1 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:19,118 It's not true! It can't be! 2 00:00:19,327 --> 00:00:20,564 Icus, he told me himself. 3 00:00:20,589 --> 00:00:21,198 Oh, but Mother! 4 00:00:21,223 --> 00:00:22,263 There's no time to argue. 5 00:00:23,697 --> 00:00:24,581 Now, get your coat while 6 00:00:24,606 --> 00:00:26,395 I pack some food you're bound to get hungry. 7 00:00:27,272 --> 00:00:28,698 How long must I be gone? 8 00:00:28,723 --> 00:00:30,288 Until it's safe for you to return. 9 00:00:30,313 --> 00:00:31,858 Oh, but mother, I don't understand. 10 00:00:32,099 --> 00:00:33,172 Neither do I, love. 11 00:00:34,001 --> 00:00:35,333 Neither do I. 12 00:00:36,137 --> 00:00:37,177 Icus! 13 00:00:37,776 --> 00:00:38,816 Run! 14 00:00:40,441 --> 00:00:41,967 Find a place to hide and stay there. 15 00:00:42,179 --> 00:00:43,735 -I'll find you when it's safe. -Oh, but... 16 00:00:43,759 --> 00:00:45,378 Go! 17 00:01:07,181 --> 00:01:08,222 How was that? 18 00:01:08,565 --> 00:01:09,864 Very good 19 00:01:10,284 --> 00:01:11,507 you're getting the hang of it. 20 00:01:11,532 --> 00:01:12,572 Really? 21 00:01:15,143 --> 00:01:16,078 Come on, Gabrielle, 22 00:01:16,103 --> 00:01:18,260 you've been wanting to do this for ages. 23 00:01:22,588 --> 00:01:24,322 Just reach under this rock- 24 00:01:24,495 --> 00:01:25,904 give it your best shot. 25 00:01:27,159 --> 00:01:28,199 OK. 26 00:01:39,932 --> 00:01:41,414 I did it! I did it! 27 00:01:42,147 --> 00:01:43,187 Where is he? 28 00:01:58,997 --> 00:02:00,037 Here. 29 00:02:22,638 --> 00:02:25,722 Here! Come on. 30 00:02:29,427 --> 00:02:30,468 Let go! 31 00:02:48,662 --> 00:02:49,781 Didn't your mother ever teach you, 32 00:02:49,806 --> 00:02:51,240 it's rude to stare? 33 00:03:16,769 --> 00:03:18,524 Stay here! You'll be safer. 34 00:03:29,077 --> 00:03:30,118 Excuse me! 35 00:03:44,743 --> 00:03:45,807 Enough! 36 00:03:49,528 --> 00:03:52,613 I don't know who or, what you are. 37 00:03:53,393 --> 00:03:55,048 But this business is none of yours. 38 00:03:55,877 --> 00:03:58,034 My name is Xena, and the way 39 00:03:58,059 --> 00:03:59,382 I see it, half a dozen men 40 00:03:59,407 --> 00:04:00,690 going after one small, 41 00:04:00,715 --> 00:04:03,260 defenseless boy kinda makes it my business. 42 00:04:05,501 --> 00:04:07,435 Call it my maternal instinct. 43 00:04:07,731 --> 00:04:10,046 Don't let them take me, please. 44 00:04:10,071 --> 00:04:12,963 No one's taking you anywhere, hmmm? 45 00:04:13,996 --> 00:04:18,715 What will be, will be! 46 00:04:19,116 --> 00:04:20,384 This isn't over. 47 00:04:30,364 --> 00:04:31,473 What was all that about? 48 00:04:32,695 --> 00:04:34,247 That want to take me to be sacrificed. 49 00:04:35,036 --> 00:04:36,225 Sacrificed? 50 00:04:36,250 --> 00:04:38,213 You mean like on an altar, with a knife? 51 00:04:38,871 --> 00:04:40,490 Who would do such a thing? 52 00:04:41,227 --> 00:04:42,525 My father. 53 00:04:57,777 --> 00:05:00,059 In a time of ancient gods... 54 00:05:02,459 --> 00:05:04,033 ...warlords... 55 00:05:04,069 --> 00:05:05,627 ...and kings... 56 00:05:05,739 --> 00:05:09,381 A land in turmoil cried out for a hero... 57 00:05:18,916 --> 00:05:20,823 She was Xena... 58 00:05:21,523 --> 00:05:25,472 a mighty princess, forged in the heat of battle... 59 00:05:30,020 --> 00:05:31,250 ...The power... 60 00:05:33,125 --> 00:05:34,377 ...The passion... 61 00:05:37,882 --> 00:05:39,149 ...The danger... 62 00:05:44,897 --> 00:05:47,611 Her courage will change the world... 63 00:06:02,419 --> 00:06:05,118 I know how it looks, but my father's a good man. 64 00:06:05,575 --> 00:06:08,066 Once, when I was sick, he stayed by my bed, night and day. 65 00:06:08,550 --> 00:06:10,415 He never left till I was feeling better. 66 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:11,661 He's always been like that. 67 00:06:11,686 --> 00:06:14,730 Then why did he send that thug after you? 68 00:06:14,755 --> 00:06:16,871 Thug? Oh, you mean my brother Maell. 69 00:06:17,586 --> 00:06:18,346 Your brother? 70 00:06:18,371 --> 00:06:19,703 Nice family. 71 00:06:20,433 --> 00:06:22,901 Maell and his men are very strong in their faith. 72 00:06:22,968 --> 00:06:25,537 He helped my father teach our people new ways to farm. 73 00:06:26,078 --> 00:06:28,050 Now we grow twice as much as we used to. 74 00:06:28,860 --> 00:06:29,844 And your mother? 