 " The Darkness " had the desired effect ; Lineberger wrote that " I was taken aback by the dark tone and emotional range generated by this episode . Highlander is a fantasy series , yet I cared about the characters as though I know them ... Vandernoot gave Tessa such vitality and charm that her death left me <unk> . " Abramowitz said that Tessa 's death strongly angered many viewers , and that " ... people hated me for killing her . " 
