7cb1d79195 Duncan is kidnapped on orders of "the Colonel." Amanda takes a young thief under her wing who starts mimicking her appearance. In flashback to 1918 France, Duncan is unable to prevent glory-seeking immortal Colonel Killian from leading a charge after he's been told that the war is over, but Duncan's testimony convicts Killian at a court-martial. Duncan then asks for Killian's death sentence to be commuted to life in a criminal asylum. In present day, Killian's thugs kidnap Melissa thinking she's Amanda, and Killian leaves Duncan in a cell in an abandoned building. It seems the pattern with most of the Highlander episodes is a long line of mediocre episodes with three or four really outstanding episodes. This pattern is why I have not already gone through my entire collection of Highlander episodes. Most of them have been boring. Anyway this episode called The Colonel was not bad. I won't call it outstanding but better than average.<br/><br/>The villain in this episode is Colonel Simon Killian whose military grandiosity has caused the death of hundreds of mortal soldiers on a World War I battle field unnecessarily. Duncan MacCloud exacts justice by making sure he is put in an insane asylum for seventy years. When Killian gets out he wants revenge.<br/><br/>The episode also has some subplots with Joe Dawson and Mac still estranged but Amanda helping them to reconcile and Amanda's relationship with a young mortal protégé. So there was a lot going on in this episode and it kept it engaging. Definitely a better than average episode.
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