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Watchers - Secret
organization on the fantasy adventure THE
HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES/SYN/1992-97.
Joe Dawson, a
Watcher leader
The Watchers were created 5000 year ago to
observe, record but never interfere with the
lives of a group of immortal beings who roamed
the Earth unbeknownst to most humans. Ammaletu
the Akkadian created the Watchers after he saw
Gilgamesh resurrected from the dead.
Those working for the Watchers group swore an oath that under no
circumstance would they reveal their existence
to the immortals.
Ancient Watchers Text that
Chronicles the Immortals
Joe Dawson (Jim Byrnes), the owner of
bookstore/small blues bar was one of the many
Watchers of this organization. He chose to
disregard the code of non-fraternization and
become friends with Duncan MacLeod (Adrian
Paul), an immortal born in the Highlands of
Scotland in the year 1592.
Joe had been tracking MacLeod for fifteen years.
before Duncan traveled to Seacouver, Washington to track
down Darius' killer.
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Dawson: |
For as
long as your kinds been around, we've been
watching. |
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MacLeod: |
No one
ever discovered you? |
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Dawson: |
Now why
would anyone notice another face in the
crown Even one as extraordinary as mine |
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MacLeod: |
And this. |
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Dawson: |
It's one
our chronicles, That disappeared 500 years
ago. Somehow, Darius got it. It's part of
a record we keep on Immortals |
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MacLeod: |
So you
can hunt us? |
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Dawson: |
No. No.
We observe, we record, but we never
interfere. |
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MacLeod: |
And why
not? |
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Dawson: |
Too much
of man's history has been lost. Once you
get through all life's crap, the
only thing that matter is the truth. We
want the truth about Immortals to survive,
not a bunch of old wives tales.
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MacLeod: |
Alright
Dawson, you expect me to believe you kept
quiet about this for all these years. |
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MacLeod: |
If we had
revealed your secret in more superstitious
times you can imagine the witch hunts.
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MacLeod: |
I don't
have to imagine. |
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Dawson: |
And today
you'd probably end up on page three of one
of those supermarket rags next to the two
headed monkey and I'd be in a straight
jacket. |
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MacLeod: |
You say
you refuse to interfere but you have!
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Dawson: |
We would
never have hurt Darius, He was one our
great hopes. |
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MacLeod: |
And why
should I believe you? |
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Dawson: |
You've been around for 400 hundred
years. You'd feel it if I was lying to
you. You could always kill me, but between
you and me, I hope you don't have to. |
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-- episode "The Watchers" |
As a form of identification, each Watcher
wore a bluish tattoo
(stylized Zodiac sign of Aries inside a
circle)
on their forearm/inner wrist. The design is Centuries ago, however, Watchers wore a
medallion symbol of their organization.
Watcher tattoo on
Joe Dawson's inside wrist
While the goals of the Watchers organization
were benign, there were some fanatics in the
group who sought to harm the Immortals. These
fanatics were known as Hunters. Their group was
originally led by James Horton, Joe's
brother-in-law who believed the
Immortals were unnatural and needed to be
destroyed. He feared that the victor of the
Immortal's final battle (The Gathering) would
try to control the world.
Horton killed Darius.
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