2-17 The Execution

First air date was April 17, 1997.

We start out with Xena and Gabrielle entering a village talking
about a note Meleager sent to Gabrielle about needing them to come. People
are running to go to court. Several men exit a tavern and when Xena tells
them she's a friend of Meleager, they attack and she and Gabrielle have to
fight them off. On a hunch, Xena goes to the courtroom an finds that
Meleager has been found guilty of cold blooded murder.

Gabrielle tries defending him without hearing the testimony
against him, but Judge Arbus has already condemned him to hang when all the
sand in a glass bowl falls through a narrow opening into another one. Xena
says she's heard that he is a fair judge.

In prison, Meleager tells Gabrielle he is innocent, and he was
with a one-eyed man when the murder was committed.

Xena talks to Arbus about the trial, and a woman tells them that
she saw the man die and Meleager ran away with the bloody sword.

Gabrielle insists Meleager is innocent but Xena has her doubts.

On Jan 28, 4:21 pm, "David E. Milligan" bellsouth.net>
wrote:

I agree with pretty much all of your points on this ep. I especially
liked it when Gabrielle stood up to Xena. I really liked the episodes
where they don't agree on things and there's some tension between
them. I think it makes their relationship a lot more interesting and
gives it more depth. For that reason alone I'm giving this one a 7 of
10.

Once again, how in the world do all of these messages find their way to X
and G so quickly and easily????

I really enjoyed that character - an homage to Madame Defarge from a Tale of
Two Cities!

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