From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   2-22 A Comedy of Eros   
      
      
      
   First air date May 12, 1997.   
      
   The episode starts out with Cupid trying to get his son, Bliss, to go to   
   sleep because Cupid's wife is calling him to bed for a little whoopee. Cupid   
   promises Bliss a solid gold chariot and six pure-bred horses if he'll go to   
   sleep. When Cupid leaves the room, Bliss flies up to where bows and arrows   
   are mounted on the wall, takes a bow and a quiver of arrows and disappears.   
      
   Next we see Xena and Gabrielle in a village where Draco wants to capture the   
   Hestian virgins and sell them to a slave trader. Gabrielle tells Xena how   
   hard it must be to stay chaste and not fall in love.   
      
    Bliss appears and shoots several people at random, making them fall in   
   love.   
      
   Joxer shows up.   
      
   Just as Draco rides up, Bliss shoots Xena and she falls for Draco. She gives   
   him a long passionate, kiss. Gabrielle tells Joxer it's part of Xena's plan.   
   Xena and Draco  swordfight but with not much conviction. Draco leaves and   
   tells Xena not to interfere.   
      
   Xena finds a punching bag and tries to work off the passion she feels. Joxer   
   suggests a cold swim. Xena says if she can change so can Draco.   
      
   Xena goes to Draco's tent and tries to get him to join her but he refuses.   
      
   Draco captures Gabrielle and Joxer and tie them back to back to a pole. When   
   he goes into the temple only Xena is there. She had the virgins dress as   
   villagers. She goes out to free Gabrielle and Joxer. Bliss shoots Gabrielle   
   and Joxer is the first one she sees and falls for him.   
      
   Later, Xena and Draco are arm wrestling (with Xena winning), and Gabrielle   
   and Joxer are singing the 'Joxer the Mighty' song.   
      
   Gabrielle finds Xena taking a cold swim. Then they argue about the other's   
   choice in men. They hear screaming and run to the temple. Bliss shoots Draco   
   and he sees Gabrielle and falls for her.   
      
   Everyone fights then they all run into the temple. One of the virgins drops   
   her prayer scroll and Joxer goes after it and is captured. Gabrielle goes   
   after Joxer and she is captured. In Draco's tent, Gabrielle accidentally   
   tells him she is in love with Joxer, so he goes to kill him but is knocked   
   out by Xena. Xena frees Gabrielle and sends Joxer on a mission (to find   
   Cupid).   
      
   Back at the temple, Draco threatens to burn it down if Xena doesn't give him   
   the virgins, she tells him he can have them.   
      
   The slave trader rides up with a note that Draco has an Amazon princess.   
   Draco says the note is a fake. Gabrielle comes out in her Amazon outfit. The   
   slave trader wants her, but so does Draco, and they fight. Xena fights   
   Draco's men while Gabrielle  and the virgins run into the temple. Bliss   
   shoots the virgins and they end up chasing the soldiers, who run away   
   because Draco said he'd kill any of them who "touched" them.   
      
   Xena tells Draco Gabrielle will never love him because of his evil ways, and   
   he has to change.   
      
   Cupid shows up and changes everyone back except Joxer, who really is in love   
   with Gabrielle, and Draco. Xena tells him not to change Draco because Draco   
   tells Gabrielle he is going to try to do good because of her.   
      
   .......   
      
   I didn't remember any details about this one, but I liked it better than I   
   thought.   
      
   Gabrielle was good, as usual.   
      
   Quite the lip lock Xena put on Draco!   
      
   I guess Gabrielle keeps a spare Amazon outfit with her at all times.   
      
   Cupid promised Bliss a gold chariot and six pure-bred horses. "Thoroughbred"   
   is for horses. "Pure-bred" is for cats and dogs.   
      
   Lots of suggestive dialog, then we see arm wrestling and hear the Joxer   
   song.   
      
   Kind of odd to see Cupid with a '5 o'clock shadow.'   
      
   Was hard to watch Gabrielle kissing all over Joxer (Yes, I'm jealous!).   
      
   Always liked Draco, too bad we don't see more of him.   
      
   Only 22 episodes in Season Two. There were 24 for Season One.   
      
   Pretty entertaining, an 8.5 out of 10.   
      
      
      
   Going back to check my ratings for Season One -   
      
   5 out of 10 - 1 [The Black Wolf]   
      
   6 out of 10 - 5   
      
   7 out of 10 - 6   
      
   7.5 / 10      -- 1   
      
   8 out of 10 - 7   
      
   8.5 / 10      -- 2   
      
   9 out of 10 - 1 [Is There a Doctor in the House?]   
      
   9.5 / 10      -- 1 [Callisto]   
      
      
      
         And  for  Season Two --   
      
   6 out of 10 - 5  [Girls Have Fun, Miss Amphipolis, Solstice Carol, The   
   Execution, Blind Faith]   
      
   6.5 / 10      -- 1  [The Price]   
      
   7 out of 10 - 3   
      
   7.5 / 10      -- 1   
      
   8 out of 10 - 6   
      
   8.5 / 10      -- 4   
      
   9 out of 10 - 2  [The Xena Scrolls, A Day in the Life]   
      
      
      
   I didn't realize there were so many S2 eps that I rated 7 and below. Maybe   
   because there were so many more (than S 1) that I rated 8 or above. This   
   season was more roller coaster than I remembered.   
      
   But - looking forward to Season Three.   
      
      
      
      
   --   
   David   
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