HIGHLANDER: SEASON ONE
“He is Immortal. Born in the Highlands of Scotland four hundred 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 1.1: THE GATHERING
Written by Dan Gordon.
Directed by Thomas J. Wright
As Duncan MacLeod and his partner, Tessa Noel, enjoy their love-making in the loft adjacent to their antique store, a young street-kid named Richie Ryan breaks into the shop below. He is about to help himself to several of the treasures when Duncan feels the presence of another Immortal nearby. As Duncan grabs his sword, ready to confront the intruder, the man known as Slance Quince crashes through the skylight.
But which MacLeod has Quince has come for? It’s a different MacLeod that’s steps from the shadows… Duncan’s mentor Connor MacLeod who takes up the fight. Quince escapes and the stunned Richie is aware he’s stepped into something much bigger than he realised. In return for not pressing charges, Duncan convinces Richie to forget what he saw… but as Connor decides to stay for a while, it’s clear that Quince is simply biding his time. Which MacLeod will take him on next?
Starring: Adrian Paul (as Duncan MacLeod), Alexandra Vandernoot (as Tessa Noel), Stan Kirsch (as Richie Ryan)
Also featuring: Christopher Lambert (as Connor MacLeod), Richard Moll (as Slan Quince), Wendell Wright (as Sgt. Powell)
EPISODE 1.2: FAMILY TREE
Written by Kevin Droney
Directed by Jorge Montesi
When Richie breaks into the Westside Adoption Agency to try to find out more about who his real parents were, he’s caught… but once again bailed out by Duncan. However Richie thinks he’s gained some key information.
Duncan has his own reasons for believing no good will come of it – remembering, all too well, the way he was treated by his father and ultimately banished from his own Clan centuries before. However, Richie pursues the lead and meets Joe Scanlon. Joe has fallen on bad times and owes a crooked local casino boss and her henchmen $50,000. Noting that Richie has left a calling card for MacLeod’s antique store, Joe formulates a desperate plan to manipulate both Richie and Duncan…
Also featuring: Peter DeLuise (as Clinch), J E Freeman (as Joe Scanlon), Tamsin Kelsey (as Mrs. Gustavson), Walter Marsh (as Mister Stubbs), Matthew Walker (as Ian MacLeod) Mary McDonald (as Old Peasant), Jessica Van Der Veen (as Secretary), Aurelio Dinunzio (as Security Guard)
EPISODE 1.3: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Written by Terry Nelson
Directed by Thomas J. Wright
An old friend of Richie’s, Gary Correll, is killed when he apparently robs a diamond-merchants and takes a hostage. The crime is blamed on the young man being high, but Richie swears that Gary would never have taken drugs. Duncan notes the particular cranial bruising on Gary’s body and remembers his own encounters with an old immortal named Kiem Sun, a 17th Century Chinese herbalist whose desire to make mankind better led him to take too many chances with his potions, costing the lives of others. Duncan investigates whether there’s any modern connection and Richie heads back to his old neighbourhood to get more answers. In the modern day Kiem Sun isolates himself on holy ground and claims that the last sample of a secret root was stolen by a judas student named Chu Lin. Now Duncan, Kiem and Richie are all on Lin’s trail with scores to settle.
Also featuring: Soon-Teck Oh (as Kiem Sun), Dustin Nguyen (as Chu Lin), Christianne Hirt (as Angie), Kim Kondrashoff (as Forks), Wendell Wright (as Sgt. Powell), Alan C. Petersen (as Bartender), Paul Stafford (as Officer No.1 ), Lisa Bunting (as Woman Hostage).
EPISODE 1.4: AN INNOCENT MAN
Written by: Dan Gordon
Directed by: Jorge Montesi
Duncan and Tessa head out into the mountain town of Stevesden for a break when he receives a message from an Immortal friend named Lucas Desire . However, Lucas is killed by another Immortal before they arrive. The local sheriff arrests a drifter named Leo Atkins who swears that he had nothing to do with the decapitation and killing but that he witnessed a sudden and strange storm around a local cabin.
