 " 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 reeling . " Abramowitz said that Tessa 's death strongly angered many viewers , and that " ... people hated me for killing her . " 
 " 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 <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>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 reeling . " Abramowitz said that Tessa <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>death strongly angered many viewers , and that " ... people hated me for killing her . " 
 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 a fantasy series , yet I cared about the characters as though I knoe em ... Vandernoot gave Tessa such vitality and charm dat her death left me reeling . " Abramowitz said that Tessa  death strongly angered many viewers , and that " ... people hated me for killin her . "