Previously Posted Reviews
Season 1: Eps 12 - 22
Final Season 1 Reviews posted here 10/11/99
EYEWITNESS, #92115-12
MOUSER's Review-3stars. and that's
only because the fight scene and the Quickening are really worth it. One
of the classic Quickenings to be accurate. Tessa is an eyewitness to a
murder...save for seeing the actual killing and she tries to convince the
police that a murder really did occur. There are also many coincidences
between the victim and Tessa for her to feel a kinship. Ok .....fine so
far.....and Tessa is very strong as she follows leads to find out
who the murder victim really was. Then
the murderer goes after Tessa and they discover it's an immortal. Now the
story turns totally mundane when the police find the body and decide to
take Tessa into protective custody and Duncan has to be the hero and come
to Tessa's rescue. Why oh why did they change horses in midstream....certainly
Duncan had to take on the evil immortal...this is Highlander after all....but
Tessa falls right back to being the clinging female lead for the hero's
arm. I give the evil immie 3stars for being a real dipstick. But
this ep is just another filler in the other aspects.
BASAXL's REVIEW-3 and a halfstars. Tessa's
having a lovely art show when a lady quietly approches her close to the
end, commenting on her work, and praising it. Tessa feels a
bond with this woman, sensing they are
very much alike. She steps into another room for a few minutes, looking
out the window. She sees her new friend murdered. She calls
the police...who pats her on the head and tells her to run along.
I'm proud of Tessa in this ep, when she's strong, she's very strong.
I wish they'd have kept Tessa like this. She doesn't give up, she
is determined to find the killer. My favourite scene in the show
is at the end, when Mac asks for coffee, but he wants Tessa much much more,
the little thing he does with his bottom lip is very tasty for the women
viewers, very sexy, very sensual. I really enjoyed this one.
It's not the best, but its a good one. The villian is another immie
who thinks mortal women are to be used and discarded when he gets tired
of them, put this one in a box with Walter and throw them into a blender,
that is if a ship with a big propeller isnt at hand. Oh well Mac
needs the quickening...grin!
BAND OF BROTHERS, #92118-13
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FOR EVILS SAKE #92117-14
MOUSER's Review-3stars. This is a fairly good ep. Other than the standard I hate mimes routine.....this one has something for all. Kuyler is a commendable villain and deserves a 3star rating. He's really more annoying than effective .....doesn't handle a sword very well but he's got class and style. His bravado and intelligence are evident when Duncan faces him outside the liquor store is very well done. I kinda liked him. For a villian he had class. For the romantics out there .....and tell me if that doesn't describe most all of the fans of the show........this is THE MEETING of Tessa and Duncan. Romantic and amusing is what I'd call thier first meeting. No good shots of Duncan in any state of undress...sigh..but all in all definetly worth seeing.
BASAXL's Review-3 and a halfstars. Poor
Kuyler all he ever wanted out of life was to be the best at something.
He tried running, but he was outrun, he had a lovely voice but not good
enough for opera, he was smart, but lost at trivia too often... then he
discovered that he was very clever at finding ways to assassinate people.
Dress as a mime or a clown, the victim relaxes and if he doesn't die from
boredom watching Kuyler do all the tired old routines. Kuyler uses
a knife or gun and ola! Kuyler also has an expensive little habit, he loves
absinthe. It is a bitter green liqueur having the flavour of licorice
and wormwood. It is usually mixed with milk to make the poisonous
drink more datable, and often causes
insanity among mortals before killing them.
Why do mortals want the stuff???? Why do they sniff glue????? but I digress......Kuyler
likes the stuff and it costs even more than cocaine.....so assassin is
a perfect career choice being that it is illegal also and pays very
well. Did I also mention Kuyler is
an immie? He racks up an impressive body count, but makes one major
mistake, he runs into Duncan and kills the man Duncan is protecting.
Duncan never forgets and the two play car and mouse through the centuries.
He even starts an assassin mime group. I think Kuyler is one of the
better villains, an original.....and totally void of compassion. I'd have
given him four stars anyway...he earns the extra star for giving Duncan
the chance to wack a mime. Kuyler gets a 5star bastard rating.
FOR TOMORROW WE DIE, #92116-15
MOUSER's Review-4stars. What is it
about Xaviar that makes him such a memorable villian? He's witty, suave
and classy. Ask any Highlander fan who thier favorite villians are and
you will hear the name Xaviar mentioned. In this ep we meet him for the
first and
fortunately not the last time. He has a
very deadly run in with Duncan in which he loses his hand. But not a fatal
fight. Good for us that someone saw what a useful and recurring role that
he had. Never fear, he does return and that's good news for the show. 4stars
for
Xaviar......he deserves it. This is one
of the classic shows, don't ask me why....but it has that elusive quality
about it that makes you want to watch it again.
