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-->'''Mikey''': It's okay, Richie...I'm not scared. Mikey's going to see King of Trains.

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-->'''Mikey''': It's okay, Richie...Don't worry Richie, I'm okay! I'm okay! Look...I'm not even scared. Mikey's going to Mikey will see King of Trains.
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** When Duncan wonders if Fitz is alive in this world, Fitz relates he's actually been dead for centuries. Turns out, without Duncan to help him out of a jam shown in an earlier episode, Fitz would have been beheaded in 1720.

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** When Duncan wonders if Fitz is alive in this world, Fitz relates he's actually been dead for centuries. Turns out, without Duncan to help him out of a jam shown in an earlier episode, Fitz would have been beheaded in 1720. Worse, because it was by mortals, that means his Quickening was lost.
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** When Duncan wonders if Fitz is alive in this world, Fitz relates he's actually been dead for centuries. Turns out, without Duncan to help him out of a jam shown in an earlier episode, Fitz would have been beheaded in 1720.
-->'''Fitz''': I don't know about you, mate, but that 280 years was rather important to me.
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** The utterly beautiful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWnweO8RnNE montage of Duncan's entire life]] over the series, done to the haunting refrain of "Bonny Portmore." From wars to long lost loves and friends, mixed with Duncan bidding goodbye to Amanda, Joe and Methos, it wrapped the entire series up wonderfully.
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** It's a bit melancholy seeing how each Immortal handles The Gathering. Ramirez decides to give newborns like Connor a fighting chance. Kastigir treats it like a reunion between old friends. Iman's all-business attitude implies he would prefer to just get it over with, one way or the other. Only The Kurgan seems to be acting out of old-fashioned sadism.

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** It's a bit melancholy seeing how each Immortal handles The Gathering. Ramirez decides to give newborns like Connor a fighting chance. Kastigir treats it like a reunion between old friends. Iman's all-business attitude implies he would he'd prefer to just get it over with, one way or the other. Only The Kurgan seems to be acting out of old-fashioned sadism.
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** It's a bit melancholy seeing how each Immortal handles The Gathering. Ramirez decides to give newborns like Connor a fighting chance. Kastigir treats it like a reunion between old friends. Iman's all-business attitude implies he'd prefer to just get it over with, one way or the other. Only The Kurgan seems to be out of old-fashioned sadism.

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** It's a bit melancholy seeing how each Immortal handles The Gathering. Ramirez decides to give newborns like Connor a fighting chance. Kastigir treats it like a reunion between old friends. Iman's all-business attitude implies he'd he would prefer to just get it over with, one way or the other. Only The Kurgan seems to be acting out of old-fashioned sadism.
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** There's an oddly melancholy air to the original movie where only four immortals remain, the others having long since killed eachother. Even Connor winning the Prize doesnt really lessen it much.

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** There's an oddly melancholy air to the original movie where only four immortals remain, the others having long since killed eachother. each other. Even Connor winning the Prize doesnt doesn't really lessen it much.
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* "The Innocent" shows Mikey, a strong but mentally handicapped Immortal. While he means well, he often misinterprets his own strength. When his original protector is in a duel, his mortal wife tries to stop him and, following the guy's instructions to "keep her quiet," Mikey accidentally strangles her. Later, set upon by cops, he kills one by accident. Richie, who has been doing all he can to protect Mikey, has to listen to Duncan's words that the man simply is too much a danger to himself and others to handle Immortality.
** Duncan is ready to take out Mikey himself but Richie insists on doing it as "he's my responsibility." He leads Mikey into a train tunnel, the poor man scared but realizing what is happening. Not wanting to have Richie do it, Mikey just leans his head onto the tracks to let the oncoming train behead him.
-->'''Mikey''': It's okay, Richie...I'm not scared. Mikey's going to see King of Trains.
** Even worse, Richie has to absorb the Quickening of this poor man whose only true crime was being given immortality with the mind of a child.

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** Then it comes back near the end, when Connor goes to church on her birthday, and lights candles for her and Ramirez. And just a few minutes later, he finds out what really happened the night the Kurgan killed Ramirez...

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** Then it comes back near the end, when Even after nearly four centuries from her passing, Connor goes to church still keeps up the tradition of lighting a candle on her birthday, and lights candles for her and Ramirez. birthday.
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And just a few minutes then later, he finds out what really happened Connor is hit with the night revelation that [[spoiler:after the Kurgan killed Ramirez...took the head of Ramirez on that stormy night, he violated Heather as an act of dominance (mistakenly believing she was Ramirez's wife). She never told Connor that the Kurgan raped her, and took the secret with her to the grave, likely because she feared Connor would go after the powerful immortal and be killed.]]
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* Conner [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer cruelly being turned on and shunned]] by his entire clan save [[OnlySaneMan Angus]] after his immortality awakens.
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* The montage in the film of Connor and his wife living happily together, and then watching her grow old and eventually die in his arms while he never ages. It doesn't help that the scene is set to Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever".

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* The montage in the film of Connor and his wife living happily together, and then watching her grow old and eventually die in his arms while he never ages. It doesn't help that the scene is set to Queen's Music/{{Queen}}'s "Who Wants to Live Forever".



