You’ve gotta love how until the very end Grayson was almost Kell-level OP, only to completely lose it at the end and play the ‘I’ll keep fighting one handed when I should know better because I’m almost 2,000 years old’ game.
A coward that spent his life in a monastery, church, holy ground. Grayson has more chances to survive. An immortal should be master of sword, like Macleod. And also kind to human kind.
@@aliciaborth3016 Right on !!! wheh I watched the show in the Nineties for the first time, to my shame I have to confess I never had seen HERBSTMILCH or DIE WEISSE ROSE, I had thought Werner Stocker for much older as he really had been., Must had been frome the Chemotherapie because of the braintumor
+ShotDownInFlames2 You are right, and just for fun, the robber in the church who stabbed Darius, that was the stuntman Peter Diamond, "Iman Fasil" from the first Highlander-movie, beheaded by Connor!
🙆🏼♀️ The series and the movies are such different animals, how does one compare them? 🙄 i LOVED the first movie and MUCH RESPECT for starting it all! ✊🏻 But the _series!_ i’ve been watching it over and over! Nope! Forced to choose i’d say i love them *EQUALLY!* That _is_ a choice i can make, _RIIIIGHT?!_ 🤷♀️
not the one and only but one of the rare ones that are better then the movies. another that is better then the movie is stargate sg1 and it spin offs, another is shadow hunters but I do agree its rare a series based on a movie is better then the movie :)
Grayson was so impressed with Tessa saying kill me now. Lol "Truly remarkable" Dude was like wow and he has taste in great women.Grayson was impressed with Duncan. Chose not to hurt Tessa cause she was so brave and loyal. Grayson was my favorite villain.
Yes, I was impressed by her too, and not only that time. It's amazing they selected good actors for the series. The emotional depth of the performances of Tessa and Mcleod was stunning too.
Love the finale. Grayson hadn't any regard for mortal life, or civilians, but he still had respect for other warriors. He lived by the sword, and was prepared to die by it. When Duncan slashed and disarmed Grayson, he smiled. He didn't fear death. His last act was acknowledging/admiring Duncan as his superior.
@@aliciaborth3016 In this case what you mean by hope is the want or the desire to win. Otherwise believing that you may actually do something, get somewhere or become something if you do things a certain way constitutes hope.
Grayson was one of the best villains ever, but the mere fact that he wanted to bargain with Duncan meant that he not only respected the Highlander but perhaps actually thought Mac could be a serious challenge for him. Still, You gotta respect Grayson for having some semblance of honor.
Dated a girl who's dad had horses. And while they were truly beautiful, powerful animals, I was only trying to survive the moment with the man, and then get the hell back to Nashville.
Grayson to me was one of the very best Highlander villains. Of all the immortals Duncan faced before or since, Grayson was the only one who he seemed to truly fear.
@@Gaspe19 not really Hyde. He tried to fight in Connor's stead even told him to kill him, that he'd rather die than give Connor up to the likes of Hyde. Probably got the beating of his life from Connor for trying to throw away his life so recklessly
Richie asks about dark Quickenings...I wanna tell him “wait you’ll see firsthand and barely escape alive.” The fight costumes later disintegrated because all the sulfur. They know Waterloo didn’t have snow but couldn’t wait til it stopped because of when they had the filming location available.
Yeah Grayson had MacLeod in this one. Grayson was just toying with him for awhile until MacLeod got in those two last strokes that brought Grayson down.
Also the writers began to really flesh out Duncan as a character to the point that while Connor is, in many ways, an anti-hero while Duncan became a noble hero with an honor code. And Darius was brought in to serve as the old mentor which is one element that never really got replaced once he was killed off (Joe and Methos do serve a bit of the mentor role in the later seasons but not to the extent as Darius).
I used to have no idea what those sulfur piles were for or that they were even sulfur piles (despite Grayson spelling it out for us at the start of the fight) but godamn is it an awesome location for a sword fight.
This was one of the best fights in the series. Grayson was a badass. I've met many that think he's not all that because "the first real" challenge but first badass challenges are often so much more important than people realize. So Grayson claims to spurred the advance of guns? Damn, he's more badass than I had originally thought. Grayson set the tone. All those after him would have to equal or top him.....and only a few managed that.
+Syphon Filter, like Kalas and Kronos?? :) I considered Kalas as MacCleod's main archrival and Kronos was his second archrival. Now, just imagine the two MacCleods joined forces against Kalas and Kronos. If they had Kronos, Kalas, Caspian, and Silas as the Four Horsemen, instead of Methos and the others, that would be even a more dangerous group. Kalas was just a terrifying as Kronos was. I do not know who is worse, Kalas or Kronos. In fact, I would love to know who would win between those two if the two of them fought each other. I think Kalas would win.
