in battle, Connor uses refined steel from Nakano's cave to forge a new katana. Kane later kidnaps John to draw out Connor. The Highlander duels Kane and kills him, gaining his power and finally ending the Game. He then leaves to start a new life with John and Alex. Live-action TV series continuity The live-action TV series takes place after the events of the original 1985 movie. In this timeline, the events of the original film still happened with one major change: Connor did not win the Prize when he killed Kurgan because there were still several immortals remaining on Earth. Christopher Lambert declined to reprise his movie role for a weekly series, and so the show cast Adrian Paul to be the protagonist. Believing the show needed to create its own hero and avoid negative comparison to Lambert's performance, Paul suggested creating a new immortal Scottish Highlander. The first episode, "The Gathering", introduced Paul as Duncan MacLeod, an immortal born in the Clan MacLeod decades after Connor's exile. Lambert appeared as Connor in the very first episode, revealed to be Duncan's first immortal mentor and practically a brother to the man. After this guest appearance, Connor never appeared again in the TV series but was occasionally mentioned with respect. Duncan later recalls that Connor "taught me how to live". Highlander: The Series (1992-1998) The show's first two episodes, along with the later movie Highlander: Endgame, explain that Duncan MacLeod was a boy adopted into the Clan MacLeod roughly 75 years after Connor's birth. Like Connor, Duncan dies in battle only to miraculously revive, leading the clan to banish him because it is believed he is a demon or changeling. Soon after this, Duncan discovers he was adopted (although his mother considers him no less her son) but never learns his true parentage. Connor MacLeod returns to Scotland in 1625 and finds Duncan, training him in sword fighting and teaching him what it means to be immortal. The two become close friends, though their personalities sometimes clash and eventually they go separate ways, only occasionally reuniting. By the 1990s, when the series opens, Duncan owns an antique shop in the fictional city of Seacouver, Washington, just as Connor owned an antique shop in the first movie. His co-owner is artist Tessa Noël, who has been in a relationship with Duncan for a decade and knows he is immortal. In the