Someone is trying to kill Claudia, a pre-born immortal, who is the protege of Duncan. She doesn't know she's immortal. It turns out the person trying to "kill" her is an old friend of Mac's, Walter Graham. Claudia is a world-renowned pianist. Walter, who has always wanted to be great himself or attached to the greatness of genius, and to nurture it, wants Claudia to remain young forever at her creative peak. In the meantime, Methos falls for Alexa, a waitress at Joe's, who is dying.
Water cracked me up. He kept breaking out in prose trying to create that great work of art. I thought he was hilarious. Even him trying to Claudia was funny. I thought it was funny that Claudia lost her mojo right after she was "killed" and born into an immortal.
So the funniest part is when Duncan dresses up as a female character in 1663, in a Shakespeare play being put on by Walter. Especially since Duncan was so into it, with putting his make-up on, and trying to get his dress fitted properly. When the crowd starts laughing, you can't help but laugh too.
The Methos love story is bittersweet right from the beginning, knowing Alexa was dying. Methos was adorable as he fell in love. Everyone should have a Methos in heir lives. He was so generous of spirit. I wish we could have seen more of these two throughout the series. Sadly this was the only episode we see them as a couple.
Duncan's sweetest and kindness moments are always when he is soft-spoken with someone. Ever notice that? That's how he was in a long conversation with Claudia after she lost her mojo and didn't care about living.
The big downer in this episode was Rae Dawn Chong's portrayal of Claudia. She had no personality. Claudia has these snobbish, diva lines, yet she doesn't express them with any emotion. The lines themselves reminded of things that Hilary from 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' might say. Remember that show? And how funny the actress was delivering her snobby lines? Well, Claudia had none of that. But that's how she SHOULD have played it. It would have been hilarious. Instead she was just very bland.
This was a dramedy. Not really much in the way of action. I gave it a 7/10 mainly because I never really cared for the comedies, and Rae Dawn Chong wasn't very good. If she had been better, then this would have probably been an 8. The Methos/Alexa story was good, no complaints there.
Water cracked me up. He kept breaking out in prose trying to create that great work of art. I thought he was hilarious. Even him trying to Claudia was funny. I thought it was funny that Claudia lost her mojo right after she was "killed" and born into an immortal.
So the funniest part is when Duncan dresses up as a female character in 1663, in a Shakespeare play being put on by Walter. Especially since Duncan was so into it, with putting his make-up on, and trying to get his dress fitted properly. When the crowd starts laughing, you can't help but laugh too.
The Methos love story is bittersweet right from the beginning, knowing Alexa was dying. Methos was adorable as he fell in love. Everyone should have a Methos in heir lives. He was so generous of spirit. I wish we could have seen more of these two throughout the series. Sadly this was the only episode we see them as a couple.
Duncan's sweetest and kindness moments are always when he is soft-spoken with someone. Ever notice that? That's how he was in a long conversation with Claudia after she lost her mojo and didn't care about living.
The big downer in this episode was Rae Dawn Chong's portrayal of Claudia. She had no personality. Claudia has these snobbish, diva lines, yet she doesn't express them with any emotion. The lines themselves reminded of things that Hilary from 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' might say. Remember that show? And how funny the actress was delivering her snobby lines? Well, Claudia had none of that. But that's how she SHOULD have played it. It would have been hilarious. Instead she was just very bland.
This was a dramedy. Not really much in the way of action. I gave it a 7/10 mainly because I never really cared for the comedies, and Rae Dawn Chong wasn't very good. If she had been better, then this would have probably been an 8. The Methos/Alexa story was good, no complaints there.