Aside from season 6, which sucks so hard it should undo the reality of its existence, the series is surprisingly entertaining with occasional lapses into brilliance.

I watched this in 2021 It actually holds together pretty well with one exception. Duncan MacLeod would have been cool then - but comes off now as incredibly wooden and just a bad actor If you can ignore that, the dodgy special effects and have a fascination with sword fighting, you should watch this. I don't know how popular it was, but I think it would have been pretty good...and for those with patience it is probably worth trying. But too much of the wooden acting, a time shortage and a similarity in stories lines mean s I haven't watched every episode, but in 10 years time will wonder why I didn't

Without a doubt, this series was a journey. I think the first season is very, very good, and it actually surprised me how well-made and well-thought-out it was. I started the series witnessing the care with which it was crafted; every gesture, every character, and every conflict added depth to an ever-growing, increasingly profound cast and story. I was amazed by the attention to detail; honestly, it hooked me and kept me in its grip, eager to discover this story. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. The drop in quality between the first few seasons and the rest is monumental; season after season, one after another, the show gets lazier and lazier. More and more simplistic, and at times, just bad. Perhaps the episode I remember most (not for good reasons) is "Black Tower." One thing about this show is that as the seasons progress, it gets crazier and weirder. "Black Tower" is a final-season episode that managed to take the prize for the biggest cringe I've ever experienced in my life; it's so strange, out-of-place, and embarrassing to watch that it hurts. The show loves doing this. Sometimes it decides it's a comedy, making characters "EXPLODE" as part of a comedic gag, including the typical situation where, after the explosion, they show the character covered in soot with a shocked face, as if it suddenly became a Three Stooges sketch. The worst part is that the comedy within the show itself is usually very good and hits the right notes at times, but there are episodes where it feels like they just say, "Now this is a comedy," and they are unwatchable. The last season also decides that we've had enough of Duncan, the main actor of the show, and we spend multiple episodes in a row where he literally doesn't appear, or only shows up for a few minutes, leaving us with characters we don't know and don't care about. And how could I forget that wonderful episode where they find an immortal with Down syndrome, and the moral of the episode is LITERALLY that it's better for this character to DIE because living in society is impossible for him. Watching that episode was insane; it has so little tact and sensitivity that it makes you think it's some kind of sick joke the whole time. The final episodes throw in a new villain who, again, we don't know, isn't interesting, and stands out for absolutely nothing he does. The show ends with a completely boring, run-of-the-mill villain. And despite all of this, I shed a little tear at the end. The things the show does well, it knows how to do REALLY well. I love its additions to the Highlander mythology; the whole "The Watchers" storyline seems like a super original, interesting addition that offers a ton of potential to play with. The characters are as endearing as it gets; the little group that forms is one I will never forget. Horton is a GREAT villain and, again, one I will always remember. Peter Hudson knows exactly how to play a villain, and his glare full of hatred and cruelty is undoubtedly iconic. Tessa is the love of my life that I didn't know I had, and a female character with a formidable strength, attitude, and presence that is rarely seen, even today. Richie is a bit unbearable, and at times his character stalls, falling into the same issues over and over—each time showing us how he learns from his mistakes, only to commit them again a couple of episodes later. But even so, he plays his role as Duncan's "son" at heart incredibly well, and it's hard not to love that little rat. Joe Dawson and his almost fatherly wisdom, ironically being one of the youngest in the group, yet someone who never stops teaching things to the others. The charismatic Methos, and the brilliant move the show makes by taking this mythological, mysterious, and wise character and turning him into an absolute bro, always joking around and taking things as a laugh, but giving us glimpses of the wisdom that a thousand years can give a man every now and then. He only appears in a single episode but I can't ignore him: the literal Mike Ehrmantraut shows up by surprise in an episode and it couldn't have made me happier. And what can I say about Duncan... Adrian Paul is a genius, and it fills me with sadness that his career didn't grow the way it deserved to. He is an incredible, super complete action actor. He has the charisma, he has the looks, he has the body, and the guy just exudes action. Doing his own action scenes and moving like a true immortal adds so much to the show. It's unbelievable how in every fight he makes the other actors look foolish because they can't keep up with his rhythm. This guy should have been the lead in a thousand action movies from the 90s and 2000s, and for some reason, he wasn't. He runs circles around almost all the big, well-known action actors everyone thinks of. Without a doubt a genius; Duncan MacLeod and Adrian Paul will live in my mind forever. Yes, it's a show full of flaws, one that falls to pieces the further it goes, but God knows I'm going to miss the gang.

cool back in the day - at least the first seasons, downhill from there