Sadly, this was Werner Stocker's last appearance as Darius and as an actor. He was stricken with cancer and died during the filming of this episode. I believe they dedicated his name in the closing credits. RIP Mr. Stocker. I often wonder what if he wasn't ill with cancer. His Darius character would have become a major player in the series, instead of making guest appearances in a few episodes.
Thanks for sharing. It really put the episode and all the extra stock flashbacks in perspective. Great character and I’m sure it takes a good guy to play such a good guy. Sad, very sad. I felt just as Duncan did. And the at song... 😢
i wanted to write the same thing. but you have found better words than i would have anyway. Only thing, are you sure he died while filming this episode? I read it happened in Heidelberg. Of course it is possible they shot there, doesn't matter anyway. I wonder if you wrote something about Stan Kirsch in the episode his character Ritchie dies. All so sad :/
@@derthilo787 Yes in fact this article makes it clear that he didn't die during the episode but was unable to film it due to his illness. They used footage for the remainder of his appearances. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Stocker_(actor)
Hugh Fitzkern was originally supposed to be a "one and done" character who was killed off in this episode by the Hunters, but when it became apparent that Werner Stocker wouldn't be returning, they killed off Darius, instead.
Werner Stocker who played Darius died of a *Brain Tumor* on May 27th 1993. Writing him off the show in this way was a very good way to advance the story and to show how much he will be missed. He was only 38 when he died!
watching the flashbacks of Duncan remembering his friend is very sad. Love this series and the characters, well always have a place in my heart. RIP Richie, Darius.
Probably one of the greatest wastes of a Quickening ever. Darius would have passed on a rare Light Quickening of enlightenment to even the darkest of Immortals.
Darius's quickening would have been crazy powerful, he was one of the oldest immortals right? But also the peace and contentment he would have passed on... Definitely agree, what a waste :(
I believe that it was supposed to happen differently, but when he died, I think they had to change everything. I agree it was a waste, but at the same time, it was nice how they did it and also introduced the Watchers and Horton.
It's so wonderful that you have put all of these episodes here and in such beautiful clarity! I have the entire series on dvd but I still love being able to que them up here and fall asleep with them streaming in the background. It has surely given many new fans a chance to get to know these great stories
I like how at 23:51 Duncan suddenly realises that he can't feel Richie. Nice touch in laying some extra foundation stones to the pre-Immortal Richie set-up in the very early episodes of the season.
The funny thing is, Richie being immortal was not planned. They actually didn't decide to do it until the actress that played Tessa decided to leave the show. So all the "clues" were just coincidence.
@@tsdobbi i think they were considering it since beginning and left the possibility floating out there. The fact they made Ritchie a "foundling", and first episode when it appeared as if Duncan sensed him breaking in, but the bad guy also was nearby.
This episode legit pulls on the heart strings...it always has for me..even tho the first time I saw it was before I had seen all the episodes before it so I had no idea who Darius was...but watching Mac scream his name like that..it just hits home ya know
you have more sympathy for scripted acting than you do for our dying constitutional republic...I have an explanation as to why though... you are a typical brainless mainstream media fed sheeple that will never have the intellect to think beyond that of the mainstream narrative. it's ok though, just about every mindless zombie american that votes is just like you, a typical brainless mainstream media fed sheeple.
The Queen song? That song "Who Wants to Live Forever" and the intro theme "Princes of the Universe" were both essentially written FOR the Highlander film, they were released on the album "A Kind of Magic". Surprisingly fit well for the band too, either during or just after this album Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS, they never toured again as the full band since that.
Freddie was diagnosed with HIV around a year after A Kind of Magic was released. He developed AIDS around two years later in 1989. But he may have had the virus for years before that but didn't realize it. Highlander The Series went into production a few months after Freddie passed.
I've always loved the musical score of the whole series. It always seems they found the right dramatic flare of music to go with each situation in the show. Masterful job by the production team.
I never knew why Stocker character was killed, thought it was just for the series. Years later rewatching on YT I found out. Tragic he died of brain cancer, but he lived so much more than most ever do. In a way Stocker/Darius will live on with all of us fans of the series, & those yet to discover it ⛩️🍸
Black Morel is one of the most delicious teas in existence, and the first memory of Darius was using a mold to break a guy's infection. Ancient Soma was prepared with mushrooms, so it was said. Beers and ales are made with yeast. Good preparation for that character.
