Highlander: The Series In other times they bore other names: The Old Ones, The Elvan Lords, Druids, Angels, Demons, Gods... In our time they are called the Immortals. They are still with us. ...all the legends are true. (From the Highlander TV series writers' bible)
Since Highlander is a first-run syndicated TV series when and where it airs varies wherever you live. It does not belong to any of the major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, UPN, etc) but this does not mean that it can't air on your local network affiliate since it is your local channel who buys the syndicated shows. WWOR (cable) airs the current episodes at 12am (midnight Eastern) Saturdays and WGN(cable) airs the current episodes at 6pm Eastern on Saturdays.
In the USA, in addition to the first-run episodes (we're currently in the fourth season) the cable channel USA Network is airing the first three seasons at 5pm Eastern Monday thru Friday and 12am midnight) Mondays.
Heads up, movie fans. According to the producers, the TV series is in an alternate universe/timeline from the movies but the two share *some* characters, events, and rules. This means that, for the TV series, Connor did not win the Prize in 1985 when he killed the Kurgan. The Gathering has just begun and apparently it is a long process. There are still plenty of Immortals left when the TV series opens in 1992.
The Premise:
Duncan MacLeod is a younger clansman of Connor MacLeod and he also is an Immortal. The series opened (first season) with Slan Quince, an evil Immortal hunting down Duncan to take his head. Connor has tracked Quince to Duncan's since he thought Duncan might need help. Duncan has tried to stay out of the Game for many years. Duncan lives in and runs an antique shop with his live-in lover of 12 years, Tessa Noel. Richie Ryan is a young thief who is trying to rob the antique shop in the middle of the night when all of a sudden all these strange men show up brandishing deadly looking swords and threatening to do battle then and there.
In the beginning (4th episode) of the second season, Tessa is killed in a random act of senseless violence. Her death inspires Duncan to become more involved in mortal affairs. He feels he can no longer ignore the sorry state of the world, but must try to do something to improve it.
Richie, killed in the same shooting as Tessa, becomes Immortal. Once trained by Mac, he will go off on his own, becoming a recurring character.
Duncan sells the antique store and moves into an industrial loft over a martial arts dojo. The loft is a spare, masculine space; the Dojo below is a place where serious martial artists and warriors train, not a place for aerobics classes.
CHARLIE DESALVO, runs the Dojo. Charlie's mother was black, and his father is an Italian. He is also an ex-Navy SEAL (Went off to help in a war-torn country in third season "The Revolutionary"; Now Richie runs the dojo).
JOE DAWSON, middle-aged, is first introduced as an unassuming book shop owner. We have learned that he is involved with an age-old secret organization known as THE WATCHERS. The Watchers have secretly observed and recorded the chronicles of the Immortals for countless generations. Dawson knows all about MacLeod -- in fact, he is one of his greatest admirers. After an initial confrontation, the two become allies, and Dawson will occasionally put his formidable intelligence operation at Mac's disposal. Meanwhile, Dawson must confront the renegades within his own organization (lead by his own brother-in-law, James Horton) who believe that the only good Immortal is a dead Immortal. These HUNTERS will periodically come after Duncan MacLeod's head.
The episode listings show the episodes in the order they aired in the U.S.A. In the second and third season, the airing order is the same as the production order, or very close. And, for the most part, the order the episodes aired is the order they were intended to air, even if production dates were swapped for some reason. In the second and third season, in particular, this was necessary so the plot arcs don't get confused.
THIS is NOT the case with the FIRST season. When they first started the show, they were well into filming several episodes before they had entirely found their 'sea legs,' as it were. So some of the early episodes aired out of order -- neither in the order they were produced, *nor* in the order they were intended, arc-wise.
You can figure out the intended order of the episodes by looking at the production numbers. For instance, "The Gathering" has a production number of 92102-1. "92" is the year, "1" is first season, "02" is production order (filmed second), -1 is "chronologically first," or "meant to air as #1," which it did. "Free Fall" has a production number of 92101-5, meaning it was *filmed first* (which explains why it doesn't entirely fit with the rest of the canon) and intended to air as #5. Following this system, you will see that "Family Tree," 92106-2, was filmed 6th and *intended to air as the 2nd episode.* (Which makes a lot more sense if you think about it.)
First Season ------------ 01 The Gathering 92102-1 (aired week of 1 Oct 92) 02 Innocent Man 92103-4 03 Road Not Taken 92108-3 04 Bad Day in Building A 92107-6 05 Free Fall 92101-5 06 Deadly Medicine 92111-8 07 Mountain Men 92110-7 08 Revenge is Sweet 92109-10 01R The Gathering 92102-1 09 The Sea Witch 92112-9 10 Eyewitness 92115-12 11 Family Tree 92106-2 02R Innocent Man 92103-4 07R Mountain Men 92110-7 05R Free Fall 92101-5 03R Road Not Taken 92103-4 04R Bad Day in Building A 92107-6 06R Deadly Medicine 92111-8 (working title: Never Say Die) 12 See No Evil 92114-11 13 Band of Brothers 92118-13 14 For Evil's Sake 92117-14 15 For Tomorrow We Die 92116-15 16 The Beast Below 92123-16 17 Saving Grace 92120-17 09R The Sea Witch 92112-9 11R Family Tree 92106-2 10R Eyewitness 92115-12 12R See No Evil 92114-11 08R Revenge is Sweet 92109-10 18 The Lady and the Tiger 92121-18 19 Avenging Angel 92122-20 20 Eye of the Beholder 92124-19 21 Nowhere to Run 92125-21 22 The Hunters 92126-22 15R For Tomorrow We Die 92116-15 14R For Evil's Sake 92117-14 01R The Gathering 92102-1 07R Mountain Men 92110-7 09R The Sea Witch 92112-9 10R Eyewitness 92115-12 12R See No Evil 92114-11 16R The Beast Below 92123-16 17R Saving Grace 92120-17 13R Band of Brothers 92118-13 18R The Lady and the Tiger 92121-18 14R For Evil's Sake 92117-14 21R Nowhere to Run 92125-21 20R Eye of the Beholder 92124-19 08R Revenge is Sweet 92109-10 15R For Tomorrow We Die 92116-15 19R Avenging Angel 92122-20 22R The Hunters 92126-22 Second Season ------------- 01 The Watchers 93201 (aired week of 9/27/93) 02 Studies in Light 93202 03 Turnabout 93203 04 The Darkness 93204 05 Eye For An Eye 93205 06 The Zone 93206 07 The Return of Amanda 93207 08 Revenge of The Sword 93208 09 Run For Your Life 93209 10 Epitaph for Tommy 93210 01R The Watchers 93201 02R Studies in Light 93202 03R Turnabout 93203 08R Revenge of the Sword 93208 04R The Darkness 93204 05R Eye for an Eye 93205 09R Run For Your Life 93209 11 Bless The Child 93213 12 The Fighter 93211 13 Under Color of Authority 93212 14 Unholy Alliance, Part 1 93214 15 Unholy Alliance, Part 2 93215 16 The Vampire 93216 17 Warmonger 93217 06R The Zone 93206 07R Return of Amanda 93207 10R Epitaph For Tommy 93210 13R Under Color of Authority 93212 12R The Fighter 93211 11R Bless The Child 93213 18 Pharaoh's Daughter 93218 19 Legacy 93219 20 Prodigal Son 93220 21 Counterfeit Part I 93221 22 Counterfeit Part II 93222 14R Unholy Alliance, Part 1 93214 15R Unholy Alliance, Part 2 93215 16R The Vampire 93216 17R Warmonger 93217 18R Pharaoh's Daughter 93218 19R Legacy 93219 20R Prodigal Son 93220 21R Counterfeit Part I 93221 22R Counterfeit Part II 93222 01R The Watchers 93201 02R Studies in Light 93202 03R Turnabout 93203 08R Revenge of the Sword 93208 04R The Darkness 93204 05R Eye for an Eye 93205 09R Run For Your Life 93209 Third season ------------ 01 The Samurai 94301 (aired week of 09/26/94) 02 Line of Fire 94302 03 The Revolutionary 94303 04 Cross of St. Antoine 94304 05 Rite of Passage 94305 06 Courage 94306 07 The Lamb 94307 08 Obsession 94308 09 Shadows 94309 10 Blackmail 94310 01R The Samurai 94301R 02R Line of Fire 94302R 03R The Revolutionary 94303R 04R Cross of St. Antoine 94304R 05R Rite of Passage 94305R 06R Courage 94306R 07R The Lamb 94307R 08R Obsession 94308R 11 Vendetta 94311 12 They Also Serve 94312 13 Blind Faith 94313 14 Song Of The Executioner 94314 15 Star-Crossed (Roger Daltrey) 94315 16 Methos 94316 09R Shadows 94309R 10R Blackmail 94310R 01R The Samurai 94301R 02R Line of Fire 94302R 03R The Revolutionary 94303R 04R Cross of St. Antoine 94304R 17 Take Back the Night 94317 18 Testimony 94318 19 Mortal Sins 94319 20 Reasonable Doubt 94320 21 Finale, Part 1 94321 22 Finale, Part 2 94322 Fourth season ------------ 01 Homeland 95401 (aired week of 09/25/95) 02 Brothers In Arms 95402 03 The Innocent 95403 04 Leader of the Pack 95404 05 Double Eagle 95405 06 Reunion 95406 07 The Colonel 95407 08 Reluctant Heroes 95408 09 The Wrath of Kali 95409 10 Chivalry 95410 01R Homeland 95401R 02R Brothers In Arms 95402R 03R The Innocent 95403R 05R Leader of the Pack 95404R 05R Double Eagle 95405R 06R Reunion 95406R 07R The Colonel 95407R 08R Reluctant Heroes 95408R 11 Timeless 95411 12 The Blitz 95412 13 Something Wicked 95413 (was 'Hayoka') 14 Deliverance 95414 (was 'Leap of Faith') 15 Promises 95415 09R The Wrath of Kali 95409R 10R Chivalry 95410R 01R Homeland 95401R 02R Brothers In Arms 95402R 03R The Innocent 95403R 04R Leader of the Pack 95404R 05R Double Eagle 95405R 16 Methuselah's Gift 95416 17 The Immortal Cimoli 95417 18 Through a Glass Darkly 95418 19 Till Death 95420 20 Judgment Day 95421 06R Reunion 95406R 07R The Colonel 95407R 08R Reluctant Heroes 95408R 09R The Wrath of Kali 95409R 10R Chivalry 95410R 11R Timeless 95411R 12R The Blitz 95412R 13R Something Wicked 95413R 14R Deliverance 95414R 15R Promises 95415R 16R Methuselah's Gift 95416R 17R The Immortal Cimoli 95417R 18R Through a Glass Darkly 95418R 09R The Wrath of Kali 95409R 10R Chivalry 95410R 19R Till Death 95420R 20R Judgment Day 95421R 22 One Minute to Midnight 95422R (fifth season starts) Fifth season ------------ 01 One Minute To Midnight 95422 (aired week of 09/23/96) 02 Prophecy 96501 03 The End Of Innocence 96502 04 Manhunt 96503 05 Glory Days 96504 06 Dramatic License 96505 07 Money No Object 96506 08 Haunted 96507 09 Little Tin God 96508 10 Messenger 96509 (was 'Old & Wise') 01R One Minute To Midnight 95422R 02R Prophecy 96501R 03R The End of Innocence 96502R 04R Manhunt 96503R 05R Glory Days 96504R 06R Dramatic License 96505R 07R Money No Object 96506R 08R Haunted 96507R 11 The Valkyrie 96510 12 Comes A Horseman 96511 13 Revelations 6:8 96512 14 TBA 96513 15 Duende 96514 09R Little Tin God 96508R 10R Messenger 96509R (was 'Old & Wise') 01R One Minute To Midnight 95422R 02R Prophecy 96501R 03R The End Of Innocence 96502R
Note: Most of the episodes summaries are directly from the Highlander producers. YAHI = Yet Another Highlander Inconsistency. Regular Cast ------------ Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod Alexandra Vandernoot as Tessa Noel Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan Text from the beginning of each episode (spoken by Adrian Paul) First Form (6 episodes) "I am Duncan MacLeod, born 400 years ago in the highlands of Scotland. I am Immortal, and I am not alone. For centuries we have waited for the time of the Gathering, when the stroke of a sword and the fall of a head will release the power of the Quickening. In the end, there can be only one." Second Form "I was born 400 years ago in the highlands of Scotland. I am Immortal, and I am not alone. Now is the time of the Gathering, when the stroke of a sword will release the power of the Quickening. In the end, there can be only one." First Season Episode Details -------------------------- 01) #92102-1 THE GATHERING Writer: Dan Gordon Director: Thomas J. Wright (I)Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod (I)Richard Moll as Slan Quince Wendell Wright as Sgt. Powell Duncan MacLeod is roused from his peaceful existence with the love of his life, Tessa Noel, when he is confronted by two fellow Immortals from his past. Connor MacLeod, (played by Christopher Lambert, reprising his role from the films) an old friend and fellow clansman, finds Duncan after many years and attempts to convince him to join the fray in the battle of Good versus Evil. Connor also has plans to finish off the likes of Slan Quince (Played by Richard Moll) an Evil Immortal who has tracked down Duncan with plans of combat. Realizing that he can be a threat, Duncan confronts Richie and later befriends the boy. The threats of Slan Quince come to an end on a bridge when Duncan saves the life of his comrade Connor and gains a powerful Quickening at the expense of Slan. -States the rule that only one-on-one fights are allowed. -Richie moves in with Tessa and Duncan between this episode and the next for reasons never made clear. -Slan uses a modern sword with a concealed 'extra' to defeat Connor. -Establishes Connor as Duncan's mentor. -Ages: Tessa celebrates her 34th birthday. Duncan will turn 400 in 4 months and Richie is one month shy of his 18th birthday. -Duncan wore an earring in this episode but we never see it in any future episodes. 02) #92103-4 INNOCENT MAN Writer: Dan Gordon Director: Jorge Montesi (I)John Novack as Sheriff Howard Crowley (I)Victor Young as Lucas Desiree Vincent Schiavelli as Leo Atkins Amanda Wyss as Randi McFarland Wendell Wright as Sgt. Powell Todd Duckworth as Deputy Struthers Gary Chalk as Lemoyne Colleen Winton as Gwenn Jason Michas as Confederate Guard A Immortal friend of Duncan's has been beheaded in his isolated mountain retreat where he had hoped, like Duncan, to retire from the fights for awhile. A brain damaged, homeless veteran is charged with the grisly murder. Duncan must try to clear this innocent man and unravel the mystery of who has Killed his friend. -We see a Lucas's grave at the end with his sword driven into the ground as a grave marker and we see a mini lightening bolt zip across the hilt. 03) #92108-3 ROAD NOT TAKEN Writer: Terry Nelson Director: Thomas J. Wright Dustin Nguyen as Chu Lin (previously on '21 Jump Street') (I)Soon-teck Oh as Kiem Sun Wendell Wright as Sgt. Powell Christianne Hirt as Angie Wendell Wright as Sgt. Powell Kim Kondrashoff as Forks Alan C. Peterson as Bartender Paul Stafford as Officer No. 1 Lisa Bunting as Woman Hostage A deadly herbal drug takes the life of Richie's friend and Duncan suspects the drug comes from another Immortal. This once Good Immortal had long sought to perfect this herbal drug and remove its lethal side effects for the betterment of mankind but became enchanted in the power that such a substance can give him. Duncan must match wits and swords with this clever Immortal in order to find the drug and destroy it before it consumes more lives. This episode underlines the saying that "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." A cautionary tale for all, mortal and Immortal. -An Immortal who is planning to use an army of mortals in the Gathering. -Establishes the rule that it is permissible for Immortals to spar on Holy Ground. 