Xena: Warrior Princess s04e07 Episode Script

I can't find it.
It's there.
I got it! I got it.
Gabrielle, stop searching with your eyes.
All right No eyes.
Find it? You found it.
I learned from the best.
What in Tartarus have you been carrying on these shoulders? I wouldn't know.
I try not to overanalyze my life like some people.
Some people say the unexamined life is not worth living.
Those people haven't lived my life.
Xena? Two men to the left, two to the right and two behind us.
All right! Get up! Well, messenger boy, who are you and what do you want? We've come to bring you to justice.
This is an arrest warrant -for you.
-For what? Murder.
Give me that.
Does the name Thelassa mean anything to you, Xena? Perhaps you've killed so many people since then, you don't remember.
I remember Thalassa.
Just because someone wrote that on a piece of parchment doesn't make it true.
Tell him, Xena.
I did it.
Well, she was crazed or, she was armed, right? There was some sort of mitigating circumstance.
Gabrielle, she was innocent.
She did nothing to me and I killed her because it suited my purposes.
How's that for mitigating circumstances? Here.
What are you doing? I'm going back with them.
You said yourself that I had the weight of the world on my shoulders.
Maybe it's the weight of my guilt.
This is my chance to do something about it.
Take it! You know I'm right.
Chain her up.
In the time of ancient gods, warlords and kings a land in turmoil cried out for a hero.
She was Xena.
A mighty princess forged in the heat of battle.
The power The passion The danger Her courage will change the world.
XENA, THE WARRIOR PRINCESS Order! Order in this court! Quiet! Settle down in this court! Silence here! Settle down in here! Thalassa was so beautiful A smile as radiant as her bright red hair! She meant so much to this village It's hard to explain exactly who she was.
She seemed to have I can't find the word.
A light.
Yes, a light.
She seemed to glow with goodness! And when she was gone Darkness.
That's right.
We all expected greatness of her.
Who knows what she might have become Might have done for this town had she lived? Maybe we expected too much from her but Thalassa never disappointed us.
Come on, girls.
Get in there! Move! Here's the deal, nice and simple You give us what we want, or we kill the girls.
It was an empty threat.
Look, as violent as Xena was in those days there was a line even she wouldn't cross.
That's what we thought.
-Take me, and let the others go.
-Thalassa, no! All right.
Take her.
Tell her nothing, nothing! By the gods! No! Tie her up.
They say you don't kill unarmed women.
There's a first time for everything, old man.
Get them out of here.
-Let's go! -Hurry up! No, wait! The storage cellars are in the temple of Demeter under the altar.
Very good.
-Now, get out! -Wait! We told you where the stores are.
Let her go! I will just as soon as I know you're telling the truth.
No! You can't just leave her! They're flesh-eaters! When we returned, Thalassa was gone.
The crabs smelling the blood Had torn her to pieces leaving the water red with her death.
Silence! Order! Order in this court! Quiet! Settle down, there! This was a terrible waste of a life.
But Xena Xena has changed.
-And you believe in her conversion? -Yes.
And she's done nothing since you've known her to make you question her resolve to do good.
If you're looking for perfection, we all fall short.
Your defense of your friend is admirable as are her attempts at redemption.
But all this cannot erase a crime like the one committed against that young girl.
Xena Do you accept the condemnation of this court for your guilt in this matter? I do.
Then I sentence you to life imprisonment on Shark Island.
And may the gods have mercy on your soul.
Come on, murderer.
Don't get too close, she's a killer.
-I'd like to say goodbye to my friend.
-All right.
You could have said something in your defense.
There's no defense for what I did, Gabrielle.
Xena, you could have argued the greater good.
Come on! Surely what you can do outside prison will outweigh What? Outweigh what? The pain that that young girl felt as she was being eaten alive? -Don't! -Gabrielle, she was like you.
She had your kind of spirit and I killed that.
What can outweigh that? Xena, if you're looking for redemption, you're not gonna find it there.
