> Ok first things first...even though this was a great episode, it was trippy
> as hell...I kept/keep wondering what the writers/PTB were smoking.
>
> Now onto the ep itself...the acting in this episode excelled Maternal
> Instincts quite a bit. Very subtle acting by Lucy. Even though she's
> determined to wreak vengeance on Gabrielle, you can tell she's not in full
> hate mode, and that she still loves her, she's just grieving and feeling
> betrayed by her. Her raged expression breaks a few times just for a split
> second, once when Ephiny says her name with some compassion knowing Xena
> lost her son, but also as a warning to calm her down(of course Xena doesn't
> appreciate it, in a way it's like Willow attacking Xander when he keeps
> telling he loves her in the S6 finale, she doesn't want to be loved because
> she can't handle it at the moment because caring means pain).
>
> The other times are just after the Gab-drag when Xena dismounts and she
> looks at the beaten/bloody unconscious body of Gabrielle, and her expression
> is momentarily concerned for Gabrielle(side note, Xena didn't use Argo for
> this, and I'm guessing the reason is Argo wouldn't have let Xena do that to ...