04) #92107-6 BAD DAY IN BUILDING A Writer: Kevin Droney Director: Jorge Montesi Andrew Divoff as Bryan Slade Amanda Wyss as Randi McFarland Jay Brazeau as Commissioner Comanski Alf Humphreys as Janitor Andrea Libman as Belinda Gary Jones as Klein Bill Croft as Mancuso Ken Kirzinger as Kirby Vladmir Kulich as Pauling While visiting a courtroom to clear up some of Tessa's traffic tickets. Duncan, Tessa and Richie are taken hostage by a desperate band of men, bent on freeing their leader, Slade, from imprisonment. Slade runs his gang with paramilitary precision, and when his demands are not met, he chooses a hostage to sacrifice. Duncan makes sure the hostage is himself and "returns from the dead" to haunt and hunt down the killers one by one. -Duncan tells the little girl, Belinda, a fanciful 'story' about Immortals. -Duncan was shot at the base of the neck from behind. -Blooper: the little girl's doll keeps switching from laying on a table in the room she is entering and being in her arms as she enters the room. -Duncan uses a rubbish picker to dispatch Slade. (Even when without his sword he finds sword-like weapons to deal with foes.) -Peter Diamond (who played Aman Fasil, the Immortal that Connor fights in the parking garage in Highlander I) appears as the (mortal)brigand who steals from Darius's church and whom Duncan kills. 05) #92101-5 FREE FALL Writer: Philip John Taylor Director: Thomas J. Wright (I)Joan Jett as Felicia Martins (rock star) (I)Eli Gabay as Devereux Jay Brazeau as Commissioner Comanski Leslie Carlson as Sam Thompson Claudia Ferri as Devereux's Woman Patricia Vonk as Female Executive Ron Chartier as M.E. Assistant A beautiful young woman throws herself to her death, only to revive with the realization that she is an Immortal. Through her Immortal senses, she seeks out Duncan as her mentor and becomes amorously involved with Richie. Unknown to Richie and Duncan there is more to this "ingenue" than meets the eye. She is in fact a long-time Immortal, engaged in a wily scheme to trap Duncan, behead him and acquire his immense power through the Quickening. Duncan must see through her deception in time to protect not only himself but also Richie. -First in long tradition of Duncan not taking the heads of female Immortals. -In a comment to Felicia Duncan says that his katana was given to him by a kinsman. 06) #92111-8 DEADLY MEDICINE (working title NEVER SAY DIE) Writer: Robert L. McCullough Director: Ray Austin Joe Pantoliano as Doctor Wilder Amanda Wyss as Randi McFarland Beverley Hendry as Barbara Madison Stephen E. Miller as Sgt. Herrald Leslie Carlson as Sam Thompson Catherine Lough as Carol Stephen Fanning as Jack Duncan is the victim of a hit-and-run auto accident which would take the life of any mere mortal. After a remarkable recovery in the hospital emergency room, Duncan is discovered by a doctor who becomes obsessed in seeking out Duncan MacLeod's secret of regeneration. Meanwhile, Tessa and Richie, unaware that Duncan is being held captive, search for the missing Highlander. -Only time that we've witnessed a wound heal quickly (with a little electric spark). -We learn in this ep that Immortals are affected by drugs. 07) #92110-7 MOUNTAIN MEN Writer: Marie-Chantal Droney Director: Thomas J. Wright (I)Marc Singer as Caleb (movie star - 'Beastmaster') Wes Studi as Sheriff Benson (I)John Dennis Johnston as Carl the Hermit Byron Lucas as Joshua Cole Brent Stait as Eddie Doyle Rick Poltaruk as Big John Doug Abrahams as Benson's Deputy Tessa is kidnapped by a band of primitive survivalists who live off the land in the vastness of the Pacific Northwest. Duncan must utilize his own skills, honed a hundred and fifty years earlier, when he roamed the same mountain fastness. Duncan trails these land pirates while the leader, Caleb, falls in love with Tessa. When Duncan confronts Caleb, he soon learns that the only way to resolve his claim on the woman he loves is a fight to the death of the most elemental kind. -First time that a guest Immortal appears who uses a weapon (battle axe) other than a sword. -Duncan dies jumping off a cliff. His revival is very dramatic with bone snaps and cracks. 08) #92109-10 REVENGE IS SWEET Writer: Loraine Despres Director: Ray Austin Vanity as Rebecca Lord (I)Christoph Ohrt as Walter Reinhardt Christianne Hirt as Angie Burke Tim Reid as Sgt. Bennett Ken Kramer as Doctor Kramer Kevin McNulty as Harry Dawes Elizabeth Claridge as Molly Parker Michael Cavers as Nobleman Shirley Broderick as Noblewoman Patrick Stevenson as Street Punk Seeking revenge for the apparent death of her lover, a woman toys with Duncan before she attempts to kill him by the same means...the ancient sword. Unbeknownst to her, the lover is an Immortal and is using her in a cat and mouse game to draw out Duncan for their final confrontation. -Time stamps the Series as definitely occurring in 1992. The episode opens with a flashback with Duncan joining Tessa at a New Year's party in 1989 and then we flash ahead to present day 'three years later'. -When this episode aired it caused many fans to doubt the then current theory that the Series was occurring before the movie. -Duncan seems to try to escape the Quickening before it catches up to him. -Blooper: in one view Duncan doesn't have a foil in his hand when talking with Rebecca and within a split second he's holding a foil. 09) #92112-9 THE SEA WITCH Writer: David Tynan Director: Thomas J. Wright (I)Stephen Macht as Alexei Voshin Johannah Newmarch as Nikki Phil Hayes as Marco John Tench as Reese Brooklyn Brown as Melinda Scott McNeil as Dennis Gina Brunton as Niva Garry Davey as Soviet Major Rob Morton as Owner Adrian Holmes as Street Kid When an old friend accidentally involves Richie in a drug deal, Duncan and Tessa become the targets of a malicious drug dealer. Duncan locates the drug dealer's hideout in an old steamer called "The Sea Witch II." Duncan has flashbacks of a time when he smuggled refugees out of Stalinist Russia. -Fans have speculated that Alexei Voshin is gay or bi-sexual because he kisses Duncan on the mouth. Others feel that this was simply a standard Russian greeting for the time. -First time on the Series that an Immortal is beheaded by something other than a weapon (boat propeller) and still Duncan gets the Quickening, even though he didn't actually kill Alexei. 10) #92115-12 EYEWITNESS Writer: David Tynan Director: Ray Austin (I)Tom Butler as Andrew Ballin Amanda Wyss as Randi McFarland Tim Reid as Sgt. Bennett (TV: WKRP, Frank's Place) Sheila Paterson as Greta Diana Barrington as Anne Wheeler Christopher Gaze as Martin Sorrel David Petersen as Detective Taylor Stephen Fanning as Jack Tessa witnesses the murder of a painter, Anne Wheeler. The absence of a body leads everyone but Duncan to doubt her story. Duncan supports Tessa in her quest to obtain justice for the woman. He soon discovers that the killer is an Immortal on the police force and that Tessa is in imminent danger. 11) #92106-2 FAMILY TREE Writer: Kevin Droney Director: Jorge Montesi J.E. Freeman as Joe Scanlon Peter Deluise as Clinch Tamsin Kelsey as Mrs. Gustavson Matthew Walker as Ian MacLeod Walter Marsh as Mr. Stubbs Jessica Van der Veen as Secretary Aurelio Di Nunzio as Security Guard Mary McDonald as Old Peasant Richie Ryan attempts to learn more about his parents, whom he has never known. As he moves forward with the information about his parents, he falls prey to a con man who needs a place to hide and a lot of money. While Duncan and Tessa try to keep Richie from being hurt, Duncan relives his own painful experiences when he first learned that he was an Immortal and was renounced by the man he had always believed to be his father. -Establishes Duncan as a foundling. 12) #92114-11 SEE NO EVIL Writer: Brian Clemens Director: Thomas J. Wright (I)John Hertzler as Marcus Korolus Dee McCafferty as the Scalper Moira Walley as Natalie Ward Amanda Wyss as Randi McFarland Tim Reid as Sgt. Bennett Fulvio Cecere as Tony Graffini Kelli Fox as Police Woman Raimund Stamm as Herbie Wanda Wilkinson as Helen Glynda Fitzgerald as Brunette Woman There is a mad, vicious serial killer loose in the city and no woman is safe from his demented taste for murder. Duncan's interest in this case grows as he notices that the serial killer's pattern for murder is similar to that of the famous "Scalper Murders" back in the 1920's. Then the Scalper was an Immortal who, betrayed by the woman he loved, became a killer. To end the carnage, Duncan was forced to confront and kill the Immortal back in 1921. Now the killings have started again, the modern day killer mimicking the 70-year-old M.O., killing in the same locations as the previous murders.It falls to Duncan and Tessa to stop this madman. -Features an antique Indian motorcycle (made by the former Indian Motorcycle Company of Springfield, MA). -Features a clear-cut case of an insane Immortal. -Duncan uses a business card which says, in big letters, Antiques and in smaller letters at the bottom it had Duncan's name and address. 13) #92118-13 BAND OF BROTHERS Writer: Marie-Chantal Droney Director: Rene Manzor (I)Werner Stocker as Darius - introduction (I)James Horan as Grayson (Seen in one episode of ST-TNG) Earl Pastko as Victor Paulus Amanda Wyss as Randi McFarland Terry Howson as Hoestler Peter Diamond as Brigand A warning comes from Duncan's old friend Darius, a monk over 2000 years old. He explains to Duncan that he may be stalked by a powerful Immortal, Grayson. Both Duncan and Grayson were proteges of Darius. Grayson, using the knowledge and power he learned from Darius, became a ruthless arms merchant. Meanwhile, Grayson plots to assassinate Victor Paulus, a mortal student of Darius, and it is up to Duncan to protect him. Duncan later joins Richie and Tessa in France where they live while Tessa takes up her new job as curator of a special collection of l8th century art. -Explores the full impact of the safety of Holy Ground. -The actual church used for the exterior shots is St. Julien Le Pauvre in Paris -Peter Diamond, stunt coodinator for seasons 1&2, played the brigand robbing Darius' church. 14) #92117-14 FOR EVIL'S SAKE Writers: David Abramowitz & Fabrice Ziolkowski Director: Ray Austin (I)Peter Howitt as Kuyler Hugues Leforestier as Inspector Lebrun Vernon Dobtcheff as Carlo Luchesi Michel Voletti as Baron Deshields Gerard Touroul as Inspector Sole Jerome Keen as Anthony An Evil Immortal, Kuyler, has hired himself out down through time as an assassin... the most successful killer in all of history. He strikes again in modern day Paris using his signature disguise as a mime. A French police detective, Lebrun, suspects that Duncan is connected to Kuyler, but of course cannot imagine that Kuyler once killed a seventeenth century baron under Duncan's protection. When the policeman is wounded saving Tessa from Kuyler's men, Duncan hunts down this Immortal assassin and puts an end to his centuries-old reign of terror. -Kuyler drinks absinthe, an illegal liquor that gradually causes madness and death. Even though Kuyler is immune to death it soon becomes apparent that the absinthe, after centuries of use, can cause madness in Immortals. -Flashback shows the first time Duncan and Tessa met. -Example of how they add seconds to a too short episode - in the final Quickening a sequence for one of the exploding mannequins is used twice. -Cute dialog: Richie to Duncan - "The CIA and the Intergalactic Space Patrol couldn't find him, but you, Duncan MacLeod, are going to find him." Duncan - "Uh-huh." 15) #92116-15 FOR TOMORROW WE DIE Writer: Philip John Taylor Director: Robin Davis (I)Roland Gift as Xavier St Cloud (rock star 'Fine Young Cannibals') (I)Werner Stocker as Darius Hugues Leforestier as Inspector Lebrun Jean Claude Deret as Georges Dalou Mapi Galan as Renne de Tassigny Sandrine Caron as Nathalie Tanguy Gouasdoue as Stan Francine Olivier as Madame Bertrand Thierry de Carbonniers as Francois Bertrand Philippe Agael as Medical Examiner Crystel Amsalem as Young Girl Duncan stumbles across the trail of an Immortal, Xavier, who has lived in hedonistic splendor down through the ages by ruthlessly robbing and killing innocent men and women. Duncan had nearly fallen victim to this remorseless killer behind the front lines during World War One, when Xavier first began using poison gas. In modern day Paris, Duncan must track down him down before he kills again. -Shows that Immortals succumb to poisons as quickly as mortals. -Introduces the question 'Can Immortals regenerate body parts?' after Duncan cuts off Xavier's hand. -Interesting quote: Duncan: "...you know, I haven't worn a tux..." Tessa: "Since you were on the deck of the Titanic." Duncan: "You have an evil mind." Tessa: "And you love it." (There is no evidence to suggest that Duncan had actually been on the Titanic and he's not the sort of person who would joke about it if he had been personally involved in that tragedy) -During the WWI flashback Duncan has 'died' from the mustard gas and when Xavier arrives he doesn't feel Duncan's Buzz until Duncan revives. 16) #92123-16 THE BEAST BELOW Writer: Marie-Chantal Droney Director: Daniel Vigne (I)Christian Van Acker as Ursa Dee Dee Bridgewater as Carolyn (I)Werner Stocker as Darius Fay Masterson as Jenny Harris Francois Guetary as Detective Joe Sheridan as Frank Wells A mysterious death at the Paris Opera re-acquaints Duncan with Ursa, one of the strangest Immortals he has met. Ursa is a hulking giant that is more beast than man and has lived in a cave in the vast empty wilderness of the Alps. Persecuted by men, Ursa was taken to an abbey as a place of refuge by Duncan centuries ago. Ursa now makes the sewers and mysterious catacombs under the streets of Paris his home. Over the years, Ursa has listened to the music that emanates from the opera and fallen in love with the beautiful singer, Carolyn. Carolyn however, is not the Beauty to his Beast nor Christine to his Phantom. She is a vindictive, ambitious woman that tries to use Ursa's innocent soul to murder her rival. Duncan must keep this sometimes dangerous giant from being exploited by this woman, who uses all of her wiles to turn Ursa against Duncan. -This episodes show that Immortals are not superior beings. That even someone with less than average intelligence can be an Immortal. 