"We have destroyed a malignant evil that has walked this earth in the form of a man for the last 2000 years." A guy who renounced violence over a thousand years ago? Horton was one screwed up guy. RIP Werner Stocker.
+Dennis Bremner If you makes you feel any better, the actor really did die (which is why the character ended) so your tears are appropriate. The whole theme of this episode changed when the actor died, causing them to use file footage coupled with dialogue about the death of Darius. If the actor hadn't died, there'd probably have been no renegade, rogue watchers in the series at all.
I'll tell yo what it is. He either is the sort who plays the role of a kind man pretty well or was a kind man in real life. People like these are rare, therefore a great tragedy when they die.
@@KojinMacJorn Same here! I wished they kept in living in the present day rather than on flashbacks. I hated Kalas for killing Fitz just to get at MacLeod!
"We have destroyed a malignant evil that has walked this earth in the form of a man for the last 2000 years." What, the pacifist immortal dude who became a Franciscan monk and renounced violence for the better part of 1000 years? Even personally mentored some of the greatest peacemakers of your time? Horton... ya done fucked up.
One of the best episodes to me. In fact the way Darius is described he could be ATTILA, King of the Hunns.supposedly he had killed a Holy Man and later turned Christian so the legend goes. Also the Time frame about twothousand years would fit then. ATTILA, the facts: Historians rather assume that the man became poisened by some unsatisfied followers. To the credits Darius was played by the German actor Werner Stocker ( 1955-1993 who had died as a result of a brain tumor ) He was buried in his hometown Flintsbach near Rosenheim/Bavaria) Was, I asssume, - because in Germany graves are rented for some years and then given on if the family does not pay for the ongoing fees. Storcker had studied German Literature and Acting in Munich and was becomming soon after his training a national and international respected, but regrettably not a famous, actor by the public
The actor Werner Stocker who played Darius died during the making of this episode, so the writers and producers had to rewrite the scrip. he was 36 when he died suddenly from brain tumor.
Why are seasons 2-6 unavailable. I already own the complete series on dvd but it was more convinient on youtube and the loss of the comment section is a crime. And why the hell haven't you responded to any off my comments?
Thank you for uploading! I've watched this series many times, but this first season was never released in syndication where I lived. It's great to finally see it. Two things: first, does anyone know how the series got so many musicians as guest stars? Also the rights to the original Queen soundtrack... Did the showrunners have contacts with the music industry? Second, I'm moving this show from Guilty Pleasure to just Pleasure. It was an early forerunner of longer form TV story telling - one off episodes with occasional storylines ongoing over seasons, even through the whole series. It was ahead of its time, pun fully intended...
Is that a joke? The bad guy, played by Peter Hudson, is named "Horton". The costarring Immortal made to talk is Roger Daltry, lead singer (Tommy) from "The Who". Horton hears a Who?
@@lamboyj9 Are you guys kidding? They also had Shena Easton, The guy from Fine Young Cannibals (He played St Cloud), Roger Daltry, Joan Jet. This show was full of musical artists.
I love it when MacLeod uses his fighting ability to defend himself from attack; fromother regular mortals. It kind of showcases his excellent fighting ability honed fromthe years of being immortal.
Can't believe they've been up for 10 years, and I started watching them about 1 month ago, then boom! they're gone. Probably my bad luck at fault, sorry! 😅
The scene where Fitz was tied up between pillars was a nod to Roger Daltrey's movie Tommy. It recreated a scene and movie poster where he also had his arms raised up. Nice touch.
Cinedigm maybe no longer has the rights for all the episodes so they are not here anymore, that or maybe they have them in their own streaming service whatever the case I want kick myself in the ass for not finish watching the series long time ago even though for years I have known that (mostly) all the series was here for free, I just kept postponing it. A lot of interesting discussion in the comment section was also lost forever, pity.
This episode is where the series changes. The character arcs and recurring story lines just got better and better. Seasons 4 and 5 are my favorites. Love Joe Dawson and Methos, who should have ended up with their own show after this series ended.
