SEASON SIX
Episode 2: Armageddon

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

 

SCENE ONE

 
FATHER BEAUFORT - [with mock scolding] And it's always been Robert to you.
 

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SCENE TWO

 
FATHER BEAUFORT - But you haven't come to debate theology.
 

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SCENE THREE

 
FATHER BEAUFORT - But you didn't come all this way for the Beaufort family saga.
 

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SCENE FOUR

 
DAWSON - These guys have been Watching some of the worst bad-asses in recent history.
 

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SCENE FIVE

 
HORTON - [on screen; laughing] Isn't that why they got thrown out of Eden?
 

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SCENE SIX

 
KRONOS - A man who appreciates the feel of a good blade in his hands.
 

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SCENE SEVEN

 
KRONOS - You don't carry a blade any longer, do you? [a laugh] Never know when you might slip and cut off a good friend's head. [dripping sarcasm] Oops.
 

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SCENE EIGHT

 
KRONOS - You pathetic fool. Do you know what you're playing with? Forces in place long before your kind walked the face of the earth. [beat] Stop now and live.

MACLEOD - [firm] And I will destroy you.

KRONOS - Better men than you have tried.
 

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SCENE NINE

RESUME - THE PRESENT

FATHER BEAUFORT - [CONT'D] He needed Your help, Lord. [realizing] He needed our help. [beat] And we weren't there.
 

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SCENE TEN

 
FATHER BEAUFORT - Will You deny Your kingdom to the ones who need it most?
 

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SCENE ELEVEN

 
MACLEOD - [beat; still concerned] You sure there's nothing else you wanted to talk about?

DAWSON - [not very convincing] Some other time.
 

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SCENE TWELVE

EXT. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG NEAR RUINED ABBEY - DAY

[MacLeod and Dawson walk through the crumbling walls and ruined arches of an ancient abbey. MacLeod carries a backpack of equipment.]

DAWSON - You learn anything from the priest yesterday?

MACLEOD - That there's been more words written about evil than anything else. We didn't make a dent in it.

[They reach a drafting table. Nearby lie the screens, trowels, and shovels of a working archaeological site. Dawson calls out--]

DAWSON - Henri? Michelle? [to MacLeod] They said they'd meet us topside. Michelle was real excited about the find.

MACLEOD - Joe, over here.

[MacLeod indicates a newly excavated STAIRCASE, the dirt piled nearby. Dawson moves to the staircase, looks down--]

DAWSON - Michelle? Henri?

[There's no answer. MacLeod leads the way down the excavated staircase.]

 

INT. CRYPT UNDER THE ABBEY - DAY

[It's a dark, shadowy place barely illuminated by the light spilling down the staircase from outside world. As they go in, MacLeod stops, stands silent a moment, looking around. Dawson goes on ahead of him.]

DAWSON - [calling out; louder] You guys in here?

[MacLeod turns on his flashlight. As it pans the walls, it reveals ancient carvings, paintings and pictographs.]
 

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SCENE THIRTEEN

 
DAWSON - Sure, but how? Sitting on their asses? What does it mean, Mac?
 

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SCENE FOURTEEN

 
HORTON - [beat] You chose to lie to them, and now they're dead. Simple cause and effect.
 

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SCENE FIFTEEN

 
KRONOS - Somehow, I don't think even you can forgive what I'm going to confess.

FATHER BEAUFORT - [more concerned] If we're truly repentant, God will forgive us all our sins.

KRONOS - Ah... but what if I'm not sorry? [beat]
 

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SCENE SIXTEEN

EXT. BARGE -DAY

[Mid-scene. MacLeod is kneeling on his meditation mat in the middle of the deck, Dawson stands nearby.]

DAWSON - Are you kidding me? It actually went to confession? [off MacLeod's nod] Was Father Beaufort all right?

MACLEOD - [gets up from his mat] His brother commits suicide and then he faces the devil in his own church. He's scared, Joe.

DAWSON - Aren't we all.

[MacLeod acknowledges the truth with a nod, then gets down to business.]
 

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SCENE SEVENTEEN

 
MACLEOD - [ironic] Nothing. Seems he was burned as a heretic before he finished his memoirs.
 

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SCENE EIGHTEEN

 
DAWSON - [with growing fire] We're going to drive a stake though this son-of-a-bitch's heart.

MACLEOD - I wish it was that easy.

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SCENE NINETEEN

EXT. BEAUFORT HOME - GARDENS - DUSK

[Father Beaufort is kneeling in the flower beds by Jackie's grave, weeding. He is out of his robe and simply dressed. He carries on a conversation with the grave as if his brother were there to listen.]

FATHER BEAUFORT - Weeds! You miss one, there's a hundred by morning. [beat] Mother loved these... [He pulls out a flowering weed and waves it toward the grave to show Jackie.] They're almost too pretty to pull. But if you don't, they choke out the whole garden.
 

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SCENE TWENTY

In the original shooting script, this scene takes place at the beginning of Act Three. (see SCENE TWENTY-ONE)

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SCENE TWENTY-ONE

The scene of Father Beaufort being tormented by voices and memories takes place here in the original shooting script. (see SCENE TWENTY)

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SCENE TWENTY-TWO

 
KRONOS - [mocking] Trying to kill little people now, MacLeod? Your little friend wasn't enough? [beat]

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SCENE TWENTY-THREE

 
MACLEOD - There was this thing, this midget there, and I was fighting it.

DAWSON - A midget? From the looks of things, he was kicking the crap out of you.

MACLEOD - [beat] It kept goading me.

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SCENE TWENTY-FOUR

 
DAWSON - So, this kid, it was Ahriman, too?

MACLEOD - Like Horton, Kronos and the others. [beat]

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SCENE TWENTY-FIVE

 
JACKIE - He promised me.

[In the background, we HEAR the sounds of Young Jackie and Young Bobby playing. Father Beaufort looks out into the church and sees YOUNG JACKIE AND YOUNG BOBBY kicking a ball down the center aisle. Then they're gone.]

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SCENE TWENTY-SIX

 
JACKIE - [imploring] Bobby, please...

MACLEOD - Remember what you know and who you are. Remember your faith. Trust it.

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SCENE TWENTY-SEVEN

This intercut takes place slightly earlier in the shooting script (see SCENE TWENTY-FIVE)

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SCENE TWENTY-EIGHT

ACT FOUR

FADE IN:

INT. DARIUS' CHURCH - NIGHT

[MacLeod sits in a pew with Father Beaufort who's trying to regain his composure and figure out what happened.]

FATHER BEAUFORT - But he was so real.

MACLEOD - I know.

FATHER BEAUFORT - Why me?

MACLEOD - Because that's what evil does. It corrupts the good.

FATHER BEAUFORT - [ironic] Good? [beat]

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SCENE TWENTY-NINE

 
[MacLeod stands and moves toward the altar, gesturing at the crucifix above it.]

MACLEOD - (CONT'D) The answer was here all the time. [beat] "And he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace."

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SCENE THIRTY

 
HORTON - Why don't you pick on someone your own size, MacLeod?

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SCENE THIRTY-ONE

 
KRONOS - Stand your ground and die like a Champion!

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SCENE THIRTY-TWO

ACT : TAG

FADE IN:

INT. LE BLUES BAR - DAY

[Dawson's behind the bar, fixing a couple of drinks. MacLeod sits on a stool on the other side. Nearby, Dawson's suitcase, ready to travel.]

DAWSON - I'm going to break the news to the Watchers' families. Some things you just gotta do in person.

[MacLeod nods with understanding.]

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