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Highlander Season Two
The Watchers, Air Date: October 1993
Determined to investigate the death of his old friend Darius, MacLeod follows a lead back to his old stomping grounds in the Pacific Northwest. He meets Joe Dawson, a bookstore owner with a secret; he soon learns that Dawson is a high-ranking member of an ancient secret organization known as The Watchers, who observe and record the lives of the Immortals, passing their archives down from generation to generation. Unbeknownst to Dawson, his brother-in-law, James Horton (the man who killed Darius), has been recruiting Watchers to kill Immortals. ~ recap via tv.com
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Date: 2006-09-18 11:37 pm (UTC)From:I also loved the fact that even though Mac had every reason not to trust the Watchers, Joe knew him. He knew MacLeod and trusted him to the point that he put his life in Mac's hands when Horton tried to use him as a hostage.
This is incredibly significant. Joe Dawson valued the honor of his Immortal more than he did that of his fellow Watcher and brother-in-law. Even when Joe didn't want to believe, he still listened and followed up on what Mac had to say. He didn't just blindly take sides.
To me, this episode says more about Joe's character than it does about the Watchers and Horton. And that's what's great about the writing in HL. There are so many layers to it. This really is a groundbreaking episode.