Highlander TV series Episode guide Season One THE GATHERING, #92102-1 Written by: Dan Gordon Directed by: Thomas J. Wright Guest Cast: Christopher Lambert (Connor MacLeod), Richard Moll (Slan Quince), Wendell Wright (Sgt. Powell) Duncan McLeod is roused from his peaceful existence with the love of this life, Tessa Noel, when he is challenged to Immortal combat by Slan Quince, an Evil Immortal. An old friend and Clansman, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert, reprising his role from the film), comes to try and convince Duncan to once more join the fray in the battle of Good versus Evil. This episode also introduces Richie Ryan, a kid from the streets whom Duncan befriends after catching him breaking into his antique store. FAMILY TREE, #92106-2 Written by: Kevin Droney Directed by: Jorge Montesi Guest Cast: J.E. Freeman (Joe Scanlon), Peter Deluise (Clinch), Tamsin Kelsey (Mrs. Gustavson), Matthew Walker (Ian MacLeod) Richie Ryan, Duncan MacLeod's protege, attempts to learn more about his parents, whom he has never known. Instead, he falls prey to a con man who, needing a place to stay and a quick score, pretends to be Richie's long-lost father. While MacLeod and Tessa try to keep Richie from being hurt, MacLeod relives his own traumatic past, where he first realized he was an Immortal, and was renounced by the man who had reaised him as his son. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, #92108-3 Written by: Terry Nelson Directed by: Thomas J. Wright Guest Cast: Dustin Nguyen (Chu Lin), Soon-teck Oh (Kiem Sun), Wendell Wright (Sgt. Powell), Christianne Hirt (Angie) A deadly herbal drug takes the life of Richie's friend, and MacLeod suspects the source of the drug is another Immortal, Kiem Sun, who has long sought to perfect such a drug and remove its lethal side effects for the betterment of mankind. But a disciple of Kiem Sun's is using the drug for his own gain, and MacLeod and his old friend must track him down. When it becomes clear that Kiem Sun plans to continue his experiments, MacLeod destroys the remaining sample of the drug. INNOCENT MAN, #92103-4 Written by: Dan Gordon Directed by: Jorge Montesi Guest Cast: John Novack (Sheriff Howard Crowley), Victor Young (Lucas Desiree), Vincent Schiavelli (Leo Atkins), Amanda Wyss (Randi McFarland), Wendell Wright (Sgt. Powell) An Immortal friend of MacLeod's is beheaded in his isolated mountain retreat where he had hoped -- like MacLeod -- to retire from the fight for a while. A brain-damaged, homeless veteran is charged with the grisly crime, and an attempt is made to link him to the killing of Slan Quince (the villain of episode one, "The Gathering"), an Evil Immortal whom MacLeod himself had slain in combat. MacLeod must try and clear the innocent man and unravel the mystery of who killed his friend. Here again we get a glimpse of MacLeod's past, in flashbacks set during the American Civil War. FREE FALL, #92101-5 Written by: Philip John Taylor Directed by: Thomas J. Wright Guest Cast: Joan Jett (Felicia Martins), Eli Gabay (Devereux), Jay Brazeau (Commissioner Comanski) A beautiful young woman, Felicia Martins, throws herself to her death, only to revive with the realization that she is an Immortal. She seeks out Duncan MacLeod as her mentor, and becomes amorously involved with Richie Ryan. But there is much more to this "ingenue" than meets the eye. She is in fact a long-time Immortal, engaged in a wily scheme to trap MacLeod and acquire his Quickening. MacLeod must see through her subterfuge in time to protect not only himself, but also Richie. BAD DAY IN BUILDING A, #92107-6 Written by: Kevin Droney Directed by: Jorge Montesi Guest Cast: Andrew Divoff (Bryan Slade), Amanda Wyss (Randi McFarland), Jay Brazeau (Comissioner Comanski) While visiting the courthouse to clear up Tessa's traffic tickets, MacLeod, Tessa, and Richie are among a group that is taken hostage by a band of men bent on freeing their leader, Slade, from imprisonment. When Slade's demands are not met, he chooses a hostage to sacrifice. MacLeod makes sure that hostage is himself, and returns from the dead to hunt down the gunmen one by one, as the police watch helplessly from outside. MOUNTAIN MEN, #92110-7 Written by: Marie-Chantal Droney Directed by: Thomas J. Wright Guest Cast: Marc Singer (Caleb), Wes Studi (Sheriff Benson), John Dennis Johnston (Carl) When Tessa is taken by a band of Survivalists who live off the land in the vastness of the Pacific Northwest, MacLeod must call on all of his own skills, honed a hundred and fifty years earlier, when he roamed this same mountain fastness. The leader of these modern day mountain men, Caleb (who is revealed to be an Immortal), falls in love with Tessa, and in the end he and MacLeod battle to the death, axe against sword, against the primitive backdrop of the timeless wilderness. DEADLY MEDICINE, #92111-8 Written by: Robert L. McCullough Directed by: Ray Austin Guest Cast: Joe Pantoliano (Doctor Wilder), Amanda Wyss (Randi McFarland) MacLeod is struck and "killed" by a speedinq automobile. When he revives in the hopital, he attracts the atention of a deranged doctor, who kidnaps MacLeod for his research on a miracle cure for trauma. When MacLeod escapes from the doctor, the doctor murders a potential witness and frames MacLeod for it. THE SEA WITCH, #92112-9 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Thomas J. Wright Guest Cast: Stephen Macht (Alexei Voshin), Johannah Newmarch (Nikki) Richie Ryan tries to protect an old girlfriend, Nikki, from a band of drug dealers. This puts them both in jeopardy from an Immortal, Voshin, whom MacLeod knows from an adventure during the Second World War when he was trying to smuggle Jewish refugees out of occupied Eastern Europe. Nikki complicates the story by withholding drug money she has stolen from the gang, thinking she can use it to make a better life for her small daughter. Tessa, meanwhile, becomes enamored of the child, raising issues for her and MacLeod. REVENGE IS SWEET, #92109-10 Written by: Loraine Despres Directed by: Ray Austin Guest Cast: Vanity (Rebecca Lord), Christoph Ohrt (Walter Reinhardt), Christianne Hirt (Angie), Tim Reid (Sgt. Bennett) Seeking revenge for the apparent death of her lover, Walter Reinhardt, Rebecca Lord toys with MacLeod before she attempts to kill him with Reinhardt's sword. Rebecca knows nothing of Immortals or their combat, and she believes MacLeod murdered Reinhardt. Unbeknownst to her, Reinhardt is still alive, and is using Rebecca in a cat and mouse game to draw out MacLeod for their final confrontation. SEE NO EVIL, #92114-11 Written by: Brian Clemens Directed by: Thomas J. Wright Guest Cast: John Hertzler (Marcus), Dee McCafferty (Michael), Moira Walley (Natalie Ward), Amanda Wyss (Randi McFarland), Tim Reid (Sgt. Bennett) A serial killer dubbed "The Scalper" is attacking blonde women, including a friend of Tessa's. MacLeod recognizes the pattern of an Immortal who, betrayed by the woman he loved, became a killer. To end the carnage, Macleod was forced to confront and kill him, 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 MacLeod and Tessa to stop this madman. EYEWITNESS, #92115-12 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Ray Austin Guest Cast: Tom Butler (Andrew Ballin), Amanda Wyss (Randi McFarland), Tim Reid (Sgt. Bennett) Tessa witnesses the murder of a painter, Anne Wheeler, but the absence of a body leads everyone but MacLeod to doubt her story. MacLeod supports Tessa in her quest to obtain justice for Anne. It develops that Anne was killed by her Immortal ex-lover, to keep her from revealing his secret. After Tessa is taken to a police safe house, MacLeod realizes that the killer is in fact the Chief of Detectives, and he must rescue Tessa and bring justice to Anne's killer. BAND OF BROTHERS, #92118-13 Written by: Marie-Chantal Droney Directed by: Rene Manzor Guest Cast: Werner Stocker (Darius), James Horan (Grayson), Earl Pastko (Victor Paulus), Amanda Wyss (Randi McFarland) Warning comes from MacLeod's old friend Darius, a monk over 2000 years old, that Grayson, Darius' one-time protege, is now stalking Darius' other students -- among them, possibly, MacLeod. Grayson, disillusioned that his former comrade-in-arms has become a man of peace, is killing Darius' mortal students in order to draw the monk off holy ground and into combat. MacLeod must protect peace activist Victor