1The Gathering
Duncan MacLeod is an immortal who has been out of the game for many years. Duncan and his girlfriend Tessa are targeted by Slan Quince, an evil immortal. Duncan is convinced by his friend and fellow immortal Connor MacLeod that he must return to the game to protect Tessa, and to keep from losing his head.
2Family Tree
Duncan bails Richie out of jail after he was caught stealing files from an adoption agency in an effort to find out who his parents are. From what Richie read in the files before he was caught, he and Duncan are able to find a man who claims to be his father. Duncan senses that something isn't right, so he hits the streets to find out who this man really is.
3The Road Not Taken
A friend of Richie's dies suddenly after being captured during a diamond heist. The police believe it to be a drug overdose, but Richie insists his friend would never have done drugs. Duncan believes it to be the work of a potion developed by Kiem Sun, an immortal he once knew.
4Innocent Man
Sensing danger, the immortal Lucas Desiree requests a visit from his old friend Duncan MacLeod. Lucas is beheaded just before Duncan arrives, and the murder is pinned on a shell shocked Vietnam veteran. Duncan knows this man to be innocent, and that another immortal is to blame. To avenge his friend and to prevent an innocent man from going to jail, Duncan sets out to find the real killer.
8Deadly Medicine
On his way home from the grocery store, Duncan is the victim of a hit and run. He is rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but due to his remarkable recovery time he is able to check himself out shortly after he arrives. This is noticed by a doctor who drugs and kidnaps Duncan so that he can experiment on him. Meanwhile, reporter Randi MacFarland is hot on the trail of Duncan's disappearance.
10Revenge Is Sweet
While browsing Duncan's antique store, a mysterious woman named Rebecca Lord inquires about a sword that he once took from a rival immortal named Walter Reinhardt. Duncan agrees to let her test the sword, and he is shocked to find that she uses the same style as Reinhardt. Having never taken Reinhardt's head, Duncan fears that the two may be working together to defeat him.
1The Watchers
Still grieving over Darius' death, Duncan tries to elicit the meaning of the numbers Darius left him. He meets Joe and learns about the Watchers, who record the facts about Immortals but never interfere. Joe insists the Watchers would never have killed Darius. Duncan recognizes Horton as his attempted killer, and their conflict pulls Joe between them.
2Studies in Light
Duncan, Tessa, and Richie attend a photographic exhibit featuring Immortal Gregor, and Duncan discovers that the other exhibitor is someone he loved decades earlier, who had sent him away in order to focus on her work. He can't risk telling her he is Immortal and the same man she loved. Gregor enjoys discomforting Tessa and Richie.
3Turnabout
Duncan takes on Charlie DeSalvo to prove he's good enough at martial arts to work out at the dojo. Dawson tells Duncan that Quenten Barnes is free and killing mortals, but Duncan refuses to get involved. Then Duncan's old friend Michael Moore turns up, determined to take Barnes' head. In flashback, Michael was unable to save his mortal girlfriend Jeanette. Barnes beats Duncan to the priest who attended his execution, as Duncan tries frantically to prevent more killings.
7The Return of Amanda
Amanda shows up at the dojo with a suspicious offer of friendship. Then Duncan helps Amanda escape from two attackers that she insists she doesn't know. In flashback to 1930s Germany, Duncan is trying to help a scientist escape when Amanda attaches herself to him to get away from police chasing her. In modern day, Duncan tells Amanda about the Watchers but they discover the men chasing her are FBI.
9Run for Your Life
Duncan saved Immortal Carl Robinson from lynching in 1926 Louisiana. Then he was a famous colored league baseball star, but now he steals from drug pushers. When he steals Charlie's car to get away, Duncan tries to overcome Carl's longstanding hatred of and distrust for whites.
10Epitaph for Tommy
Immortal Anthony Galen attacks Duncan in a deserted amusement park. Losing, he tries to escape and hits mortal Bannon with his car, killing him. Duncan feels guilty over Tommy's death and tries to console his mother. In flashback, the fianc? of Duncan's current bed partner challenges him to a duel, but accidentally stabs the girl instead. Tommy's mother asks Duncan if Tommy's death was really an accident, telling him that Tommy was an investigative reporter and he had been scared of something. Duncan decides to find the connection between Tommy and Galen.