THE BEAST BELOW, #92123-16
MOUSER's Review-1star. and that's only for the shots of Duncan on his horse dressed in a kilt and leather. For some reason, seeing him dressed this way with his long hair (ok I know it's extensions but it still looks good) seems to evoke a response from me. Droolable... definetly droolable. Unfortunately, thats about all this ep has goin for it. The main adversary is Ursa. He's not a villian, just a simple fellow looking for a few gentle things in life. Another stock Quasimodoesque character. Don't be in a hurry to see this Phantom Hunchback of Notre Dame Opera take off. It's just not worth the watching.
BASAXL's Review-3stars. Take the Hunchback
cross him with the Phantom (of the opera) and make him immortal.
Throw in a wicked femme Fatale who's not above using his
admiration and love for her own selfish
means and you have The Beast Below. I really enjoyed this episode
and Ursa came across as a simple but lovable charactor. Duncan's
compassion really moved me. More so when I found out what really
happened behind the scenes. Want to know just how fine an actor Adrian
Paul is??????? Try facing an huge actor who's getting drunker every
scene, forgetting the choreographed fight scenes and decides he might really
kick the handsome young star's ass for g.p. Adrian Paul had to be on his
toes for this episode and still make it look good. (This is why there is
a no drinking rule on the set now.Not even a glass of wine with lunch.)
Adrian Paul had to be ready for anything during the fight scenes, he was
in a very dangerous situtation, but he carried on and in the process showed
us how really well he handles a blade, using defence tactics
only, while carring his role and making
the acting look natural. He also had to seem to really care for Ursa
and not want any harm befall the lumbering giant. In reality he showed
great restraint in not hacking the intoxicated lout to bits and throwing
him off the set. Needless to say we won't see Ursa again on the series.
Its a real shame, Ursa was a good charactor and altho drunk, the actor
did a fine job in staggering thru the role in most of the scenes. Lets
face it folks...the besotted look was real...(grin) The episode is not
a great one but its not bad either. It is worth more than one watch.
I go back from time to time and watch it again. I like the
music and the opening number a lot. Its also nice to see Richie with
a nice wholesome girl for a change. Too bad the relationship wasn't
developed farther. I liked her. The villianess was a four star
bitch. She used her talent and wiles to control and Use Ursa.
Good job my dear.
SAVING GRACE, #92120-17
MOUSER's Review- 4stars. Even Immortals can be stalked. This is the story of how one very defenseless immortal...Grace...is being hounded by a former lover....also immortal ...named Carlos. Duncan, of course has to get in the middle and take care of Carlos for Grace. All right I'll suspend my suspicions about Grace and how she's even managed to live this long without another immortal to protect her. Talk about your helpless woman syndrome. This is a very good story about obsessive love. Other than it has to deal with immortals and a very nicely played evil immie too, this story could come straight from the daily headlines in any newspaper. It might have even come down to Carlos killing Grace to keep her from leaving him again. Sorry, but I just don't understand why some people seem to think that they can own another person. 4stars to Carlos for being very convincing as the possessive ex and a dog to anyone who thinks that this is the way to make someone love you.
BASAXL's Review- 3and a halfstars.
What a bummer, sigh,women still not safe from stalkers, even if they are
immortal. When will it stop. Grace made the mistake of getting
involved with Carlos and he's been stalking
her ever since, this time he kills her mortal lover, and frames her for
the murder. He's hoping she will turn to him in order to escape from
the police. Silly boy! She knows Duncan and had a brief fling
with him..... flashback... Our noble hero is cantering along minding his
own business when he hears a woman scream, damsels in distress are always
our hero's business... so he thunders to the rescue. Sword drawn,
he kicks the door down to one of the most terrifying sights he's ever beheld....it's
the immortal Grace and she's not the one screaming, it's the woman he sees
who's baby she's delivering. This
is one of my favourite scenes, the look on Mr Macleod's face says it all,
I almost fell out of my chair. He and Grace develop a warm relationship.
I like Grace, she is the very personification of her name,
calm,gentle, and quietly serene. Grace is not Duncan's type and
they drift apart, Duncan to save the world andGrace, into the arms of Carlos,
a handsome and wealthy plantation owner. It's not surprising that
Grace turns to Duncan for help, and it's not surprising that she still
loves Duncan. Tessa handles this beautifully, with great tact and
compassion. Class meets class. I also really enjoyed the eps
where Duncan relished taking out the bad guy. I like the tiger on
the prowl, laughing with glee as he glories in the fight eager to
feast on a tasty little quickening. Carlos is worth three
and one half stars due to Gorges Corraface. He plays a stalker masterfully,
with the jaunty arrogance and pride of a man that sees women as no more
than property. My bastard rating is 3 and a halfstars.
