Methos
Encyclopedia
Methos is a fictional character
from the Highlander universe
- the film series, the television show Highlander: The Series
, and several fiction books. He is an Immortal
. He is portrayed by actor Peter Wingfield
in both series and the movies. Methos, as one of the The Four Horsemen
, represents death
.
Methos was first introduced in the Highlander episode "Methos". It was originally planned to have him die at the end of the two-parter “Finalé” episode, but the writers saw potential in the character and kept him.
According to the series, Methos had been keeping journals chronicling his life. Because of these journals, he was considered one of the Watcher Organization's greatest mysteries. His existence was doubted and questioned for many centuries. Methos (under the guise of Watcher Adam Pierson) was assigned to the writings chronicling the legendary Methos' past. These journals documented - with varied accuracy - much of his life. In doing so, he became somewhat of an off-field agent for The Watchers
and was able to keep tabs on other Immortals that he preferred to avoid. That changed when two Watchers died at the hand of Kalas, an evil Immortal.
During the third season Joe Dawson, Duncan's Watcher and close friend, realized that Kalas was looking for Methos. Duncan MacLeod knew that with Methos's Quickening
, Kalas could be unstoppable. Both Kalas and MacLeod raced to be the first to find Methos. Duncan's search led him to seek out the Watcher known as "Adam Pierson." When they first met, Duncan immediately sensed that Adam was an Immortal. Through his conversation with Adam, MacLeod realized that Adam was Methos. Duncan eventually killed Kalas on top of the Eiffel Tower in the season's finale. Methos and Duncan become friends.
During the Bronze Age
, Methos rode alongside three other immortals: Silas
, Caspian
, and Kronos
, who were known as The Four Horsemen
and who had plundered and raped across villages on two continents. Kronos tracked down Methos in order to get to MacLeod.
Cassandra, an Immortal love interest of Duncan's and who was also tracking Kronos, pointed out to Duncan that Methos was actually Death
. She claimed he had enslaved her after destroying her village thousands of years ago.
Methos decided to flee, but Duncan caught him before he left. When asked whether Cassandra's accusations were true, Methos responded:
In that moment, Duncan decided to put an end to their friendship. Methos persuaded Kronos to put the band together again since he knew where both Caspian and Silas were. Kronos took the opportunity, relishing in the idea of world domination again. In the end, Methos allied himself with Duncan MacLeod to destroy the Horsemen. The two defeated Kronos and Silas together in the same area, resulting in a powerful Double Quickening. Their friendship, however, still remained strained.
Methos returned again in Season 6, the last season for the television series. During the episode "Indiscretions", he learns he's being chased by an obsessive Immortal named Morgan Walker. Walker hated him for having had an affair with his slave 200 years ago. Methos, trying to hide from Walker who had tracked him down, looked for information in the Watchers' computer database. Joe Dawson was angry when he found out that Methos was only trying to save his own life by hacking into Joe's files, instead of explaining his whereabouts one year earlier. Although Joe and Methos' friendship was shaky, together they helped rescue a rookie Watcher and also Joe's illegitimate daughter, Amy Thomas. Their adventure helped them to rekindle their friendship and Methos was able to defeat Walker.
(who were trying to kill him). He survived their attack due to Kronos saving him. The event made him swear revenge to all the Watchers. He gathered together the Four Horsemen
and also Richie Ryan
, but the Watchers killed Silas and Caspian. Methos later killed Richie, who couldn't bring himself to kill Joe Dawson on Methos's orders. Duncan MacLeod saw this with the help of the Hugh Fitzcairn
's spirit, and tried to stop all of it. He fought Methos and killed him in revenge for Richie's death. In the same instant that Duncan executed the killing stroke, he returned to his original reality, where Methos tried to wake him up. In the end, it was the advice of Methos that put Duncan MacLeod back into The Game once more.
, he was born in ancient Egypt
around 4000 BC and was the second son of three boys and two girls. When he was approximately 35 years old, the oasis at which his family lived ran dry. He had accompanied his family as they traveled to another oasis and experienced his first death when a sandstorm trapped them before they reached their destination. A Bedouin
tribe found him and housed him for a while, teaching him the ways of survival in the desert. He stayed with them for many years, until it was evident that he wasn't aging. By the time he was an estimated 603 years old, he began to meet others that were like him. He then realized that there were many Immortals besides himself. He learned some facts of immortality from Menahem, an Immortal whom Methos considered ancient at the time. It was also during this time in his life that he took his first head, from another immortal named Joseph.
