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VALKYRIE
Ingrid Henning is an Immortal with an obsession: in 1944 she failed to
kill Hitler and has atoned for it ever since by killing dictators,
tyrants, racists, and fascists who might have the potential to become
as dangerous. Mac has a chance to stop her killing mortals, but would
he be guilty of the same evil by taking her head?
Read full episode synopsis (at Jinnafore's
site).
Production Notes
 | Production number: 96510-98 |
| Original US
airdate: 27th January, 1997 |
| Written by:
James Thorpe |
| Directed by:
Richard Martin |
| Guest Cast:
Peter Wingfield (Methos), Musetta Vander (Ingrid Henning), Jan
Triska (Nicolae Breslaw); Fulvio Cecere (Alan Wilkinson), Martin
Evans (Colonel Stauffenburg), L Harvey Gold (Igor Stefanovich),
Peter Hanlon (Karl Brandt), Patrick Keating (Adolf Hitler), Dean
Balkwill (David), Jim Leard (Detective Frayne), Noah Heney (Brownshirt),
Raoul Ganeev (Guard) |
Flashbacks
| 1935, Berlin,
Germany
Duncan arrives in Berlin at the behest of British Intelligence to
monitor the rise of Nazi Germany. |
| 1944, Berlin
Germany
Duncan joins Ingrid and Colonel Stauffenberg in a Berlin bar to plot
the assassination attempt on Hitler. |
| 1944, East
Prussia, Germany
Duncan witnesses the botched attempt to assassinate Hitler with
the infamous bomb-in-a-suitcase plan. |
Other Immortals
| Methos |
| Ingrid Henning |
Trivia
| The plot to kill Hitler is based on fact
(although whether British Intelligence would have been involved in a
plot to kill Hitler in 1944 is more debatable), just as the later
fifth-season episode E15, 'The Stone of
Scone', is inspired by true-life events. |
| There is some speculation that this is the first
time that the fictional city of Seacouver (which exists halfway
between Seattle and Vancouver, hence the name) is mentioned
officially in the show. |
Verdict
By the standards of the fifth season it's a little disappointing, but
on its own merits is another fine morality play, with Duncan's dilemma
thoughtfully played out. B+
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Season Five list
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Seacouver episodes
E1: Prophecy (B)
E2: End of Innocence (B+)
E3: Manhunt (B+)
E4: Glory Days (B)
E5: Dramatic License (A-)
E6: Money No Object (A-)
E7: Haunted (B+)
E8: Little Tin God (A)
E9: The Messenger (A-)
E10: The Valkyrie (B+)
E11: Comes a Horseman (B+)
Paris episodes
E12: Revelations 6:8 (B-)
E13: Ransom of Richard Redstone (C)
E14: Duende (C+)
E15: The Stone of Scone (B)
E16: Forgive Us Our Trespasses (A-)
E17: The Modern Prometheus (B+)
E18: Archangel (B)
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