75 00:06:29,869 --> 00:06:31,162 You said she warned you. 76 00:06:31,187 --> 00:06:32,762 How does she feel about all this? 77 00:06:32,814 --> 00:06:33,654 Oh, I don't know. 78 00:06:33,679 --> 00:06:35,525 She's mixed up about all this too, I guess. 79 00:06:35,914 --> 00:06:37,582 It's just, my father's never hurt anyone. 80 00:06:37,900 --> 00:06:39,772 There's gotta be an explanation. 81 00:06:40,503 --> 00:06:44,082 Look, we'll find it, right Xena? Xena? 82 00:06:45,494 --> 00:06:46,216 Xena! 83 00:06:46,241 --> 00:06:47,853 I'm up here, I found it! 84 00:06:50,582 --> 00:06:51,530 Found what? 85 00:06:51,555 --> 00:06:52,595 This cave. 86 00:06:52,758 --> 00:06:54,536 My army came through here a couple of years ago. 87 00:06:54,561 --> 00:06:56,334 I used it as shelter for my wounded men. 88 00:06:57,032 --> 00:06:58,150 You'll be safe here. 89 00:06:58,633 --> 00:07:00,513 So make camp I'll be back as soon as I can. 90 00:07:01,037 --> 00:07:02,077 Where are you going? 91 00:07:02,478 --> 00:07:04,249 To have a talk with your family. 92 00:07:04,706 --> 00:07:05,753 I wanna see for myself 93 00:07:05,778 --> 00:07:08,509 what kind of a father would want to kill his own son. 94 00:07:13,495 --> 00:07:14,550 Come on. 95 00:07:28,221 --> 00:07:29,870 Are you telling me you don't have Icus. 96 00:07:31,088 --> 00:07:32,323 Well, at the moment, no. 97 00:07:32,790 --> 00:07:34,548 But, don't worry, my men and I will get him back, 98 00:07:34,573 --> 00:07:35,704 even if we have to die doing it. 99 00:07:35,729 --> 00:07:36,769 No! 100 00:07:38,863 --> 00:07:40,735 There's been too much violence already. 101 00:07:40,950 --> 00:07:42,246 That's not our way. 102 00:07:42,815 --> 00:07:44,413 Well, nor would I choose it, Father. 103 00:07:44,438 --> 00:07:46,048 But this Xena's left me no alternative. 104 00:07:47,036 --> 00:07:49,831 These are new times; they demand new ways. 105 00:07:50,455 --> 00:07:52,236 To follow a path of peace is new. 106 00:07:53,554 --> 00:07:55,404 We teach by example, not by force. 107 00:07:56,072 --> 00:07:57,689 But when the truth can help so many, 108 00:07:57,714 --> 00:07:59,251 surely, we're honor-bound to spread 109 00:07:59,276 --> 00:08:01,207 it in the most aggressive way we can. 110 00:08:01,232 --> 00:08:02,901 One that includes killing children? 111 00:08:03,979 --> 00:08:06,113 No... I said no! 112 00:08:08,940 --> 00:08:10,770 You better sit down, You don't look well. 113 00:08:13,258 --> 00:08:14,637 My father's health, like everything else here, 114 00:08:14,662 --> 00:08:15,852 is not your concern. 115 00:08:16,484 --> 00:08:18,659 Now, just give us Icus and be on your way. 116 00:08:19,408 --> 00:08:21,599 You have Icus? How is he? 117 00:08:21,944 --> 00:08:23,542 Confused... 118 00:08:25,044 --> 00:08:27,125 He doesn't understand how his father could love 119 00:08:27,405 --> 00:08:29,618 him one day and wanna kill him the next. 120 00:08:30,561 --> 00:08:31,624 I don't want to kill him. 121 00:08:31,649 --> 00:08:32,776 Surely, he knows that. 122 00:08:33,241 --> 00:08:34,464 Then, why are you doing this? 123 00:08:36,246 --> 00:08:38,179 Because God has commanded it. 124 00:08:39,389 --> 00:08:41,627 God? Which god? 125 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:45,038 Ares, or Zeus? 126 00:08:45,463 --> 00:08:47,371 There is only one true Supreme Deity 127 00:08:48,103 --> 00:08:49,511 The Almighty God of my father 128 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,683 The one whose voice speaks only to him. 129 00:08:55,185 --> 00:08:59,005 So this all-powerful deity, he told you to kill an innocent boy? 130 00:09:01,005 --> 00:09:02,484 And I thought Ares was cold. 131 00:09:06,974 --> 00:09:08,397 Why does he want you to do it? 132 00:09:09,081 --> 00:09:10,893 Our Holy One is not accountable to anyone, 133 00:09:11,648 --> 00:09:13,609 let alone a non-believer. 134 00:09:14,473 --> 00:09:16,503 Then you'd better pray he has a change of heart. 135 00:09:17,950 --> 00:09:22,213 Because, until he does, Icus stays with me. 136 00:09:29,997 --> 00:09:31,555 She goes unharmed. 137 00:09:32,789 --> 00:09:33,891 I will pray for guidance, 138 00:09:33,916 --> 00:09:36,132 but until I get it, there will be no more violence 139 00:09:39,106 --> 00:09:40,294 of any kind. 140 00:09:51,370 --> 00:09:52,652 She's gotta die. 141 00:09:52,677 --> 00:09:55,069 But how? You said yourself, Anteus forbids it! 142 00:09:55,573 --> 00:09:56,843 My father is a wise man; 143 00:09:57,618 --> 00:09:59,768 but also an aging man, in failing health. 