Duncan knows that Leo is not the guilty party, but without exposing the secrets of Immortality and the Gathering, how can he possibly convince the local authorities or track down the real culprit? However, maybe the Sheriff is already aware…
Meanwhile, back at the antique store, Tessa tries to persuade an enthusiastic local reporter, Randi MacFarland that there’s no connection between their recent break-in and several recent decapitations…
Also featuring: Vincent Schiavelli (as Leo Atkins), John Novak (as Sheriff Crowley), Amanda Wyss (as Randi MacFarland), Wendell Wright (as Sgt. Powell), Victor A. Young (as Lucas Desiree), Todd Duckworth (as Deputy Struthers), Garry Chalk (as Lemoyne), Colleen Winton (as Gwenn), Jason Michas (as Confederate Guard)
EPISODE 1.5: FREE-FALL
Written by : Philip John Taylor
Directed by: Thomas J. Wright
A young woman named Felicia Martins (Joan Jett) is apparently being followed through the city by a stranger in a black car. She walks into MacLeod’s antique store feeling confused and ‘drawn’ to the place. She somehow resists Richie’s attempts to charm her and leaves without word. She heads to a nearby skyscraper, strips to her underwear… and jumps.
When the police investigate the suicide, the only identification on her is the business card Richie gave her, but when Duncan and Richie head to the morgue to help identify the body, it has vanished. The police are mystified – after all, dead bodies don’t come back to life… do they?
Several hours later, Felicia walks back into the store hoping Richie can explain how she’s alive. While Duncan tells her the truth and the dangers she still faces – and how she must prepare for them – Tessa remains wary that they know so little about the stranger in their midst. As it turns out, Felicia has far more ‘history’ than anyone realises… and it’s more than just Richie in her sights.
Also featuring: Jay Brazeau (as Commissioner Cominski), Eli Gabay (as Devereux), Leslie Carlson (Sam Thompson), Claudia Ferri (Devereux’s Woman), Patricia Vonk (as Female Executive), Ron Chartier (as M.E. Assistant)
EPISODE 1.6: BAD DAY IN BUILDING A
Written by Kevin Droney
Directed by Jorge Montesi
After acquiring a mountain of traffic tickets, Tessa has to go to the courthouse to pay all her fines. However, it’s a bad day to be a good citizen when ex-soldier and gangland boss Bryan Slade (Andrew Divoff) is being sentenced in the next courtroom.
In an attempt to break him out of prison, his old gang have no problem with killing the guards but when the attempt goes wrong, Duncan, Tessa, Richie and others are also trapped inside with their captors. Duncan might be Immortal but can he get the other hostages out without further casualties or revealing his ‘gift’, especially when the SWAT team has itchy trigger fingers and wants to go in as soon as possible.
Slade seems more than willing to kill whoever he has to… and a little girl just needs a fairy-tale.
Also featuring: Jay Brazeau (as Commissioner Cominski), Duncan Fraser (as SWAT Commander), Don MacKay (as Stanley), Alf Humphreys (as Janitor), Andrea Libman (as Belinda), Gary Jones (as Klein), Bill Croft (as Mancuso), Ken Kerzinger (as Kirby), Vladamir Kulich (as Pauling) and Amanda Wyss (as Randi MacFarland) – included in opening credits.
EPISODE 1.7: MOUNTAIN MEN
Written by Marie-Chantal Droney
Directed by Thomas J. Wright
Tessa goes hiking in the woods, wanting to take photographs of rock carvings and telling Richie she’ll be back long before it gets dark.
Unfortunately things don’t go according to plan and she encounters three on-the-run backwoodsmen who don’t want her to tell people she has seen them. One of them Caleb Cole (Marc Singer) proves particularly crazy when he insists he doesn’t want to harm her but won’t allow her to leave… because he believes that she’s destined to be his wife.
