My Crazy Youth: The Time That 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper was on 'Highlander: The Series'

The late Mr. Piper worked ALOT in the 1990s.  He had *mostly* walked away from Wrestling to be an Actor.

Alas, there was no Fast & Furious Franchise back then, so it was mostly a lot of TV Shows.  We've already seen him as a fake Superhero on Robocop, so let's see him sword-fighting...

Without any real warning, a surprised Duncan must fight Roddy Piper.  He's just stopped his jog, so might as well fight to the death!

Piper- here as Gallen- stops the fight when he sees someone arrive, somehow jumping down 20 feet and getting to his car to run the guy down in about 20 seconds!

I'd ask how, but, well, it's a kind of magic.

Duncan is really bothered by this, despite not knowing the guy.  He explains via flashback how he hooked up with an engaged woman back during the Civil War, but she died during the fight between him and the husband-to-be.

Pro-Tip: don't approach people having a sword fight.  Period.

He tries to find out why the guy- Tommy- was really killed and, as luck would have it, his Mother is Scottish.  She was also on Twin Peaks, since everything is connected somehow.

Speaking of connections, this secretly-bad lady was one of the Stars of Robocop: The Series.  Alas she was missing from Piper's Episode...but it still counts.

She betrayed her Father (and him killed) and was working with Gallen...until she tried to kill him and he offed her, well, off-camera.

Round 2 is a fight at the same Carnival- since Locations are expensive- and Duncan wins, getting his Quickening and/or being zapped by Thor.

Oh and Piper got *too into* the fight and cut Adrian Paul's hand.  See if you can spot it.  The End.

A solid Episode most notable for its Casting.  A little history- I wasn't allowed to watch this when it originally-aired.  I still did (sometimes), so it still counts for this segment.  I tell you all this to explain how this one is completely-new to me.  Piper really has a great time here, playing up a version of his usual wrestling character.  I loved Piper, but he was never that great of an Actor.  He was always a load of fun to watch though!  He was always so intense when the Roles called for it.  He plays this Character quite big, even when he's talking low and fairly-quiet.  Piper aside, the rest of the Story is good.  It feels a bit weird at first that so much attention is given to a dead guy never before seen on the Show.  When they go more in-depth, it makes a little more sense though.  My only real problem- they stop the narrative cold before the Third Act to recap THE ENTIRE PLOT right before the end.  Boo!  You made time for that, but not an on-camera end to one Character?!?  All that said, it is still an interesting and fun Episode.  If you barely watched/remember the Show, it holds up fine.  Piper, as always, is great fun to watch.  Need more proof?  Here you go...

An interesting Episode as a one-off.  That said, they kind of 'coddle' the Audience a bit near the end.