The Best Episodes of Highlander: The Series Season 6

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.2/10(185 votes)

   #1 - Avatar (2)

   S6:E110/4/1997

   Once 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?

   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:David Tynan

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   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:David Tynan
2. 

   7.2/10(181 votes)

   #2 - Armageddon (3)

   S6:E210/11/1997

   With the help of Father Beaufort and Joe Dawson, MacLeod finally begins to find a crack in Ahriman's armor. But he soon learns, along with Dawson, 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.

   Director:Richard Martin

   Writer:Tony Di Franco

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   Director:Richard Martin

   Writer:Tony Di Franco
3. 

   7.7/10(171 votes)

   #3 - Sins of the Father

   S6:E310/18/1997

   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.

   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:James Thorpe

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   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:James Thorpe
4. 

   7.3/10(174 votes)

   #4 - Diplomatic Immunity

   S6:E410/25/1997

   Embezzler, charmer, and con man extraordinaire, Willie Kingsley has a knack for turning up dead... and profiting from it handsomely. But when one last con goes horribly wrong, resulting in the death of his mortal wife, Willie turns to Duncan MacLeod to help him track down her killer. MacLeod wants justice... Willie wants revenge.

   Director:Richard Martin

   Writer:James Thorpe

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   Director:Richard Martin

   Writer:James Thorpe
5. 

   7.5/10(179 votes)

   #5 - Patient Number 7

   S6:E511/1/1997

   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 Duncan MacLeod, who spins a wild story: that he and Kyra were lovers once, some 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, then why is someone after her head?

   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:David Tynan

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   Writer:David Tynan
6. 

   7.0/10(171 votes)

   #6 - Black Tower

   S6:E611/8/1997

   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. Now Marek has built a new empire, and he's ready to hunt his most dangerous prey yet: MacLeod. Obsessed with revenge, Marek imprisons the Highlander in a deserted highrise office building... with a gang of deadly mercenaries on his tail.

   Director:Richard Martin

   Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky

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   Director:Richard Martin

   Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky
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   7.7/10(193 votes)

   #7 - Unusual Suspects

   S6:E711/15/1997

   It's 1929, and Hugh Fitzcairn is enjoying the life of an English lord. He has good friends, a beautiful wife, trusted servants . . . until one of his nearest and dearest ""murders"" him, that is. Now, with the help of his old friend Duncan MacLeod, Fitz is determined to uncover the identity of his own murderer -- before more bodies start piling up.

   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky

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   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky
8. 

   7.2/10(169 votes)

   #8 - Justice

   S6:E811/22/1997

   When Immortal Katya's adopted daughter is murdered, the courts let the killer-- her husband-- walk free. Now Katya's an avenging angel, determined to see justice done at any cost... but can MacLeod convince her that justice and revenge aren't the same thing?

   Director:Richard Martin

   Writers:Sacha Reins, Michael O'Mahony

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   Director:Richard Martin

   Writers:Sacha Reins, Michael O'Mahony
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   7.0/10(169 votes)

   #9 - Deadly Exposure

   S6:E91/31/1998

   All bounty hunter Reagan Cole wanted was a holiday in Paris with Duncan MacLeod; what she gets is international intrigue, a hunky underwear model, and a terrorist with a million-dollar price on his head.

   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:James Thorpe

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   Writer:James Thorpe
10. 

    6.7/10(184 votes)

    #10 - Two of Hearts

    S6:E102/14/1998

    Centuries ago, Bartholomew sent thousands to their deaths during the Crusades, amassing a fortune in God's name. Now Katherine is determined to take his head - if only she can keep her mortal husband, Nick, from interfering with the Game.

    Director:Richard Martin

    Writer:James Thorpe

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    Director:Richard Martin

    Writer:James Thorpe
11. 

    7.8/10(181 votes)

    #11 - Indiscretions

    S6:E115/2/1998

    Methos and Joe Dawson join forces when past indiscretions threaten their lives-- and loved ones-- in the present. Morgan Walker has been nursing a grudge against Methos for two hundred years, and now he may finally get the chance to take his revenge... by kidnapping Joe's daughter.

    Director:Dennis Berry

    Writer:James Thorpe

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    Director:Dennis Berry

    Writer:James Thorpe
12. 

    8.0/10(182 votes)

    #12 - To Be (1)

    S6:E125/9/1998

    The popular series lays down its sword after six seasons in this stirring finale, in which MacLeod makes the ultimate sacrifice to save the lives of Amanda and Joe Dawson... then reunites with old friend Hugh Fitzcairn, and gets a look at what the world-- and his friends' lives-- would be like without him.

    Director:Richard Martin

    Writer:David Tynan

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    Director:Richard Martin

    Writer:David Tynan
13. 

    8.4/10(222 votes)

    #13 - Not to Be (2)

    S6:E135/16/1998

    Fitz died three hundred years ago... Horton has taken over the Watchers... Joe Dawson has been reduced to a bitter, penniless vagrant... Amanda is a black widow... and Methos has rejoined the Horsemen to avenge his fiance's death. If you think that's bad, just wait till you find out what's happened to Richie and Tessa.

    Director:Dennis Berry

    Writer:David Tynan

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    Director:Dennis Berry

    Writer:David Tynan