Using all her powers of persuasion, Tessa must find a way to stay alive and get the upper hand until Duncan can reach her. But with the local sheriff warning that he’s aware of just how dangerous Cole and his family can be with their knowledge of the backwoods, time may still be running out… And things get even worse for all concerned when it turns out Cole may be a bigger threat than anyone anticipated…
Also featuring: Wes Studi (as Sheriff Benson), Byron Lucas (as Joshua Cole), Brent Stait (as Eddie Doyle), Rick Poltaruck (as Big John), John Dennis Johnston (as Carl the Hermit) Doug Abrahams (as Sheriff’s Deputy)
EPISODE 1.8: DEADLY MEDICINE
Written by Robert L. McCullough
Directed by Ray Austin
MacLeod is the victim of a hit and run and rushed to hospital with extensive internal injuries and deemed unlikely to survive.
Doctor Wilder (Joe Pantoliano) is the attending physician who is mystified when his patient vanishes from ER. Realising something strange is going on, Wilder manages to use the hospital’s standard ID procedures to track down Duncan , intercepting him before he can reach the store and managing to sedate the still-wobbly Immortal.
It turns out that Dr Wilder is somewhat hypocritical when it comes to the Hippocratic oath and has a side-line in his own personal medical studies. Now he has a unique specimen on which to experiment nd he intends to do just that, whatever the consequences. Can Tessa and Richie uncover what’s happened to Duncan before Dr. Wilder discovers the truth about immortality… and before a certain investigative reporter gets a bigger story than she intended?
Also featuring: Beverley Hendry (as Barbara Madison), Stephen E. Miller (as Sgt. Herrald), Leslie Carlson (as Sam Thompson), Catherine Lough (as Carol), Stephen Fanning (as Jack) and Amanda Wyss (as Randi MacFarland) – included in the opening credits.
EPISODE 1.9: THE SEA WITCH
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Thomas J. Wright
Visiting his old neighbourhood (again) on a journey to pick up some antiques, Richie spots an old girlfriend, Nikki, being harassed and, ever the hero, steps in to help her.
But not always thinking too far ahead, Richie finds himself in the middle of a drug-deal gone wrong – he and Nikki narrowly escaping with the lives, but also a satchel full of high-end narcotics and money.
Naturally, drug-lord Alexi Voshin (Stephen Macht) is not pleased with such losses and now he’s looking for Nikki, her infant daughter and Richie. Duncan arrives in time to help them, but it turns out that he and Voshin have encountered each other before… long ago in in 1930s Stalingrad. They did not part on good terms and now both men are long over-due to settle old scores…
Also featuring: Johannah Newmarch (as Nikki), Phillip Maurice 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 (Owner), Adrian Holmes (Street Kid)
EPISODE 1.10: REVENGE IS SWEET
Written by Loraine Despres
Directed by Ray Austin
1989: As party-goers below get ready to welcome in the new year, Duncan MacLeod and Walter Reinhardt (Christoph Ohrt) duel atop the skyscraper. Duncan narrowly escapes losing and Reinhardt ultimately plummets into the harbour, far below.
1992: An exotic-looking woman, Rebecca Lord (Vanity) comes into the antique store interested in purchasing a rare sword and challenges MacLeod to a ‘friendly’ fencing match later to test the blade and its provenance. Tessa isn’t amused, but as Lord isn’t an Immortal, Duncan is intrigued enough to agree to the meeting. During their match, Duncan notices a signature sword move he recognises as Reinhardt’s and it becomes clear his past is coming back to haunt him.
But is Rebecca part of a plan to kill MacLeod or is she just a pawn herself? With both Tessa and Richie targeted, MacLeod will have to decide his next move quickly…
Also featuring: Ken Kramer (as Doctor Kramer), Kevin McNulty (as Harry Dawes), Tim Reid (as Sgt. Bennett), Elizabeth Claridge (as Molly Parker), Christianne Hirt (Angie Burke), Michael Cavers (as Nobleman), Shirley Broderick (as Noblewoman), Patrick Stevenson (as Street Punk)
EPISODE 1.11: SEE NO EVIL
Written by Brian Clemens
Directed by Thomas J. Wright
Duncan and Tessa arrive at a sports stadium where Tessa is due to meet an old-school friend Natalie Ward to discuss a commission for the foyer. They arrive just as Natalie is being attacked by a masked intruder, dressed in a leather helmet and goggles, who seems intent on scalping her. Duncan sets off in pursuit while Tessa calls for an ambulance… but the attacker makes a getaway on a vintage motorcycle.
