Warren Cochrane, an immortal and old friend of Mac's, can't remember who he is. Mac tries to help with reluctant help from Methos. In the meantime, Warren's immortal student is missing.
Warren seemed "not all there" to begin with. When I say that, I don't mean after he kills his student but long before. He's obsessed with Bonnie Prince Charlie and Scotland. I mean it's the year 1996 when this episode takes place. So it just seems stupid or is some type of mental illness.
They used the Roshamon effect to tell different versions of the same event. So that was kind of interesting. Methos and Duncan are funny as Mac tries to piece together what has happened to Warren. This is where Methos starts calling him "Boyscout." In other words, Mac is a do-gooder who can't leave well-enough alone. He always wants to involve himself and help. It doesn't always work out tho, as in many previous episodes.
Mac seemed awfully judgmental of Warren after finding out he killed his student, didn't he? I mean the look of condemnation on Mac's face and the tone in his voice.
Warren: "Andrew, he was, uh, he was like a son."
Duncan: "And you killed him. You killed your own student!"
Mac, you're not exactly helping here. The man had a breakdown. It's pretty obvious he was already not right in the head. Why did they write Mac so holier-than-thou at times? What he should have said was "You made a mistake, you didn't mean it, you need help, let me help you." Then maybe take him to the holy magic spring. Magic fixed it before, right?
The episode comes full circle and ends with a nice touch. In the beginning, Methos and Mac are at Alexa's grave. Mac says to Methos: "You know, the Navajo have a saying, the spirit lives as long as someone who lives remembers you."
Later Mac and Methos have a conversation about what it would be like not to remember everything and start anew. And then at the end of the episode:
Mac: "So, if you had a chance to forget everything and live life over again, would you?"
Methos: "No, I wouldn't. Who'd remember Alexa then?"
I could not stand Warren's(played by Dougray Scott) screechy screaming. It was awful. Mac being holier-that-thou turned me off as usual. As does that thing he does whenever he "feels" an immortal nearby, he has to check it out. It usually ends up causing more harm. I mean Mac didn't exactly help Warren here. He helped him get his memory back and then he judged him. Loved the Roshamon effect flashbacks and all the conversations between Mac and Methos. I gave it a 7/10.
Warren seemed "not all there" to begin with. When I say that, I don't mean after he kills his student but long before. He's obsessed with Bonnie Prince Charlie and Scotland. I mean it's the year 1996 when this episode takes place. So it just seems stupid or is some type of mental illness.
They used the Roshamon effect to tell different versions of the same event. So that was kind of interesting. Methos and Duncan are funny as Mac tries to piece together what has happened to Warren. This is where Methos starts calling him "Boyscout." In other words, Mac is a do-gooder who can't leave well-enough alone. He always wants to involve himself and help. It doesn't always work out tho, as in many previous episodes.
Mac seemed awfully judgmental of Warren after finding out he killed his student, didn't he? I mean the look of condemnation on Mac's face and the tone in his voice.
Warren: "Andrew, he was, uh, he was like a son."
Duncan: "And you killed him. You killed your own student!"
Mac, you're not exactly helping here. The man had a breakdown. It's pretty obvious he was already not right in the head. Why did they write Mac so holier-than-thou at times? What he should have said was "You made a mistake, you didn't mean it, you need help, let me help you." Then maybe take him to the holy magic spring. Magic fixed it before, right?
The episode comes full circle and ends with a nice touch. In the beginning, Methos and Mac are at Alexa's grave. Mac says to Methos: "You know, the Navajo have a saying, the spirit lives as long as someone who lives remembers you."
Later Mac and Methos have a conversation about what it would be like not to remember everything and start anew. And then at the end of the episode:
Mac: "So, if you had a chance to forget everything and live life over again, would you?"
Methos: "No, I wouldn't. Who'd remember Alexa then?"
I could not stand Warren's(played by Dougray Scott) screechy screaming. It was awful. Mac being holier-that-thou turned me off as usual. As does that thing he does whenever he "feels" an immortal nearby, he has to check it out. It usually ends up causing more harm. I mean Mac didn't exactly help Warren here. He helped him get his memory back and then he judged him. Loved the Roshamon effect flashbacks and all the conversations between Mac and Methos. I gave it a 7/10.