From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   6-03 Heart of Darkness   
      
      
      
             First airing was on Oct. 16, 2000.   
      
             The episode starts out with scenes of Xena defeating Mephistopheles   
   in the previous   
   episode.   
      
             Archangels Michael and Raphael are looking down from heaven at the   
   open portal to hell   
   with its green light and steam.  Michael says Xena will never go to hell   
   voluntarily. Raphael says   
   they have to do something, they can't leave the portal to hell open with evil   
   coming out.   
      
             Another archangel tells them he will throw Xena into the portal,   
   assuring his accent to   
   seraphim. Michael tells him Xena can kill angels, but to proceed. And he tells   
   Raphael he may be   
   the right one for the  job.   
      
             Eve and Gabrielle are next to the portal and Eve says a great evil   
   is coming. The   
   archangel appears and says he's there to send Xena to hell, and Eve deserves a   
   quick goodbye. They   
   run to find Xena.   
      
             Some woman named Aliyah is with Argo, irritating Xena. She says she   
   wants to restore the   
   tavern. Gabrielle and Eve run up and tell Xena there is a problem. Then the   
   archangel appears and   
   says he's going to send Xena to hell. They fight. Xena finally defeats him but   
   just before she   
   kills him, she asks his name so Gabrielle can record his name for posterity.   
   He say his name is   
   Lucifer.   
      
             Before Xena kills him, Eve yells for her to stop. She says she can't   
   murder a servant of   
   god. She argues back that he was trying to kill her. Eve and Xena discuss the   
   interpretation of   
   god's will. Xena and Lucifer come to a truce, with the understanding they will   
   try to kill each   
   other again. Xena asks if she can call him  Luci. They go into the tavern for   
   a drink.   
      
             Eve looks into Xena's heart and sees it's turning black.   
      
             Gabrielle and Eve try to tell Xena that evil is seeping into her   
   heart and it is coming   
   to claim hell's new ruler. Xena tells them she's going to make Lucifer take   
   her place. Eve tells   
   her that Eli says to corrupt another is to corrupt yourself. Xena says he is   
   already evil inside   
   and she's going to peel away the layers to expose it. Xena gathers up fruit   
   and wine in a basket   
   and takes Lucifer into the woods for a picnic. She tries to talk him into   
   experiencing the earthly   
   delights denied him because he is an angel.   
      
             Eve is trying to preach to a crowd who are more interested in money.   
   Two of them start   
   arguing about one stealing from another. Aliyah tells Eve and Gabrielle a man   
   is looking for them.   
      
             Xena is still smooth-talking Lucifer about pleasure and power she   
   can give him.   
      
   Eva and Gabrielle run up to a crowd where a fight is going on. Gabrielle   
   thinks a beaten up man on   
   the ground is Virgil. But he walk up and kicks the man Gabrielle was trying to   
   help. Eve says his   
   heart is turning black also. Virgil tries to come on to Gabrielle.   
      
   Xena and Lucifer as now inside somewhere and Xena has put on a red robe.   
   Lucifer is on a bed or   
   couch. Xena gets on top and tells him they can rule hell and earth together.   
   Xena gets a mallet   
   looking thing and starts giving him an Egyptian massage.   
      
   Inside the tavern, Gabrielle tells Virgil she thought he was writing poetry.   
   He says shoeing horses   
   and shearing sheep is a shallow well. And no man, or woman is innocent. He   
   says he is there to   
   serve Xena when she takes over the power (of hell).   
      
   Back to Xena and Lucifer -- she grabs a dagger from him. She says she won't   
   kill him because wasted   
   potential is the greatest sin of all. He says she want nothing from her, but   
   she says she's   
   offering everything. He leaves.   
      
   Eve is in a temple praying to Eli. Lucifer comes in and she tells him he needs   
   Eli's help unless   
   he's too far gone. Suddenly people come in, chanting Xena's name. She is being   
   carried in on a   
   litter wearing a mask and a long black coat. Virgil yells out 'Let's party!'   
      
   Eve complains about them desecrating the temple. Gabrielle knocks her out with   
   some kind of fish   
   shaped statue, saying no one likes a party pooper.   
      
   Gabrielle and Virgil are together on a sofa, getting very chummy, while   
   everyone around them is   
   making whoopee to some erotic music. Xena and Lucifer are watching them. She   
   tells him he can stay   
   there and rule with her, or go back to heaven, become a seraphim, and spend   
   eternity taking orders.   
      
   Xena goes out on the floor and beckons Gabrielle to join her. They have an   
   erotic dance. Then   
   Virgil joins them and leads Gabrielle away. Xena sheds her coat and is wearing   
   something that looks   
   like a one piece bathing suit. She and Lucifer start making out.   
      
   Suddenly Michael and Raphael appear. Xena is surprised they came since she can   
   kill them. They   
   begin sword fighting. The three of them disappear and reappear next to the   
   portal to hell. Then   
   Lucifer appears and he and Xena fight. Xena talks Lucifer into turning against   
   Michael and Raphael   
   again, and they disappear, leaving Xena and Lucifer behind.   
      
   Gabrielle finds Xena and tells her she was supposed to throw Lucifer into the   
   portal. Xena says he   
   wasn't ready, but mentions how cozy she and Virgil were getting. They talk   
   about how intoxicating   
   evil is. Xena tells Gabrielle she and Lucifer need to work out the terms of   
   their partnership.   
   Lucifer and Virgil come up. Then Eve. Eve says Xena needs her help, but when   
   Eve touches Xena,   
   there is a small bit of lighting between them and Eve is thrown backward. Xena   
   tells Lucifer Eli's   
   messenger has to die.   
      
   Eve is running through the woods away from everyone. She runs back to the   
   temple. Gabrielle and   
   Virgil find her and yell to Xena and Lucifer where she is.   
      
   Eve grabs two swords from the wall and begins to fight Lucifer. He eventually   
   disarms her. But   
   before he can kill her, Xena stops him and sys Gabrielle deserves the   
   opportunity because of all   
   the things they've share over the years. He is confused about their   
   partnership and accuses her of   
   tricking him. She says he tried to kill her. He swears to spend eternity   
   making sure he feels her   
   wrath.   
      
   Another portal to hell opens up near them.   
      
   Xena tells Lucifer he just completed the last of the deadly sins and he won a   
   one-way ticket to   
   hell. He changes into a demon. He grabs her by the throat and says she belongs   
   to her. She kicks   
   him back twice and he falls down into the portal, which closes. And everyone's   
   black hearts change   
   back to normal.   
      
   Eve tells Xena she should never have doubted her.   
      
   Gabrielle says she thought she lost Xena because she and Lucifer were looking.   
   . . .   Xena says   
      
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