Paulus, another of Darius' students, from Grayson's plot to assassinate him. Later he joins Richie and Tessa in France where they will live while Tessa takes up her new job as curator of a traveling collection. FOR EVIL'S SAKE, #92117-14 Written by: David Abramowitz and Fabrice Zolkowski Directed by: Ray Austin Guest Cast: Peter Howitt (Kuyler), Hugues Leforestier (Inspector Lebrun) 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 MacLeod is connected to Kuyler, but of course he cannot imagine that Kuyler once killed an eighteenth-century baron under MacLeod's protection. When LeBrun is wounded protecting Tessa from Kuyler's men, MacLeod confronts the Immortal assassin and puts an end to his centuries-old reign of terror. FOR TOMORROW WE DIE, #92116-15 Written by: Philip John Taylor Directed by: Robin Davis Guest Cast: Roland Gift (Xavier St. Cloud), Werner Stocker (Darius), Hugues Leforestier (Inspector Lebrun) MacLeod stumbles across the trail of an Immortal, Xavier St. Cloud, who has lived in hedonistic splendor down through the ages by remorseless robbing and killing innocent men and women. MacLeod had nearly fallen victim to this remorseless killer behind the front lines during World War One, when Xavier used poison gas to loot a payroll truck. He uses even deadlier gas in modern day Paris, and MacLeod must track him down before he kills again. He succeeds in defeating Xavier, but the Evil Immortal escapes with his head. In a humorous yet touching subplot, Richie falls for a glamorous older woman, not realizing she is married, and Tessa must disentangle him from the woman's clutches. THE BEAST BELOW, #92123-16 Written by: Marie-Chantal Droney Directed by: Daniel Vigne Guest Cast: Christian Van Acker (Ursa), Dee Dee Bridgewater (Carolyn), Werner Stocker (Darius) A mysterious death at the Paris Opera re-acquaints Duncan MacLeod with one of the strangest Immortals he has met in his many travels over the centuries. Ursa is a hulking giant -- more beast than man -- who Duncan rescued from persecution centuries ago, delivering him to sanctuary in an abbey. The abbey has long since been destroyed and Ursa now lives under Paris. He has become enamored of a past-her- prime opera singer who tries to use Ursa's innocent soul to murder her rival. SAVING GRACE, #92120-17 Written by: Elizabeth Baxter and Martin Broussellet Directed by: Ray Austin Guest Cast: Julia Stemberger (Grace), Georges Corraface (Carlo Sendaro), Werner Stocker (Darius) Grace Chandel has been a Good Immortal, working for the betterment of mankind as a midwife, doctor, and scientist over the centuries. Her one weakness is another Immortal, Carlo Sendaro, a former lover who is obsessed with her and refuses to let her go. He slays Grace's current (mortal) lover and, when she refuses to run off with him, frames her for the killing. She turns to her old friend Duncan MacLeod for help. THE LADY AND THE TIGER, #92121-18 Written by: Philip John Taylor Directed by: Robin Davis Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), Jason Isaacs (Zachary Blaine) A day at the circus reunites MacLeod with a former lover, the Immortal femme-fatale, Amanda, who has always meant big trouble for him. Amanda, meanwhile, is in trouble of her own as her former partner, Blaine, has escaped from prison and wants her head. She plays the two Immortal men against each other, drawing MacLeod into a daring, high-stakes burglary she and Blaine are plotting. EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, #92124-19 Written by: Christian Bouveron and Larry Shore Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Nigel Terry (Gabriel Piton), Katia Douvalian (Maya) 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, a deadly Immortal. AVENGING ANGEL, #92122-20 Written by: Fabrice Zolkowski Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Martin Kemp (Cahill), Sandra Nelson (Elaine) When fatal stabbing fails to kill him, Alfred Cahill becomes convinced that he has been chosen by a higher power to wage a crusade against "perversion," and cuts a bloody path through Paris, murdering prostitutes and pimps, and endangering an old friend of Tessa's who has become a call girl. MacLeod tries to explain Immortality to Cahill, but he can't get through to him, and finally is forced to take his head. NOWHERE TO RUN, #92125-21 Written by: David Abramowitz Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Peter Guinness (Colonel Everett Bellian), Anthony Head (Allan Rothwood), Jason Riddington (Mark Rothwood), Marion Cotillard (Lori Bellian) When the stepdaughter of an Immortal is raped, the Immortal comes after the young man. MacLeod, a guest in the home of the accused boy's father, feels he must protect the family from this unstoppable menace. He urges the Immortal to see due process done, but the man has no interest in listening to reason, and he lays siege to the house. THE HUNTERS, #92126-22 Written by: Kevin Droney Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Roger Daltrey (Hugh Fitzcairn), Werner Stocker (Darius), Peter Hudson (Horton) MacLeod's old compatriot Hugh Fitzcairn comes to town bearing a mystery -- some of their other Immortal friends have disappeared suspiciously. MacLeod realizes that someone may be following Fitz, and realizes too late that Fitz has put Darius in danger by visiting him. Finding Darius dead in his chapel and Fitzcairn kidnaped, MacLeod won't rest until he finds the men responsible. Tracking the killers of his old friend, MacLeod discovers that there is a band of mortals hunting Immortals, and even holy ground is no protection from them. MacLeod finds the renegades in time to save Fitzcairn and confront James Horton, leader of the Hunters, but Horton eludes his grasp. -------------------------------------- Season Two THE WATCHERS, #93201 Written by: Marie-Chantal Droney Directed by: Clay Borris Guest Cast: Peter Hudson (Horton), Kehli O'Byrne (Lynn), Cameron Bancroft (Robert) Determined to investigate the death of his old friend Darius (in the first season finale, "The Hunters"), MacLeod 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. We are left with the knowledge that other renegade Watchers may be waiting to try for MacLeod's head. STUDIES IN LIGHT, #93202 Wrtten by: Naomi Jansen Directed by: Peter Ellis Guest Cast: Joel Wiker (Greg Powers), Sheila Moore (Linda Plager) A fellow Immortal, Greg Powers, invites MacLeod to his photography showing. At the gallery, MacLeod becomes deeply disturbed by the violent images of his friend's work, but what becomes more disturbing than the fact that Greg's personality has been replaced by that of a hardened cynic. As he reviews Greg's work, he comes across a photograph taken of himself 50 years ago which triggers a flashback of a time he spent with a young photographer, Linda Plager. In a chance meeting, the now 73 year old Linda recognizes Duncan as her old mentor and lover of 50 years ago, which thoroughly convinces her nurse that she's senile. Upon learning that Linda is dying, MacLeod longs to tell her the truth. Meanwhile, Greg seduces Richie into his destructive lifestyle and coaxes Richie into a dangerous motorcycle stunt. After a confrontation with Macleod, Greg snaps...frustrated by his inability to feel any real emotion because of the insulation from death his immortality gives him, he attacks Richie, and Linda, then fights MacLeod on the roof of the hospital. Only when MacLeod's sword is inches from his neck does Greg break down and face the truth that he doesn't want to die. TURNABOUT, #93203 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Clay Borris Guest Cast: Geraint Wyn Davies (Michael Moore) Thirty years ago, evil Immortal Quenten Barnes was executed in the electric chair, and promised he'd be back. Escaping the tomb that he has been captive to for the last several decades, Barnes begins hunting down the people involved in his execution. Joe Dawson learns that he has returned and tries to get MacLeod involved in Barnes' apprehension. 