] HARRY - Duncan MacLeod, you're under arrest! [THE THREE DETECTIVES are closing in behind him.] MACLEOD - You've got me. [MacLeod raises his hands. As one Detective steps forward with the cuffs, MACLEOD knocks him over, leaps back over the Stone and tips it backwards, towards the Detectives.] [ON THE STONE as in SLOW-MOTION it topples over, hits the floor and with a mighty crash -- SPLITS IN HALF. THE DETECTIVES stare in disbelief at the broken Stone.] HARRY - Oh no. [MacLeod turns, races out the back gate.] HARRY - [recovering] Stop! Stop in the name of the crown! |
SCENE THIRTY-SEVEN
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[BEAT -- Fitzcairn puts his hand to his neck.] |
SCENE THIRTY-EIGHT
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EXT. NUMBER 10 DOWNING - 1950 - ESTABLISHING - DAY (STOCK) [The perpetual Bobby stands outside the door.] CHURCHILL - (O.S.) What do you suggest, MacLeod?
INT. NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET - 1950 - DAY [MacLeod, dressed in a morning suit, holding a bowler in his hand, is making his pitch to WINSTON CHURCHILL. (We don't see him, just his fist holding a cigar behind a desk.)] MACLEOD - It's a sticky situation, Mr. Prime Minister. If the Scots learn of the Stone being broken, it'll give them a rallying cry. CHURCHILL - Bad business. MACLEOD - Not to mention the idea of thieves breaking into Westminster Abbey. [beat] I'd let this die a quiet death. CHURCHILL - One can't cover up something of this magnitude. If the Press found out, they'd tear me apart. MACLEOD - Then use the Press, sir. Issue a Press release. [beat] Tell them it was all a schoolboy lark... and the Stone has been returned by Scotland Yard. CHURCHILL - I sense something more here than love of King and Country, MacLeod. MACLEOD - [squirming] It's personal, sir. CHURCHILL - [thoughtful] It would be for the good of the country. MACLEOD - Exactly. [beat] And you do have the Stone back. [A pause while smoke rises from the bulldog's chair.] CHURCHILL - Good man, MacLeod. Your service was invaluable to us during the great war. [beat] And England repays her debts. [firm] I consider this one paid in full. [He reaches the chubby hand up to shake MacLeod's hand.] MACLEOD - Absolutely, Mr. Churchill. [And OFF this--] |
SCENE THIRTY-NINE
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[Amanda drives the ball down the center of the fairway. MacLeod approaches the tee.] |
SCENE FORTY
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FITZCAIRN - Look at that grip. MACLEOD - There is nothing wrong with my grip. [MacLeod hits the ball and blasts it down the fairway. Fitzcairn steps up with his club, starts demonstrating.] |
SCENE FORTY-ONE
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FITZCAIRN - I'll always feel I owe you something. However long it takes, I'll make I it up to you. |
SCENE FORTY-TWO
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[PAN BACK to the Stone of Scone, as TWO OLD LADIES approach with their clubs and sit on the stone bench.] [FADE OUT.] [THE END] |
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