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HOMELAND
According to local legend, 400 years ago Duncan MacLeod came back from
the dead to kill Kanwulf, the Viking scourge of his clan. But at the
same time a mysterious MacLeod returns to his birthplace for the first
time in 250 years bearing a strange bracelet, a spate of grave
robberies and murders bearing the hallmarks of Kanwulf leave locals
divided over who exactly might be terrorising them again.
Read full episode synopsis (at Jinnafore's
site).
Production Notes
 | Production number: 95401-67 |
| Original US
airdate: 29th September, 1995 |
| Written by:
David Tynan |
| Directed by:
Adrian Paul |
| Guest Cast:
Kristin Minter (Rachel MacLeod), Matthew Walker (Ian MacLeod),
Carsten Norgaard (Kanwulf); Laurie Holden (Debra Campbell), Scott
McNeil (Robert MacLeod), Anna Hagan (Mary MacLeod), Ewan (Sudsy)
Clark (George Lalonde), John Tierney (Angus), William Samples
(Bruce), Gerard Plunkett (James Bailey), Robert Moloney (Kevin
McSwain), Billy Mitchell (Brian McSwain), Forbes Angus (Constable),
Andrew MacGregor (Donal) |
Flashbacks
| 1618, MacLeod
settlement, Scotland
Duncan's first love is promised to his clansman, and although Duncan
is prepared - reluctantly - to let her go, tragedy follows. |
| 1624, MacLeod
settlement, Scotland
Two years after being banished from his clan for coming back
from the dead, a confused MacLeod - still unsure who or what he is -
returns to avenge his father's death at the hands of Kanwulf. |
Other Immortals
| Kanwulf |
Trivia
| Kristin Minter reprises her role as Rachel
MacLeod in D14, 'Deliverance', and
D15, 'Promises'. |
| This is Matthew Walker's second appearance as
Duncan's father Ian - his first was in
A2, 'Family Tree', and his last will be in
E1, 'Prophecy' (alongside Anna
Hagan, who also returns as Duncan's mother in this episode). |
| Contrary to popular belief (and personal
expectation), only small segments of this episode were actually
filmed in the Scottish Highlands - the rest was filmed back in
British Columbia, Canada. |
| John Tierney previously appeared as a different
character in B3, 'Turnabout'. |
| Gerard Plunkett, with a string of genre credits
to his name (see
here)
returns as an altogether more sinister character in
E1, 'Prophecy'. |
Verdict
Highlander's most spectacular season-opener ever is undone
slightly by Kanwulf's lack of menace. The Watchers' Chronicles makes a
good fist of explaining this away - Viking bully loses axe and his
confidence - but this isn't conveyed on-screen, and dilutes what is
otherwise a superb directorial debut from Paul.
B+
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Season Four list
Click on the link to go to that page
Seacouver episodes
D1: Homeland (B+)
D2: Brothers in Arms (A-)
D3: The Innocent (A-)
D4: Leader of the Pack (B)
D5: Double Eagle (B+)
D6: Reunion (B+)
D7: The Colonel (B)
D8: Reluctant Heroes (B-)
D9: The Wrath of Kali (B+)
D10: Chivalry (B)
D11: Timeless (B)
D12: The Blitz (C)
D13: Something Wicked (A)
Paris episodes
D14: Deliverance (A-)
D15: Promises (B+)
D16: Methusaleh's Gift (B+)
D17: The Immortal Cimoli (A-)
D18: Through a Glass Darkly (B+)
D19: Double Jeopardy (C+)
D20: Til Death (A-)
D21: Judgement Day (B)
D22: One Minute to Midnight (A-)
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