12Under Colour of Authority
14Unholy Alliance: Part 1
Immortal Xavier St. Cloud has mortals shoot his Immortal opponents so he can take their heads. Joe tells Duncan about the killings to warn him, and soon St. Cloud and his henchmen show up at the dojo. Duncan discovers the supposedly-dead Horton is working with St. Cloud, and Joe knew that Horton was alive.
15Unholy Alliance: Part 2
Renee and Duncan are attracted to each other but both are more interested in finding their quarry. Joe is torn between his loyalty to family and his friendship for Duncan. When Duncan flees to Paris, Renee shows up as well - and so does Horton.
17Warmonger
Security advisor Immortal Arthur Drake kills his President just before the signing of a peace treaty. Journalist Beth Vaughan is suspicious of Drake's claim that a sex partner did the murder. Duncan keeps Eli from shooting Drake at the ballet, and Eli tells Duncan how Drake killed his family. Between Eli and Beth, Duncan is drawn into taking Drake down.
19Legacy
Immortal Luther kills Immortal Rebecca by holding her husband hostage. In flashback to 850 AD, Rebecca rescues newly-Immortal Amanda from being burned with other plague victims and teaches her to be Immortal. In flashback to 1635, naive Duncan encounters his first fighting Immortal women, Rebecca and Amanda. When Duncan and Amanda realize Luther is trying to put Rebecca's crystal back together, they try to stop him - but not necessarily together.
1The Samurai
A cheating wife flees her husband when he kills her lover. She turns to Duncan for help. She shows him an old spy-scope, Duncan recalls when he last saw the spy-scope, and how he got his Katana. Duncan soon discovers her husband is immortal.
3The Revolutionary
Immortal Paul Karros was leading a group of Balkan revolutionaries but comes to the U.S. to try to obtain arms. When a fellow traveller, Father Stephen, is shot, Duncan becomes interested in the doctor, who saves him, Anne Lindsey. Duncan becomes suspicious of Karros' agenda. Charlie heads off with Mara to help rebuild her country.
4The Cross of St. Antoine
5Rite of Passage
Michelle, the 18-year-old adopted daughter of one of Duncan's friends, is a not-yet-Immortal until she totals her car and wakes up in the morgue. Duncan tries to comfort her grieving parents and teach her about being Immortal, but Immortal Axel wants to use her and eventually take her head, as he has done to other young woman Immortals.
6Courage
Duncan runs into Anne (literally) on a bike path and offers dinner to settle out of court. Immortal Brian Cullen plays chicken with Richie and causes a massive bus wreck, and Duncan is caught in the middle when Brian and Richie confront each other in the dojo.
9Shadows
Duncan is having nightmares and hallucinations. When he meets an old Immortal friend, John Garrick, at Garrick's art show, he discovers Garrick had the same hallucination. Anne wants to know why Duncan has no medical history. Will Duncan gain control of his mind, or is there something more to the problem?
12They Also Serve
Watcher Rita Luce is using Watcher information to help Immortal Michael Christian catch other Immortals when they are helpless so he can take their heads, and Duncan is next on her list. Meanwhile, Joe struggles with his conflicting loyalties to the Watchers and his friendship with Duncan.
13Blind Faith
In San Francisco, Immortal John Kirin pushes a man out of the path of an out-of-control car and is hit himself, "dying" in Anne's emergency room. As Anne tells his anxious followers that he didn't make it, he walks up behind her. Duncan is appalled that an Immortal would violate the rules like that and goes looking for Kirin. In flashback to 1937 Spain, Duncan is covering the Spanish Civil War with Immortal Cage, who sells out the partisans to the fascists. Cage has become Kirin, but Duncan and Joe don't believe in his conversion. In flashback to 1975 Cambodia, Duncan is trying to get a group of orphans out of danger, but Cage refuses to unload his drugs from a chopper to evacuate the children. In modern day, a reporter who wants to expose Kirin is killed while looking for evidence in the dojo, and Duncan is sure Kirin did it. Kirin responds to Duncan's challenge and tells Duncan about coming back in Cambodia and finding the children dead. He refuses to fight Duncan and Duncan cannot make himself take Kirin's head. Kirin's helper Matthew overhears their talk and threatens to kill Duncan if he doesn't tell him about Cage, and when Kirin arrives to warn Duncan, Matthew's disappointment in his idol explodes.