The police and reporter Randi MacFarland all think that this could be the work of a man they’ve called ‘The Scalper’ whose attacked women in the area before. The modus operandi of the killer, seeking tall powerful blonde women and scalping them, reminds Duncan of Marcus Korolus ( J. G. Hertler), an Immortal he met nearly seventy years before. But Duncan had to kill Marcus when his old friend went crazy with grief, murdered several women and then attacked him… so it cannot be him.
There’s a copycat killer in town, but now MacLeod must work out how the murderer is going to emulate Korolus… and Tessa may be a big part of stopping him once and for all…
Also featuring: Moira Walley (as Natalie Ward), Dee McCafferty (as The Scalper), Tim Reid (as Sgt. Bennett), Fulvio Cecere (as Tony Graffini), Kelly Fox (as Police Woman), Raimund Stamm (as Herbie), Wanda Wilkinson (as Helen), Glynda Fitzgerald (as Brunette Woman), Stacey Barrington (as 1920’s flapper – uncredited) and Amanda Wyss (as Randi MacFarland) – included in the opening credits.
EPISODE 1.12: EYEWITNESS
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Ray Austin
During an exhibition of her work at an art gallery, Tessa strikes up a brief conversation with a woman called Anne Wheeler. Later, she sees Anne arguing with a man at the edge of bridge opposite the hotel. The man becomes physical and when Tessa, momentarily distracted, looks back to the bridge, it appears the woman has fallen to her death. However, no-one but Tessa saw the incident and with no body found in the river below, the police are highly skeptical. However, always looking for a story, maybe Randi MacFarland believes her?
The man on the bridge is an Immortal who turns up at the antique store but escapes when challenged. Tessa refuses to leave or be treated as a damsel in distress and Duncan agrees to help – ultimately recognising some of Anne’s work from two decades before in Paris.
As Detective Butler decides to investigate further, he’s unaware that his boss, Andrew Ballin (Tom Butler) IS the man in question and Ballin seems determined to kill the only witness to his crime…
Also featuring: Tim Reid (as Sgt. Bennett), Sheila Paterson (as Greta), Diana Barrington (as Anne Wheeler), Christopher Gaze (as Martin Sorrel), David Patterson (as Detective Taylor) and Amanda Wyss (as Randi MacFarland) – included in the opening credits
EPISODE 1.13: BAND OF BROTHERS
Written by Marie-Chantal Droney
Directed by Rene Manzor
A man is chased through the backstreets of Paris and almost makes it to the safety of a small church before he is felled by a dagger. The attacker is Grayson (James Horan) who is seeking to draw out the man who dwells within the church itself, a priest named Darius.
Darius, Grayson reminds him, could have been one of the greatest warriors and rulers the world had ever known, but foregoing violence nearly 1500 years ago, the warlord changed his outlook on the world and has remained cloistered on holy ground, refusing to take part in the ‘Game’. Now Grayson has sworn to kill any man who has ever been a protégé of Darius… including a mortal man named Victor Paulus, a possible future candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize and another Immortal… called Duncan MacLeod.
As Tessa ponders a job offer in Paris, Grayson journeys the opposite way across the Atlantic and to the antique store, but Tessa has been forewarned and will not become a pawn in his game to intimidate MacLeod, refusing to be Grayson’s victim or messenger. Meanwhile, Duncan tells Richie how he first encountered Darius and how that fateful meeting changed his own outlook on life… and how Grayson may prove the toughest adversary he has ever had to face.
It’s a fight from which Duncan is far from sure he will be able to walk away…
Also featuring: Earl Pastko (as Victor Paulus), Terry Howsan (as Hoestler), Peter Diamond (as Brigand) and Amanda Wyss (as Randi MacFarland) – included in the opening credits.
