'Shadows'

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Highlander Season Three

Shadows, Air Date: November 1994

MacLeod is tormented by visions of his own death, beheaded by a mysterious dark-hooded figure. Anne tries to convince him to seek medical help, but instead he turns to his old friend Garrick, who has spent centuries studying the mind. MacLeod saw Garrick in the 17th century when MacLeod barely escaped being burned as a witch. What MacLeod didn't know was that Garrick was unable to escape as well.

Garrick convinces MacLeod that the dark-hooded figure is a racial memory that haunts all Immortals and that the way to defeat it is to not fight it, to accept it for what it is. When MacLeod, haggard and exhausted, faces the specter for the last time, puts down his sword and refuses to fight it, the figure goes for MacLeod's head -- until at the last moment MacLeod realizes the figure is Garrick, seeking his revenge after all these years. In the tag, Anne, frustrated that MacLeod won't open up to her despite their intimate relationship, leaves him. ~ recap via tv.com

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Comments

[mamamia1964.livejournal.com]

I think that this is the only episode that I've never seen the entire story. While I too can't stand Anne, I understand why she reacts the way she does. Actually, there's this part of me that wondered why the heck she kept up withthis crazy acting guy that's always mysterious and dangerous anyway. After all, it's not like she'd really known him all that long. The wierd factor had to have made her nervous...but, I guess the hot sex kept her around.

I agree with the post about it being strange how vulnerable DM was to illusion. Was he really MORE susceptible than others? Was this a sign of something special about Duncan? He supposedly was the Champion, so maybe he had to be susceptible to suggestions, illusion. OR maybe this was a contrast to his great strength. I dunno.

I have to admit that this is the one show that I've hung onto over the years. Well, besides ST-TOS. (I've loved that show for so long that I don't even think about how its wrapped its fingers into my psyche.) My husband laughs at me all the time about my HL obsession, but all the things that the previous commentator made aobut HL... well, ditto for me!