This scene occurs just after MacLeod & Brenda make love. Queen's "One Year of
Love" originated from this scene.
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CUT TO: BRENDA AND MACLEOD AT BEDROOM She's flushed, excited in the presence of living history. BRENDA I've got a million questions. I don't know what to ask first. MACLEOD I have all the time in the world. BRENDA You were with Napoleon at Waterloo. (he nods) What was he like? MACLEOD Short. French. Wore his hat sideways. She spots the silver-frame photo of MacLeod with a 12-year-old girl. BRENDA Is this your daughter? MACLEOD Yes. BRENDA What's her name? MACLEOD Rachel. Brenda frowns. Slowly realizing, she points O.S. BRENDA You mean that Rachel? MACLEOD (nodding) Yes. She was an orphan. I can't have children. I adopted her. (drolly) Over the years, our relationship has gone through quite a few changes. BRENDA She's old enough to be your mother. MACLEOD Sometimes she thinks she is. Reaching, he takes the Samurai from the sheath in his coat, laying it before her. MACLEOD This was forged in 593 B.C. Metal folded over 200 times. He enjoys her amazement. MACLEOD (continuing gently) Like finding a 747 a thousand years before the Wright Brothers flew. Right? She runs her fingers over the blade. BRENDA This belonged to Ramirez? MACLEOD Yes. Reality hits her like a bolt. She's alone with an immortal, holding a sword forged half-a-century before Christ. BRENDA How many men have you killed with this? MACLEOD Too many. They're all gone. Except for one. BRENDA Tell me more about Heather. He frowns, sitting up. BRENDA In all these years, she was the only one you really loved, right? He bounces out of bed stark naked, deciding to go into the bathroom. She SHOUTS after him. BRENDA And losing her was too painful to bear -- was that it? (silence) Come on. In every relationship, somebody has to die first. MACLEOD O.S. Yes, but the survivor doesn't have to go on forever. He turns on the SHOWER, FULL-BLAST. BRENDA It's not just your body that's covered in scars. D'you know that? The shower STOPS. Towel around his waist, he marches out of the bathroom. MACLEOD I don't want to talk about this. BRENDA Ramirez was wrong. Just one year of love, though it ends in death, is better than an eternity alone. MACLEOD Are you making a proposal? Seductively, she pulls the sheet around her. BRENDA Not me. Besides, we've only just met. (pause) Come here a minute. He's on her in a flash. |