Xenan, the centaur son of Ephiny, is hunted by the warlord Belach, after he supposedly kidnapped his daughter. Ephiny appears in spirit to Gabrielle and asks for her and Xena's help. But when Xena visits Belach and realises who he is, the mission becomes personal.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
Guest Stars[]
- Marton Csokas as Belach and Borias
- Danielle Cormack as Ephiny
- Hamish Hector-Taylor as Xenan
- Katrina Devine as Nicha
Summary[]
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Xena and Gabrielle shopping.
A young Centaur, Xenan, watches discreetly as his fellow Centaurs battle soldiers on horseback. When the soldiers spot Xenan, he faces them bravely before darting off.
Meanwhile, as Xena and Gabrielle shop in a local market, they notice the town crier holding a wanted poster of a centaur and announcing that Lord Belach has placed a reward on his head. As Xena leaves to investigate, Gabrielle suddenly hears the voice of the deceased Ephiny. When Xena returns, Gabrielle reveals that Ephiny's spirit warned her that Ephiny's son, Xenan, is in grave danger and Xena must save him. The women set off for Belach's castle.
Act One[]
Belach, Borias' son.
Posing as bounty hunters, Xena, Gabrielle and the invisible Ephiny are taken to Lord Belach, the spitting image of Xena's ex-lover Borias. Belach insists that Xenan has kidnapped his daughter Nica who, prior to her disappearance, had become a recluse. Ephiny is infuriated by Belach's accusation and Gabrielle tries to calm her down. Xena asks Belach if his father was Borias, hero to the Centaurs, and suggests using his father's legacy to retrieve Nica without starting a war. When Belach becomes enraged calling his father a scourge, Xena promises to return his daughter safely.
Finding Xenan with Ephiny's help.
Ephiny senses her son's trail and leads Xena and Gabrielle on a mission to find Xenan, get Nica back to her father and guide the Centaurs to the sacred Amazon land between Greece and Thrace. Discovering Xenan at the entrance to a cave, Xena and Gabrielle approach him and explain that they actually helped his mother give birth to him. Ephiny, knowing that her son is skeptical, asks Gabrielle to tell him that his mother is present. Gabrielle even recites a lullaby that Ephiny used to sing to him as proof. Xenan's face fills with hope and he brings an enormously pregnant Nica out of hiding and introduces her to his new friends.
Act Two[]
Reuniting with Xenan.
Nica admits that she refused visitors so no one would know she was pregnant, but she missed Xenan so much that she fled to join him. Knowing that Belach is after him, Xenan has stayed away from his brothers, but Ephiny is convinced that he would be safer with them. When Gabrielle offers to escort the Centaurs to a secret valley, Xenan is overjoyed and leads them to join his brothers.
Xena and Borias meet for the first time revealed in flashbacks.
As they travel to meet Xenan's brothers, Gabrielle corners Xena and presses her for information about her and Borias' relationship. In the past, Xena was a warrior in Borias' army, as well as his secret lover. When Borias' son, Belach, witnessed Xena's seduction of his father, Xena warned him "...never step between two people and their passion" before returning to Borias. Back in the present, Xena insists that it was her fault Belach lost his father and she refuses to let him lose his daughter. The four finally reach the spot where the other Centaurs are supposed to be, but there is no sign of them.
Nicha is pregnant.
After telling them that Belach is the son of Borias, Xena sends them off to search for the Centaurs while she pays Belach a visit. Belach, incensed when Xena tells him that Nica is with the centaurs voluntarily because she is pregnant and in love, Meanwhile, Xenan, Nica and Gabrielle enter the Centaur camp and are stunned to find an enormous ditch filled with human and horse limbs, leaving Xenan as the last of the Centaurs. When Xenan attempts to go after Belach, Gabrielle convinces him that he must stay alive and let Xena handle it. Xena returned to Belach house to tell him that his daughter is married and pregnant with Xenan's child and was furious about what he had done. Xena asks how he could betray his father that way. Belach says he has his own reasons and doesn't care. Belach orders his men to find Xenan and kill him on sight.
Just as Belach is about to leave, Xena draws her sword at Belach utters the same phrase to him as the moment he was spying. Shocked Belach drew his sword, but Xena easily knocked it out of his hand and yells for his guards to seize her, Xena kicked him away and fought and defeated his guards and tied Belach hands from a curtain rope. Xena kicked Belach out of the window and he lands on the back of a horse. Xena flips out the window, lands on a horse and kidnaps Belach. Belach troops give chase leading them on an obstacle course, she outwits him and his men. She is knocked off her horse and lands on the back of the horse that Belach is on, grabbing him by the throat.
Act Three[]
All the Centaurus are killed...
Meanwhile, Xena throws Belach off the horse. Belach awakens and thanks Xena for having shown him his father's true colors. Xena defends Borias telling Belach that he is worse than his father ever could have been. Belach become furious because Xena wasn't remembering the same Borias. He asks if she recalls the day she stole him from his family.
Close on Xena eyes as it goes to a flashback Borias original wife Natasha was looking for Belach. She finds him under the blankets that Xena placed. His mother asked what happened, but Belach looked at the tent. Natasha took his hand and looked in the tent and saw Borias and Xena kissing. Natasha left furious with Belach. Borias pushed Xena off his lap and chased after her calling her name. Natasha furiously turned around and wants to know what he could possibly say to her and his son. Borias tries to reach for Belach, but Natasha furiously smacked his hand away and demand he make his choice. Borias says if she was more a woman he wouldn't have to chose. Natasha spits in his face. Borias gets on the back of his horse with Xena, leaving Natasha seemingly heartbroken and young Belach calling out "Papa" running up to him. Borias tears off his necklace and tosses it to Belach and rides away as depressed young Belach watches.