During time he spent in ancient Egypt an Immortal pharaoh named Djer took him under his wing. Methos soon learned that the Pharaoh had his nomad wife killed during a smiting of Sinai (the killing of all nomads). Angered at Djer, Methos buried him alive inside a sarcophagus deep within a tomb. He claimed Djer's throne and became Pharaoh of Egypt.
Methos avoided battle and, for the most part, other Immortals whenever possible. He slept with his sword under his bed and sometimes carried a handgun
. He rarely participated in The Game (his preference was to observe rather than fight), preferring to remain a legend so few would come looking for him. Whenever he perceived that there was a great danger nearby, he had a habit of suddenly disappearing for a while. However, even though he preferred to stay in the shadows, he could still defend himself when needed.
He considered opera music to be boring and he liked Bruce Springsteen
, Queen
, and other music as well. He collected things, mostly antiques that many people considered to be junk, claiming that he thought some of the "junk" could be his from the past. He has also commented that although he knew most of everything in life, he was a bit weak in pop-cultural matters.
Methos often used the name "Adam" in some way in most of his aliases (likely a reference to the Biblical Adam and his extreme age). In the early 19th century, one of his aliases was “Benjamin Adams.” He was also known as “Ben Adams” when he moved to Arizona
around 1860. Between 1980 and 1996 he was known as “Adam Pierson.”
When an impostor calling himself Methos appeared he thought it was flattering, and was happy to let someone else be hunted for a while.
, Germany, in 1453.
He claims to have studied at the University of Paris
, majoring in classical studies.
, Julius Caesar
, Jesus
, and Cleopatra. He knew the English
poets Byron and Percy Shelley, the English author Mary Shelley
, and rode with Butch Cassidy
and The Sundance Kid. In his first meeting with MacLeod, he said not many people can claim to have been on the same stage as both Julius Caesar and The Rolling Stones
.
He's also been married 68 times, but never to an Immortal. According to him, it would be too much of a commitment.
.
At first, Alexa refused his proposition of dating, because she didn't want to disappoint him as she was dying. However, Methos was persistent, and waited for her under the rain and asked her out on a date. He mentioned to Alexa that the reason for asking her on a date was "[b]ecause the alternative is unthinkable." In his quest to make her feel alive even though she was dying, he wanted to make her dream come true by traveling the world.
During their travels, Alexa became gravely ill. Methos wanted to use the Methuselah's Stone, rumored to be able to make a person Immortal, to save Alexa. He tried to steal it, with help from Amanda. Methos failed to retrieve the stone due to the intervention of the Watchers. Methos remained at Alexa's side until she died of her illness. It was her strength that taught Methos' humanity's will to live despite the fact they would ultimately die. She was the person that opened his eyes, at the same time, cursed at the fact that with the power of immortality, he would have to live with the fact the he must watch her suffer and die. A thing that Duncan knows too well.
and Methos had similar personalities in the series. Both are shown to be cunning, to think of themselves as a priority, and both remain loyal to their friends. When Amanda was captured by a nemesis of Duncan MacLeod's, Methos offered to help, saying he was “...fond of the little vixen [him]self.”
She seemed to know Methos from earlier times and she also helped him when he tried to steal the Methuselah crystal. When he failed, Amanda gave him a heartfelt hug and words of encouragement.
going so far as to offer him his head to defeat an evil Immortal. He often refers to MacLeod as a “boy scout
” and tries to keep him out of trouble as much as possible. Often, Methos will take on the opposite view of Duncan about situations, appearing to play devil's advocate
. Although at times this quirk rubbed Duncan the wrong way, their friendship still remained relatively strong during the series and into the movies (even despite the events of “Comes A Horseman” and “Revelation 6:8”), as Duncan often seeks out Methos for help and guidance.
, where he was put in charge of locating himself. When Duncan MacLeod meets him in 1995, Methos had not taken a head for roughly 200 years; however, his sword skills were not diminished.
