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Season #1 Episode #1 - 'Sassenach'

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CLAIRE (V.O.)

While I was with the army, Frank

had served in London -- MI6,

overseeing spies, running covert

operations, that sort of thing.

(beat)

In six years, we’d seen each other

a grand total of ten days.

FRANK:

From what I’ve been able to gather,

Castle Leoch was the ancestral home

of the MacKenzie clan until midway

through the nineteenth century...

INT. CASTLE LEOCH - GREAT HALL - DAY

Later. Bounded on either end by large archways, the room

once served as a meeting hall, dining room, ballroom, etc.

(CONTINUED)

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Whatever furniture it once held is long gone, along with the

window panes and most of the decoration. What remains is

dimly illuminated by narrow shafts of daylight.

CLAIRE (V.O.)

Frank’s new-found passion was

genealogy -- his personal

genealogy, that is.

Claire picks her way among the dirt and debris while Frank

moves about, animatedly gesturing and chattering about the

life that once filled the space.

FRANK:

... I haven’t found any hard

evidence that my ancestor actually

visited this castle, mind you, but

it was within his operational

sphere of activities and it is just

possible that he did walk this very

hall on occasion...

CLAIRE (V.O.)

He’d become fascinated with tracing

and exploring the various branches

of his family tree. From what I

gathered, some tiresome ancestor of

Frank’s had had something to do

with something or other in this

region back a couple of centuries

ago.

INT. CASTLE LEOCH - SURGERY - DAY

Later. Frank puts his shoulder to an ancient wooden door,

but it won’t budge. Claire pitches in and the two of them

shove OPEN a dusty door to a lower room in the castle. They

step into the room, but it’s hard to see anything in the

gloomy interior. A single slash of light comes from a high

slit window and all they can make out is a high-ceilinged

space crammed with broken furniture and junk.

Frank roams the room, somewhat disappointed. Claire lingers

near the doorway.

FRANK:

Just a storeroom at this point, I’m

afraid. I was hoping for something

a little more indicative of its

original purpose.

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CONTINUED:

CLAIRE (V.O.)

In a way, burying himself in the

distant past gave Frank an ability

to escape the recent. I knew he’d

sent dozens of men behind the lines

on secret missions during the war

and that most never came back.

(beat)

He didn’t talk about it very often,

but I knew it preyed on him, the

responsibility for the deaths of so

many.

CLAIRE:

From the lack of proper lighting

and ventilation I’d imagine this

was the province of the castle

hermit. Or perhaps a troll or two.

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