14Song of the Executioner
Start of the Kalas cycle. Duncan and Anne attend a musical performance by a group of European monks, led by Duncan's old friend Immortal Brother Paul. Paul discovers Kalas was the promoter who arranged the tour, to get Paul off holy ground so Kalas could take his head. In flashback to 1658 Europe, Duncan finds a monastery run by Brother Paul where Immortals can retreat and Kalas is the chief singer as well as a copyist. Another visiting Immortal, Timon, gives Duncan "Macbeth" and offers to teach him to read it. Later, Duncan discovers Kalas has been following Immortals when they leave and taking their heads once they are off holy ground, and Brother Paul banishes Kalas from the monastery. In modern day, Kalas concentrates on hurting those Duncan loves: he frames Anne for the deaths of two patients and Joe for selling drugs at his bar. His final frame is to make Duncan "die" - while Anne is watching.
15Star-Crossed
In this continuation of the Kalas cycle, Duncan has fled to Paris and meets up with Hugh Fitzcairn. Fitz is madly in love with Naomi, a fellow instructor at Le Cordon Bleu, but her ex-boyfriend Patrick is determined to win her back no matter how he has to get Fitz out of the way. In flashback to 1637 Verona, Fitz is pursuing the daughter of Duncan's employer. In modern day, Kalas sets Patrick up to threaten Fitz with exposing of false chef credentials. Fitz rushes over to find Patrick dead and then be discovered by Naomi. While Duncan tries to keep the police away, a despairing Fitz faces Kalas.
17Take Back the Night
Thugs kill Immortal Ceirdwyn's mortal lover Steven. Duncan and Maurice are watching Richie at the racetrack when Paolo steals Duncan's wallet and Duncan winds up taking the boy home. In flashback to Roman Britain, Ceirdwyn's Pictish tribe attacks Roman soldiers, who decimate them and turn Ceirdwyn Immortal. In modern day, Ceirdwyn kills Steven's shooter but Duncan is unable to talk her out of tracking and killing the other gang members. In flashback to 1746 Scotland, Duncan tries to get Bonnie Prince Charlie safely out of the country, with Ceirdwyn's help. In modern day, Duncan tries to get Paolo to tell him who was there when Steven was killed, so he can try to stop Ceirdwyn; since one of the boys was Paolo's brother, he is scared. Richie pushes his motorcycle racing too hard and is "killed" in a crash, along with a mortal rival. Paolo tips Duncan off that the remaining gang members are going to kill Ceirdwyn in her home, and Duncan rushes to help.
18Testimony
Anne arrives in France and goes into doctor mode when a young woman collapses behind her. Immortal Kristov sends a thug to make sure the young woman, Tasha, is unable to tell the police about the burst balloon of heroin that sent her to the hospital. Anne is having a hard time adjusting to the idea of Duncan being an Immortal. Kristov's thug tries to shoot Tasha but Duncan stops him. Anne goes into doctor mode when she realizes Duncan was shot, but Immortality finally sinks in when all she sees is healed skin. Someone recognizes "dead" Richie so he has to get out of France fast. The police want Anne to convince Tasha to testify against Kristov. In flashback to 1750 Russia, Duncan is invited to stay with Kristov's Cossack band, but he is appalled when the Cossacks slaughter a defenseless band of farmers. In modern day, Tasha agrees to testify against Kristov, but he captures Richie and threatens to behead him unless Duncan kills Tasha. Duncan sends Anne to get the police to take Tasha's testimony and rushes to save Richie -- but it's not Duncan who faces off with Kristov.
