Scripted series · RTL
Highlander: The Series
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
119 eps
Jim Byrnes
Joe Dawson
97 eps
Philip Akin
Charlie DeSalvo
14 eps
Tracy Scoggins
Cassandra
3 eps
Stan Kirsch
Richie Ryan
107 eps
Alexandra Vandernoot
Tessa Noël
30 eps
Wendell Wright
Sgt. Powell
3 eps
Jay Brazeau
Commissioner Cominski
2 eps
Leslie Carlson
Sam Thompson
2 eps
Christianne Hirt
Angie Burke
2 eps
Tim Reid
Sgt. Bennett
3 eps
Dustin Nguyen
Chu Lin
2 eps
Hugues Leforestier
Inspector LeBrun
3 eps
Amanda Wyss
Randi MacFarland
7 eps
Adrian Holmes
Johnny
2 eps
Werner Stocker
Darius
5 eps
Doug Abrahams
Benson's Deputy
2 eps
Philippe Agael
Anton Legris
2 eps
Rick Poltaruk
Big John
2 eps
Kim Kondrashoff
Forks
2 eps
Ken Camroux-Taylor
Mike Honniger
2 eps
Nathalie Presles
Claudine
2 eps
Alf Humphreys
Frank Brody
2 eps
Bill Croft
Mancuso
2 eps
Catherine Lough Haggquist
Marcia
3 eps
John Tench
Max Jupe
2 eps
Terry Arrowsmith
Rawls
2 eps
Lisa Vultaggio
Carmen
2 eps
Andrew Kavadas
Mick
2 eps
Cameron Bancroft
Robert
2 eps
Robert Ito
Hideo Koto
2 eps
Alexandra Stewart
Catherine Legris
2 eps
Frank C. Turner
Harry
2 eps
Mark Acheson
Laszlo
2 eps
Scott McNeil
Dennis
2 eps
Michelle Thrush
Sara Lightfoot
2 eps
Gabrielle Miller
Bess
2 eps
Duncan Fraser
SWAT Commander
3 eps
John Novak
Sheriff Crowley
3 eps
Roger Bret
Vendor
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Highlander: The Series actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Highlander: The Series reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 119 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20031 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
199222 episodes
7.1IMDbThe adventures of Duncan MacLeod, a 400-year-old Immortal who can only die if he is beheaded; conflict inevitably finds him because he is part of the Game, an ongoing battle in which all Immortals have to fight and behead each other until only one is left.
Best episode · S01E11 See No Evil
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
199322 episodes
8.0IMDbThe series continues to follow the adventures of Duncan MacLeod, a 400-year-old Immortal who can only die if he is beheaded. MacLeod is involved in the Game, an ongoing battle during which all Immortals have to behead each other until only one is left.
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
199422 episodes
7.8IMDb
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
199520 episodes
8.5IMDb
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
199620 episodes
5.0IMDb
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
199713 episodes
4.5IMDb
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Innocent Man
An Immortal friend of MacLeod's is beheaded in his isolated mountain retreat where he had hoped - like MacLeod - to retire from the fight for a while. A brain-damaged, homeless veteran is charged with the grisly crime, and an attempt is made to link him to the killing of Slan Quince (the villain of episode one, 'The Gathering'), an Evil Immortal whom MacLeod himself had slain in combat. MacLeod must try and clear the innocent man and unravel the mystery of who killed his friend. Here again we get a glimpse of MacLeod's past, in flashbacks set during the American Civil War.
- Directed by Jorge Montesi
- Written by Dan Gordon
S01E03
Road Not Taken
A deadly herbal drug takes the life of Richie's friend, and MacLeod suspects the source of the drug is another Immortal, Kiem Sun, who has long sought to perfect such a drug and remove its lethal side effects for the betterment of mankind. But a disciple of Kiem Sun's is using the drug for his own gain, and MacLeod and his old friend must track him down. When it becomes clear that Kiem Sun plans to continue his experiments, MacLeod destroys the remaining sample of the drug.
- Directed by Thomas J. Wright
- Written by Terry D. Nelson
S01E01
The Gathering
Duncan McLeod is roused from his peaceful existence with the love of this life, Tessa Noel, when he is challenged to Immortal combat by Slan Quince, an Evil Immortal. An old friend and Clansman, Connor MacLeod, comes to try and convince Duncan to once more join the fray in the battle of Good versus Evil. This episode also introduces Richie Ryan, a kid from the streets whom Duncan befriends after catching him breaking into his antique store.
- Directed by Thomas J. Wright
- Written by Dan Gordon
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Gregory Widen
Showrunner
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Loraine Despres
Writer
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David Tynan
Writer
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Durnford King
Writer
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Kevin Droney
Writer
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Jean-Vincent Fournier
Writer
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Karen Harris
Writer
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Marie-Chantal Droney
Writer
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Lawrence Shore
Writer
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Alan Swayze
Writer
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Morrie Ruvinsky
Writer
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James Thorpe
Writer
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Terry D. Nelson
Writer
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Dom Tordjmann
Writer
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Tony Di Franco
Writer
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Philip John Taylor
Writer
David Abramowitz
Writer
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Jan Hartman
Writer
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Fabrice Ziolkowski
Writer
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Christian Bouveron
Writer
Brian Clemens
Writer
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Martin Brossollet
Writer
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Jim Makichuk
Writer
Richard Gilbert-Hill
Writer
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Elizabeth Baxter
Writer
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Naomi Janzen
Writer
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Michael O'Mahony
Writer
Dan Gordon
Writer
Aubrey Solomon
Writer
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Peter Mohan
Writer
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Robert McCullough
Writer
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Sacha Reins
Writer
Scott Peters
Writer
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Nancy Heikin-Pepin
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Loraine DespresWriter
- David TynanWriter
- Durnford KingWriter
- Kevin DroneyWriter
- Jean-Vincent FournierWriter
- Karen HarrisWriter
Direction
- Daniel VigneDirector
- Bruno GantillonDirector
- Dennis BerryDirector
- Charles WilkinsonDirector
- Adrian PaulDirector
- Mario AzzopardiDirector
Cinematography
- Gilles ArnaudDirector of Photography
- Manuel TeranDirector of Photography
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeGemini Award for Best Dramatic Series1996
Highlander: The Series · Highlander: The Series
Where to watch
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