When the stepdaughter of an Immortal is raped, he comes after the young man. Duncan, a guest in the home of the accused boy's father, feels he must protect the family from this menace.
Oh wow a young Marion just a little over seventeen years old. She's come a long way in twenty six years. And Anthony Head just a few years away from becoming Buffy's mentor and moral center.
@@panther196321 "when the few who remain will feel an irresistible pull to a far-off place" not "when the many who remain will bump into each other in every city and mountain range on Earth."
The beginning reminds me of a line from a 50's educational film for girls: "Too many young girls are flattered by the attention of older boys, and don't realize until too late that these boys, who cannot compete in their own age group, are often not well adjusted and will demand too much in a relationship with a younger girl."
@@rogerspice9604 Spoken like one of the aforementioned maladjusted 'men'. Younger women/ girls aren't as capable of seeing a man who's a loser and doesn't have a whole lot going for them. Which I guess is rather appealing to a 'man' like you who is most probably lacking in every possible way. You even have a car as your picture - suppose you need something to compensate for the lack of actual masculinity.
@@tommythecat350 and Duncan saw that which is why he hesitated. He only wanted the other immortal to stop, we know Duncan understands revenge for a wronged love one.
Both Duncan and the colonel were wrong. Duncan because he deliberately risked Tessa’s and Richie’s lives. The Colonel could have just sat tight until Duncan’s crew left, without risking the lives of his men. The whole episode was about who was more macho and stupid.
I Love the atmosphere in This series. The Moody dark colors. The art they use. It makes it special. Most have cost a fortune to produce all cars, special places and clothes.
So.... this episode suggests that 1) the judicial system is soooo important that it's better to let a rapist (most likely) off the hook than to let him be killed BUT 2) It's ok to kill people who only want to avenge the little girl they love, even by means of scolding or setting them on fire and watching them burn to death with a stupid smile on your face ME = CONFUSED
No the lesson is that when you take justice into your own hands, rather than letting impartial judges do it, lots of bad things happen and innocent people end up paying the price! Revenge is wrong as often as it's right. That's a stupid system that's never worked in the history of humanity. It leads to corruption, fewds, wars and instability. Sheesh this is the most obvious life lesson anyone can ever know. "Hey I don't like this guy.....he's doing a better job than me. I'll get my sister to say he raped her so I can kill him. It's all legal!"
@@MrBottlecapBill , "rather than letting impartial judges do it,", you were obviously born yesterday. If you have enough money, you can BUY justice. Look at how rock star Vince Neil ended a man's life, all he got was a little slap on the wrist.
Duncan is not exactly wrong he want evidence he cant know if he saying truth or not also its not reason to imeadiatly kill him and is for sure not reason to put danger every possible persons in the house
Yes and no Mac had seen vigilante justice before both on the receiving end, and giving end he didn’t so much want to save the boy he didn’t want the girl to lose her father notice most of his traps are non lethal he learned to make these during WW2 if he had wanted the boy get away the human soldiers would all be dead and he would have just fought the father right away
McCloud is following the code of Bushido, which I respect. Even though he may think the kid deserves it, he is a guest in a friends house and must defend it against all attack.
This actually makes this episode make slightly more sense. Otherwise it is just Duncan getting a bunch of people killed to get a rapist out of trouble.
@@natalierice4453 "Sodomy" doesn't come into it;there are MANY way you can torture a child. Apart from that, these "parents" pimping "their" children ought to be executed. Children are not "property" www.vachss.com
Please bring back highlander l think it be a big hit just like frist time on tv l know l would watch it and so would all reel highlander fans would be so happy
I read that Henry Cavil will be the next Highlander. If he is as believable and excellent as he was in Superman and is in the Witcher, than I’m feeling pretty good about that news.
Funny that. Here, in Britain, some punk with rich parents got sent down today, for strangling his model girlfriend. His rich parents are awaiting sentence for lying on his behalf.
OMGOSH Anthony Stewart Head aka Giles from “Buffy”! He’s the most EXCELLENT🎭ACTOR! LOL always was on “Team Giles”! Sorry if someone’s already mentioned him, for i’m far too lazy and high🌬 (so does that make me HAZY?) to scroll thru all 230+ comments. 😬
🤷♀️ So then MacLeod actually _saved_ Richie from eventual CTE! i *knew* there had to be a good reason for that beheading! Aww Mac was just tryna _HELP_ Richie! WHATTA GUY! 🙆🏼♀️
Something about this episode reminds me of when I first started watching this show...I think it was the first episode I saw...and they must have blown a fortune on that fog..you can actually see the machine at 44:19...lol
and the guy running it. They certainly end up with some accidental sightings of crew and/or equipment. When Duncan is fighting Grayson, you can see a member of the crew trying to hide in the metal work of the machine they were fighting on.
