Gabrielle, Joxer and Autolycus sneak into a palace to thwart an assassination attempt by Joxer’s evil lookalike brother, Jett. The intended victim: Cleopatra.
In the opening of the episode, Xena captures a villain and locks him up. She questions him about his leader but he is resistant at first. Eventually, he talks and Xena goes to leave when she hears the “Joxer the Mighty” song. Joxer (Ted Raimi) has been placed in stocks for stealing a chicken. Xena pays for the chicken and asks Joxer to go into the village and let Gabrielle know that she’s leaving town on a mish. Xena had a very brief cameo in this ep.
We learn in this episode that Joxer has a twin brother Jett, who although he looks like him, is nothing like him. It looks like Jet got all the backbone in the family and fancies himself as the king of assassins. Autolycus (Bruce Campbell) gets to charm Cleopatra (Gina Torres) and with the help of Gabrielle and Joxer save her from certain death.
Disclaimer: Due to the infliction of a severe wedgie, Joxer was slightly uncomfortable but not seriously harmed during the production of this motion picture.
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