1 - Unknown, c. 4475 BC
2 - Joseph, c. 2400 BC
3 - Kristin Gilles, 1995
4 - Silas
, 1997
5 - Morgan Walker, 1998
6 - Prince Khyan, 1999
, Highlander: The Source
Episodes - "Methos," "Finalé, Part 1," "Finalé, Part 2," "Chivalry," "Timeless," "Deliverance," "Methuselah's Gift," "Through A Glass, Darkly," "Till Death," "Judgement Day," "One Minute to Midnight," "The Messenger," "The Valkyrie," "Comes a Horseman," "Revelation 6:8," "Forgive Us Our Trespasses," "The Modern Prometheus," "Archangel," "Indiscretions," "To Be...," "...Not To Be"
Animated Flash Series - The Methos Chronicles
Books - Scotland the Brave
, Zealot
, The Captive Soul
, An Evening at Joe's
Fictional character
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from the Highlander universe
Fictional universe
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- the film series, the television show Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...
, and several fiction books. He is an Immortal
Immortal (Highlander)
Immortals are a group of fictional characters seen in the movies and series of the Highlander franchise. Since they are immune to disease and stop aging after becoming Immortal, they can live forever and they only die when they are beheaded....
. He is portrayed by actor Peter Wingfield
Peter Wingfield
Peter Wingfield is a Welsh born television actor, well known for his television roles as Dan Clifford in Holby City, Dr. Robert Helm in Queen of Swords and Inspector Simon Ross in Cold Squad...
in both series and the movies. Methos, as one of the The Four Horsemen
Four Horsemen (Highlander)
The Four Horsemen are a fictional group from Highlander: The Series based on the mythical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.They were four Immortals that murdered and looted across two continents in the Bronze Age...
, represents death
Death (personification)
The concept of death as a sentient entity has existed in many societies since the beginning of history. In English, Death is often given the name Grim Reaper and, from the 15th century onwards, came to be shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood...
.
Methos was first introduced in the Highlander episode "Methos". It was originally planned to have him die at the end of the two-parter “Finalé” episode, but the writers saw potential in the character and kept him.
Highlander: The Series
Methos, when first introduced during Season 3, was portrayed as the "Oldest of the Immortals”. He claims he is roughly 5000 years + old, the approximate date he took his first head, but admits that “[b]efore that, it all starts to blur.”According to the series, Methos had been keeping journals chronicling his life. Because of these journals, he was considered one of the Watcher Organization's greatest mysteries. His existence was doubted and questioned for many centuries. Methos (under the guise of Watcher Adam Pierson) was assigned to the writings chronicling the legendary Methos' past. These journals documented - with varied accuracy - much of his life. In doing so, he became somewhat of an off-field agent for The Watchers
Watcher (Highlander)
Watchers are a secret organization that watches the Immortals in the Highlander: The Series and all subsequent related series and movies.They were introduced in the season 1 finale as a cliffhanger for the following season...
and was able to keep tabs on other Immortals that he preferred to avoid. That changed when two Watchers died at the hand of Kalas, an evil Immortal.
During the third season Joe Dawson, Duncan's Watcher and close friend, realized that Kalas was looking for Methos. Duncan MacLeod knew that with Methos's Quickening
Quickening (Highlander)
The Quickening is a phenomenon in the Highlander films and television series. When an Immortal is beheaded, there is a powerful energy release from their body which is called a Quickening. Lead Highlander: The Series actor Adrian Paul explains, "The Quickening is the receiving of all the power and...
, Kalas could be unstoppable. Both Kalas and MacLeod raced to be the first to find Methos. Duncan's search led him to seek out the Watcher known as "Adam Pierson." When they first met, Duncan immediately sensed that Adam was an Immortal. Through his conversation with Adam, MacLeod realized that Adam was Methos. Duncan eventually killed Kalas on top of the Eiffel Tower in the season's finale. Methos and Duncan become friends.
During the Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
, Methos rode alongside three other immortals: Silas
Silas (Highlander)
Silas is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Richard Ridings. He is an Immortal. Silas represents conquest or pestilence, as one of the Four Horsemen.-History:...
, Caspian
Caspian (Highlander)
Caspian is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Marcus Testory. Caspian represents famine, as one of the Four Horsemen.-Bronze Age:...
, and Kronos
Kronos (Highlander)
Kronos is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Valentine Pelka. He is an Immortal. Kronos represents war, as one of the Four Horsemen.-History:Kronos was the leader of the Four Horsemen...
, who were known as The Four Horsemen
Four Horsemen (Highlander)
The Four Horsemen are a fictional group from Highlander: The Series based on the mythical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.They were four Immortals that murdered and looted across two continents in the Bronze Age...
and who had plundered and raped across villages on two continents. Kronos tracked down Methos in order to get to MacLeod.