Werner Stocker who played Darius died from a brain tumor in 1993 before this episode was filmed. His portrayal in this episode was pieced together from previous episodes he was in
Actually, the plan was always to kill Darius in this episode. However, they did have to rewrite it last minute because of his brain tumor, as he was too sick to film. He also was planned to show up in more flashbacks throughout the series, but the actor did end up passing away five days after this episode aired, so rather than recasting, they kept Darius to verbal nods only.
Lydia Who? Oh I don't blame you for that! It's nice that everybody has said the same thing. Just shows you. I think he's one of those 'What you see is what you get' kind of guys. I'm sure he must have 'off days', but then he is only human. He's a bit less tactile than he was before, because he was so ill last year, but he's still very friendly. I really hope that you do get to meet him.
"Death is part of my life" Interesting thing to say for an immortal but it totally makes sense. On the one hand he (almost) can't die, but that leads him to see more death than mortals.
Apparently this episode picks up right after the Hunters episode where Horton and his gang were apparently testing Tessa and Fitz to check whether they were immortal. Yet in this episode Horton, as the head of the watchers (“your dad is the boss”) has a complete database of every immortal and so wouldn’t really need to test Fitz or Tessa (his file on McLeod would mention her).
All of those questions have been answered in the series, you just have to keep watching Though the series treats things as killing them, they can repair nearly anything that is only partially lost If you pull out their heart, their body doesnt create a new one, but if you shoot them in heart, it will repair the partial damage Heart attacks are non-permanant damage, easily repairable Its better described that things that kill mortals put imortals into a state of shock, like a coma, til healed
Loved that melondy towards the end when the boat was moving .. when that man in the car watching duncan's house in the car and gotton jumped by richie and duncan ,,,, what's that song ,, ??
I wonder if the Watchers were always meant to be introduced into the story, or if they were created to give reason for the death of Darius? There is a rather sad, ironic reality check that the character of an immortal had to be written out by the death of the actor playing the character.I am glad they did not simply try replacing the actor, and continue on with the character of Darius. A good tribute to the career of Werner Stocker.
In behinds the scenes stuff on the DVDs one of the producers or writers said the watchers were always intended to be a thing but they adapted them to the Darius storyline because Werner Stocker died, they were supposed to kill Fitz in this episode. Methos was then created as a Darius stand in to give Duncan information about the watchers. Roger Daltrey was supposed to be a big star who would come on be hyped as a guest star and be killed off.
One of my favorite parts from this episode is when MacLeod tries to talk to the Hunter/Watcher guy in 6 different languages - in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and finally in Chinese and then the fight breaks out... Does someone speak Italian here? 25:21 "?Voi che? parli italiano? Italiano? No? La bella lingua (...)" - I think I got these right apart from the first word(s), but I have no idea what he's saying at the end in Italian...
Yes, correct, he is half English and half Italian, so whenever MacLeod speaks Italian, it's authentic Italian from a real native speaker of Italian - but I couldn't make out exactly what he was saying here, since I don't speak Italian. By the way, he had a minor role in the movie Last Rites in the late 80's, I think he only spoke Italian in that movie.
@Ghajini 3000 The scene I mentioned was meant to demonstrate this fact about the character. Similarly, the actor who played the character also speaks and understands multiple languages.
His French and Italian seemed good. But the Russian... and oh my - that Chinese was terrible. Guess he didn’t learn much from that weird potion guy Kiem Sun in episode 3.
@@bigdavido82 Great comment lol, "weird potion guy" :D Probably he didn't spend too much time in China, so he couldn't learn much from Kiem Sun. :D His German was quite good in this scene apart from the word 'sprechen' (speak), which is surprising, since he DID spend some time in Nazi Germany as it was revealed to us later in a few flashbacks. lol
This makes me wonder ... if an Immortal loses his/her head and there's no other Immortal around to take his/her quickening, it may be that that quickening ends up being transplanted into another individual right as he/she's being born. It would help to explain the otherwise stupid concept of new Immortals coming into existence during the Gathering.
While this is an interesting hypothesis, new immortals don't spontaneously come into existence during the Gathering. Curious how you reached that conclusion.
@@Zeithri I think it is meant that people like Ritchie, the pianist in "Timeless", and the wild child daughter of Mac's friends that has her first death in a car crash becoming immortal.
