The episode opens with a disturbing if rather cheesy sequence of a man going crazy at a diamond merchants and then collapsing in pain, later dying. It turns out he's an old friend of Richie's, and the way he died reminds Duncan of an encounter with an old friend of his own. Soon, both Duncan and Richie are partnered with old friends to uncover the truth.
With Tessa only appearing briefly at the beginning and end, the focus is split between Duncan and Richie's separate investigations, along with a third thread where we see that the real culprit is the slimy Chou Lin, rather than Kiem Sun, possibly the campest Immortal ever. His motivations don't really go beyond wanting to use his new powers to rob banks, but at least we get that. Richie is rather eager to kill the person responsible for his friend Gary's death, whether he's an Immortal or not. Duncan gets two nice sword fights at the end, one against Chou Lin (who he apparently intends to spare) and one against Kiem Sun (who he actually does spare but at the cost of their friendship). It gives us another sign of the types of episode this show can do, although Duncan's firm insistence that the Gathering is happening will start to feel a bit silly as the show goes on.
We meet Richie's rather cute old friend Angie, who'll be back in Revenge is Sweet, and there's a second appearance from Sergeant Powell, previously seen in the first episode. We get another tidbit of Immortal lore: They can fight on holy ground if they don't intend to harm each other. The show continues to do musical montages, seemingly unaware of how silly they'll look in 30 years.
With Tessa only appearing briefly at the beginning and end, the focus is split between Duncan and Richie's separate investigations, along with a third thread where we see that the real culprit is the slimy Chou Lin, rather than Kiem Sun, possibly the campest Immortal ever. His motivations don't really go beyond wanting to use his new powers to rob banks, but at least we get that. Richie is rather eager to kill the person responsible for his friend Gary's death, whether he's an Immortal or not. Duncan gets two nice sword fights at the end, one against Chou Lin (who he apparently intends to spare) and one against Kiem Sun (who he actually does spare but at the cost of their friendship). It gives us another sign of the types of episode this show can do, although Duncan's firm insistence that the Gathering is happening will start to feel a bit silly as the show goes on.
We meet Richie's rather cute old friend Angie, who'll be back in Revenge is Sweet, and there's a second appearance from Sergeant Powell, previously seen in the first episode. We get another tidbit of Immortal lore: They can fight on holy ground if they don't intend to harm each other. The show continues to do musical montages, seemingly unaware of how silly they'll look in 30 years.