From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   1-15    Warrior … Princess – Feb 5, 1996   
      
           We begin with Xena, once again riding hard, leaving Gabrielle behind   
   somewhere. She approaches the castle gates and is mistaken for Princess   
   Diana by the guards and her lady-in-waiting/servant, Tesa.   
            King Lias,  wants to hire Xena to protect Diana and find out who   
   the assassins are who are trying to kill Diana. Xena only agrees when he   
   mentions slave traders. Xena and Diana meet and each are amazed at how much   
   they look alike.   
           Xena agrees to masquerade as Diana until the wedding in two days   
           Xena dresses Diana in her leathers and sends her to meet Gabrielle.   
           Gabrielle is alone when the ubiquitous bad guy attempts to rob her.   
   Just then a side-saddle-riding Diana/Xena comes along and Gabrielle expects   
   her to help. She rushes up, hits the bad guy like a girl, then runs away,   
   allowing Gabrielle to use her staff (HERE it is!) to knock him down, then he   
   runs away. Even with a note from the real Xena, Gabrielle thinks she is   
   being tested until Diana/Xena starts to cry.   
           Later, after a banquet Philemon confronts Xena/Diana and she tells   
   him who she is and why she is there. And makes him confess that he loves   
   Diana.   
           Diana/Xena balks at sleeping on rags thrown down on the soil, and at   
   eating bread and cheese for supper. But when a man and his family beg for   
   food, she buys them a decent meal with her (the real Xena's?) dinars.   
           Everyone is back at the castle, then Xena and Gabrielle leave.   
   Diana tells Philemon has him go after Xena and bring her back because the   
   assassins are still in the castle.  And naturally, since Xena was riding and   
   Gabrielle was walking, they ride off leaving poor Gabrielle behind – "I'll   
   just, uh – uh, don't mind me. I'm fine!"   
           But before they get back to the castle Xena stops, so Philemon   
   stops, they both get off their horses. Xena asks Philemon if he told Diana   
   he loves her, he says he didn't because he doesn't think she loves him. But   
   it's really Diana and she says she does and they kiss.   
           Back at the castle, an assassin tries to kill Diana/Xena. Xena/Diana   
   fights off assassins running into the wedding hall. The bad guy is exposed.   
           The common folk are dancing around after the wedding. Gabrielle   
   tells Xena that one day she'd like to find someone who makes he smile like   
   Philemon makes Diana. And Xena says "I'm sure you will."   
      
       I have to say I really LIKED this episode. It was silly, and not   
   particularly realistic, but it was fun and had some pretty good fight scenes   
   with Xena dressed as Diana.  But the scenes Gabrielle was in were very good.   
       I enjoyed this one from start to finish. And I could pick it to pieces   
   but liked it too much to do that.   
       I thought Xena as Diana was very good, and Diana as Xena was just as   
   good. But Diana pretending to be Xena was bordering on great.   
       So I give it an 8.5 out of 10.   
   More Gabrielle could have bumped it to a 9 or higher, but I'm not sure what   
   she could have done since this was mainly a Xena episode.   
      
     Sins of the Past  -- 7   
       Chariots of War – 7   
       Dreamworker ---   8   
      Cradle of Hope --   6   
      Path Not Taken --  6   
      The Reckoning --  8   
      The Titans -------  6   
      Prometheus---     6   
      Death in Chains - 7   
      Hooves/Harlots - 8   
      The Black Wolf -- 5   
      Beware Greeks – 7   
     Athens City ------  8   
     Fistful/Dinars ----8   
     Warrior/Princess – 8.5   
   Average..............   7   
      
      
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