I think the gathering is a cyclical event. Which explains why there are new immortals popping up. It’s to replenish the ranks lost in the gathering. I notice most immortals are 1000 years old or younger in the series and movies ( with a few exceptions like methos and the witch lady that was his sex slave) yet rodrigo tells Conner the game has been around since the dawn of man.
pretty funny how you can all of a sudden wield/produce a 4 foot sword out of a waist length jacket, as in many episodes, hell, even concealed carry of a firearm is somewhat noticeable these days, you know who has a gun, if your looking for it
So if mortals decapitate an immortal and the are no other immortals nearby, the quickening including all their knowledge is lost. Seen this episode before and wondered about Darius’s quickening but i somehow managed to miss what Fitz said about it. Cool, now i get it.
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Sadly, this was Werner Stocker's last appearance as Darius and as an actor. He was stricken with cancer and died during the filming of this episode. I believe they dedicated his name in the closing credits. RIP Mr. Stocker. I often wonder what if he wasn't ill with cancer. His Darius character would have become a major player in the series, instead of making guest appearances in a few episodes.
Thanks for sharing. It really put the episode and all the extra stock flashbacks in perspective. Great character and I’m sure it takes a good guy to play such a good guy. Sad, very sad. I felt just as Duncan did. And the at song... 😢
i wanted to write the same thing. but you have found better words than i would have anyway. Only thing, are you sure he died while filming this episode? I read it happened in Heidelberg. Of course it is possible they shot there, doesn't matter anyway. I wonder if you wrote something about Stan Kirsch in the episode his character Ritchie dies. All so sad :/
@@derthilo787 Yes in fact this article makes it clear that he didn't die during the episode but was unable to film it due to his illness. They used footage for the remainder of his appearances. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Stocker_(actor)
Hugh Fitzkern was originally supposed to be a "one and done" character who was killed off in this episode by the Hunters, but when it became apparent that Werner Stocker wouldn't be returning, they killed off Darius, instead.
@@gannicusfinch7068 and made Methos later to take his place.
Werner Stocker who played Darius died of a *Brain Tumor* on May 27th 1993.
Writing him off the show in this way was a very good way to advance the story and to show how much he will be missed.
He was only 38 when he died!
the introduction alone proves why Hugh Fitzcairn is a fan favorite
yep
@@joshshin6819 Roger Daltrey with his trademark hairstyle and sharp-witted humour - a winning combination 😃
watching the flashbacks of Duncan remembering his friend is very sad. Love this series and the characters, well always have a place in my heart. RIP Richie, Darius.
I love how Duncan smiles and says "That's Fizs" like that explains everything. Lol
Probably one of the greatest wastes of a Quickening ever. Darius would have passed on a rare Light Quickening of enlightenment to even the darkest of Immortals.
Because Horton doesn’t give a shit
Darius's quickening would have been crazy powerful, he was one of the oldest immortals right? But also the peace and contentment he would have passed on... Definitely agree, what a waste :(
I believe that it was supposed to happen differently, but when he died, I think they had to change everything. I agree it was a waste, but at the same time, it was nice how they did it and also introduced the Watchers and Horton.
I still think the greatest contribution of this show is the introduction of the watchers.
It's so wonderful that you have put all of these episodes here and in such beautiful clarity! I have the entire series on dvd but I still love being able to que them up here and fall asleep with them streaming in the background. It has surely given many new fans a chance to get to know these great stories
That must have been the saddest episode of season 1.
I like how at 23:51 Duncan suddenly realises that he can't feel Richie. Nice touch in laying some extra foundation stones to the pre-Immortal Richie set-up in the very early episodes of the season.
More like he realizes Richie would be a target. Knowing he's pre- immortal probably made him more concerned.
The funny thing is, Richie being immortal was not planned. They actually didn't decide to do it until the actress that played Tessa decided to leave the show. So all the "clues" were just coincidence.
@@tsdobbi i think they were considering it since beginning and left the possibility floating out there. The fact they made Ritchie a "foundling", and first episode when it appeared as if Duncan sensed him breaking in, but the bad guy also was nearby.
@@takerdust they also added the seed of Richie being an Immortal with Conner telling Duncan that "the boy will need watching"
I noticed that also! Never resolved in the later episode if Richie fathered a child before he became an immortal!?
