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."
@@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.
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."
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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).
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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I love this show even 25 years later 😍
So true. "The rich aren't bound by the law, they own it."
Gr8 quote to pull outta that one. 👍
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.
Buffy's mentor. I thought Donald Sunderland was Buffy's mentor in Buffy The Vampire Slayer with Kristy Swanson Luke Perry.
@@jimhults4916 he’s talking about the tv show with Sarah, Michelle Gellar not the movie.
Send us a picture of her now, if you can......(41 yrs old)
Little does Duncan know that Rothwood is really Giles, a watcher.
That's young Marion Cotillard. What a treat. Glad I re watched.
But this is not the first episode she was in.
I didn't know her but she is young here in 1993.
Legend of a show thanks Adrian Paul good job love it one of my all time favorite
Duncan can go to a place in the middle of nowhere and still run into an immortal.
"Hey Duncan, want to go camping?" "Nah, an immortal will probably just rise out of the goddamn lake and spoil everything."
@@tylersmith4516lolol
It was the time of the gathering
@@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."
I loved the eye roll when he felt the other immortal.
anyone else think theat the other immortal and his men are the good guys in this episode?
Totally agree! But Mac’s epic ponytail doesn’t allow him to go full heel.
Almost... The girl did ask her father to stop the attack and he not only disrespected her wishes, she locked her up.
While I kind of agree I think it illustrates the very fine line between justice and revenge.
@@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 these series with the adorable Adrian Paul !!!🌸❤️🌸❤️🌸❤️🌸❤️🌸❤️🌸
And in a few years more Anthony Head became a Watcher himself....
There's a lot of them
Of vampires
....and the Slayer
@21:20 Duncan wrapping wires around door handle:
McHIGHLANDER!!
Lol
I think this episode is more pointing to the fact that even Duncan can make mistakes, as he's, in fact, "human"
Hey, young Marion Cotillard ^^
She’s gorgeous
Walker Texas ranger doesn't have shit on Duncan MacLeod!😎
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."
Younger is better.Biolohicallybit will stay that way forever
The song at the beginning of the espisode is 'The Hunter' By an all girl band from the UK - Girlschool. I did the music editing on that episode.
Home Alone: Highlander Edition.
///😆
Yes
Came here to see some Highlander and young Marion Cotillard but did not expect to see such a heavy episode. Duncan was in the wrong in this one.
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
You know the only guy who can finish this job is the Punisher
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!"
I totally agree with you. Especially when that rich brat admitted that he did it.
Truth: It's a stupid episode.
@@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.
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.
Not really the cars were rented it’s why Richie and Mac drive differnt bikes and cars eatch season basically same for the places
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.
Also the code of the highlanders and wuxia
MacLeod
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.
Ha! Its Giles! ♥
Ladies and Gentlemen, Oscar winning girl on her humble beginnings, right this way !! ;-)
Huh. I didn't realize it, but you're right. It IS Giles. The absence of an accent threw me. Good catch.
The accent he had threw me off for half the episode.
@6:50 “Sounds just
like my childhood,
except for
the uhh, the
parties 🎉 the
magic 🔮 and
the horses!”🐴
Awww! Poor
‘lil Richie! 😢
I love that 90s tv series music in this show. Great episode.
dude it`s queen
Me, the shows, not so much the music
At the time the show came out it wasn't so much "90's Music"... it was just music.
Yeah it from the 1986 movie and it the theme song of Highlander.
Adrian Paul excellent swordsman
In the end, a lot of people died for no reason. At least the ending was good.
Anthony Head's in this episode!? Sweet!
15:00 interesting how Highland Guards have French accents :)
Not to mention the first acting role of Oscar winner Marion Cotillard
This is what happens when you are born with Affluenza.
it's weird, isn't affluenza just the same as pleading ignorance, which doesn't stand in a court of law?
If this episode happened today. The kid would have to resign from Congress.
TRUTH DOG yes but he could still become president so.......
Literal _LOL_
TRUTH DOG! 🤣
Only if they were a republican,a democrat would just apologize and go back to work.
RICH PEOPLE and their solution: "Just give him this, the number to my father's lawyers, they'll workout something financially acceptable."
Very true look at Michael Jackson paying off all his victims parents to make it go away.
You are a dumbass.@@3monsters014
Natalie Rice exactly! Some folks can't seem to grasp that concept.
@@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
@@3monsters014 take it somewhere else lol
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.
I always thought this was a bit hypocritical of Duncan. I think Duncan, given the same situation but reversed, would be the one seeking justice.
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.
I love this show!