EPISODE 1.14: FOR EVIL’S SAKE
Teleplay by David Abramowitz (from a story by Fabrice Ziolkowski)
Directed by Ray Austin
Tessa has taken up her role as curator of a Paris museum and Duncan and Richie have joined her. Their new home is a barge moored near Notre Dame. However, there’ll be little time to catch their breath.
Men dressed as ‘mimes’ appear to be up to no good. Some of their performances ending in people dying. Duncan, out gathering shopping, stumbles across one such incident and overhears the police noting that the various deaths are prominent legal figures in Paris. Though the killer who got away wasn’t an immortal, the modus operandi reminds Duncan of an Immortal assassin named Kuyler (Peter Howitt) with a gift for the distractingly theatrical whom he encountered in 1783. Duncan is sure Kuyler must be involved in some way.
The detective investigating the incidents thinks MacLeod looks familiar. The truth is that he first saw him over a decade ago, the last time Kuyler was also in town and Duncan nearly lost his head… It was also the day when Duncan first met a young woman called Tessa… and he leaned that absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
Also featuring: Hugues LeForestier (as Inspector LeBrun), Vernon Dobtcheff (as Carlo Luchesi), Michel Voletti (as Baron Deshields), Gerard Touroul (as Inspector Sole), Jerome Keen (as Anthony).
EPISODE 1.15: FOR TOMORROW WE DIE
Written by Philip John Taylor
Directed by Robin Davis
A distinguished-looking gentleman visits a Parisian jewellers just as they are closing and unleashes a poisoned gas, killing everyone including himself in the process. But Xavier St. Cloud (Roland Gift) is an Immortal and the death is brief. He and his partner clean out the shop before St. Cloud also kills him.
Xavier visits Darius in his church and ‘confesses’ his sins, knowing the priest will be tormented by having to keep it in holy confidence. Later, when Inspector LeBrun notes that Xavier entered the church he confronts the priest who is playing chess with Duncan. MacLeod understands better than the policeman why Darius can’t break his silence, but the brief details of the robbery remind Duncan of his encounter with Xavier on a First World War battlefield when he robbed a payload truck with a similar gas attack.
Duncan reaches out to old contacts to see if he can get a lead on Xavier and make him pay for current and past crimes, while Richie is busy reaching out to make some new contacts of his own…
Also featuring: Werner Stocker (as Darius), Hugues Le Forestier (Inspector LeBrun), Mapi Galan (as Renee de Tassigny), Jean Claude Deret (Dalou), Sandrine Caron (as Nathalie), Tanguy Gouasdoue (as Stan), Francine Olivier (as Madame Bertrand), Thierry de Carbonnieres (as Francois Bertrand), Phillipe Agael (as Medical Examiner), Crystal Amsalem (as Young Girl)
EPISODE 1.16: THE BEAST BELOW
Written by Marie-Chantal Droney
Directed by Daniel Vigne
Duncan, Tessa and Richie go to the Paris Opera House to meet one of Richie’s new friends Jenny, a backing singer for signing diva Carolyn Lamb (Dee Dee Bridgewater). Shortly after the manager of the show gets into an argument with Lamb, he falls to his death. Duncan sensing the presence of another Immortal but by the time he’s made it up to the rafters, the mysterious figure has descended by another route and is gone.
A sprinkling of wild flowers found on the body remind Duncan of his encounter with Ursa (Christian Von Acker) a reclusive mentally-deficient but strong Immortal who lived like a hermit but was hunted like a beast by the nearby townsfolk. He saved Ursa from the mob and helped him move on and find sanctuary within a monastery that kept his secret. Both Duncan and Darius had lost track of Ursa through the centuries – could he now be hiding in the catacombs beneath the opera house?