17) #92120-17 SAVING GRACE Writers: Elizabeth Baxter and Martin Broussellet Director: Ray Austin (I)Julia Stemberger as Grace (I)Georges Corraface as Carlo Sendaro (I)Werner Stocker as Darius Hugues Leforestier as Inspector Lebrun Bruce Myers as Paul Warren Grace Chandler, a good Immortal, has been working for the betterment of mankind as a scientist over the centuries. Her tragic flaw is another Immortal, Carlo Sendaro. A former conquistador and intrepid explorer, Carlo possesses an obsessive love for Grace which will admit no rivals. Sendaro, in modern day Paris, slays Grace's lover. When she refuses to run off with him, he pins the murder on her. She turns to Duncan for help and although she realizes that there may be only one in the end, she wants no harm to come to either of these two Immortal men. -We still haven't figured out how Grace has managed to keep her head all these years. She has no apparent fighting skills. -Sendaro is beheaded by a subway train. Duncan gets the Quickening because he is the closer Immortal. 18) #92121-18 THE LADY AND THE TIGER Writer: Philip John Taylor Director: Robin Davis (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)Jason Isaacs as Zachary Blaine Fred Pearson as Pierre Pierre Gerald as Henry Lamaratine Bertie Cortez as Ring Master Michael Hofland as Bavarian Officer David Lowe as Clown A day at the circus becomes a high wire act for Duncan when he is reunited with an Immortal femme-fatale, Amanda, who has always meant big trouble for him. This time he is in a deadly triangle as Amanda plots a daring, high stakes burglary and tries to avoid the vengeance of her former partner who has escaped from prison and wants her head. -Amanda takes Zachary's head and Quickening after Duncan has almost defeated him. The Quickening seems to thrust Duncan away while enveloping Amanda. -Cute quotes: Tessa to Duncan: "The ghost of Christmas past has come to pay you a visit. Don't unwrap any presents while I'm gone." Duncan to clown: "You won't be the first man she's made a clown of." 19) #92122-20 AVENGING ANGEL Writer: Fabrice Ziolkowski Director: Paolo Barzman (I)Martin Kemp as Alfred Cahill (member of rock group 'Spandau Ballet') Sandra Nelson as Elaine Patrick Floersheim as Battini Nathalie Presles as Claudine Yan Briand as Charles Bagnot A brand-new Immortal turns vigilante, obsessed with the idea that he has been chosen to wage a crusade against "perversion" cuts a bloody path through Paris, menacing an old friend of Tessa's. Duncan alone knows this killer and can stop him. -Shows that becoming Immortal will not cure insanity. In fact the shock of it can put a new Immortal over the edge. -Shows Duncan becoming aware of Cahill as he is 'dying' for the first time. -This episode started a long argument as to whether what we presumed was the Templars' headquarters/shrine qualified as Holy Ground at one time but might not be any longer because the Templars were excommunicated. -The plaque, outside the Templars' site, which reads in French "ICI VECUT JACQUES DEMOLAY" basically means in English "This is where Jacques DeMolay LIVED when he was alive". The location was also identified in the episode as the Paris HQ of the Templars - not a church or shrine or burial ground. This should put to rest the controversy of whether Cahill was beheaded on Holy Ground. 20) #92124-19 EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Writer: Christian Bouveron and Larry Shore Director: Dennis Berry (I)Nigel Terry as Garbiel Piton (movies: Excalibur, TV: 'Covington Cross') Katia Douvalian as Maya Rachel Palmieri as Cynthia Hampton Thomas Kaufman as Police Detective Olivier Pierre as Waiter Edwin Gerard as Lawyer Manault Deva as Duchess Richie meets a beautiful young woman who leads him into the world of Haute couture. His youthful jealousy causes him to run afoul of a world-class fashion designer, who is actually a deadly Immortal. -Richie sets Piton on fire and Piton shows no scars later. -Immortals can get drunk (even very drunk, silly drunk, falling-down drunk... :-) ) 21) #92125-21 NOWHERE TO RUN Writer: David Abramowitz Director: Dennis Berry (I)Peter Guinness as Colonel Everett Bellian Anthony Head as Allan Rothwood ("Taster's Choice" commercials) Jason Riddington as Mark Rothwood Marion Cotillard as Lori Bellian The step-daughter of an Immortal mercenary is raped by the son of a diplomat, and Duncan must protect Tessa, Richie, and the guilty young man from the mercenary's vengeance. -If you look closely in the fight sequence in the mist, you will see a TV crewman with a 'smoker' accidentally caught on film. 22) #92126-22 THE HUNTERS Writer: Kevin Droney Director: Paolo Barzman (I)Roger Daltrey as Hugh Fitzcairn (rock star 'The Who') (I)Werner Stocker as Darius Peter Hudson as Horton Duncan teams up with another immortal to find out why their immortal friends are disappearing without a trace -- including Darius. -Introduction of the Watchers and their renegade sub-group, the Hunters. -Establishes the practice of the Hunters killing themselves rather than be held captive. -All footage of Darius is from previous episodes because Werner Stocker was too ill to appear. (See biographies in Section 4)
Note: Most of the episodes summaries are directly from the Highlander producers. Regular Cast ------------ Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod Alexandra Vandernoot as Tessa Noel (last episode #4) Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson Philip Akin as Charlie DeSalvo Text from the beginning of each episode --------------------------------------- (spoken by Joe Dawson) "He is immortal, born in the highlands of Scotland 400 years ago. 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." Episode Details (SPOILERS) -------------------------- 1) #93201 THE WATCHERS Writer: Marie-Chantal Droney Director: Clay Borris Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson (introduction) Peter Hudson as James Horton Keli O'Bryne as Lynn Horton, daughter of James Horton Cameron Bancroft as Robert Douglas Arthurs as Joey Brad Loree as Belson Ajay Karah as Busboy Determined to investigate the death of his old friend Darius (in the first season finale, "The Hunters"), Duncan follows a lead back to his old stomping grounds in the Pacific Northwest. He meets JOE DAWSON, a bookstore owner with a secret; he soon learns that Dawson is a high-ranking member of an ancient secret organization known as THE WATCHERS, who observe and record the lives of the Immortals, passing their archives down from generation to generation. Unbeknownst to Dawson, his brother-in- law, JAMES HORTON (the man who killed Darius), has been recruiting Watchers to kill Immortals. Horton dies in a battle with Duncan where Duncan 'dies', too. We are left with the knowledge that other renegade Watchers may be waiting to try for Duncan's head. -The following was printed out from Dawson's database on Immortals (Note the various contradictions to facts from the movie, especially the Kurgan's age. Fans have tried to justify the inconsistencies by rationalizing that the Watchers 'database can't be perfect because all the information is gathered by observation only. The writers didn't start using a writer's 'bible' and timeline until after this episode was completed.): "Subject: Kurgan Origin: Northern Russia Immortality: March 20, 1452 Sightings: 1453 to 1535 located Moscow 1536 to 1610 located Scottish Highlands 1611 to 1619 located Milan 1700 to 1755 located Northern Africa 1756 to 1985 UNKNOWN 1985 DECEASED (Connor MacLeod) Encounters: Stosch Basalok 1525 Connor MacLeod 1536 Juan Sanchez Villa Lopez Ramirez 1601 (almost beheaded) Aman Fasil 1640 Sundra Kastagar 1750 Quickenings: Ivan Trotski 1472 Juan Sanchez Villa Lopez Ramirez 1601 Flavin Parocchi 1663 Sundra Kastagar 1985 Stosch Basalok 1985" {Movie parallels - Fasil was the Immortal that Connor fought in the Madison Square Garden parking garage, except in the movie his first name was Iman. Basalok was Vaselech(sp?) in the movie, the 'Polish National' who was reported beheaded in New Jersey} -The clue written in the Watcher's chronicle is the zip code for Seattle and the code '27NJ' which Duncan figures out to mean '27 N. Jay Street,' which is the the address of Dawson's bookstore. -A minor blooper: As Duncan leaves the bookstore he sees the laser beam of the listening device coming through the window through the polarized lenses of his sunglasses. There is a midshot of him taking off his glasses, then a close-up of his glasses sitting on the end of his nose as he holds on to them, and then another midshot as he is putting his glasses back on his face. -Notable quote: Duncan "Great. Another window." This is right after the plate glass window in the antique store was broken, recalling how it was broken by Slan Quince in "The Gathering." 2) #93202 STUDIES IN LIGHT Writer: Naomi Janzen Director: Peter Ellis (I)Joel Wyner as Gregor Powers Sheila Moore as Linda Plager Gillian Carfra as Young Linda Shane Kelly as Jonathan Dwight McFee as Ray Holstrom Patti Allan as Nurse Mikal Dughi as Mother Cayde Ritchie as Frightened Boy Duncan's old friend GREG POWERS has become a photographer, and invites Mac to see his work. Mac is disturbed by the violent images in his friend's work, and is distressed to find that the sensitive Gregor he knew has been replaced by a hardened cynic. Another photograph in the exhibit, taken of Duncan 50 years ago, triggers a flashback of his meeting young photographer LINDA PLAGER. Then, the now-73-year-old Linda recognizes Duncan as her old mentor and lover, convincing her nurse that she's thoroughly senile -- after all, Duncan MacLeod would be an old man by now, wouldn't he? Learning that Linda is dying, Duncan longs to tell her the truth, but isn't sure how. Meanwhile, Greg seduces Richie into his destructive lifestyle -- fascinated by the rush of fear that accompanies near death, he coaxes Richie into a dangerous motorcycle stunt. After a confrontation with Duncan, Greg snaps -- frustrated by his inability to feel any real emotion because of the insulation from death his Immortality gives him, he attacks Richie, then Linda, then fights Duncan on the roof of the hospital. Only when Duncan's sword is inches from his neck does Greg break down and face the truth that he doesn't want to die. -Richie does not heal quicker than mortals for he hasn't gained full Immortality yet and he won't until he dies his first 'death' in the fourth episode. -The writing on Gregor's sword (an El Cid Tizona), was: 'YO SOY LA TIZONA FUE ECHA EN LA ERA DE MILLE QUARENTA' This means: 'I AM THE TIZONA DATED IN THE ERA OF 1040'. I was told by SWORDMASTERS that Tizona is either the man who made the sword or the place that the sword was made. 3) #93203 TURNABOUT Writer: David Tynan Director: Clay Borris (I)Geraint Wyn Davies as Michael Moore (TV: 'Forever Knight') Introducing Philip Akin as Charlie DeSalvo John Tierney as Old Father Morton Alan Robertson as Judge Marvin Singer Gaetana Korbin as Jeanette Brittaney Edgell as Nurse Ian Alden as Young Father Morton Thirty years ago, evil Immortal QUENTEN BARNES was executed in the electric chair, and promised he'd be back. He's been trapped in a tomb ever since; but now, Joe Dawson informs Duncan, he's out, and killing the people involved in his execution. Mac declines to get involved unless Barnes gets in his way, but when his old friend MICHAEL MOORE comes to town, a Flashback shows us that Barnes killed Michael's wife and has a longstanding grudge against Michael. Now Mac is involved. He convinces Dawson to share the Watchers' surveillance file on Barnes with him. However, the file isn't much help. As the prosecutor and priest who were at Barnes' execution are killed off one by one, it becomes clear that Barnes will come after Michael next. However, it is only after Mac finds the body of the man Dawson sent with the file that the penny drops and he realizes that Barnes, a multiple personality, is Michael -- and Mac left him home with Tessa and Richie! In the end, at Michael's tortured urging, Duncan must kill Michael to kill Barnes. -Duncan performs a long kata exercise showing his martial arts expertise. 4) #93204 THE DARKNESS Writers: Christian Bouveron & Lawrence Shore Director: Paolo Barzman Traci Lords as Greta (porn movie star) Andrew Jackson as Pallin Wolf Frank C. Turner as Harry Lisa Vultaggio as Carmen (I)Adrian Hughes as James Richard Lautsch as Roman Kendall Cross as Michelle Travis MacDonald as Kid A mortal named PALLIN WOLF, one of the renegade Watchers who believes the Immortals must be eliminated, lures an Immortal to his house and kills him, getting the advantage by tricking him into a sealed room that is completely dark, then stalking him with night vision goggles. Meanwhile, a Gypsy fortuneteller they- meet in a restaurant, GRETA, warns Tessa that she is in danger. When Tessa is kidnapped by Wolf, Duncan returns to Greta, asking for her help. But she's mostly a hustler, and not accustomed to getting actual visions, so the clues she is able to provide are meager. Finally, Mac finds Wolf's house, where Wolf is waiting for him. He meets Wolf in the dark room and all seems hopeless until he remembers a matchbook Greta gave him with her phone number in it. Lighting the matches, he regains the advantage and kills Wolf. However, as Tessa and Richie are heading for the car, a young junkie accosts them for money, and in an act of senseless violence, shoots them both. As Mac mourns, Richie tentatively sits up, healing -- he is an Immortal. But Tessa is gone. -Featuring Duncan's controversial trick of lighting the matches with his sword. Many fans feel that this feat is impossible, especially in the dark. -The song played while Duncan grieves for Tessa following her death, "Dust in the Wind" is by the group Kansas from the album "Point of Know Return." -At the end of the episode, when Duncan throws the keys at Richie and tells him to sell it, he meant the Antique store and the adjoining apartment NOT the car. He's wanting to get rid of the home that he and Tessa shared and he later does the same with the barge in Paris in the season finale, "Counterfeit part 2". Duncan still has the T-bird when season three opens. 5) #93205 EYE FOR AN EYE Writers: Elizabeth Baxter & Martin Brossellet Director: Dennis Berry (I)Sheena Easton as Annie Devlin (rock star) Philip Akin as Charlie DeSalvo (introduction) Andrew A. Kavadas as Mick Callum Keith Rennie as Neal Eric Schneider as O'Hara Kris Keller as Tommy Brian Furlong as Kerry Terry Arrowsmith as Rawls When Duncan and Richie are witness to a terrorist attack on an Ambassador, Richie dives in like a Super-hero, cocky with Immortality. In the resulting confusion, one of the terrorists is killed, and another, ANNIE DEVLIN, an Immortal, is captured. She swears revenge on Richie, and when she escapes from custody, Duncan takes on the task of educating Richie so that he will have a chance in combat against her. Meanwhile, Flashbacks reveal an earlier friendship between Duncan and Annie. Mac renews the friendship, and the two Immortals who have both recently lost their lovers find solace in one another. In the end, Richie defeats Annie but can't bring himself to kill her, and Duncan convinces her to pursue the blood debt no further. -Richie refuses to take Annie's head. It's hard to learn to kill. -Duncan buys Charlie DeSalvo's martial arts dojo and moves into the loft apartment above it. -At the end Duncan gives Richie his own single-handed sword. This is curious because throughout the episode he practiced with a two-handed katana. -The Irish phrase that Annie yells at her confederates as they flee is 'teach solas' pronounced 'chukh solus' or, as Richie thought, maybe a baseball player Chuck Sollas. It means 'light house'. 