This episode legit pulls on the heart strings...it always has for me..even tho the first time I saw it was before I had seen all the episodes before it so I had no idea who Darius was...but watching Mac scream his name like that..it just hits home ya know
yeah the actor playing darius didnt have a great fate either
I screamed like that on the toilet lol
@@wadereynoldsdeadpool5768 HURRY ASSSSSSS!!!!!!!
you have more sympathy for scripted acting than you do for our dying constitutional republic...I have an explanation as to why though... you are a typical brainless mainstream media fed sheeple that will never have the intellect to think beyond that of the mainstream narrative. it's ok though, just about every mindless zombie american that votes is just like you, a typical brainless mainstream media fed sheeple.
The Queen song? That song "Who Wants to Live Forever" and the intro theme "Princes of the Universe" were both essentially written FOR the Highlander film, they were released on the album "A Kind of Magic". Surprisingly fit well for the band too, either during or just after this album Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS, they never toured again as the full band since that.
Freddie was diagnosed with HIV around a year after A Kind of Magic was released. He developed AIDS around two years later in 1989. But he may have had the virus for years before that but didn't realize it. Highlander The Series went into production a few months after Freddie passed.
I've always loved the musical score of the whole series. It always seems they found the right dramatic flare of music to go with each situation in the show. Masterful job by the production team.
I'm diggin The old "3musketeers" vibe in flashback
I never knew why Stocker character was killed, thought it was just for the series. Years later rewatching on YT I found out. Tragic he died of brain cancer, but he lived so much more than most ever do. In a way Stocker/Darius will live on with all of us fans of the series, & those yet to discover it ⛩️🍸
Darius, once a great general.. now a great brewmaster.. making moss and mold tea to troll his visitors.
Black Morel is one of the most delicious teas in existence, and the first memory of Darius was using a mold to break a guy's infection. Ancient Soma was prepared with mushrooms, so it was said. Beers and ales are made with yeast. Good preparation for that character.
He's brewing weird and wonderful teas in immortal Valhalla now.
RIP Darius
"We have destroyed a malignant evil that has walked this earth in the form of a man for the last 2000 years." A guy who renounced violence over a thousand years ago? Horton was one screwed up guy. RIP Werner Stocker.
why were the later episodes remove? I come here to watch when I need inspiration
is it weird that i cried when Darius died? i know he's just a character, but something about him makes me want to be honest about myself and life
Dennis Bremner First time i watched this.. I cried... No worries.
+Leo Libby Oh no, I didn't know that! Makes this episode even sadder :'o
Thanks though for writing!
+Dennis Bremner If you makes you feel any better, the actor really did die (which is why the character ended) so your tears are appropriate. The whole theme of this episode changed when the actor died, causing them to use file footage coupled with dialogue about the death of Darius. If the actor hadn't died, there'd probably have been no renegade, rogue watchers in the series at all.
the writers didnt plan to kill darius off but they tried to write it into the show as well as give the actor/character a great send off
I'll tell yo what it is. He either is the sort who plays the role of a kind man pretty well or was a kind man in real life. People like these are rare, therefore a great tragedy when they die.
Who wants to live forever always hits me right in the feels! 😢
Fiz was always my favorite immortal friends in Macleods life after Methos. He always loved the women of the world one too many times lol!
I deeply despised that they killed him.
@@KojinMacJorn Same here! I wished they kept in living in the present day rather than on flashbacks. I hated Kalas for killing Fitz just to get at MacLeod!
For real x
The spin-off idea with him and Duncan going on adventures through the ages would’ve been way better then what we got 😅
"We have destroyed a malignant evil that has walked this earth in the form of a man for the last 2000 years."
What, the pacifist immortal dude who became a Franciscan monk and renounced violence for the better part of 1000 years? Even personally mentored some of the greatest peacemakers of your time?
Horton... ya done fucked up.
Zealots don't use logic or reason.
Well humans that are jealous will justify anything
Oh the irony, a man lives without violence for 1000 years and mortal men kill him because he's not natural!
One of the best episodes to me.
In fact the way Darius is described he could be ATTILA, King of the Hunns.supposedly he had killed a Holy Man and later turned Christian so the legend goes. Also the Time frame about twothousand years would fit then.
ATTILA, the facts: Historians rather assume that the man became poisened by some unsatisfied followers.