Immortal power summon sword outta no where activate!!!! I always thought that was cool!!
I loved her in Inception and The Dark Knight Rises. :)
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. 😬
This episode reminds me of barricading my room against my parents.
Would of rolled that kids head out the door to him. Not going to risk everyone's lives for a rapist, pshh.
Isn't that the guy from Buffy?
Yes, Anthony Head. He's the only reason I re-watch this episode.
@@katm6 I wish he had used his English accent, his American one is so forced.
Mixed feelings for this episode
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They went through all that McGuiver stuff and the episode still ended like that 😂😂😂
Anthony Head - he's Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
funny when they sneak on each other right before they attack they go YARRR
Hurah for nonsensical codes which tell us how to behave so we won't have to think for ourselves...
This is the Home Alone version of Highlander.
MacLeod spends the entire episode defending a rapist. Not one of his better moments.
This episode was funded by Miramax!
If that was my daughter i know what i would have done.
You would have done nothing except call the police. Only loudmouths say things like "I know what I would have done."
I love pre-celebrity cameos
Both Talia Al Ghoul & Rupert Giles in this episode. Neat!
It's funny, in the 5th or 6th season Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndham-Pryce from Buffy and Angel) guest stars in an episode.
lol Wesley’s a druggie!
@@lauriedavis400 Yeah.
I suspect that "Gimme The Prize" would've been in more scenes like "Princes of the Universe" was if Freddie Mercury hadn't hated it so much.
Ritchie ought to have brain damage as many times as he has been knocked out so far.
🤷♀️ 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! 🙆🏼♀️
He had the typical 90's villain hair too😂😂
The name/title of this episode should have been "Duncan MacLeod - Protector & Defender of the Rich Rapist".
they didn't leave any micro machines at the bottom of the stairs or freeze some water on the steps, I mean come on !!have they not watched home alone?
Thank you!
This is the first Highlander-episode I ever saw, which is probably why it took me so long to get what this show was about.
'one night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster...' Oops! Wrong brother!
That girl was the one that played Talia Algool in the dark knight series.
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
Director Dennis Berry loves fog. Maybe he's from Seacouver.
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.
@@aliciaborth3016 s
😂 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?
@@aliciaborth3016😂😂😂 thanks for this. Editor must of had the day off as well! Lol
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.
29:08 That deadly rubber-toothed bear trap!!
lol funny since the next episode ducan goes on a vengeance killing spree to find the people who kill Darius a bit hypocritical?
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.
Is that... is that young Marion Cottilard?! O_o
Age 17
Gritan721 I was thinking the same thing
Young af tbh
wow! I thought she looked familiar
Wait a minute, the step-daughter is played by French actress Marion Cotillard, right? So why does her accent sound so fake?
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
This episode was brutal! ;)
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.
You watch too manmy very bad movies. Most seasoned military veterans couldn't mount an operation to seize a Girl Scout from a slumber party.
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.
Richie couldn’t even take an orange apart
I love Highlander but this episode is just too ridiculous. He's an imortal, he doesn't need to send an army to get the man who raped his daughter
not all immortal's are same remember that one which try to make humans more strong and loyal to defending him?
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).
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.
s/tenant/tenet/
how come I never have any spare bear traps lying around
Not posh enough
got land?
Get the gate Richie!!!
OneFiveDoor that's sir Richie
Home Alone and he ain't Kevin McAllister! lol
When Everett calls Mac later...didnt they cut the phones earlier? Pure Cheese !! LOVE IT !!
After the phone line was cut they spliced the same line into their own mobile communications vehicle so they can negotiate terms when the need arises.
Why the inmortal need 7 men, trained and with weapon, for only kill one fearful teenage..??
@RedrosessNL Yes. That ad pissed me off!!!!
“Get out of the way we gonna shoot that man” lol the way he says it
Marion Cotillard is so young here! And hot!
Panic Room French Chateau Style!
i hate when suposed trained soldiers lose to home alone devices
The surpise factor like Duncan McCulkin said.
You don't even know what a trained soldier is.
@@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.
Holy shit Marion Cotillaird!
14:34 I can't believe they got frenchmen to play as redcoats xD
I don't know who's worse, This Immortal or Bane. Either way this kid is a gonner.
Ha! I spotted one too!!! 19:53 isn't that guy one of the bad guys in Die Hard 2?
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.
Thats almost word for word with what i thought and said. Right on!
Why did everyone else's shoes have traction on the chateau floors but Duncans?
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
At 44:45 all I can here in my head is “And here we are...”
I think they set up a field phone using the cut wires. It would link the house phones to the one everet had but to no where else.