Xena: Season 6, Episode 17: "Last of the Centaurs"

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"If You Like Horses and People, You'll Love This!" 

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Few things: Borias' son should've died for what he did, like Hitler. 2) Partial blame for the genocide can theoretically be blamed on Nicha and Xenan. They should've just been brave about it and told her dad what was up.

 

The "Let me take over your body, Gabrielle" part is like in Ghost (1990), and I love that part, because really what that is, is Whoopi getting it on with Demi. Think about it..  

Before we go on, I just saw and looooved this cute video by Zoë Bell featuring Lucy Lawless. It's a bunch of actors and stuntwomen beating each other up via video chat. I've watched it at least 4,000 times. 

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EXTRA QUOTES:

1) Belach: "I'll hunt down every last one of those animals if that's what it takes to get my daughter back." Ephiny: "You're the animal!" G: "Take it easy." X: "What?" Belach: "Take it easy?! You think you could take it easy if your child was stolen?!" X: "No, no, no. Look, pay no attention to her. Your father was Borias." – What am I, chopped liva?! 

 

2) "Xenan: "How do you know my name?" X: "You were named after me. I'm Xena. I delivered you at birth." Xenan: "You're not old enough to be Xena." G: "It's a long story, but it's true. I was there, too." – This feels real phoned-in. 

 

3) Xenan: "Why do you say my mother's name?" G: "Your mother's spirit is here." Xenan: "Can you say anything that doesn't insult my intelligence?" Ephiny: "Gabrielle? Do you know the Amazon lullaby?" G: "Yeah." – I mean, who among us doesn't know the Amazon lullaby? 

 

4) X: "We'll escort you there and find a safe place for you all. Then we can negotiate peace with Lord Belach. He may think differently, knowing his daughter's pregnant. Come on." – [Cringe]

5) "I shamed his mother and stole his father, Gabrielle. I can't let him lose his daughter as well." – Story of my life.

6) Xenan: "They're gone. Every last one - all dead! Belach will pay for this!" – This is sad. 

7) X: "I know that he defended the Centaurs when they were betrayed." Belach: "Yes, by that faithless bitch that took my father from me when I was a child." – I love when people talk about old X in front of her not knowing who she is. 

 

8) Belach: "He was an ignorant savage. Sweep the land until you find that Centaur! When you do kill him!" X: "Tip for ya, kid. Never step between two people and their passion." – This was great.

 

9) Belach: "No, I don't think so. What's the matter? Do I look too much like my father? You had a son with Borias, didn't you, Xena? Would it be too much like slitting his throat?" X: "No. I just wanted you to know who Borias really was. Stay awhile amongst the dead. Tell them how far you've come what a fine lord you are. Yah! Yah!" – This was good. 

 

10) X: "How close is she?" G: "Very." X: "OK, Nicha we're gonna take good care of you, I promise." Nicha: "'K." X: "Gabrielle, I'm gonna make an incision. Make this as clean as you can." – Oh, ok. 

11) Xenan: "Nicha, we have to go." Nicha: "My father and Xena, they could kill each other because of us!" Xenan: "There's nothing we can do about it! We have to survive!" Nicha: "For what? What future can we give our son?" – That's the kind of talk I want to hear from my wife always.

12) Nicha: "We have given him a name: Borias." – So, Xenan's son's name is Borias. Sweet. There is something to be said about Ephiny naming Xenan after Xena and Xenan naming his son after Borias, but my brain can’t wrap around the mathematics of it. 

 

13) Ephiny: "I can be in your body for just a few moments. Just clear your mind." – That's what she said. 

 

14) G: "Xena, I'm glad you didn't kill Belach." X: "Oh, now you're glad." – The best part in the whole episode.

I have actually been listening to this song for quite some time, but I just happened to listen to it this day, and you know what? Its time has come.