Highlander: The Series Season 1
The adventures of Duncan MacLeod, a 400-year-old Immortal who can only die if he is beheaded; conflict inevitably finds him because he is part of the Game, an ongoing battle in which all Immortals have to fight and behead each other until only one is left.
01. The Gathering
Duncan McLeod is roused from his peaceful existence with the love of this life, Tessa Noel, when he is challenged to Immortal combat by Slan Quince, an Evil Immortal. An old friend and Clansman, Connor MacLeod, comes to try and convince Duncan to once more join the fray in the battle of Good versus Evil. This episode also introduces Richie Ryan, a kid from the streets whom Duncan befriends after catching him breaking into his antique store.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Christopher Lambert
Connor MacLeod
Richard Moll
Slan Quinse
Amy Pietz
Reporter
Wendell Wright
Sgt. Powell
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Dan Gordon
Writer
Thomas J. Wright
Director
02. Family Tree
Richie falls for a con man's ploy when he attempts to find out more about his parents, whom he has never known. The con uses Richie for a place to crash and anything else he can get out of him by pretending to be his father. MacLeod also relives his past in the memories of first becoming immortal and being cast out of his clan by his father.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Peter DeLuise
Clinch
J.E. Freeman
Joe Scanlon
Tamsin Kelsey
Mrs. Gustavson
Walter Marsh
Mr. Stubbs
Jessica Van der Veen
Secretary
Mary McDonald
Old Peasant
Aurelio Dinunzio
Security Guard
Matthew Walker
Ian MacLeod
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Kevin Droney
Writer
Jorge Montesi
Director
03. Road Not Taken
A deadly herbal drug takes the life of Richie's friend, and MacLeod suspects the source of the drug is another Immortal, Kiem Sun, who has long sought to perfect such a drug and remove its lethal side effects for the betterment of mankind. But a disciple of Kiem Sun's is using the drug for his own gain, and MacLeod and his old friend must track him down. When it becomes clear that Kiem Sun plans to continue his experiments, MacLeod destroys the remaining sample of the drug.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Soon-Tek Oh
Kiem Sun
Dustin Nguyen
Chu Lin
Lisa Bunting
Woman Hostage
Kim Kondrashoff
Forks
Alan C. Peterson
Bartender
Paul Stafford
First Officer
Wendell Wright
Sgt. Powell
Christianne Hirt
Angie Burke
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Terry D. Nelson
Writer
Thomas J. Wright
Director
04. Innocent Man
An Immortal friend of MacLeod's is beheaded in his isolated mountain retreat where he had hoped - like MacLeod - to retire from the fight for a while. A brain-damaged, homeless veteran is charged with the grisly crime, and an attempt is made to link him to the killing of Slan Quince (the villain of episode one, 'The Gathering'), an Evil Immortal whom MacLeod himself had slain in combat. MacLeod must try and clear the innocent man and unravel the mystery of who killed his friend. Here again we get a glimpse of MacLeod's past, in flashbacks set during the American Civil War.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Vincent Schiavelli
Leo Atkins
John Novak
Sheriff Crowley
Wendell Wright
Sgt. Powell
Victor A. Young
Lucas Desiree
Todd Duckworth
Deputy Struthers
Garry Chalk
Lemoyne
Colleen Winton
Gwenn
Jason Michas
Confederate Guard
Amanda Wyss
Randi MacFarland
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Dan Gordon
Writer
Jorge Montesi
Director
05. Free Fall
A beautiful young woman, Felicia Martins, throws herself to her death, only to revive with the realization that she is an Immortal. She seeks out Duncan MacLeod as her mentor, and becomes amorously involved with Richie Ryan. But there is much more to this "ing�nue" than meets the eye. She is in fact a long-time Immortal, engaged in a wily scheme to trap MacLeod and acquire his Quickening. MacLeod must see through her subterfuge in time to protect not only himself, but also Richie.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Joan Jett
Felicia Martins
Eli Gabay
Devereux
Claudia Ferri
Devereux's Woman
Patricia Vonk
Female Executive
Ron Chartier
M.E. Assistant
Jay Brazeau
Commissioner Cominski
Leslie Carlson
Sam Thompson
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Philip John Taylor
Writer
Thomas J. Wright
Director
06. Bad Day in Building A
