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Writer: David Tynan Director: Adrian Paul

Guest Cast: Carsten Norgaard as Kanwulf, Kristin Minter as Rachel MacLeod, Laurie Holden as Debra Campbell and Matthew Walder as Ian MacLeod

When MacLeod purchases a centuries old bracelet at an antiquities auction in Paris, he heads off to the village of his birth, Glenfinnan, to return it where it belongs. He had given the bracelet to Debra, the first love of his life, back before he became Immortal. Debra was betrothed to his cousin, Robert, but loved Duncan, who was forced to kill Robert over Debra's honor. When Debra died in a tragic accident, Duncan buried the bracelet with her. In the Glenfinnan of the present, two grave robbers are found dead, dramatically sliced open in a manner that reminds old-timers of the legendary Kanwulf, the Viking marauder who pillaged the area for hundreds of years. MacLeod tells Dawson that can't be -- he thought he'd killed Kanwulf nearly 400 years ago. But Kanwulf has returned, in the guise of the village minister, in search of the mystical axe MacLeod took from him in that battle. MacLeod fights Kanwulf again and kills him for good this time -- saving his village a second time from the rampaging Viking.

Writer: Morrie Ruvinsky Director: Charles Wilkinson

Guest Cast: Wolfgang Bodison as Andrew Cord, Philip Akin as Charlie DeSalvo, Liliana Komorowska as Mara and Chirs Bradford as Young Joe Dawson

When Immortal Andrew Cord is gunned down, MacLeod discovers the sniper's Charlie DeSalvo, who used to run the dojo. Charlie, who left at the end of "The Revolutionary" to fight the good fight with his love, Mara, is after vengence because Cord murdered her. Dawson knows Cord as the man who saved his life in Vietnam after the mine explosion that took his legs. Dawson begs MacLeod not to fight the man who saved him. MacLeod and Cord fight, but MacLeod spares Cord's life at Dawson's request. In return, Cord goes after Charlie, who can't understand why this man he keeps trying to kill won't die. Cord kills Charlie and before he dies, MacLeod admits to Charlie that MacLeod and Cord are immortal. MacLeod finally kills Cord, but his relationship with Dawson has been badly damaged.

Writer: Alan Swayze Director: Dennis Berry

Guest Cast: Pruitt Taylor Vince as Mikey, Callum Keith Rennie as Tyler King

Returning home from his travels, Richie encounters Mikey, a huge Immortal of limited mental development and a fascination with trains. Mikey is alone because the Immortal who cared for him has been killed. Richie takes Mikey home to MacLeod, who advises him that taking care of Mikey could be trouble. MacLeod remembers an incident in the Old West where he came to the aid of a young Indian in trouble and his help got the man killed. Mikey does not know his own strength or how to control it. When a policeman winds up dead, Mikey is wanted for murder. Richie and MacLeod realize that Mikey will always be a danger to himself and those around him. While MacLeod faces Tyler King, an Immortal who's coming after Mikewy, Richie finds the maturity to take responsibility for the situation.

Writer: Lawrence Shore Director: Mario Azzopardi

Guest Cast: Justin Louis as Peter Kanis and Travis MacDonald as Mark Roszca

The past comes back to haunt Richie when he spies Mark Roszca, the street punk who killed Tessa and Richie in the second season episode "The Darkness." Richie is determined to go after Roszca and avenge Tessa's death and is frustrated when MacLeod fails to share his lust for vengence. Meanwhile, MacLeod is distracted by the return of an old Immortal enemy, Kanis -- a master of hounds who uses his pack of dogs to track and exhaust his prey. This time his prey is Duncan MacLeod. While MacLeod dispatches Kanis, Richie tracks down Roszca, who now has a fiancee and a child on the way -- but can't bring himself to kill him.

Writer: Lawrence Shore Director: Mario Azzopardi

Guests: Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda

MacLeod's old friend, Kit O'Brady, comes into town in search of a good race horse and a change of luck. MacLeod knew Kit back in Gold Rush San Francisco, when Kit ran the double Eagle Saloon. Kit lost the Double Eagle to Amanda in a Poker game and has blamed her ever since for his string of bad luck - - and he's vowed to kill her. When Amanda chooses to breeze back into MacLeod's life while Kit is there, MacLeod is hard pressed to keep them apart and to keep them from killing each other.

Writer: Elizabeth Baxter Director: Dennis Berry

Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda Lisa Howard as Anne Lindsay Myles Ferguson as Kenny Mike Preston as Terence Kincaid

Running for his life from Immortal Terrence Kincaid, Kenny (the child Immortal from "The Lamb") runs straight into Anne Lindsay's emergency room. Stashing Kenny in the hospital chapel, Anne calls MacLeod for help. MacLeod agrees to harbor him for one night only, but when MacLeod get him home, Kenny discovers his long-lost teacher there - Amanda!

