'Timeless'

[ithildin]

Welcome to the fourth installment of Methos Episode discussion. You can find the last one, for 'Chivalry' here.

Timeless, Air Date: Feb. 1996

World famous pianist Claudia Jardine has a secret that even she doesn't know -- she's destined to become Immortal. Immortal impresario Walter Graham, who has guided the careers of mortal greats like Shakespeare, sees his chance to shepherd Claudia's genius forever and kills her, triggering her latent Immortality -- against MacLeod's better judgment. Meanwhile, Methos has fallen for Alexa, a waitress at Joe's who has a secret of her own. ~ via tv.com

Next up will be Deliverance. Look for it on Monday.

A few quotes below the curtain





Alexa Bond: I shouldn't have agreed to see you. It was stupid, really.
Adam Pierson/Methos: Why?
Alexa Bond: Because you don't need to be a witness to what I'm going through. It's gonna get ugly.
Adam Pierson/Methos: You look beautiful to me. (pause) Look, whatever it is you're going through, I can handle it (slight pause) if you let me.
Alexa Bond: Why would you want to?
Adam Pierson/Methos: Because the alternative is unthinkable
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Methos: Excuse me, if I sat at a table, would you be my waitress?
Alexa: Is he a good tipper?
Joe: No.
Alexa: Well, too bad. Makes up for it being cute though.
Methos: Cute. I can do cute. I'm, uh, Adam Pierson.
Alexa: Where're you from?
Methos: Um...
Alexa: Your accent. You're not from here.
Methos: No, I've travelled a lot.
Alexa: Really? Paris.
Methos: Paris is too full of Parisians. Even the French don't like Paris.
Alexa: Venice.
Methos: Venice, the smell alone will kill you.
Alexa: Little young to be so cynical, aren't you?
Methos: Uh, if you say so.
Alexa: I just did.
Methos: What did I say?
Joe: Ah, forget it. Alexa's not your type, okay?
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Duncan: Don't say a word.
Methos: Oops. Where's Alexa? We, uh, we have a date.
Joe: She called in sick.
Methos: Where does she live?
Joe: Adam, she doesn't want to see you, okay? Just leave her alone.
Methos: Joe, I didn't ask for your opinion. I know she's dying, okay? You are all dying. Twenty years. Six months. What's the difference?
Joe: She's protecting herself. She's protecting you, don't you get it?
Methos: Yes, I get it. Now tell me where she lives.
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Methos: Cute! I can do cute!
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Comments

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

So is this the Methos that's been married 69 times? I actually broke it down once, and assuming each was an individual wife, he was married about once every 73 years -- about once a mortal lifetime, I guess. Other than Cassandra, this is the only time we see Methos interact with a woman over time who's not Amanda (I think) (Charlotte was a one night stand, and there was Mary Shelly of course -- but she wasn't a lover AFAWK). I'm not really sure what my point is to tell you the truth :) Maybe I'm wondering if we can extrapolate the way Methos behaves in this episode and the number of marriages, to the conclusion that this aspect of Methos is a fairly common one, just one that we don't get to see much of in the brief window that we are able to observe him.

Now that I have everyone totally confused, I'll shut up!

[sophiedb.livejournal.com]

..he was married about once every 73 years -- about once a mortal lifetime, I guess..

Yes and no - don't forget that longer lifespans are a recent phenomenon, despite the whole "threescore years and ten" thing. Making it to 40 was a pretty big achievement for most of the last 5000 years (still is, in some parts of the world). Then again I doubt he got hitched much during that millennium of insanity :)

I always wondered whether he married most of those women for love or just to fit in. It's obvious that he does fall in love (bless his lil cotton socks), but I can't get his "hiding in plain sight" aspect out of my head. This is a huge generalisation, but bachelors weren't exactly common in patriarchal societies (especially those with a tendency to levy soldiers for the local border dispute - the girls'd be fighting over a live one even more than usual!).

On the other hand, marrying a woman and never giving her kids could easily result in her being vilified for barrenness (never the bloke's fault, heh), so he could have aimed for the widows who've already had kids. Marrying and not procreating is (again) a relatively new concept.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was being very general, and I assume that at times, he probably had more than one wife at a time, and throw in the women he may have had relationships with, but not been married to.

I would think that some were for love and some were for practical reasons, and some were 'gifts', and probably a good share of widows with children. A variety pack.

So I guess I pretty much agree with you! [g]