This scene occurs just after Kastagir suggests MacLeod and him have a party. [Queen's "Don't Lose Your Head" was probably slated to play in the background.]


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MACLEOD AND KASTAGIR IN THE DUGOUT BAR

A steel-&-neon Village hang-out. Sawdust on the floor. It's late. They're drinking and talking, glancing over at:

Bedsoe, alone in a nearby booth, spying on them from behind a New York Post.

Unexpectedly, MacLeod and Kastagir appear at his table, sitting down.

MACLEOD
Mind if we join you?

Bedsoe folds his paper, gathering his wits.

His cover's blown, but this might just be the opportunity he's been waiting for. He decides to play along.

MACLEOD
Sundra Kastagir, meet --
(to Bedsoe)
What's your name?

BEDSOE
Bedsoe.

MACLEOD
He's a cop. He questioned me
after Fasil lost his head. He's
trying to pin a murder on me.
(winking)
If I'm guilty, they'll give me
the death penalty.

They ROAR with laughter. Bedsoe's eyes narrow. He makes mental notes. A WAITRESS in pirate costume appears.

WAITRESS
(to Bedsoe)
Want anything?

BEDSOE
I'll have what they're having.

KASTAGIR
(booming)
Bring more.

She leaves.

MONTAGE -- THE PARTY

The waitress brings endless rounds of drinks. Amidst LAUGHTER, the trio gets drunk.

Bedsoe starts having fun, finally going to work on Kastagir's flask of Boom-Boom.

MACLEOD, KASTAGIR & BEDSOE

completely potted. Their table is a forest of bottles.

KASTAGIR
(to MacLeod)
D'you remember the night Washington
lost his teeth at Valley Forge?

BEDSOE
(to Kastagir)
I was in Washington once.

MACLEOD
(answering Kastagir)
Freezing our asses off, crawling
around in the snow looking for a
set of wooden dentures.

BEDSOE
(to MacLeod)
Which Washington are we
talking about?

KASTAGIR
Ever fight a duel, Bedstead?

BEDSOE
Bedsoe.

KASTAGIR
Me, neither.
(indicating MacLeod)
He has.

Bedsoe tries to focus on MacLeod.

MACLEOD
It was in 1783. I was using the name
Adrian Montagu. I insulted the wife of
a pompous Boston lawyer named Bassett.
Hotchkiss, his second, dragged me to
Beacon Common. I was very drunk.

BEDSOE
(dazed)
1783 --?

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*** FLASHBACK to Bassett Duel***

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KASTAGIR

howling with LAUGHTER in the Dug-Out Bar. Zooming, Bedsoe staggers up, knocking over bottles.
BEDSOE
(slurring)
I wanna thank --

He blinks at them. He can't remember anybody's name. HICCUPING, he weaves off, MUMBLING.

BEDSOE
Wonderful evening...

No one notices he's gone. The pirate-waitress looms over the table, Kastagir and MacLeod squint up at her.

Imagining they're in another century, they adopt Long John Silver voices.

KASTAGIR
Avast, ye bonny wench.

MACLEOD
Bring us two barrels of scurvy
and a bucket of cleats.

WAITRESS
Okay, that's it, guys.
You're history.

She's right. The party's over.