- Duncan visits Lord Byron and the Shelleys, inspiring Mary Shelley to write 'Frankenstein.'
- Lord Byron, the famous poet, is immortal, and in modern day he has become a music star. It comes to the attention of Duncan, Methos, and Joe that he is luring aspiring musicians into his world of drugs and reckless living, with the musicians usually winding up dead, and Duncan decides to put a stop to it. In flashback to 1816 Switzerland, Byron and Methos inspire Mary Shelley to write "Frankenstein".—page8701
- We find out that the famous Lord Byron is actually an immortal and is now a modern-day rock star. He is bored with his immortal life and tries to make sense of it by leading, through poor example and taunts, promising but naive and impressionable young mortal aspiring musicians through an accelerated path of drug abuse to death. He also tries to get Methos and MacLeod addicted to drugs with him, because they don't know what life really is unless they do drugs with him.
Through flashbacks we find out Methos knew Lord Byron and visited with Byron, the Shelleys (Percy and Mary) and some unknown gal for a weekend in the country. A weekend of drug abuse, group gropings, and general hedonistic activities. Methos spends most of his time looking shocked, meanwhile Byron tries to tempt Methos into a three-way with Mary Shelley after she's passed out from too much laudanum. Later, while Percy is off groping the tart, Mary Shelley stumbles upon a fight between Lord Byron and another immortal. Although Byron receives a lethal wound during the duel, he first beheads the other immortal, then dies. Mary Shelley sees the quickening and subsequent 'resurrection' of Byron, which inspires her to write 'Frankenstein.'
Modern-day Byron spirals yet another young, impressionable and promising musician down the path of drug abuse and drunken parties with Byron and two groupies. Ultimately it ends with a box of drugs and needles to death ... but this time he's gone too far. For that young man was supposed to play guitar with Joe Dawson at Joe's blues club in Paris. Duncan is angered that Byron plays so carelessly with young mortal lives and, against Methos' protestations, waits backstage at Byron's last concert to then fight him in the bowels of the venue and behead him as punishment for his evil ways. Methos appears perturbed at Duncan's actions, but fails to pull a Duncan MacLeod-style retribution for the killing of his old friend.
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