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Highlander Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Prophecy
49 mins
In flashback to the Scottish highlands, a young Duncan hunts a wolf in a fey forest and finds Cassandra, an Immortal who is thought to be a witch by the Clan MacLeod. Back in modern San Francisco, Duncan and Cassandra reunite when Cassandra is convinced that Duncan is the one to fulfill an ancient prophecy, but her enemy Roland, an Immortal with the ability to hypnotize people as he speaks to them, is determined to finish Duncan before he can.
Episode 2
The End of Innocence
49 mins
Richie is haunted by bitter dreams of Duncan trying to kill him, burying his fear by picking fights. Duncan is haunted by the need to eliminate his friendship with Watcher Joe. But when one of Richie's Immortal victims turns out to have been the protégé of Immortal Haresh Clay, Duncan and Joe between them may not be able to save Richie.
Episode 3
Manhunt
49 mins
Immortal Carl Robinson has a great baseball career until he is seen killing another Immortal and forced to run for his life. He asks Duncan for help, but when another man is arrested for the murder, Duncan becomes Carl's conscience as Immortal police detective Matthew McCormick pursues Carl. In flashback to 1859 Louisiana, Carl is a runaway slave, again fleeing for his life. McCormick helps Carl but Carl eventually kills some slaver friends of McCormick's.
Episode 4
Glory Days
49 mins
Duncan encounters Johnny K, who he last knew as a small-time hood during Prohibition. Since Johnny is now a professional assassin, he decides Duncan must die before he can identify Johnny. Meanwhile, Joe is flabbergasted when an old girlfriend appears in his bar and is apparently interested in rekindling the old flame.
Episode 5
Dramatic License
49 mins
Carolyn Marsh is a romance author whose latest book features the exploits of a hero named Duncan MacLeod and a villain named Terence Coventry, the name of another Immortal who Duncan knows -- and who Carolyn knows well. As Carolyn puts the moves on Duncan and tries to convince him to help promote the book, she gets into a catfight with Amanda. Meanwhile, Terence is furious at Carolyn for portraying him as a villain.
Episode 6
Money No Object
49 mins
When Amanda disappears into a van after a robbery, Richie thinks she has been kidnapped and goes after her. He finds her with Cory Raines, an old acquaintance of Duncan's and Amanda's who has always brought them trouble. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the money that Cory stole belongs to a mobster, and he wants his money back. In flashback to 1926, Amanda leaves Duncan and their circus act to join Cory on a bank-robbing spree.
Episode 7
Haunted
49 mins
In flashback to 1880s San Francisco, Duncan's Immortal friend Alec mourns the murder of his young wife Genevieve by Kragen, but is convinced her spirit is still around. In modern day, Alec has been killed by Kragen, but his mortal widow Jennifer is convinced that Alec's spirit can't leave until Duncan keeps his promise to kill Kragen.
Episode 8
Little Tin God
49 mins
A gospel singer killed by street violence is offered a chance of eternal life - with one catch.
Episode 9
The Messenger
49 mins
An Immortal "Messenger" of pacifism, who pretends to be Methos to give his message weight, preaches peace between Immortals. Richie becomes his latest convert and tries to convince Duncan to stop taking heads as well -- right when Duncan encounters William Everett Culbraith, the Immortal former commander of Andersonville prison, where Duncan suffered part of the Civil War and lost a good friend. The "Messenger" also tries to convert disillusioned Culbraith, whose bloodlust is unquenchable due to a personal tragic loss he himself suffered during the war. Has the "Messenger" met his match? Meanwhile, Joe discovers that the "Messenger" has left a trail of dead Immortals behind him, when those he convinced of peace encounter those still fighting and fail to convince them to quit The Game. Will Richie be the next victim?
Episode 10
The Valkyrie
49 mins
MacLeod questions why he should stop Immortal Ingrid Henning from slaying evil mortals.
Episode 11
Comes a Horseman
49 mins
In flashback to 1867 Texas, Duncan is part of a posse after Immortal Koren and his gang of raiders. In modern day, Duncan's friend Immortal Cassandra is also after Koren, but she tells Duncan he is also Kronos, one of the Four Horsemen who brought terror and death to mankind through the ages. Meanwhile, Cassandra reveals Methos was also one of the Horsemen, which shocks Duncan into ending their friendship.
Episode 12
Revelation 6:8
49 mins
One by one, Immortal Kronos is putting the Four Horsemen back together.
Episode 13
The Ransom of Richard Redstone
49 mins
A casino in the rural backwater of France. Richie poses as an American millionaire and gets the attention of Marina, an impoverished nobility girl who urgently needs 200,000 francs to keep the family manor. A glass of champagne and short time later Richie wakes up in Marina's bedroom - handcuffed.
Episode 14
Duende
49 mins
Duncan and Richie go to see Anna Hidalgo, who manages some dancers one of who is her daughter Luisa. When Luisa refuses to tell her mother who she is seeing it causes a rift between them. Later when she sees the man, she says he's Octavio Consonne the man who killed her father. It seems like Anna was be throed to Consonne but she was in love with her partner and was pregnant with his child and when Consonne learns of this he killed him. But because it was 25 years ago, it couldn't be him. But Duncan knows he's an immortal and he encountered him a hundred years ago when they pursued same girl and they had a duel which Consonne won. Consonne reveals himself to Anna and that this is his way of getting back at her. She turns to Duncan who prepares to face Consonne.
Episode 15
The Stone of Scone
49 mins
Three ineffectual Immortals might be behind the theft of the legendary Scottish royal throne.
Episode 16
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
49 mins
Immortal Steven Keane returns to seek retribution for MacLeod's vengeful acts against the English who massacred his Scottish kin.
Episode 17
The Modern Prometheus
49 mins
Lord Byron, the famous poet, is immortal, and in modern day he has become a music star. It comes to the attention of Duncan, Methos, and Joe that he is luring aspiring musicians into his world of drugs and reckless living, with the musicians usually winding up dead, and Duncan decides to put a stop to it. In flashback to 1816 Switzerland, Byron and Methos inspire Mary Shelley to write "Frankenstein".
Episode 18
Archangel
49 mins
MacLeod faces doubts about his sanity and serious questions about his destiny when the coming of evil is heralded by the dead walking the streets of Paris.
