I’m coming out, I want the world to know, got to let it show!

So this is it, part one of a two part season ender blow out. And my, what a blow out it is! Xena and Gabrielle start their day off innocently enough—rescuing Gabrielle’s friend from a certain death—only to find themselves in the midst of good vs. evil and gods vs. goddess. Yep. Another typical day. And if that wasn’t ‘typical’ enough, Callisto and Hope return for double the trouble, double the destruction. Oh yeah, and that hairy hunk o’ burnin’ luv, Ares throws himself into the fray. The tension builds as the characters cross and double cross, say one thing and do another, make a deal and break it, and some old ‘issues’ resurface between the grrls. It’s like an episode of Melrose Place, but with more leather and less between-the-sheets shenanigans. Yowza!

ALTERNATE TITLES FOR THIS EP

• Mother and Child Reunion
• Cocoon
• She’s Baaaaaack
• The Pod Squad
• Born Again
• Suicidal Tendencies
• The Prodigal Pod

THEME SONGS FOR THIS EP

Carl Douglas’ "Kung Fu Fighting" becomes "Sacrificing":

"Everybody is Sacrificing,
Dahak’s return is really fright’ning,
Xena and Gab are meddlin’,
Messing up Hope’s bloodlettin’."

Madonna’s "Like a Virgin" becomes "Like a Demon" as sung by Hope to Gabrielle:

"I survived the poisoned Kool Aid,
And the funeral pyre too,
Now I’m back and ready to torment you,
I’m reborn, without horns,
I’m a lean, mean killing machine,
Such a mean mommie,
That I need therapy,
To get over you,
Like a demon,
Damned for the umpteenth time,
Like a demon,
With world destruction on my mind."

Joan Jett’s "I Hate Myself for Loving You" as sung by Callisto to Xena:

"Hey, Xe, it's a fact you’re bringin’ me down,
You and blondie make me look like a clown,
I’m not really jealous--Ok, I lied, I am too,
I obsess on you ev’ry day it’s true,
You burnt my family and my heart away,
I hate myself for loving you,
Can’t forgive the things that you do,
I wanna kiss, I wanna kill you,
That's why I hate myself for loving you."

FASHION STATEMENTS: BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL

• The skimpy ‘pray and sashay’ sacrificial Solid Gold-esque dancer costumes.
• The ‘Polynesia meets Ava Gabor’ blond wig ‘n mask combo.
• Hope’s disgusting, yet entrancing, sticky milky slimy, plastic fantastic placenta.

FASHION STATEMENTS: UGLY AND UNBECOMING

• The robes and pointy hats of Hope’s henchmen are reminiscent of the KKK.
• Gabrielle’s poofy pseudo bouffant hairdo.
• Priest Werfner’s skunk stripe goatee.

THE BITCH IS BACK

It’s a dark and stormy night…actually, it’s daytime and the sky opens up with a flash and a crackle of thunder to reveal Callisto squirming her way out of the alternate timeline’s gateway.

C: "Just weren’t meant to hold a real god, were you?"

EYE SPY

Xena and Gabrielle hide in the bush, stealthily watching a religious ceremony. They’re searching for Gabrielle’s childhood friend, Seraphin, who has run away to join the circus, er, a cult. The grrls are planning an intervention of sorts. The head Priest prattles on in the distance.

X: "I can’t make it out, but it’s something about the return of a goddess. They need to build temples to her, prepare the way."

Gabrielle spots Seraphin, who dons a blond haired mask and climbs a horn adorned ladder. The head Priest prepares to skewer Seraphin, but Xena interferes and kicks religious groupie booty. When there’s no one left to pummel, Xena searches for Seraphin. She finds Callsito instead, who’s holding the head of one very dead Priest. Callisto gives a giggle and is gone.

POST FIGHT WRAP UP

G: "We have to find her, Xena. I’ve known Seraphin since she was five. I can’t believe she’d be a worshipper of Callisto’s."
X: "More than that. She was a sacrifice. When we stepped in, Callisto decided to take one of the other Priests."
G: "Do you think it’s possible that Callisto could end up like the other gods with temples and followers?"
X: "It’s not like her, there has to be something else…I just don’t know what."

SKIN TRADE

C: "Hi honey, I’m home!"

Callisto bounds into a dark, dank cave and addresses someone (or something) that growls and screeches in reply.

