"Xena: Warrior Princess"
To Helicon and Back (2001)

Director:

Michael Hurst

Writers:

Liz Friedman (writer)
Vanessa Place (writer)

TV Series:

"Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995)

Original Air Date:

19 February 2001 (Season 6, Episode 15)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Varia is kidnapped by Belerophon, the son of Artemis, and Gabrielle leads the Amazons to his fortress in Helicon to rescue the Queen. |

Plot Keywords:

Relationships | Bacchanal | Bad Guy Turns Good | Warlord | Cult Favorite

Cast

Lucy Lawless	...	Xena
Renée O'Connor	...	Gabrielle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michelle Blanchard	...	Mawu-ka
Morgan Reese Fairhead	...	Cyane
Emmeline Hawthorne	...	Bane
Tsianina Joelson	...	Varia
Kirstie O'Sullivan	...	Gwyn-Teir
Craig Parker	...	Bellerophon
Madeleine Sami	...	Tyro

Language:

English

Quotes:

Cyane: Lend me some coins?
Gwyn-Teir: What for? We don't even use the same money.
Cyane: I know, but knowing my luck, if I owe you money, I'll survive.
Gwyn-Teir: [Laughs]
Cyane: No, I'm... I'm serious.

just awful

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It has the standard Xena plot, evil warlord will stop at nothing for domination or revenge of whatever useless plot they came up with now. When faced with her troubled past, there lies potential for the Xena character, but since this show is not about drama, as about action and people want to see Xena kicking but more than regretting over what she did in the past. This episode surely delivers, but screws up on the mythology departement big time. Bellerophon as the son of Artemis? Come on, anyone with any knowledge of mythology will know that Artemis like Athena and Hestia was a virgin goddess who had no children nor any relationship of any kind. It's not that I don't like feminism or strong female characters, but this is just way over there.