'Methos'

[ithildin]

So it looks like Alison is on board for the discussion of the Methos episodes here. Just a little recap, she's a new fan of the show, so this is all fresh, bright, and sparkly for her and she was looking for people to talk to about the show:)

My plan -- at least at this moment -- is to post a recap of the episode and let the comments take it from there. Any better ideas on how to set this up are more than welcome. Depending on how it goes, I'll do two a week.

Methos, Air Date: 03/95

When two Watchers end up dead by Kalas' hand, Joe realizes that Kalas is looking for Methos, the mythical "oldest Immortal." MacLeod knows that, with Methos' quickening, Kalas would finally be strong enough to defeat him. Kalas and MacLeod race to be the first to find Methos.~ Recap via tv.com

There's a bit about Richie and the pointless race backstory, but we don't really care about that, do we? Heh!

Next up for discussion will be Finale 1 & 2, in case anyone had the urge to go watch before we talk :)

One note: you can comment here without being an LJ user, but if you do comment anon, could you sign your comment with a name so we can think of you as something other than 'hey you' :) Thx!

Addendum: The 'Finale' discussion is going on here.

Comments

'Methos' 11 Years Later

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Looking at the air date and realizing it's been 11 years since I first saw the episode knocked be back a bit :) So many years later, I'm not sure what are my initial fresh impressions and which are impressions coloured by many more episodes, email discussions, and con panels.

The tunnel scene when Methos wants Duncan to take his head is a prime example. I know how I view that has changed. At the time, I would have said Methos was sincere. That he was tired and really didn't have the fire or passion to beat Kalas. Now that's changed a fair bit. One of Methos' exchanges with Stephen Keane in a much later episode pretty much solidified my view that Methos, being a student of human nature, Duncan's in particular, knew quite well that Duncan would never take him up on his 'sacrifice'. But the writers didn't know that when they wrote 'Methos', since he was supposed to be killed off in short order. So now that I'm quite confused, if we go with the latter viewpoint, what exactly would Methos' motivation have been to offer his life to Duncan?

One thing I do remember that first airing was wondering when Methos was going to be back. I made much more of a point of double checking the air time. Even to the point of calling the local station to confirm since they tended to change the day and time with no warning.

[sophiedb.livejournal.com]

That's a really good question! And I have no idea. Like you said, it's quite difficult to separate one-shot Methos from the show-stealer he became :)

Maybe instead of being tired or manipulative, they thought he'd see his exposure to the Watchers (presumably via Duncan's friendship with Joe, cos the Scot wasn't the world's greatest liar) as the end of his ability to hide in plain sight. They'd already have photos and a barrage of eager trackers, very pesky after millennia of flying under the radar (I'n guessing they hadn't thought of the Horsemen yet either) - perhaps too much of a life change to cope with?