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THE FIGHTER
MacLeod's old friend Tommy Sullivan is
a scrappy little Irishman, a one-time boxer turned trainer, who can
charm anyone into anything. He charms MacLeod into backing his current
boxer and charms Charlie into playing Cyrano to help him woo a shy
waitress. But when a rival manager who was trying to steal Sully's
fighter turns up dead, MacLeod's opinion of his old friend begins to
be altered forever.
Production Notes
 | Production number: 93211-33 |
| Original US
airdate: 31st January, 1994 |
| Written by:
Morrie Ruvinsky |
| Directed by:
Peter Ellis |
| Guest Cast:
Bruce Weitz (Sullivan), Tom McBeath (Coleman), Cali Timmins (Iris);
Nicholas Lea (Rodney Lange), Wren Robertz (George Belcher), Russell
Roberts (Wilson), Charles Payne (Thunder Rodriguez), Topaze
Hasfal-Schou (Marilyn), Ken Roberts (Wallace) |
Flashbacks
| 1891, San
Francisco,
USA
Duncan is persuaded to fight in an illegal bare-knuckle fight by
Sully. |
Other Immortals
| Richie |
| Tommy Sullivan |
Trivia
| Bruce Weitz played Mick Belker in US cop show
Hill Street Blues. He's also guest-starred in Lois & Clark,
The X-Files, Due South, The West Wing and ER
among others. |
| The X-Files' Nicholas Lea makes his first
appearance on Highlander - here he plays the mortal Rodney,
later he returns as the Immortal (and some would say irrepressible)
Cory Raines in E7, 'Money No
Object'. |
| Also making a later return to Highlander
(ironically in the same episode as Lea) is Tom McBeath, who plays
Detective Dennis Tynan (E7). |
| This episode originally aired after
B13, 'Bless This Child', but before
B12, 'Under Color of Authority'. |
| When asked to name his hero, Duncan says Connor. |
Verdict
A sparkling episode that effortlessly casts aside its lighter moments
for the downbeat ending. Bruce Weitz is superb, and I also applaud the
Welsh accent too. A-
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Season Two list
Click on the link to go to that page
Seacouver episodes
B1: The Watchers (B-)
B2: Studies in Light (B)
B3: Turnabout (C-)
B4: The Darkness (B+)
B5: An Eye For An Eye (C+)
B6: The Zone (B-)
B7: The Return of Amanda (B)
B8: Revenge of the Sword (C-)
B9: Run for Your Life (B+)
B10: Epitaph for Tommy (C-)
B11: The Fighter (A-)
B12: Under Color of Authority (B+)
B13: Bless This Child (C+)
B14: Unholy Alliance (I) (C+)
Paris episodes
B15: Unholy Alliance (II) (A-)
B16: The Vampire (B-)
B17: Warmonger (B)
B18: Pharaoh's Daughter (A-)
B19: Legacy (A)
B20: Prodigal Son (B-)
B21: Counterfeit (I) (C-)
B22: Counterfeit (II) (B)
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copyright 2007 Nick Peers, Images copyright Panzer/Davis