Duncan encounters old Immortal acquaintance Kamir, who wants to return a sacred relic to India that was looted during colonial days. But he also wants to kill anyone standing in his way, and even those who aren't.
This episode feels like it should be better than it is. Kamir is a marvellous contradiction, someone who is both a holy man and a violent killer. But there's no real moral ambiguity to his actions. Richie seems worryingly quick to subscribe to the theory that, because Kamir sees his actions as justified, that somehow means they are, and MacLeod seems worryingly easily swayed to this viewpoint, at least until he needs to intervene to protect lives. Even immortals have to accept when their values are at odds with the world they live in.
It's hard to tell what the flashback is saying either. We get more evidence of the contradiction around Kamir, but as ever when the past and present are telling the same story, there's no resolution for the former. How did the British react to all this? It also seems to be saying that even MacLeod, trying to respect other cultures, can get it wrong. Are they saying that Kamir was right to intervene then but not now?
Second and final appearance of Shandra, who previously appeared in Leader of the Pack. Vancouver veteran Brent Stait, playing Colonel Ramsey in the flashback, was previously murderous survivalist Eddie Doyle in Season 1's Mountain Men. For the first time I believe, it's outright stated that no immortal knows who their parents are.
Point off for the English art dealer who calls everyone "old boy"!