Writer: Durnford King Director: Dennis Berry

Guest Cast: Sean Allen as Simon Killian Lisa Butler as Melissa

World War I was officially over when Colonel Simon Killian ordered his troops into one last bloody attack on the Germans. MacLeod witnessed the massacre and made sure his testimony at Killian's court martial got Killian locked up forever. Seventy years later, Killian is back to return the favor. meanwhile, Amanda has found a new friend, Melissa, a young thief out for thrills. Melissa wants to be just Amanda so she changes hair and her clothes to look just like her -- so much so that Killian kidnaps her, thinking , thinking she's MacLeod's girlfriend.

Writer: Scott Peters Director: Neill Fearnley

Guest Cast: Peter Outerbridge as Paul Kinman Jill Teed Kaayla Brooks Kevin McNulty

Coming home from the movies, MacLeod and Richie witness a murder attempt on grocer David Markum. MacLeod and Richie go after the murderer and discover he's Immortal Paul Kinman just as the police arrive and arrest him. MacLeod want's Kinman's head. Kinman killed MacLeod's good friend Dennis Keating when they were in the court of Queen Anne. FBI agent Kaayla Brooks asks MacLeod and Rich if they can testify against Kinman, but MacLeod refuses because he can't kill Kinman if Kinman's in jail

Writer: David Tynan Director: Duane Clark

An ancient statue of the Hindu goddess Kali is purchased by he university where MacLeod teaches and is put on display. It's creator, Immortal Kamir, who has been searching for it for centuries, arrives determined to take it back to its home in India. Deva Ennis, the half-indian department chairman who found the piece for the university, is equally determined to keep it. MacLeod, who has known Kamir since the Raj period, when India was controlled by the British Empire, knows Kamir is the last of the Thugee, a cult who worshipped Kali by ritually strangling her enemies.

Writer: Michael O'Mahoney & Sasha Reins Director: Duane Clark

Guest Cast: Peter Wingfield as Methos Ann Turkel as Kristan Gillan Beverly Hendry as Louise

Nearly 350 years ago, MacLeod was the devoted lover of Kristin, a beautiful Immortal who taught him to be a gentleman. When he found another love, Kristin refused to let him go, killing his new lover. Now Kristin is sharing her bed with another new Immortal full of potential -- Richie. Methos, who knows MacLeod has never been able to kill Kristin because of his strict code of honor, has arrived in town to watch the fireworks as MacLeod tries to convince Richie his new found love is dangerous.

Writer: Karen Harris Director: Duane Clark

Guest Cast: Peter Wingfield as Methos Ron Halder as Walter Bellman Rae Dawn Chong as Claudia Jardine Ocean Hellman as Alexa Bond

World famous pianist Claudia Jardine has a secret that even she doesn't know -- She's destined to become Immortal. Immortal impresario Walter Bellman, who has guided the careers of mortal greats like Shakespeare, sees his chance to shepherd Claudia's genius forever and kills her, triggering her latent Immortality against MacLeod's better judgment. Meanwhile, Methos has fallen for Alexa, a waitress at Joe's who has a secret of her own.

Writer: Morrie Ruvinsky Director: Paolo Barzman

Guest Cast: Lisa Howard as Anne Lindsey Diane Terrin

ER trauma surgeon Anne Lindsey responds to the call for help after an explosion devastates a subway station, but when a subsequent explosion rocks the station , Anne is trapped. MacLeod remembers WWII London where he and the woman he loved, reporter Diane Terrin, were trapped in a bombed air-raid shelter during The Blitz, running out of time and air. MacLeod is desperate to rescue Anne before he loses her like he lost Diane.

Writer: David Tynan Director: Dennis Berry

Guest Cast: Ron Chief Moon as Jim Coltec Benjamin Ratner as Bryce Korland

The Immortal Coltec is a Native American Hayoka -- a shaman whose responsibility is to take evil into himself to protect his people. After the massacre of MacLeod's Indian family in 1872, Coltec saved MacLeod by taking in the evil and rage he felt. Since the death of his tribe, Coltec has become Hayoka to the world, protecting it from evil Immortals. But Coltec's capacity for evil isn't endless and when evil finally overtakes him, MacLeod must find a way to save Coltec without being drawn into the evil himself.

Writer: David Tynan Director: Dennis Berry

Guest Cast: Peter Wingfield as Methos Michael J. Jackson as Sean Burns Carl Chase as Robert Davis Valeria Cavalli as Dominique Davis Kristin Minter as Rachel MacLeod

MacLeod arrives in France, leaving a trail of hate and destruction his wake. Methos finds him and discovers just how evil MacLeod has become when he tries to take Methos's head on holy ground. After MacLeod kills another good friend, Methos realizes that the only way to save MacLeod may be to kill him.

