All language subtitles for Highlander S03E01

NARRATOR: He is immortal--

born in the highlands of
Scotland 400 years.

He is not alone.

There are others like him,
some good, some evil.

For centuries, he has battled
the forces of darkness, with

holy ground his only refuge.

He cannot die unless
you take his head,

and with it his power.

In the end, there
can be only one.

He is Duncan MacLeod,
the Highlander.

[MUSIC - QUEEN, "PRINCES
OF THE UNIVERSE"]

-You're beautiful.

-You're nearsighted.

-You never let me
compliment you.

-Maybe because I don't
deserve it.

-You deserve everything.

[phone ringing]

-Hello.

MICHAEL [ON PHONE]: I'm sorry
to wake you, dear.

-Michael.

MICHAEL [ON PHONE]: But halfway
to the airport, I

realized I left my briefcase
in the closet.

I just wanted to let you know,
I'm on my way back.

-Hurry.

-Would you calm down?

He's still in traffic
somewhere.

-I know.

I just don't want to
take any risks.

-I love you.

-Be safe.

-What do you say, Akira?

[struggling]

-Akira, isn't it?

Akira Yoshida?

-What do you want?

-Same thing you do.

I'm Michael Kent, Midori's
husband.

This is an authentic samurai
katana, made by the great

master Muramasa in
the 16th century.

30,000 repetitions of
pounding and folding

to make this blade.

You know, they used to test
the blade by lining up

condemned men to see
how many would cut

through in one stroke.

This one did five.

It was recorded under here.

Truly a labor of love.

-I was gonna talk to you.

-Talk to me?

You should have talked
to me before you

started screwing my wife.

[screaming]

-I looked for your briefcase
in the closet, Michael.

It wasn't there.

-I know about Akira.

He won't be coming back.

It had to be that way.

You understand, don't you?

Come to bed.

Do you know?

Do you understand?

You could never leave me--

never.

Make love to me.

[grunting]

-Come on, Jenny.

Move right.

Move right.

Come on.

Pick it up.

OK, throw it out.

Come on, keep your block up.

OK.

What's that?

Full energy.

Focus your hit.

Now, don't hold back.

Come on.

All right?

-Hey-ya!

-Oh.

-Any more focus, and you'd be
eating through a straw.

-MacLeod?

You son of a bitch.

Take five, Jenny.

Welcome back.

Good to see you.

-Good to be back, Charlie.

-Yeah, well, you're looking
pretty good.

-Yeah, you too.

I thought the doctor said,
uh, take it easy.

-Well, he also said, uh,
all the parts work.

Oh, by the way, you've
got a visitor.

-But I'm not even here yet.

-Uh-huh.

I don't know how you do it.

-Do what?

-Somebody you know?

-No.

-I'm sorry.

What was it you said?

-I said, are you expecting
anybody else, Mrs. Kent?

-Midori.

What makes you say that?

-You seem a little nervous.

And you still haven't told
me why you're here.

-I'm not even sure myself.

Look, I'm sorry to have bothered
you, but I don't

think I've come to
the right place.

-Walk out that door, you won't
know whether it's the right

place or not.

-Does it mean anything to you?

-It means your family
name must be Koto.

-So you know about the legend.

-A promise made by my family
to yours over 200 years ago

that the Kotos could always come
to the MacLeods for help.

Yeah, I do.

-They told that story in my
family for generations.

My mother swore it was true, but
I was never sure how much

to believe.

-Believe it all.

[horses approaching]

-Afternoon.

[celebrating]

-That was close.

Duncan MacLeod.

-But that promise was made by
our ancestor 200 years ago.

-Time doesn't weaken
a bound, Midori.

Kotos can always come
to the MacLeods.

-You're serious?

You'd really honor
that promise?

-All my life.

What can I do for you?

-I murdered my husband.

Now will you still help me?

-Yes.

But I need to know why.

-I saw him kill someone.

A man.

He was my--

-Lover?

-My husband was a very
powerful man.

I'll do what I can
to protect you.

-MacLeod.

MacLeod, can I talk to
you for a minute?

-I'll be right back.

Gonna have to wait, Charlie.

I've got to go to Japan.

-Japan?

-Yeah, you know, Land
of the Rising Sun.

Hai.

-You just got back.

-That was Paris.

This is a different continent.

-Oh, very funny, MacLeod.

-I'll give you the air miles.

Come on, watch the
store for me.

-Don't I always?

-Morning.

-Hello, my dear.

-It's him.

He's alive.

He's come back.

-Calm down.

Who's alive?

-My husband.

It's him.

My God.

