Highlander (season 4)

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Highlander: The Series Season 4
Country of origin France/Canada co-production
Broadcast
Original channel Broadcast syndication
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This article contains episode summaries for the fourth season of the American drama/adventure television series Highlander ; the season's episodes began airing 25 September 1995 and finished on 20 May 1996.

The original airdates (U.S.) are listed here for each episode.

Starring:

Episodes

# Title Original airdate
4x01 "Homeland" 25 September 1995
4x02 "Brothers In Arms" 2 October 1995
4x03 "The Innocent" 9 October 1995
4x04 "Leader of the Pack" 16 October 1995
4x05 "Double Eagle" 23 October 1995
4x06 "Reunion" 30 October 1995
4x07 "The Colonel" 6 November 1995
4x08 "Reluctant Heroes" 13 November 1995
4x09 "The Wrath of Kali" 20 November 1995
4x10 "Chivalry" 27 November 1995
4x11 "Timeless" 29 January 1996
4x12 "The Blitz" 5 February 1996
4x13 "Something Wicked" 12 February 1996
4x14 "Deliverance" 19 February 1996
4x15 "Promises" 26 February 1996
4x16 "Methuselah's Gift" 22 April 1996
4x17 "The Immortal Cimoli" 29 April 1996
4x18 "Through a Glass, Darkly" 6 May 1996
4x19 "Double Jeopardy" 3 May 1996
4x20 "Till Death" 13 May 1996
4x21 "Judgment Day" 20 May 1996
4x22 "One Minute to Midnight" 28 September 1996

Homeland

MacLeod buys a Celtic bracelet that he once gave to the love of his mortal life and then buried with her after her death. He returns to Glenfinnan to return the bracelet to her grave and learns of several gruesome ritualistic killings based around the Immortal who killed Mac's father. Naturally Mac must get to the bottom of the killings and keep his head in the process.

Brothers in Arms

Friends become enemies and the past is revealed when Immortal Andrew Cord in gunned down and MacLeod discovers the sniper is Charlie DeSalvo, his good friend who used to run the dojo. Charlie, who left MacLeod to fight the good fight in the Balkans with his love, Mara, is after Cord, who murdered her. Dawson knows Cord as the man who saved his life in Vietnam after a mine explosion took his legs and he begs MacLeod not to fight him. MacLeod agrees—until Cord turns the tables and sets his sights on Charlie.

The Innocent

Richie encounters Mikey, a huge Immortal of limited mental development and a fascination with trains. Richie takes Mikey home to MacLeod, who advises him that taking care of Mikey could be trouble. MacLeod remembers coming to the aid of a young Indian in trouble, when his help got the man killed. While MacLeod faces Tyler King, an Immortal who's coming after Mikey, Richie must find the maturity to take responsibility for Mikey's situation.

Leader of the Pack

The past comes back to haunt Richie when he spies Mark Roszca, the street punk who killed Tessa and gave him his first death. Richie is determined to go after Roszca and avenge Tessa's death. Meanwhile, MacLeod is distracted by the return of an old Immortal enemy, Peter Kanis—a master of hounds who uses his pack of dogs to track and exhaust his prey. This time his prey is Duncan MacLeod.

Double Eagle

MacLeod's old friend, Kit O'Brady, comes into town in search of a good race horse and a change of luck. MacLeod knew Kit back in Gold Rush San Francisco, when Kit ran the Double Eagle Saloon. Kit lost the Double Eagle to Amanda in a poker game, who then renamed it Queen of Spades and has blamed her ever since for his string of bad luck—and he's vowed to kill her if he ever sees her again. When Amanda chooses to breeze back into MacLeod's life while Kit is there (in addition, her hatred for Kit hasn't wavered either), MacLeod is hard pressed to keep them apart and to keep them from killing each other.

Reunion

Running for his life from Immortal Terence Kincaid, Kenny runs straight into Anne Lindsey's emergency room. Stashing Kenny in the hospital chapel, Anne calls MacLeod for help. MacLeod agrees to harbor him for one night only, but when MacLeod gets him home, Kenny discovers his long-lost teacher there, none other than Amanda.