C: "Ah, well, there you are. Hello pumpkin. Your Auntie Callisto’s brought you a little treat. It is what you wanted, isn’t it? They called him the…the Priest of the Flesh. Now, shall I carve or will you?"

SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE

Xena and Gabrielle split up to search for Seraphin. Xena senses a familiar presence following her.

X: "How long have you been watching me?"

Ares wastes no time and questions Xena about Callisto’s motives and whether or not she’s wearing the Hind’s Blood pendant. Xena tells him Callisto is sans bloody bauble.

A: "It’s good she didn’t have it on her because now—"
X: "Now she can’t use it on you."
A: "Or against any other god. Callisto didn’t come back for a few temples. She wants it all. Xena, you’re gonna need an army. Maybe we can come up with some arrangement."
X: "Forget it. I’m not in this for your petty revenge."
A: "Callisto is not a true god. She was mortal. She’s got no control, no respect for any of us. All she can bring is destruction. And when she gets an army of worshipers and conquers the world, what then?"
X: "Then she’s coming after you."

IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED -- TRY, TRY AGAIN

Priest Werfner: "The time of the blood has come!"

In a different locale, the sacrificial ceremony begins, again. Seraphin, wearing robe and blond wig mask, climbs the ladder. The Priest tries, again, to shish-ka-bob Seraphin, but the spear is yanked out of his hands. Psych! It isn’t Seraphin, it’s Xena. The tall dark mean chick whips, literally, disciple derriere with a robe (I bet she’d be a terror in a locker room with a wet towel).

I’M DOING THIS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD

Gabrielle, with a reluctant Seraphin in tow, joins Xena back at the sacrificial clearing.

G: "Seraphin, what’s wrong with you? We’re trying to save your life."
S: "Gabrielle, you don’t understand. I don’t want to go."
G: "No, I know, you want to be sacrificed to the temple of Callisto. Well, it’s not going to happen."
S: "Who’s Callisto?"
G: "Who’s…? You mean you aren’t being sacrificed to Callisto?"
S: "I’m chosen for the Priestess of the Blood—for the rebirth of the goddess."
X: "This isn’t about Callisto." *looks at the horn adorned sacrificial ladder* "It’s about something else. The goddess of Dahak. It’s about Hope."

SERAPHIN: NATTERING NABOB OF NEGATIVISM / TRY IT YOU MIGHT LIKE IT

Seraphin tries, unsuccessfully, to convince the grrls that Hope isn’t evil, just misunderstood.

S: "And why shouldn’t we worship her? I mean, we’re not fools. We see how the world is today. Where is the happiness? Where is the peace?"
G: "Seraphin, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Hope is bringing Dahak’s destruction."
S: "The goddess Hope is the savior of this world."

ARES: MR. WON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER

While Gabrielle explains to Seraphin the drawbacks of Dahak, Ares pays Xena yet another social call.

A: "Hope is building an army of the ignorant. Incredible, are mortals so stupid as to believe Dahak will actually bring them peace? They all deserve what they get. I don’t know why you continue to protect them."
X: "Shut up Ares. Hope must die."
A: "Oh, my thoughts exactly, but my way."

Ares outlines his plan for eradicating Hope (a little army and a lot of Xena); she rejects the offer.

A: "Ok, when you realize you’re wrong, call me…if you survive."

I’M OK, YOU’RE NOT OK

Gabrielle, bless her lil’ touchy feely heart, tries her best Leo Busgalia impersonation on the tall dark agitated chick.

G: "Are you ok?"
X: "Ares is right."
G: "About leading his army? Xena, are you sure that’s best?"
X: "I’m taking this all too personally. I can’t afford that."
G: "It’s ok to be angry."
X: "No, it’s not. Anger clouds the mind and prevents focus."

TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET

Seraphin and Gabrielle sit by the river; instead of debating the pros and cons of pads with wings or their favorite Spice Girl, they discuss the pros and cons of Dahak, the rebirth, and world destruction.

G: "I just can’t believe you’d blindly follow Dahak and his followers."
S: "It’s not as blind as you think. Yes, I know Dahak has a plan and, yes, I know people will die, but it’s for the greater good."
G: "Don’t tell me about the greater good because you have no idea what it means."

DEATH WISH OR WHEN YOU WISH UPON A POD

Callisto kidnaps Priest Werfner and thinks better of killing him when he insists that he can do a ‘Vulcan mind meld’ with the Cocoon de Hope.

