Episodes
See also: List of Highlander episodesThe total running time of the 22 episodes of the second season was 1,060 minutes.
| # | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "The Watchers" | Clay Borris | Marie-Chantal Droney | September 27, 1993 (1993-09-27) | 93201-23 |
| MacLeod, Tessa and Richie settle back into the antique shop in the United States. Following a clue written by Darius on the Fifth Chronicle, MacLeod finds Horton's bookshop and meets Dawson, Horton's daughter Lynn (Kehli O'Byrne) and her fiancé Robert (Cameron Bancroft). Dawson explains all about the Watchers to MacLeod, who follows Dawson to find Horton. When Robert considers leaving the Hunters because MacLeod spared his life, Horton kills Robert. Accompanied by Dawson and Lynn, MacLeod confronts Horton, who admits to killing Darius and Robert. MacLeod stabs Horton but Horton shoots him dead. When MacLeod revives, Dawson, Horton and Lynn have disappeared. | |||||
| 02 | "Studies in Light" | Peter Ellis | Naomi Janzen | October 4, 1993 (1993-10-04) | 93202-24 |
| MacLeod, Tessa and Richie visit the photograph exhibition of MacLeod's friend Gregor Powers (Joel Wyner). There MacLeod meets Linda Plager (Sheila Moore), who was his lover in 1938 and is now an old, frail lady. While MacLeod ponders whether he will tell Linda about his immortality, Powers nearly kills Richie trying to make Richie show some fear of death. MacLeod realizes Powers has seen too many people die and is now desperate and nihilistic. MacLeod pretends to behead him to make him feel fear again. Later, MacLeod reveals his immortality to Linda as she lies dying. | |||||
| 03 | "Turnabout" | Clay Borris | David Tynan | October 11, 1993 (1993-10-11) | 93203-25 |
| Immortal Michael Moore (Geraint Wyn Davies) visits MacLeod for help because Moore's nemesis Quenten Barnes has reappeared. MacLeod helps Moore to track Barnes, but nobody, including Moore, realizes that Barnes is actually Moore's alternate, evil personality. Tessa attracts Barnes's interest, and he nearly strangles her before MacLeod intervenes. MacLeod and Moore eventually realize the truth, and as Moore begs MacLeod to kill him so that Barnes dies, MacLeod beheads Moore. | |||||
| 04 | "The Darkness" | Paolo Barzman | Christian Bouveron & Lawrence Shore | October 18, 1993 (1993-10-18) | 93204-26 |
| MacLeod and Tessa spend the evening in a gypsy cafe where small-time psychic Greta (Traci Lords) tells Tessa to leave the city because she is in danger. Then Tessa is kidnapped by Pallin Wolf (Andrew Jackson), a Hunter who uses mortals as a bait to kill Immortals in a dark room using night vision goggles. MacLeod enlists Greta's help and finally locates Wolf's house. MacLeod kills Wolf and frees Tesssa with Richie and tells them to go out while he searches Wolf's house; there Tessa and Richie are shot dead by a drug addict mugging for money. While Richie revives, becoming Immortal, Tessa dies. MacLeod is devastated and asks Ritchie to sell everything; leaving the antique shop, car and his former life behind. | |||||
| 05 | "Eye For An Eye" | Dennis Berry | Elizabeth Baxter and Martin Broussellet | October 25, 1993 (1993-10-25) | 93205-27 |
| MacLeod buys Charlie DeSalvo's dojo to live in and asks Charlie to run it for him. Richie attracts the ire of Immortal Annie Devlin (Sheena Easton) by foiling her attempt at a terror attack against the British Consulate. MacLeod trains Richie at swordsmanship and tries to convince Devlin not to fight Richie, but fails. Richie eventually wins his fight against Devlin, but is unable to behead her. MacLeod presents Richie with a Spanish rapier. | |||||
| 06 | "The Zone" | Clay Borris | Peter Mohan | November 1, 1993 (1993-11-01) | 93206-28 |