The Colonel

World War I was officially over when Colonel Simon Killian ordered his troops into one last bloody attack on the Germans. MacLeod witnessed the massacre and made sure his testimony at Killian's court martial got Killian locked up forever. Seventy years later, Killian is back to return the favor. Meanwhile, Amanda has found a new friend, Melissa, a young thief out for thrills. Melissa wants to be just like Amanda so she changes her hair and her clothes to look just like her—so much so that Killian kidnaps her, thinking she's MacLeod's girlfriend.

Reluctant Heroes

Coming home from the movies, MacLeod and Richie witness a murder attempt on grocer David Markum. MacLeod saves Markum, but Markum's wife Alice is hit and killed. MacLeod and Richie go after the murderer and discover he's Immortal Paul Kinman just as the police arrive and arrest him. MacLeod wants Kinman's head. Kinman killed MacLeod's good friend Dennis Keating when they were in the court of Queen Anne. FBI agent Kaayla Brooks asks MacLeod and Richie if they can testify against Kinman, but MacLeod refuses because he can't kill Kinman if Kinman's in jail.

The Wrath of Kali

An ancient statue of the Hindu goddess Kali is purchased by the university where MacLeod teaches and is put on display. Its creator, Immortal Kamir, who has been searching for it for centuries, arrives determined to take it back to its home in India. Deva Ennis, the half-Indian department chairman who found the piece for the university, is equally determined to keep it. MacLeod, who has known Kamir since the Raj period, when India was controlled by the British Empire, knows Kamir is the last of the Thugee, a cult who worshipped Kali by ritually strangling her enemies.

Chivalry

Nearly 350 years ago, MacLeod was the devoted lover of Kristin Gilles, a beautiful Immortal who taught him to be a gentleman. When he found another love, Kristin refused to let him go, killing his new lover. Now Kristin is sharing her bed with another new Immortal full of potential—Richie. Methos, who knows MacLeod has never been able to kill Kristin because of his strict code of honor, has arrived in town to watch the fireworks as MacLeod tries to convince Richie that his new-found love is dangerous. MacLeod fights Kristin and disarms her, but once again cannot take her head because of his chivalrous nature. Methos then arrives and tells Kristin to pick up her sword. Methos wins the short sword fight that ensues, disarming and then beheading Kristin.

Timeless

World famous pianist Claudia Jardine has a secret that even she doesn't know—she's destined to become Immortal. Immortal impresario Walter Graham, who has guided the careers of mortal greats like Shakespeare, sees his chance to shepherd Claudia's genius forever and kills her, triggering her latent Immortality—against MacLeod's better judgment. Meanwhile, Methos has fallen for Alexa, a waitress at Joe's who has a secret of her own.

The Blitz

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

Something Wicked

A native American Immortal, Coltec, is a shaman who has fought many evil Immortals, absorbing their corrupted Quickenings. But the evil begins to overwhelm him, and his friend Duncan must defeat him ... without becoming evil himself.

Deliverance

MacLeod arrives in France, leaving a trail of hate and destruction in his wake. Methos finds him and discovers just how evil MacLeod has become when he tries to take Methos' head on holy ground. After MacLeod kills another good friend, Methos realizes that the only way to save MacLeod may be to kill him.

Promises

In 1755, MacLeod made a promise in order to save the life of a young friend. It comes back to haunt him when Kassim, the Immortal to whom he made the promise, demands that MacLeod assassinate the tyrannical dictator of a small Middle Eastern country. When his refusal gets a good man killed and puts Rachel's life in jeopardy, MacLeod is torn between doing what he believes is right and keeping his promise.

Methuselah's Gift

When masked thugs try to take Amanda's head in her sleep and steal the crystal given to her long ago by Rebecca, Amanda and MacLeod investigate. They discover the crystal may be part of the Methuselah Stone, a mystic talisman said to impart eternal life and invulnerability to the wearer and that the person willing to kill Amanda to get it may be—Methos?

The Immortal Cimoli

  • Original air date: 5 May 1996
  • Written by: Scott Peters
  • Directed by: Yves Lafaye
  • Credited Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod)
  • Guest cast: Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), Crispin Bonham-Carter (Danny Cimoli), Simon Kunz (Damon Case), Louise Vincent (Lina Cimoli), Roger Lumont (Marco Mastina), Patrick Mille (Jean Philippe de LeFaye III), Stéphane Boucher (Edward Bellamy), Veronique Baylaucq (Annie), T.C. Holmes (Immortal)

Two-bit magician Danny Cimoli gets a whole new act when he's hit by a truck and becomes The Immortal Cimoli. Amanda and MacLeod find him in a circus, taking bullets in the heart to the delight of the audience and blissfully unaware he's now part of The Game. MacLeod tries to get Danny into shape when Crusader Damon Case comes to claim his head, but Danny's more interested in achieving "real" immortality—going down in history as a magician even greater than Houdini.