C: "Now talk to her."
W: "What do you want me to ask her?"
C: "Ask her if she understands what I’m doing and exactly why I’m protecting her."

*Werfner ‘speaks’ with Hope*

W: "You want to die?"
C: "More than that. I want oblivion. I want my life to end. I want it all to stop—no nothing! No memories, no Tartarus, no nothing! And I know, I know she can do it. Now, does she agree?"
W: "The goddess understands and she agrees."

XENA’S PLAN AS TOLD BY DICK AND JANE

See Hope. Hope bad. Hope very very bad. See Gabrielle. Gabrielle sad. A bad Hope and a sad Gabrielle make Xena mad. Watch Callisto not play nice. Bad Callisto. See Spot. What the hell is Spot doing in the Xenaverse? Naughty Spot! Do not chew on staff. Leave white furry thing alone. Uh oh, Xena see Spot chew on staff. Xena very very mad. See round killing thing--run Spot run!

STONED LOVE

Xena travels to the Cave of the Sister Peaks, also known as the Pod Palace, and skulks around in search of you know who…meanwhile inside the cave, Callisto is bonding with the God Pod.

C: ‘We’ve got a visitor."

Callisto’s ‘god-dar’ picks up the presence of the mighty leathered one. They meet. They talk. They fight.

C: "What’s this? Some sort of martyrdom phase that you’re going through? I could kill you in an instant."

They fight some more. Xena gets the upper hand, uh, Callisto’s hand to be exact. Callisto regenerates her hand and readies to fireball flambé Xena.

X: "Gimme your best shot."
C: "Oh clever, clever girl. You want me to use my powers in here so all these stupid rocks come tumbling down on me."
X: "You’re a god, it won’t kill you."
C: "No, it won’t kill me, but it will keep me locked up long enough for you to get to my precious little baby. Oh well, back to basics."

Xena and Callisto fight like two angry possums in a burlap sack; Xena makes a run for it and ‘trips’ just outside the mouth of the cave.

C: "You should’ve kept running. I couldn’t use my powers in there, but out here, well, can you say nighty night?"

Callisto throws a fireball, which Xena deflects with a shield hidden in the dirt at her feet. Reflecto magico! Xena ricochets the fireball into a pile of loose rock above Callisto. Before you can say, "Let’s get stoned!" Callisto is buried in an avalanche of rubble.

X: "Nighty night."

WE’VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU

Xena re-enters the cave, finds the God Pod, and draws her sword. Before Xena can slice and dice, Ares materializes by the Pod.

X: "Stay back Ares. I’m the one who gets to kill her."
A: "The I guess we’ve got a problem, because I just can’t let that happen."

Xena takes a swipe, but comes up with air—Ares and the Pupa de Evil have vanished.

OH, SO YOU’RE THE ONE THE GODDESS WARNED ME ABOUT

S: "We had heard about the mother of the goddess Hope. She’s known as the Betrayer, the one who selfishly killed her own daughter."
G: "That’s not how it was."
S: "We were never told her name because it was said to speak it was obscene blasphemy. I didn’t know it was you. But I guess it makes sense."
G: "How does it make sense?"
S: "She’s your daughter. She’s a balance of Dahak’s power. The goddess Hope is a balance of good and evil, but born as a mortal, she is one of us."
G: "She’s evil. That’s what she is. She’s like her father."
S: "She has a harsh father, yes, that’s why Hope was born of a good person—of you. She can stand as a champion for mortals—a leader for us all."
G: "She is a murderer. She doesn’t care about any of us. Even as a child—"
S: "Can you blame a child for not understanding a power that was given it? A child without guidance? Without her mother? After the rebirth, the goddess Hope will have the wisdom to know what’s best. She’s your daughter, Gabrielle. How could your daughter be evil?"

ARES’ HELPFUL HINTS FOR HELIONS

Ares takes the God Pod to the Halls of War for safekeeping and a tete a tete.

A: "Xena’s not finished, you know. When she puts her mind to killing someone, they generally get killed. I know, I gave her that focus. I suggest you do something to discourage her."

CHILDREN OF THE CORN

Xena, Gabrielle, and Seraphin traipse through the forest. An ungodly screech interrupts the night noises.

