"Motherhood" Episode 112/522
[TEASER]
Eve: "Uh! Ah-h-h!"
G: "Xena, I don't know if I wanna help her, or-- . She killed
Joxer."
X: "And she's lost-- just as I was. But I got lucky-- 'cause I
found you. Now, I have to try to help her find her way.
Gabrielle, I understand if you can't go-- through-- "
G: "Xena-- let's save your daughter."
Eve: "Uh-h-h! Uh-h-h!"
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A god's Voice: "Come on, now!"
Ares' Voice: "Back off!"
Ares: "I'm the one figured out that Livia was Eve."
Hades: "You should have told us immediately. The prophecy says
she'll bring about the end of the gods."
Deimos [Dei]: "She probably developed enough power to kill-- all
of us!"
Ares: "I guarantee the only thing this girs has developed is
inferiority complex."
Hephaestus [Heph]: "He's right. I hear she's a babbling idiot."
Discord [Dis]: "I say we move on her right away. What's the
challenge?"
Athena [Ath]: "Xena-- is the challenge, Discord. If we wish to
kill Eve-- we have to go through Xena-- and as a mother-- she'll
be more dangerous than ever."
Artemis [Art]: "So, what exactly is the plan?"
Ath: "Furies!"
Ares [Laughs]: "Yeah. Um-- I gave the furies a shot at Xena.
It-- didn't work out."
Ath: "Hm-m. I know. My plan is a bit more-- subtle."
Aphrodite [Aph] [Whispers]: "Can we leave the bard out of this?"
Ath: "Do you have a soft spot for Gabrielle?"
Aph: "She's my friend."
Ath [Condescendingly]: "Oh-h-h-h-- well-- then don't watch."
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Man: "Death! To the monster, Livia!"
Men: [Cheer]
[Fight]
X: "Come on. Eve! [Whistles] Yah! Yah! Yah-h-h!"
Man: "Yah! Yah! Yah!"
X: "Who-o-o-oa!"
Eve: [Moans]
X [Whispers]: "Eve. Give me that."
Eve: "You should have let them kill me!"
X: "Never-- hear me? Never. Gabrielle, bring be some water.
Quick. OK, try to drink."
Alecto [Ale]'s Voice: "Xena-- Eve will only break your heart."
Ale: "There'll be no peace for you until she's dead."
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[ACT I]
Ale's Voice: "She killed Joxer."
Ale: "Who will her next victim be?"
X: "We've gotta get her to shelter. Gabrielle?"
Ale's Voice: "She killed Joxer. Who will her next victim be?"
G: "Xena? Of course."
Woman: "Xena? Excuse me, did you call that woman Xena?"
G: "Yes."
Woman: "Oh. Well, our scriptures tell us that our founder knew
a woman called Xena. We call her the defender of the faith,
but-- well, it couldn't be the same woman."
G: "The founder-- do you mean Eli?"
Woman: "Yes!"
G: "This is the defender of your faith."
X: "Give me a hand to get her on the horse. Come on."
Woman: "It would be a great honor if you would all take shelter
in my home."
X: "Thank you. Come on."
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Woman's Voice: "Is it true that he could breathe fire?"
G: "No-- no."
G: "He was a man, made of flesh and blood-- like you. That's
why his mission was so important."
Woman: "You see, Jeb? Now, I want you to take that
fire-breathing stuff out of your scroll. Tell us some more,
please."
G: "He, um-- he gave us all hope-- that every living thing could
be saved by love."
Eve: "He was wrong. How can I be saved? The things I've done."
X: "Eve, maybe you should listen to what they have to say about
Eli."
Woman: "Eli teaches that, even if you've done something really
bad-- you can find comfort and love."
Eve: "I wiped out entire villages because they wouldn't pay me
tribute. I've drunk the blood of men that I tortured to death!
I killed her best friend!"
X [Whispers]: "Stop. Stop it."
Ale: "She's gloating about killing Joxer. I shouldn't leave her
alone with Xena. Who knows what she's capable of?"
X: "Eli used to initiate sinners into his way of love with some
sort of ceremony."
Woman: "Yes, yes, w-- there's a man that continues that
tradition. We call him `The Baptist.'"
X: "Where can we find him?"
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X: "Here."
Baptist [Bap]: "Do you admit your trespasses?"
Man [Sobbing]: "Yes."
Bap: "I now cleanse your body-- with these sweet waters-- and
initiate you-- to the way of love."
Eve: "What are you looking at?!"