Through a Glass, Darkly

MacLeod's old friend Warren Cochrane is hiding a horrible secret he can't bear to remember. Realizing that an Immortal who won't remember what he is, is soon a dead Immortal, MacLeod tries to help Warren by reminding him of the history they shared together, of their battles for Scotland's freedom, and of their mission to return Bonnie Prince Charlie to the throne. But MacLeod might have helped his friend more by letting the past stay buried.

Double Jeopardy

  • Original air date: 3 May 1996
  • Written by: David Tynan
  • Directed by: Charles Wilkinson
  • Guest Cast: Stacey Travis (Agent Delaney), Marc Warren (Morgan d'Estaing), Roland Gift (Xavier St. Cloud)

Agent Delaney returns to Paris solve a string of robberies that appear to be perpetrated by Xavier St. Cloud. Xavier's old student, Morgan d'Estaing, is using his old teacher's methods to commit these crimes. After Morgan poisons one of the Parisian inspectors and almost kills Delaney, Duncan has to find a way balance the rules of the game with protecting Delaney from a ruthless killer.

  • Note that this episode along with One Minute to Midnight was held over until season 5 in the U.S.

Till Death

When Gina and Robert de Valicourt met 300 years ago, even Gina's suitors MacLeod and Fitzcairn had to admit they were destined for each other. Each century, as Robert and Gina renewed their wedding vows before their friends and fellow Immortals, their love grew stronger. But now their marriage is on the rocks. MacLeod decides it's up to him to reunite the once happy couple, and he enlists a very unwilling accomplice in his cunning plan.

Judgment Day

  • Original air date: 26 May 1996
  • Written by: David Tynan
  • Directed by: Gerard Hameline
  • Credited Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson)
  • Guest cast: Peter Wingfield (Methos), Jesse Joe Walsh (Jack Shapiro), Graham McTavish (Charlie), Stephen Tremblay (Jacob Galati), Benjamin Boyer (David Shapiro), Danielle Durou (Realtor), Nicholas Bonnefous (Gate Guard), Christine Rivere (Nadia)

Dawson's life is on the line when the Watchers try him on the charge of treason for his friendship with MacLeod. Watcher deaths have risen dramatically since Dawson first told MacLeod about the Watchers and the Tribunal is determined to punish Joe and stop the killing. MacLeod and Dawson argue his case, but even as the trial goes on, the Watcher killings continue.

One Minute to Midnight

  • Original air date: 28 September 1996
  • Written by: David Tynan
  • Directed by: Dennis Berry
  • Credited Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson)
  • Guest cast: Peter Hudson (James Horton), Peter Wingfield (Methos), Stephen Tremblay (Jacob Galati), Jesse Joe Walsh (Jack Shapiro), Romina Mondello (Irina Galati), Michel Feller (Mikel), Yan Epstein (Jean Dumar), Xavier Jaillard (Magistrate), Zoltan Csala (Guard), Manuel Guillot (Emile), Olivier Vitrant (Watcher)

Immortals and Watchers are poised at the brink of war. On the orders of the Watcher Tribunal, every Watcher in Europe is hunting for MacLeod, to bring him in dead or alive. MacLeod discovers that the real killer is Jacob Galati, a Gypsy MacLeod once traveled with, who has vowed to destroy all the mortals who wear the Watcher tattoo. He is convinced they are all out to destroy Immortals, since the rogue watchers, led by James Horton, executed his beloved wife.

See also

Films
Television
Animation
Books
  • Highlander: The Element of Fire
  • Highlander: Scimitar
  • Highlander: Scotland the Brave
  • Highlander: Measure of a Man
  • Highlander: The Path
  • Highlander: Zealot
  • Highlander: Shadow of Obsession
  • Highlander: The Captive Soul
  • Highlander: White Silence
  • Highlander: An Evening at Joe's
Comics
Video games
Characters
Miscellaneous
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