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Highlander Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1995 - 1997
Episode 1
Homeland
49 mins
Someone is robbing graves and sacrificing men in Duncan's homeland of Glenfinnan. In flashback to 1618, Duncan is in love with Debra Campbell, but she is pledged to his cousin Robert. Robert challenges Duncan and is killed. Years later, newly-Immortal Duncan fights Immortal Kanwulf to avenge his father. In modern day, Duncan brings back a bracelet he buried with Debra. He discovers the local priest is really Kanwulf, who threatens to keep killing locals until Duncan returns his axe.
Episode 2
Brothers in Arms
49 mins
Duncan and Joe arrive at the San Francisco airport, where Duncan encounters Immortal Andrew Cord being shot by a masked man - who turns out to be Charlie DeSalvo. Joe recognizes Charlie's intended Immortal victim as a former platoon-mate from Viet Nam, a soldier dedicated to maintaining unit solidarity and who saved Joe's life, but who is now selling defective weapons to Charlie & Mara's Balkan revolutionaries. Duncan is torn between loyalty to Charlie and Joe's loyalty to Cord.
Episode 3
The Innocent
Mon, Oct 9, 199549 mins
Richie finds Immortal Mikey, a railroad-fascinated autistic man, wandering after Immortal Alan, Mikey's last protector, is killed. Richie and Duncan take Mikey in, but he is a trouble magnet, and the Immortal who killed his protector is now after him. Also, Duncan buys a decrepit house. In flashback to 1868 Dakota Territory, Duncan interferes with a white man beating an Indian boy.
Episode 4
Leader of the Pack
Mon, Oct 16, 199549 mins
Immortal Kanis is using attack dogs to injure Immortals so he can easily take their heads, and Duncan is his next target. Meanwhile, Richie encounters the young man who killed Tessa and made him Immortal, and demands vengeance. In flashback to 1785 England, Kanis has his dogs hunting a young boy and MacLeod kills one.
Episode 5
Double Eagle
49 mins
In flashback to 1888 San Francisco, Amanda wins Immortal Kit's casino from him at poker. In modern day, still hating each other, Amanda comes to visit Duncan the same day Kit appears in town, desperate to buy a racehorse named Double Eagle. When Kit and Amanda wind up joint owners of Double Eagle, the fireworks start.
Episode 6
Reunion
49 mins
Kenny, the Immortal in a child's body, has returned. He runs to Anne for help when Immortal Terence Kincaid is after him, and she calls Duncan. In flashback to 1778 South Pacific, Kincaid is the self-absorbed captain of the ship Duncan works on. When mutineers want to behead Captain Kincaid, Duncan convinces them to maroon him on a deserted island instead. In modern day, Kenny and Amanda turn out to know each other. In flashback to 1182 England, Amanda finds newly-Immortal Kenny after his family has been killed by Normans and teaches him. In modern day, having Kenny to care for makes Amanda feel like they have a family, and she wants to keep Kenny around. However, Duncan, remembering how Kenny tried to kill him and Anne, isn't so sure that keeping him around is a good idea.
Episode 7
The Colonel
49 mins
Duncan is kidnapped on orders of "the Colonel." Amanda takes a young thief under her wing who starts mimicking her appearance. In flashback to 1918 France, Duncan is unable to prevent glory-seeking immortal Colonel Killian from leading a charge after he's been told that the war is over, but Duncan's testimony convicts Killian at a court-martial. Duncan then asks for Killian's death sentence to be commuted to life in a criminal asylum. In present day, Killian's thugs kidnap Melissa thinking she's Amanda, and Killian leaves Duncan in a cell in an abandoned building.
Episode 8
Reluctant Heroes
49 mins
Duncan and Richie foil an attempted murder by Immortal Kinman, but the intended victim's wife is killed by a stray bullet, and Richie doesn't understand why Duncan won't testify against Kinman. In flashback to 1712 England, Duncan is unable to prevent Kinman from goading a young friend into a duel and then killing him. Meanwhile, in present day, the victim's husband calls Duncan a coward for refusing to testify.
Episode 9
The Wrath of Kali
49 mins
Duncan and Richie attend the opening of an exhibit featuring the Bengal Kali, a bronze statue sacred to the now-extinct Indian assassin cult of Thuggees. Immortal Kamir, last of the Thuggees, is determined to reclaim the Kali for India, and he wants Duncan's help. In flashback to 1764 British-Occupied India, Duncan is trying to track down the Thuggees and prevents young widow Vashti from committing suttee on her dead husband's pyre. In present day, Duncan discovers Kamir has killed a mortal to reclaim the Kali, but Kamir insists Duncan not judge him, for he is a priest of Kali.
