Author: David E. MilliganDavid E. Milligan Date: Aug 17, 2008 15:48
6-10 Old Ares Had a Farm
First airing was Jan. 15, 2001.
The episode starts out with Xena and Gabrielle coming down the stairs inside a tavern, presumably
coming from a room they had rented. They go to the bar and Xena spies several scumbag warlord types
and goes over to find out why they are there. Xena puts the Pinch on one of them and the others
attack. After a brief "here we go again" look on her face, Gabrielle joins in. After the fight is
over, Xena goes back to the first guy and asks what's going on. He says the warlords of Greece,
Thrace, and Macedonia have put a price on Ares' head because he's crossed so many of them and they
have united under Gasgar the Terrible. They know he is now mortal.
Ares is walking down a path and is confronted by a guy named Siki who wants to kill him. Xena and
Gabrielle join Ares and she makes him run off. Ares says he gets a lot of that. Xena tells him
about the warlords coming after him. He wants the three of them to take them all on. Xena has a
better idea - for him to change his identity. He says being a king or cult leader appeals to him.
She tells him he has to do something no one would suspect, Then asks him how he is at shoveling
sh*t.
Xena asks what is wrong with being a farmer. He still wants to fight the warlords and Xena asks if
he wants to fight EVERY one that comes along. She says she and Gabrielle will stay with him until
he gets into the swing of things. He's imagining a plantation with slaves and flute-playing girls.
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