To the credits Darius was played by the German actor Werner Stocker ( 1955-1993 who had died as a result of a brain tumor ) He was buried in his hometown Flintsbach near Rosenheim/Bavaria) Was, I asssume, - because in Germany graves are rented for some years and then given on if the family does not pay for the ongoing fees.
Storcker had studied German Literature and Acting in Munich and was becomming soon after his training a national and international respected, but regrettably not a famous, actor by the public
Hated Horton more than any character.
2021... still awesome ;D
2024 Still Awesome 😎 🎉
The actor Werner Stocker who played Darius died during the making of this episode, so the writers and producers had to rewrite the scrip. he was 36 when he died suddenly from brain tumor.
Gods... that's sad...
so he wasnt immortal ?
@@Mr11ESSE111 dayamn... funny... but dayamn cold!
@@bigdavido82 he is not immortal he is mortal as mortal combat wombat
was a sad loss. i would of loved to see more of Darius in the show but Cancer is bullshit.
RIP Darius...
You would think these watchers would be more prepared than having knives, sticks and a stun gun.
Id kill to be able to chill on that parisian barge with Ritch, tess, dunc and the crew. Awesome.
Love this TV series fantastic love the way it bounces from history to current X
Bring the other episodes back
Yes please, bring the other episodes back😏😏😏😏
Why are seasons 2-6 unavailable. I already own the complete series on dvd but it was more convinient on youtube and the loss of the comment section is a crime. And why the hell haven't you responded to any off my comments?
I would guess TH-cam as usual
A very heavy episode, but truly one of the great ones.
Wow. I saw the movie the otherday and have been watching the series. But I cried when Darius died. Thanks for uploading though
Thank you for uploading!
I've watched this series many times, but this first season was never released in syndication where I lived. It's great to finally see it.
Two things: first, does anyone know how the series got so many musicians as guest stars? Also the rights to the original Queen soundtrack... Did the showrunners have contacts with the music industry?
Second, I'm moving this show from Guilty Pleasure to just Pleasure. It was an early forerunner of longer form TV story telling - one off episodes with occasional storylines ongoing over seasons, even through the whole series. It was ahead of its time, pun fully intended...
Yep Cinedigm, why have all the episodes after Season One suddenly been locked?
Is that a joke? The bad guy, played by Peter Hudson, is named "Horton".
The costarring Immortal made to talk is Roger Daltry, lead singer (Tommy) from "The Who".
Horton hears a Who?
it wasn't some odd intended joke but i see what you dug around for
Mind blown.
Roger Daltry, lead singer (Tommy) from "The Who, he did look familiar.
@@lamboyj9 Are you guys kidding? They also had Shena Easton, The guy from Fine Young Cannibals (He played St Cloud), Roger Daltry, Joan Jet. This show was full of musical artists.
I am surprised that Meat Loaf has not appeared unless I am wrong on that one.
From 26:30, my favourite moment in the whole series. All hail Richie’s libido!
I know....the scene after made me laugh my whole appetite out 😂😂😂
Since when have all of the episodes past season 1 been private?
man, whenever duncan and tessa were going at it, people drop by. First Connor, now Fitz.
The courtyard fight at 26 minutes was great one of the best in this season
I love it when MacLeod uses his fighting ability to defend himself from attack; fromother regular mortals. It kind of showcases his excellent fighting ability honed fromthe years of being immortal.
Hand to hand he was the best immortal we saw besides Donny Yens Jing kay
9:16. What a powerful line that sums up what so many viewers thought perhaps without even knowing it.
What's happened to all the later episodes? They were here a month ago
Can't believe they've been up for 10 years, and I started watching them about 1 month ago, then boom! they're gone. Probably my bad luck at fault, sorry! 😅
fitz is so funny laughs and says "yes kind" "and brave"
The scene where Fitz was tied up between pillars was a nod to Roger Daltrey's movie Tommy. It recreated a scene and movie poster where he also had his arms raised up. Nice touch.
The strewn chairs from the lost quickening is a nice touch
What duncan goes through thats why i wouldn't want to live forever.
The perks of living forever; now thats why i would want too.
