"Forgive Us Our Trespasses" is so complicated and dense. There's so much context you need to appreciate this ep--not just the Horsemen eps and the Dark Quickening, but "Take Back The Night" for Duncan's Culloden rampage. You asked before about whether Duncan's flashbacks make sense when you put them in chronological order: my answer is yes. While there are places where you kinda have to squint, for the most part it's wonderfully coherent. It's like those Impressionist paintings that resolve themselves if you step further back and look at the whole picture. You can see Duncan getting older, more experienced, cannier and more political, at times retreating from society and other times embracing it.

I think he recognizes Methos' point, especially after this episode, but is still having to work through it a bit. But he's getting there.

Yeah, that's how I read it too. He knows where Methos is coming from, but he's not emotionally ready just yet. Getting there! Again, it's fascinating how different Duncan's personality and ethics are compared to Amanda's and Methos'. I don't think it's merely a product of age--while we don't know what Methos was like at 400, we know Amanda was always a bit flexible with the rules. It's interesting that, even with the thousands of years that an Immortal can live, their mortal years--their childhoods--continue to shape who they are.

"The Stone of Scone" is hilarious. Ahaha! I haven't re-watched "The Ransom of Richard Redstone" in a while, but I remember really enjoying it as well.