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Post by Jean on May 6, 2018 22:37:25 GMT -5
I'm back with another review. When I get time, I have to go back and do the other episodes. I'm into S3 with my rewatch. I rewatched 5 episodes including a Hercules crossover that ties nicely with the current Xena storylines.
This was such a powerful episode that sets up the Rift between Xena and Gabrielle, and right before the classic musical episode. A little trivia Xena did a musical before Buffy.
Callisto is set free from her lava pit by Hope. We never found out what happened to Velesca, I assume she remained trapped and Hope only freed Callisto.
Xena and Gabrielle visit Solan (Xena's son) and the Centaurs.
Xena learns Gabrielle lied about Hope, and is not too pleased. Hope and Callisto are up to no good, and Hope kills Xena's son Solan.
Lucy was fantastic at mourning the death of her son, this is so very powerful. Also seeing Callisto hear her screams and finally got her revenge, but then her face turns into an empty feeling.
The fight at the end with Xena and Callisto was fun. I found it scary when Callisto had all the arrows in her and she used her god powers to have them come out of her body and kill all the Centaurs.
Gabrielle comes to the decision to kill Hope with poison, and although we soon learn in the crossover episode on Hercules that she survives. It's still a decision Gabrielle struggled with.
The ending scene where Xena and Gabrielle standing far apart watching the funeral burnings of their children is so good and sad. Watching them walk away in opposite directions is a big way to end an episode.
10/10, outstanding acting, great drama and story.
This was such a powerful episode that sets up the Rift between Xena and Gabrielle, and right before the classic musical episode. A little trivia Xena did a musical before Buffy.
Callisto is set free from her lava pit by Hope. We never found out what happened to Velesca, I assume she remained trapped and Hope only freed Callisto.
Xena and Gabrielle visit Solan (Xena's son) and the Centaurs.
Xena learns Gabrielle lied about Hope, and is not too pleased. Hope and Callisto are up to no good, and Hope kills Xena's son Solan.
Lucy was fantastic at mourning the death of her son, this is so very powerful. Also seeing Callisto hear her screams and finally got her revenge, but then her face turns into an empty feeling.
The fight at the end with Xena and Callisto was fun. I found it scary when Callisto had all the arrows in her and she used her god powers to have them come out of her body and kill all the Centaurs.
Gabrielle comes to the decision to kill Hope with poison, and although we soon learn in the crossover episode on Hercules that she survives. It's still a decision Gabrielle struggled with.
The ending scene where Xena and Gabrielle standing far apart watching the funeral burnings of their children is so good and sad. Watching them walk away in opposite directions is a big way to end an episode.
10/10, outstanding acting, great drama and story.
