Xena: Warrior Princess: Warrior... Princess (1996)
Season 1, Episode 15
8/10
Double the fun!
28 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Esentially a mixture of Mark Twain and The Prisoner of Zenda. Our first Xena doppelganger and I think a great performance from LL, just by changing her body language and stance she becomes a completely different character (Layla was more of a proto-Xena). Fire-breathing for the first time in the show although you wonder what Xena is drinking mid morning in order to accomplish this?

It seems Xena has no scars to differentiate her from Diana despite her years of combat, another suggestion that leans towards her being a demi-goddess. Unfortunately slavery was ubiquitous in the ancient world, only ending when Europeans began its' abolition in the C18th. Liberium seems to be a rip from Liberia, the African state created for freed slaves by the US. Side saddle riding Lucy is HILARIOUS!

Best line-Xena; "Oh come we've got that evil spot somewhere" Xena can't play an instrument, that and cooking seem to be the only 2 things she can't do (but Joxer and Gabby can do both).

The pinch for what I calculate to be the 8th time. Gabby seems quite enamoured of the beautiful Diana in the final scene and they have an interesting conversation about finding that special someone.

So why are there so many Xena lookalikes running around? Maybe Ares got around more than we thought? But only Xena inherited his powers?
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