144 00:10:00,810 --> 00:10:04,270 No doubt, he doesn't see Xena for what she truly is, 145 00:10:05,165 --> 00:10:09,715 a trial, sent to us, by the Almighty, to test our resolve. 146 00:10:10,462 --> 00:10:11,813 Can you doubt it? 147 00:10:11,838 --> 00:10:13,999 All you have to do is look at her to see 148 00:10:14,024 --> 00:10:16,600 she's unnatural, an affront to God. 149 00:10:17,831 --> 00:10:20,145 A woman with the strength of ten men? 150 00:10:21,065 --> 00:10:22,356 Out in the world alone, 151 00:10:22,381 --> 00:10:24,214 save only her scrawny little companion? 152 00:10:25,245 --> 00:10:26,791 It's a complete abomination! 153 00:10:28,183 --> 00:10:31,954 And to think, this, freak, of nature, 154 00:10:32,885 --> 00:10:38,586 has my brother, a boy so, innocent and pure, 155 00:10:39,368 --> 00:10:41,059 that the All-powerful One has called 156 00:10:41,084 --> 00:10:43,114 him to His side at the tender age of 12. 157 00:10:44,248 --> 00:10:47,062 How do you think the Supreme Deity feels about that? 158 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:50,779 Leaving his chosen one in the hands of a woman 159 00:10:51,273 --> 00:10:53,544 whose gods are as primitive as she is! 160 00:10:53,984 --> 00:10:56,940 Xena must die! Yeah! Yeah! 161 00:11:05,031 --> 00:11:08,156 Then suddenly, the soldiers burst out of the wooden horse, 162 00:11:08,525 --> 00:11:15,260 surprising everyone, and uh, and then the, the Trojans turned 163 00:11:15,285 --> 00:11:21,385 into growling lions with blood dripping from their lips. 164 00:11:21,919 --> 00:11:23,977 And then, oh, the Greeks- 165 00:11:24,782 --> 00:11:26,780 they brought in an army of, oh, 166 00:11:26,805 --> 00:11:29,282 fire-breathing, tin-headed Hydras. 167 00:11:29,576 --> 00:11:33,235 And this is very interesting, isn't it? Right?! 168 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:35,016 Oh, yeah, right. 169 00:11:36,141 --> 00:11:38,400 You haven't heard a word I said, have you, hmm? 170 00:11:38,662 --> 00:11:40,223 Sorry, you tell a great story. 171 00:11:40,611 --> 00:11:43,198 It's, it's just I can't stop thinking about my father, 172 00:11:44,043 --> 00:11:45,406 and wondering why he'd wanna 173 00:11:48,909 --> 00:11:51,587 Oh, hey, look, there's no use in speculating. 174 00:11:52,985 --> 00:11:54,573 We'll know more when Xena gets here. 175 00:11:55,293 --> 00:11:57,453 I just hope she brings some food. I'm famished. 176 00:11:58,052 --> 00:11:59,143 Oh, I've got food. 177 00:11:59,421 --> 00:12:00,207 You do? 178 00:12:00,232 --> 00:12:01,707 My mother packed it for me. 179 00:12:03,973 --> 00:12:09,646 I've got apples and pears and cheese and some 180 00:12:10,523 --> 00:12:12,800 Is this nutbread? Ah, yum! 181 00:12:13,970 --> 00:12:15,627 I haven't had this since I was home. 182 00:12:15,891 --> 00:12:17,821 Help yourself, I'm not hungry. 183 00:12:18,290 --> 00:12:21,224 Oh, no, I couldn't. I, well, if you're sure. 184 00:12:22,137 --> 00:12:24,085 Yeah! You don't know what you're missing. 185 00:12:31,848 --> 00:12:34,158 Hestia... Goddess of hearth and home. 186 00:12:35,011 --> 00:12:36,657 It is many years since I've honored you. 187 00:12:37,133 --> 00:12:38,776 But, please, hear my prayer. 188 00:12:39,462 --> 00:12:40,888 Protect my son, Icus. 189 00:12:41,898 --> 00:12:43,881 Don't worry, Icus is safe. 190 00:12:47,212 --> 00:12:48,252 You know my son? 191 00:12:49,102 --> 00:12:50,143 Where is he? 192 00:12:51,064 --> 00:12:52,148 Who are you? 193 00:12:52,789 --> 00:12:54,232 My name is Xena. 194 00:12:54,270 --> 00:12:55,978 Icus is staying with me and a friend 195 00:12:56,003 --> 00:12:57,722 until we can sort this thing out. 196 00:12:57,859 --> 00:12:59,315 That's why I wanted to talk to you. 197 00:12:59,862 --> 00:13:01,527 But how did you know I was here? 198 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,083 Where else would a woman 199 00:13:03,108 --> 00:13:05,522 who loves her son enough to defy her husband go? 200 00:13:08,170 --> 00:13:10,085 A shrine to the patron goddess of families. 201 00:13:12,024 --> 00:13:13,734 If Anteus knew I'd broken with His Gods 202 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:16,038 and gone back to the old ones, it would kill him. 203 00:13:16,409 --> 00:13:19,126 Not a tough choice, seeing his God wants to kill Icus. 204 00:13:20,017 --> 00:13:22,933 How can he believe in a God who needs to murder children? 