** After the events of ''Endgame'', Duncan brings Connor's body back to Scotland and buries him next to Heather.

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** After the events of ''Endgame'', ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'', Duncan brings Connor's body back to Scotland and buries him next to Heather.
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(He storms away)

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(She holds her sword vertically with the blade pointed down, showing she won’t use it. She goes to him and hugs him and he gives a pained roar of anguish as he accepts the hug)

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(She -->(She holds her sword vertically with the blade pointed down, showing she won’t use it. She goes to him and hugs him and he gives a pained roar of anguish as he accepts the hug)
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(She holds her sword blade down, showing she won’t use it. She goes to him and hugs him and he gives a pained roar of anguish as he accepts the hug)

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(She holds her sword vertically with the blade pointed down, showing she won’t use it. She goes to him and hugs him and he gives a pained roar of anguish as he accepts the hug)

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* Methos’s breakdown with Amanda in “Methuselah’s Gift.” She initially thinks he sent mortals to interrupt her attempt to steal the crystals of the Methuselah Stone. They argue and he has an emotional breakdown as he reveals Alexa is near death and he’s trying to save her. You can feel the pain and frustration as he yells and gets louder, then continues on softer but still forceful. He storms off, then Amanda calls to him. He whirls toward her with his sword pointed at her but she holds hers in a way that shows she won’t use it, then walks to him and hugs him as he gives a growl of despair and anger.

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* Methos’s breakdown with Amanda in “Methuselah’s Gift.” She initially thinks he sent mortals to interrupt her attempt to steal the crystals of the Methuselah Stone. They argue and he has an emotional breakdown as he reveals Alexa is near death and he’s trying to save her. You can feel the pain and frustration as he yells and gets louder, then continues sadness.
-->'''Methos''': You understand nothing. Three weeks ago, we were standing
on softer but a beach on Santorini, watching the sun rise on the Mediterranean. Now she is lying in a hospital in Switzerland breathing through a tube! ... You think it takes courage to do what we do? Face another Immortal with a sword, knowing only one of you will live? (Yells) You try being her! You try living one year, knowing that your time is running out. Knowing that when it comes to the final fight, however much you train, whatever tricks you have, you still forceful. He lose! (Softer)That's the way it is for them. So little time for them to see anything or do anything.
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storms off, then Amanda calls to him. He away)
-->'''Amanda''': Methos!
-->'''Methos''' WHAT? *as he
whirls toward to face her with his sword pointed at her but she her*
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holds hers in a way that shows her sword blade down, showing she won’t use it, then walks it. She goes to him and hugs him as and he gives a growl pained roar of despair and anger.anguish as he accepts the hug)
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* Methos’s breakdown in “Methuselah’s Gift.” She initially thinks he sent mortals to interrupt her attempt to steal the crystals of the Methuselah Stone. They argue and he has an emotional breakdown as he reveals Alexa is near death and he’s trying to save her. You can feel the pain and frustration as he yells and gets louder, then continues on softer but still forceful. He storms off, then Amanda calls to him. He whirls toward her with his sword pointed at her but she holds hers in a way that shows she won’t use it, then walks to him and hugs him as he gives a growl of despair and anger.

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* Methos’s breakdown with Amanda in “Methuselah’s Gift.” She initially thinks he sent mortals to interrupt her attempt to steal the crystals of the Methuselah Stone. They argue and he has an emotional breakdown as he reveals Alexa is near death and he’s trying to save her. You can feel the pain and frustration as he yells and gets louder, then continues on softer but still forceful. He storms off, then Amanda calls to him. He whirls toward her with his sword pointed at her but she holds hers in a way that shows she won’t use it, then walks to him and hugs him as he gives a growl of despair and anger.

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* The book “An Evening at Joe’s” has continuation of Methos and Alexa’s story in “An Evening At Joe’s.” It depicts their world travels and her eventual death from her illness. First there’s Methos’ angry scream at the nurses because he isn’t legally Alexa’s husband. They had a ceremony but it wasn’t legally recognized. A bit later Methos becomes frustrated and angry with all the tubes and wires and eventually pushes the life support stuff away save for oxygen because most isn’t helping anymore and holds her as she dies.

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* The book “An Evening at Joe’s” has continuation of Methos and Alexa’s story in “An Evening At Joe’s.” It depicts their world travels and her eventual death from her illness. First there’s Methos’ angry scream at the nurses because he isn’t legally Alexa’s husband. They had a ceremony but it wasn’t legally recognized. A bit later Methos becomes frustrated and angry with all the tubes and wires and eventually pushes the life support stuff away save for oxygen because most isn’t helping anymore and holds her as she dies.dies.
* Methos’s breakdown in “Methuselah’s Gift.” She initially thinks he sent mortals to interrupt her attempt to steal the crystals of the Methuselah Stone. They argue and he has an emotional breakdown as he reveals Alexa is near death and he’s trying to save her. You can feel the pain and frustration as he yells and gets louder, then continues on softer but still forceful. He storms off, then Amanda calls to him. He whirls toward her with his sword pointed at her but she holds hers in a way that shows she won’t use it, then walks to him and hugs him as he gives a growl of despair and anger.
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* The continuation of Methos and Alexa’s story in “An Evening At Joe’s.” It depicts their world travels and her eventual death from her illness. Methos becomes frustrated and angry and eventually pushes the life support stuff away because most isn’t helping anymore and holds her as she dies.

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* The book “An Evening at Joe’s” has continuation of Methos and Alexa’s story in “An Evening At Joe’s.” It depicts their world travels and her eventual death from her illness. First there’s Methos’ angry scream at the nurses because he isn’t legally Alexa’s husband. They had a ceremony but it wasn’t legally recognized. A bit later Methos becomes frustrated and angry with all the tubes and wires and eventually pushes the life support stuff away save for oxygen because most isn’t helping anymore and holds her as she dies.
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** It's a bit melancholy seeing how each Immortal handles The Gathering. Ramirez decides to give newborns like Connor a fighting chance. Kastigir treats it like a reunion between old friends. Iman's all-business attitude implies he'd prefer to just get it over with, one way or the other. Only The Kurgan seems to be out of old-fashioned sadism.

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