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ithildyn

HLS4: 'Methuselah's Gift'

Nov 08, 2007 09:58

Highlander Season Four

Methuselah's Gift, Air Date: April 1996

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 ( Read more... )

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ithildyn November 9 2007, 04:55:12 UTC

Okay, my fave moment? When Methos is at Watcher HQ, and the head guy shows up and Methos is Methos and snarks at the guy.

'And you are?'

'Your boss.'

And... voila! Instant Adam Pierson! Just like Sanka, but without water. Yeah, that makes no sense....

I also loved the cat burglar (pun intended) scenes with him and Amanda.

Yes, the crying was good too :)

ithildyn November 9 2007, 04:57:09 UTC

And I'm just noticing that 'Methuselah' and 'Methos' are really similar... How did I never see that before?!?!

dejla November 9 2007, 17:06:31 UTC

Yeah, it took me a while to see that too.

ithildyn November 9 2007, 18:19:26 UTC

Funny how all these years later, there are new things for me to discover in the fandom. Very cool!

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amonitrate November 9 2007, 16:03:46 UTC

adding my 2 cents; one of my favorite things, that cracks me up every time, is on the bridge, when the watchers are holding Methos (at different times, a sword to his neck and a gun to his head) Methos leans waaaay back, as far away from the weapon as he can get his neck. I don't know why I find that amusing, but I do. IT's such a little thing, but it's a nice touch.

pat_t November 9 2007, 22:42:47 UTC

Yet when he spars with Duncan, he always leans into the blade. Now what does that mean?

ithildyn November 9 2007, 22:49:28 UTC

That he trusts Duncan but not the, what did Amanda call him? The moron? Idiot? Can't recall the term off the top of my head.

pat_t November 9 2007, 22:54:00 UTC

Oh yeah, the idiot.

And Methos loves Duncan and it is so much foreplay. *snicker*

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pat_t November 9 2007, 22:52:40 UTC

I absolutely love this episode. One of the things I noticed was how well Amanda seemed to know Methos - the familiarity when she talked about him.

They were quite clear that whatever the stone meant, if Methuselah lived longer because of it - it had nothing to do with their own immortality. Duncan said it to Methos and he agreed. I remember David A talking in the outtakes about how it was when an atheist had someone they loved dying. And even though they didn't believe, they might pray because what if they were wrong. And he likened that to Methos that even though he didn't believe in the stone, what if he was wrong? and he had to do whatever he could - give Alexa any chance that he could to save her.