The Last of the Centaurs
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| Xena: Warrior Princess episode | |
|---|---|
| “The Last of the Centaurs” | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 17 |
| Guest star(s) | (Xenan); Danielle Cormack (Ghost of Ephiny); Marton Csokas (Ghost of Borias); Marton Csokas (Belach); Hamish Hector-Taylor (Xenan); Katrina Devine (Nicha); Margaret-Mary Hollins (Madra); Kim Michalis (Natassa) |
| Writer(s) | Joel Metzger |
| Director | Garth Maxwell |
| Production no. | #V1420 |
| Original airdate | 2001 April 30 |
| Episode chronology | |
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| "Send in the Clones" | "When Fates Collide" |
Gabrielle is visited by the ghost of Ephiny, their Amazon friend, who asks them to help her centaur son, Xenan — the last of the centaurs.
Another theme is how important is it to preserve the last member of a race, and weighing that with the other demands of the story.[1] This helped play the tension between Gabrielle and Xena and the reversal of their usual dynamic. Belach was not a good guy — he committed genocide — but he had these other ties to Xena's past, so that helped flip their dynamic.
An "enlighten-the-enemy" not "destroy-the-enemy" episode.
Intertextuality
- "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" with a centaur instead of Sidney Poitier
- "Romeo & Juliet" type love story
Notes
- ↑ Joel Metzger interview, DVD commentary to "The Last of the Centaurs".