G: "What’s that?"
S: "The goddess! She’s speaking to us. You have to leave Gabrielle, they’re coming."
G: "Who’s coming?"

Out of the underbrush emerges a rag tag group of glassy eyed, shuffling, lobotomized zombies brandishing farm tools and torches chanting, "Redrum!" Oops! Wrong movie…Chanting, "Priestess of the Blood!" The Motley Crew surrounds Xena; Xena tells Gabrielle to take Seraphin to a nearby hut while she plays bouncer.

BEAT ON THE BRAT

Gabrielle barricades herself and Seraphin in the hut. Outside, the Motley Crew tries to break down the door.

S: "They won’t hurt us. They wouldn’t."
G: "Right. They won’t hurt the Betrayer."
S: "But I would tell them that you realize that you were wrong." *gives Gabrielle an intense, non-blinking,’ up close and personal’ stare* "I can see it in your eyes."

Assorted zombie body parts burst through the hut walls and reach for the grrls. Xena, fresh from a Children of the Corn dog pile, enters via hut roof. Gabrielle gets the heave ho to safety; Seraphin puts up a fuss. Xena responds with firm handed ‘conscious or unconscious—it’s your choice, honey’ whump upside the head. Xena then airlifts herself and the sack of potatoes, formerly known as Seraphin, out of the hut.

SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?

Once the trio is out of Motley Crew range, Gabrielle takes Xena aside.

G: "Xena, about this rebirth of Hope. What if it changes her?"
X: "It won’t change her, except to make her more powerful and more evil."
G: "I just can’t help but think that she was a child when she did all those things."
X: "My son was only a child when she killed him, don’t you dare defend Hope to me." *Xena stomps off in a huff and Seraphin sees her chance to apply the emotional thumbscrews*
S: "She’s your daughter, Gabrielle. She loves you. Don’t you know that? She needs you."
G: "Don’t you think I know that? I have thought of that every minute, but I can’t play ‘what if’."
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S: "And if Xena kills her?"
G: *unties the ropes binding Seraphin’s wrists* "Go to her. Find her. Warn her."
S: "I will, I’ll tell her that her mother loves her. Oh, you are the savior of the world Gabrielle."

Seraphin runs towards The Halls of War; Xena reappears a beat later.

X: "That was good. With the connection Hope has with her followers, she should lead me right to her. You almost convinced me."
G: "I’m not blind anymore. You realize that we’ve given Hope exactly what she wants—Seraphin."

THE REPO MAN

Eager to insure a successful God Pod Grand Opening, Ares thinks of a plan to stop Xena.

A: "I do have one card to play. Something even Xena won’t see coming."

Xena follows an oblivious Seraphin into the Halls of War. Gabrielle waits outside; Ares appears behind Gabrielle and puts a hand over her mouth.

A: "You and I have got something to talk about."

They travel to The Fates Thread Shop.

G: "What am I doing here?"
A: "Oh, I don’t know, old time’s sake. To call in a debt, remember? You still owe me for getting you to Chin ahead of Xena. Now I’m calling that favor in. If Xena kills Hope, this thread is cut." *fingers a thread The Fates are spinning*
G: "If I have to die to keep Dahak’s evil from this world, I will."
*Ares grabs Gabrielle’s hand and places her fingers on the spinning thread*
G: "That’s--that’s Xena. This is Xena’s life thread."
A: "That ‘s right. And if she kills Hope…" *makes snippety snip snip scissor motions with his fingers*

LITTLE HALL OF HORRORS

Inside the Halls of War, Seraphin reunites with Priest Werfner and assumes the position--the sacrificial lamb position, that is. Xena prevents Werfner from slitting Seraphin’s throat and all hell breaks loose. During the pandemonium, Seraphin is bound and determined to slash her wrists with a broken bit of knife; Xena thwarts Seraphin’s attempted suicide with a well-placed kick. Werfner has a death wish of a different kind and charges the Warrior Princess. As they duke it out, Seraphin sees her chance for a good skewering and steps between them—taking Werfner’s blade in her side. Xena continues to whup Werfner, while Seraphin does the sacrificial crawl toward the God Pod; Seraphin smears her blood on the Pod. Xena dispatches Werfner and is about to dissect the Cocoon, but Gabrielle tackles her.

G: "Xena!"
X: "What do you think you’re doing?"

