When Does "Highlander: The Series" Season One (1992) Take Place?

"Highlander: The Series" season one is a fantasy television show VERB by CREATOR that released on October 3rd, 1992. So when is "Highlander" season one set? 


It takes place in the year: 

1991 AD 

We know this because about a quarter of the way through season 1 episode 1 "The Gathering", Duncan MacLeod says, "I won't be 400 for uh.... another 4 months." and Duncan’s birth year is stated as 1592 AD in the film "Highlander: The Source" (2007). 

400 - 4 months = 8.399 

and 

1592 + 8.399 = 8.1991. 

The hallmark of the Highlander series is major flashbacks to historical periods: 

Years visited by the viewers include... 

Season 1 episode 1 "The Gathering" - 1872? AD. We know this because in season 3 episode 2 "Line of Fire", . 

Season 1 episode 2 "Family Tree" - 1622? AD. We know this because just after Duncan is awakened as an immortal ?. 

Season 1 episode 3 "The Road Not Taken" - 1780? AD. 

Season 1 episode 9 "The Sea Witch" -  1938 AD. 

Season 1 episode 10 "Revenge is Sweet" - 1988 AD. 

Season 1 episode 11 "See No Evil" - 1925 AD. 

Season 1 episode 14 "For Evil's Sake" - 1783 AD & 1980 AD. 

Season 1 episode 17 "Saving Grace" - 1660 AD. 

It is a chronologically midway TV show in the Highlander universe and can be watched after the first film, "Highlander" (1986), or after the third film, "Highlander III: The Sorcerer" (1994), or entirely separately.