205 00:13:22,958 --> 00:13:24,064 Well, he never has before. 206 00:13:25,465 --> 00:13:27,078 And what's even stranger, 207 00:13:27,103 --> 00:13:29,046 not two months ago, our Supreme One 208 00:13:29,071 --> 00:13:31,505 told Anteus to break with tradition, 209 00:13:31,530 --> 00:13:32,778 and make Icus our next leader, 210 00:13:33,072 --> 00:13:34,564 not our oldest son, Maell. 211 00:13:35,312 --> 00:13:36,594 Does Maell know this? 212 00:13:37,331 --> 00:13:38,371 I don't know. 213 00:13:38,990 --> 00:13:42,466 Lately, Anteus has seemed so secretive and strange. 214 00:13:43,752 --> 00:13:46,869 I'm afraid he confides more in his own God than he does in me. 215 00:13:47,755 --> 00:13:50,229 That's why you have to try and reach him, Xena, please. 216 00:13:50,551 --> 00:13:53,507 To kill a child, it can't be right, no matter what god you follow. 217 00:13:54,365 --> 00:13:55,740 I'll talk to Anteus. 218 00:13:57,390 --> 00:13:59,550 It's probably better if we went separately. 219 00:13:59,813 --> 00:14:02,014 It might not be good for your health to be seen with me. 220 00:14:02,039 --> 00:14:03,805 Oh, wait, wait, I have a little more nutbread. 221 00:14:03,830 --> 00:14:05,239 Would you take it to Icus? 222 00:14:05,761 --> 00:14:06,970 I packed some in his sack. 223 00:14:06,994 --> 00:14:09,124 But, well you know how children are about nutbread. 224 00:14:10,185 --> 00:14:12,016 And, Maell had this one specially made, so, I thought... 225 00:14:12,041 --> 00:14:13,921 Maell had this made? 226 00:14:15,109 --> 00:14:18,027 It's one of those special treats he's been bringing Anteus lately. 227 00:14:18,539 --> 00:14:20,911 Still I don't think he'd mind Icus having some, do you? 228 00:14:54,917 --> 00:15:02,222 Gabrielle, Gabrielle, can you hear me? Wake up. 229 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,295 Here... You all right? 230 00:15:15,553 --> 00:15:19,840 I'm great. I... I can't see, but, I'm good. 231 00:15:20,715 --> 00:15:22,496 Try using both eyes. 232 00:15:24,098 --> 00:15:26,763 Oh, ah, yeah, that's better, 233 00:15:26,997 --> 00:15:28,049 Think you can stand? 234 00:15:28,636 --> 00:15:29,902 You mean, I'm not? 235 00:15:30,821 --> 00:15:32,781 Come on! There you go. 236 00:15:34,941 --> 00:15:36,447 By the gods! 237 00:15:36,472 --> 00:15:37,512 What is it? 238 00:15:39,881 --> 00:15:42,195 You are, beautiful! 239 00:15:44,975 --> 00:15:48,057 And you are drugged with henbane, 240 00:15:48,082 --> 00:15:50,494 if I'm not mistaken, so the effects should be temporary. 241 00:15:51,414 --> 00:15:54,726 But we've got to get you 242 00:15:54,751 --> 00:15:55,883 walking. 243 00:15:57,089 --> 00:16:01,508 Come back here. Gabrielle, I need you to concentrate. 244 00:16:02,066 --> 00:16:03,258 OK, uh, yep. 245 00:16:04,031 --> 00:16:05,654 But I think this is a big waste of time, 246 00:16:05,689 --> 00:16:07,506 because I have been walking since I was one. 247 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:10,515 This is not about walking, Gabrielle. 248 00:16:11,168 --> 00:16:12,498 It's about Icus. 249 00:16:13,477 --> 00:16:15,571 You do remember Icus, don't you? 250 00:16:16,123 --> 00:16:17,632 Of course, I remember Icus. 251 00:16:17,966 --> 00:16:21,032 Good. Do you know where he is? 252 00:16:21,851 --> 00:16:22,734 Where? 253 00:16:22,759 --> 00:16:27,795 No, I'm asking you. Where's Icus? 254 00:16:29,161 --> 00:16:30,461 I don't know. Icus! Icus! 255 00:16:38,247 --> 00:16:39,670 I lost Icus! 256 00:16:41,724 --> 00:16:47,061 I lost him. I lost Icus! I lost Icus! 257 00:16:49,790 --> 00:16:50,867 Gabrielle, calm down. 258 00:16:53,214 --> 00:16:54,816 Look, I'm sure you didn't lose him. 259 00:16:55,817 --> 00:16:58,290 He probably just saw you pass out and went for help. 260 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:01,886 By the way, how much nutbread did Icus eat? 261 00:17:02,531 --> 00:17:06,936 None! He, oh, you know, I really wanted to share... 262 00:17:07,185 --> 00:17:08,367 But it was just too good! 263 00:17:08,889 --> 00:17:09,805 And he said he wasn't hungry. 264 00:17:09,830 --> 00:17:14,258 And, then, the next thing I knew, it was just, gone! Like Icus! 265 00:17:16,380 --> 00:17:17,421 It's OK. 266 00:17:17,946 --> 00:17:19,382 There's no sign of a struggle. 