While visiting the courthouse to clear up Tessa's traffic tickets, MacLeod, Tessa, and Richie are among a group that is taken hostage by a band of men bent on freeing their leader, Slade, from imprisonment. When Slade's demands are not met, he chooses a hostage to sacrifice. MacLeod makes sure that hostage is himself, and returns from the dead to hunt down the gunmen one by one, as the police watch helplessly from outside.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Andrew Divoff
Bryan Slade
Jay Brazeau
Commissioner Cominski
Duncan Fraser
SWAT Commander
Don MacKay
Stanley
Alf Humphreys
Janitor
Andrea Libman
Belinda
Gary Jones
Klein
Bill Croft
Mancuso
Ken Kirzinger
Kirby
Vladimir Kulich
Pauling
Amanda Wyss
Randi MacFarland
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Kevin Droney
Writer
Jorge Montesi
Director
07. Mountain Men
When Tessa is taken by a band of Survivalists who live off the land in the vastness of the Pacific Northwest, MacLeod must call on all of his own skills, honed a hundred and fifty years earlier, when he roamed this same mountain fastness. The leader of these modern day mountain men, Caleb (who is revealed to be an Immortal), falls in love with Tessa, and in the end he and MacLeod battle to the death, axe against sword, against the primitive backdrop of the timeless wilderness.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Wes Studi
Sheriff Benson
John Dennis Johnston
Carl the Hermit
Marc Singer
Caleb Cole
Byron Lucas
Joshua Cole
Brent Stait
Eddie Doyle
Rick Poltaruk
Big John
Doug Abrahams
Benson's Deputy
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Marie-Chantal Droney
Writer
Thomas J. Wright
Director
08. Deadly Medicine
MacLeod is struck and "killed" by a speeding automobile. When he revives in the hospital, he attracts the attention of a deranged doctor, who kidnaps MacLeod for his research on a miracle cure for trauma. When MacLeod escapes from the doctor, the doctor murders a potential witness and frames MacLeod for it.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Joe Pantoliano
Doctor Wilder
Beverley Hendry
Barbara Madison
Stephen E. Miller
Sgt. Herrald
Leslie Carlson
Sam Thompson
Stephen Fanning
Jack
Amanda Wyss
Randi MacFarland
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Robert McCullough
Writer
Ray Austin
Director
09. The Sea Witch
Richie Ryan tries to protect an old girlfriend, Nikki, from a band of drug dealers. This puts them both in jeopardy from an Immortal, Voshin, whom MacLeod knows from an adventure during the Second World War when he was trying to smuggle Jewish refugees out of occupied Eastern Europe. Nikki complicates the story by withholding drug money she has stolen from the gang, thinking she can use it to make a better life for her small daughter. Tessa, meanwhile, becomes enamored of the child, raising issues for her and MacLeod.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Stephen Macht
Alexei Voshin
Johannah Newmarch
Nikki
Philip Maurice Hayes
Marco
John Tench
Reese
Brooklyn Brown
Melinda
Scott McNeil
Dennis
Gina Brunton
Niva
Garry Davey
Soviet Major
Rob Morton
Owner
Adrian Holmes
Street Kid
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
David Tynan
Writer
Thomas J. Wright
Director
10. Revenge is Sweet
Seeking revenge for the apparent death of her lover, Walter Reinhardt, Rebecca Lord toys with MacLeod before she attempts to kill him with Reinhardt's sword. Rebecca knows nothing of Immortals or their combat, and she believes MacLeod murdered Reinhardt. Unbeknownst to her, Reinhardt is still alive, and is using Rebecca in a cat and mouse game to draw out MacLeod for their final confrontation.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Vanity
Rebecca Lord
Christoph M. Ohrt
Walter Reinhardt
Christianne Hirt
Angie Burke
Ken Kramer
Dr. Kramer
Kevin McNulty
Harry Dawes
Elizabeth Claridge
Molly Parker
Mike Cavers
Nobleman
Shirley Broderick
Noblewoman
Patrick Stevenson
Street Punk
Tim Reid
Sgt. Bennett
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Loraine Despres
Writer
Ray Austin
Director
11. See No Evil
A serial killer dubbed The Scalper' is attacking blonde women, including a friend of Tessa's. MacLeod recognizes the pattern of an Immortal who, betrayed by the woman he loved, became a killer. To end the carnage, MacLeod was forced to confront and kill him, back in 1925. Now the killings have started again, the modern day killer mimicking the 70-year-old M.O., killing in the same locations as the previous murders. It falls to MacLeod and Tessa to stop this madman.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
J.G. Hertzler
Marcus Korolus
Moira Walley-Beckett
Natalie Ward
Dee McCafferty
Michael 'The Scalper'
Fulvio Cecere
Tony Graffini
Kelli Fox
Police Woman
Raimund Stamm
Herbie
Wanda Wilkinson
Helen
