SEASON FIVE
Episode 5: Dramatic License

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

 

SCENE ONE

 
[ANGLE - MACLEOD'S BOOT - The sword lies across it. Suddenly MacLeod flips it UP--]

[WIDER as he deftly catches the sword, brings it back in a god-almighty swing, and we:]

[FREEZE FRAME.]
 

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SCENE TWO

Sharp eyes will spot Terence Coventry lurking in the background, then ducking behind the cover-flat when the actor realizes the camera can see him. Oops! He was NOT supposed to be in this scene! (My thanks to Andy Sloane for pointing this goof out to me.)

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SCENE THREE

 
AMANDA - Well, that's it. Would you believe I maxed out every card I have?
 

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SCENE FOUR

This narrative was not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE FIVE

The last line in the script is of Terence saying "I had a better word in mind."

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SCENE SIX

 
CAROLYN - Thank God! I thought I'd died and gone to Chippendales. [runs a hand down his arms] You know what I've been through to find you?
 

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SCENE SEVEN

EXT. PUBLISHER'S HOUSE - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING

[A lavish manse, stretch limos in the drive, as we hear the CLINK of champagne glasses and swirling MUSIC.]

 

INT. PUBLISHER'S PARTY - NIGHT

[MacLeod is forcing a pained smile to a group of admiring young women, several holding copies of Carolyn's book. He gives a bow to his "fans" and moves away to Amanda, wearing an elegant black number, watching in amusement. In the background, two men are at the door checking invitations and letting people in.]
 

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SCENE EIGHT

This dialogue was not in the shooting script.

 
[As the two men move to interrupt Terence, MacLeod slips out the door.]
 

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SCENE NINE

This line was not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE TEN

 
CAROLYN - Anyhow, there was a fight...
 

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SCENE ELEVEN

This line was not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE TWELVE

 
[She kisses him on the cheek, starts to head toward the door. MacLeod gets in her way.]

MACLEOD - Carolyn, I'm serious. You're not safe.

[We hear a drunken bellow from outside.]

TERENCE - (O.S.) Carolyn!

MACLEOD - [grabs Carolyn's arm] Back door. Quick.

[She's too startled to object as he hustles her to the side door, pushes her through. Slams it shut behind her.]

TERENCE - (O.S.) Carolyn, where are you?

[MacLeod turns, looking "innocent" as Terence comes in the front door.]

TERENCE - I heard her voice. Don't deny it. Where is she?

MACLEOD - She's not here. [beat] Go home, Terence.

[Terence raises himself shakily up to full height.]

TERENCE - I shall not forget this. [beat] You, sir, are a skunk. A SKUNK!

[He stalks out.]

[And OFF MacLeod, looking after him--]

[FADE OUT.]

[END OF ACT TWO]
 

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SCENE THIRTEEN

 
AMANDA (V.O.) [reading] "...under his caresses, her skin burned with a white hot passion she had never known in her life." [reading, with growing excitement] "They moved together, bodies joining in exquisite union again and again, until she could no longer bear it. Finally he cried out, the sound she was longing to hear..."
 

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SCENE FOURTEEN

All of the bits about Terence being a bad cook are not in the shooting script.

 
TERENCE - En garde!

[MacLeod looks almost embarrassed, clears his throat.]

TERENCE - What?!

[Then he sees he's holding the SPOON, wearing his apron. He rips it off, tosses them aside, and pulls his sword. THE DUEL commences -- the dinner is being demolished, stuffed tomatoes lose their stuff, a whole duck is a half duck. TERENCE is actually a pretty polished swordsman. The battle moves out of the kitchen and into:]

 

INT. TERENCE'S HOUSE - DINING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

[There's a table set for two: candles, champagne, flowers. They fight past it, then -- the BUZZ.]
 

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SCENE FIFTEEN

In the shooting script, the scene by the lake is at the very end of the episode.

 
[Amanda is almost tearing up. MacLeod nudges her.]

MACLEOD - C'mon. Before anyone changes their mind.

[They start out--]

AMANDA - Why can't you be more like that?

[And OFF this--]

[FADE OUT.]

[END OF ACT FOUR]
 

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SCENE SIXTEEN

This entire scene is at the very end of the episode in the shooting script.

 
MACLEOD - I don't know.

[They stop walking.]

AMANDA - Of course you don't know. What I'm asking you to do is guess.

MACLEOD - Why?

AMANDA - Because it's part of the conversation. [beat] I ask you a question. You answer the question.

MACLEOD - [beat] Okay, my guess is maybe.

AMANDA - You're no fun at all.

[She starts to walk off by herself.]

MACLEOD - [a wry smile] That's not what you said last night.

[That stops her in her tracks.]

AMANDA - Bragging now, are we?

MACLEOD - [smug] As a matter of fact... [beat] Yes.

AMANDA - Okay... okay... I've got no problems with you in that department, but... [listing them] You are vain. You are willful. You are proud. And you are and always will be a boy scout.
 

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