Cassandra, an Immortal love interest of Duncan's and who was also tracking Kronos, pointed out to Duncan that Methos was actually Death
Death (personification)
The concept of death as a sentient entity has existed in many societies since the beginning of history. In English, Death is often given the name Grim Reaper and, from the 15th century onwards, came to be shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood...
. She claimed he had enslaved her after destroying her village thousands of years ago.
Methos decided to flee, but Duncan caught him before he left. When asked whether Cassandra's accusations were true, Methos responded:
In that moment, Duncan decided to put an end to their friendship. Methos persuaded Kronos to put the band together again since he knew where both Caspian and Silas were. Kronos took the opportunity, relishing in the idea of world domination again. In the end, Methos allied himself with Duncan MacLeod to destroy the Horsemen. The two defeated Kronos and Silas together in the same area, resulting in a powerful Double Quickening. Their friendship, however, still remained strained.
Methos returned again in Season 6, the last season for the television series. During the episode "Indiscretions", he learns he's being chased by an obsessive Immortal named Morgan Walker. Walker hated him for having had an affair with his slave 200 years ago. Methos, trying to hide from Walker who had tracked him down, looked for information in the Watchers' computer database. Joe Dawson was angry when he found out that Methos was only trying to save his own life by hacking into Joe's files, instead of explaining his whereabouts one year earlier. Although Joe and Methos' friendship was shaky, together they helped rescue a rookie Watcher and also Joe's illegitimate daughter, Amy Thomas. Their adventure helped them to rekindle their friendship and Methos was able to defeat Walker.
Alternate Methos
During the series finale, Duncan MacLeod was thrown into another reality where he had never been born. In this reality, Methos had a lover named Jillian, who was killed by The WatchersWatcher (Highlander)
Watchers are a secret organization that watches the Immortals in the Highlander: The Series and all subsequent related series and movies.They were introduced in the season 1 finale as a cliffhanger for the following season...
(who were trying to kill him). He survived their attack due to Kronos saving him. The event made him swear revenge to all the Watchers. He gathered together the Four Horsemen
Four Horsemen (Highlander)
The Four Horsemen are a fictional group from Highlander: The Series based on the mythical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.They were four Immortals that murdered and looted across two continents in the Bronze Age...
and also Richie Ryan
Richie Ryan (Highlander)
Richie Ryan is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Stan Kirsch. He is an Immortal. Richie is first introduced in the pilot episode "The Gathering" as a young, quick-talking petty thief...
, but the Watchers killed Silas and Caspian. Methos later killed Richie, who couldn't bring himself to kill Joe Dawson on Methos's orders. Duncan MacLeod saw this with the help of the Hugh Fitzcairn
Hugh Fitzcairn
Hugh Fitzcairn is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Roger Daltrey. An Immortal, he is a friend of protagonist Duncan MacLeod.-Appearances:...
's spirit, and tried to stop all of it. He fought Methos and killed him in revenge for Richie's death. In the same instant that Duncan executed the killing stroke, he returned to his original reality, where Methos tried to wake him up. In the end, it was the advice of Methos that put Duncan MacLeod back into The Game once more.
Other appearances
According to the book An Evening at Joe'sHighlander: An Evening at Joe's
Highlander: An Evening at Joe's is an anthology written by the cast and crew of Highlander: The Series.-Main characters:*Duncan MacLeod*Richie Ryan*Joe Dawson*Amanda*Methos-Stories:Letters From Viet Nam by Jim Byrnes...
, he was born in ancient Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
around 4000 BC and was the second son of three boys and two girls. When he was approximately 35 years old, the oasis at which his family lived ran dry. He had accompanied his family as they traveled to another oasis and experienced his first death when a sandstorm trapped them before they reached their destination. A Bedouin
Bedouin
The Bedouin are a part of a predominantly desert-dwelling Arab ethnic group traditionally divided into tribes or clans, known in Arabic as ..-Etymology:...
tribe found him and housed him for a while, teaching him the ways of survival in the desert. He stayed with them for many years, until it was evident that he wasn't aging. By the time he was an estimated 603 years old, he began to meet others that were like him. He then realized that there were many Immortals besides himself. He learned some facts of immortality from Menahem, an Immortal whom Methos considered ancient at the time. It was also during this time in his life that he took his first head, from another immortal named Joseph.
During time he spent in ancient Egypt an Immortal pharaoh named Djer took him under his wing. Methos soon learned that the Pharaoh had his nomad wife killed during a smiting of Sinai (the killing of all nomads). Angered at Djer, Methos buried him alive inside a sarcophagus deep within a tomb. He claimed Djer's throne and became Pharaoh of Egypt.