Cinedigm maybe no longer has the rights for all the episodes so they are not here anymore, that or maybe they have them in their own streaming service whatever the case I want kick myself in the ass for not finish watching the series long time ago even though for years I have known that (mostly) all the series was here for free, I just kept postponing it. A lot of interesting discussion in the comment section was also lost forever, pity.
Yeah it really sucks that the episodes and esoecially the comments were lost
So Richie might’ve
been young and kinda
foolish but he was
definitely also brave!
And for a new immortal, very skilled.
Love this series, why did you remove the newer episodes?
Why they always gotta mess with my hommie Darius. He just wana be left the hell alone.
I love this series, it was awesome!
This episode is where the series changes. The character arcs and recurring story lines just got better and better. Seasons 4 and 5 are my favorites. Love Joe Dawson and Methos, who should have ended up with their own show after this series ended.
It is not the ones after his head that make life hard for Duncan, it is his friends.
Fitz is such a great character. "The women of the world will thank you my friend"
QUEEN!!!
Werner Stocker who played Darius died from a brain tumor in 1993 before this episode was filmed. His portrayal in this episode was pieced together from previous episodes he was in
What a fab episode & a new enemy!!
The actor who played darius died of a brain tumor, so they had to kill the character!
Woah never knew that, just looked it up. Wow this reply is 8 years too late. :)
Wow how sad
@@SubZtx it's the quarantine. What can we say?
Originally Fitz was going to die. They did kill him later
Actually, the plan was always to kill Darius in this episode. However, they did have to rewrite it last minute because of his brain tumor, as he was too sick to film. He also was planned to show up in more flashbacks throughout the series, but the actor did end up passing away five days after this episode aired, so rather than recasting, they kept Darius to verbal nods only.
Nothing chills Duncan's anger more quickly than a women getting hurt. Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine comes to mind.
I just love this show and that's one of the reasons!
I do love that fighting scene and YAY Ritchie
I just thought - Roger Daltrey has hardly aged in forever - maybe he's an Immortal! 😊 No? Oh well. I can dream. *sigh*
Lydia Who? Oh he's gorgeous! I've met him twice... so lucky!
Oh he really is worth it! Such a kind, lovely, warm guy.
Lydia Who? Oh I don't blame you for that! It's nice that everybody has said the same thing. Just shows you. I think he's one of those 'What you see is what you get' kind of guys. I'm sure he must have 'off days', but then he is only human. He's a bit less tactile than he was before, because he was so ill last year, but he's still very friendly. I really hope that you do get to meet him.
It's thanks to Highlander that I became a fan of The Who.
He dies in the show.
I hadn't known the actor died. RIP
Daltry is a surprisingly good actor.
Season 2 will also be available on TH-cam soon
when?
26:30 One of my favourite moments of the show. Go Richie boy!
"Death is part of my life" Interesting thing to say for an immortal but it totally makes sense.
On the one hand he (almost) can't die, but that leads him to see more death than mortals.
Why are a lot of your episodes under private video now? I'm subscribed to your channel and told others.
Sad Episode! RIP Werner Stocker ! Adrian Paul, and Stan Kirsch RIP are great actors!
Apparently this episode picks up right after the Hunters episode where Horton and his gang were apparently testing Tessa and Fitz to check whether they were immortal. Yet in this episode Horton, as the head of the watchers (“your dad is the boss”) has a complete database of every immortal and so wouldn’t really need to test Fitz or Tessa (his file on McLeod would mention her).
I have been there!!!!! at Versaille, but it was nice and quiet in 2002
Tribute episode to Werner Stocker aka Darius nice one!!
Fitz is one of the best characters in the series.
Thanks for the episode.
I'm going to miss Darius on the show.
All of those questions have been answered in the series, you just have to keep watching
Though the series treats things as killing them, they can repair nearly anything that is only partially lost
If you pull out their heart, their body doesnt create a new one, but if you shoot them in heart, it will repair the partial damage
Heart attacks are non-permanant damage, easily repairable
Its better described that things that kill mortals put imortals into a state of shock, like a coma, til healed
Queen, bad and cheap? I respectfully and strongly disagree.
Loved that melondy towards the end when the boat was moving .. when that man in the car watching duncan's house in the car and gotton jumped by richie and duncan ,,,, what's that song ,, ??
great channel!
About 27 min in Ritchie rolls in like a super hero!
If that was mead they drank in the beginning, then I'm the king of the Outer Hebrides.