267 00:17:19,407 --> 00:17:20,946 My guess is he went to get his mother. 268 00:17:21,358 --> 00:17:22,906 Aside from us, she's his only ally. 269 00:17:24,996 --> 00:17:26,037 What are we waiting for? 270 00:17:26,233 --> 00:17:27,419 Let's go! 271 00:17:29,098 --> 00:17:31,617 The rest of you, follow me! 272 00:17:32,382 --> 00:17:33,423 Hold it! 273 00:17:33,811 --> 00:17:34,970 At ease! Yeah! 274 00:17:35,684 --> 00:17:36,760 I've got a better idea. 275 00:17:39,664 --> 00:17:45,144 I'll go and get Icus, while you and the, others try to, um... 276 00:17:45,757 --> 00:17:47,577 Work on our song? Yeah. 277 00:17:48,879 --> 00:17:51,842 Just between you and me, the altos are slightly flat. 278 00:17:53,331 --> 00:17:54,372 Perfect. 279 00:17:56,012 --> 00:18:00,580 Gabrielle, don't let anyone leave the cave. 280 00:18:00,797 --> 00:18:01,393 Understand? 281 00:18:01,418 --> 00:18:03,513 Stay here, and wait for me to get back. 282 00:18:04,112 --> 00:18:05,542 Have I made myself clear? 283 00:18:07,162 --> 00:18:11,404 Uh, no. You're a little fuzzy around the edges. 284 00:18:11,429 --> 00:18:12,988 So you keep trying. You'll get there. 285 00:18:15,639 --> 00:18:17,737 Now I want everyone this side of the cave 286 00:18:18,279 --> 00:18:20,183 We're gonna keep working till we get it right! 287 00:18:20,208 --> 00:18:21,611 And I've got all day. 288 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:23,498 So, let's start with the top! 289 00:18:23,523 --> 00:18:24,399 Are you ready? 290 00:18:24,579 --> 00:18:25,795 You! You're a tenor. 291 00:18:25,820 --> 00:18:27,511 Get away from the sopranos! 292 00:18:27,536 --> 00:18:29,562 Hey, hey! You're standing like a stone... Relax. 293 00:18:33,719 --> 00:18:34,601 Hurry, Mother. 294 00:18:34,626 --> 00:18:35,928 I think she's really sick. 295 00:18:35,953 --> 00:18:37,330 She started talking all strange. 296 00:18:37,355 --> 00:18:39,560 And then she fell asleep, and I couldn't wake her! 297 00:18:39,585 --> 00:18:40,785 All right, I'm coming. 298 00:18:40,938 --> 00:18:43,614 But I'll be no good to this Gabrielle without my medicines, now, will I? 299 00:18:43,639 --> 00:18:45,975 Here, go get me some bitterwort from the garden. 300 00:18:46,858 --> 00:18:49,238 Oh, oh, Icus, I need some haleanthus too. 301 00:18:50,187 --> 00:18:51,239 Icus?! 302 00:18:55,392 --> 00:18:57,015 Icus, do you hear?! 303 00:19:06,461 --> 00:19:07,780 Mother! Don't hurt her! 304 00:19:08,008 --> 00:19:09,903 I'll go with you! Just, don't hurt her, please! 305 00:19:09,928 --> 00:19:11,444 Make sure she stays here. 306 00:19:15,457 --> 00:19:16,888 Don't give me any trouble! 307 00:19:30,708 --> 00:19:31,826 Close in behind. 308 00:19:36,044 --> 00:19:37,101 Come on! 309 00:19:53,222 --> 00:19:54,374 What'll we do now? 310 00:20:41,653 --> 00:20:42,970 That looks mighty painful. 311 00:20:43,695 --> 00:20:45,530 You really ought to see a doctor about that. 312 00:20:47,270 --> 00:20:48,385 Are you all right? 313 00:20:48,410 --> 00:20:49,476 Don't bother with me. 314 00:20:49,501 --> 00:20:51,484 The zealots took Icus You've got to stop them. 315 00:20:51,938 --> 00:20:53,133 Where? They took him where? 316 00:20:53,158 --> 00:20:54,702 To the mountain; to Anteus. 317 00:21:06,994 --> 00:21:09,063 ...Please... I beg you... 318 00:21:30,222 --> 00:21:35,837 What was that? You and you... Go! 319 00:21:53,810 --> 00:21:54,892 We couldn't find anything. 320 00:21:55,197 --> 00:21:56,419 It's some sort of trick. 321 00:21:56,444 --> 00:21:57,694 Keep moving! Hurry! 322 00:21:58,857 --> 00:21:59,989 Where's the boy? 323 00:22:00,153 --> 00:22:01,647 He's gone! Icus is gone! 324 00:22:09,912 --> 00:22:11,232 Great percussion! 325 00:22:11,541 --> 00:22:13,200 Now, from the top! 326 00:22:19,742 --> 00:22:21,494 And I thought our gods were harsh. 327 00:22:31,441 --> 00:22:34,319 Please, please, Almighty God. 328 00:22:35,777 --> 00:22:41,652 You alone know how I have struggled to follow you always. 329 00:22:44,539 --> 00:22:45,681 I have given you my life! 330 00:22:47,354 --> 00:22:49,582 To use however You will. 331 00:22:50,833 --> 00:22:53,905 And it is Yours even now, to take or leave 332 00:22:54,618 --> 00:22:55,759 As You choose. 333 00:22:58,114 --> 00:22:59,923 But, my son. 334 00:23:02,817 --> 00:23:07,122 Please, don't take Icus. 335 00:23:08,453 --> 00:23:11,654 How dare you deny Me anything? 