| Dawson asks MacLeod to see if Canaan (Santino Buda), the leader of the derelict neighborhood called the Zone, is an Immortal. MacLeod enters the Zone with Charlie, who has grown up there. MacLeod realizes Canaan is mortal and decides to end his rule. MacLeod and Charlie gather the inhabitants of the Zone, but Canaan comes to the meeting with his men. MacLeod and Charlie fight them and stop Canaan. | |||||
| 07 | "The Return of Amanda" | Dennis Berry | Story by Guy Mullaly; teleplay by David Tynan | November 8, 1993 (1993-11-08) | 93207-29 |
| In 1936 in Berlin, Germany, Amanda steals money plates while MacLeod tries to smuggle scientist Lev Arkin (Michael Puttonen) to England. When MacLeod's contact Werner (Robert Wisden) betrays him, MacLeod has no choice but to trust Amanda to fly Arkin away while he escapes on road. In the present, Amanda is wanted by the FBI. MacLeod quickly figures out that Amanda wants to counterfeit money with the old plates, but so does Special Agent Palance (Don S. Davis), who blackmails them into giving him the plates before shooting them dead. MacLeod and Amanda revive shortly after, and Palance is arrested thanks to Richie who has filmed the whole scene. | |||||
| 08 | "Revenge of the Sword" | Clay Borris | Aubrey Solomon | November 15, 1993 (1993-11-15) | 93208-30 |
| Charlie's young friend Jimmy Song (Dustin Nguyen) films a kung fu movie in the dojo. As a stuntman is poisoned and the set is vandalized, it becomes clear that someone wants to stop the production. MacLeod reluctantly agrees to protect the young, arrogant star. MacLeod discovers Jimmy used to work for underground boss Johnny Leong (Robert Ito) and revealed Leong's gang activities in the movie script. Jimmy decides to kill Leong himself, but he is overpowered by Leong's men. MacLeod fights them and frees Jimmy. | |||||
| 09 | "Run For Your Life" | Dennis Berry | Naomi Janzen | November 22, 1993 (1993-11-22) | 93209-31 |
| In 1926, MacLeod saved Immortal Carl Robinson from white supremacist lynchers in Louisiana. In the present, Robinson is chased by racist policeman Carter (Geza Kovacs) who turns out to be a Hunter determined to kill him. MacLeod helps Robinson overcome his hate against racists and ambush Carter. Robinson then resumes his baseball career and plans to become a politician. | |||||
| 10 | "Epitaph for Tommy" | Clay Borris | Philip John Taylor | November 29, 1993 (1993-11-29) | 93210-32 |
| MacLeod is challenged by Immortal Anthony Gallen (Roddy Piper), but their fight is interrupted by Tommy Bannen, who is killed by Gallen. MacLeod meets Tommy's mother (Jan D'Arcy) at the funeral and, touched by her grief, investigates Tommy's employers Mike Honniger (Ken Camroux) and his daughter Suzanne (Andrea Roth). MacLeod discovers that Tommy had been hired by Mike to kill Gallen. Gallen and his lover Suzanne want to take over Mike's company; they kill Mike, then Gallen kills Suzanne and fights MacLeod, who beheads him. | |||||
| 11 | "The Fighter" | Peter Ellis | Morrie Ruvinsky | January 31, 1994 (1994-01-31) | 93211-33 |
| In 1891, Tommy Sullivan (Bruce Weitz) talked MacLeod into a prizefight against the local boxing champion, which MacLeod won, despite the intervention of the police. Sullivan then killed promoter Wilson (Russell Roberts) to recover the one thousand dollars of the prize. In the present, Sullivan is training George Belcher (Wren Robertz) and trying to go out with Iris (Cali Timmins), a maid at the bar owned by promoter Frank Coleman (Tom McBeath). Sullivan kills Coleman when he tries to buy George, then he kills George for betraying him. MacLeod decides that his friend has gone too far, challenges him and beheads him. | |||||
