Season Two

HIGHLANDER INDEX

   The Watchers

• Suddenly, some guy you've never heard before is doing the voice over
• This seems a bit down market for MacLeod.
• Mac is either drinking vodka (slightly worrying) or iced water (even more worrying)
• No actually that would be an obsession
• The Waterloo flashback returns like an old friend
• Mac is completely unmoved by the threatening metal guy
• Why the hell are they in that bar anyway? It doesn't seem either Richie or Mac's type of place
• That's one way of getting the waiter's attention.
• Is this the only time we see Joe's shop?
• Joe lies through his teeth in order to get a better deal on the book
• I knew it! MacLeod really is looking at the world through rose-tinted spectacles!
• That would be my kind of Christmas gift. I'd love some laser surveillance gear.
• "Baldrick, save me time, run into my fist."
• Book, remember the book.
• Actually I prefer silver.
• What did he do with the laser surveillance gear?
• She was home.
• Joe's computer talks crap about Kurgan, who if he was a kurgan came from about 3000 BC, not 1452
• Okay, so the watcher managed to track Mac through the impenetrable forest when the highly trained police tracker failed?
• Jesus, get a room.
• Oh Joe, after fifteen years of watching MacLeod he doesn't think he might get things wrong occasionally?
• Horton has a bizarre mid-Atlantic accent in these episodes which is weird, and a baseball cap which is just scary
• Well, not right. Again, not a good henchperson.
• What game would he possibly play, he's too short for basketball, not big enough for football. Maybe he was a baseball player.
• "I have thought of that." But then decided to ignore it. At least Horton doesn't hold back on his raging hypocrisy
• MacLeod approaches the computer warily, expecting it to bite
• That guy is quite suspicious enough without the tattoo

• Loads to rave about in this episode, it wakes up my inner cinematographer, who gets all excited. A lot of it is obvious and not terribly original, but it is very well done. Particularly the end sequences, where Greg's scenes are very sharp, clear and almost black and white, compared to the scenes with Linda in the hospital which are softer focus and almost sepia-toned
• Yep, I'd rather see the bikes too
• "Old as in..." how do you spell the rest of that?
• Tessa, for an alleged professional artist, has no taste. "This I would hang in my living room" is probably the worst recommendation any picture could have, and I think the whole point of Greg's pictures is that you wouldn't want to hang them in your living room. He isn't taking photos for the outside of chocolate boxes
• I love the way the fire in the photograph is coloured before everything else
• After Ken Gord got a publishers, Bill Panzer goes one better and has his own bike racing team
• "Watch you grow old" luckily some helpful passer-by spares him that fate in about two episodes time
• Greg subtly brings up Richie's impending immortality
• Greg (or whoever is riding the stunt bike) is really lucky, his bike hits the dock front wheel first, which is usually guaranteed to dump you on your backside, or more accurately on your nose
• "A day at a time", that's how everybody copes, not just immortals
• The purple dust-smoke in front of the projector is gorgeous
• This is some incredible photography through the fight scene, moving from white and blue on the stairs, to the harsh lines coming from the blinds in the little room, to black and blue on the rooftop

• MacLeod is outwitted by the espresso machine
• I think she's doing the hurt woman bit exceptionally well, it'd work on anyone but Duncan
• There is a sudden invasion of SG-1 cast members in this episode
• How do Amanda and the professor get out of German airspace? I can't imagine that Werner would actually have given them genuine Luftwaffe codes when he could have just written a few numbers on a piece of paper
• Amanda defines the word tenacious, and gets a result
• "A little tied up" by the look on Duncan's face, that might have been a very poor choice of words
• She might want him for his body, but what possible use could she have for his mind?
• This is a wonderful episode, but has a plot hole you could drive a bus through, American dollars looked totally different in the thirties than they do now, so you couldn't still use the plates however good they were
• Mac's not having much luck with water in these episodes is he?
• What the hell were Mac and Amanda doing in Oklahoma (the state not the musical (I hope))?

• Commonly referred to as 'the one with the Chinese guy with all the muscles'
• I've just discovered the worrying fact that I can tell where I was living when I taped each of these episodes just by the quality of the reception. This is from my first year at Uni, when my HTV was, to say the least, erratic
• Note the Chinese guy with all the muscles
• I'm ashamed to say I fell for the fake beginning, and was very worried for Charlie's safety for a moment there
• I wonder if the dojo has a sprung floor? Considering the amount of people who get dumped on it, it might not be a bad investment
• Mac has no reason for not wearing a shirt in that scene
• Flashback lifted from 'Family Tree'
• MacLeod identifies the Black Hand instantly from the drawing of the black hand
• Mac gets to be Dirty Harry