336 00:23:12,098 --> 00:23:15,493 Either sacrifice Icus before the next sun, 337 00:23:16,057 --> 00:23:22,999 or I will turn my face upon you and your people forever. 338 00:23:24,531 --> 00:23:26,367 Prove your faith to Me, Anteus. 339 00:23:26,950 --> 00:23:29,422 Prove it to Me above all things. 340 00:23:48,009 --> 00:23:50,493 Father! Father! What's wrong with him? 341 00:23:51,066 --> 00:23:52,995 The strain must've been too much for him. 342 00:23:53,274 --> 00:23:55,855 Anteus, Anteus! 343 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:57,060 Father, it's me! 344 00:23:58,076 --> 00:23:58,907 What hap... 345 00:23:58,932 --> 00:24:00,131 Don't try to speak. 346 00:24:00,807 --> 00:24:01,896 You're very ill. 347 00:24:02,279 --> 00:24:03,447 We'll get you home. 348 00:24:06,490 --> 00:24:08,961 You heard it, didn't you? The voice... You heard it. 349 00:24:09,830 --> 00:24:12,538 Yes, but unlike you, I don't believe everything I hear. 350 00:24:13,301 --> 00:24:14,342 This way. 351 00:24:15,772 --> 00:24:16,825 What did you say? 352 00:24:17,204 --> 00:24:18,827 I asked him. 353 00:24:20,231 --> 00:24:21,579 What did you say? 354 00:24:23,446 --> 00:24:24,585 That's what I thought. 355 00:24:25,216 --> 00:24:29,241 Thank you! I gotta go. 356 00:24:34,375 --> 00:24:35,515 You stay here! 357 00:24:44,828 --> 00:24:46,018 We'll stop and rest a while. 358 00:24:47,218 --> 00:24:50,110 No sense in killing ourselves... so to speak. 359 00:24:53,557 --> 00:24:55,280 You don't think much of us, do you? 360 00:24:56,581 --> 00:24:58,204 I don't think much of your God... 361 00:24:58,725 --> 00:25:00,753 Or any god who'd wanna kill a child. 362 00:25:01,838 --> 00:25:06,273 But then, I'm not sure He does. It'll ease your breathing. 363 00:25:07,896 --> 00:25:09,116 Lean forward. 364 00:25:10,459 --> 00:25:12,662 Anteus, I know your mind is hazy right now, 365 00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:14,471 but, did you ever stop to wonder 366 00:25:14,496 --> 00:25:16,499 why he'd ask you to do such a thing? 367 00:25:18,237 --> 00:25:20,771 Every waking moment of every day since it happened. 368 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:25,063 I keep wondering, is it me? 369 00:25:25,417 --> 00:25:28,464 Have I done something, wrong, 370 00:25:28,769 --> 00:25:29,983 and he's punishing me? 371 00:25:31,468 --> 00:25:33,683 Or is this some kind of a... a test, to see 372 00:25:33,708 --> 00:25:35,726 how far I'll go to prove my faith. 373 00:25:39,106 --> 00:25:40,408 Or, is He angry with me because 374 00:25:40,433 --> 00:25:42,504 He knows how much I love you. 375 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:50,231 Or does His love demand the best, the brightest 376 00:25:50,256 --> 00:25:51,694 You see, it, it never stops. 377 00:25:52,325 --> 00:25:53,738 You can stop it. 378 00:25:54,512 --> 00:25:55,775 You're still the leader here... 379 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:57,045 You don't have to do this. 380 00:25:58,396 --> 00:26:00,755 You're asking me to deny my God. 381 00:26:00,780 --> 00:26:03,068 I am asking you to spare your son! 382 00:26:03,483 --> 00:26:04,798 And teach him what?! 383 00:26:04,929 --> 00:26:07,835 That faith is just for those times when it's convenient to believe? 384 00:26:07,860 --> 00:26:09,586 That, that when it gets hard, 385 00:26:09,611 --> 00:26:11,313 and, and, and, it hurts to keep faith, 386 00:26:11,338 --> 00:26:13,593 y... y... you let go... Until it gets easy again? 387 00:26:15,837 --> 00:26:17,301 What's the good in sparing his life if 388 00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:19,609 I rob him of the very thing that makes it worth living? 389 00:26:22,241 --> 00:26:23,330 You know, I'll stop you. 390 00:26:26,304 --> 00:26:27,361 I know you'll try. 391 00:26:33,018 --> 00:26:37,704 God help me, deep down inside, part of me hopes you succeed. 392 00:26:51,329 --> 00:26:52,369 Mother! 393 00:26:54,742 --> 00:26:55,614 Mother! 394 00:26:55,639 --> 00:26:57,611 Icus, you're safe! 395 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,072 Anteus! What is it? 396 00:27:01,097 --> 00:27:03,257 What's wrong? 397 00:27:03,282 --> 00:27:05,833 Nothing that some rest and a change of diet won't cure. 398 00:27:07,572 --> 00:27:09,179 He's being drugged. 399 00:27:09,549 --> 00:27:12,192 That's why he seems so strange to you lately. 400 00:27:12,217 --> 00:27:14,426 Drugged? But I don't understand. 