6) #93206 THE ZONE Writer: Peter Mohan Director: Clay Borris Santino Buda as Canaan Sandra P. Grant as Asia Alphonso Quijada as Tio Leam Blackwood as Tom McGee Ken Camroux as Judd Collins Tom Heaton as Old Man Michael G. Shanks as Jesse Collins Brian McGugan as Mark Wells Lorena Gale as Woman The Zone is a burned-out urban wasteland, abandoned by the police, who figure it's easier to just 'let the animals kill each other.' Now the Zone is being taken over by CANAAN, a charismatic leader who urges his followers to take the material possessions that have been denied to them. JOE DAWSON comes to Duncan for help -- one of his men, who was observing Canaan, has been killed. Charlie accompanies Duncan down to his old neighborhood in the Zone and introduces him to ASIA, a nurse at the local clinic, one of few people who haven't given up on the neighborhood. After Duncan learns that Dawson was mistaken, and- Canaan is not an Immortal, Dawson is ready to drop it. But Duncan has seen the misery in the Zone, and is determined to break Canaan's hold. He convinces Asia that it's time to stand up for their rights, and she helps him arrange a meeting of neighborhood residents who want to take back their streets. But Asia is involved with Canaan, and she's used as bait to lure him to his apparent death. Canaan busts up the neighborhood meeting, but when Duncan arrives and defeats Canaan hand to hand, the cult leader's hold on the people is broken. -Notice that we have never actually seen the elevator for Duncan's loft and the dojo move between floors. 7) #93209 THE RETURN OF AMANDA Writers: Guy Mullaly and David Tynan Director: Dennis Berry (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda Don S. Davis as FBI agent Palance Robert Wisden as FBI agent Werner Jano Franden as Rutger Joe Maffe as Harry the Jeweler Michael Puttonen as Lev Arkin Mitchell Kosterman as Jeffries Ewan (Sudsy) Clark as Heinrich Joe Maffei as Harry Curtis Bechdholt as Busboy AMANDA, the beautiful Immortal cat-burglar from the first season episode THE LADY AND THE TIGER, returns to town, telling Duncan she's retired from her life of crime. Who can blame Duncan for not believing her? -- especially when two guys start shooting at them. Duncan thinks the guys might be Watchers, but in fact they are FBI Agents. Amanda is in possession of some plates for counterfeit money, stolen in Germany before WWII. She's looking for an engraver to change the dates, figuring since she's sworn to give up stealing money, she'll have to print some up. PALANCE, one of the FBI Agents, sets Duncan and Amanda up to take the fall for his partner's murder, and demands that they turn the plates over. Mac and Amanda are forced to "die" on videotape to catch Palance. -Historical flaw: the United States switched over from Silver Certificates in the 1960's, thus engraving plates made during WWII wouldn't be good for forgeries in the present day. -We get a full view of Duncan's apartment. -Cute dialog snippets: Amanda to Duncan: "I swear on my mother's grave!" Duncan: "You don't *have* a mother!" Amanda: "Why don't you trust me?" Duncan: "Experience." Amanda: "The longer I live, the more attached I get to myself." 8) #93208 REVENGE OF THE SWORD Writer: Aubrey Solomon Director: Clay Borris Dustin Nguyen as Jimmy Sang Debbie Podowski as Lisa Robert Ito as Johnny Leong (TV: 'Quincy') Frank Crudele as Giuseppe Mina E. Mina as Lao Johnny Mah as Hong Vernon Rieta as Soo Jai West as Kid JIMMY SANG, a former student of Charlie's, is an up-and-coming martial arts movie star. His latest movie is filming some scenes in the dojo. When a stunt-man is "accidentally" killed, Duncan is the first to realize that Jimmy's life is in danger. It turns out that the movie is based on Jimmy's youthful experiences as an enforcer for a powerful gang, and now his former boss wants to see him dead. -Dustin Nguyen is the only actor, so far, to play more than one role on Highlander. -There were several 'James Bond' references in this episode: Duncan introduces himself as 'Bond...James Bond', the villain pets a cat, ala Blofeld, and the bit with trying to fry Jimmy in the coffin at the crematory is right out of "Diamonds are Forever". Also Johnny Leong in this episode is the head of the Tong Society and Dr. No was the head of this society in the James Bond movie "Dr. No." 9) #93209 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE Writer: Naomi Janzen Director: Dennis Berry (I)Bruce Young as Carl Robinson (TV: 'ER' 1/2 hr comedy series) Geza Kovacs as Carter Roman Podhora as Kenny Biski Gughese as Ricky Deejay Jackson as Officer Warren Mark Acheson as Billy Ray Bill Mackenzie as Sheriff John Destry as Bobby Susan McLennan as Betty Adrian Holmes as Johnny Mark Poyser as Ben CARL ROBINSON is an Immortal who Duncan first met in 1929 when he rescued him from a KKK lynch mob. Back then, Carl was full of plans -- to be a Major League Ballplayer, to be President. But today Carl has given up hope. He and Duncan meet up again when Carl steals Charlie's car. Mac tries to rekindle Carl's belief in himself, but Carl doesn't want to listen. When a white cop named CARTER tries to kill him, Carl attributes the incident to racism, until Duncan explains about the Watchers who are hunting them. After Carter's partner (also white) helps Carl and Duncan bring Carter down, Carl decides to give the world another chance. -Carl: "Yeah, things change alright. Martin's dead, Malcolm's dead, and Bobby's selling barbeque sauce." He's referring to Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Bobby Seale (a founding member of the Black Panther Party and one of the Chicago Seven). 10) #93210 EPITAPH FOR TOMMY Writer: Philip John Taylor Director: Clay Borris (I)Roddy Piper as Gallen (WWF wrestler) Andrea Roth as Suzanne Ken Camroux as Honniger Jan D'Arcy as Betty Bannen Robert Collins as Johnson Gabrielle Miller as Bess Nicholas Harrison as Ned Bill Dow as Harry Paul McLean as Frank Patricia Dahlquist as Mother Jane Sowerby as Claire TOMMY is an innocent bystander who's accidentally killed during a sword fight between Duncan and the Immortal GALLEN. Haunted by the unnecessary death, Duncan tries to find out more about the dead man -- and discovers he isn't exactly the innocent bystander he appeared. 11) #93213 BLESS THE CHILD Writers: Elizabeth Baxter & Martin Brossollet Director: Clay Boris Michelle Thrush as Sara Lightfoot Jon Cuthbert ? Ed Lauter as Avery Hoskins Doug Abrahams as Luke Hoskins Carolyn Dunn ? Dean Wray as J.J. Johnna Wright as Margaret Charlie and Duncan come to the aid of SARA LIGHTFOOT, an Indian woman on the run with a baby. She tells them AVERY HOSKINS is trying to steal her baby. Hoskins and his brothers come after them, and they are forced to flee overland. After a rugged flight through a mountain canyon, Duncan learns that the baby is in fact Hoskins' son, taken by Sara in retribution for her own child, killed by runoff from Hoskins' mines. -Duncan shows that he has quite a lot of experience with caring for babies; they reveal how deeply not being able to father children affects him. 12) #93211 THE FIGHTER Writer: Morrie Ruvinsky Director: Peter Ellis (I)Bruce Weitz as Thomas Sullivan (TV: Hill Street Blues) Tom McBeath (the fighter?) Wren Roberts as Geroge Belcher Calli Timmins as Iris Nicholas Lea as Rodney Lange Russell Roberts as Wilson Charles Payne as Thunder Rodriguez Topaze Hasfal-Schou as Marilyn Ken Roberts as Wallace Duncan's old friend TOMMY SULLIVAN is a scrappy little Irishman, a one-time boxer turned trainer, who can charm anyone into anything. He charms Duncan into backing his current boxer and charms Charlie into playing Cyrano to help him woo a shy waitress. But when a rival manager who was trying to steal Sully's fighter turns up dead, Duncan's opinion of his old friend begins to be altered forever. -It looks like Duncan tries to refuse the Quickening of Sullivan but a fan with access to the script says that this impression was not intended by the writers and the producers. 13) #93212 UNDER COLOR OF AUTHORITY Writer: Peter Mohan Director: Clay Borris (I)Johnathan Banks as Mako (TV: Wiseguy) Deanna Milligan as Laura Lochlyn Munro as Tim Howard Storey as Sheriff Gregory Smith as Kid Richie wants to protect LAURA DANIELS, a young woman who's on the run from an Immortal bounty hunter, MAKO. Duncan has met Mako before and doesn't like his methods, but he knows the other man is lawful. He questions whether Laura is necessarily innocent. Richie doesn't care, he wants to help her anyway, no matter what it takes. Duncan is torn between doing what's right and helping his friend. Richie defeats Mako and receives his first Quickening, and he and Duncan realize it's time for him to move on. -Mako is a lawman of the Old West school, guily until proven innocent. -Richie receives his first Quickening and Duncan sends him off on his own, his training is now complete. -In this episode, we see the elevator in the dojo/Duncan's apartment actually move. According to a source, during the filming of the scene, the machinery is so noisy that they wound up having to re-record all the dialogue. 14) #93214 UNHOLY ALLIANCE Part I Writer: David Tynan Director: Peter Ellis (I)Roland Gift as Xavier St.Cloud (Rock: Fine Young Cannibals) Peter Hudson as James Horton Stacy Travis as Renee Delaney Alexandra Stewart as Catherine Legris Terry Barclay as Rick Davis Roark Critchlow as Jason Judith Maxie as Surgeon J. B. Bivens as George Philippe Agael as Anton Legris Gerard Smurthwaite as Auric Franck Dubosc as Michel Steven Hilton as Barton Beverly Elliott as Supervisor XAVIER ST. CLOUD returns, killing Immortals with the help of mortal mercenaries who shoot his prey, making his kill easy. His next target is Duncan but, warned by Dawson, Duncan and Charlie just manage to escape death -- though the dojo is all but destroyed in the gunfight. RENEE DELANEY, a CID agent investigating the mercenary angle, gets on the case. Duncan goes after Xavier himself, and Charlie insists on coming along. During his battle with St. Cloud, Duncan spots JAMES HORTON, the Hunter who killed Darius. Distracted, Duncan is 'killed' and falls down an elevator shaft out of beheading range, and Charlie is badly wounded and lies near death. Blaming Dawson for helping Horton escape alive, Duncan warns him not to cross his path again. Immortals are showing up dead by strange means, first shot by mortals then beheaded by an Immortal. -Xavier St.Cloud lost a hand in a fight with Duncan last season in the episode 'For Tomorrow We Die'). In this episode he shows up sporting a hook where his hand should be. -James Horton was presumed dead after a battle with Duncan at the close of "The Watchers" (second season premiere). -During the flashback to the Scottish Highlands we discover that (by an inadvertent camera shot) Scotsmen wear white spandex bicycle shorts under their kilts. :-) This goof sparked a lot of off-color jokes about what Scotsmen wear and where on the HIGHLA-L mailing list. -Renee's apartment number is 1593 which also happens to be the year of Duncan's birth. -One more instance of definite time-stamping of the series: Horton's tomb gives the year of his death as 1993. 15) #93215 UNHOLY ALLIANCE Part II Writer: David Tynan Director: Peter Ellis (I)Roland Gift as Xavier St.Cloud Peter Hudson as James Horton Stacey Travis as Renee Delaney Michel Modo as Maurice Alexandra Stewart as Catherine Legris Denis Fouqueray as Detective Malle Pierre Lacan as Henri Martin Manuel Bonnet as Cavalry Captain France Anglade as Shop Owner Jean Francois Pages as Luc Bergon William Cagnard as Marc Cluny As Charlie regains strength, Duncan accepts help from Dawson one last time, and barely misses catching Xavier and Horton. He then follows their trail to Paris -- accompanied by the persistent Renee Delaney. They track down Horton, and when he almost escapes, he is shot by Joe Dawson. Duncan, with the help of his humorous new neighbor MAURICE, then tracks down Xavier and finally takes his head. In a coda, however, we learn that Horton still lives. -Duncan beheads Xavier with Xavier's sword. 16) #93216 THE VAMPIRE Writer: J.P. Couture Director: Dennis Berry (I)Jeremy Brudenell as Nicholas Ward Denis Lill as Baines Trevor Peacock as Jacom Tonya Kinziger as Juliette Nathalie Presles as Helene Jack Galloway as Peter Wells Peter Vizard as William Stillwell Claire Keim as Waitress Michel Feller as Gentleman Nigel Nevinson as Doctor Chrystelle LaBaude as Clerk Duncan comes up against NICHOLAS WARD, an Immortal who conceals his murders by disguising them as popular hysterias. In the 1840's, Ward created a vampire myth in order to conceal the true motive behind his killing the owners of a business he wanted. Mac managed to prevent Ward from marrying (and murdering) the heiress, but Ward escaped. In the present, Duncan teams up with Joe Dawson to discover what Ward is up to and protect the young woman he's set his sights on this time. -An goofup: the phone number used was 555-4286 but the episode was set in Paris. An example of a French phone number would be something like 12.34.56.78. -A blooper: If you watch closely in the fight scene in the arena, Duncan's sword falls out of hand onto the floor with a clang. He then picks it up off the stadium bench. There is no shift of camera during the fight. Not only can Immortals hide a sword in wondrous ways, but their sword is mysteriously near their hand whenever needed. 17) #93217 WARMONGER Writers: Christian Bouveron & Lawrence Shore Director: Bruno Gantillon (I)Peter Firth as Drake Angeline Ball as Beth Tom Watson as Eli Michel Modo as Maurice Alexandre Klimenko as Bartov Andre Oumansky as President Chescu Jerzy Rogulski as Vice President Daniel Breton as Bodyguard Frederic Witta as Nikov Anna Miasedova as Katarina Julie du Page as Nicole Dominique Hulin as Ivan Chinko Rafique as Cashier In 1918 in the Soviet Union, Duncan promised the Immortal DRAKOV that he would not fight him, in return for seeing lives spared. Today Drakov, now called Arthur Drake, still operates behind the scenes of international politics, a cruel puppet master who is dragging Eastern Europe toward anarchy. Eli Jarmel, an old man whose family was destroyed by Drake, urges Duncan to recant his promise, while Beth Vaughn, a reporter, puts her life in danger by investigating both Drake and Duncan. -Blooper: Duncan's scarf kept disappearing and reappearing when he was coming home from the opera. 