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THE RANSOM OF RICHARD
REDSTONE
The Chateau LeMartin has been in Marina's family for generations, but
now the slimy Carlo Capodimonte threatens to foreclose on an old loan
and take the chateau for himself. Desperate to save the family
heritage, Marina kidnaps an American millionaire in order to pay off
the loan. Unfortunately for Marina, the rich and charming "Richard
Redstone" she has tied up in the cellar is none other than Richie
Ryan.
Read full episode synopsis (at Jinnafore's
site).
Production Notes
 | Production number: 96513-101 |
| Original US
airdate: 17th February, 1997 |
| Written by:
David Tynan |
| Directed by:
Gerard Hameline |
| Guest Cast:
Sonia Codhant (Marina LeMartin), Tom Russell (Edward Cervain), Gary
Hetherington (Carlo Capodimonte); Astrid Veillon (Desiree), Sylvain
Rougerie (James Foulard), Matthew Thompson (James), George Gay
(Parking Attendant) |
Flashbacks
| 1978, Casino
Montecour, France
Duncan loses a lot of money in a French casino to a white-tuxed
English gentleman who answers to M, and then is forced to watch as
his female companion is robbed of her casino winnings. |
Other Immortals
| Richie |
Trivia
| Gary Hetherington has guested on MacGyver
and The X-Files, among other things. |
| The 1978 flashback is (almost) the latest
flashback into Duncan's life pre-Highlander: The Series. Only
two post-date this: 1980, when he first met Tessa (A14,
'For Evil's Sake'), and 1988, when he celebrates the New Year by -
unsuccessfully - trying to take Walter Reinhardt's head (A10,
'Revenge is Sweet'). |
Verdict
The standard slips again with this thinly veiled homage to Bond.
Richie may be playing the 007 role in places, but is it just
coincidence that Adrian Paul has been linked to the famous
secret-agent role? C
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Season Five list
Click on the link to go to that page
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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Text
copyright 2007 Nick Peers, Images copyright Panzer/Davis