   Run For Your Life

• Commonly referred to as 'The One With MacLeod In The Hat'
• Note MacLeod in the hat (I have something of a kick for a man who can wear a hat well)
• Minor nitpick, Carl says 1859 here, in Manhunt it's 1854
• I wonder if lynching comes before or after luge in the hobby popularity chart?
• "About stealing a friends car" which is much more important in the grand scheme of things
• "I don't think whistling is a felony" maybe it should be, or at least a misdemeanour

   Epitaph For Tommy

• Talking to the dead guy won't get his heart started again
• Talking from limited experience with rolling round in it, but a great deal of experience with straw in general, that just can't be comfortable. It's uncomfortable enough when you get bits of it in your bra, let alone anywhere else. And she has a corset on. If she wasn't dead she'd be picking straw out of there for a month. Although it's not as bad as hay, which whilst softer has unexpected thistles in it
• Mac impresses Betty with his fake accent
• "Nothing wrong with just having it" I'm sure there are many policemen and lawyers who would disagree with that
• Why does she just not pay the man, he did good work and it's not like she can't afford it
• That "we'll know when we find it" crap never works, if you don't know what you're looking for, you won't know if you've found it or not
• Don't fairgrounds have people who's job it is to make sure that there's no debris on the roller-coaster tracks and therefore nothing to cause serious accidents?

   The Fighter

• 'Stargate' Warning! Maybourne is in this episode! I didn't remember and am horribly scared
• Nicholas Lea is also in this episode, which I'm not likely to forget
• MacLeod is probably not the best person to ask about what to say to get a woman into bed, I get the feeling that talk isn't a major part of his charm
• I continue to be scared by Tom McBeath
• That is clearly not the same bouquet of flowers
• Charlie is clearly on a hiding to nothing
• Sully wisely kicks the bigger guy while he's down, therefore making it much less likely that he'll get back up
• My brain still can't deal with Krycek, and Maybourne, in 'Highlander'. It's like when worlds collide
• That's it, move the addicted gambler to a town where nobody knows his name and will therefore give him credit, that'll solve the problem 

   Under Color Of Authority

• Does Mac carry this whisky round with him just in case he has an event to celebrate? Not that it's a bad idea...
• Yeah right, she's climbing all over Richie because she feels obligated, no other reason at all
• "Nobody's above the law" apart, obviously, from MacLeod who has just spent most of the episode saying that the law isn't something you should always live by

   Bless the Child

• For one glorious moment I actually thought I didn't have this episode...
• Unlike Charlie, I wholeheartedly approve of having fish for breakfast (although possibly not with jam)
• Sarah cunningly plays the race card to get sympathy from Charlie
• Which is still twenty two miles, and a bloody long way
• One more reason to take your mobile on a camping trip. Yeah okay reception is probably patchy in the Seacouver wilderness, but then Angel never thought he'd get a signal in that meat locker
• The baby does not want that milk, and Charlie isn't as liberated as he thinks he is
• Adrian's Donald Duck impression is terrifyingly accurate
• No actually, that would be some kind of quiz

   Unholy Alliance pt1

• I love the fact that they still have to qualify which country Paris is in
• No he's not, Death is much better looking than that, and wears more blue make up
• Did Mac throw himself down that lift shaft or did he just lose his balance and slip?
• Does the Holy Ground thing apply to killing mortals?
• Death has done wonders for Horton's accent
• MacLeod pauses in his desperate chase to push some boxes over impressively

   Unholy Alliance pt2

• Is the friend Dawson or Renee?
• Suddenly MacLeod finds himself dealing with an honest woman who won't accept bribes, and clearly can't cope
• She's quick for a woman in spike heels
• That's some very professional lunging going on behind Horton
• Mac and Renee play silly buggers
• Do they cut the heads off when they harvest caviar?
• Joe has excellent aim for someone shooting from the hip
• What the hell does Renee put in her report if she can't mention Duncan, St Cloud or presumably Joe?
• "I can do things with shrimp you wouldn't believe"? I am far, far too scared to ask
• "Horton's not coming back" oh dear, that's what he thought the last time
• I love that little kick-flip move Mac does with Xavier's sword
• You've got to admire a sword that can be shoved into a concrete pillar and come out as good as new
• Yes she sounds like an idiot
• Maybe Horton has a weeble gene too

   The Vampire

• I think there was meant to be a flashback after that big close-up and fade to red
• They play an odd little bit from the middle of "Princes Of The Universe"

   Warmonger

• Yay of approval for Mac's lovely flattering shoulder-length bob
• Eli is right, Mac is more concerned about being seen to be doing the right thing than actually doing the right thing. No, that's unfair, but you know what I mean
• "Behind you" and Mac looks
• Drake has the coolest big wiggly sword
• You know, Tessa dying has really opened up the opportunity for Mac to have tons of casual sex hasn't it?

