Three sexist misogynist mountain men pigs kidnap Tessa. They're led by Caleb played by Marc Singer from Beastmaster fame, who is an immortal. He wants Tessa to be his "woman." Duncan is hot on their trail.
This episode has a rapey feeling and is uncomfortable to watch at times when the trio are treating Tessa like property. Just to be clear she wasn't raped though definitely sexual assaulted. Smart Tessa leaves clues for Duncan to find. In this episode Duncan has a flashback to when Carl, a very old immortal shaman teaches Duncan how to track.
I didn't care for the "even the Indians have never been here," stuff. Found that kind of offensive, it's sort of dismissive of the Native Americans' skills and abilities in my opinion. But hey ok, the white guys are better? No thanks.
Ironically probably the best part of the episode is Duncan as he reverts to his Native American teachings as well as Carl's teachings. This episode also has my favorite Duncan-coming-back-to-life scene of the entire series. He jumped off a mountain and is "dead" all mangled up. When he comes to, they show, and you hear the crackling of bones as he flexes himself back in shape. Great job by Adrian Paul giving those painful expression. It was just a cool scene. Also enjoyed his ground crawling and his predator mode as he followed them.
It appears Caleb may have been a viking as his weapon looks like a viking ax. This is the best fight so far in the series. Caleb ends up using Duncan's sword, and Duncan ends up using Caleb's ax. They're in the water fighting. Awesome moment when Duncan stops and hold Caleb's arm as he swings the sword, stopping him cold, then Duncan swings the ax and takes his head.
This episode also features Duncan with his best built in the series. He goes shirtless for quite a long period and we see how much more muscular he is compared to the first episode. Right down to a chiseled six pack.
So here we have another held captive Tessa, and Duncan to the rescue moment. Great job by Alexandra Vandernoot with her expressions, observing and undermining the men by getting them to doubt each other, not being the "hysterical female," and instead keeping her wits about her. The actress conveyed all the right emotions. Gave the episode an 8/10.
This episode has a rapey feeling and is uncomfortable to watch at times when the trio are treating Tessa like property. Just to be clear she wasn't raped though definitely sexual assaulted. Smart Tessa leaves clues for Duncan to find. In this episode Duncan has a flashback to when Carl, a very old immortal shaman teaches Duncan how to track.
I didn't care for the "even the Indians have never been here," stuff. Found that kind of offensive, it's sort of dismissive of the Native Americans' skills and abilities in my opinion. But hey ok, the white guys are better? No thanks.
Ironically probably the best part of the episode is Duncan as he reverts to his Native American teachings as well as Carl's teachings. This episode also has my favorite Duncan-coming-back-to-life scene of the entire series. He jumped off a mountain and is "dead" all mangled up. When he comes to, they show, and you hear the crackling of bones as he flexes himself back in shape. Great job by Adrian Paul giving those painful expression. It was just a cool scene. Also enjoyed his ground crawling and his predator mode as he followed them.
It appears Caleb may have been a viking as his weapon looks like a viking ax. This is the best fight so far in the series. Caleb ends up using Duncan's sword, and Duncan ends up using Caleb's ax. They're in the water fighting. Awesome moment when Duncan stops and hold Caleb's arm as he swings the sword, stopping him cold, then Duncan swings the ax and takes his head.
This episode also features Duncan with his best built in the series. He goes shirtless for quite a long period and we see how much more muscular he is compared to the first episode. Right down to a chiseled six pack.
So here we have another held captive Tessa, and Duncan to the rescue moment. Great job by Alexandra Vandernoot with her expressions, observing and undermining the men by getting them to doubt each other, not being the "hysterical female," and instead keeping her wits about her. The actress conveyed all the right emotions. Gave the episode an 8/10.