While Xena and her former enemy Boadicea join forces to battle Caesar, Gabrielle must fight for her own life against evil spirit worshippers.
I think this ep was meant to be shown before “The Dirty Half Dozen”. My reasoning for this is based on the first scene. We see Ares playing with a sword. When Discord appears, he asks what she thinks of the new metal. He says he’s thinking of giving it to a chosen few. Well, he’d already done that in the previous ep. A few scenes later, Ares and Xena are talking. Ares asks Xena if she is still miffed about the ‘insanity thing’ and tells her to get over it.
I’m usually amused when TPTB mess with historical timelines. Xena has helped Helen of Troy, and now it’s time to give Boadicea a hand.
I could tell from the moment Gabrielle got involved with Khrafstar that she was riding for a fall. I was totally unprepared for the “Rosemary’s Baby” abuse that followed. This was the start of the “Rift Arc”. I would like to appreciate this episode, but I’m still stuck in “I can’t believe they went there” mode.
Disclaimer: Gabrielle was slightly well-done during the production of this motion picture. However, the producers would like to recommend a zesty barbecue sauce to bring out the full flavour of the episode.
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