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COURAGE
Brion Cullen is a shell of a man. Once
he was the greatest fighter known among Immortals. But somewhere along
the way he lost his nerve, and descended into a drugs- and
alcohol-induced madness. Can MacLeod save the friend he once knew, or
is he only making a hellish situation worse?
Production Notes
 | Production number: 94306-50 |
| Original US
airdate: 31st October, 1994 |
| Written by:
Nancy Heiken |
| Directed by:
Charles Wilkinson |
| Guest Cast:
John Pyper Ferguson (Cullen), Stefan Arngrim (Unknown); Jonathan
Scarfe (Kelly), Jennifer Copping (Katherine), Mark Acheson (Laszlo),
Catherine Lough (Marcia), Peter Bryant (Orderly), Colleen Rennison
(Robin), Marc Baur (Mike) |
Flashbacks
| 1810, Switzerland
Travels with Cullen when they are challenged by a young man. Duncan
leaves Cullen to finish off his glory-seeking opponent. |
| 1854, San
Francisco, USA
Stumbles into Cullen in San Francisco, where the finest swordsman in
the world has become addicted to opium. |
Other Immortals
| Richie |
| Brion Cullen |
| Zoltan Laszlo |
Trivia
| Australian John Pyper-Ferguson is yet another
genre veteran, with credits stretching back to Star Trek: The
Next Generation ('A Fistful of Datas') through The X-Files
and Millennium to a recurring role in the ill-fated Crow:
Stairway to Heaven TV series. Ferguson, like many other Canadian
actors who've featured in Highlander, turns up
here. |
| Mark Acheson had previously played the character
of Billy Ray in the second-season episode
B9, 'Run for your Life'. |
Verdict
A fascinating story with an interesting background and a sad, but
inevitable, conclusion. B+
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Season Three list
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Seacouver episodes
C1: The Samurai (B+)
C2: Line of Fire (C)
C3: The Revolutionary (C+)
C4: The Cross of St Antoine (A-)
C5: Rite of Passage (B-)
C6: Courage (B+)
C7: The Lamb (A-)
C8: Obsession (B+)
C9: Shadows (C+)
C10: Blackmail (B-)
C11: Vendetta (C+)
C12: They Also Serve (A)
C13: Blind Faith (B+)
C14: Song of the Executioner (A-)
Paris episodes
C15: Star-Crossed (B+)
C16: Methos (B+)
C17: Take Back The Night (B)
C18: Testimony (B)
C19: Mortal Sins (B)
C20: Reasonable Doubt (B)
C21: Finale (I) (B+)
C22: Finale (II) (A)
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copyright 2007 Nick Peers, Images copyright Panzer/Davis