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 long-standing 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. The story ends with an interesting twist as MacLeod must make a decision that will affect the "lives" of two different personalities. THE DARKNESS, #93204 Written by: Christian Bouveron & Lawrence Shore Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Traci Lords (Greta), Andrew Jackson (Wolf), Frank C. Turner (Harry the Taxidermist) 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, MacLeod 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. AN EYE FOR AN EYE, #93205 Written by: Elizabeth Baxter & Martin Brossolet Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Sheena Easton (Annie Devlin) When MacLeod and Richie are witness to a terrorist attack on an Ambassador, Richie dives in like a Superhero, 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, MacLeod 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 MacLeod 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 MacLeod convinces her to pursue the blood debt no further. THE ZONE, #93206 Written by: Peter Mohan Directed by: Clay Borris Guest Cast: Santino Buda (Canaan), Sandra P. Grant (Asia), Alfonso Quijada (Tio) 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 MacLeod for help -- one of his men, who was observing Canaan, has been killed. Charlie accompanies MacLeod 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 MacLeod learns that Canaan is not an Immortal, Dawson is ready to drop it. But MacLeod 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 he and Charlie 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 Mac to his apparent death. Canaan busts up the neighborhood meeting, but when MacLeod arrives and defeats Canaan hand to hand, the cult leader's hold on the people is broken. THE RETURN OF AMANDA, #93207 Story Written by: Guy Mullaly Teleplay Written by: Dave Tynan Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), Don S. Davis (Palance), Robert Wisden (Werner), Jano Fransden (Rutger), Joe Maffei (Harry the Jeweler) Amanda, the beautiful Immortal cat-burglar from the first season episode "The Lady and the Tiger," returns to town, telling MacLeod she's retired from her life of crime. He doesn't believe her -- especially when two guys start shooting at them. Mac 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 the War. 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 MacLeod 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. REVENGE OF THE SWORD, #93208 Written by: Aubrey Solomon Directed by: Clay Borris Guest Cast: Dustin Nguyen (Jimmy Sang), Debbie Podowski (Lisa), Robert Ito (Johnny Leong) 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 stuntman is "accidentally" killed, MacLeod 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. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, #93209 Written by: Naomi Janzen Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Bruce Young (Carl), Geza Kovacs (Carter), Roman Podhora (Kenny), Biski Gughese (Ricky) Carl Robinson is an Immortal who MacLeod 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 MacLeod 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 MacLeod explains about the Watchers who are hunting them. After Carter's partner (also white) helps Carl and MacLeod bring Carter down, Carl decides to give the world another chance. EPITAPH FOR TOMMY, #93210 Written by: Philip John Taylor Directed by: Clay Borris Guest Cast: Roddy Piper (Gallen), Andrea Roth (Suzanne), Ken Camroux (Honniger), Jan D'Arcy (Betty Bannen) Tommy is an innorcent bystander who's accidentally killed during a swordfight between MacLeod and the Immoral Gallen. Haunted by the unnecessary death, MacLeod tries to find out more about the dead man -- and discovers he isn't exactly the innocent bystander he appeared. THE FIGHTER, #93211 Written by: Morrie Ruvinsky Directed by: Peter Ellis Guest Cast: Bruce Weitz (Sullivan), Wren Roberts (Belcher), Cali Timmins (Iris), Nicholas Lea (Rodney) MacLeod's old friend Tommy Sullivan is a scrappy little Irishman, a one-time boxer turned trainer, who can charm anyone into anything. He charms MacLeod 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, MacLeod's opinion of his old friend begins to be altered forever. UNDER COLOR OF AUTHORITY, #93212 Written by: Loraine Despres Directed by: Ray Austin Guest Cast: Vanity (Rebecca Lord), Christoph Ohrt (Walter Reinhardt), Christianne Hirt (Angie), Tim Reid (Sgt. Bennett) Richie wants to protect Laura Daniels, a young woman who's on the run from an Immortal bounty hunter, Mako. MacLeod has met Mako befoe 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. MacLeod is torn between doing what's right and helping his friend. Richie defeats Mako and receives his first Quickening, and he and MacLeod realize it's time for him to move on. BLESS THE CHILD, #93213 Written by: Elizabeth Baxter & Martin Brossollet Directed by: Clay Borris Guest Cast: Ed Lauter (Avery Hoskins), Michelle Thrush (Sara Lightfoot) Charlie and MacLeod 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, MacLeod learns that the baby is in fact Hoskins' son, taken by Sara in retribution for her own child, killed by runoff from Hoskins' mines. UNHOLY ALLIANCE PART I, #93214 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Peter Ellis Guest Cast: Roland Gift (Xavier St. Cloud), Peter Hudson (James Horton), Stacey Travis (Renee Delaney) Xavier St. Cloud returns, killing Immortals with the help of mortal mercenaries who shoot his prey, making his kill easy. His next target is MacLeod but, warned by Dawson, Mac 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. MacLeod goes after Xavier himself, and Charlie insists on coming along. During his battle with St. Cloud, MacLeod spots James Horton, the Hunter who killed Darius. Distracted, Mac 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, MacLeod warns him not to cross his path again. UNHOLY ALLIANCE PART II, #93215 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Peter Ellis Guest Cast: Roland Gift (Xavier St. Cloud), Peter Hudson (James Horton), Stacey Travis (Renee Delaney) As Charlie regains strength, MacLeod 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. MacLeod, 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. THE VAMPIRE, #93216 Written by: J.P. Couture Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Jeremy Brudenell (Ward), Denis Lill (Baines), Trevor Peacock (Jacom), Tonya Kinziger (Juliette), Nathalie Presles (Helene) MacLeod 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, Mac 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. WARMONGER, #93217 Written by: Christian Bouveron & Lawrence Shore Directed by: Bruno Gantillon Guest Cast: Peter Firth (Drake), Angelyne Ball (Beth), Tom Watson (Eli) In 1918 in the Soviet Union, MacLeod 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 puppetmaster who is dragging Eastern Europe toward anarchy. Eli Jarmel, an old man whose family was destroyed by Drake, urges MacLeod to recant his promise, while Beth Vaughn, a reporter, puts her life in danger by investigating both Drake and MacLeod. PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER, #93218 Written by: Elizabeth Baxter & Martin Brossollet Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Nia Peeples (Nefertiri), James Faulkner (Constantine) MacLeod 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. Mac 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, MacLeod is forced to face a woman he loves in Immortal combat. LEGACY, #93219 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), Emile Abossolo-M'bo (Luther), James Smillie (John) 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 Mac 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 confrontation, both Amanda and MacLeod take their turns battling the ascetic Luther. PRODIGAL SON, #93220 Written by: Christian Bouveron & Lawrence Shore Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Stan Kirsch (Richie Ryan), Michael Siberry (Hyde), Valerie Steffen (Inspector Bardot), Nicholas Chagrin (Segur) Richie returns, on the run, turning to MacLeod 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. Mac learns that 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. MacLeod must clear Richie of the murders and defeat the evil Immortal. COUNTERFEIT PART I, #93221 Story Written by: David Tynan Teleplay Written by: Brad Wright Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Martin Cummings (Pete), Meilani Paul (Lisa), Peter Hudson (Horton) Pete Wilder just saved Richie from an attack by some guys wearing Watcher tattoos. Or did he? Nothing is what it seems, and MacLeod becomes increasingly wary of Pete, despite Richie's protests that the guy is his friend. When MacLeod's mistrust gets the possibly innocent Pete