Mac and Fitz, each bent upon his own little plan, meet in the bowels of Westminster Abbey in 1720. Mac wants to steal the Stone of Scone and Fitz just wants to blow the place up. They decide to join forces, but whose plan to follow? They meet on the field of honor and play a round of golf. Fitz cheats and wins. In 1950 Fitz, Mac and Amanda are playing golf together and Fitz cheats. Amanda catches him and rats him out to Mac. Fitz admits to not having cheated for centuries, and Mac suddenly knows why the Stone of Scone is still in Westminster Abbey, which is still standing.
Amanda convinces herself that the Stone must be worth stealing and fencing in order to pay her debts, so she and Fitz and Mac steal it on Christmas. Amanda is not happy to discover that the fabulous Stone of Scone is not an amazingly huge diamond that will solve all her problems, but a big ugly hunk of rock with a reputation. The man she was in partnership with to fence the rock is also not happy, but Amanda escapes from his plans by confessing to the cops and ratting out Fitz. Again. Fitz is taken to the clink from a warm bed in which he had been making a lady happy. Fitz is not happy being charged with treason, but he and Amanda are soon making wagers as to their futures.
Mac has possession of the Stone and makes a deal with Winston Churchill to return the Stone in exchange for the release of Amanda and Fitz. Mac makes a copy of the Stone, which falls to the ground and breaks, and the broken copy is what is returned to the English. Mac, Amanda and Fitz play another round a golf, and we see that the original Stone of Scone is now sitting just where a place to sit is needed on a golf course in Scotland.
Questions:
1. The English press seemed way overwhelmed by the theft of the Stone of Scone. Was the coverage as presented in this HL episode completely within keeping for an event of this magnitude? Was it really treason to steal a rock? Was Amanda overstating the case when she predicting hanging as their punishment?
2. Does the comic dynamic among Mac, Amanda and Fitz really work? The partnerships between Mac and Amanda, Fitz and Amanda, and Mac and Fitz all work; but do they play well off each other as a trio? Does the comedy of this episode work well or is it rather weak and obvious? Do you like this episode? Where does it rank among the comedy episodes of Highlander?
3. Does golf have a deeper meaning to this episode than just being a pleasant way to spend an afternoon and a good way to decide matters of contention? Is there a reasonable explanation for Mac's leaving the Stone on a golf course?
4. That Amanda and Fitz seemed to have some sort of history together is an interesting concept. Too bad we didn't get an Amanda and Fitz episode. What might they have done together without the sober, steadying influence of Duncan MacLeod?
5. Hair and pants are all over the place in this episode. Any comment would be more than enough. Make one.