SEASON FIVE
Episode 13: The Ransom of Richard Redstone

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

 

SCENE ONE

The rest of the casino scene and Richie-napping take place here in the original shooting script. (see SCENE THREE)

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SCENE TWO

 
MACLEOD - What Ferrari?
 

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SCENE THREE

These casino scenes and the Richie-napping take place before the opening credits in the original shooting script. (see SCENE ONE)

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SCENE FOUR

 
FOULARD - He was last seen at Casino Montecour yesterday. Since that... nothing.

MACLEOD - [re the paper work] So you took it to the police.

FOULARD - Of course.

[MacLeod nods sympathetically, puts an arm over his shoulder as he steers him out of the Driver's earshot.]
 

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SCENE FIVE

This scene takes place before the opening credits, along with the rest of the casino scenes.

EXT. CASINO MONTECOUR - DAY

[The PARKING ATTENDANT closes the Ferrari door for Marina. She's behind the wheel, Richie in the passenger seat, definitely feeling woozy. He's slurring slightly.]

RICHIE - I really can drive.

MARINA - I insist.

[Marina pulls out with a wild lurch, spinning the tires. As they fishtail out of the drive--]

RICHIE - (O.S.) Okay. Jus' watch out for a blonde inna black Porsche.
 

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SCENE SIX

EXT. CASINO MONTECOUR - 1978 - DAY

DESIREE - (O.S.) Three hours without a stop, Duncan. My knees are weak. What are you trying to do to me?

[CLOSE - ANOTHER MIRROR and the reflection of a WOMAN there, checking her lipstick.]

MACLEOD - (O.S.) Just trying to show you a good time.

[PULL BACK as MacLeod's beautiful girlfriend DESIREE checks her face in the bike's mirror, while MacLeod hauls his big MOTO GUZZI onto the kickstand.]
 

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SCENE SEVEN

The flashback continues here in the original shooting script, with the later scene in the hotel room. (See SCENE NINETEEN)

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SCENE EIGHT

This line was not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE NINE

 
MACLEOD - Let me guess. Halloween?
 

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SCENE TEN

In the original shooting script, this scene happens entirely after the kitchen scene, rather than split by it.

 
RICHIE - I didn't steal it, I was kidnapped! Held against my will!

MACLEOD - [doubtful] By Marina LeMartin, a twenty-year old mortal girl?
 

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SCENE ELEVEN

 
RICHIE - I'm not... I just... I felt... Oh, man.
 

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SCENE TWELVE

This line (and action) was not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE THIRTEEN

This line was not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE FOURTEEN

 
MACLEOD - Then this must be yours. Compliments of Mr. Redstone.
 

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SCENE FIFTEEN

This line (and action) was not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE SIXTEEN

 
CARLO - So what? It's still mine.
 

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SCENE SEVENTEEN

 
MACLEOD - But you're not a millionaire. [beat] Listen, Pinocchio. Not only don't you have two million dollars... but you owe someone a new Ferrari!

RICHIE - Don't remind me. [beat] Mac, I was thinking. You think there's any way you might be interested?

MACLEOD - [seeing it coming] No.

RICHIE - C'mon, Mac. You even told Marina it was a good investment. It would make a great hotel!
 

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SCENE EIGHTEEN

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE NINETEEN

The hotel room flashback happens immediately after the first casino flashback in the original shooting script, not here. (See SCENE SEVEN)

INT. HOTEL ROOM - 1978 - NIGHT

[MacLeod's memory flashes briefly back to the thief stealing his watch.]
 

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SCENE TWENTY

EXT. MOUNTAIN ROAD - FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE - DAWN - DAY

[The old 2-CV is chugging up the hill. As it does, the FERRARI takes a tight corner heading down the road. It blasts past, horn blaring. The 2-CV swerves, lurches to the side of the road, and we HEAR--]

ELDERLY DRIVER - (V.O.) Oh, non...

 

INT. FERRARI - SAME TIME - DAY

[Richie hangs on for all he's worth as they scream along.]

RICHIE - Mac, I gotta get this thing back in one piece. [off the silence] You gonna tell me what's got you so pissed?

[MacLeod takes a sharp corner, finally speaks.]

MACLEOD - Nineteen I years ago, Carlo Capodimonte stole a million francs from someone, a friend of mine. [beat] He used it to get the casino and squeeze out the Baron.

RICHIE - Now he's gonna force Marina to marry him? [beat] The slimy bastard. We're gonna kill him.

MACLEOD - Something like that. [He smiles nastily.]
 

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SCENE TWENTY-ONE

 
RICHIE - Mac, no! You can't shoot him down like a miserable dog!

MACLEOD - Watch me.
 

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SCENE TWENTY-TWO

 
MACLEOD - [with mock defensiveness] I thought I was wonderful. You know, I was an actor once. I did Shakespeare... [As MacLeod's voice trails off:]

[FADE OUT.]

[END OF ACT FOUR]

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SCENE TWENTY-THREE

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE TWENTY-FOUR

These lines were not in the original shooting script.

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SCENE TWENTY-FIVE

In the original shooting script, the episode ends with the Baron saying "This one we have with dinner."

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