The Worst Episodes of Highlander: The Series

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6.6/10(226 votes)
#1 - The Zone
S2:E611/6/1993
The Zone is a burned-out urban wasteland, abandoned by the police, who figure it's easier to just 'let the animals kill each other.' Now the Zone is being taken over by Canaan, a charismatic leader who urges his followers to take the material possessions that have been denied to them. Joe Dawson comes to MacLeod for help -- one of his men, who was observing Canaan, has been killed. Charlie accompanies MacLeod down to his old neighborhood in the Zone and introduces him to Asia, a nurse at the local clinic, one of few people who haven't given up on the neighborhood. After MacLeod learns that Canaan is not an Immortal, Dawson is ready to drop it. But MacLeod has seen the misery in the Zone, and is determined to break Canaan's hold. He convinces Asia that it's time to stand up for their rights, and he and Charlie arrange a meeting of neighborhood residents who want to take back their streets. But Asia is involved with Canaan, and she's used as bait to lure Mac to his apparent death. Canaan
Director:Clay Borris
Writer:Peter Mohan
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Director:Clay Borris
Writer:Peter Mohan
6.6/10(207 votes)
#2 - Bless the Child
S2:E132/14/1994
Charlie and MacLeod come to the aid of Sara Lightfoot, an Indian woman on the run with a baby. She tells them Avery Hoskins is trying to steal her baby. Hoskins and his brothers come after them, and they are forced to flee overland. After a rugged flight through a mountain canyon, MacLeod learns that the baby is in fact Hoskins' son, taken by Sara in retribution for her own child, killed by runoff from Hoskins' mines.
Director:Clay Borris
Writers:Elizabeth Baxter, Martin Brossollet
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Director:Clay Borris
Writers:Elizabeth Baxter, Martin Brossollet
6.6/10(197 votes)
#3 - Two of Hearts
S6:E102/14/1998
Centuries ago, Bartholomew sent thousands to their deaths during the Crusades, amassing a fortune in God's name. Now Katherine is determined to take his head - if only she can keep her mortal husband, Nick, from interfering with the Game.
Director:Richard Martin
Writer:James Thorpe
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Director:Richard Martin
Writer:James Thorpe
7.0/10(359 votes)
#4 - Family Tree
S1:E210/10/1992
Richie falls for a con man's ploy when he attempts to find out more about his parents, whom he has never known. The con uses Richie for a place to crash and anything else he can get out of him by pretending to be his father. MacLeod also relives his past in the memories of first becoming immortal and being cast out of his clan by his father.
Director:Jorge Montesi
Writer:Kevin Droney
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Director:Jorge Montesi
Writer:Kevin Droney
7.0/10(305 votes)
#5 - Deadly Medicine
S1:E811/21/1992
MacLeod is struck and "killed" by a speeding automobile. When he revives in the hospital, he attracts the attention of a deranged doctor, who kidnaps MacLeod for his research on a miracle cure for trauma. When MacLeod escapes from the doctor, the doctor murders a potential witness and frames MacLeod for it.
Director:Ray Austin
Writer:Robert McCullough
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Director:Ray Austin
Writer:Robert McCullough
7.0/10(183 votes)
#6 - Black Tower
S6:E611/8/1997
Four hundred years ago, Devon Marek was a spoiled aristocrat with a passion for the hunt. His first teacher, Duncan MacLeod, forced him to give up his lands and title when he became Immortal -- and Marek's never forgiven him for it. Now Marek has built a new empire, and he's ready to hunt his most dangerous prey yet: MacLeod. Obsessed with revenge, Marek imprisons the Highlander in a deserted highrise office building... with a gang of deadly mercenaries on his tail.
Director:Richard Martin
Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky
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Director:Richard Martin
Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky

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7.0/10(178 votes)
#7 - Deadly Exposure
S6:E91/31/1998
All bounty hunter Reagan Cole wanted was a holiday in Paris with Duncan MacLeod; what she gets is international intrigue, a hunky underwear model, and a terrorist with a million-dollar price on his head.
Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:James Thorpe
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Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:James Thorpe
7.1/10(346 votes)
#8 - Free Fall
S1:E510/31/1992
A beautiful young woman, Felicia Martins, throws herself to her death, only to revive with the realization that she is an Immortal. She seeks out Duncan MacLeod as her mentor, and becomes amorously involved with Richie Ryan. But there is much more to this "ing�nue" than meets the eye. She is in fact a long-time Immortal, engaged in a wily scheme to trap MacLeod and acquire his Quickening. MacLeod must see through her subterfuge in time to protect not only himself, but also Richie.
Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:Philip John Taylor
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Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:Philip John Taylor
7.1/10(345 votes)
#9 - Road Not Taken
S1:E310/17/1992
A deadly herbal drug takes the life of Richie's friend, and MacLeod suspects the source of the drug is another Immortal, Kiem Sun, who has long sought to perfect such a drug and remove its lethal side effects for the betterment of mankind. But a disciple of Kiem Sun's is using the drug for his own gain, and MacLeod and his old friend must track him down. When it becomes clear that Kiem Sun plans to continue his experiments, MacLeod destroys the remaining sample of the drug.
Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:Terry D. Nelson
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Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:Terry D. Nelson
7.1/10(289 votes)
#10 - The Sea Witch
S1:E912/5/1992
Richie Ryan tries to protect an old girlfriend, Nikki, from a band of drug dealers. This puts them both in jeopardy from an Immortal, Voshin, whom MacLeod knows from an adventure during the Second World War when he was trying to smuggle Jewish refugees out of occupied Eastern Europe. Nikki complicates the story by withholding drug money she has stolen from the gang, thinking she can use it to make a better life for her small daughter. Tessa, meanwhile, becomes enamored of the child, raising issues for her and MacLeod.
Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:David Tynan
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Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:David Tynan
7.1/10(275 votes)
#11 - See No Evil
S1:E1112/19/1992
A serial killer dubbed The Scalper' is attacking blonde women, including a friend of Tessa's. MacLeod recognizes the pattern of an Immortal who, betrayed by the woman he loved, became a killer. To end the carnage, MacLeod was forced to confront and kill him, back in 1925. Now the killings have started again, the modern day killer mimicking the 70-year-old M.O., killing in the same locations as the previous murders. It falls to MacLeod and Tessa to stop this madman.
Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:Brian Clemens
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Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:Brian Clemens
7.1/10(257 votes)
#12 - The Beast Below
S1:E163/6/1993
A mysterious death at the Paris Opera re-acquaints Duncan MacLeod with one of the strangest Immortals he has met in his many travels over the centuries. Ursa is a hulking giant -- more beast than man -- who Duncan rescued from persecution centuries ago, delivering him to sanctuary in an abbey. The abbey has long since been destroyed and Ursa now lives under Paris. He has become enamored of a past-her-prime opera singer who tries to use Ursa's innocent soul to murder her rival.
Director:Daniel Vigne
Writer:Marie-Chantal Droney
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Director:Daniel Vigne
Writer:Marie-Chantal Droney
7.1/10(181 votes)
#13 - Justice
S6:E811/22/1997
When Immortal Katya's adopted daughter is murdered, the courts let the killer-- her husband-- walk free. Now Katya's an avenging angel, determined to see justice done at any cost... but can MacLeod convince her that justice and revenge aren't the same thing?
Director:Richard Martin
Writers:Sacha Reins, Michael O'Mahony
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Director:Richard Martin
Writers:Sacha Reins, Michael O'Mahony
7.2/10(254 votes)
#14 - Eyewitness
S1:E122/6/1993
Tessa witnesses the murder of a painter, Anne Wheeler, but the absence of a body leads everyone but MacLeod to doubt her story. MacLeod supports Tessa in her quest to obtain justice for Anne. It develops that Anne was killed by her Immortal ex-lover, to keep her from revealing his secret. After Tessa is taken to a police safe house, MacLeod realizes that the killer is in fact the Chief of Detectives, and he must rescue Tessa and bring justice to Anne's killer.
Director:Ray Austin
Writer:David Tynan
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Director:Ray Austin
Writer:David Tynan
7.2/10(225 votes)
#15 - Revenge of the Sword
S2:E811/20/1993
Jimmy Sang, a former student of Charlie's, is an up-and-coming martial arts movie star. His latest movie is filming some scenes in the dojo. When a stuntman is ""accidentally"" killed, MacLeod is the first to realize that Jimmy's life is in danger. It turns out that the movie is based on Jimmy's youthful experiences as an enforcer for a powerful gang, and now his former boss wants to see him dead.
Director:Clay Borris
Writer:Aubrey Solomon
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Director:Clay Borris
Writer:Aubrey Solomon
7.2/10(216 votes)
#16 - The Fighter
S2:E112/5/1994
MacLeod's old friend Tommy Sullivan is a scrappy little Irishman, a one-time boxer turned trainer, who can charm anyone into anything. He charms MacLeod into backing his current boxer and charms Charlie into playing Cyrano to help him woo a shy waitress. But when a rival manager who was trying to steal Sully's fighter turns up dead, MacLeod's opinion of his old friend begins to be altered forever.
Director:Peter Ellis
Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky
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Director:Peter Ellis
Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky
7.2/10(198 votes)
#17 - Avatar (2)
S6:E110/4/1997
Once every thousand years, the Zoroastrian demon Ahriman returns to wreak havoc on the earth. He has already brought destruction to Duncan MacLeod's world, having caused Richie's death at Duncan's hand. But now MacLeod returns to Paris to take up his mantle as Champion and vows to destroy Ahriman. Sophie Baines knows how to defeat the demon, but is she MacLeod's ally, or another pawn in Ahriman's game?
Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:David Tynan
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Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:David Tynan
7.2/10(197 votes)
#18 - The Blitz
S4:E122/11/1996
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.
Director:Paolo Barzman
Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky
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Director:Paolo Barzman
Writer:Morrie Ruvinsky
7.2/10(193 votes)
#19 - Armageddon (3)
S6:E210/11/1997
With the help of Father Beaufort and Joe Dawson, MacLeod finally begins to find a crack in Ahriman's armor. But he soon learns, along with Dawson, that anyone who helps the Champion becomes fair game for the demon. Joe is torn by guilt as Watchers -- friends -- are murdered by Ahriman, while Father Beaufort has his own inner demons to contend with. Not even Holy Ground is sanctuary, as MacLeod wrestles with Ahriman in the final battle... Armageddon.
Director:Richard Martin
Writer:Tony Di Franco
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Director:Richard Martin
Writer:Tony Di Franco
7.3/10(324 votes)
#20 - Mountain Men
S1:E711/14/1992
When Tessa is taken by a band of Survivalists who live off the land in the vastness of the Pacific Northwest, MacLeod must call on all of his own skills, honed a hundred and fifty years earlier, when he roamed this same mountain fastness. The leader of these modern day mountain men, Caleb (who is revealed to be an Immortal), falls in love with Tessa, and in the end he and MacLeod battle to the death, axe against sword, against the primitive backdrop of the timeless wilderness.
Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:Marie-Chantal Droney
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Director:Thomas J. Wright
Writer:Marie-Chantal Droney
7.3/10(322 votes)
#21 - Bad Day in Building A
S1:E611/7/1992
While visiting the courthouse to clear up Tessa's traffic tickets, MacLeod, Tessa, and Richie are among a group that is taken hostage by a band of men bent on freeing their leader, Slade, from imprisonment. When Slade's demands are not met, he chooses a hostage to sacrifice. MacLeod makes sure that hostage is himself, and returns from the dead to hunt down the gunmen one by one, as the police watch helplessly from outside.
Director:Jorge Montesi
Writer:Kevin Droney
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Director:Jorge Montesi
Writer:Kevin Droney
7.3/10(281 votes)
#22 - Nowhere to Run
S1:E215/15/1993
When the stepdaughter of an Immortal is raped, the Immortal comes after the young man. MacLeod, a guest in the home of the accused boy's father, feels he must protect the family from this unstoppable menace. He urges the Immortal to see due process done, but the man has no interest in listening to reason, and he lays siege to the house.
Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:David Abramowitz
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Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:David Abramowitz
7.3/10(248 votes)
#23 - Avenging Angel
S1:E205/8/1993
When fatal stabbing fails to kill him, Alfred Cahill becomes convinced that he has been chosen by a higher power to wage a crusade against 'perversion', and cuts a bloody path through Paris, murdering prostitutes and pimps, and endangering an old friend of Tessa's who has become a call girl. MacLeod tries to explain Immortality to Cahill, but he can't get through to him, and finally is forced to take his head.
Director:Paolo Barzman
Writer:Fabrice Ziolkowski
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Director:Paolo Barzman
Writer:Fabrice Ziolkowski
7.3/10(232 votes)
#24 - The Return of Amanda
S2:E711/13/1993
Amanda, the beautiful Immortal cat-burglar returns to town, telling MacLeod she's retired from her life of crime. He doesn't believe her -- especially when two guys start shooting at them. Mac thinks the guys might be Watchers, but in fact they are FBI Agents. Amanda is in possession of some plates for counterfeit money, stolen in Germany before the War. She's looking for an engraver to change the dates, figuring since she's sworn to give up stealing money, she'll have to print some up. Palance, one of the FBI Agents, sets MacLeod and Amanda up to take the fall for his partner's murder, and demands that they turn the plates over. Mac and Amanda are forced to ""die"" on videotape to catch Palance.
Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:Unknown
7.3/10(213 votes)
#25 - The Revolutionary
S3:E310/15/1994
The people of a tiny Balkan nation are rising up in arms against an oppressive dictator. The freedom fighters are led by Paul Karros, a vibrant, charismatic leader. Karros is an Immortal who once served as a slave under Roman oppression and fought his way to freedom with Spartacus. Since that time, whenever the common people have been fighting against oppression, Karros has been at their side. Karros and his assistant, Mara, have come to the U.S. to drum up support for their cause. MacLeod and Karros fought together in the Mexican Revolution and Karros tries to convince MacLeod to fight with him in this just cause. MacLeod turns him down, but Charlie is tempted both by the cause and by Mara. When Father Stefan, a local liaison, is critically wounded in an assassination attempt, MacLeod realizes that Karros is determined to fight the war at any cost -- even at the cost of sabotaging peace negotiations by killing those who trust him. When Mara discovers the truth, she threatens to expose
Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:Peter Mohan
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Director:Dennis Berry
Writer:Peter Mohan