Glynda Fitzgerald
Brunette Woman
Tim Reid
Sgt. Bennett
Amanda Wyss
Randi MacFarland
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Brian Clemens
Writer
Thomas J. Wright
Director
12. Eyewitness
Tessa witnesses the murder of a painter, Anne Wheeler, but the absence of a body leads everyone but MacLeod to doubt her story. MacLeod supports Tessa in her quest to obtain justice for Anne. It develops that Anne was killed by her Immortal ex-lover, to keep her from revealing his secret. After Tessa is taken to a police safe house, MacLeod realizes that the killer is in fact the Chief of Detectives, and he must rescue Tessa and bring justice to Anne's killer.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Tom Butler
Andrew Ballin
Tim Reid
Sgt. Bennett
Sheila Paterson
Greta
Diana Barrington
Anne Wheeler
Christopher Gaze
Martin Sorrel
David Petersen
Detective Taylor
Amanda Wyss
Randi MacFarland
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
David Tynan
Writer
Ray Austin
Director
13. Band of Brothers
Warning comes from MacLeod's old friend Darius, a monk over 2000 years old, that Grayson, Darius' one-time protege, is now stalking Darius' other students -- among them, possibly, MacLeod. Grayson, disillusioned that his former comrade-in-arms has become a man of peace, is killing Darius' mortal students in order to draw the monk off holy ground and into combat. MacLeod must protect peace activist Victor Paulus, another of Darius' students, from Grayson's plot to assassinate him. Later he joins Richie and Tessa in France where they will live while Tessa takes up her new job as curator of a traveling collection.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Peter Diamond
Brigand Leader
James Horan
Grayson
Terry Howson
Hoestler
Earl Pastko
Victor Paulus
Amanda Wyss
Randi MacFarland
Werner Stocker
Darius
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Marie-Chantal Droney
Writer
René Manzor
Director
14. For Evil's Sake
An Evil Immortal, Kuyler, has hired himself out down through time as an assassin -- the most successful killer in all of history. He strikes again in modern day Paris using his signature disguise as a mime. A French Police Detective, LeBrun, suspects that Duncan MacLeod is connected to Kuyler, but of course he cannot imagine that Kuyler once killed an eighteenth-century baron under MacLeod's protection. When LeBrun is wounded protecting Tessa from Kuyler's men, MacLeod confronts the Immortal assassin and puts an end to his centuries-old reign of terror.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Vernon Dobtcheff
Carlo Luchesi
Peter Howitt
Kuyler
Jérôme Keen
Anthony
Gérard Touroul
Inspector Sole
Michel Voletti
Baron Deshields
Hugues Leforestier
Inspector LeBrun
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
15. For Tomorrow We Die
MacLeod stumbles across the trail of an Immortal, Xavier St. Cloud, who has lived in hedonistic splendor down through the ages by remorseless robbing and killing innocent men and women. MacLeod had nearly fallen victim to this remorseless killer behind the front lines during World War One, when Xavier used poison gas to loot a payroll truck. He uses even deadlier gas in modern day Paris, and MacLeod must track him down before he kills again. He succeeds in defeating Xavier, but the Evil Immortal escapes with his head. In a humorous yet touching subplot, Richie falls for a glamorous older woman, not realizing she is married, and Tessa must disentangle him from the woman's clutches.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Philippe Agael
Medical Examiner
Crystel Amsalem
Young Girl
Sandrine Caron
Nathalie
Thierry de Carbonnières
Francois Bertrand
Mapi Galán
Renee de Tassigny
Tanguy Gouasdoue
Stan
Francine Olivier
Madame Bertrand
Hugues Leforestier
Inspector LeBrun
Werner Stocker
Darius
Jean-Claude Deret
Georges Dalou
Roland Gift
Xavier St. Cloud
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Philip John Taylor
Writer
Robin Davis
Director
16. The Beast Below
A mysterious death at the Paris Opera re-acquaints Duncan MacLeod with one of the strangest Immortals he has met in his many travels over the centuries. Ursa is a hulking giant -- more beast than man -- who Duncan rescued from persecution centuries ago, delivering him to sanctuary in an abbey. The abbey has long since been destroyed and Ursa now lives under Paris. He has become enamored of a past-her-prime opera singer who tries to use Ursa's innocent soul to murder her rival.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Carolyn
François Guétary
Detective
Fay Masterson
Jenny Harris
Joe Sheridan
Frank Wells