19Mortal Sins
When a young foreigner is chased into his Paris church by white supremacists, Father Bernard sees a man he remembers from his youth in Nazi Germany and thought long-dead. In flashback to 1943 Germany, Immortal Ernst Daimler is a Nazi officer and Duncan is part of a Resistance group based at a monastery. Little Bernard sees Duncan shot, die, and revive, but Duncan binds him to secrecy. In modern day, Father Bernard realizes Daimler is also an Immortal and asks Duncan to help stop Daimler. Anne sees it as not Duncan's job, but Daimler claims to be working for a cause within the system and says that Bernard's own sins bother him. In flashback again, Daimler threatens the parish priest with killing people at random unless the priest names the resistance fighters, and little Bernard stabs Daimler and helps throw his body in the river even though Daimler has come back to life. In modern day, Anne tells Duncan she is pregnant, and Duncan decides to stay and raise the baby with her. Father Bernard tells Georges about Duncan's and Daimler's Immortality, and Duncan confirms it. Daimler kills Georges and scares Bernard off holy ground, and Anne goes after him. Anne is attacked by Daimler, and sees the head-taking and Quickening she has only heard about before, leading her to reconsider staying with Duncan.
20Reasonable Doubt
In Paris, Maurice's niece Simone helps her Immortal boyfriend Lucas Kagan with an art heist that leaves two guards dead. Duncan goes to ransom the drawing and insists on meeting the boss. In flashback to 1930 Paris, Duncan is in a bank when Kagan and his Immortal mentor Tarsis rob it, leaving several people shot. Duncan fights Tarsis but lets Kagan off. In modern day, Duncan follows Simone to the bordello where she works, but Kagan refuses to fight Duncan, saying that he might be different if Duncan had mentored him, but he never had a chance. Simone begs Duncan to take the picture but don't hurt Kagan. Kagan encounters Maurice when he comes to visit his niece and threatens him. Maurice tells Duncan that he knows about Simone and that one of her clients attacked him. Duncan realizes Kagan has been playing him for a fool and goes after him.
21Finale: Part 1
Amanda helps Kalas escape from prison so she can kill him, but he escapes and kills another Immortal to take his sword. In flashback to Algiers 1653, Xavier St. Cloud kills Duncan's teacher Hamza. In modern day, the widow of a slain Watcher is planning to expose Immortals, and Kalas' thugs capture Amanda.
22Finale: Part 2
Kalas kills Christine and her newspaper editor to obtain the computer disk with all Immortal and Watcher records. In 1753 Turkey, harem girl Amanda is about to have her hands chopped off for theft but Duncan rescues her. In modern day, Kalas' thugs capture Amanda but she escapes. Kalas gives Duncan a choice: let Kalas take his head, or have the Immortal/Watcher information automatically sent to every newspaper in the world.
1Homeland
Someone is robbing graves and sacrificing men in Duncan's homeland of Glenfinnan. In flashback to 1618, Duncan is in love with Debra Campbell, but she is pledged to his cousin Robert. Robert challenges Duncan and is killed. Years later, newly-Immortal Duncan fights Immortal Kanwulf to avenge his father. In modern day, Duncan brings back a bracelet he buried with Debra. He discovers the local priest is really Kanwulf, who threatens to keep killing locals until Duncan returns his axe.
2Brothers in Arms
Duncan and Joe arrive at the San Francisco airport, where Duncan encounters Immortal Andrew Cord being shot by a masked man - who turns out to be Charlie DeSalvo. Joe recognizes Charlie's intended Immortal victim as a former platoon-mate from Viet Nam, a soldier dedicated to maintaining unit solidarity and who saved Joe's life, but who is now selling defective weapons to Charlie & Mara's Balkan revolutionaries. Duncan is torn between loyalty to Charlie and Joe's loyalty to Cord.
3The Innocent
Richie finds Immortal Mikey, a railroad-fascinated idiot savant, wandering after Immortal Alan, his last protector, was killed. Duncan buys a decrepit house. In flashback to 1868 Dakota Territory, Duncan interferes with a white man beating an Indian boy. But Mikey is a trouble magnet, and the Immortal who killed Mikey's protector is following him to find more Immortal heads to take.
4Leader of the Pack
Immortal Canus is using attack dogs to injure Immortals so he can easily take their heads, and Duncan is his next target. Meanwhile, Richie encounters the young man who killed Tessa and made him Immortal, and demands vengeance. In flashback to 1785 England, Canus has his dogs hunting a young boy and McLeod kills one.