killed, Mac becomes increasingly unsure of himself. Unknown to MacLeod, his old enemy Horton is pulling all the strings. Horton is secretly training escaped killer Lisa Halle to go after MacLeod while he's troubled and vulnerable. COUNTERFEIT PART II, #93222 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Alexandra Vandernoot (Lisa), Peter Hudson (Horton) Joe Dawson arrives in Paris to let MacLeod know that Horton may still be alive and coming after him. However, when MacLeod 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 Mac is thinking clearly, goes to Dawson for help and winds up taking a bullet for him when Horton tries a hit. Lisa is kidnapped, and MacLeod 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 MacLeod, he turns the tables on her and Horton at long last gets what's coming to him. ------------------------------------------ Season Three THE SAMURAI, #94301 Written by: Naomi Janzen Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Tamlyn Tomita (Midori), Robert Ito (Hideo), Stephen McHattie (Kent) After Midori Koto sees her husband, rich industrialist Michael Kent, murder her lover, she kills Kent and runs to MacLeod for protection. She reminds MacLeod of a vow of protection his "ancestor" (actually MacLeod himself) made to her family over 200 years before. Flashbacks tell the story of MacLeod coming to the aid of the samurai Hideo Koto after MacLeod is shipwrecked in Japan. Hideo befriends MacLeod -- even though the penalty for helping a "barbarian" in isolationist Japan is death. When Hideo is forced to commit ritual hari kari by his feudal overlord for that crime, MacLeod serves as his second. He vows to Hideo he will always protect the Koto family and is bequeathed the dragon head katana sword he uses to this day. Back in the present, MacLeod discovers that Kent is an Immortal and he's still alive. In order not to further dishonor her family's name, Midori returns to Kent. Kent challenges MacLeod, who fulfills his vow to the Koto family and frees Midori from her loveless marriage. LINE OF FIRE, #94302 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Clay Borris Guest Cast: Randall "Tex" Cobb (Kern), Chandra West (Donna) Donna, a girl Richie dated briefly several years ago, returns with her 18-month-old son -- who she claims is Richie's! While MacLeod 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, MacLeod is reminded of his own foster son, Kahani. Kahani and his Sioux Indian mother, Little Deer, were massacred over a hundred years ago by U.S. soldiers led by Kern, then a mercenary scout. MacLeod 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. MacLeod 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 MacLeod is right. While MacLeod rids the world of the evil Kern, Richie lets go of the only family he'll ever have. THE REVOLUTIONARY, #94303 Written by: Peter Mohan Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Miguel Fernandes (Karros), Liliana Komorowska (Mara) The people of a tiny Balkan nation are rising up in arms against an oppressive dictator. The freedom fighters are led 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 U.S. to drum up support for their cause. MacLeod and Karros fought together in the Mexican Revolution and Karros tries to convince MacLeod to fight with him in this just cause. MacLeod turns him down, but Charlie is tempted both by the cause and by Mara. When Father Stefan, a local liaison, is critically wounded in an assassination attempt, MacLeod 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 discovers the truth, she threatens to expose him. Karros responds by attempting to kill her. MacLeod is forced to challenge and defeat his old comrade. When Mara returns home to the Balkans, Charlie goes with her to help the people rebuild. THE CROSS OF ST. ANTOINE, #94304 Written by: Morrie Ruvinsky Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), Brion James (Thorne/Durgan) Dawson has a new girlfriend, art historian Lauren Gale, and a new attitude on life. Unfortunately, Dawson arrives at Lauren's house one evening to witness her murder. We discover the murderer is Armand Thorne, benefactor of the Thorne Museum of Antiquities, who was being investigated by Lauren. MacLeod 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, MacLeod discovers, is actually John Durgan, the Immortal trapper who murdered a frontier priest and stole the cross. MacLeod 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. MacLeod confronts Thorne, taking his head, and finally gets fulfill his promise to return the Cross of St. Antoine. RITE OF PASSAGE, #94305 Written by: Karen Harris Directed by: Mario Azzopardi Guest Cast: Gabrielle Miller (Michelle), Rob Stewart (Axel), Alan Scarfe (Craig), Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda) Michelle Webster, the rebellious teenage daughter of a friend of MacLeod's, drives away from her parents' house in a rage and right over a cliff. Trauma surgeon Anne Lindsey tries her best to save Michelle, but it's too late. MacLeod 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 -- MacLeod barely escaped with his in 1896 Boston. Axel uses Michelle to lure MacLeod to his yacht, where they continue the battle they started a hundred years before. MacLeod defeats Axel. Michelle, witnessing the fearsome power of the Quickening, agrees to be trained as an Immortal under the protection of Amanda. COURAGE, #94306 Written by: Nancy Heiken Directed by: Charles Wilkinson Guest Cast: John Pyper Ferguson (Cullen) Cullen, an old friend of MacLeod's, is burnt out from centuries of playing The Game and has turned to drugs and alcohol to get the courage to keep on playing. Cullen had a run-in with Richie and now he's coming for Richie's head. While playing "chicken" with Richie on a mountain road, Cullen crashes head-on into a bus full of passengers, killing many. MacLeod tries to convince Cullen, who he once knew as the greatest of the warriors, to stop using the drugs, but a paranoid Cullen believes MacLeod is just trying to render him helpless. Finally, MacLeod has no choice but to confront his former comrade and defeat him. THE LAMB, #94307 Written by: J.P. Couture Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Miles Ferguson (Kenny), Eric Keenleyside (Dallman Ross) What happens to a kid who hits Immortality before he hits puberty? MacLeod 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 been 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. Kenny tries to get MacLeod, but he is continuously thwarted by the presence of Anne. Kenny attempts to get Anne out of his way, but MacLeod, realizing the truth about Kenny, manages to rescue her. He goes after Kenny to stop him from killing again, but Kenny manages to escape by blending in with a group of innocent children. OBSESSION, #94308 Written by: Lawrence Shore Directed by: P. Ziller Guest Cast: Cameron Bancroft (David Keogh), Nancy Sorel (Jill Pelentay), Sarah Carter (Sherry Miller) Immortal David 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 MacLeod, 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. In flashback, we see a time in MacLeod's life when he, too, was obsessed with a woman he couldn't have. When Jill is killed in a tragic accident while trying to get way from Keogh, Keogh blames MacLeod and swears vengence. SHADOWS, #94309 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Charles Wilkinson Guest Cast: Garwin Sanford (Garrick), Frank C. Turner (Official) MacLeod is tormented by 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. MacLeod saw Garrick in the 17th Century, when MacLeod barely escaped being burned as a witch. What MacLeod didn't know was that Garrick was not able to escape as well. Garrick convinces MacLeod that the dark- hooded figure is a racial memory that haunts all Immortals and that the way to defeat it is to not fight it, to accept it for what it is. When MacLeod, haggard and exhausted, faces the specter for the last time, puts down his sword and refuses to fight it, the figure goes for MacLeod's head -- until at the last moment MacLeod realizes the figure is Garrick, seeking his revenge after all these years. In the Tag, Anne, frustrated that MacLeod won't open up to her despite their intimate relationship, leaves him. BLACKMAIL, #94310 Written by: Morrie Ruvinsky Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Bruce Dinsmore (Robert Waverly), Anthony DeLongis (Lymon Kurlow), Barbara