Xena: Warrior Princess s06e04 Episode Script
Who's Gurkhan?
Xena It's thriving.
I'm gonna see if the old house is still standing.
It looks so run down Nothin' some paint couldn't cure.
All that matters is that the people inside are all right.
Go on.
Here goes.
-Lila -Gabrielle? So you slept for 25 years You weren't really dead Not that time.
I wish Sarah were here to see you.
Who's Sarah? My daughter.
You have a daughter? Xena, I have a niece.
Where is she? Lila, where are Mother and Father? Eight years ago Sarah was captured by the raider Gurkhan.
He took her to the walled city of Mogador.
It's in North Africa.
A merchant told us she was in his harem.
Father sold most of the farm and he and Mother and my husband Lecter went to try and buy her back.
What happened? He beheaded all three of them.
I don't know what happened to Sarah.
Gabrielle! Gabrielle, wait.
I'm sorry, Gabrielle.
Xena, my niece may still be in that harem.
We'll go after her first thing in the morning.
If she's there, we'll get her out.
Xena, this is not just a rescue mission.
What do you mean? I want vengeance! It will have blood, Gabrielle.
Blood will have blood.
Don't talk to me about consequences, Xena! That man murdered my mother and father! Now I kill him! 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 Gabrielle What's your plan? I get inside Mogador I kill Gurkhan and I bring Sarah back.
That's your goal What's your plan? Haven't thought about it.
I visited Mogador once.
I'm afraid to ask why.
You should be.
-Tell me about Gurkhan.
-I can't.
I've never even seen him.
No one has outside of the palace.
He keeps his identity a secret.
I will find him.
Perhaps.
He'll be a tough man to kill, Gabrielle.
And if he should capture you pray that the end is quick.
If you're trying to scare me, Eve Why were you in Mogador? I was selling slave girls.
Calm way your daughter talks about her past.
She knows what I know.
There's nothing you can do to change the past.
You can only work to make the future better.
That's why she's so worried about what you might do once you're inside Mogador.
Gabrielle, you're not an assassin.
You're right, Xena.
Today I'm not an assassin.
Tomorrow She wants to kill Gurkhan.
For you or me that might have been an interesting challenge once upon a time -but for her -It's a suicide mission.
She doesn't have what it takes to kill in cold blood.
Do you think I inherited that talent from you, Mother? You certainly had a gift.
Yeah.
I did.
So, what are you going to do? Cure her seasickness.
Gabrielle Hey Gabrielle I gave her something for her seasickness.
She'll be out awhile.
I get it.
You're goin' to Mogador without her.
That's right.
She's not gonna like that.
She's going to like being beheaded even less.
You're coming with me.
I can't.
That would be a direct betrayal of her trust and Good idea.
Good idea.
The next wench has a wide variety of skills.
Make it look good.
All right.
All right.
The bidding opens at 10 gold ducats.
To the young gentlemen Do I hear 15? Yeah? What do you want? Forward, wench.
Not that good.
The name's Superlious.
And I have a choice specimen.
I'd like to know how much I can get for her.
Very nice.
Very, very nice.
Not only beautiful, but big and strong.
She'll be useful day and night.
Yeah We should do very well with her.
I get 15 per cent.
Sounds reasonable.
I can tell you who'll end up with her.
Gurkhan himself.
He's got great taste in women.
And next up is a spirited vixen of mysterious origins.
-Feast your eyes, gentlemen.
-Competition.
Competition? For what? To see who gets sold quickest to the biggest monster to do with as he pleases? Yeah.
You make it sound like a bad thing.
Isn't it? -Gentlemen! -Hey In my village the choices were marry a sober poor man or a drunk poor man.
It was a toss-up, really.
The sober men would be less likely to beat you but the drunk men would be less likely to keep you pregnant all the time.
At least you were around your family.
My father is dead and my mother is a whore.
I have no family.
Now I have a good shot at being bought by Gurkhan, the Magnificent.
The wealthiest man in the continent.
Girl! Girl! Come here.
As soon as you figure out which one Gurkhan is, get behind him.
Try to overhear something useful.
Get going.
Hey, hey! Come on! Come on! And now for our premier selection a woman of such fire and beauty, that a man Well, I mean, you'd have to be crazy not to wanna take her home.
From Thrace The blue-eyed goddess.
Magnificent to the eyes as she undoubtebly will be to the touch.
Now Let's start the bidding at 10 gold ducats! Come along, gentlemen.
Don't be shy.
Belize of Ethiopia says 10.
Now we're up and running.
Milo of Maltar takes us to 20.
Gurkhan, the Magnificent, takes us up to 30.
How about 40? A mere 40 ducats for a priceless treasure! Belize wants her for 40.
Hey, let's not stop there.
Can I get 50? 50 for your very own goddess! Gurkhan goes to 50 but surely 60 gold ducats is a small price for such a prize! Milo is prepared to go to 60 for this pleasurable creature.
What would you give for a lifetime of bliss, huh? A bargain still at 70 gold ducats.
Gurkhan, the Magnificent, takes us to 70.
And Gurkhan goes to 70.
Now we're playing the game.
Do I hear 5, 5, 5? Who'll give me 5? Who'll give me 75? Who'll give me 75? Who'll give me 75? Belize takes me to 80.
I've got 80 over here.
I wanna hear 85.