Duncan with the power of Grayson was more than a match for Kalas and Kronos. Beating them was not an upset, Beating Grayson sent shudders through the watchers.
Before this fight and for a while after it, MacLeod fought and killed a lot of schlubs. Immortals who were about his age or a lot younger and weren't very impressive otherwise. Killing Grayson is what I think kicked MacLeod up another notch into the badass Immortal we see later in the series. Grayson was likely the most powerful quickening he'd taken up until this point, and that lucky win he got against Grayson was probably what made it possible for him to take down the more powerful Immortals he encounters later on.
Yeah, they should've made all the sulfur sizzle or ignite or explode. Nothing really exploded at all in this episode and normally all kinds of stuff explodes during the quickening.
kyle howard well think about it this way if your an immortal living 400 years and you killed one of the longest living immortals that ever lived the main thing you are mainly gaining from that immortal is knowledge and when you wake up your gana have a massive headache in the morning lol but the power thats a different story.
@@guillaumelegoff4152 in the show it always had to do with the amount of accumulated power. Whatever the external reason it never changes the in story facts
Darius was one of my all time favorite characters of all time, it was so sudden and tragic that Werner passed so young, and Darius didnt get to be explored more through the rest of the series. my favorite scene in the whole series is Duncan and Darius's meeting.
lol KillerFrank i know *nothing* of sword fighting 🤺 but the thing is, i see similar comments to yours in a LOT of episodes. Sooo many different opinions! Forces me to wonder: what really _was_ the GREATEST SWORDFIGHT ⚔️ of the ENTIRE SERIES?! ... Anyone? 🤷♀️
This one had me practically biting my nails. So what were Duncan's true fears in this episode? Sparring with a truly old immortal? Or losing his own goodness to evil?
He killed Cronos, a man thousands of years older than Grayson, and far more evil. But I'll put that up to the inconsistent mythos of the series. It is still a great story.
The look on Grayson's face when Duncan says "there can be only one" is just classic. The climactic fight of this episode beats all the fights in the highlander sequels by a long shot. It does everything right, and it's the only instance I can think of off the top of my head where Duncan almost loses fair & square.
@@frankmaher1789 I got the impression Connor let him win. But the sequels never happened anyway as far as I'm concerned. Even the series is it's own separate canon. It would have worked even better had they not used Connor at all, in the pilot or in mentioning his name later on.
Werner Stocker, may he rest, could have been an even greater hero than this series deserved, which is why they created Methos. Stocker was a revelation, taken from us far too soon.
@@michaelfinlay6341 Methos being the character he was was a complete accident. Methos was designed for either 1 or 3 episodes, I forget which. He worked so well they kept him as a main.
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I wonder if Darius would ever leave sanctuary and prepare for the final battle if it approached two immortals. Maybe when the number of immortals diminishes to a point Darius would feel an overwhelming urge to leave sanctuary.
Even though I enjoyed the villainy of Horton, the great Xavier St. Cloud, this fight stands out for me. Even more than when Mac and Methos destroyed The Horsemen for good. But that was personal for poor Methos. And Mac punished Methos by letting him live. But Grayson had to go. And Grayson, the polite gentleman that he was, found the grace to smile when he knew he'd been beaten.
Nicolas Ward, yes!!! Lymon Kurlow caused him trouble, too!!! But I personally think that Grayson was the only one who came so close to take his head. Not Kronos nor Kalas came that close. But it was expected for McLeod to win, wasn't it? If he lost against Grayson, how would the seasons continue???
Darius was famous among the immortals. The only reason Methos stayed alive was by living in the shadows, as a creature that even these children of the gods knew was a myth.
To clarify, the first half of season one had the police investigating all the headless bodies that Duncan and others were leaving like the original film. However this was dropped and the Gathering plotline disappeared by season 2. At the same time the show got a new head writer, David Abramowitz, who wanted to explore the life histories of all the Immortals so more emphasis began to be placed on the flashbacks, which was one element of the original film that was emulated.
I wonder if Jesus was the holy man that Darius killed. It was only 500 years after his birth and he did get 'resurrected' initially. Such an intensely good holy man would have the power to produce a transformative quickening.
By far the best of the first season, maybe even of the entire series. Could easily have been extended into a movie. Heard stories over the years that they all hated the director and that's why he never got called back to do another. Ah well.
