it's my life. hahaha I love when immortals use that line. Its clever. I don't understand how kalas throat is scared. I thought immortals heal immediately after accidents with no scars.

MacLeod fights because he has to, not because he wants to. There are plenty of "good" immortals who don't like to fight, or have turned their back on it. In fact, most of Duncan's friends are just like that: Darius, Brother Paul, Marcus Constantine, etc. Most of them started out as warriors, just like Duncan did, but instead of taking responsibility for other people and trying to be the hero, they would rather live their life in pursuit of other things. That doesn't mean they can't fight. Take Methos, for example. It's obvious that he would rather live his life in peace, but he is probably one of the most powerful Immortals, and certainly a capable swordsman. Then again, age doesn't always translate into ability. With age, an Immortal's power grows, just as it does whenever he takes another head; but I think that Duncan has probably taken more heads in his 400 years than Methos has in his 5,000.The reason MacLeod is the main character is because he is a hero - he doesn't hunt heads, but he doesn't balk at a challenge. He is one of the Immortals actively fighting to ensure that the one who wins the prize won't be someone like Kalas or the Kurgan. Connor was the same way, though he was far more aggressive than Duncan. Most Immortals can fight, but not all of them are great fighters. Duncan is a great warrior who has studied the sword and other martial arts over his life in different parts of the world: Scotland, England, France, Italy, Spain, China, Japan and others. He has fought in countless wars, participating in battles ranging from Culloden to Waterloo to the Somme.Though Fitzcairn is a great character and an adept swordsman, he is not on the level of Immortals like Kalas, Xavier St. Cloud, both MacLeods, etc. Fitzcairn's main goal is to enjoy life, particularly the women in it, whereas Duncan wants to save the world from being dominated by an evil Immortal. I think throughout the series, the two villains that stand out among the rest are Xavier St. Cloud and Kalas. After Xavier and Horton were both gone, Duncan needed a new arch-nemesis. Kalas and MacLeod have had countless conflicts over the years, they're ideologically opposed to one another, they hate each other with a passion. Sometimes friends have to die to push the story forward; I would rather have it be that way, than have a story where none of the good guys ever die. That's just unrealistic. Duncan has a big reputation among Immortals as a warrior, and thus his enemies are just as dangerous. It's unfortunate that they killed off Fitz, but at least it made sense in the story, unlike Tessa randomly being killed off because the actress wanted to get off the show. Even the creators of the show said they regretted killing off Fitz almost immediately after making the episode. Fortunately, the best thing about Highlander is that when one of Duncan's Immortal friends dies, it's not like you'll never see them again; there's always the flashbacks.

fitz is a horrible swords man he leaves him self way to wide open and carries his blade way to high. he also has a tendency to over reach and over extend himself and wastes to many movements like raising his arms with the blade still hanging down and moving it forward at the same time by the time he tries to execute the move he lost a lot of the power that could have came from a more determinant move as well as a lot of the speed.

Kalas has a vendetta with Duncan. If Fitz won the fight maybe it would have been less predictable, but how would Duncan find closure. Duncan is the main character and we expect him to face off against Kalas. We also expect Kalas to kill more of Duncan's friends along the way, thus fueling Duncan's revenge.
I wouldn't say the writing was poor, but perhaps not as creative as some would like.

iceboxmr, I totally agree. Have we ever seen one of MacLeod's friend ever win a fight, except for Richie? I knew Fitz would die the instant he was set up to fight Kalas, and that's a sign of poor writing. Such a great character to waste! It would have been great if just once someone besides MacLeod would be able to step up the plate, if anything just to make the show far less predictable!

Why would that be their main objective? If I could live forever it wouldn't be mine... I'd rather see the world, learn all of the cultures, become well versed in as many languages as possible, etc etc. You know, become much classier. Sure I'd obviously spend a good amount of time physicaly training my body, learning martial arts and various fighting techniques, as well as learning many weapons techniques. But just because you're a "highlander" immortal doesn't mean you're going to specificaly spend all your time trying to take heads. The reason all the "bad guys" spend their time doing it is because they want to be the last one. They want all the worlds power so that they could conquer the world and enslave the mortals. All of Dunca's friends are good people at heart. Because they are good people at heart trying to conquer the world doesn't matter that much to them. Besides, if they wanted to rule the world and be the last one they'd have to kill all their friends in the process. They figure, why kill all their friends just to possibly die themselves? Why not enjoy the simple pleasures of the world for as long as possible? Duncan just knows how to fight well because he was raised as a warrior and spent centuries after that in various areas where fighting of differnt types was also incredibly important. For instance, he was in Japan where he learned some martial arts, etc. He has learned that regardless of whether or not you want to fight, being an immortal will make the fight come to you. So he just makes sure he's as prepaired as possible. And I think your comment title isn't exactly properly worded... "Why, can Ducan only Fight?" First off, there shouldn't be a comma after why, fight shouldn't be capitalized, and I think things should be in a different order because Duncan can do other things besides fighting... I think maybe you're ATTEMPTING to ask why he's the only one of his friends who can fight really well...? But that's not true either. If it were, they wouldn't be his friends because they would have died long ago. They've made it this far which obviously means they have fighting ability. It just so happens when you take someone's head you take their power, and if you go up against someone who's taken many more heads or is just much more skilled... You're out of luck and your number's up...