Back to present focus those same eyes of the adult Belach and told Xena after his father abandoned him for her, his previous army broke up. Him and mother fell into servitude, they were beaten and starved, and always heard about his father's adventures with Xena. Xena eyes tear up and she shows regret because she knows that Belach is right. She agrees that he had every right to hate his father and it was all her fault. Belach showed her the medallion that his father left with him. Xena is surprised he kept it. He says it wasn't sentimental. It was only to remind him what Scum his father was, Xena has forced him to move forward.
She takes him to the pit and makes him see what he's done by wiping out an entire race. She says he is nothing like his father who was honorable in the end. Belach states that he did what he had to do. He tries to get up, but Xena grabs him by the throat, telling him to look again. She tells him to look again and then admit he feels nothing. She says that his daughter saw this and she doesn't see him as civilized, like his father was. Belach asks why she doesn't just kill him. She says she might yet, but he doesn't think so. He looks too much like his father. Belach taunts Xena, pointing out that she had a son with Borias and that killing him would be more like killing her own son. Xena tells him that he needs to stay where he is and that she just wanted him to know who his father really was. Belach's men had arrived just ring through the forest, Xena mounts her horse and she rides off and they ran to untie Lord Belach who continues to stare at the dead centaurs in the pit.
Xena and Gabrielle fighting side by side.
At an abandoned farm, Gabrielle prepares to deliver Nica's baby. Xenan notices Belach's men searching the forest and darts out, figuring the men will chase him, but they ignore him and continue to look for Nica. Hearing the soldiers, Gabrielle and Nica hide, but the bounty hunters hear Nica's groans. Xena rides in and battles the two hunters before joining Gabrielle and delivering Nica's baby Centaur. Suddenly, Belach appears and offers to trade Xenan, who's standing with a rope around his neck, for his daughter.
Act Four[]
Xena refuses and she'll spare him if he doesn't hand Xenan over that was the final straw with Belach. He orders his soldiers to kill Xenan. Xena throws her chakram and cuts Xenan's ropes, then a huge battle ensues. Ephiny, realizing that Xena is outnumbered goes and fetches Gabrielle to help. In a last effort, Xena sends Xenan off to get Nica and the baby out of there. Gabrielle tells Xena she knows what she has to do. Xena dodged the arrows that Belach soldiers shoot. Belach is aiming a crossbow at her. Xenan insists they need to run,but Nica refuses. She doesn't want Xena and her father to kill each other because of them. Nica doesn't see a future for their son if they leave. Nica decides to go outside with her baby to stop the fighting but as soon as Belach sees her, he orders Nica to come with him. She says she doesn't belong with his kind and doesn't even know what is.
Ephiny uses Gabrielle to speak to her son briefly.
Xena takes a step forward, but doesn't raise her sword. Belach turns and points the crossbow at Xena as she vows to kill Belach if he shoots the arrow. He turns back toward Nica and Xenan, who say that he will die for their child. Xena tells Belach's father was the same way.Beloch wants to know when his father ever did that and Xena says it was for Solan, their son together. She points out that Belach spent his life trying to be the opposite of his father, buyt his father became a better man away from her.
flashback from Past Imperfect, where Xena orders Dagnine to kill Kaleipus as Borias defends the centaurs, Xena's present day face is superimposed over the shots, explaining that she broke the treaty with the centaurs, while Borias tried to keep his word. The scene changes to the night of Solan's birth, and Borias fighting and being beaten by Dagnine as Xena tells Belach that Borias never forgave himself for letting her seduce him away from his family. Satrina is pushing Xena to leave, all Borias ever saw was only a glimpse of his newborn son. Once Xena recounts the truth of her and Borias' relationship, Belach crumbles and calls off the bounty, claiming that Nica and Xenan should be together.
Tag[]
Xena and Gabrielle share a nice chat before setting off on what will be their last three adventures ever.
Xena and Gabrielle are walking through the field and Gabrielle tells Xena she's glad she didn't kill Belach. Xena grins. Gabrielle realizes she's being teased and wrinkles her nose. Gabrielle looks reassured and looks ahead of her. Xena slips an arm around her shoulder and tells her 'as always.'
Disclaimer[]
The centaur population was severely harmed during the making of this motion picture.
Background Information[]
Behind the Scenes[]
- Marton Csokas played Belach as well as Borias in this episode.
- It is heavily implied that the scenes of Borias and Xena in the past take place in Hungary, due to Rob Tapert confirming in multiple interviews that he is of Hunnish decent.
Key Events[]
- This episode marks the final appearance of Ephiny.
- This episode marks the final appearance of Xenan.
- This is the second time we see a Centaur being born on Xena: Warrior Princess, and the second time it was delivered by Xena.
- In spite of this, this episode marks the functional extinction and the final appearance of the Centaurs.
Goofs[]
- When Xena performs her spinning flip with the shield to protect herself from the incoming arrows, only three hit the shield. However, when she lands, there appears to be more embedded in it.
- When Xena throws Belach out of the window, you can clearly see that it's not Lucy Lawless standing in the room.
Archive Footage[]
- Clips from "Past Imperfect" were used when Xena told Belach about how Borias died.
Trivia[]
- Chakram count: 1
Links and References[]
Guest Stars[]
Marton Csokas - Borias and Belach
References[]
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People[]
- Nica - Katrina Devine
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Places[]
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