A Highlander Episode I Love:: Forgive us our Trespasses.
So, thanks to pat_t, I was nosing around my season 5 DVD box yesterday, and I ended up rewatching a few episodes. I'd forgotten how much I loved Forgive Us Our Trespasses!
Any episode in which Methos and Amanda team up is always great entertainment, but when they use their wily ways to try and persuade a certain stubborn Scot to change his mind, it's absolutely hilarious! So I decided to do a silly Highlander recap/squee post, complete with piccies!
And if you think I'm posting a picture of nekkid Methos in a crass attempt to lure you under the cut you'd be...um...absolutely right...
We start off the story in a club, with Amanda partying and generally having fun. A new Immortal, Steven Keane, makes himself known to her and Amanda checks him out. They take each other's measure and, just as Amanda begins relax, Keane asks if she knows Duncan MacLeod.
Uh-oh.
It turns out that Keane has a bone to pick with Duncan, and Amanda immediately decides to eliminate the problem. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan, and Amanda is instead forced to set up a meet between the two. It's revealed that MacLeod killed a friend of his, while on a revenge spree after the Battle of Culloden, and Keane is looking for retribution.
Highlander angst ensues, and Duncan agrees to fight Keane the next day. That night, he has nightmares.
Amanda gets worried about his state of mind and decides to take action.
Cue a midnight visit to Methos - and an extremely blurry clip! I made the file size too small - oops.
There is a rather strong undercurrent in this scene, mainly because this is the first episode that features Methos since Comes a Horseman and Revelations 6:8. It is obvious that Amanda is still oblivious about Methos's past as a Horseman in this scene, yet you can see that Methos is thinking about how Duncan would react to advice from him at this time.
Despite this, Methos tries his best to stop Duncan from fighting Keane, bless his Machiavellian little heart, but Duncan questions his motives when Methos tells him to forgive himself, asking him who exactly were they talking about, him or Methos?
Ouch.
Methos does the only thing a friend can do in this situation. he shoots him in the back :-P
Sometimes boyscouts can be such a pain in the ass.
Luckily, Methos has a plan B - if in doubt, cheat and stick a dagger in your opponent's chest! Unfortunately, Duncan wakes before Methos can dispose of Keane's head - have I mentioned the boyscout thing?
Methos pouts and slouches off, probably already dreaming up a plan C, and Duncan sits down and waits for Keane to wake up. Keane asks where his'friend' has gone and Duncan wryly says, "It's Tuesday. He doesn't takes heads on Tuesday." (I think the old man's sense of humour has definitely begun to rub off on Duncan in season 6 ;-P)
Duncan tries to persuade Keane not to fight, and this is when Keane mentions the other friend of his that Duncan killed - remember Sean Burns, Duncan's Immmortal psychiatrist friend, who he killed whilst in the grip of a dark quickening? Yup. That would be him.
But unbeknownst to the both of them, however, the dynamic duo, Methos and Amanda, have obviously been talking during the flashback scene again, and up pop the gendarmes! Amanda has framed Duncan for a murder jewel theft he didn't commit!
I love how Duncan steps up his game after he is arrested! He may be a mere four centuries old, but he can still out-wily the wiliest if he needs to. He gives up Amanda in return for his freedom.
Meanwhile, back at the barge, Methos has another run in with Keane (this always made me scratch my head - suddenly Keane knew where MacLeod lived?) Methos survives the encounter, but he is beginning to get pissed off with all the boyscouts in his life!
Later that night, Amanda turns up at Methos's place again. The police are looking for her and she is not amused about the loss of her rainy day jewels. Methos prescribes alcohol and then lolls in his enormous I'm-not-a-horseman-[honest] chair.
Eventually, however, Duncan and Keane fight, and Duncan - surprise, surprise - wins! He lets Keane go, and Keane walks away silently. Maybe forgiveness is possible, after all - between Keane and Duncan, and between Duncan and Methos.
The last scene is also rather endearing, as Duncan seems vastly amused by the both of them, and while he doesn't quite say it aloud, it is implied that he's thinking something along the lines of: just because i measure my years in three figures instead of four, doesn't mean I'm an idiot.
