Mac and Methos are hanging out, when they get The Buzz and Methos takes a hike. He has no interest in discovering who might be looking for him. But Mac investigates, and there is Cassandra. She's hunting for Kronos, one of the Four Horsemen. Methos shows up at Mac's place and Cassandra's reaction is less than welcoming. In fact she accuses him of being a Totally Bad Guy. He denies it all. Turns out that Kronos is looking for another of the Four Horsemen. That would be Methos.
Duncan learns the history of the Horsemen and Cassandra and he's not very happy with Methos. Imagine! A friend of his with a hidden horrific history of murder and rampage and rape! that he was not confessing voluntarily and for which he was not asking forgiveness! INCONCEIVABLE! Mac and Methos split up in a heart-wrenching scene next to the Methos' car.
Cassandra gets all dressed up in high heeled shoes and a sword and goes after Kronos. Methos uses a little Molotov cocktail to stop the battle, and drops her off a bridge. Kronos is ready to take Methos' head, but Methos knows where the remaining two Horsemen are, and the idea of reuniting the Four is irresistible, so he spares Methos.
Mac promises Cassandra that they'll go a-hunting for Kronos and Methos.
Questions.
1. People get all confused about Cassandra, whether she should have long ago forgiven Methos for keeping her slave all those years ago; whether she was nursing her rage and resentment way past time she should have let it all go. Some people think her very hatred of Methos is undeserved, and that she's relatively evil herownself, especially if she can't tell that Methos Has Changed and is no longer Death on a Horse. Some people think Methos should have been tied down by his nads and Cassandra been given a knife with which to extract his vitals or pretties, as she chose. Weigh in with carefully considered opinions, keeping in mind that we're not seeing the whole story, and we have been presented a carefully edited version of the tale of Methos & Cassandra.
2. Consider the Following Foursome: Duncan, Cassandra, Methos, Amanda. Who would win at Monopoly?
3. People come away with differing opinions of Methos. For some, he lost his attraction all together. For others, the image of Kiss-Me-Methos was equally as attractive as the image of Evil Duncan MacLeod was in earlier episodes. Could a common, yet ever-so-attractive Evil Immortal like Grayson ever hope to compete? You may take into consideration such attributes and accoutrements as refusal to shave, wearing an earring, choice of pants, hair length and style, decorating oneself with blue paint, being a snappy dresser, manner, and attitude.
4. Is, or is not, "Greetings, Brother" the most chillingly perfect entrance line ever made by an Immortal, bad or good? Has any made more of a statement or left a more lasting impression?
5. Which is more of a fashion statement: blue face paint or extremely acrylic fingernails?