| 12 | "Under Color of Authority" | Clay Borris | Peter Mohan | February 7, 1994 (1994-02-07) | 93212-34 |
| Richie saves Lauren (Deanna Milligan) from bounty hunter Mako (Jonathan Banks). MacLeod remembers how Mako had killed his friend Tim Ramsey (Lochlyn Munro) in 1882 because he put the letter before the spirit of the law. Mako will not let Lauren go for she has accidentally killed her violent husband, so Richie ignores MacLeod's advice and flees with Lauren. Mako chases them and hits Lauren with his car, killing her. An infuriated Richie fights Mako and beheads him. MacLeod tells Richie to leave the town. | |||||
| 13 | "Bless the Child" | Clay Borris | Elizabeth Baxter and Martin Broussellet | February 14, 1994 (1994-02-14) | 93213-35 |
| While camping in the mountains, MacLeod and Charlie meet Sara Lightfoot (Michelle Thrush) and baby Jamie, who are fleeing the Hoskins family. MacLeod and Charlie help Sara escape across the mountains, but MacLeod's growing suspicions that Sara is not the mother of Jamie are eventually confirmed. While MacLeod goes to talk to Avery Hoskins (Ed Lauter), who agrees to end the feud peacefully, Avery's brother Billy (Jon Cuthbert) drops to the rocky edge where Charlie, Sara and Jamie are hiding and falls to his death. Sara agrees to give Jamie back to his father. | |||||
| 14 | "Unholy Alliance" | Peter Ellis | David Tynan | February 21, 1994 | 93214-36 |
| Xavier St. Cloud employs mercenaries to behead fellow Immortals. Dawson warns MacLeod and MacLeod and Charlie barely escape Xavier's attack unscathed. MacLeod meets CID Special Agent Renee Delaney, who is investigating Xavier. Despite MacLeod's warnings, Charlie insists on following him. MacLeod punches Charlie so that he does not witness MacLeod's fight with Xavier, but Charlie sees Horton shoot MacLeod in the chest, before getting shot himself. Horton and his Hunters turn out to be Xavier's associates. MacLeod breaks into the Dawson family crypt to find Horton's grave empty and is infuriated to find that Dawson knew that Horton was alive. | |||||
| 15 | "Unholy Alliance Part Two" | Peter Ellis | David Tynan | February 28, 1994 (1994-02-28) | 93215-37 |
| Charlie is slowly recovering and demands to know how MacLeod could survive several shots in the chest, which MacLeod says "is magic." MacLeod is followed by Special Agent Delaney on his way to Paris, where Xavier and Horton have fled. After Delaney is shot in the arm by one of Horton's men, Dawson finally shoots Horton. MacLeod uses his new neighbour Maurice's help to find Xavier's address, fights Xavier and beheads him. As MacLeod and Delaney kiss goodbye, Horton watches them in the background. | |||||
| 16 | "The Vampire" | Dennis Berry | J.P. Couture | March 7, 1994 (1994-03-07) | 93216-38 |
| In 1840, MacLeod was doing business in Paris with merchantmen Henry Jacom (Trevor Peacock) and William Stillwell (Peter Vizard). Stillwell is seemingly killed by a vampire. MacLeod realizes Immortal Nicholas Ward (Jeremy Brudenell) is Juliette Jacom's (Tonya Kinzinger) fiancee. After the "vampire" kills Henry Jacom and vampire hunter Alan Baines (Denis Lill), MacLeod challenges Ward, but their fight is interrupted. In the present, MacLeod's friend Helene Piper (Nathalie Presles), who is Ward's lover, mourns her father, and as her producer Peter Wells (Jack Galloway) is killed too, MacLeod recognizes Ward's modus operandi. He challenges Ward and beheads him. | |||||
| 17 | "Warmonger" | Bruno Gantillon | Christian Bouveron and Lawrence Shore | March 14, 1994 (1994-03-14) | 93217-39 |
