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Xena has to pretend to be her old bad self again in order to save a kidnapped princess from a local arms dealer trying to start a war.  (Shades of "The Princess Bride": kidnap someone and make it look like the neighbor did it, to start a war.) While doing so, she runs into her old flame Marcus--she tries to get him to repent, but he won't; although at the last minute, he [[self-sacrifice|sacrifices himself]] to save Xena's life.
Xena has to pretend to be her old bad self again in order to save a kidnapped princess from a local arms dealer trying to start a war.  (Shades of "[[The Princess Bride]]": kidnap someone and make it look like the neighbor did it, to start a war.) While doing so, she runs into her old flame Marcus--she tries to get him to repent, but he won't; although at the last minute, he [[self-sacrifice|sacrifices himself]] to save Xena's life.




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Revision as of 18:41, 12 March 2009

Xena: Warrior Princess episode
“The Path Not Taken”
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 5
Guest star(s) Bobby Hosea (Marcus); Stephen Tozer (Myzantius); Nicola Cliff (Jana); Jimi Liversidge (Agranon)
Writer(s) Julie Sherman (writer); Doug Ibold (editor)
Director Stephen L. Posey
Production no. 76907
Original airdate 1995 Oct. 2
Episode chronology
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List of Xena episodes

Xena has to pretend to be her old bad self again in order to save a kidnapped princess from a local arms dealer trying to start a war. (Shades of "The Princess Bride": kidnap someone and make it look like the neighbor did it, to start a war.) While doing so, she runs into her old flame Marcus--she tries to get him to repent, but he won't; although at the last minute, he sacrifices himself to save Xena's life.