The God Pod erupts and interrupts their spat. They watch the birthing with a mixture of horror and fascination. Callisto appears and joins the group gawking.

A STAR IS BORN

The God Pod stretches and undulates; screechy growly noises accompany Hope’s emergence from the cocoon. Hope writhes to free herself from the milky, form fitting mucous membrane; twisting in a grotesque, but sensual unveiling, clawing her way through the placenta with a lizard tongue swipe and a sick grin. Hope faces her audience with an intense, unblinking ‘bad to the bone’ stare.

GABRIELLE’S EVIL TWIN

Holy Hera’s unmentionables! Hope looks just like Gabrielle…creepy.

YOU SAY COCOON, I SAY…

The God Pod reminds me of many things:

• Dahak Droppings
• Leftover Pod Prop from the movie Aliens
• Hairball
• Misshapen Hershey’s Kiss
• Burnt Shrinky Dink Blob
• Dust Bunny / Lintball
• Headless Jabba the Hut

BURNING QUESTIONS

• Callisto (being a goddess and all) can disappear and materialize at will; how is it that a pile of rocks can hold her captive?
• How many times has Callisto been buried under a pile of rocks anyway?
• What entity appeared before Ares (I’m assuming Dahak)?
• What did Ares see that made him look as if he was going to soil his leather pants?
• Why did Ares switch sides and become Dahak’s lackey?
• How did Gabrielle know the thread was Xena’s life line?
• If poison and a bonfire don’t ‘kill’ Hope, what will?

QUIBBLES

• The Fates aren’t played by the same actors who originally portrayed them in Remember Nothing.

KIBBLES AND BITS

• Xena makes the best fight sounds--the warcry is a crowd-pleaser, but I love her hellcat growls.
• Hudson chews up the scenery—Callisto is delicious, dangerous, and desperate.
• Callisto throwing a fireball kiss that ignites Ares’ chest fur.
• The homage to ‘Night of the Living Dead’.
• Callisto’s irritated expression as she extracts herself from yet another of Xena’s rock piles.
• Renee has lovely bicep definition—quite noticeable as she flexes in the birthing scene.
• Gabrielle had me snookered during the scene where she let’s Seraphin ‘go’.
• I love the horn adorned sacrificial trellis—a multi-purpose structure great for ceremonial bloodletting and the occasional creeping vine.
• Seraphin is a freaky deaky, cloying and annoying caricature of a blinkered religious zealot with serious lemming group think tendencies.
• Half the time I wanted to slap some sense into her.

SCENES TOO SAD TO SEE AGAIN

The birth of Hope. Doesn’t bode well for our grrls.

SCENES THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMM...

Xena returns from her reconnaissance mission and chats with Gabrielle; Seraphin sits in the distance by the river.

X: "What’s wrong with her (Seraphin)?"
G: "I told her about Hope, me and Hope."
X: "And?"
G: "I don’t know. When she looks at me it’s like there’s somebody else in there. How could this happen? I mean, if I were to bet what she’d be doing right now…"
X: "That’s the funny thing about people. Just when you’ve got them figured out, they show a completely different side to their character."
G: "I know what you mean."

SCORCHY SEXY NOT SO SUBTEXT

Callisto and Xena--are they gonna flirt or fight? This scene crackles with malicious sexual tension…or maybe it was just my imagination.

C: "Not happy to see me are you? Neither am I really. But I’ve got a plan to solve both our problems."
X: "Why don’t you let me in on it?"
C: "Oh, Xena. I tell you about it and the first thing you know, you’ll be trying to stop me. You just trust me. You’re gonna love it—at least half of it."
X: "Oh goody."
*Xena and Callisto draw their swords*
C: "You know, it’s funny that I keep this thing around. I don’t really need it, it’s just for decoration and for fun."
*Their swords clash and cross*
C: "I don’t know if I’m toying with you or you’re toying with me."

QUICK--HIT THE REWIND BUTTON

• The opening fight sequence: Gabrielle knockin’ noggins and bustin’ booty with her staff.
• Xena’s behind the back ‘spitted like a pig’ sword thrust and her wild-eyed expression.
• Whip it, whip it good! Xena using a robe as a weapon while fighting Hope’s henchmen.
• Xena and Callisto’s swordplay foreplay.

XENA SAYS THE DAMNEDEST THINGS

X to S: "Your goddess killed my child."

