The Worst Episodes of Highlander: The Series

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   #1 - The Modern Prometheus

   S5:E195/17/1997

   Lord Byron, the brilliant Romantic poet, is alive and well and living the decadent life of a rock star. He lives life way over the edge and has taken some promising young musicians over the edge with him. When following in Byron's footsteps tragically ends the life of Dawson's protege, MacLeod is faced with a decision -- is the beauty and genius that is Byron worth the cost?

   Director:Adrian Paul

   Writer:James Thorpe

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   Director:Adrian Paul

   Writer:James Thorpe
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   #2 - Archangel (1)

   S5:E205/24/1997

   The dead are walking the streets of Paris. The forces of evil are coming. Is MacLeod being readied for some higher calling -- or is he simply losing his mind?

   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:David Tynan

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   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:David Tynan
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   6.6/10(226 votes)

   #3 - The Zone

   S2:E611/6/1993

   The Zone is a burned-out urban wasteland, abandoned by the police, who figure it's easier to just 'let the animals kill each other.' Now the Zone is being taken over by Canaan, a charismatic leader who urges his followers to take the material possessions that have been denied to them. Joe Dawson comes to MacLeod for help -- one of his men, who was observing Canaan, has been killed. Charlie accompanies MacLeod down to his old neighborhood in the Zone and introduces him to Asia, a nurse at the local clinic, one of few people who haven't given up on the neighborhood. After MacLeod learns that Canaan is not an Immortal, Dawson is ready to drop it. But MacLeod has seen the misery in the Zone, and is determined to break Canaan's hold. He convinces Asia that it's time to stand up for their rights, and he and Charlie arrange a meeting of neighborhood residents who want to take back their streets. But Asia is involved with Canaan, and she's used as bait to lure Mac to his apparent death. Canaan

   Director:Clay Borris

   Writer:Peter Mohan

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   Director:Clay Borris

   Writer:Peter Mohan
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   6.6/10(208 votes)

   #4 - Bless the Child

   S2:E132/14/1994

   Charlie and MacLeod come to the aid of Sara Lightfoot, an Indian woman on the run with a baby. She tells them Avery Hoskins is trying to steal her baby. Hoskins and his brothers come after them, and they are forced to flee overland. After a rugged flight through a mountain canyon, MacLeod learns that the baby is in fact Hoskins' son, taken by Sara in retribution for her own child, killed by runoff from Hoskins' mines.

   Director:Clay Borris

   Writers:Elizabeth Baxter, Martin Brossollet

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   Director:Clay Borris

   Writers:Elizabeth Baxter, Martin Brossollet
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   6.6/10(195 votes)

   #5 - 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
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   6.9/10(305 votes)

   #6 - Deadly Medicine

   S1:E811/21/1992

   MacLeod is struck and "killed" by a speeding automobile. When he revives in the hospital, he attracts the attention of a deranged doctor, who kidnaps MacLeod for his research on a miracle cure for trauma. When MacLeod escapes from the doctor, the doctor murders a potential witness and frames MacLeod for it.

   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Robert McCullough

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   Director:Ray Austin

   Writer:Robert McCullough
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   7.0/10(359 votes)

   #7 - Family Tree

   S1:E210/10/1992

   Richie falls for a con man's ploy when he attempts to find out more about his parents, whom he has never known. The con uses Richie for a place to crash and anything else he can get out of him by pretending to be his father. MacLeod also relives his past in the memories of first becoming immortal and being cast out of his clan by his father.