In the modern day, Carolyn encounters Ursa and realises that he is entranced by her voice and that he killed the manager to protect her. Feeling threatened by Jenny’s youth, Carolyn decides to exploit Ursa’s affection and also get rid of her supposed ‘competition’…
Not wanting to actually kill again, Ursa instead kindnaps Jenny and takes her to the catacombs
Also featuring: Werner Stocker (as Darius), Fay Masterson (as Jenny), Francois Guetary (as Detective), Joe Sheridan (as Frank Wells)
EPISODE 1.17: SAVING GRACE
Teleplay by Elizabeth Baxter (from a story by Elizabeth Baxter and Martin Broussellet)
Directed by Ray Austin
Grace (Julia Stemberger) is an Immortal who has fought to preserve lives rather than take them. We meet as she is trying to assure her mortal husband Paul that she doesn’t care he’s aging while she remains young. They argue and she storms out, but in her absence, an unseen assailant kills Paul and burns down their lab.
Meanwhile Duncan and Darius enjoy another of their regular meeting, discussing the practicalities of life and death, war and peace. They both sense the presence of another Immortal – it is Grace who has just learned of Paul’s death and is heartbroken. She can’t think of a motive and though Duncan suggests another Immortal Carlo Sendaro (Georges Corraface) might be responsible because he was once her lover and became obsessed with her, but Grace has her doubts.
Duncan first met Grace when she was a midwife delivering a newborn in the England of 1660s and later in 1840s’ France when she was first involved with Sendaro and Duncan was concerned over Carlos and the degree of his infatuation with Grace. Now he must find a way to help Grace leave Paris forever and avoid being framed for Paul’s murder. But Sendaro is also looking for Grace… and Tessa has to deal with her first real meeting with someone who loved Duncan before her…
Also featuring: Werner Stocker (as Darius), Hugues Leforestier (as Inspector LeBrun), Bruce Myers (as Paul Warren)
EPISODE 1.18: FOR EVIL’S SAKE
Written by Philip John Taylor
Directed by Robin Davis
A man named Zachary Blaine (Jason Isaacs)makes a daring and acrobatic escape from a high security van on the outskirts of Paris while, a few miles away, Duncan, Tessa and Richie are visiting the circus where an ‘old friend’ from Duncan’s past is performing on the high-wire.
Her name is Amanda Darieux (Elizabeth Gracen) and as Duncan has long since learned, wherever she is, trouble is rarely far behind. He first met her in 1800s Bavaria where the light-fingered thief had secretly stolen a local Baron’s riches aided by her partner-in-crime… Blaine. She framed MacLeod and disappeared into the night. She refuses to let Blaine take Duncan’s head, but in the thrill of the theft, she has no problem about leaving MacLeod behind to count his losses and face the Baron’s soldiers. And stealing his horse.
In the present, all is apparently forgiven. Amanda is eager to catch up with Duncan, though Tessa is less than thrilled at the prospect.
Blaine tracks down Amanda and decides to make her pay for her role in his imprisonment. She begs for her life, offering him first money from a plan to rob a local museum and then… the head of Duncan Macleod. Of course, this is Amanda – and she never plays a game she doesn’t intend to win for herself.
Also featuring: Fred Pearson (as Pierre), Pierre Gerald (as Henry Lamartine), Bertie Cortez (as Ringmaster), Michael Hofland (as Bavarian Officer), David Lowe (as Clown)
EPISODE 1.19: EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Written by Christian Bouveron and Larry Shore
Directed by Dennis Berry
Gabriel Piton is an Immortal with an eye for items related to the beautiful women of history – secretly collecting (sometimes buying, sometimes stealing) unique items which he hides away and secretly treasures. He will not share that passion and will kill to protect it. Ruthlessly.
Richie, still trying to be a ladies-man, finds himself in a conversation with the beautiful Maya as she tries to educate him about reading French menus with a little more skill. By coincidence, Duncan has backstage tickets a fashion show where Richie recognises her. While Richie can’t believe his good luck, Duncan is more cautious about sensing another Immortal… Gabriel, with whom he originally shared some more hedonistic adventures of womanising, drinking and swashbuckling in 19th Century France – and who is now an acclaimed fashion-designer.
When Maya is questioned by the police about the death of her room-mate (who Gabriel eliminated), Richie wants to help, but Gabriel dismisses him… though that doesn’t stop Richie (and perhaps Duncan) wondering if there is a connection. Maya finds her room-mate’s missing ear-ring in Gabriel’s room and now Richie is determined to find out what happened and keep Maya safe.
