Even when they have a small jacket they somehow manage to carry the sword around in it. I've just finished watching "Under the colour of authority" and Richie is wearing a short black jacket, then he magically gets his sword and starts fighting Mako... It's just weird.
shareIn one of the blooper reels there is a scene where McLeod reaches for the sword and you can clearly see an arm and a hand giving him the sword from off-screen.
So, the real answer is, Immortals have sword bearers, like the colonial English hunters had gun bearers. These guys carry the swords, hand them to the Immortal when appropriate, and then get out of the way. They probably also help out with body disposal.
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"It's a kind of magic."
It's shown many times in the show that Immortals can be caught without a sword so it's definitely not stowed in a pocket void.
They're definitely highly skilled at hiding swords in their clothing. I think it's simply misdirection and minor illusion as granted by their mystic nature. The main reason you don't see these guys hiding swords is why would you think to look to see if they are?
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There's too many examples of characters producing swords from out of nowhere for there not to be a magical reason behind them always having their swords. I just finished watching episode number 22 The Hunters. Duncan was wearing a short windbreaker style coat and pair of jeans. He was fighting and rolling around. Then just a second later he produces his sword from his side. He had just been rolling on his back. There was no sword. If he had tried to do a barrel roll drive with his sword on his back or side you'd have been able to clearly see it. That's the only explanation.
Now, as you've said. Sometimes immortals get caught without a sword. So how can this be? I don't know but your trench coat ninja theory doesn't hold any water.
That's the silliest damn thing I've ever read. It's called "suspension of disbelief."
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This is too funny. I was just looking through old posts. I got my daughter hooked on the series, so we have been watching them in order. We just watched that episode last week and she turned to me and asked, "Where on Earth was that sword while he was running? I never see anyone actually carrying the swords-they just sort of show up!"
I had to laugh at her because I know its always been a question/joke. She was so confused!
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When I first got internet service, it was either season or season 5. I know I was around for the Season 5 finale but I don't remember how long I had been online at that time.
I wish to answer your question.
According to the fans on the email lists I was on (and I think some of the Powers That Be that were on the old AOL Boards) at the time when I first got online, It's called "Katana Space" The swords are inside a pocket inside the coat that makes them invisible. The way it was explained to me by a friend was that it was sort of like in another dimension until it was needed.
In my own mind, I have since used this explanation for other shows as well, such as "Where did Buffy pull that stake from?" "Oh it's just Katana Space again."
Like someone else has said, I just enjoy the show. Highlander has a lot of plot holes. I imagine that is due to the fact that they had so many writers. I think some of them were even freelance writers. If a show has steady writers, chances are the plot holes will not be that big. I'm not saying that there won't be any plot holes, just not real huge or a lot of plot holes.
Their Swords go to/come from the Same Place Optimus Prime's Trailer does
shareI answer this already on another post. It is simple really up there ass. LOL.
shareI can't believe nobody's mentioned 'Zeist Pockets' yet.
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