Love the show and Ritchie when he said (How am I gonna communicate, and I'm not going to have to eat frogs or anything like that? Love that each show has some sort of lesson and wisdom in It!
The reporter's questions and Duncan's answers were wonderful. "Who do you work for?" And finally, her wish that Duncan have good luck. She saw that Duncan was a warrior for the good side. I must say, I missed her.
i wouldn't say evil there were some that where truly bad he makes no move on Tessa just uses her to make duncan come after him hes not sloan who acually planed on harming her and rember Daurius and Grayson where northerners a sub group that the Noromans Saxons Danes Geats and Goths all warriors from a darker harsher time im not saying Graysons a saint but he is what he was in his way a warrior who had a cde and followed it
Grayson was neither rusty nor out of shape. He should've beat Macleoud, but in battle sometimes luck plays a part. Conscripted farmers with spears have killed master swordsmen in battle before, and Macleoud was no peasant spearmen.
Grayson never really thought through his plan of killing Darious. Grayson would have become like Darious. If the writers knew that Werner Stocker was ill then Grayson could have been written in to kill him and become Duncans mentor.
But Stefan Lefco i thought the LIGHT/DARK quickenings weren’t necessarily a given? i remember as far as the dark quickening it depended on how much evil was already in the immortal, whether they would retain enough to become completely evil or not. Guess the light quickening rules would have to be kinda different but what _are_ they? Or does the LQ just automatically happen every time? i’m REALLY HOPING 🤞🏻my question makes some sort of sense!!? 🤷♀️
Your thinking of the hyuko whom was killing only bad people for centuries so he had a concentrated amount of dark energy. The Holy Man that Darius killed changed him because he was an elder whom had a concentration of good energy from centuries of meditation and experience that were in direct conflict with Darius's preoccupation with war and dominion.
ZarathustrasCrown It's actually not uncommon for a priest to be present on the battlefield in order for them to bless and ensure a recently departed soldier to the after life. That's likely why Darius was there, and possible to heal those he could.
Nice about fighting in amongst the Sulphur/Sulfur but , there is Only one thing wrong with that ! Sulfur/Sulphur ignites pretty quick especially with those sparks flying about ,lol ! I worked in a Fertilizer Factory , I know what Sulphur can do ! That very intense Blue Fame , very hard to extinguish !
+Kanwulf802, I would not be surprised if you were right about Kalas being able to take Duncan's head. I would consider Kalas to be Duncan's archrival. One thing for sure was that Kalas would not have lost his head when he did if his sword had not been broken. I think the fight would have lasted for a much longer time. No Immortal, with the exception of Kronos, would have given Duncan such an excellent fight. I wished they had a movie with Kalas and Kronos in it, along with Connor and Duncan MacCleod. Now, that would be an awesome fight!! The two Highlanders vs the two Killers!! :) Hehe Oh, that's it!! I will call my Immortal fantasy archrival "Killer" as his nickname. :)
no way he was over 4000 thousand years old and they could of done so much more with the horsemen episode when they rode into a small little camp was utter crap lol.
I don't Grayson underestimated Mcleod. He told him he was one of the few powerfull immortals left. Mcleod was lucky he fell next to his sword. Otherwise he would meet s bloody end. Still can't understand how Grayson lost his balance on the bridge that easily .
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R.I.P. Werner Stocker, his portrayal of Darius was just extraordinary.
Cried my eyes out in the episode "The Hunters".
Darius is one of the best characters in all of Highlander.
.He certainly passed before his time sadly.
@@ZeithriYes, I love Darius. He's my favorite character in this show.
The world needs more people like Darius in it
There im the world there the ones running the charitys and the fundraisers and hospital aid work doing real good not just sitting in a church
If people don't change them
Amen.
You’ve gotta love how until the very end Grayson was almost Kell-level OP, only to completely lose it at the end and play the ‘I’ll keep fighting one handed when I should know better because I’m almost 2,000 years old’ game.
A coward that spent his life in a monastery, church, holy ground. Grayson has more chances to survive. An immortal should be master of sword, like Macleod. And also kind to human kind.
Man that part where Darius says "I am Darius, you won't need that" gets me every time.
DARIUS figure was a great idea.
@@rogerlynch5279 it's too bad the actor died. They could have continued some great story lines with him.
