Highlander III: The Sorcerer Page #10

Macleod doesn't answer.

BEDSOE:

(continuing)

When did you get back?

MCCLEOD:

A few days ago.

BEDSOE:

That's what I figured. Well, I have

a little home coming present for you.

Bedsoe pulls out his HANDCUFFS and dangles them before Macleod.

BEDSOE:

(continuing)

I've been waiting seven years for

this.

CUT TO:

INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, POLICE STATION - DAY

Macleod and Bedsoe sit on opposite side of a table.

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BEDSOE:

Where were you last night around

nine?

MCCLEOD:

I already told you. I took a walk.

BEDSOE:

Tell me again. Where'd you go?

MCCLEOD:

Central Park.

BEDSOE:

Doesn't it scare you walk through the

park at night?

MCCLEOD:

No. I don't scare easy.

BEDSOE:

Where have you been for the last

seven years?

MCCLEOD:

Around.

BEDSOE:

And Brenda?

A sadness falls across Macleod's face. Bedsoe has seen that

look before -- he knows what it means.

BEDSOE:

How?

Macleod doesn't answer the question. His personal life is not

open for discusion.

BEDSOE:

She was a good woman.

MCCLEOD:

You didn't bring me here to talk

about her.

BEDSOE:

No.

Bedsoe picks up an 8x10 PHOTOGRAPH of the HEADLESS CORPSE in

the meat packing warehouse.

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BEDSOE:

(continuing)

I brought you here to talk about him.

Do you know him?

MCCLEOD:

No.

BEDSOE:

You sure?

MCCLEOD:

He doesn't look familiar -- but then

he'd probably be easier to identity

with his head.

Macleod and Bedsoe lock eyes. A beat. There is a KNOCK on the

two-way mirror. Bedsoe gets up and leaves the room.

INT. HALL - DAY

Bedsoe walks over to CAPTAIN NEWSOME. We can Macleod through

the mirror.

BEDSOE:

I'm in the middle of an

interrogation, Captain.

CAPTAIN:

Interrogation's over, Bedsoe.

BEDSOE:

What?

CAPTAIN:

Cut him loose. The D.A. says you

ain't got sh*t on this guy.

BEDSOE:

You don't understand. About seven

years ago we found the body of a guy

named Vasilnic in Jersey. A week

later in the parking lot of Madison

Square Garden we found Iman Fasil.

Three days after that Luman Castageer

was found in an alley. The fourth

body we've never been able to

identify. All four men died from

decapitation. Nash was our primary

suspect -- but he disappeared.

CAPTAIN:

It's circumstantial.

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BEDSOE:

For Chrissake! Gimme a break. The

guy disappears for seven years and as

soon as he comes back it starts

again.

CAPTAIN:

I see your point, Bedsoe, but I have

to look at this from the law's point

of view. There's something missing

here. It's something I'm sure you've

come across many times in your

career. It's called evidence.

(beat)

Get me a murder weapon with his

fingerprints on it. Find me an eye

witness. Dig up a motive. Until

then we don't have a case against

him.

The Captain walks away. Bedsoe is furious. He looks at

Macleod who is staring at him through the mirror as if he knows

exactly what is going on.

INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY

Macleod walks towards the exit with Bedsoe.

BEDSOE:

This isn't over Nash. It's just

beginning.

Jennifer is sitting on a chair. She gets up and walks over to

Bedsoe.

JENNIFER:

Lieutenant Bedsoe?

BEDSOE:

Not now. I'm busy.

Macleod's attention is focused on Jennifer. It's as if he

knows her but can't quite place her.

BEDSOE:

(to Macleod)

I'm gonna nail you, Nash. That's a

promise.

MCCLEOD:

Is that it?

Bedsoe steps in. His face is inches from Macleod's.

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BEDSOE:

No. I'm telling you right now, the

next person's head that comes off is

gonna be yours.

MCCLEOD:

(sarcastically)

Lieutenant, you're really frightening

me.

BEDSOE:

(controlled anger)

Get outta here.

Macleod walks out the door. He stops and looks back at

Jennifer again, then leaves. Bedsoe NODS to a DETECTIVE who

starts to walk after him. Macleod appears in the doorway again

with a grin. The Detective stops and tries to act nonchalant.

Macleod leans towards him.

MCCLEOD:

(to Detective)

I'm going to Jimmy's Bar on West

sixty seventh for drink. See you

there.

Macleod grins at Bedsoe, then leaves. Bedsoe stares after him

hatefully. Jennifer approaches him again.

JENNIFER:

Lieutenant?

BEDSOE:

(snapping)

What? Who are you? What do you

want?

JENNIFER:

My name is Jennifer Hillman. I'm an

archaeologist. I read in the paper

about the murder yesterday and I

thought I should come talk to you.

BEDSOE:

Talk to me about what?

Jennifer opens an ENVELOPE and removes a PHOTO of the corpse of

Horseman #1 at the Scotland site.

JENNIFER:

About this.

Bedsoe looks at the PHOTO, then back at Jennifer. He ushers

into his office and closes the door. Through the GLASS PARTION

we see them talking.

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CUT TO:

INT. MORGUE - DAY

Bedsoe is there with Jennifer. A the headless CORPSE of

Horseman #2 is laying on one of the steel tables. The MEDICAL

EXAMINER, a short, fat man in his forties is eating a donut.

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