I thought I'd give this a try. Talk about how Amanda changed over the course of the series, and I mean before she got her own.
Starting with her introductory episode, The Lady and the Tiger.
I tried to watch it as though it were the first time and I didn't know all her additional history. That's pretty hard to do.
Amanda was entangled with Zachary. While Duncan MacLeod was away, they pulled off a big robbery. She was hurrying to get away when he got home a bit early. Her plans to protect him (my take) were already in place, though. She had left clues to lure the soldiers to the place he was living. She left the ring to make certain he'd be blamed. She waited until she heard the soldiers in the house and approaching the room, then hurried out with the loot to meet Zachary.
Zachary wanted to take Duncan's head. Amanda likes that head where it belongs, thank you very much. She's managed two things. She's gotten Duncan held in place by the soldiers, and Zachary has to leave with her because he doesn't want to be caught.
She warns Duncan of Zachary as a threat. When Duncan won't stay out of the way, she has him detained by the circus people.
I thought, from what went on, that Amanda's intent was always to take Zachary's head while his guard was down after they'd successfully made off with the book. But Duncan interfered, and Zachary had a gun. It was always about protecting Duncan, even after Zachary was gone, when she hoped he would leave with her and not stay with Tessa, who as a mortal was bound to die.
Starting with her introductory episode, The Lady and the Tiger.
I tried to watch it as though it were the first time and I didn't know all her additional history. That's pretty hard to do.
Amanda was entangled with Zachary. While Duncan MacLeod was away, they pulled off a big robbery. She was hurrying to get away when he got home a bit early. Her plans to protect him (my take) were already in place, though. She had left clues to lure the soldiers to the place he was living. She left the ring to make certain he'd be blamed. She waited until she heard the soldiers in the house and approaching the room, then hurried out with the loot to meet Zachary.
Zachary wanted to take Duncan's head. Amanda likes that head where it belongs, thank you very much. She's managed two things. She's gotten Duncan held in place by the soldiers, and Zachary has to leave with her because he doesn't want to be caught.
She warns Duncan of Zachary as a threat. When Duncan won't stay out of the way, she has him detained by the circus people.
I thought, from what went on, that Amanda's intent was always to take Zachary's head while his guard was down after they'd successfully made off with the book. But Duncan interfered, and Zachary had a gun. It was always about protecting Duncan, even after Zachary was gone, when she hoped he would leave with her and not stay with Tessa, who as a mortal was bound to die.
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