Tyson (Barbara Waverly), Kelly Fiddick (Johnny), Bill Croft (Peter Matlin) Lawyer Robert Waverly is leaving his mistress' apartment with his video camera when he sees MacLeod locked in combat with an evil Immortal. Waverly makes sure he gets it all on tape -- the fight, the death, the Quickening. He then tries to cut a deal with MacLeod: if MacLeod kills Waverly's wife, then Waverly won't go to the police. When Kurlow, partner of the Immortal MacLeod killed on the tape, comes after MacLeod, Waverly, unaware of what he's dealing with, proposes another deal. A la "Strangers on a Train," Waverly will kill Kurlow and MacLeod will kill Bruno's wife, and no one will suspect a thing. Waverly challenges Kurlow, who kills Waverly easily and MacLeod is left to save Waverly's wife and get rid of Kurlow. VENDETTA, #94311 Written by: Alan Swayze Directed by: George Mendeluk Guest Cast: Tony Rosato (Benny Carbassa), Ken Pogue (Simon Lang), Stella Stevens (Margaret Lang), Tamara Gorski (Peggy McCall) To save his own hide, petty hoodlum Benny Carbassa, the Nathan Detroit of Immortality, turns MacLeod over to an aging gangster determined to see MacLeod dead before he dies. In the midst of this, Anne returns, having convinced herself that MacLeod will open up in his own time and determined not to push him too hard. In flashback, we see MacLeod's first meeting with Benny, in 1938 at the Coconut Lounge, a club operated by two young brothers who are rivals for the same torch singer. THEY ALSO SERVE, 94312 Written by: Lawrence Shore Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Mary Woronov (Rita Luce), Michael Anderson, Jr. (Ian Bancroft), Barry Pepper (Michael Christian), Vivian Wu (May-Ling Shen) 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 MacLeod the martial arts in 1780's Mongolia. Christian's Watcher, Rita Luce, has been doing more than just watching, supplying Christian with classified information on the other Immortals and their weaknesses. MacLeod, unaware of Christian, goes on a vision quest to his cabin on Holy Ground -- deliberately leaving his sword behind. The race is on for Joe Dawson to figure out Rita's secret before Christian sets his sights on MacLeod. BLIND FAITH, #94313 Written by: Jim Makichuk Directed by: Ciccoritti Guest Cast: Richard Lynch (John Kirin), Conrad Dunn (Matthew), Nick Vrataric (Timothy Parriot), Dave Cameron (Todd Milchan) 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. MacLeod knows better. He watched as Kirin, then known as Kage, massacred POWs in the Spanish Civil 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 in MacLeod's dojo, MacLeod is certain Kirin is responsible. Kirin protests his innocence and realizes the real killer is Matthew, one of his faithful disciples trying to protect him. Kirin confronts a disillusioned Matthew, who manages to kill Kirin before dying himself in a rain of police bullets. In the Tag, Kirin and MacLeod have made peace as Kirin takes to the road, hoping to do good elsewhere. SONG OF THE EXECUTIONER, #94314 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: David Robb (Kalas), Eugene Lipinski (Paul), Demetri Goritsas (Timon), John Tench (Max Jupe), Vince Metcalfe (Dan Tarendash) In the 1600s, MacLeod 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 MacLeod discovered that Kalas was routinely taking the heads of Immortals as they left the sanctuary, MacLeod and Paul expelled Kalas from the monastery, separating him from the music that was his life. Now in the present, Paul and his choir have been lured out of their monastery for a concert tour. When Paul disappears after a concert, MacLeod discovers that Kalas is after his revenge. Meanwhile, two mysterious deaths at the hospital seem to be linked to negligence on Anne's part. Later, when drugs are found in Joe's bar, it becomes obvious that Kalas is trying to destroy MacLeod's friends before coming for him. MacLeod confronts Kalas and finds that Kalas is a strong and skillful fighter, better than MacLeod has faced before, and is nearly the victor. To save himself, MacLeod throws himself off the concert hall roof, landing, dead, at Anne's feet on the street below. Kalas escapes and MacLeod is forced to leave his life in the U.S. and flee to France, leaving Anne believing that he is dead. STAR-CROSSED, #94315 Written by: Jim Makichuk Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Roger Daltrey (Hugh Fitzcairn), Kalas (David Robb), Valerie Zarrouk (Naomi), Frederic Witta (Patrick), Elodie Frenk (Arianna) MacLeod is picked up at the airport in France by his old friend, Hugh Fitzcairn. For the first time in the 350 years MacLeod has known him. Fitz has settled down as a Universitv Professor with the love of his life, Naomi. Flashbacks show MacLeod and Fitz's first meeting, when MacLeod was protecting the Doge's daughter from Fitz's amourous advances in Venice, 1637. When Naomi's jealous ex-lover is found strangled next to a computer displaying Fitz's falsified teaching credentials, Fitz goes on the run from the police. MacLeod realizes that Fitz is being framed by Kalas, who has followed him from the U.S. Kalas challenges Fitz and takes his head while MacLeod watches, unable to interfere. METHOS, #94316 Written by: J.P. Couture Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Peter Wingfield (Methos), David Robb (Kalas), Carmen Chaplin (Maria Campolo), Ken Samuels (Roger), George Birt (Don Salzer), Jean Francois Pages (Basil Dornin) When two Watchers end up dead by Kalas' hand, Joe realizes that Kalas is looking for Methos, the mythical "oldest Immortal." MacLeod knows that, with Methos' quickening, Kalas would finally be strong enough to defeat him. Kalas and MacLeod race to be the first to find Methos. Meanwhile, Richie muscles his way onto a top level motorcycle racing team and the champion, Basil, starts to get nervous. Flashbacks are to Paris in the 1920s, when Kalas, then known as Antonio Neri, was the toast of the opera world. When Kalas threatens a young girl in MacLeod's protection, they fight. Kalas escapes, but not before MacLeod inflicts a throat wound that destroys Kalas' vocal chords and the singing that has been his life since the Middle Ages. Kalas nearly takes Methos in battle and, realizing that he will not be able to defeat Kalas, Methos offers his own head to MacLeod. MacLeod refuses and challenges Kalas on his own, nearly defeating him when the police arrive to send Kalas to prison for the deaths of the Watchers. TAKE BACK THE NIGHT,#94317 Written by: Alan Swayze Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Kim Johnston Ulrich (Ceirdwyn), Marc Edouard Leon (Paolo), Jean Francois Pages (Basil Dornin), Benjamin Pullen (Bonnie Prince Charlie) 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. At the racetrack watching Richie's success at racing, MacLeod befriends a young pickpocket, the brother of one of the gang members, and learns of the killings. MacLeod, who has known Ceirdwyn since before they helped smuggle Bonnie Prince Charlie out of Scotland in 1746, feels he must stop Ceirdwyn and make her see that revenge is not the answer -- a lesson she helped MacLeod learn in the bloody aftermath of Culloden. In return, Ceirdwyn helps MacLeod see that, although loving a mortal can be dangerous for the mortal, it is the mortal who must choose whether to take the risk. MacLeod calls Anne. Meanwhile, Richie "dies" in a firey crash during a race, a crash that also takes the life of the champion, Basil. TESTIMONY, #94318 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Alexis Daniel (Kristov), Selina Giles (Tasha), Georges Keyl (Bohdan) MacLeod 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 the band of Cossacks MacLeod encountered on his way to the Orient in 1750. Concerned about Tasha, Anne tries to convince her to testify against Kristov, while Kristov is determined to make sure Tasha dies before she can testify. Richie is kidnapped by Kristov as a pawn in this game. MacLeod must choose between taking down Kristov or saving Richie and Richie finds he must grow as an Immortal -- or die. MORTAL SINS, #94319 Written by: Lawrence Shore Directed by: Mario Azzopardi Guest Cast: Roger Bret (Father Bernard), Andrew Woodall (Ernest Daimler), Jean Claude Deret (Georges Dalou) Father Bernard has a secret he thought he'd buried 50 years ago at the bottom of the Seine. When Ernest Daimler, the Nazi Major who Bernard killed as a