18) #93218 PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER Writers: Elizabeth Baxter & Martin Brossollet Director: Dennis Berry (I)Nia Peeples as Nefertiri (I)James Faulkner as Constantine Jerry di Giacomo as Victor Benedetti Diane Bellego as Angela Constantine Duncan feels the Buzz coming from an ancient sarcophagus and opens it to find NEFERTIRI, Cleopatra's handmaid, buried 2000 years ago with her mistress. Now revived, she pursues a vendetta against the Immortal MARCUS CONSTANTINE, who was her lover and her enemy. Duncan believes Constantine, who claims that he no longer wishes to fight Nefertiri -- this former Roman General has turned his back on battle and is now a curator, working to preserve history and its lessons. But Nefertiri can't let go of the old grudge, and for the first time, Duncan is forced to face a woman he loves in Immortal combat. -First time that we see Duncan behead a female Immortal. -This episode ran quite a bit overtime and the editing staff had to really work at getting it down to the standard time limits. This is evident especially in the final battle between Duncan and Nefertiri. When he takes his final stroke it looks like he's taking her off at the knees instead of the head. 19) #93219 LEGACY Writer: David Tynan Director: Paolo Barzman (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)Emile Abossolo-M'bo as Luther (I)Nadia Cameron as Rebecca James Smillie as John Bowers Pierre Martot as Raynaud Roger Bret as Vendor Joseph Rezwin as Paul Millet Louise Vincent as Alice Millet Alan Brandon as Retailer Bernard Herve as Hooded Leader Guy Dhers as Hooded Man When her mentor REBECCA is killed, AMANDA is determined to avenge the death, even though it means going up against the formidable Immortal LUTHER, and very possibly losing her head. She comes to Duncan for a final fling before her likely death, and when he discovers that she's after Luther, he tries to take the battle on himself, feeling he has a better chance of survival. Together they discover that Luther is hunting the pieces of an ancient crystal that Rebecca divided among her students, believing that the whole crystal will make him invulnerable and ensure that he is the Last Immortal. In the final confrontations, both Amanda and Duncan take their turns battling the ascetic Luther. -Amanda's first death (in 853 AD) was due to a blow to the head just before she is thrown into the cart, not of the Plague. She might have been clubbed because she was caught stealing or because she was seen leaving a house marked as a Plague house. -Notable quote reminiscent of Monty Python: "Bring out your dead." -At the end Duncan returns a piece of the crystal to Amanda in remembrance of Rebecca. 20) #93220 PRODIGAL SON Writers: Christian Bouveron & Lawrence Shore Director: Dennis Berry (I)Michael Siberry as Hyde Valerie Steffen as Inspector Bardot (I)Nicholas Chagrin as Segur Michelle Seeberger as Wife Clement Harari as Scientist Blake Dawson as Clerk Xavier Jaillard as Attendant Richie returns, on the run, turning to Duncan for help. An Immortal has been following him, refusing to confront him, but committing grisly murders wherever Richie goes. Richie is arrested for the murders. Duncan learns that the Immortal Hunter MARTIN HYDE is behind the murders: considering the Quickening of a green Immortal like Richie not worth the taking, Hyde has been hounding him in order to drive him to his teacher. A tactic that he has used before -- once when Duncan was the student and Connor MacLeod was the seasoned Immortal to be hunted. Duncan must clear Richie of the murders and defeat the evil Immortal. -In the scene where Duncan and Richie are passing the bottle of cognac back and forth, when the two crack up it's actually a goof by Stan Kirsch and Adrian Paul but the director liked it so much they kept it in. -The famous white spandex shorts show up again but now they are black with white trim. Look for them when Hyde pushes Duncan to the ground during their fight in the flashback. -Connor MacLeod wasn't shown in this episode and the conjecture is that Hyde never managed to track him down. We know that Duncan didn't lead Hyde to him. 21) #93221 COUNTERFEIT PART I Writers: Story by David Tynan & Teleplay by Brad Wright Director: Paolo Barzman Martin Cummings as Pete Meilani Paul as Lisa Peter Hudson as Horton Peter Rutherford as Denny Ponance Godfrey James as Charles Browning Roger Bizley as Sheriff Bruno Raffaelli as Police Driver Jean Paul Solal as Alphonso Less Clack as Doctor Dominique Jephcott as Victim Hugues Profy as Guard Roger Bret as Brother Andre Robert Hewett as Operator 1 Abraham Ferguson as Operator 2 Vivienne Avramoff as Coach PETE WILDER just saved Richie from an attack by some guys wearing Watcher tattoos. Or did he? Nothing is what it seems, and Duncan becomes increasingly wary of Pete, despite Richie's protests that the guy is his friend. When Duncan's mistrust gets the possibly innocent Pete killed, Duncan becomes increasingly unsure of himself. Unknown to Duncan, his old enemy HORTON is pulling all the strings. Horton is secretly training escaped killer LISA HALLE to go after Duncan while he's troubled and vulnerable. -The voice coach prompting Lisa was actually portrayed by the Highlander staff voice coach. -The actress playing Lisa, Meilani Paul, is Adrian Paul's wife in real life. -Reportedly, Martin Cummings was also up for the role of Richie Ryan along with Stan Kirsch when they were initially casting the series. -The script did not call for Duncan to tell the priest he was Immortal. Adrian Paul ad-libed it on his own. There is no hidden meaning. 22) #93222 COUNTERFEIT PART II Writer: David Tynan Director: Dennis Berry Alexandra Vandernoot as Lisa Peter Hudson as Horton (?) rest of credits missing Joe Dawson arrives in Paris to let Duncan know that Horton may still be alive and coming after him. However, when Duncan meets "Lisa Milon," a dead-ringer for Tessa (Lisa Halle after plastic surgery), all thoughts of Horton and the Watchers go out of his head. Richie, unsure if Duncan is thinking clearly, goes to Dawson for help and winds up taking couple of bullets for him when Horton tries a hit. Lisa is kidnapped, and Duncan insists on going after her even though his friends warn him it may be a setup. He can't take a chance on burying her again. When Lisa finally tries to kill Duncan, he turns the tables on her and Horton at long last gets what's coming to him. -Masterful performance by Alexandra Vandernoot portraying essentially three characters, innocent Lisa Milon, psychotic killer Lisa Halle, and, in the flashbacks, Tessa. -Horton is now really dead, silencing forever the endless speculation by fans that he might actually be an Immortal. -Tessa's tombstone gives her birth date as August 24, 1958. -Memorable dialog: Dawson -"I'd say you were dying." Richie - "Oh no, not again. Stick around. I'll be right back." -Duncan sells the barge, the second home that he and Tessa shared on the Series. (We don't know yet if he still has the cabin)
Note: Most of the episodes summaries are directly from the Highlander producers. Regular Cast ------------ Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson Lisa Howard as Anne Lindsey Philip Akin as Charlie DeSalvo Text from the beginning of each episode --------------------------------------- (spoken by Joe Dawson) "He is immortal, born in the highlands of Scotland 400 years ago. 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." Episode Details (SPOILERS) -------------------------- 1) #94201 THE SAMURAI Writer: Naomi Janzen Director: Dennis Berry Tamlyn Tomita as Midori Koto (I)Stephen McHattie as Michael Kent Robert Ito as Hideo Koto Hiro Kanagawa as Akira Yosida Terry Arrowsmith as Haley After MIDORI KOTO sees her husband, rich industrialist MICHAEL KENT, murder her lover, she kills Kent and runs to Duncan MacLeod for protection. She reminds Duncan of a vow of protection his 'ancestor' (actually Duncan himself) made to her family over 200 years before. Flashbacks tell the story of Duncan coming to the aid of the samurai HIDEO KOTO after Duncan is shipwrecked in Japan(1778). Hideo befriends Duncan -- even though the penalty for helping a 'gaijin' (foreigner) in isolationist Japan is death. When Hideo is forced to commit 'seppuku' (ritual suicide) by his feudal overlord for that crime, Duncan serves as his second. He vows to Hideo he will always protect the Koto family and was bequeathed the dragon-head katana sword he uses to this day. Back in the present, Duncan discovers that Kent is an Immortal and he's still alive. Over Duncan's protests, in order not to further dishonor her family's name, Midori returns to Kent. When Duncan interfers, Kent challenges him, whereupon Duncan fulfills his vow to the Koto family and frees Midori from her loveless marriage. -Origin of Duncan's katana revealed (in contradiction to information given in 1st season 'Free Fall'). Production office explains that Duncan didn't tell Felicia the truth because he didn't trust her. YAHI. Hideo claimed that the sword was made by Masahiro. There actually were sword smiths by that name around almost at the time the sword was supposed to be made. -The Koto family schrine (Shinto) is holy ground. -Kent's sword was said to be made by Muramasa. This is the name of one of legendary sword maker Masamune's (See Section 1.7 ) better-known students, who was also known to be quite mad. -Duncan cuts Michael Kent with his own sword. Legend states that Muramasa blades will eventually taste the blood of anyone who owns them. -This is Robert Ito's second role on Highlander. He first appeared in 'Revenge of the Sword' as Tong leader Johnny Leong. -amusing Duncan quote: "This is a Scottish body, and it can wash itself!" 2) #94302 LINE OF FIRE Writer: David Tynan Director: Clay Borris (I)Randall "Tex" Cobb as Kern Chandra West as Donna Michelle Thrush as Little Deer Andrew Wheeler as Father Mathew Peter Bob as Kahani Rick Poltaruk as Clerk Richard Leacock as Jamal James & Mathew Harrington as Jeremy Donna, a girl Richie dated briefly several years ago, returns with her 18-month-old son -- who she claims is Richie's! While Duncan reminds him that it's impossible, that Immortals are unable to have children, Richie sees this as an opportunity to have the family he never had and never will be able to again. When KERN, an evil Immortal, rides into town, Duncan is reminded of his own foster son, KAHANI. Kahani and his Sioux Indian mother, Little Deer, were massacred over a hundred years ago by US soldiers led by Kern, then a mercenary scout. Duncan is eager to even the score. When Donna finds Richie's sword and demands to know what it's for, Richie is at a loss to tell her. Duncan advises Richie that it would be safer and kinder to Donna and the baby to leave them. When his new-found family is threatened by Kern, Richie realizes Duncan is right. While Duncan rids the world of the evil Kern, Richie lets go of the only family he'll ever have. -Connor was airbrushed out of the flashback scene where Duncan mourns Little Deer 3) #94303 THE REVOLUTIONARY Writer: Peter Mohan Director: Dennis Berry (I)Miguel Fernandes as Paul Karros Liliana Komorowska as Mara Lisa Howard as Anne Lindsey Bernard Cuffling as Harry Wellfleet John Novak as Mason Andrew Kavadas as Anthony Dourcef Lisa Vultaggio as Elda Robert Iseman as Mike L. Harvey Gold as Bourchek The people of a tiny Balkan nation are rising up in arms against an oppressive dictator. The freedom fighters are let by PAUL KARROS, a vibrant, charismatic leader. Karros is an Immortal who once served as a slave under Roman oppression and fought his way to freedom with Spartacus. Since that time, whenever the common people have been fighting against oppression, Karros has been at their side. Karros and his assistant, MARA, have come to the US to drum up support for their cause. Duncan and Karros fought together in the Mexican Revolution and Karros tries to convince Duncan to fight with him in this just cause. Duncan turns him down, but Charlie is tempted both by the cause and by Mara. When FATHER STEFAN, a local liaison, is critially wounded in an assissination attempt, Duncan realizes that Karros is determined to fight the war at any cost -- even at the cost of sabotaging peace negotiations by killing those who trust him. When Mara discoves the truth, she threatens to expose him. Karros responds by attempting to kill her. Duncan is forced to challenge his old comrade. When Mara returns home to the Balkans, Charlie goes with her to help the people. -Paul Karros fought with Spartacus (who was killed in 71 BC) which would make Karros at least 2065 years old. 4) #94304 THE CROSS OF ST. ANTOINE Writer: Morrie Ruvinsky Director: Dennis Berry (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda David Longworth as Priest(?) (I)Brion James as Armand Thorne/John Durgan David Hauka as Martin Blinder Jason Gray-Stanford as Jonah Lloyd Berry as Billows Gerry Rousseau as Rafe Willow Johnson as Miss Welsley (school teacher) Charles Andre as Bellam J. B. Bivens as George Dawson has a new girlfriend, art historian LAUREN GALE, and a new attitude on life. Unfortunately, after the successful opening night of his blues club, he, Duncan, and Amanda arrive at Lauren's house to find she's been murdered. We discover the murderer is ARMAND THORNE, benefactor of the Thorne Museum of Antiquities, who was being investigated by Lauren. Duncan finds an ancient gold cross on display in Thorne's museum, a cross that had been stolen out from under his protection nearly two hundred years before. Armand Thorne, Duncan discovers, is actually JOHN DURGAN, the Immortal trapper who murdered a frontier priest and stole the cross. Duncan persuades Amanda to come out of cat-burglar retirement and help him to steal the cross from the museum in order to lure Thorne out of his heavily protected fortress. Duncan confronts Thorne, taking his head, and finally gets to return the Cross of St. Antoine to the Church, its rightful owner. 5) #94305 RITE OF PASSAGE Writer: Karen Harris Director: Mario Azzopardi (I)Rob Stewart as Axel Whittaker (I)Gabrielle Miller as Michelle Webster Alan Scarfe as Mr. Webster (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda Marie Stillin as Nancy Webster (I)Alexa Gilmour as Sharon Robert Iseman as Mike Lisha Snelgrove as Singer MICHELLE WEBSTER, the rebellious teenage daughter of a friend of Duncan's, drives away from her parents' house in a rage and right over a cliff. Trama surgeon ANNE LINDSEY tries he best to save Michelle, but it's too late. Duncan rushes to the hospital to comfort his grieving friends -- and sneak their newly Immortal daughter out of the morgue. He tries to train her in the arts of Immortality, but Michelle just wants to have fun. She meets Immortal AXEL WHITTAKER who promises her all the fun and adventure she could imagine if she stays with him. In flashback, we see that Axel uses beautiful new Immortal women as bait to trap other Immortals and take their heads -- Duncan barely escaped with his in 1894 Boston. Axel uses Michelle to lure Duncan to his yacht, where they continue the battle they started a hundred years before. Duncan defeats Axel. Michelle, witnessing the fearsome power of the Quickening, agrees to be trained as an Immortal under the protection of AMANDA. 