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Highlander Season Four Episode Summaries

REGULAR CAST:
Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod
Stan Kirsch as Richie Ryan
Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson
Peter Wingfield as Methos/Adam Pierson
Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda

Homeland
Brothers
The Innocent
Leader of the Pack
Double Eagle
Reunion
The Colonel
Reluctant Heroes
The Wrath of Kali
Chivalry
Timeless
The Blitz
Something Wicked
Deliverance
Promises
Methuselah's Gift
The Immortal Cimoli
Through a Glass Darkly
Double Jeopardy
Till Death
Judgement Day

Homeland
GUEST STARS:
Kristen Minter as Rachel MacLeod
Carsten Norgaard as Kanwulf
Matthew Walker as Ian MacLeod
Laurie Holden as Debra Campbell

In the spectacular season opener, MacLeod returns to the land of his youth. After purchasing an antique bracelet in Paris, he heads off to Glenfinnan, to return it to the grave of Debra, the first love of his life. In the Glenfinnan of the present, the men who robbed Debra's grave are found sliced open--the Blood Eagle, the trademark of Kanwulf the Destroyer, the legendary Viking marauder who pillaged the area for hundreds of years and killed Duncan MacLeod's father. But according to local legend, Duncan MacLeod came back from the dead and killed Kanwulf nearly 400 years ago. Or did he?

Brothers
GUEST STARS:
Wolfgang Bodinson as
Philip Akin as Charlie DeSalvo
Liliana Komorowska as Mara
Chris Bradford as Young Joe Dawson
Jeffery Renn as Young Ian Bancroft

Friends become enemies and the past is revealed, when Immortal Andrew Cord is 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 no to fight him. MacLeod agrees--until Cord turns the tables and sets his sights on Charlie.

The Innocent
GUEST STARS:
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Mikey
Callum Keith Rennie as Tyler King
Philip Hayes as Alan Wells
Chilton Crane as Helen Wells
Dwight McFee as Jack Spice
Darryl Shackelly as Chaske

In an episode filled with danger and compassion, 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
GUEST STARS:
Justin Louis as Kanis
Travis MacDonald as Mark Roszca
Jenafor Ryane as Alicia
Kim Restell as Julie
Yee Jee Tso as Gerald

The past comes to haunt Richie when he spies Mark Roszca, the street punk who killed Tessa and Richie in the second season episode "The Darkness." Richie is determined to go after Roszca and revenge Tessa's death. Meanwhile, MacLeod is distracted by the return of an old Immortal enemy, 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
GUEST STARS:
Nicholas Campbell as Kit O'Brady
Tim Henry as Jim Rainey

MacLeod's old friend, Kit O'Brady, comes to 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 and has blamed her ever since for his string of bad luck--and he's vowed to kill her. When Amanda chooses to breeze back into MacLeod's life while Kit is there, MacLeod is hard pressed to keep them apart and to keep them from killing each other.

Reunion
GUEST STARS:
Myles Ferguson as Kenny
Lisa Howard as Anne Lindsey
Mike Preston as Terence Kincaid

Running for his life from Immortal Terence Kincaid, Kenny (the child Immortal from The Lamb) 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--Amanda!

The Colonel
GUEST STARS:
Sean Allen as Simon Killian
Lisa Butler as Melissa

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
GUEST STARS:
Peter Outerbridge as Paul Kinman
Jill Teed as Kaayla Brooks
Kevin McNulty as David Markum

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.

Timeless
GUEST STARS:
Ron Halder as Walter Graham
Rae Dawn Chong as Claudia Jardine
Ocean Hellman as Alexa Bond

World famous pianist Claudia Jardine has a secret that even she doesn't know--she's destined to become Immortal. Immortal impressario 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 judgement. Meanwhile, Methos has fallen for Alexa, a waitress at Joe's who has a secret of her own.

The Blitz
GUEST STARS:
Lisa Howard as Anne Lindsey
Alison Noir as Diane Terrin

ER trama 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 in London where he and the woman he loved, 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
GUEST STARS:
Byron Chief Moon as Jim Coltec
Benjamin Ratner as Bryce Korland

The Immortal Coltec is a Native American Hayoka--a shaman whose responisbility is to take evil into himself to protect his people. After the massacre of MacLeod's Indian family in 1872, Coltec saved MacLeod by taking the evil and rage he felt. Since the death of his tribe, Coltec has become Hayoka to the world, protecting it from evil Immortals. But Coltec's capacity for evil isn't endless and when evil finally overtakes him, MacLeod must find a way to save Coltec without being drawn into the evil himself.

Deliverance
GUEST STARS:
Michael J. Jackson as Sean Burns
Carl Chase as Robert Davis
Valeria Cavalli as Dominique Davis
Kristin Minter as Rachel MacLeod

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
GUEST STARS:
Kristin Minter as Rachel MacLeod
Ricco Ross as Kassim
Vernon Dobtcheff as Hamad
Tomer Sisley as Reza

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
GUEST STARS:
Nathan Geiger as Daniel Stern??

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
GUEST STARS:
Jason Bonham Carter as Danny Cimoli
Louise Lina as Lina Cimoli
Simon Kunz as Damon Case

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
GUEST STARS:
Dougray Scott as Warren Cochrane
Laura Marine as Nancy Goddard
Struan Rodger as Bonnie Prince Charlie
Gresby Nash as Andrew Donnelly

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
GUEST STARS:
Stacey Travis as Renee Delaney
Marc Warren as Morgan D'Estaing
Roland Gift as Xavier St. Cloud

Are MacLeod and the police seeing a ghost when the evidence in a diamond theft and poison gas murder points to the very evil, but very dead, Xavier St. Cloud? CID agent Renee Delaney (Second Season "Unholy Alliance") returns to ask for MacLeod's help in finding the killer. Could it be Xavier or simply a memorial to a fallen teacher by Xavier's former student, Morgan D'Estaing?

Till Death
GUEST STARS:
Roger Daltrey as Hugh Fitzcairn
Jeremy Brudenell as Robert de Valicourt
Cecile Pallas as Gina de Valicourt

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.

Judgement Day
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.


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