Bap: "Suffering-- horrible suffering."
Eve: "I should die for my deeds."
Bap: "You're right. You must die to the things of the flesh--
and be reborn-- to the way-- of love."
X: "If that's the way it must be-- then I'm ready."
Ale: "Look at Xena!"
Fury 2: "She's just setting herself up to be hurt again."
G: "No."
Ale: "You know there's no reforming Eve."
Fury 2's Voice: "She's just setting herself up to be hurt
again."
X: "Eve."
[Poseidon dies.]
Dis: [Yells]
Dei: "No! No, no, no, no, no!"
Dis: [Yells]
[Discord dies.]
[Hephaestus dies.]"
G: "Xena-- "
Ath: "So-- you can kill gods."
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[ACT II]
X: "How does it feel to smell your own mortality? You know,
there's nothing more pathetic than a dead god. So do yourselves
a favor-- don't follow us."
Ath: "You fools! If you'd waited for the furies to do their
work, we could have gotten through this without losing anyone!"
Ares: "You know? I'm just guessing-- but I'm thinking Xena's
gonna be pretty tough to kill."
Ath: "We don't _have_ to. Her daughter must somehow give her
that power. It's Eve who has to die-- and the furies are still
our best chance!"
Ares: "So, what we need is a distraction. [Sarcastically] Ooh,
pick me."
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G: "Xena, you can kill gods! How is that possible?!"
X: "While Eve was being initiated, I was visited by a spirit.
He said that Eve's cleansing-- gave me the power to kill gods."
G: "What do you mean? What kind of spirit?"
X: "It was sent by the archangel, Michael."
G: "Michael?"
X: "He said that Eve would prepare the way for the rule of the
God of love."
G: "And you're to protect her?"
X: "I was chosen as the mother of the messenger. As long as Eve
lives, I have the power to kill gods."
Eve: "What's happened to me is all so confusing. When I was
being initiated-- I felt one load being lifted, only to be
replaced by another just as frightening. Where should I begin?"
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X: "By facing someone you've wronged."
Virgil [Vir]: "Xena-- Gabrielle." [Yells]
G: "No."
Vir: "Let me cut her throat."
X: "Put it down, Virgil. Put it-- down."
Eve: "I don't expect you to forgive me."
Vir: "Good-- because that's _not_ happening."
Eve: "If my death could bring your father back, I'd accept it--
joyfully."
Vir: "You know-- in my entire life, I never saw my father be
cruel to a man-- woman-- child, nor beast?! He brought joy to
everybody who knew him-- and you? You killed him."
X: "That kind of reaction comes with the territory."
G: "Where are you going?"
Vir: "My mother was mad with grief. She took my brothers and
sisters to Athens to stay with some relatives. I'm going to
catch up with them."
G: "I'm sorry, Virgil."
Vir [Whispers]: "Thank you." [Makes two kissing sounds]
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Eve: "You preserved Xena for all the ages in these scrolls,
Gabrielle. Thank you."
X: "Watch the back."
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X: "Ares?!"
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Jox [Sceptre-like]: "Oh-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h. Oh-h-h-h-h.
Oh-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h. [Normally] Oh. Oh.
Oh! Ow! Ow! Damn! Materializing is _not_ like it is in the
brochure. Hi."
G: "Joxer. Y-- you're, uh-- "
Jox: "Uh, yeah-- I'm dead."
G: "I miss you, Joxer."
Jox: "Then you shouldn't 'a let Eve kill me."
G: "Joxer, I didn't _let_ Eve kill you."
Jox [Whispers]: "Kill her, Gabrielle. [Normal Voice] Kill her
before she kills somebody else."
Hope's Voice: "Good point."
Hope: "Hello, Mother."
G: "Hope?"
Hope: "Xena's making a terrible mistake-- trying to save Eve?
The same mistake _you_ made-- when you didn't kill me when you
had the chance."
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Ares: "Hello, Xena."
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Hope: "Only _you_ can stop the cycle of violence. Eve-- must
die. Xena won't kill her own daughter. You know how hard that
is. Be brave, Mother [Whispers]-- for Xena. You can do it,
Mother. [Normal Voice] You _must_ do it."
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Ares: "You're not gonna kill me, are you?"
X: "Why ever not?!"
Ares: "Because I love you. Yeah-- I love you."
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Hope: "You can do it. You can do it, Mother. You have to do
it. You must-- do it. Do it, Mother-- kill her. Do it! Do it
for Xena. I know you can. This is the decision Xena can't make!
