'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.