Christian van Acker
Ursa
Werner Stocker
Darius
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Marie-Chantal Droney
Writer
Daniel Vigne
Director
17. Saving Grace
Grace Chandel has been a Good Immortal, working for the betterment of mankind as a midwife, doctor, and scientist over the centuries. Her one weakness is another Immortal, Carlo Sendaro, a former lover who is obsessed with her and refuses to let her go. He slays Grace's current (mortal) lover and, when she refuses to run off with him, frames her for the killing. She turns to her old friend Duncan MacLeod for help.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Georges Corraface
Carlo Seandaro
Hugues Leforestier
Inspector LeBrun
Bruce Myers
Paul Warren
Julia Stemberger
Grace
Marion Cotillard
Girl Giving Birth (uncredited)
Werner Stocker
Darius
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Elizabeth Baxter
Story
Ray Austin
Director
18. The Lady and the Tiger
A day at the circus reunites MacLeod with a former lover, the Immortal femme-fatale, Amanda, who has always meant big trouble for him. Amanda, meanwhile, is in trouble of her own as her former partner, Blaine, has escaped from prison and wants her head. She plays the two Immortal men against each other, drawing MacLeod into a daring, high-stakes burglary she and Blaine are plotting.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Amanda Wyss
Randi MacFarland
Jason Isaacs
Zachary Blaine
Fred Pearson
Pierre
Pierre Gérald
Henry Lamartine
Bertie Cortez
Ringmaster
Michael Hofland
Bavarian Officer
David Lowe
Clown
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Elizabeth Gracen
Amanda Darieux
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Philip John Taylor
Writer
Robin Davis
Director
19. Eye of the Beholder
Richie meets a beautiful young woman who leads him into the world of haute couture. His youthful jealousy causes him to run afoul of a world-class fashion designer, a deadly Immortal.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Nigel Terry
Gabriel Piton
Katia Douvalian
Maya
Rachel Palmieri
Cynthia Hampton
Thomas Kaufman
Police Detective
Olivier Pierre
Waiter
Edwin Gerard
Lawyer
Manault Deva
Duchess
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Christian Bouveron
Writer
Dennis Berry
Director
20. Avenging Angel
When fatal stabbing fails to kill him, Alfred Cahill becomes convinced that he has been chosen by a higher power to wage a crusade against 'perversion', and cuts a bloody path through Paris, murdering prostitutes and pimps, and endangering an old friend of Tessa's who has become a call girl. MacLeod tries to explain Immortality to Cahill, but he can't get through to him, and finally is forced to take his head.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Yan Brian
Charles Bagnot
Patrick Floersheim
Battini
Martin Kemp
Alfred Cahill
Sandra Nelson
Elaine
Nathalie Presles
Claudine
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Fabrice Ziolkowski
Writer
Paolo Barzman
Director
21. Nowhere to Run
When the stepdaughter of an Immortal is raped, the Immortal comes after the young man. MacLeod, a guest in the home of the accused boy's father, feels he must protect the family from this unstoppable menace. He urges the Immortal to see due process done, but the man has no interest in listening to reason, and he lays siege to the house.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Peter Guinness
Col. Bellian
Anthony Stewart Head
Allan Rothwood
Jason Riddington
Mark Rothwood
Marion Cotillard
Lori Bellian
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
David Abramowitz
Writer
Dennis Berry
Director
22. The Hunters
MacLeod's old compatriot Hugh Fitzcairn comes to town bearing a mystery -- some of their other Immortal friends have disappeared suspiciously. MacLeod realizes that someone may be following Fitz, and realizes too late that Fitz has put Darius in danger by visiting him. Finding Darius dead in his chapel and Fitzcairn kidnaped, MacLeod won't rest until he finds the men responsible. Tracking the killers of his old friend, MacLeod discovers that there is a band of mortals hunting Immortals, and even holy ground is no protection from them. MacLeod finds the renegades in time to save Fitzcairn and confront James Horton, leader of the Hunters, but Horton eludes his grasp.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Tony Sagastizado I
Peruvian Hunter
Werner Stocker
Darius
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
Roger Daltrey
Hugh Fitzcairn
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
Peter Hudson
James Horton
Kevin Droney
Writer
Paolo Barzman
Director