-Midori, Midori, I won't
let him hurt you.

MIDORI [OFFSCREEN]:
But I killed him.

I know I did.

-Apparently not.

-I felt the knife go in.

I saw it.

I--

I still see it every
night in my dreams.

How could he still be alive?

-Your ancestors would have
said, [japanese].

Odds are you missed
a vital organ.

Now, try that.

It'll calm your nerves.

Drink.

-I want to know everything
there is to know

about Duncan MacLeod.

I want to know where he lives,
what he's worth, who he knows,

if he's connected.

-Sounds like more than business
as usual, sir.

-He has my wife.

-My family had some
difficult times.

Our business was failing.

Michael cam in like
a white knight.

He loaned us money.

Then more money.

-You couldn't pay him back,
so you married him.

-I thought I would grow to love
him, and he to love me.

But Michael doesn't love.

He possesses.

And I hated being an object.

Look, I know you want to help,
and I appreciate that.

But I was wrong to
get you involved.

-I'm involved because
I want to be.

-Because of an ancient promise?

-Yes.

-Somehow I don't think this is
what our ancestors had in

mind.

-What difference
does that make?

I'm here to help.

-I married Michael for the money
I thought would restore

my family's honor.

-Honor has nothing to do
with money, Midori.

-No?

They were going to tear down
our family shrine for a

parking lot.

Hideo Koto's shrine.

I don't expect you
to understand.

Do you wish to rest
for a while?

This must be another
Western custom.

Shall I have a servant
bring you a pillow?

-I will let you know when
I have had enough.

I'd like to see you try
that one again.

-As you wish, honorable guest.

-I think I've had enough.

-I thought I faced a gaijin with
the spirit of a samurai.

What was the superior Western
art you wished to show me?

Ah yes, the many
art of loxing?

-That was boxing, and
you can forget it.

Just show me what you do.

Whatever--

whatever that was.

-Feel your weight where
it meets the

weight of the mountain.

When you swing your sword, bring
the mountain's power

through you.

-Bring the mountain's
power through you?

What is this, swordplay
or poetry?

-Both.

Good.

Put the strength into your
arms through the

soles of your feet.

-Oh, aye.

-Hm.

Hm, you learn quickly.

Maybe you have a samurai
spirit after all.

-Maybe I just like poetry.

-You might even best
me one day.

-Not you, Hideo.

But maybe once I leave
this place.

-No.

You must never venture
beyond these walls.

-What are you saying?

-The laws.

Gaijin--

whites are not welcome
here in Japan.

They are thought of as a
contagion, a disease to be

destroyed before it spreads.

-But who thinks that?

-The Shogun.

My kingdom.

Barbarians have been put to
death for over 100 years.

-Yeah, but I was shipwrecked.

-No matter.

You are a barbarian.

If they see you, you
will be crucified.

-Eh.

-And then beheaded.

-That's a pleasant thought.

But why do they hate us?

We're not so different.

-What do you see?

-A man.

Hideo Koto.

-What you see is not just Hideo
Koto but all the Kotos

that lived and all the
Kotos that ever lived

or ever will live.

We are different.

Our rulers want no
part of the West.

That is why you cannot go
beyond these walls.

Daughter, while I am gone,
you will attend to

our guest, Furo da.

Will you excuse me?

-Hello, Maia.

[humming]

[speaking japanese]

-Excuse me, but I am trying
to have a bath in here.

-It must be a new experience.

-I bathe once a month.

-You smell like it.

-Stop.

What do you think
you're doing?

-Get out of the bath.

-What do you mean, get out?

-Wash outside tub,
soak inside.

It is Japanese custom.

-Well, this is a Scottish body,
and it can wash itself.

Now, get out.

Go on, get out.

They call me a barbarian.

I can get used to wearing
this thing.

-Or to bathing every
day, it seems.

-This is interesting.

-It is a delicacy.

-Looks like raw octopus.

-It is raw octopus.

-It's delicious.

Your father's a good man.

-Sometimes he's too good.

-What do you mean?

-I will serve you as my father
wishes, but I do not have to

talk to you.

-Was it something
I said, Maia?

Did I offend you?

Please tell me, because
I do not understand.

-Of course you do not.

You are a barbarian.

-Barbarian?

Maia.

-I've brought so much shame
upon my family.

-You don't have to stay
married to him.

-I have no other choice.

-Where would Kent stay
in the city?

-He has a boat he
keeps there--

The Golden Mystique.

-Good.

-Where are you going?

-To talk to Kent to try
and work this out.

-Well, what makes you think
he will even see you?

-Because I can be
very charming.

When I want to be.

