Highlander: The Animated Series
For seven centuries the world has been living in ignorance, since a meteorite destroyed almost everything the human race had built throughout the milleniums. For seven centuries the world has been dominated by Kortan, the evil Immortal who rules from his fortress city of Mogonda. The other Immortals have renounced fighting among themselves and sworn to preserve the knowledge lost to humanity; they are called the Jettators. The Immortals have always lived alongside humans on Earth. They are like them but not of them. As they hide from Kortan they await the arrival of the Last of the MacLeods, the one who will one day come to confront the evil tyrant, the one with whom they will share their knowledge and who will use it to free the human race. For seven centuries Ramirez, the oldest and noblest of the Immortals, has waited for the arrival of the hero he must initiate, protect and guide until he is ready to meet Kortan. Finally the day is at hand! After seven centuries, he has come.. His name is Quentin MacLeod. He is the Highlander...
- 1994-1996
- 2 seasons
- Discotek Media
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- TV-Y7
For seven centuries the world has been living in ignorance, since a meteorite destroyed almost everything the human race had built throughout the milleniums. For seven centuries the world has been dominated by Kortan, the evil Immortal who rules from his fortress city of Mogonda. The other Immortals have renounced fighting among themselves and sworn to preserve the knowledge lost to humanity; they are called the Jettators. The Immortals have always lived alongside humans on Earth. They are like them but not of them. As they hide from Kortan they await the arrival of the Last of the MacLeods, the one who will one day come to confront the evil tyrant, the one with whom they will share their knowledge and who will use it to free the human race. For seven centuries Ramirez, the oldest and noblest of the Immortals, has waited for the arrival of the hero he must initiate, protect and guide until he is ready to meet Kortan. Finally the day is at hand! After seven centuries, he has come.. His name is Quentin MacLeod. He is the Highlander...
Season 2 Episode Guide
27 Episodes 1995 - 1996
Episode 1
The Sword of Evil
Thu, Sep 21, 1995 22 mins
Haunted by a recurring nightmare in which he fights Kortan, Quentin decides to go to Mogonda alone and deal with Kortan once and for all. However, he finds allies among Mogonda's shanty town people and they try to steal Kortan's sword.
Episode 2
The Eye of Heaven
Mon, Oct 2, 1995 22 mins
Kortan locates guilt-ridden satellite expert Sheperd, the Immortal whose miscalculation led to Earth's failure to stop an incoming meteor, which initiated the apocalypse. Sheperd goes on the run to find Quentin and give him his knowledge.
Episode 3
The Price of Freedom
Tue, Sep 5, 1995 22 mins
Ramirez takes unruly Quentin to the ruins of a city that was destroyed in the apocalypse to see how most teenagers live now. They witness a street fight between two teenage gangs and Quentin decides to try to make peace between them.
Episode 4
The Treasure in the Sand
Mon, Nov 6, 1995 22 mins
A spy informs Kortan that she's discovered a hidden town called "451opolis", a place founded by slave hunter named 451 who escaped Mogonda after failing Kortan one too many times. Kortan sends Arak and his hunters to destroy it. Meanwhile, 451's slavers kidnap Clyde and bring her to 451opolis. A local enslaved boy frees her and they hide in a huge Aztec-looking temple located at the center of the town, which holds countless books. Arak arrives and orders his men to burn down this library, since Kortan has declared long ago that all books are evil and must be destroyed. Can Quentin and Ramirez save both Clyde and the library?
Episode 5
Orane
Tue, Nov 7, 1995 22 mins
The trio visits Orane, a friendly blue-haired female Immortal who runs a technologically advanced underwater city and possesses the knowledge of oceanography and marine life. However, Kortan and his forces manage to track them down.
Episode 6
The Secret Prison
Wed, Sep 6, 1995 22 mins
Kortan traps the trio in his escape-proof unisex prison where inmates are brainwashed to worship him and join Kortan's army of hunters. The trio tries to liberate them both physically and mentally. Arak's backstory is revealed.
Episode 7
Dead Ringer
Thu, Sep 7, 1995 22 mins
After a skirmish, Ramirez suddenly begins insisting that Quentin is ready to duel Kortan. Clyde is suspicious of this sudden change of heart, especially after Ramirez, uncharacteristically annoyed by her complaining, smacks her.
Episode 8
Orion's Reign
Fri, Sep 8, 1995 22 mins
Ramirez takes Quentin to see Cornell, an Immortal with the knowledge of astronomy, acuity and directions. However, Cornell plans to use this knowledge to defeat Kortan during the upcoming solar eclipse and won't give it up.
Episode 9
Rage of the Hurricane
Mon, Sep 11, 1995 22 mins
The trio runs into the Hurricane People, a mystical cult of Immortals who live in seclusion. They know a secret method of extracting electric power from whirlwinds, so Ramirez tries to convince them to share this knowledge with Quentin.
Episode 10
Oblivion
Tue, Oct 3, 1995 22 mins
Arak captures Dundee chieftain Niel. Kortan decides to erase his memory and replace Malone with him as the new court jester and living key to Kortan's armory. To keep his job, Malone offers to help the trio free Niel. Can they trust him?
Episode 11
Lord for a Day
Fri, Sep 22, 1995 22 mins
Kortan leaves Asklepios in charge for a day. Meanwhile, the trio must infiltrate Kortan's nuclear power plant that provides Mogonda with electricity to rescue Volta, the Immortal who possesses the knowledge of nuclear energy.
Episode 12
The Siege of the Dundees
Wed, Oct 4, 1995 22 mins
Arak's forces have the Dundees cornered. Ramirez helps them organize defenses which buys the clan some time. The trio and a couple of clansmen then leave for Mogonda to create a diversion even Kortan and Arak can't ignore.
