Production
Although season five was meant to be the final season of the show, The show was renewed for a sixth season. Production began in July and ended in December.When funding finally was announced, Adrian Paul was working on Endgame and said he’d only be available for half the season or eleven episodes. Peter Wingfield, Jim Byrnes, and Elizabeth Gracen were contracted to fill out the season. However, Peter and Elizabeth had other commitments that prevented them from being available for filming until November 1998. The series began filming in Paris in the summer and the producers had been approached about doing a spin-off series, which would center on a female immortal. A number of “spec” scripts for the new series were filmed as episodes to fill out the season. But, funding was again cut and only thirteen episodes were filmed. Duncan does not appear at all in two of the episodes, Two of Hearts and Indiscretions (which does feature both Peter Wingfield and Jim Byrnes). Indiscretions was the last episode filmed for the series, but was shown before the finale two-parter, To Be and Not To Be.
Starring:
- Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod)
- Stan Kirsch (Richie Ryan)
- Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson)
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