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| Airdate = 1997 May 12 | | Airdate = 1997 May 12 | ||
| Production = #V0225 | | Production = #V0225 | ||
| Writer = Chris Manheim; Robert Field (editor) | | Writer = [[Chris Manheim]]; Robert Field (editor) | ||
| Director = Charles Siebert | | Director = Charles Siebert | ||
| Guests = Ted Raimi (Joxer); Jay Laga'aia (Draco); Karl Urban (Cupid) | | Guests = Ted Raimi (Joxer); Jay Laga'aia (Draco); Karl Urban (Cupid) | ||
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==Description, Notes, Spoilers== | ==Description, Notes, Spoilers== | ||
Cupid's infant mischievously shoots a variety of odd couples, including a young boy who turns his affections from a girl to another boy; a man who suddenly falls in love with a cow; a woman who falls in love with a neighbor she'd been irritated with. He also shoots Xena — who is suddenly smitten with bad boy Draco, just when she needs to stop him from kidnapping the local Hestian virgins and selling them into slavery. Later the infant strikes Gabrielle with | Cupid's infant mischievously shoots a variety of odd couples, including a young boy who turns his affections from a girl to another boy; a man who suddenly falls in love with a cow; a woman who falls in love with a neighbor she'd been irritated with. He also shoots Xena — who is suddenly smitten with bad boy Draco, just when she needs to stop him from kidnapping the local Hestian virgins and selling them into slavery. Later the infant strikes Gabrielle with an arrow — as she and Xena circle around each other, almost ... almost ... they are interrupted by Joxer — and Gabrielle is smitten. Later they hilariously sings the "mighty Joxer" song that describes him roaming about "With Gaby as his sidekick, Fighting with her little stick." Then the infant strikes Draco with love for Gabrielle. After Xena outsmarts Draco and his crew, the infant strikes a bunch of the virgins, who are suddenly smitten with affection for their would-be kidnappers: The kidnappers turn tail and run: "What are they, bimbos?" | ||
Several great scenes with Xena and Draco in a "fighting as foreplay" mode: sparring, then arm-wrestling. Xena's repeated looks of disgust at Gabrielle's infatuation for Joxer are hilarious, revealing some excellent comedic talents. | Several great scenes with Xena and Draco in a "fighting as foreplay" mode: sparring, then arm-wrestling. Xena's repeated looks of disgust at Gabrielle's infatuation for Joxer are hilarious, revealing some excellent comedic talents. | ||
The early Gabrielle-Xena dialog | The early Gabrielle-Xena dialog — that love is very powerful — is reminiscent of the lecture that Giles gives Xander in Buffy, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered". | ||
Representative dialog: | Representative dialog: | ||
Latest revision as of 09:39, 19 April 2007
| Xena: Warrior Princess episode | |
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| “A Comedy of Eros” | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 22 |
| Guest star(s) | Ted Raimi (Joxer); Jay Laga'aia (Draco); Karl Urban (Cupid) |
| Writer(s) | Chris Manheim; Robert Field (editor) |
| Director | Charles Siebert |
| Production no. | #V0225 |
| Original airdate | 1997 May 12 |
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Wacky fun caused by Cupid's mischievously fired arrows.
Description, Notes, Spoilers
Cupid's infant mischievously shoots a variety of odd couples, including a young boy who turns his affections from a girl to another boy; a man who suddenly falls in love with a cow; a woman who falls in love with a neighbor she'd been irritated with. He also shoots Xena — who is suddenly smitten with bad boy Draco, just when she needs to stop him from kidnapping the local Hestian virgins and selling them into slavery. Later the infant strikes Gabrielle with an arrow — as she and Xena circle around each other, almost ... almost ... they are interrupted by Joxer — and Gabrielle is smitten. Later they hilariously sings the "mighty Joxer" song that describes him roaming about "With Gaby as his sidekick, Fighting with her little stick." Then the infant strikes Draco with love for Gabrielle. After Xena outsmarts Draco and his crew, the infant strikes a bunch of the virgins, who are suddenly smitten with affection for their would-be kidnappers: The kidnappers turn tail and run: "What are they, bimbos?"
Several great scenes with Xena and Draco in a "fighting as foreplay" mode: sparring, then arm-wrestling. Xena's repeated looks of disgust at Gabrielle's infatuation for Joxer are hilarious, revealing some excellent comedic talents.
The early Gabrielle-Xena dialog — that love is very powerful — is reminiscent of the lecture that Giles gives Xander in Buffy, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".
Representative dialog:
- Xena hits Draco to knock him out before he kills Joxer, and then apologizes: I'm sorry, sweetie, that hurt me a lot more than it hurt you! ... Sweetie? Did I say sweetie? I've never used that word in my life before ... oh but he's so cute! Xena claps her hands over her mouth in horror.
Draco attempts to force the issue:
- D: Give me the girls and Gabrielle, or I will torch the place and everyone inside it!
- X: You would kill the woman you love?
- D: The question is: Would you? (Draco laughs, off Xena's expression)
Disclaimer
"No Cherries were harmed during the production of this motion picture"