An immortal, John Kiran, who is a religious leader gets hit by a car. Anne tries to save him in the ER, but he "dies." As Anne tells his followers he's dead he comes out walking and alive much to Anne's shock. All his followers think it's a miracle. Duncan tracks him down and realizes he's an evil immortal named Kage. He wants to fight him, but Kage claims he has changed. Duncan doesn't believe him. Meanwhile, Kiran has a fanatical follower, Matthew, who is overly-protective of Kiran. A reporter is also trying to find out more believing that Kage is a con-man.
So this is a redemption story about Kage. I generally like redemption stories. The problem here is that I just didn't like Kage. I didn't find him believable no matter what the writers wrote for him. I found it too lacking with the minuscule layers they tried to give him. It's not the actor, his acting was fine. Maybe if he'd been in another episode or two? I just couldn't feel his character and/or his redemption.
Duncan trying to fight Kage, who wasn't fighting, looked silly to me.
We find out more about Duncan's past. He was a reporter in the Spanish civil war in 1937. Later, I think he's a peacekeeper in Cambodia in 1975. It was interesting seeing his different looks and careers.
Anne searches Kiran's medical history as she did Duncan one time, and finds that he has no medical history whatsoever, like Duncan. She brings this up to him, but he doesn't reveal anything. Anne is indeed a busy-body at times, but I can also see her point of view, after all, she is in a committed relationship with Duncan. I mean let's face it, there are all kinds of red flags here that in today's world we would all be telling her to walk away because he's probably some kind of criminal or something. But I think Anne senses he's not a criminal so she finds it puzzling. The reality is if Duncan intends to have a serious long-term relationship with a woman, then he should fess up or let her go. Pretty sure if things were reversed and it appeared had Anne secrets with violent things happening around her, Duncan would demand to know is going on, and wouldn't accept it if she didn't want to talk about it.
Why even bother showing a shadowy figure shooting the reporter? It was pretty obvious it was Matthew.
I found this episode lackluster and unsatisfying. I gave it a 6/10.
So this is a redemption story about Kage. I generally like redemption stories. The problem here is that I just didn't like Kage. I didn't find him believable no matter what the writers wrote for him. I found it too lacking with the minuscule layers they tried to give him. It's not the actor, his acting was fine. Maybe if he'd been in another episode or two? I just couldn't feel his character and/or his redemption.
Duncan trying to fight Kage, who wasn't fighting, looked silly to me.
We find out more about Duncan's past. He was a reporter in the Spanish civil war in 1937. Later, I think he's a peacekeeper in Cambodia in 1975. It was interesting seeing his different looks and careers.
Anne searches Kiran's medical history as she did Duncan one time, and finds that he has no medical history whatsoever, like Duncan. She brings this up to him, but he doesn't reveal anything. Anne is indeed a busy-body at times, but I can also see her point of view, after all, she is in a committed relationship with Duncan. I mean let's face it, there are all kinds of red flags here that in today's world we would all be telling her to walk away because he's probably some kind of criminal or something. But I think Anne senses he's not a criminal so she finds it puzzling. The reality is if Duncan intends to have a serious long-term relationship with a woman, then he should fess up or let her go. Pretty sure if things were reversed and it appeared had Anne secrets with violent things happening around her, Duncan would demand to know is going on, and wouldn't accept it if she didn't want to talk about it.
Why even bother showing a shadowy figure shooting the reporter? It was pretty obvious it was Matthew.
I found this episode lackluster and unsatisfying. I gave it a 6/10.
