Season 1 · Episode 19 of 22 Aired May 1, 1999

The Manipulator

Sat, May 1, 1999 · 47 min

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A young journalist, Tim Helfet, hires Nick and Amanda to protect him from assassins, sent by his father's killer, Rankov. Rankov is the advisor to a Balkan Prime Minister who is trying to negotiate a peace treaty. Helfet needs a laptop computer that Rankov keeps vital information on. Nick and Amanda break in, but it turns out that Rankov is an Immortal, and the duo are forced to flee when he senses Amanda. Rankov crossed Amanda's path centuries earlier and killed a moral protege of hers. They soon find out that Helfet is a Watcher and knew about the connection between Amanda and Rankov. The duo decide to help him anyway, and Nick has to break into the manor while Amanda guides him by remote control (so Rankov can't ""sense"" her). Helfet goes in and gets captured, and Rankov kills the Prime Minister and frames Tim for it. In the end, Amanda and Rankov fight it out (Amanda wins) while Nick takes out the guards. At the end, the Watchers suggest that Tim ""disappear"" before they catch up to