[humming]

-MacLeod, aren't you supposed
to be in Japan, the Land of

the Rising Sun?

-Well, I had a change
of plans.

My business came to me.

You said if I ever
needed anything.

-Yeah, that's a standing
offer.

What's up?

-I have to leave Midori
upstairs for a while.

Can you keep an eye
on her for me?

-No problem.

Look, do you want me to keep
her in or keep someone else

out?

-Well, someone might
be asking for her.

-Well, I can handle that.

-No.

Don't take anyone on.

Just get Midori out.

-Well, if that's
what you want.

-Thanks, Charlie.

-What have you got?

-It hasn't been easy, sir.

The computers usually
come up with more.

But this guy has very
little history.

-You'd be surprised.

-We found a business
on the east side.

It's not much.

Cash flow's nil.

Just some kind of martial
arts gym.

-Dojo.

Great.

That's perfect.

-Do you want us to
try to find more?

-No.

I want you to go there, and
I want you to get Midori.

Trust me, she'll be there.

She'll be alone.

No, the back way.

Duncan MacLeod.

Welcome aboard.

You know, I really ought
to thank you, MacLeod.

You've saved me a
lot of trouble.

-I know you're a busy man.

-Not near as busy as you.

-I'm just trying to
protect a friend.

-Friend?

She's my wife.

-She doesn't want to be.

-She told you that?

Well, of course she's upset.

We had a little, uh--

a little misunderstanding.

-She saw you murder someone.

-Did she tell you
who I killed?

Did she tell you it
was her lover?

You have any idea what
that's like, MacLeod?

Secret meetings, lies, his
smell on my pillow.

Of course I killed him.

What would you have
done in my place?

-Look, I'm not here to
judge anyone, Kent.

-Oh, you're no saint, MacLeod.

She's a beautiful woman.

Is that why you've come here?

-No.

Long ago I made a vow to
protect her family.

-And now you think you have
to protect her from me?

She's my prize, MacLeod,
my treasure.

-She's a human being.

-Oh, she's more than that.

Didn't you see the light
in her eyes?

The way the light plays
on her skin?

Like porcelain.

She's a work of art.

You don't destroy
a work of art.

-Let her go.

-I understand this is
about honor for you.

What about my honor?

I'm her husband.

She tried to kill me-- me.

She could have had anything
she wanted.

A man of honor doesn't come
between a husband and his

wife.

-I won't unless I have to.

She's under my protection.

-For now.

-If anything happens to her, I'm
going to have to kill you.

-We'll see.

-You guys must be getting
paid a lot for this.

[clearing throat]

-What's up?

Feel free to join in
anytime, MacLeod.

Thanks for your help, man.

-Oh, you were having so
much fun, I hated

to spoil the party.

-Hey, how long have
you been gone?

-Six months.

-Yeah, right.

So for six months, everything
is quiet.

I don't even get a hangnail.

And all of a sudden, you
show up, and I'm

fighting to save my teeth?

-Don't thank me all
at once, Charlie.

Midori?

-Oh no.

Damn.

I thought I had her, MacLeod.

They must have got somebody
around behind me.

-No one got past you, Charlie.

Midori left by herself.

-What's that, a telescope?

-It's a vow, and she's
releasing me from it.

-Hideo, look.

It's the best you'll
find anywhere.

Six generations of craftsmen
from Dover, England.

-It's very fine work,
but what does it do?

-Come.

Look through the end.

No, this way.

-The edge of the sky.

It is as near as my hand.

-It's called a spyglass.

-Strange to think of barbarians
as craftsmen.

Exceptional ones.

-We have a few.

Now, that--

that is what I call
craftsmanship.

-Masahiro--

the finest swordmaker
in Japan.

It is almost 200 years old and
somewhat stronger than your

iron sword.

-So I noticed.

Keep it.

It is for you.

It's a gift.

-I will honor it as a token
of our friendship.

-I would like that.

-Now I must greet the
men who approach.

Maia.

You will honor our guest
with a tea ceremony.

-Father?

[horses approaching]

-Come with me.

It is as he wishes.

-Do I drink it now?

Guess not.

You know, where I come from,
they just pour hot water in a

pot and bottoms up.

-Here, it is not the end that
matters but the path to it.

-I'm beginning to
understand that.

But I'd still like to know
when to drink the tea.

-My father asked me to do this
for you to honor you.

When you drink it
is your choice.

-Maia, tell me something.

Your father is my friend.

Why do you hate me?

-Where you come from,
are friend and

enemy the same thing?

-Where I come from, a friend is
someone that you would lay

your life down for.

-Then my father is
a great friend.

