Xena update St5 Premiere:
Two seasons in a row sort of starting out with raising someone from the dead
Joxer really hasn't caught a break, his first kill and now his closest friends dying in rapid succession from each other (including his love) and Ted Raimi really has the acting skills to be emotional as hell when he gets the chance. I have gone full 180 on my feelings on Joxer by this point and in large part it's due to him.
Where's Gabrielle vs Where's Xena being the first questions
If I had a nickel for every time Gabrielle got possessed or turned into something demonic and was...honestly hot while doing it, I'd have a pretty neat sum of money to be sure
On that topic Demon Gabrielle and Demon Callisto immediately being at each other's throats immediately was hysterical
Xena became a demon and immediately put herself at the head of a coup, very iconic of her
Xena's soul has been "purified" so I wonder what that means for her back on earth, like being a warrior won't be the same at all if she's back to square one in terms of blood on her hands
Callisto got to be happy and chill for two seconds which I guess is two seconds more than she's had the rest of her life.
Gabrielle and Callisto continue to be my favourite foils on the show easily, next to Xena and Gabrielle of course theirs has been one of the best character journeys so far
Xena carried Gabrielle bridal style so I don't even mind it was to hell
Lucy was having a lot of fun as the demon I think 😅 "oh no, we're going to hell!!"
Curious to see where the season goes. The Christian mythological influences aren't the most compelling to me but I am interested in how it'll play out in Xena's world, which tends to weave in different religious influences for complexity and balance
Amarice continues to be one of the best side characters they've introduced, good dialogue specifically
The music was gorgeous in this episode in particular
Dutch angles going haywire this episode oh boy
At least she remembers Gabrielle in her "empty" state, though I wasn't really on edge on that point. Souls intertwined after all.
Gabrielle, my dear, you have to stop upping the hotness factor every time you get a new outfit. Yes it's distracting, yes it still catches me off guard every time. Yes I have no spine, I'm aware. But seriously.
"She keeps dying before I can tell her (I love her)" awww Joxer if you weren't the side guy I'd really be rooting for you you're adorable. But then again firmly unrequited love in which the lesson is acceptance always get me, I like those.
It's a little different, but "My path is with Xena" and "I'll do whatever I can to help her" kind of reminded me of what Willow said about Tara after she lost her mind to Glory "I'm going to take care of her, even if she never - she's my girl."
Joxer talks about shooting his shot (which we know is doomed) and right after Ares shoots his shot with Xena (aka, doomed). Parallelism my great joy
"Send me a sign" Gabrielle walks into frame 👌they honestly didn't even need the dialogue bit pointing it out at the end
After 5 seasons they are still using bits of Star Wars sound effects and this makes me unreasonably happy
I'm never going to see two gods properly fight am I, the brief bit with Ares and Cal was like a taster, I want Athena or Aprhodite in the ring
Am I crazy or is the music more synth-like this episode when they're in Caleb's place
Xena slayed a god, Buffy would be proud
Yes the new chakram is pretty darn cool
"Welcome back!" "It's good to be back" Cliche perhaps but always welcome dialogue in my book, I like self affirmation
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