'The Modern Prometheus'

[ithildin]

Welcome to the sixteenth installment of Methos Episode Discussion. You can find the last one, for Forgive Us Our Trespasses here. All prior episode discussion links can be found over on the sidebar.

The Modern Prometheus, Air Date: May 1997

Lord Byron, the brilliant Romantic poet, is alive and well and living the decadent life of a rock star. He lives life way over the edge and has taken some promising young musicians over the edge with him. When following in Byron's footsteps tragically ends the life of Dawson's protege, MacLeod is faced with a decision -- is the beauty and genius that is Byron worth the cost? ~ recap and quotes via tv.com

Quotes below the curtain





Duncan: Duncan: Cut the crap - Mike is dead because of him.
Methos: No, Mike is dead because of Mike.
Duncan: The kid idolized him. Maybe he didn't pull the trigger but he sure as hell put the gun in his hand. "To live like me you have to be like me." Come on, Methos, Mike couldn't do that, he wasn't Immortal.
Methos: And that is not Byron's fault
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Byron: My task is done. My song has ceased. My theme has died into an echo...it is fit.
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Byron: Would you rather have a tombstone that says "he lived for centuries', or one that says 'for centuries, he was alive"?
Methos: You're not listening to me - I don't want a tombstone.
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Next up will be Indiscretions aka The Methos & Joe Show 'Archangel'.

Comments

Re: It's a Rotten Job...

[macgeorge1.livejournal.com]

The corruption and degineration of such a genius is sad, true, but even sadder is that Byron was taking those around him down with him. Methos was prepared to step back and just let him do it, over and over again without a thought to any of those other lives, because he cared about Byron and didn't care how many people's lives he destroyed.

Methos' dual standard rears its rather ugly head once again.

Re: It's a Rotten Job...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'd find it sad in anyone, genius aside. I think we tend to give people like Byron more of a pass than they deserve. What if he'd been a hat maker from York? Sorry, just random post episode thoughts :)

Way up there somewhere I was responding to the Brian Cullen example, and all I have is that like Duncan, Methos is human. We make allowances for people we care about even when we shouldn't.

What makes this episode stand out, I think, is that we've had so many episodes where we've seen Duncan's past, Duncan's friends, but this time, we're seeing that of Methos, and a guy that isn't a Horseman of the Apocolypse. And Duncan and Byron really are matter and anti matter. Methos' past and his present once more collide.

Re: It's a Rotten Job...

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

Methos' dual standard rears its rather ugly head once again.

I find Methos completely consistent. There is a tiny group of people he cares about, that he will go to great lengths to help and protect.

Then there is the rest of humanity, which he ... may do something for, if it isn't too much out of his way. He feels no real need to take responsibility for them, the way MacLeod does. People die. Shit happens. Civilizations rise and fall. *shrug*

Re: It's a Rotten Job...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Wolf pack Methos.

And then when it's two people he cares about, as in this case...

Re: It's a Rotten Job...

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

yes. It really is two very different philosophies. I"m not sure either one is "better" than the other, or more moral. I'm sure others will disagree with me.