Writer: Lawrence Shore Director: Paolo Barzman

Guest Cast: Kristin Minter as Rachel MacLeod Ricco Ross as Kassim Vernon Dobtcheff as Hamad Tomer Sisley as Reza

In 1755, MacLeod made a promise in order to save the life of a young friend. It comes back to haunt him when Kassim, the Immortal to whom he made the promise, demands that MacLeod assassinate the tyrannical dictator of a small Middle Eastern country. When his refusal gets a good man killed and puts Rachel's life in jeopardy, MacLeod is torn between doing what he believes is right and keeping his promise.

Writer: Michael O'Mahoney & Sash Rains Director: Adrian Paul

Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda Peter Wingfield as Methos Anthony Hyde as Nathan Stern Jamie Harris as Daniel Geiger

When masked thugs try to take Amanda's head in her sleep and steal the crystal given to her long ago by her teacher Rebecca, Amanda and MacLeod investigate. They discover that the crystal may be part of the Methuselah Stone, a mystic talisman said to impart eternal life and invulnerability to the wearer and that the person willing to kill Amanda to get it may be Methos.

Writers: Story by Sophie Decroisette; Teleplay by Scott Peters Director: Yves Lafays

Guest Cast: Elizabeth Gracen as Amanda Jason Bonham Carter as Danny Cimoli Louise Vincent as Lina Cimoli Simon Kunz as Damon Case

Two -bit magician Danny Cimoli gets a whole new act when he's hit by a truck and becomes the Immortal Cimoli. Amanda and MacLeod find him in a circus, taking bullets in the heart to the delight of the audience and blissfully unaware he's now part of The Game. MacLeod tries to get Danny into shape when Crusader Damon Case comes to claim his head, but Danny's more interested in achieving "real" immortality -- going down in history as a magician even greater than Houdini.

Writer: Alan Swayze Director: Dennis Berry

Guest Cast: Dougray Scott as Warren Cochrane Peter Wingfield as Methos Laura Marine as Nancy Goddard Struan Rodger as Bonnie Prince Charlie Gresby Nash as Andrew Donnelly

MacLeod's old friend Warren Cochrane is hiding a horrible secret he can't bear to remember. Realizing that an Immortal who won't remember what he is is soon a dead Immortal, MacLeod tries to help Warren by reminding him of the history they shared together, of their battles for Scotland's freedom, and their mission to return Bonnie Prince Charlie to the throne. But MacLeod might have helped his friend more by letting the past stay buried.

Writer: David Tynan Director: Charles Wilkinson

Guest Cast: Stacey Travis as Renee Delaney, Marc Warren as Morgan D'Estaing and Roland Gift as Xavier St. Cloud

Are MacLeod and the police seeing a ghost when the evidence in a diamond theft and poison gas murder points to the evil, but dead, Xavier St. Cloud? CID Agent Renee Delaney (Season 2 "Unholy Alliance") returns to ask for MacLeod's help in finding the killer. When MacLeod is nearly killed in another poison gas attack, he's forced to consider -- could it be Xavier? The attacks are a memorial to a fallen teacher by Xavier's former student, Morgan D'Estaing, prior to taking MacLeod's head in revenge for MacLeod taking Xavier's. Morgan kills a police inspector with poisoned wine to lure MacLeod into a confrontation, but he's thwarted when the police arrive and arrest him. Faking his own suicide in jail, Morgan escapes and confronts MacLeod outside Renee's apartment. They fight and Morgan cheats, slashing MacLeod with a poisoned dagger. Just before he dies of the poison, MacLeod takes Morgan's head and is jolted back to life by the power of the Quickening.

Writer: Story by Beatrice Mathouret; Teleplay by Michael O'Mahoney & Sasha Reins Director: Dennis Berry

Guest Cast: Roger Daltrey as Hugh Fitzcairn Jeremy Brudenell as Robert de Valicourt Cecille Pallas as Gina de Vakicourt Peter Wingfield as Methos

When Gina and Robert de Valicourt met 300 years ago, even Gina's suitors, MacLeod and Fitzcairn, had to admit they were destined for each other. Each century, as Robert and Gina renewed their wedding vows before their friends and fellow Immortals, their love grew stronger. But now their marriage is on the rocks. MacLeod decides it's up to him to reunite the once happy couple, and he enlists a very unwilling accomplice in his cunning plan.

Writer: David Tynan

Guest Cast: Jesse Joe Walsh as Jack Shapiro Peter Wingfield as Methos Stephen Tremblay as Jacob Galati

Dawson's life is on the line when the Watchers try him on the charge of treason for his friendship with MacLeod. Watcher deaths have risen dramatically since Dawson first told MacLeod about the Watchers and the Tribunal is determined to punish Joe and stop the killing. MacLeod and Dawson argue his case, but even as the trial goes on, the Watcher killings continue.