Episode 13
The Blood of My Enemy
Tue, Sep 12, 1995 22 mins
Asklepios is mortally hurt during Arak's skirmish against the trio. Asklepios' protegee Valka, the head of Kortan's spy network, is devastated. Malone suggests that the blood of an Immortal can heal him.
Episode 14
Valka
Wed, Nov 22, 1995 22 mins
Fearing that she, her mentor Asklepios and their class of bureaucrats will lose their positions to Arak and his hunters, Valka contacts the trio, gives them files her spies have on rebel groups and asks them to kill Arak in return.
Episode 15
The Survivors from Outer Space
Thu, Nov 16, 1995 22 mins
Due to a computer error, NASA's space shuttle that was launched before the apocalypse and was suppose to return to Earth after 30 years of space exploration arrives back 670 years too late. The shuttle's crew consisted of Emerson, Kortan's Immortal protegee before the apocalypse, a mortal man called Stevenson and a mortal woman called Irina. After 7 centuries of cryosleep, the computer wakes them up. It turns out that Irina's cryo-chamber malfunctioned and she's in coma. The other two survivors are shocked to realize how much time had passed, but the real issue comes up when Stevenson realizes that the ground control is not answering. With no way to land the shuttle without their help, Stevenson realizes that they're doomed. However, sleazy Emerson gloats that he will survive the crash-landing and promises to keep the groundbreaking data they've collected in space. The shuttle crashes and Emerson is the only survivor. Kortan learns of this, as well as the trio, but manages to arrive at the crash-landing site first. He greats Emerson, who's suspicious but also thankful that Kortan, who was an army general before the apocalypse, arranged for him through his connections to join the space mission and inform afterwards about their potential discoveries. Emerson shows him the result of their mission - the secret to invisibility. Kortan is quite pleased and then promptly kills his friend to gain and keep Emerson's knowledge for himself. The trio sees the quickening and arrives too late to learn anything. What they don't realize is that Kortan is there, completely invisible, waiting for them.
Episode 16
King of the Ants
Thu, Nov 23, 1995 21 mins
With Arak and his hunters in pursuit, the trio hides in the ruins of a subway. However, one train still works and takes them to Zack, a friendly hermit who can talk to dangerous giant ants called Anomas. Arak locates them.
Episode 17
Eagle Valley
Fri, Jan 5, 1996 22 mins
On the run from Arak's forces, the trio finds a young boy named Doogie, who lives in an old tower. Ramirez notices Leonardo da Vinci's invention there. Doogie asks them to wait for his grandfather, but Kortan and Arak show up instead.
Episode 18
Isle of Grans
Fri, Nov 24, 1995 22 mins
The trio is captured by a tribe of wild Grans, the ape-dog hybrids that Clyde's pet Gaul belongs to. The tribe's eccentric human pet O'Kief informs them that Gaul must fight the tribe's champion for their freedom. Arak attacks as well.
Episode 19
The Revenge of the Shantytown
Thu, Nov 9, 1995 22 mins
General Kirk sends Kortan's conditioned Anomas against the rebels in Mogonda's shantytown. In retaliation, the rebels bring wild Anomas into town. Immortal Mahata gives his knowledge of entomology to Quentin, who tries to end the carnage.
Episode 20
Trick of the Light
Fri, Nov 10, 1995 22 mins
Immortal Eva, who possesses the knowledge of holography, refuses to aid Kortan and escapes his clutches. The trio finds her and she transfers her knowledge to Quentin, but Arak kidnaps Clyde and takes her to Kortan's holographic facility.
Episode 21
The Double
Mon, Nov 13, 1995 22 mins
The trio must help Immortal Fredrickson, a brilliant scientist who possesses the knowledge of genetics and is working on ways to revive extinct species, to defeat his evil clone who wants The Prize for himself.
Episode 22
Cult of the Immortal
Wed, Nov 15, 1995 22 mins
The trio arrives in a mining town ruled by a death cult that demands human sacrifices to appease the Immortal god Quentin MacLeod. Quentin suspects this is Kortan's doing but can he prove it to the angry villagers who want to lynch him.
Episode 23
Playing with Fire
Tue, Nov 14, 1995
Asklepios has created a giant laser super weapon that can torch a whole region in a second. The trio creates a diversion by pitting jealous Arak against Asklepios and tries to reach the weapon and use it on Mogonda.
Episode 24
Tricks of the Mind
Mon, Nov 20, 1995 22 mins
While on the run from Arak's forces, a bad fall gives Ramirez amnesia. He now remembers nothing about his oath or Quentin and goes to fight Kortan himself. Kortan tries to kill two birds with one stone by pitting Ramirez against Quentin.
Episode 25
Matsuda
Tue, Nov 21, 1995 22 mins
The trio visits Matsuda, an Asian Immortal who possesses the knowledge of cybernetics. He creates the ultimate killing machine to assassinate Kortan but his plan backfires.
Episode 26
Ice Dwellers
Wed, Nov 8, 1995 22 mins
Pursued by Arak's forces, the trio enters an icy region and stumbles upon a friendly Inuit tribe of the Igalaks led by wise Takanuk, who live in such total seclusion that they don't even know about the apocalypse or Kortan. Arak locates them, so Ramirez uses an ancient submarine that the Inuits have found in the ice to try to stop him.
Episode 27
Countdown
Fri, Nov 17, 1995 22 mins
Asklepios makes an ancient missile launch control center operational again, so Kortan gives Quentin's clan an ultimatum - either they deliver Quentin to him within 12 hours or they will be annihilated. The series ends on an open ending.