401 00:27:14,670 --> 00:27:15,711 Who'd want to 402 00:27:25,888 --> 00:27:27,286 Yes? Who's there? 403 00:27:27,756 --> 00:27:29,022 You don't know me. 404 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:30,785 I'm looking for a woman named Xena! 405 00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:34,569 Warrior Princess! 406 00:27:39,194 --> 00:27:40,462 What are you doing here? 407 00:27:40,512 --> 00:27:42,449 I thought I told you to wait for me at the cave. 408 00:27:42,474 --> 00:27:45,277 I did, and then this rock told me I had to come find you.. 409 00:27:45,921 --> 00:27:47,371 The rock spoke to you. 410 00:27:47,396 --> 00:27:48,965 Oh, yeah, I mean, his voice was a little gravelly, 411 00:27:48,990 --> 00:27:51,238 but I understood. 412 00:27:54,086 --> 00:27:55,127 Right. 413 00:27:55,643 --> 00:27:57,586 You see, even she's hearing voices, 414 00:27:57,611 --> 00:27:58,834 and all because she ate 415 00:27:58,859 --> 00:28:00,758 some of the drugged food meant for you. 416 00:28:15,502 --> 00:28:16,722 Where are you going? 417 00:28:17,405 --> 00:28:18,445 What's the matter? 418 00:28:21,175 --> 00:28:22,484 What is it, Icus? 419 00:28:23,850 --> 00:28:26,463 Come on, I can't help you if you won't tell me what's wrong? 420 00:28:28,112 --> 00:28:29,062 What is it? 421 00:28:29,087 --> 00:28:31,141 You! It's God's command 422 00:28:31,166 --> 00:28:35,203 I should die, but, as long as you're free, we can't obey him. 423 00:28:45,614 --> 00:28:47,849 One move, and she dies. 424 00:28:49,858 --> 00:28:51,056 Maell, what are you doing? 425 00:28:51,081 --> 00:28:52,225 Quiet, Father. 426 00:28:52,498 --> 00:28:54,899 The time for peaceful ways has passed. 427 00:28:55,949 --> 00:28:57,179 You know, he was just outside. 428 00:28:57,204 --> 00:28:58,244 Silence! 429 00:29:03,072 --> 00:29:06,023 All right, you've made your point. 430 00:29:07,949 --> 00:29:10,261 Now, let her go, and I'll come with you. 431 00:29:11,741 --> 00:29:12,869 You know, she gets to go everywhere. 432 00:29:12,894 --> 00:29:13,967 You could take me. 433 00:29:14,541 --> 00:29:17,868 I don't bargain with savages. 434 00:29:18,354 --> 00:29:19,426 And what are you? 435 00:29:19,986 --> 00:29:23,922 Drugging your father; trying to kill your own brother. 436 00:29:23,947 --> 00:29:26,645 Enough! One more move and I'll kill her... I swear! 437 00:29:27,328 --> 00:29:31,448 No! Stop! There's no need to hurt them! 438 00:29:32,029 --> 00:29:35,684 Then I won't... As long as they cooperate. 439 00:29:38,663 --> 00:29:40,950 What do you want us to do? 440 00:29:56,243 --> 00:29:57,538 Now, your turn. 441 00:30:07,408 --> 00:30:10,300 That's a long way down. Don't let go. 442 00:30:10,325 --> 00:30:11,801 Just don't let go of my hand. 443 00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:23,187 Come, Father. God's waiting. 444 00:30:47,473 --> 00:30:48,869 Go ahead, climb up my body. 445 00:30:53,574 --> 00:30:55,093 All right... 446 00:31:05,798 --> 00:31:06,838 OK, now what? 447 00:31:07,383 --> 00:31:08,692 Now, for the fun part. 448 00:31:13,699 --> 00:31:15,835 Xena, ah, how could you do this? 449 00:31:20,206 --> 00:31:21,246 Did I hurt you? 450 00:31:23,222 --> 00:31:26,558 No, no... Loving every moment of it. 451 00:31:27,239 --> 00:31:28,786 How did we get in here, anyway? 452 00:31:28,855 --> 00:31:31,578 And, why does my head feel like it was kicked by a centaur? 453 00:31:31,603 --> 00:31:34,735 Does it? Good... The henbane must be wearing off. 454 00:31:35,243 --> 00:31:36,343 Henbane? 455 00:31:43,926 --> 00:31:44,992 Long story. 456 00:31:46,913 --> 00:31:49,118 Yeah, well, if we fall, tell it to me on the way down. 457 00:31:53,833 --> 00:31:55,865 I couldn't let others die protecting me, Father 458 00:31:56,971 --> 00:31:59,044 Not when my death is part of God's plan. 459 00:32:00,923 --> 00:32:03,594 I, Isn't that right? Father, let me help you. 460 00:32:03,965 --> 00:32:06,423 No, no, no, it's all, it's all right, lead the way. 461 00:32:22,265 --> 00:32:23,305 Xena? 462 00:32:36,721 --> 00:32:37,954 Icus, wait! 463 00:32:38,604 --> 00:32:40,456 Father, what is it? Are you ill again? 464 00:32:41,173 --> 00:32:45,788 No. I can't do this, Icus. 465 00:32:47,544 --> 00:32:51,836 I know what I said about faith but... it's too hard. 466 00:32:52,978 --> 00:32:57,578 It's too much to ask! I'm old! I can't. 467 00:33:05,654 --> 00:33:07,780 Father, it's OK... Really, it is. 468 00:33:08,127 --> 00:33:11,100 No, our God is a benevolent master. 