5Double Eagle
In flashback to 1888 San Francisco, Amanda wins Immortal Kit's casino from him at poker. In modern day, still hating each other, Amanda comes to visit Duncan the same day Kit appears in town, desperate to buy a racehorse named Double Eagle. When Kit and Amanda wind up joint owners of Double Eagle, the fireworks start.
6Reunion
Kenny runs to Anne for help when Immortal Terence Kincaid is after him, and she calls Duncan. In flashback to 1778 South Pacific, Kincaid is the self-absorbed captain of the ship Duncan works on. When mutineers want to behead Captain Kincaid, Duncan convinces them to maroon him on a deserted island instead. In modern day, Kenny and Amanda turn out to know each other. In flashback to 1182 England, Amanda finds newly-Immortal Kenny after his family has been killed by Normans and teaches him. In modern day, having Kenny to care for makes Amanda feel like they have a family, and she wants to keep Kenny around. Kenny volunteers to help Kincaid kill Duncan so Kenny can put the moves on Amanda.
7The Colonel
Duncan is kidnapped on orders of "the Colonel." Amanda takes a young thief under her wing who starts mimicking her appearance. In flashback to 1918 France, Duncan is unable to prevent glory-seeking Killian from leading a charge after he's been told the war was over, but his testimony convicts Killian at a court-martial and then asks for Killian's death sentence to be commuted to life in a criminal asylum. Killian's thugs kidnap Melissa thinking she's Amanda. Killian leaves Duncan in a cell in an abandoned building
8Reluctant Heroes
Duncan and Richie foil an attempted murder by Immortal Kinman, but the intended victim's wife is killed by a stray bullet, and Richie doesn't understand why Duncan won't testify against Kinman. In flashback to 1712 England, Duncan is unable to prevent Kinman from goading a young friend into a duel and then killing him. Meanwhile, the victim's husband calls Duncan a coward for refusing to testify.
9The Wrath of Kali
Duncan and Richie attend the opening of an exhibit featuring the Bengal Kali, a golden statue sacred to the now-extinct Indian assassin cult of Thuggees. Immortal Kamir, last of the Thuggees, is determined to reclaim the Kali for India. In flashback to 1764 India, Duncan is trying to track down the Thuggees and prevents young widow Vashti from committing suttee on her dead husband's pyre. Duncan discovers Kamir has killed a mortal to reclaim the Kali, but Kamir insists Duncan not judge him, he is a priest of Kali. Duncan convinces Shandra DeVane to return the Kali to India via Kamir, but Kamir labels Shandra "the worst kind of traitor" and will not leave the U.S. while she lives.
11Timeless
Immortal Walter Graham is trying to kill pre-Immortal Claudia Jardine, a brilliant pianist. In flashback to England 1663, Duncan and Graham are travelling players, and Walter regrets his ability to recognize brilliance but lack of his own genius. Meanwhile, Methos falls in love with Alexa and is devastated when Joe tells him she is terminally ill. Graham kills Claudia and she is delighted to learn she will be able to play forever, remaining at the peak of her powers, but appalled to discover that her genius has gone.
14Deliverance
Dunca, still under the influence of the Dark Quickening, arrives in France. In flashback to 1917 France, Duncan is an ambulance driver and his Immortal friend Sean Burns psychoanalyzes the mental victims. Methos takes Duncan to a long-hidden holy spring to fight off the Dark Quickening.
15Promises
Duncan saves the life of a visiting politician, whose assistant is Immortal Kassim. But it turns out Kassim was arranging the assassination of the cruel Hamad to allow Nasir, descendant of the Moorish kings Kassim served, to take over the government.
18Through a Glass Darkly
In flashback to 1700's Scotland, Duncan and Immortal Warren Cochrane are among those fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie. But only Duncan eventually realizes that the Scots must abandon the prince or be slaughtered in one mismanaged battle after another. In modern day, Goddard is paranoid and confused. He has forgotten he is Immortal. As Duncan helps him remember his past, he remembers that he blames Duncan for Charlie's failure to capture the Scottish and English thrones.
