'Run For Your Life'

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Highlander Season Two

Run For Your Life, Air Date: November 1993

Carl Robinson is an Immortal who MacLeod first met in 1929 when he rescued him from a KKK lynch mob. Back then, Carl was full of plans -- to be a Major League Ballplayer, to be President. But today Carl has given up hope. He and MacLeod meet up again when Carl steals Charlie's car. Mac tries to rekindle Carl's belief in himself, but Carl doesn't want to listen. When a white cop named Carter tries to kill him, Carl attributes the incident to racism, until MacLeod explains about the Watchers who are hunting them. After Carter's partner (also white) helps Carl and MacLeod bring Carter down, Carl decides to give the world another chance. ~ recap via tv.com

Next week's ep will be: Epitaph For Tommy

Comments

[holde-maid.livejournal.com]

I thought it was funny that Carl suspects racism, only to find that evil is much more diverse than that - which kind of cheers him up. *g* Well, okay, but seriously speaking, this one had some nice touches and suggests rather than shows the complexity of Carl's own life.

More than that, however, the episode laid a base for Carl's second appearance, which really explored the ideas of racism, of discarding people, and of, well, laziness in a multilayered fashion. And that alone is worth something. :-)