Revenge Is Sweet

If you can believe Vanity as a vengeful mortal out to wreak havoc on Duncan MacLeod for supposedly whacking her boyfriend, a fairly evil Immortal named Walter Reinhardt, then you are a True Believer.

There are some good scenes in the episode. Tessa climbing into that skintight little black dress, then getting The Itch and Duncan having to rush her into the glass-walled shower and strip her and give her a good rinsing off. That's a good one. And Tessa imitating Vanity being superior is a real hoot.

Angie makes an appearance as Richie's non-girlfriend who buys a used car from him and insists on satisfaction when it practically explodes on her. I like how she grinds him down a little ("You TOLD me it was a GOOD CAR, RICHIE!") while he squirms. Then there's the scene where Richie is told to drive the really expensive car to the customer and pick up a check in payment. Right. Uh-huh.

The fake duel between Rebecca Lord and Duncan for the benefit of Walter, is pretty entertaining ... a lot more entertaining than watching her stab that dummy in the heart a few dozen times. The quickening with all the pots exploding was good, but one has to wonder if Dunkie just left Walter, headless, out in the garden for Rebecca to deal with. I wonder about that, but I don't wonder hard or for very long.

The obligatory scene where Rebecca mourns that she met Walter before she could meet Duncan and thereby Got It All Wrong was kind of sick-making, but ... then you gotta figure that Duncan dodged a bullet on THAT one and everything's okay again.

Questions:

1. Who ever bought a used car and had 'em deliver it to you in the dark of night, with only the promise of a check? Whatever happened to signing 14 separate pieces of paper and waiting while the salesguy talked to the manager 6 times to okay different parts of the deal?

Bonus Question: Would you buy a used car from Richie Ryan?

2. Walter Reinhardt must have been a salesguy at a women's clothing store in order to fit that little black dress to Tessa to perfection like that. Did Tessa tip the guy who delivered it to her?

3. Wouldn't Angie have made a great Immortal? Couldn't you just see her with a sword in her hand, laughing as she beheaded ... the sales manager on the used car lot?

4. Had the Highlander convention of Pixie Dust been invented by the time Duncan left Walter in separate pieces in the garden?

5.. Hadn't TPTB learned their lesson from Joan Jett in Free Fall? Discuss.

6. Duncan in a poufy shirt ... serendipity or callous calculation?

7. Duncan's jeans. A fashion "DO" or a fashion "DON'T"? Could he get a wallet in the back pocket?