6) #94306 COURAGE Writer: Nancy Heiken Director: Charles Wilkinson (I)John Pyper Ferguson as Brion Cullen Stefan Arngrim as Jonathan Scarfe as Kelly Jennifer Copping as Katherine Mark Acheson as Laszlo Catherine Lough as Marcia Peter Bryant as Orderly Colleen Rennison as Robin Marc Baur as Mike CULLEN, an old friend of Duncan's and once known as the greatest swordsman in Europe, is burnt out from centuries of playing The Game and has turned to drugs and alcohol to get the courage to keep on playing. After having a catastrophic run-in with Richie, Cullen 'awakens' to find himself in a hospital emergency room. And he still is determined to have Richie's head. Duncan (who was at the hospital visiting his favorite doctor) tries to convince Cullen to stop using the drugs, which reminds Duncan how he once tried to help Cullen overcome his opium addiction a hundred years ago in San Francisco. Deluded by his progressive loss of confidence and his drug habit, Cullen believes Duncan is just trying to render him helpless. Finally, Duncan has no choice but to confront his former comrade. -Duncan is 'fatally' crushed between a van and a stack of construction pipes. Cullen (driving the van) also 'dies' in the crash - thus giving Duncan time to revive. 7) #94307 THE LAMB Writer: J. P. Couture Director: Dennis Berry (I)Myles Ferguson as Kenny (I)Eric Keenleyside as Dallman Ross (I)Alf Humphreys as Frank Brody Linden Banks as Commander Jesse Moss as Sean Christina Jastrzembska as Catherine What happens to a kid who hits Immortality before he hits puberty? Duncan and Richie take in 10-year-old KENNY, who asks for their protection after the fatherly Immortal who was protecting him is beheaded. Kenny, we discover, is not the sweet little lamb he appears to be. He has bee Immortal for nearly 800 years, and has survived all that time by convincing other Immortals to take him in and protect him -- and then taking their heads. -This finally settles the controversy as to whether a child-Immortal would every grow up. 8) #94308 OBSESSION Writer: Lawrence Shore Director: P. Ziller (I)Cameron Bancroft as David Keogh Nancy Sorel as Jill Pelentay Sherry Miller as Sarah Carter Duncan Fraser as Laura Harris as Julia Renquist Kim Kondrahoff as Henry Carter Nancy Sivak as Ginny John R. Taylor as Jake Immortal DANIEL KEOGH, once an indentured servant, is a noted craftsman with his heart set on marrying his sweetheart, JILL. Unfortunately, Jill does not agree. Although she loved Keogh once, she was unable to handle it when he confided the secret of his Immortality. Now Keogh won't leave her alone and she's coming to Duncan, whom Keogh respects and might listen to, for help. But Keogh won't listen, convinced that Jill needs him as much as he needs her. 9) #94309 SHADOWS Writer: David Tynan Director: Charles Wilkinson (I)Garwin Sanford as Garrick Frank C. Turner as Official Margaret Barton as Hag Catherine Lough as Marcia Catherine Lough as Marcia Dorian Joe Clark as Cop One Jonathan Palis as Sheriff James Timmins as Merchant Amy Adamson as Margaret of Devon James Rogers as Cory Duncan is tormented by frighteningly real visions of his own death, beheaded by a mysterious dark-hooded figure. Anne tries to convince him to seek medical help, but instead he turns to his old friend GARRICK, who has spent centuries studying the mind. Duncan last saw Garrick in the 17th Century, when Duncan barely escaped being burned as a witch. What Duncan didn't know was that Garrick was not able to escape as well. Garrick convinces Duncan that the dark-hooded figure haunts all Immortals and that the way to defeat it is to not fight it, to accept it for what it is. When Duncan, haggard and exhausted, faces the specter for the last time, puts down his sword and refuses to fight the specter as it goes for his head -- until at the last moment Duncan discovers what the figure really is. -F. Braun McAsh, the current fightmaster on HL played the hooded figure. 10) #94310 BLACKMAIL (pre-air titles of 'Swords, Lies, and Videotape' and 'Evidence') Writer: Morrie Ruvinsky Director: Paolo Barzman Bruce Dinsmore as Bruno Wylie Barbara Tyson as Barbara Wylie (I)Anthony de Longis as Lymon Kurlow (I)Bill Croft as Peter Matlin Kelly Fiddick as Johnny Vicent Gale as Lattimore Justine Priestley as Lisa Crane P. Adrien Dorval as Jailer Gordon Tipple as Hangman BRUNO WYLIE is leaving his mistress' apartment with his camcorder when he sees Duncan in combat with another Immortal. Bruno makes sure he gets it all on tape -- the fight, the death, the Quickening. He then tries to cut a deal with Duncan: if Duncan kills Bruno's wife, then Bruno won't go to the police. When LYMON KURLOW, partner of the Immortal Duncan killed on the tape, comes after Duncan, Bruno, unaware of what he's dealing with, proposes another deal. A la "Strangers on a Train," Bruno will kill Kurlow and Duncan will kill Bruno's wife, and no one will suspect a thing. Bruno challenges Kurlow, who kills Bruno easily and Duncan is left to save Bruno's wife and get rid of Kurlow. 11) #94311 VENDETTA Writer: Alan Swayze Director: George Mendeluk (I)Tony Rosato as Benny Carbassa Ken Pogue as Simon Lang Stella Stevens as Margaret Lang Tamara Gorski as Peggy McCall Michael Sunczyk as Syd Edgar Davis Jr. as Joey Aurelio' Di Nunzio as Sal Ernie Prentice as Grey-haired Man To save his own hide, petty hoolum BENNY CARBASSA, the Nathan Detroit of Immortality, turns Duncan over to an aging gangster determined to see Duncan dead before he dies. 12) #94312 THEY ALSO SERVE Writer: Lawrence Shore Director: Paolo Barzman Mary Woronov as Rita Luce (I)Barry Pepper as Michael Christian (I)Vivian Wu as May-Ling Shen Michael Anderson Jr. as Ian Bancroft Marc Baur as Mike Oliver Becker as Justin Lorraine Landry as Maureen Mina E. Mina as Kahn Recent Immortal MICHAEL CHRISTIAN has been on an incredible string of luck, taking a number of heads from unarmed and vulnerable opponents, including MAY-LING SHEN, who taught Duncan the martial arts. Christian's Watcher, RITA LUCE, has been supplying him with classified information on the other Immortals and their weaknesses. The race is on for Joe Dawson to figure out Rita's secret before Christian sets his sights on Duncan. 13) #94313 BLIND FAITH Writer: Jim Makichuk Director: Gerry Ciccoritti (I)Richard Lynch as John Kirin/Cage Conrad Dunn as Matthew Dave Cameron as Todd Milchan Nick Vrataric as Tim Parriot Alfonso Quijada Jr. as Carlos Celine Lockhart as Nun Ravinder Toor as Cop Robert Iseman as Mike F. Braun McAsh as Derelict When a religious leader, JOHN KIRIN, dies on Anne's operating table and then returns from the dead, his believers know a miracle has occurred. Duncan knows better. He watched as Kirin, then known as CAGE, massacred POWs in the Spanish Civl war and left a band of Cambodian refugee children to die at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. Kirin swears that experience changed him forever, turning him from a man of war to a man of peace. When a tabloid reporter trying to get the goods on Kirin winds up dead, Duncan is certain he knows who is responsible. 14) #94314 SONG OF THE EXECUTIONER Writer: David Tynan Director: Paolo Barzman (I)David Robb as Kalas (I)Eugene Lipinski as Br. Paul (I)Demetri Goritsas as Br. Timon John Tench as Max Jupe Vince Metcalfe as Dan Tarendash Lynda Boyd as Karen Catherine Lough as Marcia Paul Bittante as Detective Allixandria East as Nurse In the 1600s, Duncan sought refuge for a time in a monastery founded by PAUL, another Immortal. There he encountered KALAS, an Immortal monk with a heavenly singing voice. When Duncan discovered that Kalas was routinely taking the heads of Immortals as they left the sanctuary, Duncan had Kalas expelled from the monastery, destroying the life that Kalas loved. Now Kalas is determined to return the favor by destroying the lives of those close to Duncan -- Paul, Dawson and Anne. 15) #94315 STAR-CROSSED Writer: Jim Makichuk Director: Paolo Barzman (I)Roger Daltrey as Hugh Fitzcairn (I)David Robb as Kalas Michel Modo as Maurice Frederic Witta as Patrick Valerie Zarrouk as Naomi Gian-Franco Salemi as Doge Elodie Frenck as Arianna Guillaume Barriere as Scribe Gerard Touratier as Watch Fabrice Bagni as Manservant Virginie Peignien as Inspector Duncan, forced to leave the States by KALAS, returns to France where he is reunited with his old friend, HUGH FITZCAIRN. For the first time in the 350 years Duncan has known him, Fitz has settled down with the love of his life, NAOMI. When Naomi's jealous ex-lover is murdered and the clues point to Fitz, Fitz goes on the run from the police. Duncan realizes that Fitz is being framed by KALAS, who has followed him from the U.S., intent on destroying those around him. 16) #94316 METHOS Writer: J.P. Couture Director: Dennis Berry (I)David Robb as Kalas (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos Carmen Champlin as Maria Campolo Patrice Valota as Marc Saracen Olivier Marchal as Philippe Patrice Valota as Marc Saracen Jean Francois Pages as Basil Dornin Ken Samuels as Roger George Birt as Don Salzer Charles Maquignon as Bartender Denis Sylvain as Inspector Debbie Davis as Danielle KALAS is looking for METHOS, the mythical "oldest Immortal." Duncan knows that, with Methos' quickening, Kalas would finally be strong enough to defeat him. Kalas and Duncan race to be the first to find Methos. In flashbacks to the world of opera in Paris in the 1920, we see a previous battle in which Duncan inflicts the throat wound destroying the singing voice that had been Kalas' life since the Middle Ages. 17) #94317 TAKE BACK THE NIGHT Writer: Alan Swayze Director: Paolo Barzman (I)Kim Johnston Ulrich as Ceirdwyn Michel Modo as Maurice Benjamin Pullen as Marc Edouard Leon as Paolo Peter Semler as Callum Jean Francois Pages as Basil Dornin Ariane Le Roux as Neva David Gregg as Steven Frank Messin as Gaston Terence Leroy-Beaulieu as Mario Jonathan Zaccai as Louis Anthony Miceli as Raoul Olivier Siou as Laurent Thierry Bois as Blond Man John Charles Maratier as Angus When Immortal CEIRDWYN and her mortal husband are gunned down by a street gang, she calls upon her skills as an ancient Celtic warrior to exact her revenge on the members of the gang, one by one. Duncan, who has known Ceirdwyn since before they helped smuggle Bonnie Prince Charlie out of Scotland in 1746, must stop Ceirdwyn and make her see that revenge is not the answer. In return, Ceirdwyn helps Duncan see that, although loving a mortal can be dangerous for the mortal, it is the mortal who must choose whether to take the risk. 18) #94318 TESTIMONY Writer: David Tynan Director: Dennis Berry (I)Alexis Daniel as Kristov Selina Giles as Tasha Xavier Schliwanski as Alexei Georges Keyl as Bohdan Bertrand Lacy as Doctor Chandon Lawrence Shore as Man at Airport Duncan decides to tell Anne the truth about his Immortality and she flies to Paris to be with him. En route, Anne helps save the life of a young woman, TASHA, who turns out to be smuggling drugs for the Russian Mafia. Tasha is the lover of KRISTOV, the head of the Russian gang and formerly the leader of band of Cossacks Duncan encountered on his way to the Orient in 1750. Duncan and Anne try to convince Tasha to testify against Kristov, while Kristov is determined to make sure Tasha dies before she can testify. Kidnapped by Kristov as a pawn in this game, Richie must grow as an Immortal -- or die. - Mercedes are regularly used as work vehicles in Europe such as the taxi in this episode. 19) #94319 MORTAL SINS Writer: Lawrence Shore Director: Mario Azzopardi (I)Andrew Woodall as Ernst Daimler Roger Bret as Father Bernard Jean-Claude Deret as Georges Dalou Claude Berthy as Father Guillaume Thierry Gary as Iggy Georges Janin as Young Bernard Laurent Deutsch as Young Georges Lyes Salem as Aram Pierre Rousselle as Jean FATHER BERNARD has a secret he thought he'd buried 50 years ago at the bottom of the Seine. When ERNST DAIMLER, the Nazi Major who Bernard killed as a young boy in the French Resistance, appears at his church looking not a day older than the day he died, Father Bernard realizes he's like Duncan. When the Nazi starts looking for revenge, Bernard, who has kept Duncan's Immortality a secret all these years, goes to Duncan for help. Meanwhile, Anne has some secrets of her own that could change the course of Duncan's life. -They used the real voice of Jean Claud Deret (Dalou) in this episode. He was looped in "For Tomorrow We Die". 20) #94320 REASONABLE DOUBT Writer: Elizabeth Baxter Director: Denis Berry (I)Paudge Behan as Lucas Kagan Geraldine Cotte as Simone Tomas Richard Lintern as Tarsis Michel Modo as Maurice Dolores Chaplin Jacques Ciron as Head Clerk Didier Terron as Claude Rebecca Potok as Madame Camille Laurence Mercier as Woman Olivier Kandel as Young Kagan Pierre Alexis Hollenbeck as Rudy Azzedine Melliti as Rene When a valuable DaVinci sketch is stolen from a friend of Duncan's in a robbery that kills two guards, Duncan offers to act as go-between to ransom it back. He discovers the sketch was stolen by KAGAN, an Immortal he faced once before, when Kagan was a bank robber in 1930 Paris and Duncan killed his mentor. Meanwhile, Maurice asks Duncan to help his troubled niece, Simone, who turns out to be more troubled than Maurice knows. 21) #94321 FINALE, PART ONE Writer: David Tynan Director: Mario Azzopardi (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)David Robb as Kalas (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos Michel Modo as Maurice (I)Roland Gift as Xavier St. Cloud Sian Weber as Christine Salzer John Suda as Hamza Debbie Davis as Danielle Matthew Geczy as Martin Emmanuel Karsen as Nino Patrick Albenque as Genet Charles Maquignon as Gerard Mykhael Georges-Schar as Business Man KALAS returns, escaped from prison and determined to finish Duncan for good. He goes after Maurice and kidnaps AMANDA to use as bait for Duncan. Meanwhile, the widow of a Watcher killed by Kalas decides to get her revenge on Immortals and Watchers alike by exposing their secret to the media. Dawson and METHOS team up to try and stop her -- any way they can. - Methos drove a VW convertible bug. 22) #94322 FINALE, PART TWO Writer: David Tynan Director: Denis Berry (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)David Robb as Kalas (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos Sian Weber as Christine Salzer George Harris as Vemas David Gilliam as Jeremy Clancy Matthew Geczy as Martin Emmanuel Karsen as Nino Karim Salah as Sultan Albert Pariente as Guard Immortals and Watchers face the end of the world as they know it. KALAS manages to get his hands on the Watcher's database before it can be spread to the media and he offers Duncan a deal -- Duncan offers up his head to Kalas or the contents of the disk are made public. They meet on the Eiffel Tower to settle things once and for all.