Personality
Methos is portrayed as having a dry sense of humor, a pessimistic view on life a witty repertoire and a somewhat loyal devotion to his friends. He's also very untrusting of people, has been accused by others as putting himself first, as being arrogant, and as being manipulative.Methos avoided battle and, for the most part, other Immortals whenever possible. He slept with his sword under his bed and sometimes carried a handgun
Handgun
A handgun is a firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand. This characteristic differentiates handguns as a general class of firearms from long guns such as rifles and shotguns ....
. He rarely participated in The Game (his preference was to observe rather than fight), preferring to remain a legend so few would come looking for him. Whenever he perceived that there was a great danger nearby, he had a habit of suddenly disappearing for a while. However, even though he preferred to stay in the shadows, he could still defend himself when needed.
He considered opera music to be boring and he liked Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
, Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
, and other music as well. He collected things, mostly antiques that many people considered to be junk, claiming that he thought some of the "junk" could be his from the past. He has also commented that although he knew most of everything in life, he was a bit weak in pop-cultural matters.
Methos often used the name "Adam" in some way in most of his aliases (likely a reference to the Biblical Adam and his extreme age). In the early 19th century, one of his aliases was “Benjamin Adams.” He was also known as “Ben Adams” when he moved to Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
around 1860. Between 1980 and 1996 he was known as “Adam Pierson.”
When an impostor calling himself Methos appeared he thought it was flattering, and was happy to let someone else be hunted for a while.
Professional degrees and credentials
According to the episode “One Minute To Midnight” he majored in medicine at the University of Heidelberg in HeidelbergHeidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Germany, in 1453.
He claims to have studied at the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
, majoring in classical studies.
Friends and relationships
Methos claims to have met Helen of Troy, SocratesSocrates
Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary ...
, Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
, Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
, and Cleopatra. He knew the English
England
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poets Byron and Percy Shelley, the English author Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus . She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley...
, and rode with Butch Cassidy
Butch Cassidy
Robert LeRoy Parker , better known as Butch Cassidy, was a notorious American train robber, bank robber, and leader of the Wild Bunch Gang in the American Old West...
and The Sundance Kid. In his first meeting with MacLeod, he said not many people can claim to have been on the same stage as both Julius Caesar and The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
.
He's also been married 68 times, but never to an Immortal. According to him, it would be too much of a commitment.
Alexa Bond
He fell in love with a mortal named Alexa Bond, a waitress who worked in Joe's bar, and who was terminally ill. Their relationship spanned three episodes ("Timeless", “Deliverance”, and "Methuselah's Gift") as well as multiple chapters (entitled:“Postcards From Alexa”) in the book An Evening at Joe'sHighlander: An Evening at Joe's
Highlander: An Evening at Joe's is an anthology written by the cast and crew of Highlander: The Series.-Main characters:*Duncan MacLeod*Richie Ryan*Joe Dawson*Amanda*Methos-Stories:Letters From Viet Nam by Jim Byrnes...
.
At first, Alexa refused his proposition of dating, because she didn't want to disappoint him as she was dying. However, Methos was persistent, and waited for her under the rain and asked her out on a date. He mentioned to Alexa that the reason for asking her on a date was "[b]ecause the alternative is unthinkable." In his quest to make her feel alive even though she was dying, he wanted to make her dream come true by traveling the world.
During their travels, Alexa became gravely ill. Methos wanted to use the Methuselah's Stone, rumored to be able to make a person Immortal, to save Alexa. He tried to steal it, with help from Amanda. Methos failed to retrieve the stone due to the intervention of the Watchers. Methos remained at Alexa's side until she died of her illness. It was her strength that taught Methos' humanity's will to live despite the fact they would ultimately die. She was the person that opened his eyes, at the same time, cursed at the fact that with the power of immortality, he would have to live with the fact the he must watch her suffer and die. A thing that Duncan knows too well.
Amanda
AmandaAmanda (Highlander)
Amanda is a fictional character in the television series Highlander: The Series and Highlander: The Raven, portrayed by actress Elizabeth Gracen. She is one of the Immortals, immune to old age and death except by beheading...
and Methos had similar personalities in the series. Both are shown to be cunning, to think of themselves as a priority, and both remain loyal to their friends. When Amanda was captured by a nemesis of Duncan MacLeod's, Methos offered to help, saying he was “...fond of the little vixen [him]self.”