G: "And then what?"
X: "First things first."

"Ok, fellas, break it up."

G: "Be careful."
X: "Yeah."

GABRIELLE SAYS THE DARNEDEST THINGS

S: "Let the goddess Hope touch you soul."
G: "She already has. Hope is my daughter."

CALLISTO’S CATTYISMS

Callisto to Priest Werfner: "Yes, I know who you serve, you little worm."

C to H: "You should have been my child."

C about X: "Oh, she’s sooo good."

C to X: "Nice try, but that threat worked when I was only mortal. But I’m a god now, Xena, welcome to my world. Now get ready to leave it."

C to X: "Ow! Don’t do that."

XENA'S SKILLS

• Rescue 911
• Lipreader
• Party Crasher
• Bouncer

GABRIELLE'S SKILLS

• Intervention Specialist
• Psychologist
• Tackling / Sacking the WP

SCENES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR

Xena and Gabrielle decide to grab some quality time with one another while Seraphin is off in the bush ‘taking care of business’.

G: "Quick, before Seraphin returns." *grabs Xena’s hand and pulls her closer*

The grrls start to get busy when who should appear…

Ares: "Hello, ladies." *surveys the tangle of limbs* "Xena, it looks like you’ve got your hands full."
X: *hisses* "Go away."
A: "But I have an offer you just can’t resist." *smiles sweetly*
X: "Unless it involves a scantily clad redheaded bard in heat, I’m not interested."
A: "I think she’s more irritating blond."
*Xena scowls at Ares; Gabrielle fingers a strand of her hair and studies it in mild confusion*
A: "Xena, just hear me out. See, I have this army--"
X: "Ares, not now."
A: "Ok, fine." *sits down on a nearby log* "I’ll wait."
X: *incredulous* "You’ll what?"
A: "I’ll just sit here and wait until you two finish." *waggles his eyebrows suggestively*
G: *agitated* "Xena, is he going to…to you know?"
X: "No, he isn’t." *turns a stern eye on Ares* "What part of ‘get lost’ don’t you understand?"
A: *waves his hand dismissively* "Oh, like I haven’t seen you naked before—"
G: "Is that true?" *looks at Xena suspiciously*
X: *placating* "Technically, yes, Gabrielle--but that was a long time ago. I was a different person then."
A: "Oh, please. A Harpy can’t change it’s disposition."
G: "What’s that supposed to mean?"
A: "Well, some things may change, but some things remain the same."
G: "Such as..." *raises an expectant eyebrow*
A: "Xena’s…drive." *smiles wickedly*
G: "She’s always been very motivated."
X: "That’s not what he means."
G: *confused* "It’s not? Then wha—"
X: "Later Gabrielle."
A: "Do you really think I’ll see something I’ve never seen before?"
*leans forward and whispers conspiratorially*
"Well, when your sister is Aphrodite, you tend to see it all. Did I ever tell you the story about ‘Dite, the discus thrower, a pair of manacles, and a runaway chariot?"
G: *curiosity piqued* "No, you haven’t. Sounds fascinating."
X: "Ares, cut it out!" *places her hands over Gabrielle’s ears*
A: "Xena, she’s a bard, what’s the harm? It’s a great story."
G: *irritably slaps Xena’s hands away* "Quit treating me like a Hestian virgin."
A: "So that’s how it is between you two." *gives Gabrielle an appraising look* "So young, but then that’s what you like about her, eh Xena? Such firm, round brea—"
X: "Ares!"
G: *turns to Xena* "What is the fascination with my BGSB? First Joxer, then you, now him!"
X: "Later Gabrielle."
G: *examines BGSB and mutters to herself* "It must be enchanted."
A: "Where’s your pal, Paraffin?"
G: *glares at Ares* "Her name is Seraphin. I’ll go get her." *she reluctantly leaves and glances back wistfully at Xena*
X: *gives Ares the evil eye* "Satisfied?"
A: "Yes I am, but you’re not." *smirks* "So, as I was saying, I have this army…"
*Xena sighs in frustrated resignation*

DISCLAIMER

No Pulsing Cocoons were harmed during the production of this motion picture. What was witnessed was purely a re-enactment.

TAUNT ME, TEASE ME, NEXT WEEK'S EP

Big Daddy Dahak and Hellraiser Hope have come to town…Xena gets mad! Someone gets stabbed!

LaLa