Also, the wry way Methos mentions trial by combat - was he maybe thinking of his fight with Silas, and Duncan's subsequent plea to Cassandra that he wanted Methos to live? Who knows...but I really love this episode.
Any episode in which Methos and Amanda team up is always great entertainment, but when they use their wily ways to try and persuade a certain stubborn Scot to change his mind, it's absolutely hilarious! So I decided to do a silly Highlander recap/squee post, complete with piccies!
And if you think I'm posting a picture of nekkid Methos in a crass attempt to lure you under the cut you'd be...um...absolutely right...
We start off the story in a club, with Amanda partying and generally having fun. A new Immortal, Steven Keane, makes himself known to her and Amanda checks him out. They take each other's measure and, just as Amanda begins relax, Keane asks if she knows Duncan MacLeod.
Uh-oh.
It turns out that Keane has a bone to pick with Duncan, and Amanda immediately decides to eliminate the problem. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan, and Amanda is instead forced to set up a meet between the two. It's revealed that MacLeod killed a friend of his, while on a revenge spree after the Battle of Culloden, and Keane is looking for retribution.
Highlander angst ensues, and Duncan agrees to fight Keane the next day. That night, he has nightmares.
Amanda gets worried about his state of mind and decides to take action.
Cue a midnight visit to Methos - and an extremely blurry clip! I made the file size too small - oops.
Click to viewThere is a rather strong undercurrent in this scene, mainly because this is the first episode that features Methos since Comes a Horseman and Revelations 6:8. It is obvious that Amanda is still oblivious about Methos's past as a Horseman in this scene, yet you can see that Methos is thinking about how Duncan would react to advice from him at this time.
Despite this, Methos tries his best to stop Duncan from fighting Keane, bless his Machiavellian little heart, but Duncan questions his motives when Methos tells him to forgive himself, asking him who exactly were they talking about, him or Methos?
Ouch.
Methos does the only thing a friend can do in this situation. he shoots him in the back :-P
Sometimes boyscouts can be such a pain in the ass.
Luckily, Methos has a plan B - if in doubt, cheat and stick a dagger in your opponent's chest! Unfortunately, Duncan wakes before Methos can dispose of Keane's head - have I mentioned the boyscout thing?
Methos pouts and slouches off, probably already dreaming up a plan C, and Duncan sits down and waits for Keane to wake up. Keane asks where his'friend' has gone and Duncan wryly says, "It's Tuesday. He doesn't takes heads on Tuesday." (I think the old man's sense of humour has definitely begun to rub off on Duncan in season 6 ;-P)
Duncan tries to persuade Keane not to fight, and this is when Keane mentions the other friend of his that Duncan killed - remember Sean Burns, Duncan's Immmortal psychiatrist friend, who he killed whilst in the grip of a dark quickening? Yup. That would be him.
But unbeknownst to the both of them, however, the dynamic duo, Methos and Amanda, have obviously been talking during the flashback scene again, and up pop the gendarmes! Amanda has framed Duncan for a murder jewel theft he didn't commit!
I love how Duncan steps up his game after he is arrested! He may be a mere four centuries old, but he can still out-wily the wiliest if he needs to. He gives up Amanda in return for his freedom.
Meanwhile, back at the barge, Methos has another run in with Keane (this always made me scratch my head - suddenly Keane knew where MacLeod lived?) Methos survives the encounter, but he is beginning to get pissed off with all the boyscouts in his life!
Later that night, Amanda turns up at Methos's place again. The police are looking for her and she is not amused about the loss of her rainy day jewels. Methos prescribes alcohol and then lolls in his enormous I'm-not-a-horseman-[honest] chair.
Eventually, however, Duncan and Keane fight, and Duncan - surprise, surprise - wins! He lets Keane go, and Keane walks away silently. Maybe forgiveness is possible, after all - between Keane and Duncan, and between Duncan and Methos.
The last scene is also rather endearing, as Duncan seems vastly amused by the both of them, and while he doesn't quite say it aloud, it is implied that he's thinking something along the lines of: just because i measure my years in three figures instead of four, doesn't mean I'm an idiot.
Also, the wry way Methos mentions trial by combat - was he maybe thinking of his fight with Silas, and Duncan's subsequent plea to Cassandra that he wanted Methos to live? Who knows...but I really love this episode.