21Episode #4.21
double jeopardy?
1One Minute to Midnight
Continuation of "Judgment Day." In modern day the Watchers believe Duncan has been killing Watchers, with Joe's help. They are trying to kill both men, while Duncan tries to identify the real killer, another Immortal. In flashback to Europe 1847, Duncan's Immortal gypsy friend Jacob Galati kills a mortal who raped Jacob's Immortal wife Irina, and is promptly hanged by the gypsy-hating townspeople. Jacob saves Duncan from a Watcher and tells him Horton's renegade Watchers killed Irina. Can Duncan and Methos stop the feuding before anyone else is killed?
2Prophecy
In flashback, a young Duncan hunts a wolf in a fey forest and finds Immortal Cassandra. Back in modern San Francisco, Duncan and Cassandra reunite when Cassandra is convinced that Duncan is the one to fulfill an ancient prophecy and her enemy Immortal Roland is determined to finish Duncan before he can.
3The End of Innocence
Richie is haunted by bitter dreams of Duncan trying to kill him, burying his fear by picking fights. Duncan is haunted by the need to eliminate his friendship with Watcher Joe. But when one of Richie's Immortal victims turns out to have been the prot?g? of Immortal Haresh Clay, Duncan and Joe between them may not be able to save Richie.
4Manhunt
Immortal Carl Robinson has a great baseball career until he is seen killing another Immortal and forced to run for his life. He asks Duncan for help, but when another man is arrested for the murder, Duncan becomes Carl's conscience as Immortal police detective Matthew McCormick pursues Carl. In flashback to 1859 Louisiana, Carl is a runaway slave, again fleeing for his life. McCormick helps Carl but Carl eventually kills some slaver friends of McCormick's.
5Glory Days
Duncan encounters Johnny K, who he last knew as a small-time hood during Prohibition. Since Johnny is now a professional assassin, he decides Duncan must die before he can identify Johnny. Meanwhile, Joe is flabbergasted when an old girlfriend appears in his bar and is apparently interested in rekindling the old flame.
6Dramatic License
One of Highlander's few humorous episodes, and one of the best episodes, period. Carolyn Marsh is a romance author whose latest book features a hero named Duncan MacLeod and a villain named Terence Coventry, the name of another Immortal who Duncan likes -- and Carolyn knew well. As Carolyn puts the moves on Duncan and gets into a catfight with Amanda, Terence blames Duncan for taking Carolyn away from him. Watch the candles carefully during the swordfight scene, but you won't see any taking-the-head fireworks.
7Money No Object
When Amanda disappears into a van after a robbery, Richie thinks she has been kidnapped and goes after her, finding Cory Raines, an old acquaintance of Duncan's and Amanda's who has always brought them trouble. This time, Amanda winds up really kidnapped by some Russians who want a lot of money. In flashback to 1926, Amanda leaves Duncan and their circus act to join Cory on a bank-robbing spree.
8Haunted
In flashback to 1880s San Francisco, Duncan's Immortal friend Alec mourns the murder of his young wife Genevieve by Kragen, but is convinced her spirit is still around. In modern day, Alec has been killed by Kragen, but his mortal widow Jennifer is convinced that Alec's spirit can't leave until Duncan keeps his promise to kill Kragen.
10The Messenger
An Immortal "Messenger" preaches peace between Immortals to Richie, who tries to convince Duncan to stop taking heads -- right when Duncan encounters the Immortal former commander of Andersonville prison, where Duncan suffered part of the Civil War. Joe discovers that the "Messenger" has left a trail of dead Immortals behind him, when those he convinced of peace encounter those still fighting. Will Richie be the next victim?
12Comes a Horseman
In flashback to 1867 Texas, Duncan is part of a posse after Immortal Koren and his gang of raiders. In modern day, Duncan's friend Immortal Cassandra is also after Koren, but she tells Duncan he is also Kronos, one of the Four Horsemen who brought terror and death to mankind through the ages. Meanwhile, Cassandra reveals Methos was also one of the Horsemen, which shocks Duncan into ending their friendship.
14The Ransom of Richard Redstone
18Forgive Us Our Trespasses
