'Judgement Day' & 'One Minute to Midnight'

[ithildin]

Welcome to the ninth & tenth installment of Methos Episode discussion. You can find the last one, for 'Till Death'here. All episode discussion links can be found over on the sidebar.

Since this is a two parter, this will be for both Judgement Day & One Minute to Midnight.

Judgement Day/One Minute to Midnight, Air Date: May 1996/Sept. 1996

Dawson's life is on the line when the Watchers try him on the charge of treason for his friendship with MacLeod. Watcher deaths have risen dramatically since Dawson first told MacLeod about the Watchers and the Tribunal is determined to punish Joe and stop the killing. MacLeod and Dawson argue his case, but even as the trial goes on, the Watcher killings continue.
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Immortals and Watchers are poised at the brink of war. On the orders of the Watcher Tribunal, every Watcher in Europe is hunting for MacLeod, to bring him in dead or alive. MacLeod discovers that the real killer is Jacob Galati, a Gypsy MacLeod once traveled with, who has vowed to destroy all the mortals who wear the Watcher tattoo, convinced they are all out to destroy Immortals. ~ via tv.com

Next up: The Messenger. Look for it on Thursday.

Quotes below the curtain





Methos: We've got to quit meeting like this - people will talk.
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Duncan is holding a blue teddy bear: "I'm not your enemy, *your prescene only proves how dangerous it is for Immortals to know we exist*" Duncan punches the bear and throws it down.
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Methos: I spent years losing my conscience, for him to go and find it again.
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(Duncan knocks out a guard and walks into a giant playroom where Dawson's being held prisoner.)
Duncan: Eew, did it come like this or did they throw it together for you?
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Executioner: On your knees.
Joe: Not in this lifetime.
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Jack: Last request?
Joe: Yeah, I'd like to die of old age.
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Joe: They're gonna blow my brains out tomorrow. Tradition. You gotta love it.

Comments

[mackiedockie.livejournal.com]

Another interesting point about Methos--once Joe was taken, he knew that Joe still had one "get out of jail free" card, if he chose to use it. Joe knew Adam Pierson was Methos, and information in the Watchers is powerful currency--at any time he could have traded on that fact.

I find it interesting that Methos didn't book 5 seconds after he heard Joe was compromised, long before Mac wheedled him into helping him get into the chateau. It certainly argues that Methos held a great deal of faith in Joe's friendship. Of course, from a pragmatic perspective, Methos' secret identity was certainly safer with Joe dead than alive... .

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

You know, that never even occured to me. [rethinks entire episode]