HLS4: 'Methuselah's Gift'

[ithildin]

Highlander Season Four

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 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?

Next week: Through a Glass, Darkly

Comments

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

nice analysis.

I like your point about Amanda - I've always felt they knew each other previous to the series - in "Finale" or whatever ep they first appear together, there's no mention of who he is - they seem to know each other. Of course, canon doesn't really address this; but combined with her knowing Methos far better than Duncan does (ie his deviousness) in this episode, I'm convinced.

And the scene between Duncan and Methos that you mention is very powerful, in that it says so much about their relationship in such a minimalist way. Because canonically, they haven't known one another very long at this point; but there has been a great deal between them - most recently the Dark Quickening. So yeah, I can see Methos reacting that way. But I can also see that a)Duncan didn't intend what Methos interpreted and b)ultimately he's worried for both his friends, but Methos only sees his worry for Amanda. Interpret that how you will:)

ps editing comments RULES.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I'd heard, back when the show was on the air, that Amanda knowing Methos' name was a continuity error that they didn't catch till it was too late. Later, they decided to go with it, and had actually written some backstory for the two knowing each other previously, but the scene was cut.

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

awww. I wanna know.

Also, one man's continuity error is another man's fanfic fodder:)

[amberleewriter.livejournal.com]

The Watcher Info implies that Methos and Rebecca were lovers (and, therefore, he had met Amanda in the past). They ended up going with that as an underlying idea but we never got the flashback to prove it. I'd have loved to see them have a Methos and Rebecca episode (or an Amanda and Methos do a caper episode). What fun that would have been!

And yes, the moment in the park is the one I remember from this episode for exactly the reasons mentioned. So much is "said" without a word. It's one of the reasons I continue to enjoy HL episodes all these years later.