Episode 10
Chivalry
49 mins
Richie accompanies a friend to a meeting with Kristin, an immortal who owns a modeling company. While there, Kristin seduces Richie. Duncan, who had a fling with Kristin when he was younger, warns Richie of her mental instability, but Richie won't listen; and Methos questions if Duncan can take her head should the need arise, due to Duncan's sense of chivalry.
Episode 11
Timeless
49 mins
Immortal Walter Graham is trying to kill pre-Immortal Claudia Jardine, a brilliant pianist, so that she will remain young and at her creative peak forever. In flashback to England 1663, Duncan and Graham are traveling players, and Walter regrets his ability to recognize brilliance while lacking genius of his own. Meanwhile, Methos falls in love with Alexa and is devastated when Joe tells him she is terminally ill.
Episode 12
The Blitz
49 mins
While aiding victims of an explosion at a subway station, Anne is trapped when the building collapses. Duncan and Richie overhear the news on the radio, and they go to help. In flashback to World War II London, Duncan and his mortal girlfriend Diane are trapped in a collapsed subway station during the blitzkrieg.
Episode 13
Something Wicked
49 mins
Duncan's Immortal friend Jim Coltec, a Native American medicine man who has the ability to absorb other people's evil and pain into his own body, is taking a trip to visit Duncan. On the way he is forced to behead an evil Immortal, taking in all his evil in the process. Afterward Coltec appears to become evil himself, and Duncan believes that he is the victim of a dark quickening and that all of the evil he has absorbed over the years has finally taken over. In flashback, Coltec helps Duncan overcome his rage after the Sioux tribe he was living with is slaughtered.
Episode 14
Deliverance
49 mins
Duncan, still under the influence of the Dark Quickening, arrives in France. In flashback to 1917 France, Duncan is an ambulance driver and his Immortal friend Sean Burns psychoanalyzes the mental victims. In present day, Methos and Sean Burns try to get through to Duncan.
Episode 15
Promises
49 mins
Duncan saves the life of President Hamad, a visiting politician, whose assistant is Immortal Kassim. But it turns out Kassim was arranging the assassination of the cruel Hamad to allow Nasir, descendant of the Moorish kings Kassim served, to take over the government. Now Kassim wants Duncan to kill Hamad in order to repay an old debt that Duncan owes him.
Episode 16
Methuselah's Gift
49 mins
Someone who believes in the myth of the Methuselah Stone is willing to do anything to put it back together and use its power to become invincible -- and Amanda has the last piece. After narrowly escaping an assassination attempt, Amanda comes to Duncan for help.
Episode 17
The Immortal Cimoli
49 mins
Upon becoming immortal, two-bit Magician Danny Cimoli gets a whole new act.
Episode 18
Through a Glass, Darkly
49 mins
In flashback to 1700's Scotland, Duncan and Immortal Warren Cochrane are among those fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie. But only Duncan eventually realizes that the Scots must abandon the prince or be slaughtered in one mismanaged battle after another. In modern day, Goddard is paranoid and confused. He has forgotten he is Immortal. As Duncan helps him remember his past, he remembers that he blames Duncan for Charlie's failure to capture the Scottish and English thrones.
Episode 19
Double Jeopardy
49 mins
Immortal Morgan D'Estaing, a student of Xavier St. Cloud, goes after Duncan in order to avenge the death of his teacher. Meanwhile, Agent Renee Delaney is looking for D'Estaing, who robbed a jewelry store and killed everyone in it with gas, and she wants Duncan's help in finding him.
Episode 20
Till Death
49 mins
Robert and Gina de Valicourt are two Immortals who have been married to each other for three centuries. When their 300th anniversary turns into a marital battle and they separate, Duncan tries to get them together again. In flashback, Duncan and Hugh Fitzcairn vie for Gina's affection, but she falls in love with Robert.
Episode 21
Judgment Day
49 mins
Watcher Jack Shapiro tricks Joe into coming to Paris to face a Watcher trial in which he is tried for revealing the Watchers' existence to Duncan. Duncan tracks Joe down, complicating Joe's situation even though he is trying to help. Meanwhile, Immortal Jacob Galati is tracking down and killing Watchers.
Episode 22
One Minute to Midnight
49 mins
Continuation of "Judgment Day." The Watchers believe Duncan has been killing Watchers, with Joe's help. They are trying to kill both men, while Duncan tries to identify the real killer, another Immortal. In flashback to 1847 Europe, Duncan's Immortal gypsy friend Jacob Galati kills a mortal who raped Jacob's Immortal wife Irina, and he is promptly hanged by the gypsy-hating townspeople. In modern day, Jacob saves Duncan from a Watcher and tells him Horton's renegade Watchers killed Irina. Can Duncan and Methos stop the feuding before anyone else is killed?