From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
                                       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.   
      
   Eve 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 walks 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 he   
   wants 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 that 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 says   
   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 him. 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 every time she felt herself starting to lose   
      
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