young boy and threw in the river, appears at his church looking not a day older than the day he died, Father Bernard realizes he's like MacLeod. As a child, Bernard watched MacLeod die and revive during a mission for the French Resistance and MacLeod swore him to secrecy. Bernard goes to MacLeod for help. Meanwhile, Anne tells MacLeod that she is pregnant -- by an old friend she sought for comfort after MacLeod's "death." MacLeod tries to adjust to the concept of being a father. When Daimler kills Father Bernard and comes after Anne, MacLeod kills Daimler and Anne witnesses what being part of MacLeod's life really means. Unable to deal with the part of herself that wanted to see Daimler die, Anne leaves MacLeod. REASONABLE DOUBT, #94320 Written by: Elizabeth Baxter Directed by: Denis Berry Guest Cast: Paudge Behan (Lucas Kagan), Geraldin Cotte (Simone Tomas), Richard Lintern (Tarsis) When a valuable DaVinci sketch is stolen from a friend of MacLeod's in a robbery that killed two guards, MacLeod 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 MacLeod killed his mentor. Meanwhile, Maurice asks MacLeod to talk to his troubled niece, Simone. Simone turns out to be more troubled than Maurice knows -- she's a prostitute and Kagan's accomplice. MacLeod goes after Kagan, who protests his innocence in the deaths of the guards and who promises MacLeod that he'll change his ways if MacLeod will help him. When Simone, the only one who knows Kagan is the killer, is killed, MacLeod realizes that Kagan could never really change and confronts Kagan, taking his head. FINALE, PART ONE, #94321 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Mario Azzopardi Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), David Robb (Kalas), Peter Wingfield (Methos) Amanda accidentally helps Kalas escape from prison by trying to do MacLeod a favor and kill Kalas for him. After an attempt on Maurice's life thwarted by MacLeod, Kalas kidnaps Amanda to use as bait against MacLeod, but Amanda manages to escape. Meanwhile, Christine Salzer, the widow of a Watcher killed by Kalas (in "Methos") 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 talk Christine out of it, but she's determined to take a computer disk with the identities of all known Immortals and Watchers on it to a newspaper publisher. Dawson, desperate, tries to kill her outside the newspaper building, but is stopped by MacLeod and Methos. Christine enters the building and the Immortals and the Watcher know their lives are about to change forever. FINALE, PART TWO, #94322 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Denis Berry Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), David Robb (Kalas), Peter Wingfield (Methos) As Christine tells her tale to the newspaper publisher, MacLeod and Amanda, knowing their world is about to end, finally admit they love each other. Kalas kills Christine and the publisher and steals the computer disk before they have a chance to spread the story. Kalas offers MacLeod a deal -- MacLeod offers up his head or the contents of the disk are made public. Dawson and the Watchers attempt to find Kalas, but this only results in more dead Watchers. Methos tries to talk MacLeod out of it, but MacLeod agrees to fight Kalas on top of the Eiffel Tower. Kalas is defeated and the resulting Quickening, amplified by the Tower, sends a power surge that disrupts every computer in the vicinity -- including Kalas'. The information on the disk is destroyed and Immortals and Watchers maintain their anonymity. ----------------------------------------- Season Four HOMELAND, #95401 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Adrian Paul Guest Cast: Carsten Norgaard (Kanwulf), Kristin Minter (Rachel MacLeod), Matthew Walker (Ian MacLeod), Laurie Holden (Debra Campbell) In the spectacular season opener, MacLeod 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? BROTHERS IN ARMS, #95402 Written by: Morrie Ruvinsky Directed by: Charles Wilkinson Guest Cast: Philip Akin (Charlie DeSalvo), Wolfgang Bodison (Andrew Cord), Chris Bradford (Young Joe Dawson) Friends become enemies and the past is revealed, when Immortal Andrew Cord is gunned down and MacLeod discovers the sniper is Charlie DeSalvo, his good friend who used to run the dojo. Charlie, who left MacLeod 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 Vietnam after a mine explosion took his legs and he begs MacLeod not to fight him. MacLeod agrees -- until Cord turns the tables and sets his sights on Charlie. THE INNOCENT, #95403 Written by: Alan Swayze Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Pruitt Taylor Vince (Mikey), Callum Keith Rennie (Tyler King) 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 MacLeod, who advises him that taking care of Mikey could be trouble. MacLeod remembers coming to the aid of a young Indian in trouble, when his help got the man killed. While MacLeod faces Tyler King, an Immortal who's coming after Mikey, Richie must find the maturity to take responsibility for Mikey's situation. LEADER OF THE PACK, #95404 Written by: Lawrence Shore Directed by: Mario Azzopardi 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, MacLeod 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. DOUBLE EAGLE, #95405 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Mario Azzopardi Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), Nicholas Campbell (Kit O'Brady) MacLeod's old friend, Kit O'Brady, comes into town in search of a good race horse and a change of luck. MacLeod 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 MacLeod's life while Kit is there, MacLeod is hard pressed to keep them apart and to keep them from killing each other. REUNION, #95406 Written by: Elizabeth Baxter Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), Lisa Howard (Anne Lindsey), Myles Ferguson (Kenny), Mike Preston (Terence Kincaid) 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 MacLeod for help. MacLeod agrees to harbor him for one night only, but when MacLeod gets him home, Kenny discovers his long-lost teacher there -- Amanda! THE COLONEL, #95407 Written by: Durnford King Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Sean Allen (Simon Killian), Lisa Butler (Melissa) World War I was officially over when Colonel Simon Killian ordered his troops into one last bloody attack on the Germans. MacLeod 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 MacLeod's girlfriend. RELUCTANT HEROES, #95408 Written by: Scott Peters Directed by: Neill Fearnley Guest Cast: Peter Outerbridge (Paul Kinman), Jill Teed (Kaayla Brooks), Kevin McNulty (David Markum) Coming home from the movies, MacLeod and Richie witness a murder attempt on grocer David Markum. MacLeod saves Markum, but Markum's wife Alice is hit and killed. MacLeod and Richie go after the murderer and discover he's Immortal Paul Kinman just as the police arrive and arrest him. MacLeod wants Kinman's head. Kinman killed MacLeod's good friend Dennis Keating when they were in the court of Queen Anne. FBI agent Kaayla Brooks asks MacLeod and Richie if they can testify against Kinman, but MacLeod refuses because he can't kill Kinman if Kinman's in jail. THE WRATH OF KALI, #95409 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Duane Clark An ancient statue of the Hindu goddess Kali is purchased by the university where MacLeod 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. MacLeod, 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. CHIVALRY, #95410 Written by: Michael O'Mahoney & Sasha Reins Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Peter Wingfield (Adam Pierson/Methos) Nearly 350 years ago, MacLeod 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 MacLeod has never been able to kill Kristin because of his strict code of honor, has arrived in town to watch the fireworks as MacLeod tries to convince Richie that his new-found love is dangerous. TIMELESS, #95411 Written by: Karen Harris Directed by: Duane Clark Guest Cast: Peter Wingfield (Adam Pierson/Methos), Ron Halder (Walter Graham), Rae Dawn Chong (Claudea Jardine), Ocean Hellman (Alexa Bond) 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 MacLeod's better judgment. Meanwhile, Methos has fallen for Alexa, a waitress at Joe's who has a secret of her own. THE BLITZ, #95412 Written by: Morrie Ruvinsky Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Lisa Howard (Anne Lindsey), Alison Noir (Diane