@@aliciaborth3016 Right on !!!
wheh I watched the show in the Nineties for the first time, to my shame I have to confess I never had seen HERBSTMILCH or DIE WEISSE ROSE, I had thought Werner Stocker for much older as he really had been., Must had been frome the Chemotherapie because of the braintumor
Nothing beats Grayson Smiling as he loses his head. Great villain.
Smug arrogant ass knows he lost but still smiles.
Game recognizes game. Grayson was bested. As polite as he was, it be a disrespect not to smile at Mac's cunning.
This was the episode when the series took it up a notch and got into high gear and produced some classic shows.
+ShotDownInFlames2 You are right, and just for fun, the robber in the church who stabbed Darius, that was the stuntman Peter Diamond, "Iman Fasil" from the first Highlander-movie, beheaded by Connor!
Except Grayson was a pathetic Swordsman
Right on bro
This was a game changer. After defeating this guy our boy MC just entered the God league of immortals.
This was only season one. If he was God League, he wouldn't of had good challenges in later seasons. 😁
"There can be only one." is among the TV quote greats (along with "Live long and prosper.")
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That quote is sooooo underated.
And the worst being, "He's Not Worth It."
@@stefanlefco1750 " High ho Silver away "
Are you saying you didn't like that saying?
Grayson: „Another century and you might have beat me!“ 💪🏻
The one and only series that did better than the movies, in my opinion!
no highlander 1 and 3 were better
🙆🏼♀️ The series and the
movies are such
different animals, how
does one compare
them? 🙄 i LOVED the
first movie and MUCH
RESPECT for starting it
all! ✊🏻 But the _series!_
i’ve been watching it
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not the one and only but one of the rare ones that are better then the movies. another that is better then the movie is stargate sg1 and it spin offs, another is shadow hunters but I do agree its rare a series based on a movie is better then the movie :)
Wish this was a two parter
You're forgetting Batman from the 60's.
Grayson was so impressed with Tessa saying kill me now. Lol "Truly remarkable" Dude was like wow and he has taste in great women.Grayson was impressed with Duncan. Chose not to hurt Tessa cause she was so brave and loyal. Grayson was my favorite villain.
Yes, I was impressed by her too, and not only that time. It's amazing they selected good actors for the series. The emotional depth of the performances of Tessa and Mcleod was stunning too.
Love the finale. Grayson hadn't any regard for mortal life, or civilians, but he still had respect for other warriors. He lived by the sword, and was prepared to die by it. When Duncan slashed and disarmed Grayson, he smiled. He didn't fear death. His last act was acknowledging/admiring Duncan as his superior.
Yes, in his own way, Grayson had the ancient warrior's honor.
Yup. Straight warrior to the end. Respectful too. Fearless.
Grayson was the op goat warrior code mad bro.
Rather like the Kurgan did. He knew Connor would take him in the last bit of their duel, one reason why he saluted with his sword
And Grayson gave Dumcan a lot of power out of it.
RIP Stan Kirsch aka Richie
When it became obvious that MacLeod was gonna win, i think _HE_ looked more *SHOCKED &* *SURPRISED* than Grayson did!
I agree. They played that emotion well. Earlier in the episode he basically said all he had was hope he could win, he clearly believed he would loose.
Mac didn't overestimate himself that's good. Why he's kept his head for 400 years.
The grin Grayson gives MacLeod at the end is priceless. It seems to say, "Well done Highlander. Well done." A very cool character moment.
@@aliciaborth3016 In this case what you mean by hope is the want or the desire to win. Otherwise believing that you may actually do something, get somewhere or become something if you do things a certain way constitutes hope.
Grayson had him dead to rights. Mac's move was a hail mary that worked.
With just this battle, he added 1400 years of power
From a active head hunter 2
Exactly what kind of power?...
Do you know a lot about the plot of this stories?..
imo this "lucky" win gave mac the power to compete and beat literally every villain he came across from now on
Grayson was one of the best villains ever, but the mere fact that he wanted to bargain with Duncan meant that he not only respected the Highlander but perhaps actually thought Mac could be a serious challenge for him. Still, You gotta respect Grayson for having some semblance of honor.
No, he was crazy.
"I'm a risk manager."
But that's okay as long as you're happy like a hippo.
What a great episode with a great ending. I love how Darius was giving Richie love advice.
Yeah that was funny🤣
Dated a girl who's dad had horses. And while they were truly beautiful, powerful animals, I was only trying to survive the moment with the man, and then get the hell back to Nashville.
Grayson to me was one of the very best Highlander villains. Of all the immortals Duncan faced before or since, Grayson was the only one who he seemed to truly fear.
