
      By
      Lyria Wollich
       Highlander the Series premiered in 1992. Following the popular
      Highlander movie starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, the series
      was to take fans in a whole new direction. The opening scene featured a
      scrolling script read out loud by Adrian Paul, who was to become the
      premiere icon of Highlander fandom.
      
           "I am Duncan MacLeod, born four hundred
      years ago in the Highlands of Scotland. I am Immortal, and I am not
      alone.  For centuries we have waited for the Gathering, when the
      stroke of a sword and the fall of a head will release the power of the
      Quickening. In the end, there can be only one."
           In episode 1, Connor MacLeod played by
      Christopher Lambert, pays  a surprise visit to his cousin, Duncan
      MacLeod  while chasing down the evil immortal Slan (Richard
      Moll).  Upon reuniting, Connor does a good job of passing the baton
      to Duncan and creating a sense of continuity from movie to series.
           The series lasted six seasons, 119
      episodes.  It finally drew to a close in 1997, the last of the
      episodes aired in the Winter of 1998.  The writers were careful not
      to draw the closing curtain too tightly, however, because Highlander was
      to return to the big screen in September 2000, in Highlander
      - Endgame.
       
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