   Director:Jorge Montesi

   Writer:Kevin Droney

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   Director:Jorge Montesi

   Writer:Kevin Droney
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   7.0/10(182 votes)

   #8 - 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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   7.0/10(176 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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   Director:Dennis Berry

   Writer:James Thorpe
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    7.1/10(345 votes)

    #10 - Road Not Taken

    S1:E310/17/1992

    A deadly herbal drug takes the life of Richie's friend, and MacLeod suspects the source of the drug is another Immortal, Kiem Sun, who has long sought to perfect such a drug and remove its lethal side effects for the betterment of mankind. But a disciple of Kiem Sun's is using the drug for his own gain, and MacLeod and his old friend must track him down. When it becomes clear that Kiem Sun plans to continue his experiments, MacLeod destroys the remaining sample of the drug.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:Terry D. Nelson

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    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:Terry D. Nelson
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    7.1/10(346 votes)

    #11 - Free Fall

    S1:E510/31/1992

    A beautiful young woman, Felicia Martins, throws herself to her death, only to revive with the realization that she is an Immortal. She seeks out Duncan MacLeod as her mentor, and becomes amorously involved with Richie Ryan. But there is much more to this "ing�nue" than meets the eye. She is in fact a long-time Immortal, engaged in a wily scheme to trap MacLeod and acquire his Quickening. MacLeod must see through her subterfuge in time to protect not only himself, but also Richie.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:Philip John Taylor

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    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:Philip John Taylor
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    7.1/10(289 votes)

    #12 - The Sea Witch

    S1:E912/5/1992

    Richie Ryan tries to protect an old girlfriend, Nikki, from a band of drug dealers. This puts them both in jeopardy from an Immortal, Voshin, whom MacLeod knows from an adventure during the Second World War when he was trying to smuggle Jewish refugees out of occupied Eastern Europe. Nikki complicates the story by withholding drug money she has stolen from the gang, thinking she can use it to make a better life for her small daughter. Tessa, meanwhile, becomes enamored of the child, raising issues for her and MacLeod.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:David Tynan

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    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:David Tynan
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    7.1/10(276 votes)

    #13 - See No Evil

    S1:E1112/19/1992

    A serial killer dubbed The Scalper' is attacking blonde women, including a friend of Tessa's. MacLeod recognizes the pattern of an Immortal who, betrayed by the woman he loved, became a killer. To end the carnage, MacLeod was forced to confront and kill him, back in 1925. Now the killings have started again, the modern day killer mimicking the 70-year-old M.O., killing in the same locations as the previous murders. It falls to MacLeod and Tessa to stop this madman.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:Brian Clemens
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    7.1/10(258 votes)

    #14 - The Beast Below

    S1:E163/6/1993

    A mysterious death at the Paris Opera re-acquaints Duncan MacLeod with one of the strangest Immortals he has met in his many travels over the centuries. Ursa is a hulking giant -- more beast than man -- who Duncan rescued from persecution centuries ago, delivering him to sanctuary in an abbey. The abbey has long since been destroyed and Ursa now lives under Paris. He has become enamored of a past-her-prime opera singer who tries to use Ursa's innocent soul to murder her rival.

    Director:Daniel Vigne

    Writer:Marie-Chantal Droney

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    Director:Daniel Vigne

    Writer:Marie-Chantal Droney
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    7.1/10(217 votes)

    #15 - The Fighter

    S2:E112/5/1994

    MacLeod's old friend Tommy Sullivan is a scrappy little Irishman, a one-time boxer turned trainer, who can charm anyone into anything. He charms MacLeod into backing his current boxer and charms Charlie into playing Cyrano to help him woo a shy waitress. But when a rival manager who was trying to steal Sully's fighter turns up dead, MacLeod's opinion of his old friend begins to be altered forever.

    Director:Peter Ellis

    Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky

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    Director:Peter Ellis

    Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky
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    7.1/10(196 votes)

    #16 - The Blitz

    S4:E122/11/1996

    ER trauma surgeon Anne Lindsey responds to the call for help after an explosion devastates a subway station, but when a subsequent explosion rocks the station, Anne is trapped. MacLeod remembers WWII London where he and the woman he loved, reporter Diane Terrin, were trapped in a bombed air-raid shelter during the Blitz, running out of time and air. MacLeod is desperate to rescue Anne before he loses her like he lost Diane.