He also seemed to fear Martin Hyde
@@Gaspe19 Or also for Haresh Clay because defeated to his teacher and friend Graham Ash
@@Gaspe19 not really Hyde. He tried to fight in Connor's stead even told him to kill him, that he'd rather die than give Connor up to the likes of Hyde. Probably got the beating of his life from Connor for trying to throw away his life so recklessly
I think the ones he feared the most were Kallas and Kronos. But Grayson, Hyde and Clay are also up there on that list.
@@andreim.5324 naw it was the Spanish guy in the dance episode.
This was one of the very best episodes! Duncan being the Highlander and Bodyguard at same time. WoW!
Man I am so glad I am watching this series it really has a lot of life lessons 😊☺😁
The black 65 T-Bird one of the coolest cars ever.
Macleod and Tessa play a perfect couple in love. I remember what that was like. It happens like that only once in life.
Richie asks about dark Quickenings...I wanna tell him “wait you’ll see firsthand and barely escape alive.”
The fight costumes later disintegrated because all the sulfur.
They know Waterloo didn’t have snow but couldn’t wait til it stopped because of when they had the filming location available.
The snow made it a more moving scene though I think.
Yeah Grayson had MacLeod in this one. Grayson was just toying with him for awhile until MacLeod got in those two last strokes that brought Grayson down.
If that's the case, he shouldn't have toyed with him.
@@MaxxCoyote facts he had Mac he just savored in being better for too long. Mac always digs deep
Mac was lucky he fell near his sword!
How much power did his kick have to make Grayson lose his balance and thereby give himself some time to escape?
perfect ep - great writing, dialogue, acting was restrained and natural...even the eurotrash villain was pretty believable
9:17 can you imagine how Anne would have reacted to an encounter with Grayson? He was right . . . Tessa truly was one of a kind . . .
The other seasons will be on TH-cam soon
Where is Patient Number 7?
I think she got amnesia and forgot to show up.
Also the writers began to really flesh out Duncan as a character to the point that while Connor is, in many ways, an anti-hero while Duncan became a noble hero with an honor code. And Darius was brought in to serve as the old mentor which is one element that never really got replaced once he was killed off (Joe and Methos do serve a bit of the mentor role in the later seasons but not to the extent as Darius).
Darius is always going to remain my favourite immortal...
Methos. He was Death! Death on a horse haha.
Darius was a legend.
Grayson is now the 5 hour energy drink cowboy.
I used to have no idea what those sulfur piles were for or that they were even sulfur piles (despite Grayson spelling it out for us at the start of the fight) but godamn is it an awesome location for a sword fight.
This was one of the best fights in the series. Grayson was a badass. I've met many that think he's not all that because "the first real" challenge but first badass challenges are often so much more important than people realize.
So Grayson claims to spurred the advance of guns? Damn, he's more badass than I had originally thought.
Grayson set the tone. All those after him would have to equal or top him.....and only a few managed that.
Syphon Filter There´s an episode called They Also Serve -third season- in which the watchers discuss how much of a big upset this was.
+Syphon Filter, like Kalas and Kronos?? :) I considered Kalas as MacCleod's main archrival and Kronos was his second archrival. Now, just imagine the two MacCleods joined forces against Kalas and Kronos. If they had Kronos, Kalas, Caspian, and Silas as the Four Horsemen, instead of Methos and the others, that would be even a more dangerous group. Kalas was just a terrifying as Kronos was. I do not know who is worse, Kalas or Kronos. In fact, I would love to know who would win between those two if the two of them fought each other. I think Kalas would win.
Duncan with the power of Grayson was more than a match for Kalas and Kronos. Beating them was not an upset, Beating Grayson sent shudders through the watchers.
Isn't Kalas the hero of the Klingon race? LOL just kidding fanboys.
Scott Destan Karpla Karplaasa!!!!!!!!!
Before this fight and for a while after it, MacLeod fought and killed a lot of schlubs. Immortals who were about his age or a lot younger and weren't very impressive otherwise. Killing Grayson is what I think kicked MacLeod up another notch into the badass Immortal we see later in the series. Grayson was likely the most powerful quickening he'd taken up until this point, and that lucky win he got against Grayson was probably what made it possible for him to take down the more powerful Immortals he encounters later on.
That really makes a lot of sense; and very good points about Highlander! I absolutely love the show and actors!
Great points. I whole heartedly agree!
The sexual tension between McCloud and the reporter is great
Why the hell hasn't someone made a good highlander game yet :(
They almost did. Then it got canceled. It looked kind of good, too.
