SEASON FIVE
Episode 7: Haunted

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

 

SCENE ONE

These visual and auditory clues linking RR to Alec were not present in the original shooting script.

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SCENE TWO

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE THREE

INT. MACLEOD’S LOFT - DAY

[MACLEOD has an antique mirror propped against the coffee table, carefully polishing it. As he works, he cradles a telephone.]

MACLEOD - [into phone] You should see it, Julius. It's beautiful. I found it at an estate sale. I'll have it to you on Saturday. [He gets the BUZZ.] I'll talk to you later.
 

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SCENE FOUR

Kragen was originally named Kraven in the shooting script. Maybe they decided that was a little too on the nose?

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SCENE FIVE

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE SIX

 
MacLEOD - ...you'll have a fair one.
 

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SCENE SEVEN

 
RICHIE - You ever find the guy?

MACLEOD - [shakes his head] We searched for months.
 

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SCENE EIGHT

In the shooting script, this flashback scene takes place later (see SCENE FOURTEEN)

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SCENE NINE

This line is not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE TEN

This line is not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE ELEVEN

 
RICHIE - [shakes his head] I don't have much choice.
 

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SCENE TWELVE

 
JENNIFER - Maybe I didn't have a choice either. [She leans into him a little closer.] It was more than love. Our souls connected.

RICHIE - Think that could ever happen again?

JENNIFER - I don't know. He'd have to be very kind, very sweet... Someone... someone...

[She looks deep into Richie's eyes. Her hand moves over his. Her nails gently brush his knuckles. Their eyes lock. They lean in closer, inexorably drawn to one another. Their lips almost meet, then she realizes what's about to happen. She breaks the stare and rises.]

JENNIFER - [uncomfortable] Whoa!
 

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SCENE THIRTEEN

 
DAWSON - Richie... you’re the son-of-a-bitch who killed her husband.

[And off Richie's complete shock--]

[FADE OUT.]

[END OF ACT ONE]

 

ACT TWO

[FADE IN:]

[INT. JOE'S - NIGHT - RESUME]

[Richie is in denial... stunned.]

RICHIE - It can't be! I never even met the guy!
 

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SCENE FOURTEEN

In the shooting script, the act break takes place slightly earlier (see SCENE THIRTEEN), and is followed by the 1888 flashback (see SCENE EIGHT)

EXT. SAN FRANCISCO - THE PRESENT - NIGHT - STOCK

[The city by the bay glimmers in the cool night air.]

[SUPER: SAN FRANCISCO]

 

EXT. SOUNDSTAGE - SAN FRANCISCO - NIGHT

[A studio complex out of town, weeds growing through the railroad tracks out back, a couple battered trucks in the parking lot. A light rain covers everything with a reflective sheen.]

[MacLeod drives up in his rental car toward the studio. His mind is on the business at hand and his friend Alec.]

[TWO BURLY GRIPS move by MacLeod pushing a fake wall and window of a Victorian house.]

[TRANSITION TO:]

 

EXT. VICTORIAN - OUTSIDE SAN FRANCISCO - 1888 - NIGHT

(see SCENE EIGHT)

[TRANSITION TO:]

 

EXT. SOUNDSTAGE - NIGHT

[MacLeod gets out of the rental, reaches into the back seat and takes out his sword.]
 

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SCENE FIFTEEN

 
JENNIFER - That this is happening way too fast. I shouldn't have said what I said. Or feel what I feel. [beat] But I do. [She moves closer. Richie backs up, uncomfortable.] [intense] You blew me away. [beat] You felt it, too.
 

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SCENE SIXTEEN

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE SEVENTEEN

 
[Mac waits. There's a pause. Richie's having trouble with this. Finally:]

RICHIE - (CONT'D) Kraven. [beat] You kill him?

MACLEOD - I didn't kill much.

RICHIE - [wincing] Yeah.

MACLEOD - [hoping for a yes] That it? [off Richie's look] What?
 

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SCENE EIGHTEEN

 
RICHIE - It's not something I planned, I swear. She needed somebody, I was there. [beat] I couldn't stop myself.

MACLEOD - You and Jennifer.

RICHIE - [self-loathing] Me and Jennifer. Jesus, how could I be so stupid?

MACLEOD - Richie, it's all right.

RICHIE - Is it? What about her husband?

MACLEOD - Her husband is dead.

RICHIE - I know.

MACLEOD - [beat] People grieve in all kinds of ways. It's okay.

[MacLeod turns toward the elevator again.]

RICHIE - It's not okay. [beat] Would you stop walking away and listen to me! [spills it] Mac, Kragen didn't kill Alec Hill. I did. [beat] I killed him.

 

EXT. SOUNDSTAGE - SAN FRANCISCO - JULY 1996 - NIGHT

[Richie's bike is parked in a narrow driveway blocking the back entrance to the parking lot.]

RICHIE - (V.O.) It was last summer. I was on the road. My bike died outside some old movie studio.

[He repeatedly jumps on the kick start but the engine won't turn over -- it's dead. The frustration shows on his face.]

RICHIE - Piece of crap!

[He jumps off the bike, pissed as hell, and starts fiddling with the engine. As he digs around he slices his finger on a sharp piece of metal.]

RICHIE - (CONT'D) DAMN IT!

[He yanks his hand out. Suddenly, a car horn BLARES.]

RICHIE - (V.O.) (CONT'D) I was pissed. He was pissed. It happened.
 

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SCENE NINETEEN

This line and actions were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE TWENTY

 
DAWSON - [beat] What were your other options? Who'd be helped if you told her the truth?

[MacLeod knows but that doesn't make it easier.]

MACLEOD - Nobody. I know.

DAWSON - So?
 

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SCENE TWENTY-ONE

 
[She pulls away from him and storms out of the office, into --]

 

INT. DOJO - CONTINUOUS

[As Jennifer runs out past a couple of GUYS working out, MacLeod steps out of the office and catches up with her.]

MACLEOD - Jennifer, wait.

[He takes her by the arm to gently detain her. She whirls around, her voice rising, desperate.]

JENNIFER - Don't touch me! Don't touch me!

[Heads turn. Guys noticing the disturbance.]

MACLEOD - Jen. Let me explain.

[She violently yanks her arm away from MacLeod.]

JENNIFER - Leave me alone!

[She turns to run out. The place is quiet as a tomb. All the eyes are on MacLeod. He can't follow. He has to back off.]
 

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SCENE TWENTY-TWO

 
JENNIFER - [re the sword] Alec taught me to use it, Duncan. One stroke. [a little distant] One stroke.

[MacLeod is too far away to stop her physically. He stays in the doorway, goes into negotiation mode.]

MACLEOD - Jennifer, listen to me.

[His eyes go to Richie's still form. He can't conceal the fear for his friend's life that passes behind his eyes.]

MACLEOD - He's twenty-two years old.
 

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SCENE TWENTY-THREE

 
MACLEOD - Jennifer, there's no one else here. There's nothing here but your grief and your guilt.
 

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SCENE TWENTY-FOUR

 
MACLEOD - [to Jennifer] He loves you. If you think that's what he wants, then go ahead.
 

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