I wonder if the Watchers were always meant to be introduced into the story, or if they were created to give reason for the death of Darius? There is a rather sad, ironic reality check that the character of an immortal had to be written out by the death of the actor playing the character.I am glad they did not simply try replacing the actor, and continue on with the character of Darius. A good tribute to the career of Werner Stocker.
In behinds the scenes stuff on the DVDs one of the producers or writers said the watchers were always intended to be a thing but they adapted them to the Darius storyline because Werner Stocker died, they were supposed to kill Fitz in this episode. Methos was then created as a Darius stand in to give Duncan information about the watchers. Roger Daltrey was supposed to be a big star who would come on be hyped as a guest star and be killed off.
This was such a heartbreaking episode.
Dont touch me
fritz looks like the front man for The Who
roofman2002 that's because it is his name is Roger Daltrey
That's cos he is! Fitz, that is...
Thank you for sharing
Ah a great series shame what they did to the films after the first one though
The flashback watcher is soooooooo close😂😂
Them🚶♂️🚶♂️ 🏃♂️ Him
One of my favorite parts from this episode is when MacLeod tries to talk to the Hunter/Watcher guy in 6 different languages - in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and finally in Chinese and then the fight breaks out... Does someone speak Italian here? 25:21 "?Voi che? parli italiano? Italiano? No? La bella lingua (...)" - I think I got these right apart from the first word(s), but I have no idea what he's saying at the end in Italian...
If I remember correctly, Adrian Paul is multi-lingual =French and English, possibly Italian since his mother is Italian.
Yes, correct, he is half English and half Italian, so whenever MacLeod speaks Italian, it's authentic Italian from a real native speaker of Italian - but I couldn't make out exactly what he was saying here, since I don't speak Italian. By the way, he had a minor role in the movie Last Rites in the late 80's, I think he only spoke Italian in that movie.
@Ghajini 3000 The scene I mentioned was meant to demonstrate this fact about the character. Similarly, the actor who played the character also speaks and understands multiple languages.
His French and Italian seemed good. But the Russian... and oh my - that Chinese was terrible. Guess he didn’t learn much from that weird potion guy Kiem Sun in episode 3.
@@bigdavido82 Great comment lol, "weird potion guy" :D Probably he didn't spend too much time in China, so he couldn't learn much from Kiem Sun. :D His German was quite good in this scene apart from the word 'sprechen' (speak), which is surprising, since he DID spend some time in Nazi Germany as it was revealed to us later in a few flashbacks. lol
What kept you? Reference to the movie Highlander.
Lol that save by Richie was bad azz
one of the only things to make me cry
Hey where are the other episodes?
This makes me wonder ... if an Immortal loses his/her head and there's no other Immortal around to take his/her quickening, it may be that that quickening ends up being transplanted into another individual right as he/she's being born. It would help to explain the otherwise stupid concept of new Immortals coming into existence during the Gathering.
While this is an interesting hypothesis, new immortals don't spontaneously come into existence during the Gathering. Curious how you reached that conclusion.
@@Zeithri I think it is meant that people like Ritchie, the pianist in "Timeless", and the wild child daughter of Mac's friends that has her first death in a car crash becoming immortal.
I think the gathering is a cyclical event. Which explains why there are new immortals popping up. It’s to replenish the ranks lost in the gathering. I notice most immortals are 1000 years old or younger in the series and movies ( with a few exceptions like methos and the witch lady that was his sex slave) yet rodrigo tells Conner the game has been around since the dawn of man.
the watchers? more like the stalkers.
+Luxington “Weirdo” Dobrev That's what I think they should have been called!
Hello, I wonder if you have this series, with the same quality, in spanish. Thanks
Love you Roger!
pretty funny how you can all of a sudden wield/produce a 4 foot sword out of a waist length jacket, as in many episodes, hell, even concealed carry of a firearm is somewhat noticeable these days, you know who has a gun, if your looking for it
Try getting a sword on a plane after 9-11
So if mortals decapitate an immortal and the are no other immortals nearby, the quickening including all their knowledge is lost. Seen this episode before and wondered about Darius’s quickening but i somehow managed to miss what Fitz said about it. Cool, now i get it.
that was a sad one.
almost pulled a tear outta me