@@KojinMacJorn years ago on the xbox 360?
@@solomonkain Think so, yeah. Really wish it had been released. Always wanted a a good Highlander game.
@@KojinMacJorn absolutely. Hopefully one day.
solomonkain no on ps3
they should have made the quickening more intense like the later seasons, because he is 1400 years older you'd think it'd be a crazy quickening
Yeah, they should've made all the sulfur sizzle or ignite or explode. Nothing really exploded at all in this episode and normally all kinds of stuff explodes during the quickening.
kyle howard well think about it this way if your an immortal living 400 years and you killed one of the longest living immortals that ever lived the main thing you are mainly gaining from that immortal is knowledge and when you wake up your gana have a massive headache in the morning lol but the power thats a different story.
It all depends on how many immortals they have killed.
@@jackdavidson9045 and the money and the possibility of the production
@@guillaumelegoff4152 in the show it always had to do with the amount of accumulated power. Whatever the external reason it never changes the in story facts
Darius was one of my all time favorite characters of all time, it was so sudden and tragic that Werner passed so young, and Darius didnt get to be explored more through the rest of the series. my favorite scene in the whole series is Duncan and Darius's meeting.
Very sad indeed. Any idea how old he was?
He died about a month after his 38th birthday.
one of my favorites!
My favorite episode of them all!!!!
One of the best swordfights in the entire series, and for a show that featured so many, that really says something!
lol KillerFrank i know *nothing* of sword fighting 🤺 but the thing is, i see similar comments to yours in a LOT of episodes. Sooo many different opinions! Forces me
to wonder: what really _was_ the GREATEST SWORDFIGHT ⚔️ of the ENTIRE SERIES?! ... Anyone? 🤷♀️
@@lauriedavis400 Hard to say my friend.
@@lauriedavis400 prolly Clay v. MacLeod
Love watching the high lander movie's don't care if they are old films and how old I get still good to watch
One of the things I liked bout this episode was u can see duncan was scared but he saw it threw
Thank you SO much! All of them. Here. In order. !!!!!! You deserve a medal of some kind!
Duncan would do anything for Tessa and always so loyal and Tessa always with her attitude.
This one had me practically biting my nails. So what were Duncan's true fears in this episode? Sparring with a truly old immortal? Or losing his own goodness to evil?
Yes. He seemed fairly sure he would lose. But definitely worried about the evil thing if he won.
He killed Cronos, a man thousands of years older than Grayson, and far more evil. But I'll put that up to the inconsistent mythos of the series. It is still a great story.
@@michaelfinlay6341 that was later
@@michaelfinlay6341 He had already had a dark quickening at that point.
Adrian has such a beautiful smile. He reminds me of Aiden Turner of Poldark
The look on Grayson's face when Duncan says "there can be only one" is just classic. The climactic fight of this episode beats all the fights in the highlander sequels by a long shot. It does everything right, and it's the only instance I can think of off the top of my head where Duncan almost loses fair & square.
That was too early in the series. But, on the other hand, that episode truly made the series the epic magnum opus of its creators. Legend...
Always Loved Duncan's solo sword training
Macleod was really really close to losing this fight, no other time did he back away from a villain.
I agree. Even Dawson thought MacLeod lost. It was also the only fight I remember seeing fear on his face.
@@aliciaborth3016 When Conner and Duncan were going for it at End Game was another
@@aliciaborth3016 He almost lost against Connor MacLeod in End Game
He jumped off a balcony with Kalas
@@frankmaher1789 I got the impression Connor let him win. But the sequels never happened anyway as far as I'm concerned. Even the series is it's own separate canon. It would have worked even better had they not used Connor at all, in the pilot or in mentioning his name later on.
it's a shame that Grayson is evil, He's rather attractive. *giggle*
Darius is really cool. An immortal monk, that's rather neat.
Love this episode, love Darius, love "Highlander":)
Darius got into my soul i missed him alot after the watchers did him in
stormking14687 technically, the “hunters”. And he was written off the show after the actor’s untimely death. 😥
@@jasonq7504 😢
Werner Stocker, may he rest, could have been an even greater hero than this series deserved, which is why they created Methos. Stocker was a revelation, taken from us far too soon.
@@michaelfinlay6341 Methos being the character he was was a complete accident. Methos was designed for either 1 or 3 episodes, I forget which. He worked so well they kept him as a main.
One of the better sword fights and Quickenings! And at 40:57 Grayson's tongue shows how truly creepy he is!
You would think that in two thousand years he would have found time for a few acting lessons.