Terrin) 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. MacLeod 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. MacLeod is desperate to rescue Anne before he loses her like he lost Diane. SOMETHING WICKED, #95413 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Byron Chief Moon (Jim Coltec), Benjamin Ratner (Bryce Korland) 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 MacLeod's Indian family in 1872, Coltec saved MacLeod 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, MacLeod must find a way to save Coltec without being drawn into the evil himself. DELIVERANCE, #95414 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Peter Wingfield (Adam Pierson/Methos), Michael J. Jackson (Sean Burns), Carl Chase (Robert Davis), Valeria Cavalli (Dominique Davis), Kristin Minter (Rachel MacLeod) MacLeod arrives in France, leaving a trail of hate and destruction in his wake. Methos finds him and discovers just how evil MacLeod has become when he tries to take Methos' head on holy ground. After MacLeod kills another good friend, Methos realizes that the only way to save MacLeod may be to kill him. PROMISES, #95415 Written by: Lawrence Shore Directed by: Paolo Barzman Guest Cast: Kristin Minter (Rachel MacLeod), Ricco Ross (Kassim), Vernon Dobtcheff (Hamad), Tomer Sisley (Reza) In 1755, MacLeod 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 MacLeod 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, MacLeod is torn between doing what he believes is right and keeping his promise. #95416 METHUSELAH'S GIFT After masked thugs try to take Amanda's head in her sleep, she and MacLeod discover the person trying to kill her may be Methos. This episode was directed by Adrian Paul. #95417 THE IMMORTAL CIMOLI Written by: Story by Sophia Descroisette; Teleplay by Scott Peters Directed by: Yves Lafaye Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), Jason Bonham Carter (Danny Cimoli), Louise Vincent (Lina Cimoli), Simon Kunz (Damon Case) Two-bit magician Danny Cimoli gets a whole new act when he's hit by a truck and becomes The Immortal Cimoli. Amanda and MacLeod 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. #95418 THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY Written by: Alan Swayze Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Dougray Scott (Warren Cochrane), Peter Wingfield (Adam Pierson/Methos), Laura Marine (Nancy Goddard), Struan Rodger (Bonnie Prince Charles), Gresby Nash (Andrew Donnelly). MacLeod's old friend Warren Cochrane is hiding a horrible secret he can't bear to remember. Realizing that an Immortal, MacLeod who won't remember what he is is a soon to be dead Immortal, MacLeod 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 MacLeod might have helped his freind more by letting the past stay buried. 250 years ago, Duncan MacLeod and Warren Cochrane fought together to save Scotland. Now Warren doesn't remember who he was or what he is. And an Immortal who doesn't know what he is is soon a dead Immortal. #95419 DOUBLE JEOPARDY Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Charles Wilkinson Guest Cast: Stacey Travis (Renee Delaney), Marc Warrnen (Morgan D'Estaing), Roland Gift (Xavier St. Cloud) Are MacLeod and the police seeing a ghost when the evidence in a diamond theft and poison gas murder points to evil, but dead, Xavier St. Cloud? CID Agent Renee Delaney (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 Xaviers former student, Morgan D'Estaing? #95420 TILL DEATH Written by: Story be Beatrice Mathouret; Teleplay by Michael O'Mahony & Sasha Reins Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Roger Daltry (Hugh Fitzcaim), Jeremy Brudenwell (Robert de Valicourt), Cecile Pallas (Gina de Valicourt), Peter Wingfield (Adam Pierson/Method). When Gina and Robert de Valicourt met 300 years ago, even Gina's suitors MacLeod 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. MacLeod decides it's up to him to reunite the once happy couple, and he enlists a very unwilling accomplice in his cunning plan. #95421 JUDGMENT DAY Joe's future is on the line when the Watchers accuse him of treason for his friendship with MacLeod. ---------------------------------------- Season Five #95422 ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT Writer: David Tynan; Director: Dennis Berry; Guest Cast: Peter Wingfield as Methos, Stephen Tremblay as Jacob Galati, Jesse Joe Walsh as Jack Shapiro and Romina Mondello as Irena Galati 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. MacLeod 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. #96501 PROPHECY Writer: David Tynan; Director: Dennis Berry; Guest Cast: Tracey Scoggins as Cassandra, Gererd Plunkett as Roland Kantos, Jeremy Beck as Young Duncan and Matthew Walker as Ian MacLeod 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 MacLeod again. She needs Duncan to fulfill an ancient prophecy that only he can challenge and defeat the voice of darkness. #96502 THE END OF INNOCENCE Writer: Morrie Runvinsky; Director: Gerard Hameline; Guest Cast: Real Andrews as Haresh Clay, Chris Humphreys as Graham Ashe, Chris Martin as Carter Wellan and Rachel Hayward as Delila 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. MacLeod has his own long-time grudge against Clay, who humiliated and destroyed one of Duncan's finest teachers. MacLeod must try to rebuild Richie's trust while vying with him to be the one who faces Clay in combat. #96503 MANHUNT Writer: David Tynan; Director: Peter Ellis; Guest Cast: Bruce A. Young as Carl Robinson, Eric McCormick as Matthew McCormick and Eric Keenleyside as Trey Franks 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 MacLeod for help. #96504 GLORY DAYS Writer: Nancy Heiken; Director: Gerard Hameline; Guest Cast: Ian Tracey as Johnny Kelly and Marcia Stressman as Betsy Fields 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, MacLeod's go his hands full with Johnny Kelly, a teenage mobster wannabe when MacLeod knew him during Prohibition who is now a cold-blooded assassin. The only rules Johnny K knows are the rules of the street -- and MacLeod's going to have to play by them if he wants to keep his head. #96505 DRAMATIC LICENSE Written by: Michael O'Mahoney and Sasha Reins; Directed by: Peter Ellis; Guest Cast: (Sandra Bernhard), (Alistair Duncan) CAROLYN MARSH'S latest best-seller is a hot and sexy romance novel featuring a smoky-eyed swashbuckling Highland hero named Duncan MacLeod. Both MacLeod and TERENCE COVENTRY, the Immortal depicted as the borish villain of the novel, are out tofind the author -- MacLeod to find out how much she really knows about him, and Coventry to kill her. #96506 MONEY NO OBJECT Written by: James Thorpe; Directed by: Rafal Zielinski; Guest Cast: (Stan Kirsch), (Nicholas Les) MacLeod 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 MacLeod won't beg her to stay with him. But MacLeod rides to rides to the rescue when one of Cory's schemes goes astray. #96507 HAUNTED Writer: Scott Peters; Director: James Bruce; Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Stan Kirsch (Richie Ryan),; Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson), Kathy Evison (Jennifer Hill), Kevin Conway (Alec Hill) Jennifer Hill believes the spirit of her dead husband Alec, an Immortal, is still with her. She comes to Alec's old friend MacLeod and begs him to appease Alec's spirit by whacking the son-of-a-bitch who took Alec Hill's head. Richie finds himslef strangely attracted to the grieving young widow -- until he realizes he's the son-of-a-bitch who took Alec Hill's head. #96508 LITTLE TIN GOD Writer: Richard Gilbert Hill; Director: Rafael Zileinski; Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson); Andrew Divogg (Gavriel Larca), Roger R. Cross (Derek Worth), Nathaniel DeVeaux (Reverend Bell) 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 out to be Duncan MacLeod? #96509 THE MESSENGER Writer: David Tynan; Director: James Bruce; Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Stan Kirsch (Richie Ryan); Peter Wingfield (Methos), Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson), Ron Perlman (The Messenger) 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 MacLeod already calls Methos? #96510 THE VALKYRIE Writer: James Thorpe; Director: Richard Martin; Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Peter Wingfield (Methos); Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson), Musetta