visit his adopted daughter Rachel Ellenstein at his old antique shop. Kell uses a bomb to destroy it and Connor's old apartment, killing Rachel inside. Overcome by depression and disillusioned with his ageless life, Connor immediately leaves the Game and the world in general by entering a place called the Sanctuary, where he and other like-minded immortals are kept in a near-coma state, looked after by a group of Watchers who believe there must always be at least two immortals so no one wins the Prize and possibly dominates humanity. Ten years later when the film takes place, Jacob Kell's activities force Connor to leave the Sanctuary. Unwilling to see anyone else he loves die, and believing neither he nor Duncan are powerful enough to stop Kell in a proper duel, Connor attacks the younger MacLeod, insisting Duncan to take his power and knowledge. Refusing at first, Duncan sees Connor will not change his mind and is tired of life. As Connor says, "Goodbye, Duncan, my true brother", Duncan beheads him. During his subsequent fight with Kell, Duncan momentarily takes on Connor's voice and appearance. With his newly increased power, Duncan kills Kell. He then buries Connor in the Scottish Highlands next to his first wife Heather and his mentor Ramírez. With his character's death, Christopher Lambert departed the franchise after Endgame. Connor isn't seen or mentioned in the sequel, Highlander: The Source. Some fans have argued the film must take place in 2004 in order for the events of Highlander III to have still happened to Connor, but the film itself makes no mention of taking place in the near future nor that this version of Connor has an adopted son he would've had to abandon in order to live in the Sanctuary in the early 1990s. Just as Highlander III took place in a continuity that doesn't acknowledge the TV series and actively contradicts it, Highlander: Endgame extends the TV series continuity while ignoring the sequel films. Animated series Highlander: The Animated Series aired from 1994 to 1996, presenting a new continuity and taking place on 27th century Earth, roughly 700 years after the planet suffers apocalyptic devastation from a meteorite impact. After the devastation causes much of human society to fall, all of Earth's immortals decide to stop the Game so they can preserve knowledge, uncover lost history, and guide humanity rather than kill each other. Those