Note: Most of the episodes summaries are directly from the Highlander producers. Regular Cast ------------ Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson Text from the beginning of each episode --------------------------------------- (spoken by Joe Dawson) "He is Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander. Born in 1592 in the highlands of Scotland, he is still alive. He is immortal. For 400 years he's been a warrior, a lover, a wanderer, contantly facing other immortals in combat to the death. The winner takes his enemy's head and with it his power. I am a Watcher, part of a secret society of men and women who observe and record but never interfer. We know the truth about immortals. In the end, there can be only one. May it be Duncan MacLeod." Episode Details (SPOILERS) -------------------------- 01) #95401 HOMELAND Writer: David Tynan Director: Adrian Paul Kristin Minter as Rachael MacLeod (I)Carsten Norgaard as Kanwulf Matthew Walker as Ian MacLeod Laurie Holden as Debra Campbell Scott McNeil as Robert MacLeod Anna Hogan as Mary MacLeod Ewan (Sudsy) Clark as George Lalonde John Tierney as Angus William Samples as Bruce Gerard Plunkett as James Bailey Robert Moloney as Kevin McSwain Billy Mitchell as Brian McSwain Forbes Angus as Constable Andrew MacGregor as Donal In the season opener, Duncan returns to the land of his youth. After purchasing an antique bracelet in Paris, he heads off to Glenfinnan, to return it to the grave of DEBRA, the first love of his life. In the Glenfinnan of the present, the men who robbed Debra's grave are found sliced open -- the Blood Eagle, the trademark of KANWULF The Destroyer, the legendary Viking marauder who pillaged the area for hundreds of years and killed Duncan MacLeod's father. But according to local legend, Duncan MacLeod came back from the dead and killed Kanwulf nearly 400 years ago. Or did he? -Portions of this episode, were filmed on location in Glenfinnan, Scotland. -The haunting Scottish song is 'Bonny Portmore.' The version used was arranged by HL series composer Roger Bellon and sung by Laura Creamer, a talented singer from Los Angeles who has sung other songs for the series over the previous three seasons. The producers wanted to secure the rights to Loreena McKennitt's original recording (which was used in the third HL movie and which is also available on her album "The Visit") but that proved too difficult given budget and time constraints. The version used in this episode is not available commercially. 02) #95402 BROTHERS IN ARMS Writer: Morriee Ruvinsky Director: Charles Wilkinson Philip Akil as Charlie DeSalvo (I)Wolfgang Bodinson as Andrew Cord Liliana Komorowska as Mara Chris Bradford as Young Joe Dawson Jeffrey Renn as Young Ian Bancroft Garrison Chrisjohn as Dr. Weldon Mercedes Tang as Vietnamese Woman Friends become enemies and the past is revealed, when Immortal ANDREW CORD is gunned down and Duncan discovers the sniper is CHARLIE DESALVO, his good friend who used to run the dojo. Charlie, who left Duncan to fight the good fight in the Balkans with his love, Mara, is after Cord, who murdered her. Dawson knows Cord as the man who saved his life in Viet Nam after a mine explosion took his legs and he begs Duncan not to fight him. Duncan agrees -- until Cord turns the tables and sets his sights on Charlie. 03) #95403 THE INNOCENT Writer: Alan Swayze Director: Dennis Berry (I)Pruitt Taylor Vince as Mikey (I)Callum Keith Rennie as Tyler King Philip Hayes as Alan Wells Chilton Crane as Helen Wells Dwight McFee as Jack Spice Darryl Shackelly as Chaske Hagan Beggs as Doc Hobbs Patrick Stevenson as Lockport George Austin as Anderson Craig Bunanski as Sheriff Bobby Stewart as Office Winston Terry Howson as Water Delivery Man In an episode filled with danger and compassion, Richie encounters MIKEY, a huge Immortal of limited mental development and a fascination with trains. Richie takes Mikey home to Duncan, who advises him that taking care of Mikey could be trouble. Duncan remembers coming to the aid of a young Indian in trouble, when his help got the man killed. While Duncan faces TYLER KING, an Immortal who's coming after Mikey, Richie must find the maturity to take responsibility for Mikey's situation. 04) #95404 LEADER OF THE PACK Writer: Lawrence Shore Director: Mario Azzopardi Justin Louis as Mark Roszca Travis MacDonald as Kanis Venus Terzo as Rachel Hayward as Jenafor Ryane as Alicia Kim Restell as Julie Yee Jee Tso as Gerald Greg Rogers as Detective Sheridan Veena Sood as Shandra Devane Christopher Gaze as Sheriff Michael Dobson as Cop Christopher Lovick as Shepherd The past comes back to haunt Richie when he spies MARK ROSZCA, the street punk who killed Tessa and Richie in the second season episode "The Darkness." Richie is determined to go after Roszca and revenge Tessa's death. Meanwhile, Duncan is distracted by the return of an old Immortal enemy, KANIS -- a master of hounds who uses his pack of dogs to track and exhaust his prey. This time his prey is Duncan MacLeod. 05) #95405 DOUBLE EAGLE Writer: David Tynan Director: Mario Azzopardi (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)Nicholas Campbell as Kit O'Brady Tim Henry as Jim Rainey Garvin Cross as Ray Tony Marr as Laundry Worker Duncan's old friend, KIT O'BRADY, comes into town in search of a good race horse and a change of luck. Duncan knew Kit back in Gold Rush San Francisco, when Kit ran the Double Eagle Saloon. Kit lost the Double Eagle to Amanda in a poker game and has blamed her ever since for his string of bad luck -- and he's vowed to kill her. When Amanda chooses to breeze back into Duncan's life while Kit is there, Duncan is hard pressed to keep them apart and to keep them from killing each other. 06) #95406 REUNION Writer: Elizabeth Baxter Director: Dennis Berry (I)Myles Ferguson as Kenny Lisa Howard as Anne Lindsey (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)Mike Preston as Terence Kincaid Ryan Michael as Sheriff Luc Corbeil as Merriman Joel Wirkkunen as McPhee Lisa Butler as Kenny's Mother Running for his life from Immortal TERENCE KINCAID, KENNY (the child Immortal from "The Lamb") runs straight into Anne Lindsey's emergency room. Stashing Kenny in the hospital chapel, Anne calls Duncan for help. Duncan agrees to harbor him for one night only, but when Duncan gets him home, Kenny discovers his long-lost teacher there -- Amanda! 07) #95407 THE COLONEL Writer: Durnford King Director: Dennis Berry (I)Sean Allen as Simon Killian Lisa Butler as Melissa Dave "Squatch" Ward as Cisco Antony Holland as The General Sean Campbell as Sgt. Merion World War I was officially over when Colonel SIMON KILLIAN ordered his troops into one last bloody attack on the Germans. Duncan witnessed the massacre and made sure his testimony at Killian's court martial got Killian locked up forever. Seventy years later, Killian is back to return the favor. Meanwhile, Amanda has found a new friend, MELISSA, a young thief out for thrills. Melissa wants to be just like Amanda so she changes her hair and her clothes to look just like her -- so much so that Killian kidnaps her, thinking she's Duncan's girlfriend. 08) #95408 RELUCTANT HEROES Writer: Scott Peters Director: Neill Fearnley (I)Peter Outerbridge as Paul Kinman Jill Teed as Kaayla Brooks Kevin McNulty as David Markum Nicola Cavendish as Queen Anne Tony Scanling as Lord Keating Fred Henderson as Desantis Stephen Dimopoulos as Vince Petrovic Kevin Lesmister as Earl of Welsley Eileen Barrett as Alice Markum Peter Bryant as Cop Coming home from the movies, Duncan and Richie witness a murder attempt on grocer DAVID MARKUM. Duncan saves Markum, but Markum's wife Alice is hit and killed. Duncan and Richie go after the murderer and discover he's Immortal PAUL KINMAN just as the police arrive and arrest him. Duncan want's Kinman's head. Kinman killed Duncan's good friend DENNIS KEATING when they were in the court of Queen Anne. FBI agent KAAYLA BROOKS asks Duncan and Richie if they can testify against Kinman, but Duncan refuses because he can't kill Kinman if Kinman's in jail. 09) #95409 THE WRATH OF KALI Writer: David Tynan Director: Duane Clark (I)Kabir Bedi as Kamir ? as Deva Ennis ? as Vashti Veena Sood Brent Stait Molly Parker Sue Mathew Alec Willows as Martin Millay An ancient statue of the Hindu goddess Kali is purchased by the university where Duncan teaches and is put on display. Its creator, Immortal KAMIR, who has been searching for it for centuries, arrives determined to take it back to its' home in India. DEVA ENNIS, the half-Indian department chairman who found the piece for the university, is equally determined to keep it. Duncan, who has known Kamir since the Raj period, when India was controlled by the British Empire, knows Kamir is the last of the Thugee, a cult who worshipped Kali by ritually strangling her enemies. 10) #95410 CHIVALRY Writer: Michael O'Mahoney & Sasha Reins Director: Paolo Barzman (I)Peter Wingfield as Adam Pierson/Methos (I)Anne Turkel as Kristin Gilles Beverly Hendry as Louise Emmanuelle Vaugier as Nearly 350 years ago, Duncan was the devoted lover of KRISTIN GILLES, a beautiful Immortal who taught him to be a gentleman. When he found another love, Kristin refused to let him go, killing his new lover. Now Kristin is sharing her bed with another new Immortal full of potential -- Richie. Methos, who knows Duncan has never been able to kill Kristin because of his strict code of honor, has arrived in town to watch the fireworks as Duncan tries to convince Richie that his new-found love is dangerous. 11) #95411 TIMELESS Writer: Karen Harris Director: Duane Clark (I)Peter Wingfield as Adam Pierson/Methos (I)Ron Halder as Walter Graham (I)Rae Dawn Chong as Claudia Jardine Ocean Hellman as Alexa Bond Brent Fidler as Jeremy Beaufort David MacKay as Gremio World famous pianist CLAUDIA JARDINE has a secret that even she doesn't know -- she's destined to become Immortal. Immortal impresario WALTER GRAHAM, who has guided the careers of mortal greats like Shakespeare, sees his chance to shepherd Claudia's genius forever and kills her, triggering her latent Immortality -- against Duncan's better judgment. Meanwhile, Methos has fallen for ALEXA, at waitress at Joe's who has a secret of her own. And why is Duncan wearing that dress? The classical music selections in this episode were: 1) In opening scene: - Chopin's C minor Etude 2) When Claudia plays for Mac and Walter: - Debussy's Claire de Lune 3) Tag ending when Claudia plays and Mac listens: - was supposed to be Bach's Invention #8 in F, but ended up as an improvised riff 12) #95412 THE BLITZ Writer: Morrie Ruvinsky Director: Paolo Barzman Lisa Howard as Anne Lindsey Duncan Fraser as Beverley Elliott as Alison Noir as Diane Terrin Robert Iseman as Mike Tim Dixon as Harry Tracy Olson as Lord Sewell David Adams as Emcee ER trauma surgeon Anne Lindsey responds to the call for help after an explosion devastates a subway station, but when a subsequent explosion rocks the station, Anne is trapped. Duncan remembers WWII London where he and the woman he loved, reporter Diane Terrin, were trapped in a bombed air-raid shelter during The Blitz, running out of time and air. Duncan is desperate to rescue Anne before he loses her like he lost Diane. 13) #95413 SOMETHING WICKED Writer: David Tynan Director: Dennis Berry (I)Byron Chief Moon as Jim Coltec (I)Benjamin Ratner as Bryce Korland Darcy Laurie as Harry Kant Carla Temple as Denise Dan Muldoon as Captain Michael Gall as Tall Beatnik Colin Foo as Clerk Carl Chase as Robert Davis The Immortal Coltec is a Native American Hayoka -- a shaman whose responsibility is to take evil into himself to protect his people. After the massacre of Duncan's Indian family in 1872, Coltec saved Duncan by taking in the evil and rage he felt. Since the death of his tribe, Coltec has become Hayoka to the world, protecting it from evil Immortals. But Coltec's capacity for evil isn't endless and when evil finally overtakes him, Duncan must find a way to save Coltec without being drawn into the evil himself. 14) #95414 DELIVERANCE (working title LEAP OF FAITH) Writer: David Tynan Director: Dennis Berry (I)Peter Wingfield as Adam Pierson/Methos (I)Michael J. Jackson as Sean Burns Carl Chase as Robert Davis Valeria Cavalli as Dominique Davis Kristin Minter as Rachel MacLeod Valeria Cavalli as Dominique Carl Chase as Robert Davis Geoffroy Boutan as Claude Massanet Morgan Cooke as Antoine Patrick Burgel as Albert Julien Bizot as Driver Duncan arrives in France, leaving a trail of hate and destruction in his wake. Methos finds him and discovers just how evil Duncan has become when he tries to take Methos' head on holy ground. After Duncan kills another good friend, Methos realizes that the only way to save Duncan may be to kill him. 15) #95415 PROMISES Writer: Lawrence Shore Director: Paolo Barzman Kristin Minter as Rachel MacLeod (I)Ricco Ross as Kassim Ben Feitelson as Vernon Dobtcheff as Hamad Tomer Sisley as Reza Peta Wilson as Inspector Karim Salah as Boadin Al Deneb Soumaya Akaaboune as Aliya Dine Souli as Official In 1755, Duncan made a promise in order to save the life of a young friend. It comes back to haunt him when Kassim, the Immortal to whom he made the promise, demands that Duncan assassinate the tyrannical dictator of a small Middle Eastern country. When his refusal gets a good man killed and puts Rachel's life in jeopardy, Duncan is torn between doing what he believes is right and keeping his promise. 16) #95416 METHUSELAH'S GIFT Writer: Michael O'Mahoney and Sasha Reins Director: Adrian Paul (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)Peter Wingfield as Adam Pierson/Methos Anthony Hyde as Jamie Harris as (I)Nadia Cameron as Rebecca Patrick Serraf as Man Guy Amram as Kelly When masked thugs try to take Amanda's head in her sleep and steal the crystal given to her long ago by Rebecca, Amanda and Duncan investigate. They discover that the crystal may be part of the Methuselah Stone, a mystic talisman said to impart eternal life and invulnerability to the wearer and that the person willing to kill Amanda to get it may be -- Methos? 17) #95417 THE IMMORTAL CIMOLI Writers: Story by Sophia Descroisette; Teleplay by Scott Peters Director: Yves Lafaye (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)Crispin (Jason?) Bonham Carter as Danny Cimoli Louise Vincent as Lina Cimoli Simon Kunz as Damon Case Louise Vincent as Lina Cimoli Roger Lumont as Marco Mastina Patrick Mille as Jean Philippe de LeFaye III Stephane Boucher as Edward Bellamy Veronique Baylaucq as Annie (I)T. C. Holmes as Immortal Two bit magician Danny Cimoli gets a whole new act then he's hit by a truck and becomes The Immortal Cimoli. Amanda and Duncan find him in a curious a circus, taking bullets in the heart of delight of the audience and blissfully unaware he's now part of The Game. 18) #95418 THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY Writer: Alan Swayze Director: Dennis Berry (I)Dougray Scott as Warren Cochrane (I)Peter Wingfield as Adam Pierson/Methos Laura Marine as Nancy Goddard Struan Rodger as Bonnie Prince Charles Gresby Nash as Andrew Donnelly Luc Bernard as Inspector Deon F. Braun McAsh as Innkeeper Shannon Finnegan as Sarah George Salmon as James Duncan's old friend Warren Cochrane is hiding a horrible secret he can't bear to remember. Realizing that an Immortal, Duncan who won't remember what he is is a soon to be dead Immortal, Duncan tries to help Warren by reminding him of the history they shared together, of their battles for Scotland's freedom, and of their mission to return Bonnie Prince Charlie to the throne. But Duncan might have helped his freind more by letting the past stay buried. 19) #95420 TILL DEATH Writers: Story be Beatrice Mathouret; Teleplay by Michael O'Mahony & Sasha Reins Director: Dennis Berry (I)Roger Daltry as Hugh Fitzcairn (I)Jeremy Brudenwell as Robert de Valicourt (I)Cecile Pallas as Gina de Valicourt (I)Peter Wingfield as Adam Pierson/Methos (I)Michael J. Jackson as Sean Burns Michel Feller as Footman When Gina and Robert de Valicourt met 300 years ago, even Gina's suitors Duncan and Fitzcaim had to admit they were destined for each other. Each century, as Robert and Gina renewed their wedding vows before their friends and fellow Immortals, their love grew stronger. But now their marriage is on the rocks. Duncan decides it's up to him to reunite the once happy couple, and he enlists a very unwilling accomplice in his cunning plan. 20) #95421 JUDGMENT DAY Writer: David Tynan Director: Gerard Hameline Jesse Joe Walsh as Jack Shapiro (I)Peter Wingfield as Adam Pierson/Methos Stephen Tremblay as Jacob Galati Graham McTavish as Benjamin Boyer as David Shapiro Danielle Durou as Realtor Nicholas Bonnefous as Gate Guard Christine Rivere as Nadia Dawson's life is on the line when the Watchers try him on the charge of treason for his friendship with Duncan MacLeod. Watcher deaths have risen dramatically since Dawson first told MacLeod about the Watchers and the Tribunal is determined to punish Joe and stop the killing. Duncan and Dawson argue his case, but even as the trial goes on, the Watcher killings continue.