THE LADY AND THE TIGER, #92121-18
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EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, #92124-19
MOUSER's Review- 3stars. This is a very good ep. Another ambiguous villain from Duncan's past, one Gabriel Pittoine {sp?) returns and proves to be very dangerous to of all folks Richie. Gabriel is a fashion designer and supposedly very good at it....well he's been doing it for centuries after all. He also has a weak spot for beautiful things. I liked this one as it's one of the first to pose the former friend gone bad story and it does it so well. Until he's given proof of Gabriel's guilt and must protect a mortal from him, you get the feeling that Duncan doesn't want to get involved in this one. Two scene's of note in this one.....the flashback to Duncan's night with a duchess...I like the clothes he was and was not wearing.......and the end of the quickening when he's grieving for having to kill a once good friend. Gabriel gets a solid 4stars for being a truly good adversary for Duncan and for giving Richie a bad time. Ladies check out this ep......there's a few goodies hidden if you know when and where to look. (WEG)
BASAXL's Review- 3stars. Duncan, for such a moral man, you ran with a lot of scuzzballs. Gabriel is a top fashion designer now and he invites Duncan to the show. Richie is also impressed when the top model turns out to be a young lady he met in a restaurant earlier. She informs Richie its her lucky break, Gabe selected her when her roommate who was the real star was called out of town. Excuse me??????? This is a top designer and one of the premier shows of the year and she leaves town..... what is wrong with this picture??? She's either very naive or is meeting me at two pm today to buy the Eiffel tower. Anyway her roommate turns up murdered... surprise!!!!!! The rest you can write... The acting is up to par and the villain is a 2stars (the honour of which he'll have to share with a clone named Thorne) It's not a bad ep but far from the powerful episodes to come later. The one scene that captured my attention and raised this to a three star was the scene with the duchess and the third star of the show... Duncan's pants.Check them out when he enters the room to face Gabe just after leaving the duchess's bed. ggrrrroowwlll!!!!!!!!
AVENGING ANGEL, #92122-20
MOUSER's Review- 2stars. This is not
one of my fav eps. I'll be honest....the villian in this one is simply
a madman and I found him to be extremely annoying. If that was the effect
they wanted....well then it was a superb job, if not then this actor made
you wanna whack
him just to shut him up. Ranting and raving
and eating up the scenery is the norm here. He only gets 2stars....more
aggravating and no match for Duncan even on his more lucid days. My surprise
in this ep was that they took Tessa off her pedestal for a minute and made
her
into a true character. Her condemation
of her former friend for becoming a hooker is one of the few times shes
either not one dimensional or busy telling Duncan ...."I'm scared". Seems
to me that she knew what Duncan is and could either accept the danger or
get
out. Ok, I know that I'm ragging on her
again and I'll quit. If you want an hour of someone ranting and raving
see this ep..otherwise give it a miss.
NOWHERE TO RUN, #92125-21 (due to technical problems, this one doesn't exist)
THE HUNTERS, #92126-22
MOUSER's Review-5stars. The Hunters........Five star ep for sure here folks. The changing of Highlander from a show about Immortals to a show about Watchers and Immortals. This is one of the mile stone shows in the series. Here we meet Horton the Horrible and his henchmen. Ahhhhhh very few have ever surpassed Horton as a nemesis for our Hero. This one has it all...except maybe for Joe and Methos. The death of Darius is a potent scene....tho one does get a little jumpy about the 4th or 5th time after that of seeing the scene. Watching poor Duncan grieving for his lost friend.....well I for one am glad of the presence of Fitzcarin. Ahhhhh Fitz you were so much fun. He is one of the more enjoyable characters to appear in the series. A solid 5stars for Horton here. The beginning of an excellent career of tormenting Duncan and showing us all the stupidity of bigotry.
BASAXL's REVIEW-5stars.
Ah Fitz, one of my favourite immies comes
to visit Duncan, he's such a lovable charactor and so much fun. Too
bad this ep isn't the same. It is soooooo hard for me to review this
one. I really loved Darius, and seeing him "die" again reopens old
half healed wounds. If you are into hand to hand combat, this is right
up your alley. The fight scenes are very well done. This is
the ep where Horton first raises his evil head and his nasty little group
of immie eradicators come to light. It seems the watchers have a
splinter group who's idea of a good time is to go around killing the immortals
they were only supposed to be watching and recording. The Hunter's
set up the introductions to the Watchers ( you know..the ones who never
interfere ok.......I've given the people who are regular viewers
a few minutes to
quit laughing here.....) and with this
ep...opens a whole new can of worms. The Immortals are not only hunting
each other now but are being hunted by a bunch of murderous mortals.
Duncan trys to tell them he is not the ememy but fanatics do not listen,
they never have and never will. Duncan proves to be not only more
humane than the men he's up against but much the better man... intensifying
Horton's hatred. Horton will reign as a superbastard for all time
in my book. I only wish he'd have met up with the Dark Duncan just
once before he took a dip in the holy hot tub. The whole cast again
rises to the occasion.Eps like this prove what the show is capable of rising
to. My bastard rating is 5 stars.
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