'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

Re: There's lots of things...

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

My take? I think that demon really was playing with the spirits of the dead. He could force many of them to do what he wanted. But Horton and Kronos volunteered to help take down MacLeod. Kronos always pictured himself that way, so that's how his spirit appeared.

What upset me so much about Richie's death wasn't that he died, but that his death was wasted. It was wasted in the sense that it didn't do Mac or the world any good. But it was also wasted in the sense that a brilliant plot point was never realized.

I have read two truly exceptional pieces of fanfiction in which Duncan tries to cope with killing Richie. One was Carene's, and the other had MacLeod abandoning his name and trying not to be a hero anymore. But the show itself never took that angsty bit in its mouth and ran with it.

Re: There's lots of things...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I think that demon really was playing with the spirits of the dead. He could force many of them to do what he wanted. But Horton and Kronos volunteered to help take down MacLeod. Kronos always pictured himself that way, so that's how his spirit appeared.

Oooh! I really like that idea.

Yeah, if he had to die, then make it worth something.