'Methuselah's Gift'

[ithildin]

Welcome to the sixth installment of Methos Episode discussion. You can find the last one, for 'Deliverance' here, and links to all episode discussions past over on the sidebar.

Methuselah's Gift, Air Date: April. 1996

When masked thugs try to take Amanda's head in her sleep and steal the crystal given to her long ago by Rebecca, Amanda and MacLeod investigate. They discover the the crystal may be part of the Methuselah Stone, a mystic talisman said to impart eternal life and invulnerability to the wearer and that the person willing to kill Amanda to get it may be -- Methos? ~ via tv.com

Next up will be Through A Glass, Darkly . Look for it on Monday.

Comments

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

I find it interesting that Methos refuses to say that he has nothing to do with the attack on Amanda, though he clearly didn't do it. I also like that he weeps unselfconsciously - there's a sense there of how different Methos's attitudes must be, first formed 5,000 years ago. His desperation in this episode is also intriguing, countered against his acceptance of Alexa's dying in "Timeless". One gets the feeling that it had been quite some time since he had last allowed himself to fall so completely in love with mortal (and I do read it as heads-over-heels love, at least on his part).

Next up will be Through A Glass, Darkly.

Aww, that's one of the few episodes I didn't get to rewatch over winter break, and the link for it on highlandermedia isn't working.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

This is definitely a desperate Methos, yet one more aspect of him we get to see.

I also think there's a good example of something we've spoken of in prior discussions: seeing Methos versus Adam. Here, we see 'Methos' in the Watcher library, and he snaps at his boss as Methos, and then quickly shifts back into Adam Pierson when he realizes his goof. And that goof isn't something we see very often either. He's usually in total control of what he reveals.

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

Methos versus Adam, yes. I think the goof is part of the way his masks seem to crack in this episode.

I also liked the Methos and Amanda interaction here - they make a good team when they break into Watcher HQ.

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

I always love episodes when Duncan Amanda and Methos are all in them. This one was very well done and I loved the mystery behind it. Also being able to see more of Amanda and Rebecca's history.

One thing - did you notice the desperation when Duncan told Amanda that he wanted to get Methos out of there when the Watchers had captured him?

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Yes, me too! I think the three of them have a great chemistry, and I like the aspect of Amanda that seems to come out around Methos that makes you remember she's quite a bit older than Duncan.

Yes, Duncan is quite intense about rescuing Methos. Gotta love the big boy scout :)

[enchantersnight.livejournal.com]

Hmm getting confused you have labeled both this and "through a glass darkly" as episode 6

I wept unashamedly when Methos did in this, poor baby, I also was screeching with laughter at the cat! I could totally see mine being like that.

I really enjoyed this episode it had almost everything with lots of Amanda too which is always a good thing, her fights with Methos were very nerve racking as she was convinced he was retying to kill her, this was also my first introduction to Rebecca and that was brilliant.

I must admit to thinking that Methos seemed very calm about almost dying at the hands of a watcher not what I would expect at all, and the scenes with his "false identity" being revealed were intense.

Duncan was awfully protective of Methos is that that thing he does protecting those that need it? (harking back to methos and why he offered Duncan his head) hmm interesting.

I got very confused though I thought at one point that it was Methos who killed the men who attacked Amanda as he didn't deny it, nice to be kept guessing.

Right onto Through a glass darkly.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I must have done a miscount at some point. It gets confusing!