Gabriel owes MacLeod and promises not to hurt Richie. But when he subsequently tells Richie to come to the studio, what is the Immortal’s true motive – and what will it cost all of them?
Also featuring: 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)
EPISODE 1.20: AVENGING ANGEL
Written by Fabrice Ziolkowski
Directed by Paulo Barzman
Alfred Cahill is a man damaged by war and childhood traumas Though he has few scars on the outside, mentally all the conflicts he’s seen as an SAS soldier have finally taken their toll.
Tormented and drunk. He’s stabbed by an ‘escort’ who he thinks has ‘disrespected him. And staggers out from a night-club into the night… right in front of Duncan’s car. Duncan realises that the man is an Immortal, though he himself has no idea.
Reviving in a courtyard of religious statues of saints and Templar knights, Cahill prefers a holy explanation to the one offered to him by MacLeod. And runs off into the night, convinced his mission is to kill ‘the wicked’.
Tessa arranges to meet an old friend, Elaine, whom she hasn’t seen in years. But Elaine isn’t quite the kind of ‘interior decorator’ Tessa believes she is, more… a high-end prostitute. And she is one of the names on Cahill’s list to punish… and it’s very hard to stop someone who thinks their doing the Lord’s work, however twisted.
Also featuring: Sandra Nelson (as Elaine), Patrick Floersheim (as Battini), Nathalie Presles (as Claudine), Yan Briand (as Charles Bagnot)
EPISODE 1.21: NOWHERE TO RUN
Written by David Abramowitz
Directed by Dennis Berry
A young girl, Lori, is raped by her boyfriend when they stop their car on a country road. When her step-father finds out, he demands to know the name of the person who hurt her.
Meanwhile Duncan, Tessa and Richie arrive at the rural estate of Tessa’s family friend Allan Rothwood (Anthony Stewart Head) for a weekend break in the country. Allan introduces his guests to his son, Mark – the man we saw in the car earlier.
None of the people on the estate know that they are about to be the subject of a siege, an assault by Lori’s step-father… revealed as an Immortal named Colonel Everett Bellian (Peter Guinness). Nothing is more dangerous than a parent who wants justice for their own… and who knows that there isn’t sufficient proof to get it any other way. Bellian wants to make Mark pay – and he has all the time, men and resources in the world to make it happen. But the clock is ticking as MacLeod has to decide where his loyalties lie and the day seems destined to end in tragedy, whatever he chooses.
Also featuring: Marion Cottilard (as Lori Bellian), Jason Reddington (as Mark Rothwood)
EPISODE 1.22: THE HUNTERS
Written by Kevin Droney
Directed by Paulo Barzman
Hugh Fitzcairn (Roger Daltrey) always knew how to make an entrance, even if his timing was far from perfect – and true to form he interrupts Duncan and Tessa during an intimate time on the barge.
In deck and fully clothed, Duncan and Fitz reminisce over several cups of mead. They talk about Darius and though Fitz can understand an Immortal finding religion… giving up women? That’s baffling. But there are more important things to discuss. Fitz has noted that many Immortals are vanishing. One or two might be part of the mythical Gathering as Immortals fight each other for the final ‘Prize’… but three or more, with no Quickenings or bodies to be found? They decide to visit Darius to see if he has any wisdom to impart from Holy Ground.
But someone else has already decided to visit Darius. When Duncan and Fitz arrive, they find the church pews turned over and Darius dead, decapitated… the kind of death that is final even for Immortals. But how could this have happened on Holy Ground? No Immortal would dare defy the rules.
And if it wasn’t an Immortal who committed this act, might the situation even worse? If there are humans who know about immortality and how to end Immortal lives, then how do they know and what is their agenda?
In a hidey-hole within the chamber where Darius and Duncan played chess -and wrapped in MacLeod tartan – Duncan is finally about to learn of his friend’s legacy and about an organisation that has observed but never interfered… until now.
Also featuring: Werner Stocker (as Darius), Peter Hudson (as Horton)