I love the ending. MacLeod is soo cute.
LOL Richie's reaction at 30:50: "Bonjour. Ca va? ... All sterotypes about us, French people!
Lardon2 I'm sure you can think of some American stereotypes. Come its fun to generalize and make fun.
Indeed...
+Lardon2 Well it's even more fun because Tessa (the character not the actress) is french. You can really tell she's not amused by it.
Lardon2 Zoota lo sacre bleu!!
Hey Garrick...
This was a great episode, but I wish they'd have kept him around longer.
Him? Are you referring to Darius? That wasn't possible as the actor Werner Stocker died suddenly of a heart attack.
@@katm6wasn't a heart attack. It was a brain tumor.
@@wowme110 - Thanks. Should have Googled.
@@katm6 And he was one of a very few "german" actors with charisma AND character. The good leave early. Sadly missed.
Well at least we got Methos later. Love Peter.
James Horan was awesome as Grayson!!!!
They perhaps should have kept bringing him back like Xavier St Cloud and Kalus
The Actor Died so that may Have Been A little Hard maybe But yeah would Have Been nice other wise and not sure when He died After this episode But any way if you know let us know as well as any other info or fun (facts) Please Also if you Reply 2 this let us know it is 2 this very comment Thanks?!!
@@jeffmurphy8283 James Horan is still alive. You're thinking of Werner Stocker, who played Darius.
interesting how it foreshadows the dark quickening
the scene between grayson and macleod in the cemetary is aces
I wonder if Darius would ever leave sanctuary and prepare for the final battle if it approached two immortals.
Maybe when the number of immortals diminishes to a point Darius would feel an overwhelming urge to leave sanctuary.
aw the end is so cute
Poor Richie seriously thought he was gonna get left behind!
This a random person standing behind the scenes and a umbrella visible in the camera. Time is 21:28
Grayson and darius are awesome, so sad they die do early on the series
sad that Darius wouldn't have been able to be much more on the show after season 1, since the actor who played him died soon after... :-(
21:12 "You talk like the White House press secretary."
Even though I enjoyed the villainy of Horton, the great Xavier St. Cloud, this fight stands out for me. Even more than when Mac and Methos destroyed The Horsemen for good. But that was personal for poor Methos. And Mac punished Methos by letting him live. But Grayson had to go. And Grayson, the polite gentleman that he was, found the grace to smile when he knew he'd been beaten.
LMAO at the reporters face when she sees duncan at 20:15 im sure at this point she is like OMG WTF IS UP WITH THIS GUY!!!
The other challenges that Duncan had were Kronos, Kalas, but nothing can beat Grayson!!!!
Nicholas Ward gave him a lot of trouble too
Nicolas Ward, yes!!!
Lymon Kurlow caused him trouble, too!!!
But I personally think that Grayson was the only one who came so close to take his head. Not Kronos nor Kalas came that close.
But it was expected for McLeod to win, wasn't it? If he lost against Grayson, how would the seasons continue???
This begs to ask the question Were Darius amd Methos friends? I seem to think that they were.
Darius was famous among the immortals. The only reason Methos stayed alive was by living in the shadows, as a creature that even these children of the gods knew was a myth.
The sulfur plant was one of the better visuals of the series.
Great episode. I liked how Duncan sorta played opossum at the end
To clarify, the first half of season one had the police investigating all the headless bodies that Duncan and others were leaving like the original film. However this was dropped and the Gathering plotline disappeared by season 2. At the same time the show got a new head writer, David Abramowitz, who wanted to explore the life histories of all the Immortals so more emphasis began to be placed on the flashbacks, which was one element of the original film that was emulated.
I wonder if Jesus was the holy man that Darius killed. It was only 500 years after his birth and he did get 'resurrected' initially. Such an intensely good holy man would have the power to produce a transformative quickening.
By far the best of the first season, maybe even of the entire series. Could easily have been extended into a movie. Heard stories over the years that they all hated the director and that's why he never got called back to do another. Ah well.
Because of Grayson, easily the best villain of the first season. Maybe of the whole series.
And your channel still alive...
You are a legend sir...
Love the show and Ritchie when he said (How am I gonna communicate, and I'm not going to have to eat frogs or anything like that? Love that each show has some sort of lesson and wisdom in It!
The reporter's questions and Duncan's answers were wonderful. "Who do you work for?" And finally, her wish that Duncan have good luck. She saw that Duncan was a warrior for the good side. I must say, I missed her.
