Monthly Archives: May 2011

Built by the bureaucratic edict, contracted to the lowest or best connected bidders, and plagued by budget overruns and cost cutting in materials and safety, here she is – the humanity’s first interstellar effort. Seriously, hard hat and full hazard … Continue reading →

How did Xena and Gabrielle travel around the Ancient Greece and known world at the speeds presented to us in the original? It was not an easy affair even a hundred years ago and they made a joke of it … Continue reading →

What is missing from the dialogue? Currently, the connection between Gabrielle and Athena is physical and the connection between Xena and Gabrielle is emotional. It therefore falls on Xena to be there for her friend. Troy cost Gabrielle dearly. She … Continue reading →

Gabrielle and Athena are together, but this is not a two horse race. Xena accepted Gabrielle’s challenge in Athens and visited the brothel. One night with Aphrodite cleared the confusion. That opens the door for relationship with Gabrielle, except that … Continue reading →

Gabrielle, smiling and patting Xena’s chest plate GABRIELLE “I am in here for good.” Gabrielle removes her hand and faces toward Troy again as Xena tries to comprehend which is the true meaning of that statement. Gabrielle is steadfast in … Continue reading →

Gabrielle, sadly GABRIELLE “Another city dies at my hand.” Xena does not answer. She puts an arm around Gabrielle’s shoulder and brings her closer. Sometimes words are unnecessary. They walk out of the burning Troy together. True to her stated … Continue reading →

The premise of the original episode was body snatching and that is not happening. Further, the dead stay that way. This does not imply that Callisto is in Tartarus and simply stating that observation does not place her among the … Continue reading →

Xena had a thing for beautiful women in the original, from Lao Ma to Cleopatra and Helen of Troy. Men have been accused of thinking with their groin but Xena gives the male gender a serious competition in that area. … Continue reading →

Both parts are about Gabrielle and Praxiteles. How they meet, how they interact, and how they become a family. The episodes build toward a single word, a two letter utterance that ends them perfectly. The Muse inspired this scene, the … Continue reading →

Praxiteles apprenticed Gabrielle and taught her the ways of the healer. In Ancient Greece, treatment was heavy on the herbs and prayer, but some surgical instruments were in use already. Forceps, tourniquet, and catgut find their uses and unfortunately, patients … Continue reading →