469 00:33:46,378 --> 00:33:47,594 What is Heaven like, Father? 470 00:33:49,026 --> 00:33:51,476 I don't know, Son, but it must be glorious. 471 00:33:54,612 --> 00:33:56,078 My stomach doesn't feel so good. 472 00:33:57,104 --> 00:33:58,548 Don't even think about it. 473 00:34:04,333 --> 00:34:07,488 We're almost there... almost there. 474 00:34:36,033 --> 00:34:37,073 What's next? 475 00:34:42,106 --> 00:34:43,486 Come on. 476 00:36:23,155 --> 00:36:24,902 I love you, Father. 477 00:36:28,192 --> 00:36:32,174 Anteus, hear Me and obey. 478 00:36:33,763 --> 00:36:36,832 I am your one, true God. 479 00:36:38,379 --> 00:36:41,341 The one who should come first in your heart. 480 00:36:42,576 --> 00:36:44,457 Yet, you love Icus more. 481 00:36:45,761 --> 00:36:47,320 You always have. 482 00:36:50,491 --> 00:36:53,889 Therefore, you must obey this command. 483 00:36:54,375 --> 00:36:58,266 Tell him to stop. Make him let Icus go. 484 00:36:59,286 --> 00:37:00,681 Kill him! 485 00:37:08,384 --> 00:37:10,632 Get that thing! Try to stop them! 486 00:37:11,637 --> 00:37:14,369 You're too late! It's already begun! 487 00:37:33,939 --> 00:37:35,535 You'll never stop the will of our God. 488 00:37:37,275 --> 00:37:39,533 Killing Icus isn't the will of any god. 489 00:37:40,443 --> 00:37:41,933 It's your idea. 490 00:37:42,314 --> 00:37:44,221 Drugging your father simply helped 491 00:37:44,246 --> 00:37:46,148 convince him that your voice was real. 492 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:48,867 You know, for a pagan non believer, 493 00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:52,570 you're really quite bright. Pity. 494 00:38:10,518 --> 00:38:12,110 Your schemes won't work forever. 495 00:38:13,333 --> 00:38:14,486 It doesn't need to. 496 00:38:14,681 --> 00:38:17,539 You see, with Icus gone, Father will have to make me leader. 497 00:38:18,092 --> 00:38:21,549 There'll be no one left to stand in my way. 498 00:38:21,574 --> 00:38:22,647 No one. 499 00:39:07,819 --> 00:39:09,509 May our God show you mercy, 500 00:39:13,174 --> 00:39:14,386 for I never will. 501 00:39:27,714 --> 00:39:28,853 Take my hand. 502 00:39:34,969 --> 00:39:37,098 Let God's will be done. 503 00:40:22,882 --> 00:40:25,548 Hold Anteus! Let your son live. 504 00:40:25,936 --> 00:40:27,938 Your faith is enough. 505 00:40:29,514 --> 00:40:31,023 Father! Oh, Father! 506 00:40:52,490 --> 00:40:53,867 Bye, Xena. 507 00:40:54,424 --> 00:40:55,589 Thank you. 508 00:40:55,906 --> 00:40:56,962 Take care! 509 00:40:57,862 --> 00:40:59,548 Do you think you can talk any louder? 510 00:40:59,808 --> 00:41:01,898 I don't think they heard you on Mt. Olympus. 511 00:41:02,074 --> 00:41:05,186 Unless, of course, you're trying to convert to the one true God. 512 00:41:05,692 --> 00:41:07,909 One God... Although, you've gotta admit, 513 00:41:07,934 --> 00:41:11,000 it's a pretty interesting theory. How's the head? 514 00:41:11,025 --> 00:41:12,065 Hey! 515 00:41:13,351 --> 00:41:14,456 Look, do me a favor, OK? 516 00:41:15,465 --> 00:41:17,622 If you ever see me take a drug again, just kill me. 517 00:41:17,815 --> 00:41:18,999 You've got a deal. 518 00:41:19,896 --> 00:41:21,480 Still, for someone high on henbane, 519 00:41:21,505 --> 00:41:23,517 you do a pretty fair voice of God routine. 520 00:41:23,542 --> 00:41:24,729 What's that supposed to mean? 521 00:41:24,754 --> 00:41:26,224 Your voice of God impersonation. 522 00:41:26,249 --> 00:41:28,247 Not bad, although, you could improve your timing. 523 00:41:28,462 --> 00:41:29,744 You almost cost Anteus an arm. 524 00:41:30,527 --> 00:41:32,727 Wait! Are you saying that you heard it, too? 525 00:41:32,752 --> 00:41:33,873 The voice! 526 00:41:34,152 --> 00:41:36,149 And here, I thought it was the henbane. 527 00:41:37,277 --> 00:41:38,661 Although, it wouldn't have been if you had 528 00:41:38,686 --> 00:41:40,582 taken much longer getting that loud-talking thing. 529 00:41:40,607 --> 00:41:42,964 Well, that's just it, I never did get the loud-talking thing. 530 00:41:42,989 --> 00:41:43,890 I mean, I tried. 531 00:41:43,915 --> 00:41:45,873 I even had it in my hand, but I lost it. 532 00:41:45,898 --> 00:41:47,468 That can't be. 533 00:41:47,493 --> 00:41:48,441 I mean, come on. 534 00:41:48,466 --> 00:41:50,133 If you didn't do it, then who...?