Highlander, naturally!

[sholio]

Am now up to 2x04 (The Darkness) 2x05 (Eye For An Eye).

Oh, Tessa. ;_; I knew it was probably coming, and I even guessed from the first half of the episode that this might be the one where it would happen, but I wasn't ready for no more Tessa episodes ever again! I loved their sweet little family so much. And the past few episodes have had so many wonderful Richie and Tessa moments. *weeps* At least this way, I've gotten it over with and can get on with the rest of the season without fearing for Tessa's life in every episode BECAUSE THE WORST HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AAAAUGH.

But wow, wow, I did NOT see that coming with Richie. 0.o Well, okay, I had speculated about it as I was watching the past few eps; I'd been wondering if immortals could sense the presence of other immortals before their immortality was "activated", and thought it would be interesting if one of the human characters at some point got killed and turned out to be immortal. But I had no idea the show actually would actually go there, especially so soon! Richie is immortal, omfg. *flails*

And also: Jim Byrnes! SqueeSqueeSQUEEEE! ♥ I am really loving this season; this show has really started to explore its internal mythology, and it's gotten GOOD. (Or else I've built up an immunity to its cheese. One or the other. I did laugh my head off at Duncan's NOOOOO! reaction to Darius's death; his grief at Tessa's death was much more subtle and understated -- and moving.)

But I have a feeling it's going to be pretty depressing for the next few eps. TESSA! *makes sad wibbling noises*


Edit: DUNCAN TEACHING RICHIE TO SWORDFIGHT IS MY NEW FAVORITE THING. :DDDDDDD

Comments

[scrollgirl]

Wow, I did NOT realise you hadn't been spoiled for Richie being an Immortal! Good thing nobody mentioned it. And now I'm in awe of your spoiler-phobe ways, because not knowing about Richie seems kind of a miracle.

I came to HL through fic, then watched the later seasons before the earlier ones, so I only knew Tessa as Duncan's dead lover. But once I met her, I loved her and I felt so bad for Duncan in Season 2. :(

[sholio]

*laughs* Yeah, EVERYONE seems to be surprised that I didn't know that, but I didn't! I had speculated about it, but I had no clue that the show would actually do it. (Most of my exposure to Highlander comes from clips in multifandom vids, which are luckily quite context-free.)

I can't imagine anyone NOT loving Tessa; you'd have to have a heart of stone! I did suspect that things would not end happily because I've never seen her in vids, so I figured she couldn't have been in that much of the show. But still ... *weeps*

[ratcreature]

I can't believe you hadn't been spoiled for Richie's immortality through fandom osmosis!

[sholio]

Hee! I know! But apparently not. (Also, icon love! ♥)

[juniperphoenix]

Welcome to never hearing "Dust in the Wind" the same way again.

[sholio]

Heh. Oh, Duncan.

... and hey, that brings up an interesting point about the music, because I know a lot of older shows have had trouble securing the rights to the original music they used. But HL has quite a lot of 80s/early 90s music in it; I'm not sure if they were able to get the rights to it or if they replaced it with songs that work just as well in context as what was originally there ...

[juniperphoenix]

Hmmm. I've never noticed or heard rumblings about music replacement in HL, although it's happened with several of my other fannish shows from that time period (I'm looking at you, Quantum Leap). Perhaps it's related to HL's habit of casting rock stars in guest roles. :)

[lovis]

*sorry, drive-by commenting ahead*

Yup! And I just remembered (re-watching HL myself) that this show is where I know the song from. When it was featured in SPN I thought I knew it from my way-older brothers but they had never heard of it. *snort*

[dossier]

if you go back and rewatch the very first episode, Duncan snags onto Richie not unlike the way that immortals hear each one another; hence the unusual adoption.

I was vastly shocked at the end of Tessa, too. She's out! She's safe, the bad guy is gone! Oh, wait there are still other kinds of bad guys! :>(

[sholio]

Really? Hmmm...! I need to go back and rewatch the first episode anyway ... the first couple of episodes, actually, because I wasn't particularly into the show or characters yet, so it would be fun to see them now that I've developed more of an appreciation for them. :D

Yeah, Tessa's demise was particularly cruel because she got away, and she was safe, and then ... not. (I got the distinct impression from that episode that they'd had some kind of "One of these characters will DIE!" media campaign leading up to it. *g*)