'The Darkness'

[ithildin]

Sorry this is a day late.

Highlander Season Two

The Darkness, Air Date: October 1993

A mortal named Pallin Wolf, one of the renegade Watchers who believes the Immortals must be eliminated, lures an Immortal to his house and kills him, getting the advantage by tricking him into a sealed room that is completely dark, then stalking him with night vision goggles. Meanwhile, a Gypsy fortuneteller they meet in a restaurant, Greta, warns Tessa that she is in danger. When Tessa is kidnapped by Wolf, MacLeod returns to Greta, asking for her help. But she's mostly a hustler, and not accustomed to getting actual visions, so the clues she is able to provide are meager.

Finally, Mac finds Wolf's house, where Wolf is waiting for him. He meets Wolf in the dark room and all seems hopeless until he remembers a matchbook Greta gave him with her phone number in it. Lighting the matches, he regains the advantage and kills Wolf. However, as Tessa and Richie are heading for the car, a young junkie accosts them for money, and in an act of senseless violence, shoots them both. As Mac mourns, Richie tentatively sits up, healing -- he is an Immortal. But Tessa is gone. ~ recap via tv.com

Comments

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

How timely - I've just been working on a vid that pulls several clips from "The Darkness".

Tessa is so impressive here. You can really understand why Duncan is head-over-heels in love with her.

The first time I saw this episode I was terribly upset about the way that Tessa was killed. But over time I've come to respect it. Duncan tries so hard to protect and save people. He even does it with strangers, but when it comes to those he loves ...

Once again, one of Duncan's enemies threatens the people he loves. And once again, he saves them, because he is smart, skilled, lucky and good. But eventually, luck runs out. Bad things happen to good people, and that IS reality.

It doesn't take a gypsy curse to know that Immortals will lose the ones they love.