Vander (Ingrid Henning), Jan Triska (Nicolae Breslaw) 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? #96511 COMES A HORSEMAN Writer: David Tynan; Director: Gerard Hameline; Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Peter Wingfield (Methos); Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson), Tracy Scoggins (Cassandra), Valentine Pelka (Kronos) 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. #96512 REVELATIONS 6:8 100th Episode! A major episode. Written by: Tony DiFranco; Directed by: Adrian Paul; Guest Cast: Valentine Pelka (Kronos), Richard Ridings (Silas), Marcus Testory (Caspian) 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. RANSOM OF RICHARD REDSTONE 96513 Written by: David Tynan; Directed by: Gerard Hameline; Guest Cast: Sonia Codhant (Marina LeMartin), Tom Russell (Edward Cervain), Gary Hetherington (Carlo Capodimonte) 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. DUENDE 96514 Written by: Jan Hartman; Directed by: Richard Martin; Guest Cast: Anthony DeLongis (Otavio Consone), Carmen DuSautoy (Anna Hidalgo), Deborah Epstein (Luisa Hidalgo), Dolores Chaplin (Theresa) 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. THE STONE OF SCONE 96515 Written by: Michael O'Mahony & Sasha Reins; Directed by: Richard Martin; Guest Cast: Roger Daltrey (Hugh Fitzcairn), Michael Culkin (Bernie Crimmins) 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 fulfill a promise made centuries before? FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES 96516 Written by: Dom Tordjmann; Directed by: Paolo Barzman; Guest Cast: Chris Larkin (Steven Keane) 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. THE MODERN PROMETHEUS 96517 Written by: James Thorpe; Directed by: Adrian Paul; Guest Cast: Jonathan Firth (Lord Byron), Barbara Keogh (Mary Shelley) 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? ARCHANGEL, or CALL TO GLORY 96518 Season finale, even though it's only number 18 Written by: David Tynan; Directed by: Dennis Berry; Guest Cast: Edward Jewesbury (Jason Landry) 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? ---------------------------------------- Season Six, Fall 1997 AVATAR, #97601 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Dennis Berry. Guest Cast: Peter Hudson (Ahriman/Horton), Rachel Shelley (Sophie Baines) Every thousand years, the Zoroastrian demon, Ahriman, returns to wreak havoc on the earth. He has already brought destruction to Duncan MacLeod's world, having caused Richie's death at Duncan's hand. But now MacLeod returns to Paris to take up his mantle as Champion and vows to destroy Ahriman. Sophie Baines knows how to defeat the demon, but is she MacLeod's ally, or another pawn in Ahriman's game? Armageddon - #97602 WRITER: Tony DiFranco; DIRECTOR: Richard Martin. GUEST CAST: Peter Hudson (Ahriman/ Horton), Dudley Sutton (Father Beaufort), Valentine Pelka (Ahriman/Kronos) It's showdown time between Ahriman and the Champion, Duncan MacLeod. With the help of Father Beaufort and Joe Dawson, MacLeod begins to find a crack in Evil's armor. But they soon learn that anyone who helps the Champion becomes fair game for the demon. Joe is torn by guilt as Watchers -- friends -- are murdered by Ahriman, while Father Beaufort has his own inner demons to contend with. Not even Holy Ground is sanctuary, as MacLeod wrestles with Ahriman in the final battle... Armageddon. SINS OF THE FATHER, #97603 Written by: James Thorpe Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Dara Tomanovich (Alex Raven), Charles Daish (Grant Thomas), Ian Richardson (Max Leiner) Now that his grandson, Carl, manages the bank, George Thomas can relax with his old friend, Duncan MacLeod. But the good life is cut short when George's car explodes in a ball of flames -- leaving MacLeod to find George's killer. The trail leads to Alex Raven, a beautiful Immortal with a taste for danger and a fifty-year-old promise to fulfill... no matter what the cost. DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY, #97604 Written by: James Thorpe Directed by: Richard Martin Guest Cast: Jasper Britton (Willie Kingsley), Ed Bishop (Edward Banner), Alexis Denisof (Steve Banner) Embezzler, charmer, con man extraordinaire, Willie Kingsley has a knack for turning up dead... and profiting from it handsomely. But when one last con goes wrong, his mortal wife pays for the scheme with her life. Willie turns to Duncan MacLeod to help him track down her killer. MacLeod wants justice... but all Willie wants is revenge. PATIENT NUMBER 7, #97605 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Alice Evans (Kyra), Michael Halsey (Milos Vladic) Police at her heels, killers on her trail, Kyra is on the run, with no memory of who -- or what -- she is. In the streets of Paris, she runs into Dunacn MacLeod. MacLeod spins a wild story: that he and Kyra were lovers three hundred years ago. That she is a soldier, a warrior. That she is Immortal. Kyra doesn't believe a word of it... But if it isn't true, why is someone after her head? BLACK TOWER, #97606 Written by: Morrie Ruvinsky Directed by: Richard Martin Guest Cast: Andrew Bicknell (Marek), Rochelle Redfield (Margo), Alexi K. Campbell (Dice) Four hundred years ago, Devon Marek was a spoiled aristocrat with a passion for the hunt. His first teacher, Duncan MacLeod, forced him to give up his lands and title when he became Immortal -- and Marek's never forgiven him for it. Today Marek has built his own empire -- and now hunts his most dangerous prey: MacLeod. UNUSUAL SUSPECTS, #97607 Written by: Morrie Ruvinsky Guest Cast: Roger Daltrey (Hugh Fitzcairn), Cleo Rocos (Juliette), Hugh Simon (Tynebridge) It's 1929, and Hugh Fitzcairn is enjoying the life of a manor lord. He has good friends, a beautiful wife, trusted servants . . . until one of his nearest and dearest "murders" him. He calls in his old friend, Duncan MacLeod, to help him uncover his own murderer -- before more bodies start piling up. JUSTICE, #97608 Written by: Michael O'Mahony and Sacha Reins Directed by: Richard Martin Guest Cast: Justina Vail (Katya) When Immortal Cara's adopted daughter is murdered, the courts let the killer walk free. Now Cara's an avenging angel, determined to see justice done... even if it means crossing Duncan MacLeod. DEADLY EXPOSURE, #97609 Written by: James Thorpe Directed by: Dennis Berry Guest Cast: Sandra Hess (Reagan Cole) All bounty hunter Reagan Cole wanted was a holiday in Paris with fellow Immortal Duncan MacLeod. What she found was international intrigue, a hunky underwear model, and a terrorist with a million-dollar price on his head... What's a gal gotta do to get a vacation nowadays? TWO OF HEARTS, #97610 Written by: James Thorpe Directed by: Richard Martin Centuries ago, Bartholomew sent thousands to their deaths during the Crusades, amassing a fortune in God's name. Now Immortal Katherine is determined to take his head - if only she can keep her mortal husband, Nick, from interfering with The Game. Note by Bob Fahey: This episode features Claudia Christian as the immortal Katherine. Since she wasn't brought back as "Ivanova" in the fifth season of Babylon 5, it would be kind of cool if she got to star in a Highlander spinoff show. Interestingly, not one member of the regular Highlander cast appears in this episode. INDISCRETIONS, #97611 Written by: James Thorpe Directed by: Dennis Berry Methos and Joe Dawson are thrown together when past indiscretions threaten the present. DePasqua has hunted Methos for two hundred years. He's not about to let a mere mortal get in his way... especially if the mortal is a Watcher. TO BE, #97612 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Richard Martin It was Duncan MacLeod who caused Liam O'Rourke and his mortal wife to be captured and convicted of terrorism. That was fifty years ago, but Immortal O'Rourke has a long memory - and a plan to even the score. NOT TO BE, #97613 Written by: David Tynan Directed by: Dennis Berry Immortal terrorist Liam O'Rourke is out for blood. Used to playing by his own rules, he'll stop at nothing to get MacLeod's head - even if it takes destroying every one of Duncan's friends. And that's it. The show ended after six seasons, the last season being half a season long. A spinoff show then started, featuring Duncan's sometime flame Amanda. The show lasted one season. The next Highlander movie featured both Connor and Duncan. It was called Endgame.