I'm not looking for redemption any more.
Gabrielle, we're always talking about your spiritual quest.
You say that you need something to make you feel complete.
So do I.
Load the prisoners! Time's up.
Xena! Xena! Xena, listen to me! Xena, please don't do this! Xena! Keep moving! All right! All right! Pick up the slack on that rope! A mug of your finest wine! -What are you doin' here? -Ordering a refreshment, obviously.
Why aren't you on the prison ship? Because I have tendered my resignation as the healer of Shark Island prison.
The wine, please.
Let's see the color of your dinars.
How rude! I have a good mind to walk out of this establishment.
Fine with me.
I'll buy him a mug of wine.
Why, thank you, young lady.
So, you were the healer of Shark Island prison.
For five months.
But not anymore.
I wouldn't spend another hour in that hideous place.
Is there a new healer? Not yet My notice was rather sudden.
When's the next ship to Shark Island? A week.
Come on! Move! Everything you've heard about this place Everything your mothers told you to frighten you into being good little girls is true.
But keep your noses clean, obey the guards, and you'll survive.
Try to escape and Please! Mercy! I beg you! Give me one more chance! Please! I beg you! This woman killed a guard in her effort to leave us.
Prison rules demand the ultimate punishment for any attempt to escape.
Welcome to Shark Island prison.
-Hello, sweetie! -Hello.
I've got good news for you.
Once you tell me where the money is I'm not gonna kill you.
Isn't this your lucky day? I don't know what you're talking about.
I heard you killed your husband for his fortune and stashed it before they got to you.
That's not true.
Wrong answer.
Maybe it's the wrong question, Ersina.
Well If it isn't Xena! Hey, girls This is the woman who put me behind bars.
I am so glad to see you here Do you know what I spent the past two years asking myself? How can that murderin' bitch Xena send people away to be punished? You never had to pay for your crimes.
That's always bothered me.
Then we have something in common.
It's always bothered me too.
I heard you let them take you without a fight.
I think that being a good girl made you soft.
I wonder if you're not right.
Take her, girls! All right, I get the point.
Xena Some of us aren't planning to die on Shark Island.
Time comes for us to leave We wouldn't mind having someone with your fighting skills with us.
Not interested.
Come on! Move it! Hurry up! Move it faster if you wanna eat, ladies! She's getting a little ripe.
Cut her down, toss her in the water.
-Let the sharks have her.
-Let me bury her.
Bury her? Please.
All right If you'd rather do that than eat -Move them out! -Come on! Let's go! You heard the captain! Move! Come on! Come on, come on! -Move it! -You take them in.
All right Ok, got it? Hey Quick.
Here.
Get up.
Ok? You all right? What's going on here? This woman's too weak.
She can't lift anymore.
Too weak You're a real hero, aren't you? No.
You just talked back to me, didn' you? No.
There you go again! Don't you ever say "no" to me! If I say you're a hero, you're a hero! Now You're a real hero, aren't you? I'm a hero.
Good.
Now Hero I want you to unload that wagon and line the supplies against the wall! No! I want the hero to do this by herself.
That wall You have to be firm with 'em.
-Get away.
-Please Get away.
Hey, you! Yes? Didn't I say to let her do it by herself? Yes.
Three lashes for disobedience! -Guards! -After her! Stop this! Release the guard at once Murderer.
Chain her.
An altar for the souls of the dead Or is it just for the souls of the people you've killed, Xena? Well, it looks like you've miscounted.
You know, it would have been far better for you, and for me if ya had killed me.
Yeah That's right, Xena.
It's me.
Your victim.
Thalassa.
Seeing me bring back some memories, Xena? You know A wolf, if caught in a trap, will gnaw off its own leg just to get away.
I was lucky.
The crabs did it for me.
Bring her.
Chain her like a hog ready for slaughter.
I've been watching you since you came here, Xena.
At first I couldn't figure out what you were up to helping people, building that silly little shrine.
