Highlander - recognising pre-immortals

[ffutures]

Is there any consistency in the way that the Highlander TV show handled recognition of pre-immortals? Without going through every episode I'm fairly sure that there have been some that came as surprises, while others are spotted well in advance. Was it only at the start that they were a bit uncertain?

Also, were they getting seriously desperate in their search for motivation and sources of danger by Season 4? Leader of the Pack has to be about the dumbest one ever, with matey and his mystically controlled dog pack hounding Duncan around the city. Duncan, they're dogs, not immortals, you plonker - you don't threaten them with a sword, you use pepper spray or something to take them out without getting close!

Comments

[dsample.livejournal.com]

It was my impression that the primmies gave off a low level version of the same buzz that full immortals gave off. It was week enough that you had to be very close to pick it up, and many less experienced immortals had yet to learn to recognize it for what it was, when they did encounter it.

[ebony-silvers.livejournal.com]

Agree. That was the impression I got as well.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

It looks like, for the most part, full Immortals can sense pre-Immies. Richie's Immortality came as no shock to Duncan, and that big-haired Michelle girl and Claudia from "Timeless" were accompanied by a slight buzz. Been so long I can't really think of any other examples.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

That looks to be about the way it works - Timeless was the one that stated it most explicitly.

I'm thinking of another immortal:Dawn story, and that might be a useful plot point if young immortals like Dawn can do it.