'Archangel'

[ithildin]

Welcome to the seventeenth installment of Methos Episode Discussion. You can find the last one, for The Modern Prometheus here. All prior episode discussion links can be found over on the sidebar.

Archangel, Air Date: May 1997

The dead are walking the streets of Paris. The forces of evil are coming. Is MacLeod being readied for some higher calling -- or is he simply losing his mind? ~ recap and quotes via tv.com

Next up will be Indiscretions aka The Methos & Joe Show.

A Bit Later: I'm going to try and put up a first season poll at some point today to take votes for the next raft of discussions. You can find the poll here. Then I'll include a link to the poll with the last two scheduled discussions: Indiscretions & To Be/Not To Be.

Comments

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

okay, not my favorite HL arc. But the acting was excellent. And I agree with all the Methos moments. What I didn't like was in the next show when Methos had just disappeared. It was so totally not in character (even if Peter was doing Noah's Ark and couldn't be there). They could have *explained* Methos' absence some way.

And holding Joe in his arms and duncan's pain - lovely scene.

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

They could have *explained* Methos' absence some way.

In total agreement here - just a line or two with some semi-plausible explanation would have been nice.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it wouldn't have been hard! There he is, comforting Joe in his grief and he just leaves? And then comes back with no explanation?

Over all an odd episode. I suppose it makes more sense with what they planned for the series than it ended up making with what did happen. Or something like that :)

[robi-travels.livejournal.com]

"What I didn't like was in the next show when Methos had just disappeared. It was so totally not in character.. "

Actually I thought it was in character. The next episode was a year later - first anniversary of Richie's death. By that time I think Methos would have moved on since no-one knew where Duncan was and things were looking rather bad.

And, while I am not sure of the LSD theory (would love to hear it sometime), yes it is funny he believes in holy springs, but not demons. Although, having been once viewed as a demon on horseback, I am sure he is a little more skeptical of "boogy monsters" in all incarnations then perhaps he is of "good" forces that exist in the world.

What I found most amusing about this arch was flashback to warren Cochrane and the request to Duncan to take his head. Seems to me Methos was all for that at the time, but not now.

And yes, acting was very good, JB especially in the temptation scene in last episode of arc.

Roberta