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A MATTER OF TIME
Nick stumbles on a dead Watcher after
hearing gunshots. After a futile pursuit of the mysterious black-clad
murderer, he returns to the scene of the crime to stumble on the
Watchers - under the supervision of one Joe Dawson - bundling the body
into a car. The meeting is no coincidence - Dawson is in town to warn
Amanda of the arrival of Andre Korda, one of her ex-mentors.
Production Notes
 | Production number: 98112-212 |
| Original US
airdate: 8th February, 1999 |
| Written by:
Karen Harris |
| Directed by:
Dennis Berry |
| Guest Cast:
Valentine Pelka (Andre Korda), Ellen Dubin (Crysta), Jim Byrnes (Joe
Dawson); Peter Mensah (Raphael), Helen Wu (Female Martial Artist)
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Flashbacks
| 1907, China
(coast)
Amanda encounters Korda for the first time and is assimilated
into his organisation under his mentorship. She eventually realises
his methods - and intimidatory tactics - are a little too much, even
for her, and plots her escape. |
Other Immortals
| Andre Korda |
| Crysta |
Trivia
| This is part one of a two-part story, designed to
explain movement of the production to Paris for the second half of
the season. |
| Valentine Pelka is instantly recognisable to all
fans of the original series - he played a different Immortal called
Kronos on a number of occasions in the latter part of the show's
run, beginning with E11, 'Comes a
Horseman'. |
| This is Jim Byrnes only appearance in
Highlander: The Raven. |
Verdict
An excellent start, involving the return of Joe to the Highlander
universe, but it sags quickly. Korda doesn't seem half as dangerous as
he should, and it's hard to look past Valentine Pelka's last foray
into the Highlander universe (although in Amanda's defence, she
presumably never met Kronos so wouldn't have noticed the barely
concealed similarities between the two). Tantalising conclusion
though, setting things up for part two of the episode and the season. B-
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The Raven list
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Toronto episodes
R1: Reborn (C)
R2: Full Disclosure (B)
R3: Bloodlines (C+)
R4: Immunity (C+)
R5: So Shall Ye Reap (B+)
R6: Birthright (B-)
R7: Crime & Punishment (B-)
R8: The Unknown Soldier (A-)
R9: Cloak & Dagger (B+)
R10: Passion Play (A-)
R11: The Devil You Know (B+)
R12: A Matter of Time (B-)
Paris Episodes
R13: The French Connection (C+)
R14: The Rogue (B)
R15: Inferno (B+)
R16: The Frame (B+)
R17: Love and Death (B-)
R18: Thick as Thieves (B)
R19: The Manipulator (C+)
R20: The Ex-Files (B-)
R21: War & Peace (C+)
R22: Dead on Arrival (C)
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