Episode guide
Highlander: The Series: Season 1
22 episodes · premiered Oct 3, 1992
The adventures of Duncan MacLeod, a 400-year-old Immortal who can only die if he is beheaded; conflict inevitably finds him because he is part of the Game, an ongoing battle in which all Immortals have to fight and behead each other until only one is left.
- Episode 1: The Gathering Oct 3, 1992 · 48m Duncan McLeod is roused from his peaceful existence with the love of this life, Tessa Noel, when he is challenged to Immortal combat by Slan Quince, an Evil Immortal. An old friend and…
- Episode 2: Family Tree Oct 10, 1992 · 48m Richie falls for a con man's ploy when he attempts to find out more about his parents, whom he has never known. The con uses Richie for a place to crash and anything else he can get out of…
- Episode 3: Road Not Taken Oct 17, 1992 · 48m A deadly herbal drug takes the life of Richie's friend, and MacLeod suspects the source of the drug is another Immortal, Kiem Sun, who has long sought to perfect such a drug and remove its…
- Episode 4: Innocent Man Oct 24, 1992 · 48m An Immortal friend of MacLeod's is beheaded in his isolated mountain retreat where he had hoped - like MacLeod - to retire from the fight for a while. A brain-damaged, homeless veteran is…
- Episode 5: Free Fall Oct 31, 1992 · 48m A beautiful young woman, Felicia Martins, throws herself to her death, only to revive with the realization that she is an Immortal. She seeks out Duncan MacLeod as her mentor, and becomes…
- Episode 6: Bad Day in Building A Nov 7, 1992 · 48m While visiting the courthouse to clear up Tessa's traffic tickets, MacLeod, Tessa, and Richie are among a group that is taken hostage by a band of men bent on freeing their leader, Slade…
- Episode 7: Mountain Men Nov 14, 1992 · 48m When Tessa is taken by a band of Survivalists who live off the land in the vastness of the Pacific Northwest, MacLeod must call on all of his own skills, honed a hundred and fifty years…
- Episode 8: Deadly Medicine Nov 21, 1992 · 48m MacLeod is struck and "killed" by a speeding automobile. When he revives in the hospital, he attracts the attention of a deranged doctor, who kidnaps MacLeod for his research on a miracle…
- Episode 9: The Sea Witch Dec 5, 1992 · 48m Richie Ryan tries to protect an old girlfriend, Nikki, from a band of drug dealers. This puts them both in jeopardy from an Immortal, Voshin, whom MacLeod knows from an adventure during…
- Episode 10: Revenge is Sweet Dec 12, 1992 · 48m 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…
- Episode 11: See No Evil Dec 19, 1992 · 48m A serial killer dubbed The Scalper' is attacking blonde women, including a friend of Tessa's. MacLeod recognizes the pattern of an Immortal who, betrayed by the woman he loved, became a…
- Episode 12: Eyewitness Feb 6, 1993 · 48m Tessa witnesses the murder of a painter, Anne Wheeler, but the absence of a body leads everyone but MacLeod to doubt her story. MacLeod supports Tessa in her quest to obtain justice for…
- Episode 13: Band of Brothers Feb 13, 1993 · 48m Warning comes from MacLeod's old friend Darius, a monk over 2000 years old, that Grayson, Darius' one-time protege, is now stalking Darius' other students -- among them, possibly, MacLeod…
- Episode 14: For Evil's Sake Feb 20, 1993 · 48m An Evil Immortal, Kuyler, has hired himself out down through time as an assassin -- the most successful killer in all of history. He strikes again in modern day Paris using his signature…
- Episode 15: For Tomorrow We Die Feb 27, 1993 · 48m MacLeod stumbles across the trail of an Immortal, Xavier St. Cloud, who has lived in hedonistic splendor down through the ages by remorseless robbing and killing innocent men and women…
- Episode 16: The Beast Below Mar 6, 1993 · 48m A mysterious death at the Paris Opera re-acquaints Duncan MacLeod with one of the strangest Immortals he has met in his many travels over the centuries. Ursa is a hulking giant -- more…
- Episode 17: Saving Grace Mar 13, 1993 · 48m Grace Chandel has been a Good Immortal, working for the betterment of mankind as a midwife, doctor, and scientist over the centuries. Her one weakness is another Immortal, Carlo Sendaro, a…
- Episode 18: The Lady and the Tiger Apr 24, 1993 · 48m A day at the circus reunites MacLeod with a former lover, the Immortal femme-fatale, Amanda, who has always meant big trouble for him. Amanda, meanwhile, is in trouble of her own as her…
- Episode 19: Eye of the Beholder May 1, 1993 · 48m Richie meets a beautiful young woman who leads him into the world of haute couture. His youthful jealousy causes him to run afoul of a world-class fashion designer, a deadly Immortal.
- Episode 20: Avenging Angel May 8, 1993 · 48m When fatal stabbing fails to kill him, Alfred Cahill becomes convinced that he has been chosen by a higher power to wage a crusade against 'perversion', and cuts a bloody path through…
- Episode 21: Nowhere to Run May 15, 1993 · 48m When the stepdaughter of an Immortal is raped, the Immortal comes after the young man. MacLeod, a guest in the home of the accused boy's father, feels he must protect the family from this…
- Episode 22: The Hunters May 22, 1993 · 48m MacLeod's old compatriot Hugh Fitzcairn comes to town bearing a mystery -- some of their other Immortal friends have disappeared suspiciously. MacLeod realizes that someone may be…