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Episode Title: "The Spear of Destiny"
Original Fox Air Date: 08/25/1997
Sci-Fi Air Date: 05/14/2003
http://www.scifi.com/roar/episodes/07_spear.html
Conor tries to convince the Mountain People to join his confederation of tribes but their leader, Brach, mocks him and sends his men to kill Conor, Fergus and Catlin. The trio seeks refuge in a cave and finds a sanctum that contains a golden spear set beneath a cross. Against Catlin's advice, Conor takes the mysterious spear.
At that moment, far away in Queen Diana's castle, Longinus wakes screaming, "It's here!" He rallies Queen Diana's soldiers and orders them to find the spear at any cost.
Conor receives a vision from the spear, of Longinus spearing a man on a cross. Catlin tells him of Jesus, the god who was killed by the spear, and tells Conor to destroy the spear. He puts it in a bonfire and watches the flames consume it. But the next morning, the spear is retrieved undamaged from the ashes.
Wielding the spear, Conor returns to the Mountain People's village and compels them all to bow before him. Conor goes from clan to clan, uniting all the tribes under the power of the spear. At a confederation meeting, Conor plans an all-out attack on the Roman occupying army. Later, Fergus confronts Conor, who he thinks is changing – and not for the better. Conor insists he is following his father's dream of a united country. Fergus almost believes him ... until Conor commands Fergus to bow before him, like the others do.
Catlin confronts Conor and warns him that the spear is evil. Conor argues with her, then finds the confrontation was a diversion – the spear has been stolen. Without the spear, Conor loses his grip on power. The morning of the planned attack on the Romans, he panics as the tribes fight among themselves. He attacks Catlin, demanding she return the spear. As he tries to drown her, she screams that he has become the spear's slave. He halts and breaks down, realizing she is right.
Fergus returns the spear to the cave where the trio found it. He is about to break it when he is interrupted by Longinus, who has followed him. Longinus hopes to finally die by impaling himself on the spear. Longinus knocks Fergus aside and takes the spear. Visions from 400 years ago overwhelm him. He remembers his wife and family, and stabbing Christ on the cross. He recalls returning home; watching his family suddenly age and turn to dust; returning to the empty cross and screaming. He collapses and drops the spear, which Conor picks up. Longinus begs to be killed with the spear. Conor refuses and hurls the spear into the stormy sky. Lightning strikes, and the clouds recede as the land returns to peace. Conor and Fergus go home.
Back at Diana's castle, Longinus tells Diana that he will beg for death no longer; he will now devote himself to eradicating the works of Christ and remaking the world in his own image.
Heath Ledger [Conor]
Lisa Zane [Diana]
Sebastian Roche [Longinus]
Vera Farmiga [Catlin]
John Saint Ryan [Fergus]
Alonzo Greer [Tully]
Created By
Shaun Cassidy
&
Ron Koslow
ROAR
Guest Star
Peter McCauley [Brach]
Music By Jon Ehrlich
Co-Executive Producer Michael Nankin
Co-Producer Lawrence Meyers
Co-Producer Brian Chambers
Consulting Producer Jefery Levy
Producers Paul Barber
& Larry Barber
Produced By Howard Grigsby
Written By Michael Nankin
Directed By Jefery Levy
Executive Producer
Ron Koslow
Executive Producer
Shaun Cassidy
Associate Producer Todd London
Co-Starring
Brittany Baldwin as Maire
Joe Bugner as Murrough Leader #1
Eric Thill as Lug
Fiona Edwards as Mrs. Longinus
With
Paul Kuiper Mountain Man
Andrew Buchanan Senior Centurion
Paul Cantoni Leader #2
Katy Charles Angras Leader #3
Glenn Mulholland Laiten Leader #4
Aaron Joynt Leader #5
Edwina Marsh Old Mrs. Longinus
Noel Griffin Old Master Longinus
Hilda Daniels Old Miss Longinus
James Walsh Master Longinus
Alana Stockwell Miss Longinus
Kevin Guiliano Jesus
Daniel Murphey Child at Campfire
Craig Lowe Child at Campfire
Christine Ann-Gardiner Child at Campfire
Nina Tenderson Child at Campfire
Bridget Gordon Child at Campfire
Denver Crabtree Child at Campfire
Director of Photography John Stokes
Production Designer Stewart Burnside
Edited By Craig Ridenour
Unit Production Manager Gina Black
First Assistant Director Stewart Freeman
Second Assistant Directors Angella McPherson
Vera Biffone
Casting by Megan Branman, CSA (L.A.)
Maura Fay
Lynne Ruthven (Australia)
Set Designer Jacinta Leong
Art Director Michael Rumpf
Supervising Sound Editor Andrew Dawson
Music Editor Eduardo Ponsdomench
Visual Effects Supervisors John F. K. Parenteau
Branden L. Smith
Production Services Village Roadshow Pictures
Sound Mixer Bob Clayton
Panaflex(R) Camera and
Lenses by Panavision (R)
Costume Designer Jean Turnbull
Make-up/Hairstylist Viv Rushbrook
2nd Unit Director of
Photography Ian "Thistle" Thorburn
Stunt Coordinator Danny Baldwin
Filmed at ___/\=__
Warner Roadshow Movie `. ,'
World Studios, Queensland |/=`.\
Produced? with the authorization? ________
of The Queensland [Something] ********
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