Duncan is caught in the middle when the son of Tessa's longtime friend, a diplomat, rapes the stepdaughter of a vengeful Immortal.Duncan is caught in the middle when the son of Tessa's longtime friend, a diplomat, rapes the stepdaughter of a vengeful Immortal.Duncan is caught in the middle when the son of Tessa's longtime friend, a diplomat, rapes the stepdaughter of a vengeful Immortal.
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- TriviaMarion Cotillard who plays Lori in this episode, previously played the girl giving birth (uncredited) in the episode 'Saving Grace'.
- GoofsMark Rothwood said that Lori Bellian had blonde hair. Lori's hair was really dark.
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Colonel Everett Bellian: I'm here for Mark Rothwood.
Duncan MacLeod: Why?
Colonel Everett Bellian: Just bring him to me, MacLeod.
Duncan MacLeod: Maybe if you told me what this was about.
Colonel Everett Bellian: He raped my stepdaughter. Where is he?...... Didn't you hear what I said?
Duncan MacLeod: I'm sorry. If there's proof, the police will...
Colonel Everett Bellian: Lori's word is my proof. I don't need the damn police.
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by J.C. Phillips
The frustrating thing about this one is that there seems to be a much better episode fighting to get out. It has some interesting points bubbling under about anti-vigilantism and the fact that revenge isn't justice and that neither the innocent nor the guilty deserve to be handed over to a lynch mob, but quickly turns into a bog standard action-adventure episode with Duncan resorting to lethal force.
It also seems to think it's cleverer than it is. There's a feeling, especially with the flashback to Duncan failing to save a wrongly accused man, that they want it to be ambiguous as to whether Mark is guilty or not. But it isn't, at all, even though it's some way into the episode before we get a full flashback to the rape. He's set up as a slimy entitled creep who's lying through his back teeth (and the bizarre scene of him and Richie being set up on a play date while the adults talk just reinforces this). Plus for some reason, even though Anthony Head's playing his father as American, he's a snooty British guy, so he's obviously the villain.
The really disturbing thing is the complete lack of compassion towards a rape victim. Mark never stops seeing Lori as a plaything he was entitled to do what he wanted with. Her stepfather is violent and abusive towards her, making no real attempt to comfort her because he's too busy being on the wrong side of a dark version of Home Alone. Duncan doesn't seem to consider her at all. Only Richie shows her any real kindness.
They possibly could have saved the episode if they'd had a good ending. Instead, we get one that completely blows apart the apparent message of the episode. It's so abrupt that not only do we get no real reaction from the characters to give us an idea of how we're meant to feel about yet another absurd twist, we're not even entirely sure what happened. (After all, the episode is unclear whether multiple bullets to the chest is fatal or not.) The only thing we know is that a lot of people have died for nothing.
While Anthony Head's the most recognisable face here, British character actor Peter McGuinness, a few years off his regular role in Casualty, makes an impact as Immortal antagonist Everett Bellian.
- skteosk
- Jun 22, 2024
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