Duncan has left his troubles behind in Seacouver, and arrived in Paris where he is picked up by Fitz. The ride in Fitz's car is not without complications, as someone tries to shove it off the road. Duncan and Fitz end up sliding for quite some distance through the French countryside in Fitz's overturned vehicle. Apparently, Fitz is now teaching at the Cordon Bleu and is in love with the beautiful Naomi, who has a jealous ex-lover Patrick.
Fitz has a history of dangerous entanglements, and we are flashed back to Verona, Italy in 1637 where Duncan is entrusted with the virginity of the prince's daughter Arianna. Fitz knows that trust to be a moot subject, having been shown a few things himself by the lady in question. Duncan is ordered to kill Fitz, and he does so, but refuses to take the Immortal's head even under the prince's orders. Duncan and Fitz become very good friends.
Kalas. Remember Kalas? This is a story about Kalas.
Kalas takes advantage of Naomi's crazed ex-lover and encourages him to fight Fitz. Patrick is humiliated, and when he shows up dead, Fitz is the Prime Suspect and must flee. Kalas challenges Fitz under the bridge at the Bastille, and Fitz loses by a head. Duncan shows up in time to challenge Kalas, but Kalas escapes.
We all mourn for Hugh Fitzcairn, the merriest of Immortals, the one who seemed to find Immortality a great and joyous experience.
Questions:
1. If they just could have eliminated the boring plotline of Naomi and her former lover, this would have been a much more interesting and entertaining episode. If they just could have eliminated the main plotline of Kalas, this could have been a much more happy series! Was the death of Fitzcairn a *good* thing or a *bad* thing for Highlander: the Series, as a whole?
2. Arianna seemed to have been a woman of good taste, who could truly enjoy Fitzcairn's lust for life in every conceivable fashion. Naomi's character is not nearly as fleshed out, and she seems *not* to be the lover whose charms could, would or should have led Fitz eventually to his death. Name a character, fictional or real, for whose love Fitzcairn's death would not have been such a travesty of waste.
3. Duncan and Fitz are both illiterate soldiers in 1637 Verona, and they both decide it's time to learn to read. 'Tis a great pity that Fitzcairn never decided to become a writer. If Fitz and MacLeod had both become writers, what might each have written about?
4. Pretty snazzy hair and pants in old Verona, eh? Do ruffles, feathers, and brocade detract from persona of the essential warrior?
5. Describe the meaning of the title "Star-Crossed" as it applies to this episode.