😂 So good! This episode was a bit of a Trainwreck compared to all previous. Maybe some key members of the crew like the directors and the writer had the days off?
That gets into even tougher territory, "justice" is a much more vague concept, it's more like saying "this is evil" or something, what is defined as evil jumps around drastically. Look at honor killings for example, in some social groups it's seen as perfectly acceptable, they would see someone committing such an act as a victim seeking divine "justice" on the evil person who besmirched their honor. Law though, it's the best we can do as a society to enforcing that society's opinion on justice
How did this episode ever get made? Is if duncans girlfriend would have gone along with killing, maiming, burning people to death, to protect a rapist!!!!
+Ben Richards Viligantism is as much a crime as rape. Of course Duncan was wrong to, several illegal killings is not a solution to prevent one illegal killing.
this episode should have had a sequel or had Alan return(Anthony Head had expressed a desire to return in the series and was disappointed that they didnt as him before). Maybe it would be revealed that he is raising his Grandson(Mark and Lori's kid).
Okay, so we have here a work of fiction, not as well written as it could have been. Rapist, if taken before the law would likely have been acquitted. Rape victim begs daddy to end the killing, only to take up a gun herself and kill the rapist. Father of the rapist heads to hospital where he likely will survive and face no charges. Rape victim will likely face no charges. Both immortals live to fight another day. And poor Richie once again is portrayed as a joke. The immortals are a law unto themselves with their own "code" or rules. As I say could have been written far better.
No you cannot write it better. And neither can I. Here's the tragedy. We cannot predict what we will do. Our heads say one thing, but our guts say another. That is the tragedy of ourselves. The daughter tells her father to stop. He won't. Duncan tells the father to stop. He won't. Now the daughter is going to kill. She's going against what she said. Her father tells her to stop, because he KNOWS, he KNOWS once blood is on your hands, you can never wash it away. But she won't stop and goes ahead with it. That's the tragedy. We cannot stop other people, and we cannot stop ourselves.
I guess you could say that. But Darius was killed by the Hunters simply for breathing. Remember? Horton? Duncan did have a right to go after the Hunters for killing his friend.
Not really hypocritical, he didn't take the immortal's head because he understood the need for vengeance. He was clear headed and wanted to stop Everette and his vengeance fueled rage as others had tried with Duncan.
Haha I was thinking the same. Mac was slipping and sliding everywhere. I guess after 400 years he realized you still gotta look good with dress shoes even in a gunfight
The colonel/general was stupid. Why risk an all-out assault where innocents could get caught in the crossfire? Note that I am in no way advocating for vigilante justice. I simply found it ludicrous that such a seasoned military veteran doesn't know how to launch a covert operation to seize one man.
So many unnecessary deaths...But I love how in this episode, past experience can lead one astray (usually Duncan relives the same "scenarios" as if history just repeated itself, which is also interesting btw). And once again : interesting to watch after #metoo.
+Phelan, when I first saw the episode, I did not recognize Anthony Head at first. It was this time that I realized that he was from Buffy after I looked him up.
I decided to watch this only because of Marion but after she is done with her first scene and you get to the the other characters it made me laugh of the horrible acting!!! so I just fastforward to watcha Marion's beautiful face!
@@jamesaritchie1 These were supposed to be experienced soldiers who had fought on 3 continents, yet none of them even bothered to clear a room properly.
Im actually glad you commented. I can't belive its been two years since I watched this. First I do agree sometimes those with means can get off, however this is France not the U.S, different legal system. They are a bit more harsh and I dont see him getting off the hook. Second, I think you fail to grasp this tenant of Bushido. Duncan isnt giving honor or respect to the son, but to his Dad. Like I said he is a guest in his friends home, as such when attacked Ducan is compelled to defend it.
Actually the storyline is a bit weak and not very credible (even in the context of its own universe). Duncan is no fool and even though he has his own honour codex he knows that he doesnt live in 18th centuries Japan. Thats why he also refers to the justice system and courts when talking with the girls father. Some episodes are just weaker then others, speaking in terms of reason and logic of character depiction. It still was nice on the level of action and suspense never the less. If they had depicted the father of the girl as a less reasonable person and more like going on a blinde rampage letting Duncan really no other option, it would've made more sense. They had this element in the story but didnt developed it enough.
