The remaining entries...serve...as disappointing reminders of how badly Adrian Paul wanted to leave the show.
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As with the first five seasons of the "Highlander" TV series, there are two official DVD box sets for you to consider if you want to buy "Highlander"--Season 6. You can buy the Limited Edition created by Davis-Panzer for the official Highlander website (www.highlander-official.com), or you can buy the commercial release created by Davis-Panzer but distributed by Anchor Bay.
"There can be only one." French actor Christopher Lambert has thundered that line in four big screen outings, but fans of "Highlander" have had to get used to another quote: "There can be only one...except when it comes to the many different home video releases of the movies." :-P
Those of you who have followed the movies´ arrivals on VHS and DVD must have noticed the plethora of "Highlander" offerings, from theatrical cuts to directors´ cuts to special extended cuts to "renegade versions". Fortunately for me, I´ve always liked "Highlander: The Series" much more than any of the movies, and I´m glad to report that Davis-Panzer Productions wisely took the time to prepare properly the show for its DVD debut.
The "Highlander" TV show debuted in the fall of 1992, and it explored the world of Immortals through the eyes of Duncan MacLeod (played by Adrian Paul). An Immortal has to suffer a mortal death first before becoming an Immortal. MacLeod and the other Immortals can not die unless their heads are severed from their bodies. Therefore, they carry swords all the time in case they have to fight for their lives. A beheading releases the Quickening, a lightning extravaganza that gives the winner the loser´s knowledge and power.
The "Highlander" Season 6 DVD Box Set includes the following episodes:
Disc 1--"Avatar", Armageddon", "Sins of the Father".
Disc 2--"Diplomatic Immunity", "Patient Number 7", "Black Tower".
Disc 3--"Unusual Suspects", "Justice", "Dead Exposure".
Disc 4--"Two of Hearts", "Indiscretions".
Disc 5--"To Be", "Not to Be".
Season 6 is much shorter than its predecessors. Apparently, Adrian Paul wanted to do stuff other than play Duncan MacLeod in "Highlander". Therefore, the show´s producers decided on a brief final run in order to finish MacLeod´s character arc. However, Adrian Paul´s disinterest is a huge downer whenever he´s onscreen. He actually does not even appear in at least two episodes, and his character takes the back seat several times. Oddly, Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson), Peter Wingfield (Methos), and Elizabeth Gracen´s (Amanda) names appear during the opening credits sequence, but they´re hardly in the show at all.
You´ll notice that a number of episodes feature female Immortals who are more eager to get into fights than Amanda is. After doing some research, I discovered that the show´s handlers wanted to see if there was a young lady who could star in a spin-off series. There were some very promising tryouts with Dara Tomanovich as Alex Raven ("Sins of the Father") and Alice Evans as Kyra ("Patient Number 7"), but fan-favorite Amanda got the spin-off series anyway (it lasted only a year). You wonder why there was so much effort put into a star search if the producers wound up using a series semi-regular. Personally, I think that everyone should´ve picked a fresh face for a fresh start because Amanda is such an integral part of MacLeod´s narrative that it feels odd watching a show about her that doesn´t have him.
At any rate, Season 6 begins with MacLeod finally defeating Ahriman, a demonic presence that confused MacLeod to the point of accidentally killing Richie Ryan (Stan Kirsch) at the end of Season 5. After the first two episodes, MacLeod begins to sleepwalk through his own life. "Indiscretions" has some fun showing Methos and Dawson in danger without being able to call on MacLeod for help. Then there´s the final two-parter, a so-so affair that takes an "It´s a Wonderful Life" approach to MacLeod´s mythology. "What if MacLeod had not been around?", the show asks. We get a few glimpses of how despondent MacLeod´s friends and lovers would have been without him, but the concept isn´t advanced very well.
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