HLS3: Methos

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Highlander Season Three

Methos, Air Date: March 1995

When two Watchers end up dead by Kalas' hand, Joe realizes that Kalas is looking for Methos, the mythical "oldest Immortal." MacLeod knows that, with Methos' quickening, Kalas would finally be strong enough to defeat him. Kalas and MacLeod race to be the first to find Methos. Meanwhile, Richie muscles his way onto a top level motorcycle racing team and the champion, Basil, starts to get nervous. ~ recap via tv.com

Next week: Take Back the Night

Comments

[yabyumpan.livejournal.com]

Ignoring all the Richie stuff (as I always do), what a fantastic introduction of a great character. One thing that always gets me though, and something I've never seen discussed in the fandom (not that I've been around that long), is at the end when Duncan tells Joe that Adam is really Methos. Unless Methos left a note telling him to do it, it always seems to me such an enormous breach of trust. Yeah, we know Joe's an OK guy but he's still a Watcher. Duncan couldn't be sure the he wouldn't "out" him to the Watchers or even just tell someone else 'in confidence'. It just makes me uncomfortable when ever I see it, what do other people think? Was Duncan out of line to tell Joe? Did Methos leave note asking him to tell Joe?

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

I think Duncan thought Methos had cleared out. That is the impression anyway, that we won't see him again. I think that Duncan has the relationship with Joe that he would confide, but at the same time he does not tell Richie. It takes an imposter to get Mac to tell Richie who the real Methos is. As far as notes, I don't think there was one.

[robi-travels.livejournal.com]

That was a bother. But I think it was one of things Duncan did without thinking. As he said, an inside joke and he was sharing the punchline. Most likely he really thought Methos was gone forever into the land of myth again.

But that doesn't excuse that Duncan told. Thankfully, Joe can keep a secret.

Roberta

[amberleewriter.livejournal.com]

Given that Joe is the one that sent Duncan to "Adam's" place to begin with, I thought the phone call to Joe was only a partial breech. Yes, it seemed like a large thing for Duncan to tell him, but "Adam" was also a Watcher and Joe obviously knew him well enough to have his address. Also, Joe's friendship with his "assignment" was obviously against Watcher rules. For Joe to have sent Duncan to Adam as a protector was a real risk for Joe. If "Adam" hadn't been Immortal there could have been some huge ramifications.

As a result, I think Joe did a rather presumptuous and risky thing sending Duncan to "Adam." Methos, in turn, took a calculated risk staying to meet him and exposing the fact that he was an Immortal hiding in the Watchers. Duncan, I think, figured both men had a little explaining to do to one another and took it upon himself to give Joe the FYI both as warning and information. Then Methos put all Immortals at risk by interfering in the fight and having Kalas thrown in jail. After all, not aging or reviving after a knife fight in the big house would probably let mortals know pretty fast that there's something not quite right with the world.

In short, all of them did a lot of things that seem pretty odd when you come down to it. Duncan's telling Joe was the least of them and likely the one that could have been predicted by Methos (thus packing up and bugging out). Do I think it was the right call? Not really, but I do think wasn't that out of character.