Four Horsemen, alike in dignity ...
Nope.
Everyone has gone off to Europe to reunite the Four Horsemen, or to hunt them down. It all depends if you're Kronos and Methos or Cassandra and Duncan. Kronos and Methos find Silas in the Ukrainian forest. He's a jolly sort, if not the brightest crayon in the box. Caspian is righteously being held in an asylum as criminally insane, but he's busted loose, and the Horsemen are reunited. Methos leaves a little clue for Duncan to find when he and Cassandra follow the trail of the Horsemen. Cassandra doesn't trust it. She's being extremely paranoid and vindictive, and who can blame her?
It turns out that Kronos has been developing lethal viruses in his effort continue the Horsemen's mission of conquering the world. Kronos allows Methos the time and freedom to warn MacLeod of the first viral attack, which he does, and MacLeod keeps the thing from exploding in a fountain. While Mac is out saving the neighborhood, Kronos & company kidnap Cassandra from the hotel, and take her to the abandoned submarine base which is now Horsemen Headquarters. They lock her up in a cage. Silas and Caspian are sent to whack Mac, but Mac whacks Caspian instead, and proceeds to the submarine base.
Kronos tells Methos to tell Silas to whack Cassandra, but he whacks Silas instead, as Mac battles Kronos and whacks him. Double Quickening. As Mac and Methos recover from their Q2, Cassandra grabs a sword and makes as if to behead Methos. She and Mac scream at each other until she gets the message and runs off, leaving Methos' head firmly attached to his shoulders, and knowing her place in the world.
Questions:
1. Methos seems to make a point of telling Mac that he's going to fly with the winning team regardless of moral implications. But he seems conflicted throughout the two episodes, saving Cassandra from Kronos; leaving the matchbook cover to guide them; warning Mac about the coming viral attack. Then he whacks his Horseman brother Silas. When do you think he made the decision to be on the side of "good"? Why was it so hard for him to make that decision? Does he truly believe that long life is worth more than a righteous life? Is he the ultimate pragmatist? Is he evil? Has he changed from evil to good, or did he always just do the most convenient thing, take the easiest path, once that path was made known to him?
2. Duncan can't find it in him to forgive Methos, but he still screams at Cassandra to keep her from killing him. Why? Did she not have every right to behead him, knowing their violent history, and at the very least, under The Rule "There Can Be Only One"?
3. This arc was a showpiece for Methos, giving us part of his history, showing that he was not always the passive, beer guzzling, couch lounging, wise cracking "just a guy" that he so successfully portrays in current times. Knowing that he was regarded as the brains of the Horseman Organization, and that he was still respected in that regard by the Horsemen, and stepped back into that position without an apparent second thought, is Methos a Good Guy? Or is he just a whole heckuva lot more complex than he was ever given credit for before this arc?
4. Cassandra opened the door of her hotel room, allowing the Horsemen to kidnap her without so much as the trouble of breaking down a door. How did they get her past the front desk? Describe the escape scenario making it as entertaining as possible. Do not rule out the possibility of laundry chutes, wrapping her in an antique Persian rug, and utilizing equipment conveniently placed while grand pianos are being hoisted to the penthouse of the hotel.
5. Given the choice between keeping Cassandra as a pet and taking one of the experimental monkeys at the submarine base, Silas would have asked for a monkey. This whole Life Episode is just one humiliation after another for Cassandra.I think a good month at an excellent spa would do her a world of good. Where do you suppose she went after leaving the submarine base?