Note: Most of the episodes summaries are directly from the Highlander producers. Regular Cast ------------ Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson Text from the beginning of each episode --------------------------------------- (spoken by Joe Dawson) "He is Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander. Born in 1592 in the highlands of Scotland, he is still alive. He is immortal. For 400 years he's been a warrior, a lover, a wanderer, contantly facing other immortals in combat to the death. The winner takes his enemy's head and with it his power. I am a Watcher, part of a secret society of men and women who observe and record but never interfer. We know the truth about immortals. In the end, there can be only one. May it be Duncan MacLeod." Episode Details (SPOILERS) -------------------------- 01) #95422 ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT Writer: David Tynan Director: Dennis Berry (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos (I)Stephen Tremblay as Jacob Galati Jesse Joe Walsh as Jack Shapiro (I)Romina Mondello as Irena Galati Peter Hudson as James Horton Michel Feller as Mikel Yan Epstein as Jean Dumar Xavier Jaillard as Magistrate Zoltan Csala as Guard Manuel Guillot as Emile Olivier Vitrant as Watcher Immortals and Watchers are poised at the brink of war. On the orders of the Watcher Tribunal, every Watcher in Europe is hunting for Duncan MacLeod. Their mission: bring him in dead or alive. Duncan discovers that the real killer is Jacob Galati, a gypsy he once traveled with who has vowed to destroy all the mortals who wear the Watcher tatoo. Galati is convinced the Watchers are out to destroy all Immortals. 02) #96501 PROPHECY Writer: David Tynan Director: Dennis Berry (I)Tracey Scoggins as Cassandra (I)Gererd Plunkett as Roland Kantos (I)Jeremy Beck as Young Duncan Matthew Walker as Ian MacLeod Ann Hagan as Mary Macleod Allan Clow as Neil MacGregor Deryl Hayes as Andrew Beckmann Tom Heaton as Old Tom Ernie Pitts as Cop Cluny MacPherson as Robert Macleod Kasper Michaels as Partner When Duncan MacLeod was but a wee lad in the Highlands he thought Cassandra, the Witch of Donan Woods, was just a fairy story told by crazy old men to scare the children. That is until the night she found him alone in Donan Woods. It's four hundred years later and Cassandra has found Duncan again. She needs Duncan to fulfill an ancient prophecy that only he can challenge and defeat the voice of darkness. 03) #96502 THE END OF INNOCENCE Writer: Morrie Runvinsky Director: Gerard Hameline (I)Real Andrews as Haresh Clay (I)Chris Humphreys as Graham Ashe (I)Chris Martin as Carter Wellan Rachel Hayward as Delila Gerry Rousseau as Raymond Fairchild Gary Jones as Hotel Guest The last time Richie Ryan saw Duncan MacLeod, Duncan was about to take his head. A bullet from Watcher Joe Dawson's gun stopped Duncan but it was too late. Richie's world was shattered. Now Richie's back -- kicking butt and taking heads. One of those heads belonged to Carter Wellan and now Wellan's goof friend Haresh Clay is out to avenge his comrade. Duncan has his own long-time grudge against Clay, who humiliated and destroyed one of Duncan's finest teachers. Duncan must try to rebuild Richie's trust while vying with him to be the one who faces Clay in combat. 04) #99503 MANHUNT Writer: David Tynan Director: Peter Ellis (I)Bruce A. Young as Carl Robinson Eric McCormick as Matthew McCormick (I)Eric Keenleyside as Trey Franks Stephen Dimopoulos as Seth Hobart Aaron Pearl as Corman Jim Leard as Detective Frayne Chris Villarruel as Fan Rhys Williams as Talbot Kevin Hansen as Clayton Hobart Jo Bates as Glenda Carl Robinson, the former slave turned baseball player (he first appeared in "Run For Your Life") has finally found the good life as a Major League star. His new found good luck takes a turn for the worse when Carl is challenged by another Immortal. When witnesses find Carl standing over a decapitated body, he becomes a fugitive from the law. Pursued by lawman Matthew McCormick, whose interest in Carl goes beyond cop and criminal, Carl turns to Duncan for help. 05) #96504 GLORY DAYS Writer: Nancy Heiken Director: Gerard Hameline (I)Ian Tracey as Johnny Kelly Marcia Stressman as Betsy Fields Jim Crescenzo as Mr. Luca Robin Mossley as Jimmy The Weasel Aurelio DiNunzio as Guard Mike Kopsa as Tommy Bob Dawson as O'Grady Bob Wilde as Dominic Delio Philip Heinrich as Bobby Larry Morrison as Roadie Mario Battista as Big Gino Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Dawson's high school sweetheart, Betsy Fields, had to walk into his. Meanwhile, Duncan's got his hands full with Johnny Kelly, a teenage mobster wannabe when Duncan knew him during Prohibition who is now a cold-blooded assassin. The only rules Johnny K knows are the rules of the street -- and Duncan's going to have to play by them if he wants to keep his head. 06) #96505 DRAMATIC LICENSE Writer: Michael O'Mahoney and Sasha Reins Director: Peter Ellis (I)Elizabeth Gracen Sandra Bernhard as Carolyn Marsh (I)Alistair Duncan as Terence Coventry April Telek as Roxanne Keith Homgren as Gerald Stephen Sisk as Tim Sheila Tyson as Assistant CAROLYN MARSH'S latest best-seller is a hot and sexy romance novel featuring a smoky-eyed swashbuckling Highland hero named Duncan MacLeod. Both Duncan and TERENCE COVENTRY, the Immortal depicted as the borish villain of the novel, are out tofind the author -- Duncan to find out how much she really knows about him, and Coventry to kill her. 07) #96506 MONEY NO OBJECT Writer: James Thorpe Director: Rafal Zielinski (I)Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan (I)Nicholas Les as Cory Raines Tim Henry Tom McBeath Alex Bruhanski as Reynaldo John Moore as Farmer Duncan and Amanda are reunited with CORY RAINES, the charming, smooth-talking "Clyde" to Amanda's "Bonnie" during their five state crime spree in the 1920s. Amanda, always ready for a little larceny, is tempted by the carefree and adventurous lifestyle Cory offers her and takes him up on the offer when she realizes Duncan won't beg her to stay with him. But Duncan rides to rides to the rescue when one of Cory's schemes goes astray. 08) #96507 HAUNTED Writer: Scott Peters Director: James Bruce Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson Kathy Evison as Jennifer Hill (I)Kevin John Conway as Alec Hill John Novak as Lisa Butler as Genevieve Larke Miller as Woman JENNIFER HILL believes the spirit of her dead husband Alec, an Immortal, is still with her. She comes to Alec's old friend Duncan and begs him to appease Alec's spirit by whacking the son-of-a-bitch who took Alec Hill's head. Richie finds himself strangely attracted to the grieving young widow -- until he realizes he's the son-of-a-bitch who took Alec Hill's head. 09) #96508 LITTLE TIN GOD Writer: Richard Gilbert Hill Director: Rafal Zielinski (I)Roger R. Cross as Derek Worth (I)Andrew Divoff as Gavriel Larca Nathaniel DeVeaux as Reverend Bell (I)Roger R. Cross as Derek Worth (I)Steve Bacic as Luke (I)Terry Barclay as Paco (I)Christopher J. P. Racasa as Enrique Kira Clavell as Coyantu DEREK's faith in God helped save him from a violent life on the urban streets. When the young gospel singer is killed in a drive-by shooting, he awakens in the arms of God and is given the gift of eternal life. But what's he to do when that God recruits him as a warrior in the Holy War against Satan -- and Satan turns up to be Duncan MacLeod? 10) #96509 MESSENGER Writer: David Tynan Director: James Bruce (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson (I)Ron Perlman as The Messenger Robert Wisden as William Culbraith Awaovieyi Agie as Jeffrey Patrick T. Gorman as Sergeant Hickson Mitch Davies as Captain Greenwell Lloyd Berry as Harry Richie's found a new teacher: an Immortal who preaches a message of peace. An Immortal who believes all Immortals can lay down their swords and live together as brothers. An Immortal who claims to be the oldest of their kind still alive -- Methos. Will laying down his sword in the name of peace mean Richie will lose his head? And what does this mean for the friend Duncan already calls Methos? 11) #96510 THE VALKYRIE Writer: James Thorpe Director: Richard Martin (I)Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos, Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson (I)Musetta Vander as Ingrid Henning Jan Triska as Nicolae Breslaw Fulvio Cecere as Alan Wilkinson Martin Evans as Colonel Stauffenburg L. Harvey Gold as Igor Stefanovich Peter Hanlon as Karl Brandt Patrick Keating as Adolph Hitler Dean Balkwill as David Jim Leard as Detective Frayne Noah Heney as Brownshirt Raoul Ganeev as Guard In 1944, Ingrid Henning had the chance to kill Adolf Hitler and failed. She's been atoning for that failure ever since by killing dictators, tyrants, racists and fascists who might have potential to become as dangerous. MacLeod has a chance to stop her before she kills more mortals, but by stopping her, does MacLeod commit the same evil for which he's judged her guilty? 12) #96511 COMES A HORSEMAN Writer: David Tynan Director: Gerard Hameline (I)Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos, Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson (I)Tracy Scoggins as Cassandra (I)Valentine Pelka as Kronos (I)Richard Ridings as Silas (I)Marcus Testory as Caspian Greg Michaels as Tippet David Longworth as Paxton Sotigui Kouyate as Hijad MacLeod knew him as Melvin Koren, a desperado who left a trail of death and fire across the Old West, but Cassandra remembers him as an evil far older. He is Kronos, leader of the Four Horsemen, mounted Bronze Age raiders who murdered, raped and pillaged their way across two continents. Never was a band of Immortals more cruel or more feared. He destroyed Cassandra's people and she's been hunting him across the millennia. But Kronos has a different target now -- Methos. 13) #96512 REVELATION 6:8 Writer: Tony DiFranco Director: Adrian Paul (I)Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson (I)Tracy Scoggins as Cassandra (I)Valentine Pelka as Kronos (I)Richard Ridings as Silas (I)Marcus Testory as Caspian Bertie Cortez as Dr. Cernavoda Bertrand Milliot as Inmate Nathalie Gray as Nurse One by one, Kronos is putting the Four Horsemen back together. Once they struck fear in the hearts of men with sword and axe. Today, their weapons of destruction are different, but their goal is the same: to bring mankind what it fears most, the Apocalypse. Only Duncan MacLeod stands between them and the end of the world. 14) #96513 THE RANSOM OF RICHARD REDSTONE Writer: David Tynan Director: Gerard Hameline (I)Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod (I)Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan Sonia Codhant as Marina LeMartin Tom Russell as Edward Cervain Gary Hetherington as Carlo Capodimonte Frank Middlemass as Baron Lemartin -Astrid Veillon as Desiree -Sylvain Rougerie as James Foulard -Matthew Thompson as James -George Gay as Parking Attendant The Chateau LeMartin has been in MARINA's family for generations, but now the slimy CARLO CAPODIMONTE threatens to foreclose on an old loan and take the chateau for himself. Desperate to save the family heritage, Marina kidnaps an American millionaire in order to pay off the loan. Unfortunately for Marina, the rich and charming "Richard Redstone" she has tied up in the cellar is none other than Richie Ryan. 15) #96514 DUENDE Writer: Jan Hartman Director: Richard Martin (I)Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod (I)Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan (I)Anthony DeLongis as Otavio Consone Deborah Epstein as Luisa Hidalgo Carmen DuSautoy as Anna Hidalgo Dolores Chaplin as Theresa -Astrid Veillon as Desiree -Sylvain Rougerie as James Foulard -Matthew Thompson as James -George Gay as Parking Attendant Spanish swordplay, like Spanish dancing, is equal parts passion, skill, and strict discipline. The Immortal OTAVIO CONSONE is a master of both. An arrogant Spaniard who 150 years ago tried to teach MacLeod the sword art called "The Mysterious Circle," Consone vied with MacLeod for the hand of a beautiful senorita, with tragic results. Now MacLeod must protect a Flamenco artist and her daughter from Consone's revenge. 16) #96515 THE STONE OF SCONE Writers: Michael O'Mahony & Sasha Reins Director: Richard Martin (I)Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)Roger Daltrey as Hugh Fitzcairn Michael Culkin as Bernie Crimmins David Barrass as Harry Harry Jones as Andrew Neville Phillips as Butler Paul Barrett as Bobby Colin Reese as Uriah Barnaby Apps as Patrick Valerie Ann Wyss as Barmaid According to official statements by the British government, the theft of the Stone of Scone, the legendary royal throne of Scotland, from Westminster Abbey in 1950 was simply a rowdy schoolboy prank. But was it? Or was it actually the bungled work of three rather hapless Immortals, attempting to fullfil a promise made centuries before? 17) #95419 DOUBLE JEOPARDY Writer: David Tynan Director: Charles Wilkinson (I)Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod Stacey Travis as Renee Delaney (I)Marc Warren as Morgan D'Estaing (I)Roland Gift as Xavier St. Cloud Jean-Paul Muel as Inspector Dufay David Gabison as Manager Hester Wilcox as Angela Richard Lukas as Detective Philippe Bouclet as Philippe d'Estaing Stan Reitz as Bernard d'Estaing Pascal Laurent as Hastings Are MacLeod and the police seeing a ghost when the evidence in a diamond theft and poison gas murder points to the very evil, but very dead, XAVIER ST. CLOUD? CID Agent RENEE DELANEY as (Season 2 "Unholy Alliance") returns to ask for MacLeod's help in finding the killer. Could it be Xavier or simply a memorial to a fallen teacher by Xavier's former student, MORGAN D'ESTAING? 18) #96516 FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES Written by: Dom Tordjmann Directed by: Paolo Barzman (I)Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos (I)Chris Larkin as Steven Keane Michael J. Jackson as Sean Burns Barbara Keogh as Grandmother Geoffrey Bateman as Richard Dunbar Marine Jolivet as Inspector Begue After the Scottish massacre at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Duncan MacLeod was a man possessed, obsessed, with killing the English bastards who had destroyed his people. Now Immortal STEVEN KEANE has come to make MacLeod pay for his murderous crimes. Amanda urges MacLeod to take Keane's head and be done with it, but in his heart MacLeod knows that Keane is right -- he is a murderer -- and that Keane is judging him just like MacLeod has judged so many others. 19) #96517 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS Written by: James Thorpe Directed by: Adrian Paul (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos (I)Jonathan Firth as Lord Byron Jeffrey Ribier Tracy Keating as Mary Shelley Michel Modo as Maurice Katie Carr as Claire Clairmont Christopher Staines as Percy Shelley (I)F. Braun McAsh as Hans Kershner Don Foran as Jerry Lord Byron, the brilliant Romantic poet, is alive and well and living the decadent life of a rock star. He lives life way over the edge and has taken some promising young musicians over the edge with him. When following in Byron's footsteps tragically ends the life of Dawson's protege, MacLeod is faced with a decision -- is the beauty and genius that is Byron worth the cost? 20) #96518 ARCHANGEL Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Dennis Berry (I)Edward Jewesbury as Jason Landry (I)Peter Wingfield as Methos (I)Valentine Pelka as Kronos Emily Raymond Peter Hudson as James Horton Reinhild Steger as Medical Officer Patrick Gordon as Hermit Richard Temple as Foster Michel Scourneau as Cemetary Official Pierre Rousselle as Detective Bruno Grimaud as Customs Man The dead are walking the streets of Paris. The forces of evil are coming. Is MacLeod being readied for some higher calling -- or is he simply losing his mind?