"Highlander: The Raven" (1998) TV series 1998-1999

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Dennis Berry

Writers:

Karen Harris (episode), A")
André Jacquemetton (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

7 November 1998 (Portugal)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

A female Immortal and thief tries to redeem herself with the help of an ex-cop.

Plot Keywords:

Highlander | Immortality | Based On Film

Cast

Paul Johansson	...	Nick Wolfe (22 episodes, 1998-1999)
Elizabeth Gracen	...	Amanda Darieux / ... (22 episodes, 1998-1999)
Patricia Gage	...	Lucy Becker (9 episodes, 1998-1999)

Also Known As:

L'immortelle (France)

Runtime:

Canada:60 min (22 episodes) | USA:45 min

Country:

France | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Chum Television

Quotes:

[End sequence, last episode]
Nick: Once, everything was clear. Good guys, bad guys. Life and death. Then you meet someone, someone you want to love, then it all changes. Death brings life, life brings death. What room is there for love, when there can be only one?

Movie Connections:

Followed by Highlander: The Source (2007)

Not even close to Original

First I must say that I love Elizabeth Gracen acting in general and the way she portrays Amanda is great. But after watching this series I must say she should get an Oscar for holding this show afloat. First the writing is not even close to the standard of the original and I think that she just had more on screen chemistry with Adrian Paul. One of the things people loved to see the sparks fly between Amanda and Duncan. Not Amanda and Nick.

Paul Johansson plays a cop turned sort of renegade after his female partner is killed trying to save Amanda. Then in such he loses his job and now works with Amanda tracking down bad guys.

While Elizabeth Gracen still performs well with what limited talent around her this show is not that good. In all truth it borders on being simply bad. Nick (Paul) is not a eye drawing character and you spend most of your time trying to wait until he leaves. The story lines don't make a lot of sense and the only thing that is semi decent is the flashbacks dealing with Amanda (Elizabeth)

What the producers of the show should have done is when the new series of movies are made Elizabeth should be written into those. Hopefully Paul will be taken out of the show and the writers can try and take this show in a new direction. Concentrating more on the character Amanda.