Micro guide to Season 1 of Highlander

[kerravonsen]

For astrogirl who is wondering whether she will even make it to Season 3...

01 "The Gathering"
Exposition-heavy introduction, with guest appearance by Connor McLeod.

02 "Innocent Man"
Duncan beheads the bad guy.

03 "The Road Not Taken"
Duncan argues with a Chinese stereotype who is an old friend.

04 "Bad Day in Building A"
Bad guys who are not Immortals! Duncan does "Die Hard" in a court building! Introduces Randi the Reporter.

05 "Free Fall"
Introduces TPTB's tendency to cast rock singers as guest stars. This week it is Joan Jett.

06 "Deadly Medicine"
Return of Randi the Reporter. Bad guy is not an immortal, but a crazy doctor.

07 "Mountain Men"
Marc Singer gets to play a bad-ass crazy Immortal. Tessa is kidnapped and gets to be cunning. Duncan demonstrates his tracking-Fu, and beheads the bad guy.

08 "Revenge is Sweet"
Duncan beheads the bad guy.

09 "The Sea Witch"
Duncan fights the bad guy, who is killed by something else.

10 "Eyewitness"
Tessa plays Nancy Drew.

11 "Family Tree"
Richie and Duncan get all angsty about their childhoods and (lack of) family.

12 "See No Evil"
Duncan and Tessa play Nancy Drew against a serial killer.

13 "Band of Brothers"
The awesome Darius! The cool evil immortal Grayson! Randi the Reporter returns. Duncan beheads the bad guy.

14 "For Evil's Sake"
Duncan beheads the bad guy.

15 "For Tomorrow We Die"
Another guest rock singer (Roland Gift of Fine Young Cannibals) who plays a cool evil Immortal. Duncan fights him but he escapes.

16 "The Beast Below"
The Hunchback of Notre Dame meets the Phantom of the Opera. Pretty lame.

17 "Saving Grace"
A guest immortal who is not evil, and another guest immortal who is. Duncan fights the evil immortal, who is killed by something else.

18 "The Lady and the Tiger"
Introducing Amanda, the sassy Immortal cat burgler! Duncan fights the bad guy, who is killed by something else.

19 "Avenging Angel"
Duncan beheads the bad guy.

20 "Eye of the Beholder"
Duncan beheads the bad guy.

21 "Nowhere to Run"
In which the evil immortal isn't quite evil, the good guy isn't quite good, and a number of people take the law into their own hands.

22 "The Hunters"
Introducing Hugh Fitzcairn! (Who happens to be played by another rock singer, Roger Daltrey). Introducing villain James Horton. Pivotal episode!

Comments

[watervole]

Someday, I must watch Highlander through in order. I've always seen it in bits and patches.

[kerravonsen]

So you should. 8-)
Note, however, that Joe does not appear until Season 2. (grin)

Gah, I wish I could sit down and watch it with you...

[watervole]

Me too. I'd love to be able to watch it together.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

11 "Family Tree"

Ah, so this one was out of order! Very badly out of order, apparently. *scratches head*

[kerravonsen]

I think someone confused the production order with the airing order; in this case they are not the same. No wonder you were confused at lack of character development!

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was bizarre. :)

Why do so many people who put together DVD collections appear to be idiots?

[kerravonsen]

Because they aren't interested in the content that they're packaging?

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that probably does explain it. Sigh. Episode order always seems to me like such a simple, easy thing to check, though. And it can make such a big difference in customer satisfaction...

[kerravonsen]

To be fair, with most series, the production order is the same as the airing order, so they assume that just checking the production order is enough. At least, that is my hypothesis.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but I sure seem to encounter a lot of exceptions. Which is particularly annoying when I'm watching stuff through Netflix, because I don't have all the discs at the same time and sometimes physically can't watch them in the correct order.