'Methos'

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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

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Richie - OK how can I put this I fwd through all the bike scenes the first time I saw the show to get to (the good bits) *blush* will try and watch them next time but I didn't really get the bike thing, does he just like riding them? if so cool!
Richie loves riding bikes. Second season he was allowed to have a bike for his personal transportation, then briefly third season he managed to become a professional racer. He had to sneak on to the track to get his shot at joining the racing team. The writers however didn't spend much time on his passion for bikes and racing.

Question What is a "Kimmie?"
Sorry, that more properly should be K'Immie. Like Ith said K'Immie, or Kimmie is a term for the evil Immortals on the show. It comes from the fact that a lot of the bad guys had names that started with a K. Kalas and Kronos are a couple of classic examples. While I'm at it F'Immie is a term for a female Immortal, and Pre-Immie is a term for an Immortal who hasn't yet died. Richie first season is a Pre-Immie.

* Quickenings * some more explanations? is it also something to do with how they sense one another?
One Immortal's ability to sense another is known as the Buzz. Quickenings are the transference of one Immortal's power to another when he loses his head. Most episodes of the series have a big Quickening scene where Duncan has taken the K'Immie's head, and gotten his Quickening in a Quickening.