She seemed to know Methos from earlier times and she also helped him when he tried to steal the Methuselah crystal. When he failed, Amanda gave him a heartfelt hug and words of encouragement.
Duncan MacLeod
Methos believes very strongly in Duncan MacLeodDuncan MacLeod
Duncan MacLeod is a fictional character from the Highlander multiverse. Duncan MacLeod serves as the protagonist for the TV continuation of the Highlander franchise, which comprises Highlander: The Series and its spin-off movies, Highlander: Endgame and Highlander: The Source...
going so far as to offer him his head to defeat an evil Immortal. He often refers to MacLeod as a “boy scout
Boy Scout
A Scout is a boy or a girl, usually 11 to 18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. Because of the large age and development span, many Scouting associations have split this age group into a junior and a senior section...
” and tries to keep him out of trouble as much as possible. Often, Methos will take on the opposite view of Duncan about situations, appearing to play devil's advocate
Devil's advocate
In common parlance, a devil's advocate is someone who, given a certain argument, takes a position he or she does not necessarily agree with, just for the sake of argument. In taking such position, the individual taking on the devil's advocate role seeks to engage others in an argumentative...
. Although at times this quirk rubbed Duncan the wrong way, their friendship still remained relatively strong during the series and into the movies (even despite the events of “Comes A Horseman” and “Revelation 6:8”), as Duncan often seeks out Methos for help and guidance.
Methos in The Game
Sometime during his life, when realizing that for being the oldest Immortal, he was a primary target for all the other Immortals, he removed himself from The Game. He hid within The WatchersWatcher (Highlander)
Watchers are a secret organization that watches the Immortals in the Highlander: The Series and all subsequent related series and movies.They were introduced in the season 1 finale as a cliffhanger for the following season...
, where he was put in charge of locating himself. When Duncan MacLeod meets him in 1995, Methos had not taken a head for roughly 200 years; however, his sword skills were not diminished.
1 - Unknown, c. 4475 BC
2 - Joseph, c. 2400 BC
3 - Kristin Gilles, 1995
4 - Silas
Silas (Highlander)
Silas is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Richard Ridings. He is an Immortal. Silas represents conquest or pestilence, as one of the Four Horsemen.-History:...
, 1997
5 - Morgan Walker, 1998
6 - Prince Khyan, 1999
Appearances
Movies - Highlander: EndgameHighlander: Endgame
Highlander: Endgame is a 2000 fantasy film originally released on September 1, 2000. It is the fourth theatrical release in the Highlander film series, and it serves as both a continuation of the Highlander films and the Highlander television series...
, Highlander: The Source
Highlander: The Source
Highlander: The Source is the fifth installment of the Highlander film series, directed by Brett Leonard, and was intended to be the first film of a planned trilogy on SciFi Channel though no further direct sequels are currently planned. Adrian Paul reprises his role as Duncan MacLeod from the...
Episodes - "Methos," "Finalé, Part 1," "Finalé, Part 2," "Chivalry," "Timeless," "Deliverance," "Methuselah's Gift," "Through A Glass, Darkly," "Till Death," "Judgement Day," "One Minute to Midnight," "The Messenger," "The Valkyrie," "Comes a Horseman," "Revelation 6:8," "Forgive Us Our Trespasses," "The Modern Prometheus," "Archangel," "Indiscretions," "To Be...," "...Not To Be"
Animated Flash Series - The Methos Chronicles
Books - Scotland the Brave
Highlander: Scotland the Brave
Highlander: Scotland the Brave is the third official Highlander novel based on Highlander: The Series. It was written by Jennifer Roberson.-Plot introduction:...
, Zealot
Highlander: Zealot
Highlander: Zealot is the sixth official Highlander novel based on Highlander: The Series. It was written by Donna Lettow, who was a junior member of the writing team for the series.-Plot summary:...
, The Captive Soul
Highlander: The Captive Soul
Highlander: The Captive Soul is the eighth official Highlander novel based on Highlander: The Series. It was written by Josepha Sherman. It is the first novel to focus in the character of Methos, rather than Duncan MacLeod.-Plot introduction:...
, An Evening at Joe's
Highlander: An Evening at Joe's
Highlander: An Evening at Joe's is an anthology written by the cast and crew of Highlander: The Series.-Main characters:*Duncan MacLeod*Richie Ryan*Joe Dawson*Amanda*Methos-Stories:Letters From Viet Nam by Jim Byrnes...