From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   "Ahroo"  wrote in message   
   news:UGMTh.8123$u03.705@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net...   
   >>          Suddenly three banshees appear and Xena tries to fight them off.   
   They can hit her, but   
   >> her fists and sword pass through them harmlessly.   
   >   
   > When this episode first aired, there was talk in the Xenaverse that one of   
   the banshees was   
   > played by someone we should recognize. I never did find out who she was - or   
   was supposed to be.   
   > Any ideas?   
   >   
      
           Two of the banshees were Michelle Huirama (Banshee #1) and Nicola   
   Brown (Banshee #2) -   
   neither one I recognize. Maybe the third, who had no lines and is uncredited,   
   was her, but since I   
   didn't know any  of them,  I'm really no help.   
      
      
      
   >>          Even though there was some serious stuff going on, there still was   
   some humor. Like   
   >> when Gabrielle pleaded with Xena not to keep fighting the banshees and just   
   get out of the   
   >> woods -   
   >>   
   >> {Gabrielle:  "Xena, will you please?!  I don't feel good at all."Xena: "All   
   right.  Well, this   
   >> is your lucky day.  My friend's not feeling well.} Loved Xena's sarcastic   
   tone of voice. And, of   
   >> course, Gabrielle ordering all the disgusting food and slopping it   
   down.Liked the scene with   
   >> Xena puling the sword from the stone.          There was one thing I heard,   
   that didn't make   
   >> sense, so I went to the transcript on the Whoosh! site, and there it was   
   (Xena is bargaining   
   >> with the trader and they come to an agreement) -   
   >   
   > I thought the food scene at the inn was hilarious - the way Gabby keeps   
   stuffing it in and asking   
   > for more, and the look on the innkeeper's face.   
   >   
       When she wants to be, Renee can be as funny as anyone!   
      
   >>   
   >>     {Xena:  "All right, Hasdrud-al.  Fifteen Mycenean dinars, paid when   
   we've arrived in   
   >> Athens."   
   >>   
   >>          Hasdrud-al:  "Agreed-- your hand on it.  Payment due before we set   
   sail tomorrow."}   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>          What??  Xena says he'll get paid in Athens, he says payment due   
   when they sail??   
   >> That's an agreement?   
   >   
   > Yeah - someone (like the writers?!?!?) wasn't paying attention.   
   >>   
   >>          And it seems like Gabrielle's vehement defense of Hope also was   
   the result of Dahak's   
   >> influence. Otherwise, after everything that happened on the altar, and the   
   speed of her   
   >> pregnancy, and how quickly Hope was growing, Gabrielle surely would have   
   known something wasn't   
   >> right.   
   >   
   > Remember: Gabby is the eternal optimist, always seeing (or trying to see)   
   the good in others, and   
   > allowing them opportunities over and over again to redeem themselves. But   
   even she does recognize   
   > that some people (and Hope doesn't totally pass as "people") are beyond   
   redemption, and thus the   
   > actions she will take in upcoming episodes.   
   >>          And finally, Gabrielle's lies to Xena about Hope's (non)death is   
   certainly a cause for   
   >> concern about their relationship, and lying to the other isn't the best row   
   to hoe.   
   >   
   >>          ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''   
   >>   
   >>          Another well done episode. And another 9 out of 10.   
   >   
   > Totally agree! Season 3 was absolutely the best of the entire series, and   
   now we're getting into   
   > the heart of why!   
   >   
   > Laura   
   >   
   >   
   > PS - What can we do to increase participation in these discussions????? To   
   anyone who reads this   
   > (besides David) - what can we do to entice you to join in?   
   >   
      
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