HLS5: 'Revelation 6:8'

[ithildin]

Highlander Season Five

Revelation 6:8
Air Date: Feb. 1997

One by one, Kronos is putting the Four Horsemen back together. Once they struck fear in the hearts of men with sword and axe. Today, their weapons of destruction are different, but their goal is the same: to bring mankind what it fears most, the Apocalypse. Only Duncan MacLeod stands between them and the end of the world. ~ recap via TV.com

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Comments

[shadadukal]

If Duncan hadn’t been in the picture, would Methos have become Kronos’ second-in-command, overseeing the apocalypse? In my opinion, the answer is unquestionably yes, oh yes. Even Peter W. has said much the same thing – that Methos’ priority was, first and foremost, to survive.

I agree.


Does he have an inner need to be, if not forgiven, at least accepted by someone like Duncan MacLeod because if MacLeod can learn to accept him, then Methos is somehow more comfortable in his own skin and can truly put the past behind him?

Maybe.


And does refusing to make judgments make Methos the better man, or just someone who takes the easy way out of morally ambiguous situations?


Usually, I'd say yes, that makes him the better man. I think he does pass judgements on occasions, but will mostly not act upon them because it would be risking his own skin. And as you said, he's the consummate survivor. He does risk his own hide to save MacLeod several times though, which raises many questions as to why he does so.