"Xena: Warrior Princess"
The Haunting of Amphipolis (2000)

Director:

Garth Maxwell

Writers:

Joel Metzger (story)
Joel Metzger (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995)

Original Air Date:

9 October 2000 (Season 6, Episode 2)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Xena arrives home in Amphipolis with Gabrielle and Eve, only to find her home town deserted...and haunted. |

Plot Keywords:

Relationships | Action Heroine | Friendship Between Women | Angel | Rider Horse Relationship

Cast

Lucy Lawless	...	Xena
Renée O'Connor	...	Gabrielle
Anthony Ray Parker	...	Mephistopheles
Adrienne Wilkinson	...	Eve
Darien Takle	...	Cyrene
Charles Mesure	...	Archangel Michael
Tamati Rice	...	Raphael
Steve Wright	...	Villager #1
Gilbert Goldie	...	Beggar
Wayne Peters	...	Severed Head
Justin Curry	...	Axe Victim
Sara Ashworth	...	Ghoul #1
Lutz Halbhubner	...	Ghoul #2

Language:

English

Quotes:

Xena: My mother's soul is trapped. My daughter is half dead. And the portal to Hell opened up in my backyard!

"Haunting" has an "Evil Dead" feel

What should have been the season six premiere of "Xena" (as it was once scheduled to be during the massive shuffling of the first four episodes before they aired), "The Haunting of Amphipolis" might not be on par with "Adventures in the Sin Trade" or "Fallen Angel", but it followed the trend of pushing the envelope and doing something new and unique.

The episode has a very "Evil Dead" feel, with a nice blend of action, horror, comedy and, yes, cheese (the good kind). It is mostly a bottle episode and relies on the talents of Lawless, O'Connor and Wilkinson to carry it – it's in good hands. O'Connor delivers her creepiest performance in this episode – it's certainly something you'll want to see.

The biggest highlight of this episode is the return of Livia in a fabulous scene that is a mirror of a scene from "Dreamworker" in which the newly reformed person faces their dark half. Wilkinson is brilliant as Eve verses Livia, matching Lawless' "Dreamworker" performance while, at the same time, making the scene fresh.