And then I realized what I heard about you was true.
You're trying to make up for all the evil things you've done.
How pathetic! As if any of it could make up for what you did to me.
You know, Xena The thought of you has haunted me every moment of my life.
Do you understand what that's like? Yes I do.
Throw her into the pit.
You finally have the punishment you sought but it's for a murder you didn't even commit.
Don't you just love the irony? A healer has arrived along with the new prisoners, Commandant.
Well, send him in.
A girl? Come in.
Can you heal the pain or are you just a fraud like all the others? Where does it hurt? The fingers.
This wasn't removed by a healer's knife.
A healers' knife? No.
Many knives.
Many hungry, little knives.
That's enough! Do you hear me? That's enough! Get off! Get off! You'll need to put the salve on twice a day.
Will you do it for me? When I come in for treatments, yes.
Shall I? This wound is so old.
It should get more attention.
Why do I feel like it's still there? Maybe you haven't accepted the loss.
What would you know about loss? A few things.
You have such warmth and beauty I had that once, too.
If you give yourself a chance you may rediscover your soul.
That's sentimental nonsense.
Whatever beauty I had inside me was crushed the day evil entered my life.
A tall, dark-haired evil.
She took my beauty, and she mutilated my soul.
What's the matter? I I think that I should I should probably visit the prisoners Check to make sure that their state of health is all right.
You can't wait to serve, can you? You should be careful.
Enthusiasm like that can be dangerous for your health.
I gotcha good that time.
All right.
Do you have to follow me around everywhere? Commandant's orders! Wouldn't want anything to happen to her pet healer now, would we? No, we wouldn't want that.
Excuse me.
May I borrow your broom? Gonna sweep up a little dirt? In a manner of speaking, yes.
Thank you.
Xena? Xena! Xena! Are you down there? Gabrielle! Xena, can you hear me? -Find the healer! -Hang on.
Check the pit! Gabrielle! There she is! Let go of me! So Your friend is Xena And you must be Gabrielle.
-Do you know who I am? -Thalassa.
What a fool I was You know? I thought you liked me, but you were only using me to free her.
Xena was sent her for committing a murder Your murder.
There should be a re-trial.
You know? For a moment I was beginnning to believe what you said about rediscovering the beauty of my soul.
It was happening, I could see it.
Gabrielle, it's over.
Correction, Commandant It's not over yet.
Commandant The rules.
Yeah, the rules.
Do what you must.
Welcome, ladies, to Shark Island prison! Everything you've heard is true.
But keep your noses clean, obey the guards and your lives will be bearable.
Short, but bearable.
Break the rules and suffer the ultimate punishment! This woman was caught trying to help a prisoner to escape.
For this action death! Whenever you're ready, Commandant.
We're waiting.
I can't.
I can.
Do it! It's Xena! Everyone back to your barracks! Now! Not in this lifetime.
Now! Get out of my way! Gabrielle! -Gabrielle -Xena Kill the commandant, and the prison is ours! Ok.
-Get her outta here.
-The guards I should stay.
They're gonna tear you apart! That's enough! Get back! Come on! Let's go! Get off! Get off! That's enough! Where's Ersina? I saw her heading towards the commandant's office.
This way! They went in there! Break down the door! -The commandant's in there! -Get back! Get that bitch! Now I owe my life to you.
The gods certainly love playing with our fates, don't they? Thalassa, I can't ask your forgiveness.
I wronged you terribly.
But there's one thing I know When I met you, you were a wonderful, loving person.
And if you continue to let that love be buried under bitterness and anger evil wins.
What you say It's true.
Your friend here She helped me get back in touch with something these last few days My soul.
My ability to do good had been crippled.
The evil Xena, she did that to me.
Don't let her do it to you.
Thank you, Gabrielle.
So how about it? How about what? Forgiving yourself Gabrielle, that's not for me.
But I won't let that monster that I used to be The one that's sleeping so close to my heart destroy all the good I can do now.
Not as long as I'm around.