A Day in the Life (Xena episode)

Xena: Warrior Princess episode
“A Day in the Life”
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 15
Guest star(s)	Murray Keane (Hower) ; Alison Wall (Minya)
Writer(s)	R.J. Stewart; Robert Field (editor)
Director	Michael Hurst
Production no.	#V0223
Original airdate	1997 Feb. 17
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Notes

• Xena's first fight of the episode is conducted with a pot and frying pan, echoing Xena-style comedic scenes from many films with women fighting.
• Classic comic moment when Gabrielle, rather than being grateful to X for saving her, is upset that X ruined their only frying pan by using it as a weapon.
• Self-mockery on the show when Xena employs her special pinch: "You have thirty seconds..." Yeah, yeah, he knows; he's heard all about it; what does she want to know.
• Goddess-worship! The next scene ("Finding Your Way") starts with Gabrielle making an offering to a goddess, possibly Demeter? Some hearth or agricultural goddess.
• G, still playing up the traditional female-male dynamic, nags Xena for not getting directions.
• X & G are playing 20 questions when the scene opens. G: "Are you male or female? X: Male.
• Famous scene where X is fishing & tossing fish at G; while Hower is mooning over X and wondering if she would ever settle down, G says, "No, she likes what I do --"
• Toilet humor! G is rehearsing, forgets a line, and goes to look at the scroll. She whips it out only to discover a corner torn off. Looking over Argo (the horse) she sees Xena emerging from the bushes. Her dismay quickly turns to outrage. "You used my scrolls?!?" Xena looks a little shifty: "Now take it easy -- there were no good leaves in the bush." Gabrielle is speechless. Xena: "I used a piece that didn't have much writing on it!" Thumping in the background. Xena with relief says, "The giant's coming," and dashes off.
• The fertility goddess shows up again.
• Now they run into Minya (Hower's girlfriend) who is also overwhelmed with hero-worship, and perhaps a bit more, for X. Minya doesn't quite remember Gabrielle's name but quickly starts pestering her with questions. "What's it like to travel with the hottest warrior in the butt-kickin' biz, huh? ... Does she sleep in the --?" G: "Well--" X: "Hey! Lady, we're on a mission."
• X & G are in the hot tub, still playing 20 questions. Sexy with the scrubbing, but then Xena squeakily cleans out G's ear.
• Gabrielle trades Xena's whip for a new frying pan. Minya won't give it back. X: I want it back. M: No! It belongs to me. You don't get that concept real well, do you. The whip is mine; frying pan's yours. Hower is mine! (M looks at G) She's yours.