| Immortal Arthur Drake (Peter Firth) kills President Chescu (André Oumansky). MacLeod prevents Eli Jarmel (Tom Watson) from killing Drake, who killed Eli's family years ago. Eli is gravely wounded in his second attempt at killing Drake, but MacLeod refuses to intervene because he has promised not to fight Drake in 1919 after Drake let his lover Katerina (Anna Miasedova) and her family live. Before dying, Eli says MacLeod's keeping his word is only vanity. MacLeod changes his mind, fights Drake and beheads him. | |||||
| 18 | "Legacy" | Dennis Berry | Elizabeth Baxter | April 25, 1994 (1994-04-25) | 93218-40 |
| Luther (Emile Abossolo M'Bo) beheads fellow Immortal Rebecca Horne (Nadia Cameron), his and Amanda's teacher. Amanda comes to MacLeod for help and they find out that Luther gathers the crystal parts that Rebecca gave each of her students, with the belief that the whole crystal will make him invincible. Amanda challenges Luther to avenge Rebecca's death. Luther is about to behead Amanda when MacLeod stops him by producing the crystal he has taken from Luther's men. Luther renounces to behead Amanda and fights MacLeod instead. MacLeod beheads him and gives the crystal to Amanda. | |||||
| 19 | "Prodigal Son" | Paolo Barzman | David Tynan | May 2, 1994 (1994-05-02) | 93219-41 |
| Richie joins MacLeod in Paris because he is being chased by Immortal Martin Hyde (Michael Siberry), who wants MacLeod's head. MacLeod remembers how Hyde had hunted him the same way to find Connor MacLeod in 1630. As Hyde frames Richie for the murders he has committed himself, MacLeod realizes he cannot behead Hyde right now if he wants Richie to get out of jail. MacLeod tricks Hyde into confessing the murders when police is listening, resulting in Hyde faking his own death by falling off a roof. With Richie now free, MacLeod fights Hyde and beheads him. | |||||
| 20 | "Pharaoh's Daughter" | Dennis Berry | Christian Bouveron and Lawrence Shore | May 9, 1994 (1994-05-09) | 93220-42 |
| MacLeod frees fellow Immortal Nefertiri (Nia Peeples) from her sarcophagus where she has spent 2,000 years. They are followed by Immortal Marcus Constantine (James Faulkner), who had been Nefertiri's lover in 30 BCE, before Nefertiri committed suicide because Rome had conquered Egypt. Defiant at first, MacLeod realizes that Constantine is genuinely prepared to make peace with Nefertiri; but Nefertiri never forgave Constantine for conquering Egypt and kills Constantine's wife Angela (Diana Bellego). Constantine refuses to defend himself when she challenges him, so MacLeod fights and beheads her. | |||||
| 21 | "Counterfeit" | Paolo Barzman | Story by David Tynan; teleplay by Brad Wright | May 16, 1994 | 93221-43 |
| Horton sets up an elaborate trap to kill MacLeod. Horton uses Pete Wilder (Martin Cummins) to befriend Richie and make MacLeod suspicious, spreading discord between them. In the meanwhile he has murderer Lisa Halle (Meilani Paul) kidnapped and her appearance modified through plastic surgery to make her look like Tessa. Horton's men follow Pete to MacLeod's barge and kill him under MacLeod's and Richie's eyes. | |||||
| 22 | "Counterfeit Part Two" | Dennis Berry | David Tynan | May 23, 1994 (1994-05-23) | 93222-44 |
| Horton uses Lisa (now played by Alexandra Vandernoot) as bait to trap MacLeod. MacLeod meets Lisa at Pete's burial and half believes he has found Tessa again, missing her as much as he does. While he is eagerly pursuing a relationship with her, Richie and Dawson express concern about his behavior as well as at the fact that Horton might have resurfaced. MacLeod accepts the truth when he discovers a scar on Lisa's jaw. MacLeod confronts Lisa at the cemetery, and Horton kills her on Tessa's grave. MacLeod kills Horton, leaving Paris with Richie. |
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