Because he has given
his life for you.

-What do you mean?

I saved him.

That is why he brought
me here.

-You would not understand.

-Then Maia, tell me, please.

By not killing you on the beach,
he has killed himself.

-Why?

-Because the Shogun
has ordered the

death of all gaijin.

And disobedience is
punished by death.

That is what those men have
come to tell him.

You should have let
him die in battle.

At least it would have been
an honorable death.

-Hideo, Maia has told
me everything.

-Do not be distressed.

It is as it must be.

-But not if our friendship
has cost you your life.

That is not right.

-If my lord chooses to have
me die, that is his

right and my duty.

-So you're just going to wait
here until they come for you?

-My Lord has been generous.

They will come when
it is done.

-When what is done?

-When I have taken
my own life.

An execution would stain
my family forever.

My Lord has been generous by
allowing me to choose an

honorable death.

And it would be an honor
if you would assist me.

-I can't help do that.

You are my friend.

-And that is why I ask.

Because if I should falter, you
must keep me from shame.

You must end my pain
with a pure stroke.

-But there must be
some other way.

We can get a boat
and leave Japan.

-I could no more run
than I could fly.

Koto is a noble samurai
name, a name I have

been honored to borrow.

To dishonor it for all who
follow me would be

unthinkable.

I don't ask you to understand.

After all, you are
a barbarian.

-I have it.

When they come for you, you run
me through with your sword

and you kill me.

-You have a strange
sense of humor.

-I will not die.

-If I kill you, you will die.

-You cannot kill me.

When you found me on the beach,
I was not breathing.

You thought I was dead.

-I made a mistake.

-No, you did not.

I had been in the
water for days.

I am immortal.

You know the difference
between a dead

man and a live one.

On my honor, I am not
lying to you.

-You are truly immortal?

-Aye.

-Are many gaijin immortal?

-No.

But some of your people are.

-Amazing.

-So what's your answer?

-I say no.

-Why?

You love life.

You love your children.

-You cannot save honor
with a lie.

-Is there nothing I can do?

-I have already asked a favor.

-Perhaps.

-There is one more thing.

-Anything.

-My family.

-They will always have
a protector.

Their children will know, and
their children's children,

that if the Kotos ever
need help, they can

come to Duncan MacLeod.

This I promise you.

-I thank you.

And now, my first favor.

-I will be honored to
be your second.

-When it is over, the
sword is yours.

-Welcome home.

-I don't know, MacLeod.

If I was her, this
would be the last

place I'd come running.

-She didn't run.

She made a choice.

-What, you think she
went back to him?

-I know she did.

-Well, if that's the case, it's
out of your hands now,

man.

-It's not over.

-Oh no, I've heard that before,
and I never liked it.

Now, MacLeod, what next?

-You go back to the dojo.

Then I catch a plane.

-Now, don't tell me.

Japan, right?

-You're getting the
hang of it.

-MacLeod, how did you
know I was here?

-Where else would you
come, Midori?

This is where your heart
is, not with Kent.

-You shouldn't have come.

-When I said I had a
vow, I meant it.

The Japanese aren't the only
ones bound by honor.

-Then you understand why
I had to come back.

-After all that Kent's done,
you still think he deserves

your loyalty?

-I chose this destiny.

I have to live with it.

What happens to me
isn't important.

A great man rests here--

Hideo Koto.

It's because of him that the
Koto name has remained great.

-Not because of his money.

-It's funny that a gaijin would
teach me about honor.

-This is a mistake, Midori.

Why perpetuate it?

-Honor.

It isn't about making
the right choice.

It's about taking the
consequences.

And if I stay, I can
regain that honor.

My family's sword.

How did you get it?

-From Hideo, through
the generations.

-No, I released you
from the vow.

-You can't.

The vow wasn't made
to you, Midori.

-You could have left
us alone, MacLeod.

-That's just it.

I couldn't.

-I'd never hurt her.

-Sometimes it's not the body
you have to protect.

It's the spirit.

Let her go, and we can
walk away from this.

-I can't let her go.

And your honor won't
let me have her.

-We're on holy ground.

-Of course.

You're a guest here, MacLeod.

Die anywhere you like.

-Sometimes I come here and I
half expect Hideo Koto to come

marching towards me.

He died over 200 years ago,
yet I still feel him.

Maybe there is such a thing
as immortality.

-Maybe there is.

-I can't hear his voice.

I've never even seen
a picture of him.

Yet I miss him.

How can I thank someone for
giving me back my life?

-You already did.

[MUSIC - QUEEN, "PRINCES
OF THE UNIVERSE"]