From: rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Profess'nal Agitator)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Highlander episode list
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:52:33 GMT
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In article <BzFEov.H01@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jad44314@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Janet A Dornhoff) writes:
>rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Profess'nal Agitator) writes:

>[Highlander episode title list:]

>>I may have 5 and 6 switched.  Plot briefs added upon request.

>Consider it requested.  I don't think you need to spoiler-protect just
>the titles, especially since they don't tell you anything about the
>episode :-), but definitely protect the summaries.

For the record, for those of you who saw my recent "Eyewitness"
summary, do not expect the same depth for these.  These are plot
briefs, not synopses.  Expect something one or two levels above what
you would find in TV Guide.

Spoilers:



>>The Gathering

The premiere ep.  Duncan is awakened by a noise and finds Richie
breaking into his shop.  Before he can take action, he is surprised by
not one, but two other immortals.  Slan Quince (played by Richard
Moll) comes for Duncan's head, but is stopped by Connor.  A new rule:
"No two against one."  Connor wins and chases Slan off.  The remaining
part of the ep focuses on defeating Slan.

Connor and Duncan are clansmen.  Connor is from Duncan's grandfather's
generation and trained Duncan as Ramirez trained Connor.  Several
swordfighting scenes of the two training together.


>>Innocent Man



Duncan and Tessa head up to the mountains to visit his old friend,
Lewis.  At the beginning of the ep, a homeless Vietnam vet witnesses
the pyrotechnics associated with Lewis' death and is framed for his
murder.

Introduces Amanda Wyss as Randi, an investigative reporter.  Duncan
met Lewis as a Union POW; Lewis was an officer for the Confederacy.

>>The Road Not Taken



One of Richie's friends from the old neighborhood dies due to some
kind of strength drug.  Duncan suspects a Chinese immortal friend of his.

>>Bad Day in Building A



The first non-immortal ep.  Tessa, Richie, and Duncan are all trapped
in courthouse building A when a murder suspect, Bryant Slade, escapes
from custody and takes several hostages.  Randi makes her second appearance.

>>Freefall



Richie takes a liking to Felicia(?) a strange new woman played by Joan
Jett.  She commits suicide by leaping off a building.  When she comes
to and returns to the shop to find Richie, Duncan plans to train her
in the ways of the immortals.

I think this is the first ep that introduces Tim Reid as a police detective.

>>Deadly Medicine



Duncan suffers massive internal injuries in a hit-and-run collision.
When he walks out of ER, one of the doctors tracks him down to run
experiments on.  Randi, who has been intrigued by Duncan since their
first meeting, gets suspicious of the doctor as well.

Oops.  It appears there's ten eps.  I forgot 
"Mountain Men" in my original ep.

Please note there is a flashback in this ep which I did not include in
my flashbacks list because it wasn't particularly relevant to anything
but the ep on hand.



Tessa goes up to the mountains to study some Indian artifacts.  She is
abducted by a band of mountian men, led by ??? (played by Marc
Singer) who is immortal.  Duncan tracks her and we learn from a
flashback that Duncan is familiar with the area when he met another
immortal some time ago.

>>Revenge is Sweet



The ep opens with a flashback to 1989 (oops) in which Duncan is
involved in a swordfight.  His adversary escapes, but loses his sword.
A woman shows up at the shop, inquiring about the sword.  Duncan
suspects his adversary is still alive.  There is an additional
flashback to 17(?)th century Britain.

Reid appears for the second or first time.

>>The Sea Witch



Richie is on an errand and tries to help an old friend of his from
being accosted.  Turns out they're a couple.  Richie tracks them to an
abandoned warehouse and witnesses a drug deal.  The deal is botched
and the other guy is killed.  Richie and the girl are now on the run.
The drug lord is another immortal from Duncan's past.  There is a
flashback to interwar Russia.  This is also the first time we've ever
seen an immortal receive quickening without actually dealing the fatal blow.

>>Eyewitness



Tessa almost witnesses a murder (she sees everything but the actual
act).  The murderer later shows up unannounced at the shop and Duncan
detects his immortality.  Both Reid and Randi appear.

Well, gee, might as well be an ep guide.

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