Once again, Duncan MacLeod's past intrudes on the present, but this time with a supernatural twist.
Duncan had an Immortal friend, Alec, whose mortal wife was murdered by Immortal Kragan back in 1886. Alec vows vengeance, but never carries it out. In present day, Alec's newly widowed latest wife Jennifer goes to Duncan, thinking that Alec is ghosting around, still waiting for someone to kill Kragen. Since Duncan had promised to do the deed if Alec was unable to carry out his vengeful deed, he goes hunting for Kragen and whacks him.
In the meantime, Jennifer and Richie get a case of the irresistibles for each other and climb into the sack together. Much to Richie's surprise, Joe tells him that Jennifer's late husband was one of Richie's victims during his End of Innocence phase. Richie confesses to Duncan, who doesn't take the news well, even though Richie has the perfectly acceptable excuse that it was Alec's Quickening that caused him to get the big pants for Jennifer. Richie confesses to Jennifer, who tries to get Duncan to whack Richie out of respect for Alec. When Duncan refuses, Jennifer shoots Richie and gets ready to behead him. Alec's spirit makes an appearance and Duncan manages to stop her.
Questions:
1. After his experience with the Dark Quickening, why would Duncan even hesitate to accept the notion that Richie might be sort of possessed by Alec's libido by way of his Quickening? Do we believe Richie was possessed or was he just being Richie?
2. The scene in which Duncan whacked Kragen is kind of surreal. Got Duncan killing a guy who didn't kill the fellow he was avenging, but who did kill the fellow's wife a hundred years ago. Can we imagine and/or describe the angst that must have followed all this?
3. Jennifer/Genevieve? Supernatural connections require similar names. It's a convention in Highlander, starting with why bad Immortals usually have names that start with K, and is only muddied when a good Immortal goes bad like Coltec ... whose name probably would have actually started with an actual K if he'd started out bad instead of just being an Immortal fusebox who finally blew. Other examples? Discussion?
4. Little Deer and Kahani make spectral appearances during the Quickening after Duncan kills Kern in Line of Fire. Alec makes a ghostly non-Quickening appearance in Haunted. Are they trying to set us up for Ahriman?
5. When this episode first aired, comment was made about Duncan's smoking a cigar, and the unlikelyhood of such a thing. If he descended further into such debauchery, he might begin drinking and chasing women. Where am I going with this?