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DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
Embezzler, charmer, con man extraordinaire, Willie Kingsley has a
knack for turning up dead - and profiting from it handsomely. But when
one last con goes horribly wrong, his mortal wife pays for the scheme
with her life. Willie turns to Duncan MacLeod to help him track down
her killer, but while Mac is torn between justice and an old friend,
Willie is simply after revenge.
Read full episode synopsis (at Jinnafore's
site).
Production Notes
 | Production number: 97604-110 |
 | Original US
airdate: 20th October, 1997 |
 | Written by:
James Thope |
 | Directed by:
Richard Martin |
 | Guest Cast:
Jasper Britton (Willie Kingsley), Anita Dobson (Molly Ivers), Ed
Bishop (Edward Banner), Alexis Denisof (Steve Banner); Paula Jane
Ulrich (Young Molly Ivers), Paul Bandey (Swinson), Malcolm Rennie (Smythe),
Edward Hamilton-Clarke (US Investigative Service Guard), Martin
Jaubert (The Butler) |
Flashbacks
 | 1969, London,
England
We see how Willie has made his money for the last 30-odd years. |
 | 1836, London,
England
Duncan witnesses Willie's 'death' in a duel after he has
embezzled £100,000 from a business partner. |
Other Immortals
 | Willie Kingsley |
Trivia
 | Ed Bishop is fondly remembered as a stalwart of
ITC's 60s children shows, in particular Captain Scarlet (as
the voice of Captain Blue), and UFO, as Commander Ed Straker. |
 | Alexis Denisof, who once dated the Fast Show's
Caroline Aherne, has gone on to bigger and better things as the
disgraced Watcher Wesley Wyndham-Price in Buffy: The Vampire
Slayer and Angel. He's now married to Allyson Hannigan,
co-star in Buffy and most recently seen in the American
Pie movies. |
 | Anita Dobson is best known for her role as
barmaid Angie Watts in Eastenders. She is married to Brian
May (of Queen fame, doubling the Highlander connection). |
Verdict
Nice idea, but lacking something in the execution, like much of season
six. It must be noted that the only regular in this - and indeed most
of the other episodes this season - is Duncan himself.
C+
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Season Six list
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Paris episodes
F1: Avatar (C)
F2: Armageddon (C+)
F3: Sins of the Father (B+)
F4: Diplomatic Immunity (C+)
F5: Patient Number 7 (C)
F6: Black Tower (C+)
F7: Unusual Suspects (B+)
F8: Justice (B-)
F9: Deadly Exposure (B-)
F10: Two of Hearts (C)
F11: Indiscretions (B+)
F12: To Be (B+)
F13: Not to Be (A-)
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