Superbă seria ar m-ai fi de lucrat la scenariu și trucaje să fie m-ai verdice, felicitări pentru postare ar fi bună o subtitrare în limba română ❤
I think Grayson is one of the most convincing portrayals of pure evil. Strangely, he looks a lot like someone I was at school with🤔
i wouldn't say evil there were some that where truly bad he makes no move on Tessa just uses her to make duncan come after him hes not sloan who acually planed on harming her and rember Daurius and Grayson where northerners a sub group that the Noromans Saxons Danes Geats and Goths all warriors from a darker harsher time im not saying Graysons a saint but he is what he was in his way a warrior who had a cde and followed it
Forgot how this episode setup the whole Dark Quickening that comes later in the series. :)
Grayson was neither rusty nor out of shape. He should've beat Macleoud, but in battle sometimes luck plays a part. Conscripted farmers with spears have killed master swordsmen in battle before, and Macleoud was no peasant spearmen.
this bring back some memories of my childhood lm enjoying macleod
Ronny Maingene He is still alive
@@InvisbleCaller Of course: he _is_ immortal.
Grayson never really thought through his plan of killing Darious. Grayson would have become like Darious. If the writers knew that Werner Stocker was ill then Grayson could have been written in to kill him and become Duncans mentor.
But Stefan Lefco i thought the LIGHT/DARK quickenings weren’t necessarily a given? i remember as
far as the dark quickening it depended on how much evil was already in the immortal, whether they would retain enough to become completely evil or not. Guess the light quickening rules would have to be kinda different but what _are_ they? Or does the LQ just automatically happen every time? i’m REALLY HOPING 🤞🏻my question makes some sort of sense!!? 🤷♀️
Your thinking of the hyuko whom was killing only bad people for centuries so he had a concentrated amount of dark energy. The Holy Man that Darius killed changed him because he was an elder whom had a concentration of good energy from centuries of meditation and experience that were in direct conflict with Darius's preoccupation with war and dominion.
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It's actually not uncommon for a priest to be present on the battlefield in order for them to bless and ensure a recently departed soldier to the after life. That's likely why Darius was there, and possible to heal those he could.
That's why it is normal that a priest is there but it doesn't explain how Darius get to the battlefield, if he stayed on holy grounds.
I like Highlander very much. For the first time i saw an error 41:27 a camera man is seen on the right side to Grayson
Nice about fighting in amongst the Sulphur/Sulfur but , there is Only one thing wrong with that ! Sulfur/Sulphur ignites pretty quick especially with those sparks flying about ,lol ! I worked in a Fertilizer Factory , I know what Sulphur can do ! That very intense Blue Fame , very hard to extinguish !
At the beggining of the fight scene, i was waiting for mclaude to say "i know something you dont know"
the music (flute) when Duncan and Darius meet is awesome. Not sure who it is. But it is cool sounding. I use to whistle it a lot.
In the early parts of the fight at the sulfur plant, Duncan's coat does a little appearing and disappearing.
+Kanwulf802, I would not be surprised if you were right about Kalas being able to take Duncan's head. I would consider Kalas to be Duncan's archrival. One thing for sure was that Kalas would not have lost his head when he did if his sword had not been broken. I think the fight would have lasted for a much longer time. No Immortal, with the exception of Kronos, would have given Duncan such an excellent fight. I wished they had a movie with Kalas and Kronos in it, along with Connor and Duncan MacCleod. Now, that would be an awesome fight!! The two Highlanders vs the two Killers!! :) Hehe Oh, that's it!! I will call my Immortal fantasy archrival "Killer" as his nickname. :)
Hyde was stronger than Kronos
no way he was over 4000 thousand years old and they could of done so much more with the horsemen episode when they rode into a small little camp was utter crap lol.
@@fabricenixon7774 Hyde almost beat Duncan
Adrian paul,,,,Georgous
classic. I grew up watching this show.
When they got rid of that female reporter , and those detectives the show got a lot better .
I don't Grayson underestimated Mcleod. He told him he was one of the few powerfull immortals left. Mcleod was lucky he fell next to his sword. Otherwise he would meet s bloody end. Still can't understand how Grayson lost his balance on the bridge that easily .
4.00 mins in and I'm already thinking this one's gonna be goooood.
Grayson had a broadsword of the medieval times .
i love the highlander tv show
watching this show makes me want to take up funcing again. I need a new hobby
to bad they killed off darius i would have loved to see him having some interesting conversations about history and their view on it with methos
they weren't planning to. the actor died.
Always funny to listen to men talking about the only one. :)