Blackmail
- Original air date: 28 November 1994
- Written by: Morrie Ruvinsky
- Directed by: Paolo Barzman
- Credited Cast: Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson)
- Guest cast: Bruce Dinsmore (Robert Waverly), Barbara Tyson (Barbara Waverly), Anthony De Longis (Lymon Kurlow), Kelly Fiddick (Johnny), Bill Croft (Peter Matlin), Vicent Gale (Lattimore), Justine Priestley (Lisa Crane), Adrien Dorval (Jailer), Gordon Tipple (Hangman)
Lawyer Robert Waverly is leaving his mistress' apartment with his video camera when he sees MacLeod locked in combat with an evil Immortal. Waverly gets it all on tape - the fight, the beheading, the Quickening. He later tries to cut a deal with MacLeod: if MacLeod kills Waverly's wife, then Waverly won't go to the police. When Kurlow, partner of the Immortal MacLeod killed on the tape, comes after MacLeod, Waverly, unaware of what he's dealing with, proposes another deal. A la "Strangers on a Train," Waverly will kill Kurlow and MacLeod will kill his wife, and no one will suspect a thing. Waverly challenges Kurlow, who kills Waverly easily and MacLeod is left to save Waverly's wife and get rid of Kurlow.
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