    Director:Paolo Barzman

    Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky

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    Director:Paolo Barzman

    Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky
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    7.1/10(180 votes)

    #17 - 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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    7.2/10(255 votes)

    #18 - Eyewitness

    S1:E122/6/1993

    Tessa witnesses the murder of a painter, Anne Wheeler, but the absence of a body leads everyone but MacLeod to doubt her story. MacLeod supports Tessa in her quest to obtain justice for Anne. It develops that Anne was killed by her Immortal ex-lover, to keep her from revealing his secret. After Tessa is taken to a police safe house, MacLeod realizes that the killer is in fact the Chief of Detectives, and he must rescue Tessa and bring justice to Anne's killer.

    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:David Tynan

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    Director:Ray Austin

    Writer:David Tynan
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    7.2/10(226 votes)

    #19 - Revenge of the Sword

    S2:E811/20/1993

    Jimmy Sang, a former student of Charlie's, is an up-and-coming martial arts movie star. His latest movie is filming some scenes in the dojo. When a stuntman is ""accidentally"" killed, MacLeod is the first to realize that Jimmy's life is in danger. It turns out that the movie is based on Jimmy's youthful experiences as an enforcer for a powerful gang, and now his former boss wants to see him dead.

    Director:Clay Borris

    Writer:Aubrey Solomon

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    Director:Clay Borris

    Writer:Aubrey Solomon
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    7.2/10(196 votes)

    #20 - 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
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    7.2/10(191 votes)

    #21 - 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
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    7.3/10(322 votes)

    #22 - Bad Day in Building A

    S1:E611/7/1992

    While visiting the courthouse to clear up Tessa's traffic tickets, MacLeod, Tessa, and Richie are among a group that is taken hostage by a band of men bent on freeing their leader, Slade, from imprisonment. When Slade's demands are not met, he chooses a hostage to sacrifice. MacLeod makes sure that hostage is himself, and returns from the dead to hunt down the gunmen one by one, as the police watch helplessly from outside.

    Director:Jorge Montesi

    Writer:Kevin Droney

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    Director:Jorge Montesi

    Writer:Kevin Droney
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    7.3/10(322 votes)

    #23 - Mountain Men

    S1:E711/14/1992

    When Tessa is taken by a band of Survivalists who live off the land in the vastness of the Pacific Northwest, MacLeod must call on all of his own skills, honed a hundred and fifty years earlier, when he roamed this same mountain fastness. The leader of these modern day mountain men, Caleb (who is revealed to be an Immortal), falls in love with Tessa, and in the end he and MacLeod battle to the death, axe against sword, against the primitive backdrop of the timeless wilderness.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:Marie-Chantal Droney

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    Director:Thomas J. Wright

    Writer:Marie-Chantal Droney
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    7.3/10(248 votes)

    #24 - Avenging Angel

    S1:E205/8/1993

    When fatal stabbing fails to kill him, Alfred Cahill becomes convinced that he has been chosen by a higher power to wage a crusade against 'perversion', and cuts a bloody path through Paris, murdering prostitutes and pimps, and endangering an old friend of Tessa's who has become a call girl. MacLeod tries to explain Immortality to Cahill, but he can't get through to him, and finally is forced to take his head.

    Director:Paolo Barzman

    Writer:Fabrice Ziolkowski

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    Director:Paolo Barzman

    Writer:Fabrice Ziolkowski
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    7.3/10(282 votes)

    #25 - Nowhere to Run

    S1:E215/15/1993

    When the stepdaughter of an Immortal is raped, the Immortal comes after the young man. MacLeod, a guest in the home of the accused boy's father, feels he must protect the family from this unstoppable menace. He urges the Immortal to see due process done, but the man has no interest in listening to reason, and he lays siege to the house.

    Director:Dennis Berry

    Writer:David Abramowitz

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    Director:Dennis Berry

    Writer:David Abramowitz