Brothers in Arms
- Original air date: 2 October 1995
- Written by: Morrie Ruvinsky
- Directed by: Charles Wilkinson
- Credited Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson)
- Guest cast: Wolfgang Bodison (Andrew Cord), Philip Akin (Charlie DeSalvo), Liliana Komorowska (Mara Leonin), Chris Bradford (Young Joe Dawson), Jeffrey Renn (Young Ian Bancroft), Garrison Chrisjohn (Dr. Weldon), Mercedes Tang (Vietnamese Woman)
Friends become enemies and the past is revealed when Immortal Andrew Cord in gunned down and MacLeod discovers the sniper is Charlie DeSalvo, his good friend who used to run the dojo. Charlie, who left MacLeod to fight the good fight in the Balkans with his love, Mara, is after Cord, who murdered her. Dawson knows Cord as the man who saved his life in Vietnam after a mine explosion took his legs and he begs MacLeod not to fight him. MacLeod agrees—until Cord turns the tables and sets his sights on Charlie.
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