'Revenge Is Sweet'

[ithildin]

Highlander Season One

Revenge Is Sweet, Air Date: December 1992

Seeking revenge for the apparent death of her lover, Walter Reinhardt, Rebecca Lord toys with MacLeod before she attempts to kill him with Reinhardt's sword. Rebecca knows nothing of Immortals or their combat, and she believes MacLeod murdered Reinhardt. Unbeknownst to her, Reinhardt is still alive, and is using Rebecca in a cat and mouse game to draw out MacLeod for their final confrontation. ~ recap and quotes via tv.com

Next up will be Eyewitness.

And here you will find the S2 episode poll. Vote for which eps you'd like to see discussed after we finish up with S1.

Comments

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll start. Some people say they don't like Rebecca, but I did like her. I thought she rocked. I loved the first scene when Duncan was all dressed out for New Year's Eve, so so handsome.

Then when he meets Rebecca and Tessa is very jealous and warns him to keep away from her. Something to the effect that even really old men mess up. And then she starts banging on her sculpture and you can see he's very irritated.

I think Duncan and Tessa make a great couple and it's times like these that you can really see their relationship and how much they love one another.

I didn't particularly like the quickening. Outside - pots of plants exploding - boring.

[lastrega.livejournal.com]

You know I'm gonna disagree with you about Rebecca, don't you, hon?

This was a reasonably well done episode, IMO, with an interesting story that revealed tons about Duncan and Tessa's relationship dynamics. But...Rebecca, or rather Vanity, chewed the scenery and overacted her way through every scene. I didn't like her, didn't believe the character and I thought it was very poor casting.

As David A said (I think it was in Sydney) they were under pressure to use 'rock stars' because they'd sold it to the Japanese investors as a show with swords and rockstars. Sometimes it worked (Roland Gift) - sometimes it didn't.

Voting for this being a time it didn't.

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

I knew you would disagree. What's funny, is that the first Highlander I ever owned was the first movie and then the tape from the tv show which was The Gathering and Revenge.

They were the only two shows on the tape. I thought that was the second show. And I watched them over and over.

I know David wasn't really thrilled with her, but it really worked for me and I liked the part of Rebecca.

Oh yeah, the part about which part of Duncan's anatomy decided Rebecca wasn't behind Tessa's artwork being vandalized or her being sent the dress that burned her skin. And we all know which part of his anatomy that was. So did Tessa.

There was a story too, and I don't remember the name or the author. But in the story, Duncan runs into Rebecca later and has her over for a date, and Methos shows up and they try to one -up each other. Only Rebecca figures out that Duncan wants Methos and vice versa.

[lastrega.livejournal.com]

I remember that story! Except, you know, important stuff like the title and who wrote it. Argh.

[lastrega.livejournal.com]

Beautiful Friendship (http://seacouver.slashcity.net/elynross/beautiful.html) by elynross. My memory may be weak but my google-fu is strong.

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

That would be it. Thanks. Poor Duncan. The man can't win for losing.

[robi-travels.livejournal.com]

This was one of my favorite Season 1 episodes. I like the character of Rebecca. A stronger actress would have improved the episode (wasn't she the backup singer for Prince?), but overall it was decent.

The story idea itself was good and covered a lot of fears Tessa would have. Guys fights, dies, never know, no body to bury, etc. Also, the jealousy was good. As Pat said, the line about really old guys was good. My favorite was the one about "what part of your anatomy concluded that" or some such language.

Oh, and yes, AP looks great in a Tux.

Again, however, women's clothes are very dated.

Need to re-watch to comment more.

Roberta

[lastrega.livejournal.com]

Again, however, women's clothes are very dated.

Seriously. Did they send the costume department to an 80's rummage sale or something? When season one first came on tv here I thought it was a much older show because of the appalling women's clothes. There was a lot of Big Hair floating around too.

Yes, I do have actual opinions on the ep that don't involve being shallow. Gimme a sec.

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

covered a lot of fears Tessa would have. Guys fights, dies, never know, no body to bury, etc.

That's what really made the episode work for me. It's bad enough being married to a cop, soldier, or fireman, knowing that your partner's life may be in danger at any time. Waiting up when their late, wondering if tonight is the night you'll get that phone call or visit. But for the partners of Immortals it would be even worse.

I wasn't terribly impressed by the actress, but at least the character DID something about this horrifying and mysterious loss.