The BEST episodes of Highlander: The Series season 6

Every episode of Highlander: The Series season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Highlander: The Series season 6!

Inspired by the film of the same name, this follows the life of Duncan MacLeod, clansman of Connor. Here in the modern day, Duncan must fend off old foes and make new friends. Some of the people of his past are still around, some are long dead, and some don't yet know their end is near. Duncan must choose his alliances carefully, because around every corner there is someone looking to take the head of the "Highlander".

Last Updated: 11/2/2024Network: SyndicationStatus: Ended
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Not to Be (2)
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7.00
96 votes

#1 - Not to Be (2)

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/16/1998

Fitz died three hundred years ago... Horton has taken over the Watchers... Joe Dawson has been reduced to a bitter, penniless vagrant... Amanda is a black widow... and Methos has rejoined the Horsemen to avenge his fiance's death. If you think that's bad, just wait till you find out what's happened to Richie and Tessa.

Directors: Dennis Berry
Writer: David Tynan
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To Be (1)
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6.85
94 votes

#2 - To Be (1)

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/9/1998

MacLeod makes the ultimate sacrifice to save the lives of Amanda and Joe Dawson... then reunites with old friend Hugh Fitzcairn, and gets a look at what the world-- and his friends' lives-- would be like without him.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: David Tynan
Watch Now:Amazon
Patient Number 7
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6.75
87 votes

#3 - Patient Number 7

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1997

Police at her heels, killers on her trail, Kyra is on the run, with no memory of who -- or what -- she is. In the streets of Paris, she runs into Duncan MacLeod, who spins a wild story: that he and Kyra were lovers once, some three hundred years ago. That she is a soldier, a warrior. That she is Immortal. Kyra doesn't believe a word of it... but if it isn't true, then why is someone after her head?

Directors: Dennis Berry
Writer: David Tynan
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Avatar (2)
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6.74
89 votes

#4 - Avatar (2)

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1997

Once every thousand years, the Zoroastrian demon Ahriman returns to wreak havoc on the earth. He has already brought destruction to Duncan MacLeod's world, having caused Richie's death at Duncan's hand. But now MacLeod returns to Paris to take up his mantle as Champion and vows to destroy Ahriman. Sophie Baines knows how to defeat the demon, but is she MacLeod's ally, or another pawn in Ahriman's game?

Directors: Dennis Berry
Writer: David Tynan
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Indiscretions
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6.59
87 votes

#5 - Indiscretions

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/2/1998

Methos and Joe Dawson join forces when past indiscretions threaten their lives-- and loved ones-- in the present. Morgan Walker has been nursing a grudge against Methos for two hundred years, and now he may finally get the chance to take his revenge... by kidnapping Joe's daughter.

Directors: Dennis Berry
Writer: James Thorpe
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Sins of the Father
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6.46
89 votes

#6 - Sins of the Father

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1997

Now that his grandson, Carl, manages the bank, George Thomas can relax with his old friend, Duncan MacLeod. But the good life is cut short when George's car explodes in a ball of flames -- leaving MacLeod to find George's killer. The trail leads to Alex Raven, a beautiful Immortal with a taste for danger and a fifty-year-old promise to fulfill... no matter what the cost.

Directors: Dennis Berry
Writer: James Thorpe
Unusual Suspects
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6.46
87 votes

#7 - Unusual Suspects

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1997

It's 1929, and Hugh Fitzcairn is enjoying the life of an English lord. He has good friends, a beautiful wife, trusted servants . . . until one of his nearest and dearest ""murders"" him, that is. Now, with the help of his old friend Duncan MacLeod, Fitz is determined to uncover the identity of his own murderer -- before more bodies start piling up.

Directors: Dennis Berry
Diplomatic Immunity
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6.43
88 votes

#8 - Diplomatic Immunity

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1997

Embezzler, charmer, and con man extraordinaire, Willie Kingsley has a knack for turning up dead... and profiting from it handsomely. But when one last con goes horribly wrong, resulting in the death of his mortal wife, Willie turns to Duncan MacLeod to help him track down her killer. MacLeod wants justice... Willie wants revenge.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: James Thorpe
Armageddon (3)
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6.38
120 votes

#9 - Armageddon (3)

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1997

With the help of Father Beaufort and Joe Dawson, MacLeod finally begins to find a crack in Ahriman's armor. But he soon learns, along with Dawson, that anyone who helps the Champion becomes fair game for the demon. Joe is torn by guilt as Watchers -- friends -- are murdered by Ahriman, while Father Beaufort has his own inner demons to contend with. Not even Holy Ground is sanctuary, as MacLeod wrestles with Ahriman in the final battle... Armageddon.

Directors: Richard Martin
Two of Hearts
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6.37
87 votes

#10 - Two of Hearts

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/14/1998

Centuries ago, Bartholomew sent thousands to their deaths during the Crusades, amassing a fortune in God's name. Now Katherine is determined to take his head - if only she can keep her mortal husband, Nick, from interfering with the Game.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: James Thorpe
Deadly Exposure
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6.35
86 votes

#11 - Deadly Exposure

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/31/1998

All bounty hunter Reagan Cole wanted was a holiday in Paris with Duncan MacLeod; what she gets is international intrigue, a hunky underwear model, and a terrorist with a million-dollar price on his head.

Directors: Dennis Berry
Writer: James Thorpe
Justice
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6.31
87 votes

#12 - Justice

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1997

When Immortal Katya's adopted daughter is murdered, the courts let the killer-- her husband-- walk free. Now Katya's an avenging angel, determined to see justice done at any cost... but can MacLeod convince her that justice and revenge aren't the same thing?

Directors: Richard Martin
Black Tower
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6.24
89 votes

#13 - Black Tower

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1997

Four hundred years ago, Devon Marek was a spoiled aristocrat with a passion for the hunt. His first teacher, Duncan MacLeod, forced him to give up his lands and title when he became Immortal -- and Marek's never forgiven him for it. Now Marek has built a new empire, and he's ready to hunt his most dangerous prey yet: MacLeod. Obsessed with revenge, Marek imprisons the Highlander in a deserted highrise office building... with a gang of deadly mercenaries on his tail.

Directors: Richard Martin
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