Highlander - recognising pre-immortals

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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!

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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.