Kill her! Kill her!"
X [Whispers]: "Eve. [Normal Voice] Eve!"
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G: [Yells]
Eve: [Yells]
X: "No-o-o-o-o-o!"
Eve: "Uh!"
X: "Eve? Good girl. You _hang_ in there. You're gonna be
fine. Ga-- Gabrielle. Furies."
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[ACT III]
X: "Gabrielle-- stay with me, OK? Stay with me."
Eve: "How's Gabrielle?"
X: "Not good."
Eve: "You taught her-- ah-h-h! You taught her pretty well."
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Ath: "All you had to do was distract her. How was she able to
stop Gabrielle?"
Ares: "How does Xena do anything? She just _does_."
Ath: "All right-- now we have no choice. We launch a full-scale
attack."
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Ath: "There's no need for you to be hurt as well, Xena. Give us
your daughter. It's true you can kill gods, but at 4-to-1-- it's
not great odds."
X: "Not for _you_."
[Fight]
Aph: "No! I just wanna help!"
X: "Quick."
Dei: "Ooh! Ooh!"
X: "Come on! You gotta get out! OK."
Eve: [Screams]
Dei: [Laughs]
X: "All right?"
Hades: "How did you _think_ it would end?" [Screams, then dies]
X: "Come on. Go! Go! Go!"
Ath: "No-o-o-o!"
X: "Aphrodite?! Aphrodite?! Take care of her!"
Dei: [Screams, then dies]
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X: "Neither of you is going to leave me. Gabrielle-- you're the
most pure thing in my life-- and you're my great hope. So, I'm
not gonna let either of you go!"
Aph: "So sad."
X: "Well, if you care so much, why don't you cure her?"
Aph: "Gods can only heal with Athena's blessing. That's not
gonna happen."
X: "Then take us to Olympus."
Aph: "Why?"
X: "I want to offer them a deal."
Aph: "And you'll-- kill them if they don't accept?"
X: "Please? Gabrielle doesn't have much time."
Aph: "All right! I'll take you to Olympus!"
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[ACT IV]
X: "Where are they?"
Aph: "They're probably in the main hall, which is right through
there."
X: "Aphrodite, you might wanna take off. Things could get
ugly."
Aph: "Goodbye, little one."
X: "Thank you. Here we go."
Eve: "Mother?"
X: "What is it, Eve?"
Eve: "Nothing. I just wanted to say it. I-I've never called
anybody Mother before."
X: "I just wish I had 'a seen you grow up. I bet you were a
beautiful little girl."
Eve: "I was. [Chuckles] I liked spiders."
X: "Me, too. OK-- let's get you two outta here."
Ares: "Quite a load you got there. Just-- take it easy. I'm
here to make you an offer."
Eve: "Like she'd trust _anything_ you'd say, you lying bastard!"
Ares: "We'll make you a god."
X: "What about Eve and Gabrielle?"
Ares: "Gabrille-- we can negotiate. But Eve-- she's our death
warrant. She has to die. You know? Uh-- this is the second
time since you became-- Xena, slayer of gods-- that we've faced
off, one-on-one-- and you still haven't been able to pull the
trigger. Ooh! You shot me! I'm the god of war! Nobody shoots
the god of war!"
X: "Move on!"
Ares: "Oh-h-h-h!"
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X: "I have a deal for you, Athena. You heal Eve and Gabrielle--
and I'll leave you alone."
Ath: "Xena wants to make a deal-- I don't think that's going to
be necessary."
[Fight]
X: [Yells]
[Art dies]
X: "You sure you don't wanna reconsider?"
Ath: "Never!"
X: "Goddess of wisdom, you got two choices-- either you heal my
friends and I leave you in peace-- or you die now."
Ath [Yells]: "I will _not_ be dictated to by a mortal! I don't
feel a thing, Xena. You've lost the power to kill gods. It's a
shame it had to come to this, Xena. [X stabs Athena.] You
healed them without my blessing. That's impossible."
Ares: "I gave up my immortality to save them."
Ath: "Why?"
Ares: "I'm sorry-- but I got a thing for her."
X: "Thank you."
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X: "Ooh-- what have we got here?"
Eve [Laughs]: "Gabrielle? About Joxer? I, uh-- "
G: "Eve-- Joxer's at peace."
Eve: "Thank you."
G: "Looks like you got your daughter back."
X: "No, we got _our_ daughter back."
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