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[aria]

A very important question: why did no one tell me that Dramatic License is the best Highlander episode ever?? EVER. So far I am eight minutes in, I have never seem Adrian Paul have such fun before, both Amanda and Duncan have dramatically read aloud from a romance novel, and I have already choked half to death on my own laughter about ten times.

I mean, okay, Dramatic License is sort of like The Naked Time in that it's only screamingly hilarious if you already know the characters, but someone should have mentioned it anyway! Only I'm not sure who 'someone' is, because everyone I know who's seen Highlander either saw it because I mentioned it, or is mostly there for Methos, or both. So, okay, possibly I should finish the episode first, but consider this an extremely enthusiastic rec (with perhaps a caveat if you have a really active embarrassment squick? YMMV).

...It would be even more amazing if Methos was in it, though. Universe, why have you not conspired to have Peter Wingfield dramatically read purple prose porn starring Duncan? Not on, universe.

Comments

[juniperphoenix]

Hee! Yeah, Duncan and Amanda are hilarious in it. I found the romance novelist really annoying, though.

[aria]

A bit further on, I have to agree with you. Honestly I think I would love forty minutes of them just acting out completely over-the-top romance novel scenarios. I would probably be a wheezing wreck of hilarity by the end. :D

[juniperphoenix]

That would be awesome. And I definitely agree that Methos should participate in the dramatic reading. :D

[gehayi]

Probably because it was part of Season Sux, which most fans HATED...except for the Methos-and-Joe ep late in the season.

[aria]

It's actually 5x05! If it was season six I would have avoided it entirely; all I've seen of that is the Methos-and-Joe one and the finale, and I will happily go LALALA if anyone tells me there are other episodes there. :D

[gehayi]

Huh. I distinctly remember that one airing during Season Sux around here. I probably have the romance novel plot mixed up with something else, though.

[settiai]

...with perhaps a caveat if you have a really active embarrassment squick?

*nods*

This is actually one of the only episodes of the series where I've only seen maybe twenty minutes or so of it (from various points throughout the episode), because it hits my embarrassment squick so much that I have to fastforward through the rest.

[aria]

See, for some reason many of my favourite Highlander episodes are the completely zany, stupid ones where everyone runs around flailing and no one dies at the end, because I really love this show when it doesn't take itself seriously. But I wouldn't necessarily tell anyone else to watch them, because while I do have an embarrassment squick for some things, Highlander is not one of them. (For instance, I have many favorite Methos episodes, but my snuggly comfort ep is Till Death, and I have actively told an easily-embarrassment-squicked friend that she should skip that one at all costs.)

[juliekarasik]

Yeah. Same here.

[sophia-sol.livejournal.com]

What what what. This is amazing, for serious. Alas that I can never watch it on account of embarrassment-squick!

Also: Universe, why have you not conspired to have Peter Wingfield dramatically read purple prose porn starring Duncan?

Clearly you need to write the fic where this happens.

[aria]

Clearly you need to write the fic where this happens.

--oh man, it can be the fic about how Methos is shuffling through Duncan's paperback collection and comes across the old copy of Blade of the MacLeods that Duncan never remembered to throw away! HILARITY ENSUES.

If it wasn't basically midnight for me, I would write this RIGHT NOW. Tomorrow, perhaps!

[sophia-sol.livejournal.com]

YESYESYESYESYES. I support this notion MUCHLY!

[selenak]

And this is why people who only watch the Methos episodes have the wrong impression of HL in general and Duncan in particular, she says, as it's one of her pet peeves. If you're checking out Amanda episodes, make sure to watch Double Eagle and The Stone of Scone; the later especially is my hands down favourite HL comedy episode (and you can tell Adrian Paul, Elizabeth Gracen and Roger Daltrey had a blast), and the former has all the fun of Dramatic License without the embarassment factor.

[aria]

And this is why people who only watch the Methos episodes have the wrong impression of HL in general and Duncan in particular

Yes, this! Things I have discovered that I probably wouldn't have if I only watched the Methos episodes: Duncan is a giant dorkface goofball who is still usually the most reasonable one in the room. <3 Seriously, for a while there I had a problem that went, "Well, I want to like Duncan, because Methos is clearly stupid in love with him, which means Duncan must be a fairly cool and interesting guy, right? Right?" In conclusion I am very glad that I decided to also do a Project Watch Amanda's Episodes.

The Stone of Scone is, I believe, next on my list. EXCITEMENT. :D

[juniperphoenix]

people who only watch the Methos episodes have the wrong impression of HL in general and Duncan in particular

This, so much. And it's worth keeping in mind, too, that the series could alternately be titled Seven Crappy Years in the Life of Duncan MacLeod — a lot of horrible, traumatic stuff happens to him in the series, and we're given to understand that his life had been a lot happier and more peaceful in the preceding decade.

[aria]

the series could alternately be titled Seven Crappy Years in the Life of Duncan MacLeod

So very, very true. Oh Duncan. I mean, not that other bad things haven't happened to him, but it's relentless during those seven years. (This is one of the reasons I love lots of flashback sequences; I love Duncan being lighthearted and silly.)

Also, I just pictured, a la the scene at the very end of Fight Club, Duncan turning to Methos and saying, "You've met me at a very strange time in my life." I'm not quite sure what to make of how very amused I am by that mental image.

[skywaterblue]

I recommended Double Eagle to her hard in person. I think that's my favorite episode, actually.

[aria]

I have seen Double Eagle now, in fact! I think my conclusion is that I am deeply charmed by all Amanda episodes ever.

[skywaterblue]

I honestly think Double Eagle has somehow blended in my brain with that one where the TNG crew time travels back to meet Mark Twain and Guinan is there. And Amanda's boobies. And there's that coin and Dream is making deals with Emperor Norton in the corner.

[selenak]

Excellent! I just love it, and though it's not my favourite, it's certainly very high on the list.