Highlander: The Animated Series Season 1

Synopsis

A new champion has arisen. Long awaited by the Jettators, an Immortal warrior has arrived to put an end to Lord Kortan's evil reign. His name is Quentin MacLeod and he is the Highlander. Kortan's hunters have ruthlessly raided Quentin's village, killed his mother and enslaved his friends. Quentin has accepted the perilous quest to accompany his mentor, Don Vincente Ramirez, on a mission to find the remaining Jettators - Mangus the architect, Lancerlay the historian, Ilrick the physician and Sahevy the botanist - keepers of the knowledge Quentin will need if he's to defeat Kortan and fulfill his destiny as the Highlander.

Main Cast

Lawrence Bayne

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Tracey Moore

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Hrant Alianak

Age : 74 | Popularity : 4%

Stuart Stone

Age : 43 | Popularity : 9%

Benedict Campbell

Age : 66 | Popularity : 3%

Don Dickinson

Age : 76 | Popularity : 5%

Wayne Robeson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lorne Kennedy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Episodes

Episode 1

18 September 1994 - The Last of the Macleods

Immortal tyrant Kortan raids a village for slaves. Young Quentin MacLeod and his mother are killed in the attack but Quentin soon revives. Immortals Ramirez and Mangus help him and his kid stepsister Clyde find their captured clansmen.

Episode 2

02 October 1994 - A Taste of Betrayal

Ramirez takes Quentin and Clyde to his old friend Stevenson, a brilliant Immortal scientist who lives in a defunct hydroelectric power plant turned library and possesses the knowledge of electricity. But something doesn't feel right.

Episode 3

23 October 1994 - The Last Weapon

Quentin's Dundee clan is attacked and robbed by a gang of raiders led by Mohar, an evil thug who has found a working machine gun. Quentin steals the gun to retrieve his clan's stolen supplies but becomes tempted by its deadly power.

Episode 4

02 October 1994 - Melvyn the Magnificent

Ramirez takes Quentin and Clyde to an old mining complex to meet his Immortal friend Erol, an expert in explosives, oil and mining. However, they only find Erol's traumatized, delusional and unhinged mortal assistant Melvyn there, who has, in his madness, convinced himself that he too is one of the Immortals. He abuses their trust to trap them in the mine, kidnaps Clyde thinking she's his dead daughter and takes her with him to Mogonda on a suicide mission of revenge to kill Kortan with Erol's explosives.

Episode 5

15 January 1995 - The Sound of Madness

During a severe thunderstorm, Ramirez, Quentin and Clyde are forced by Kortan's pursuing forces to hide in the Iron City, a gigantic abandoned aircraft carrier shipwreck that lies in the middle of a desert. Kortan himself arrives to fight Quentin one on one. During their battle, Quentin is temporarily blinded by lighting but fights on. Also, Ramirez reveals to Quentin Connor MacLeod's martyrish ultimate fate.

Episode 6

30 October 1994 - The Suspended Village

The trio is in a cliffside village to find Immortal Olak who possesses the knowledge of wind and flying and is willing to transfer it to Quentin through the "quickening of knowledge" ritual, if he can save the chieftain's son from Arak.

Episode 7

06 November 1994 - Exodus

Ramirez, Quentin and Clyde stumble upon a small matriarchal seaside community connected to the shore only by a single suspension bridge, which protects them from Kortan's forces. The townswomen have lost many of their husbands and sons in Arak's slave raids, so they've come up with a plan to leave the country and Kortan's grasp for good. They still posses the lost knowledge of shipbuilding, so they"ve constructed in secrecy a huge sailboat. However, Arak arrives and promises to release their men from slavery if the women turn over the fugitive trio.

Episode 8

20 November 1994 - The History Lesson

Ramirez is taking Quentin to meet Lanceley, an Immortal who possesses the knowledge of history. To stop him, Kortan sends Arak and his forces to Lanceley's rundown citadel where he and his feisty followers live.

Episode 9

27 November 1994 - The Cursed

Quentin must reach Immortal Ilrick and receive from him the knowledge of medicine to cure both his and a xenophobic rival clan from malaria. Meanwhile, evil scientist Asklepios is promoted and Arak demoted by Kortan.

Episode 10

04 December 1994 - The Valley of the Thorn Pods

Ramirez takes Quentin to see Immortal Sahevy who possesses the knowledge of botany and agriculture. However, the forest he lives in has been taken over by man-eating plants. The locals blame Sahevy and even accuse him of treachery.

Episode 11

11 December 1994 - Fallout

Ramirez takes Quentin to see the Sandman, a tormented Immortal once known as Prometheus, who possesses the forbidden knowledge of atom and nuclear weapons. Kortan tries to get to him first and kill him to absorb this knowledge.

Episode 12

18 October 1994 - The Courage of Love

The trio travels to see Brana, the Immortal who possesses the knowledge of linguistics and Earth's languages. Unfortunately, Arak raids Brana's village and takes the woman he loves for himself. Brana asks the trio for help.

Episode 13

08 January 1995 - The Setup

While searching for Yoshoda, a powerful Immortal who has the knowledge of martial arts, spirituality and illusion, the trio is joined by a mysterious teen who convinces Quentin to give up on his search for knowledge and become a warlord.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Assistant Director	Aziza Ghalila
	Director	Frederic Dybowski
Writing	Writer	Sophie Decroisette Françoise Charpiat Yves Coulon Florian Ferrier Patrick Galliano Michel Goffard Frédéric Lenoir Béatrice Marthouret Claude Prothée Serge Rosenzweig
Production	Producer	Christian Charret Peter S. Davis William N. Panzer Marc Du Pontavice
Sound	Music	Hervé Lavandier Ramon Pipin
Art	Art Direction	Guillaume Ivernel Jean-Yves Raimbaud
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