   Pharaoh's Daughter

• Didn't the Egyptian's remove things before they mummified people, like brains and stuff? Or have they regenerated?
• Am I the only person having some serious language issues here? Nefertiri appears to have used those 2000 years in a coffin to gain a perfectly decent grasp of the English language (even as spoken by Maurice). She has also obviously been playing in Hathor's makeup bag, cause her eyeliner is perfect
• Could Mac not have bought the poor girl flats? Although I still fall on my backside whenever I try and walk in heels
• Why is he so reticent about sleeping with Nefertiri when he leapt in to bed with that journalist without a backwards glance?
• Nefertiri uses Duncan as a mattress
• Great awkward dinner parties of our time
• Ah typical, the men retire for brandies whilst the women are left to do the washing up (and a little light murder)
• That's not Angela's headstone they're standing in front of, that one has been there for years, it's even got moss on it
• I adore the purple and pink colours they use in this fight sequence
• After all this, they save Constantine only for him to get whacked in about two years time, in 'Zealot'

   Legacy

• What's with the flagellation and the hot coals? Apart from the fact that it can't be healthy, he's immortal and doesn't have to deal with all the pain involved so he's not really proving anything
• Why does Amanda's head still hurt?
• If you read 'Foucault's Pendulum' like I suggested, you too will be having a minor freak at the insidious Rosicrucian imagery that gets chucked around in this episode. Maybe I've uncovered their secret way of communicating through cult television. If I die in mysterious circumstances any time soon, you'll know who did it
• Those cast iron pans have a thousand uses
• Given the circumstances, Amanda really deserves a full pot of coffee, not the measly quarter that Maurice makes for her
• The guy is clearly terrifies about falling into the Seine, unnecessary 'Due South' quote, "the quality of the water alone would probably kill you"
• Duncan really doesn't fancy Luther's chances
• Mac puts the crystal, which all this fighting is about, safely in his coat pocket, then just as it's getting interesting he takes his coat off and throws it away, leaving the crystal completely undefended. If Luther had been a bit quicker on the uptake, he could have nabbed it and high-tailed off into the hills to become all invincible, leaving MacLeod uninvincible and very slightly embarrassed
• How come Mac can't let Amanda fight her own battles, she's coped perfectly well without him for the past 800 years 

   Prodigal Son

• "You look like hell" what on earth is Mac talking about? Richie looks fantastic, all dirt and leather. He also looks fantastic naked and lit in pink neon, as we soon find out
• Richie is horribly insulted that people only want him for his MacLeod
• When was the last time Mac left the police work to the police?
• This would be a set-up
• Ooh, this makes a change, for once the solution is brandy. Yep, that works too
• This is such a sweet scene at the end when they share the brandy and crack up on the steps

• Subtle bit of Queen playing in the background of the fair
• What does Richie do with the soft toys, and how come a manly pursuit like shooting blanks at bits of card has such girly prizes?
• No, he's not wrong
• That fake crash trick gets used a lot in Highlander
• Lisa steadfastly refuses to be broken out of jail
• Black BMW, they're moving up a stage from the Renault Espace
• Is anyone actually going to say 'no, we're the bad guys'?
• That's not a small bear, it's a huge bear
• I've never seen anyone quite so enthusiastic about a hanging before
• Mention has to be made of Mac's mauve suit
• That girl looks surprisingly happy considering she's just been referred to as "wench", I would be furious
• Church bells are a pain in the backside. There are some that ring just outside my window, almost but not quite on the hour, occasionally we fight against the might of the Roman Catholic Church by going 'shhhh!' at them
• Even priests have to have a hobby
• If she's going to be French, shouldn't they be teaching her French?
• It is definitely worth $80,000, especially if it's mint
• Horton upsettingly quotes Bon Jovi

• The first rule of American TV still followed here, you can tell the duplicate Tessa is evil because she smokes
• Big yay for the gorgeous scarlet Lamborghini
• Why does Mac have to do the big dramatic shooting himself scene? Can't he just say cut his hand open or something?
• Shouldn't the wound have healed before he came back to life?
• MacLeod dangerously has his flashback in the middle of the road
• Have to make a point here, despite my absolute loathing of Tessa, Alexandra Vandernoot is a wonderful actress, and is exceptionally good throughout this episode
• Mac is wearing pink boxers. I know he can look manly in pink, but that's pushing it
• Richie is rendered speechless, which is one hell of a feat
• "Smart, but a little late" somehow sums up Mac's entire life

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