And a half.
I gotta half.
I wanna half.
I wanna hear 90.
Are you bidding, sir, or are you just picking your nose? Well, stop it! I've got a hundred over here to Milo.
One hundred to Milo.
A hundred to Milo.
I'm lookin' for one-ten.
I wanna hear one-ten.
I've got one-ten over here, Belize.
One-ten, Belize.
Belize.
Belize.
One hundred, Belize.
Do I hear one-twenty? One-twenty.
Who'll give me one-twenty? Work with me here.
I've got one-twenty on my right.
Do I hear one-forty? Who'll give me one-forty? Who'll give me one-forty? Give me one-forty.
Give me one-forty.
I've got one-forty.
I wanna hear 50.
Who'll give me 50? I wanna hear 50, 50, 50.
Who'll give me 50? Who'll give me 50? Sold to Gurkhan, the Magnificent, for two hundred and 20 gold ducats! What a prize he's won for himself! I wonder which one Gurkhan is.
Very clever.
Feeling better? I gotta hand it to Xena.
That brew she gave me made me sleep like a baby.
Where is she? Eve That peaceful smile is not gonna cut it.
Where is she? I'm just as much to blame as she is.
I sing of Superlious, pirate of the high seas! I capture beautiful maidens and sell them! -Hi, Gabrielle.
-No, no, no, no.
Don't tell me.
You're Superlious, pirate of the high seas You sold Xena to Gurkhan, didn't you? We did it because we love you.
Well, I didn't.
I mean, well I mean, I do, I do love you.
What I'm trying to say is that I didn't know about the potion until you were already out.
Virgil, you went along with Xena after she did it.
-Well, she threatened me.
-It's the truth.
Two can play at that game.
How bad is this? My entire village isn't worth what Gurkhan must have paid for a barrel of that perfumed oil.
Yes, very nice.
Where you from? A distant land you've never heard of beyond China.
So far to the east it's called "the land of the rising sun".
What's your name? -Yo.
-Hi, Yo.
I'm Sophia.
Tell me Does Gurkhan have another wife called Sarah? It's against the rules to talk of the other wives.
Just lookin' for a simple "yes" or "no".
Please Gurkhan will punish us if we break the rules.
Will he spank us? You'll be beaten, manacled, thrown in a dark dungeon and left to die.
Ok, that's all I need to know.
Thanks.
Thinking about someone in particular? Yeah.
My fiance, Leonardo.
Well, you just keep thinking about him.
You think about every moment.
That's what's gonna get you through.
I hope so.
But then sometimes I think I'd rather be dead than in this place.
Be careful of what you ask for.
Who are you? You dare to question the number-one wife? I'm sorry.
I didn't know who you were.
Well, that's a good little dog.
You learn from your first beating.
New girls Listen up.
I am Gurkhan's number-one wife.
And you're all dirt.
I will one day carry his heir.
Eventually my son will rule over Gurkhan's kingdom.
Anyone who comes between me and my lord will feel my wrath.
Believe me That is when you will truly wish you were dead.
Bad dog My lord I bow before the might of Gurkhan, the Magnificent.
I am Superlious, the pirate.
And I search the ends of the Earth for the most beautiful and delicious maidens.
I see vast potential for our mutual satisfactions for, in my stables, I have rare beauties from every part of the world just waiting to be plucked.
Take this one An amazon, warrior queen from Greece.
Strong Savage Independent and untouched by the hands of man.
The untold pleasures that await the one who can tame a creature like this stagger the imagination.
And I offer her to you for now.
A gift.
A token of my good faith.
If it pleases the great one the little flower would like to dance in his honor.
Gurkhan approves of your gift and would like to see her dance.
Xena I have this under control.
Trust me.
She won't have Gurkhan before me.
Were you able to reach her? No.
The place is swarming with guards.
I hope she makes it.
She'll make it.
Nobody misbehaves in Gurkhan's harem.
Tell me, Sophia Why did you have a knife? To make sure none of the other wives got a jump on me.
Are you here simply because you were taken as a slave? I want to be here.
Really? And why is that? Sarah.
I want to give myself to the great Gurkhan.
Are you sure? No other agenda? Yes, one.
I'm listening.
I want to be number-one wife.
Let's just start by calling you Fatima.
Get in! How is she? Peachy.
Thinking about Sarah? Yes and Mother and Father.
Didn't get a chance to say goodbye to them, Xena.
I don't think that Sarah's here.
I've asked She's here.
Now leave it.
Do you think she's in another cell? Don't know.
But I've got an idea how to flush her out.
Gabrielle, you can do it.
You can kill Gurkhan.
Thank you.
Don't thank me.
Just be ready.
Wives of Gurkhan On your faces.
Look up at your peril.
That one.
Fatima.
Tonight you will dance.
I have a request.
Yes? Sarah's head on a plate.
Where did you hear that name? Very well I'll give you Sarah's head.
Gurkhan! How can you do this? I have an idea.
What? Join us, little one.
Take that, ya dirty bastard.
If you're going to do it do it now.
Are you afraid? Afraid like my mother? My father? Like my sister's husband? Right before you cut off their heads.
If I kill you you win.
I become like you.
I hate you.
Sarah What do you want? Is this the ultimate humiliation? Gurkhan's gonna let you two sever my head yourselves Sarah I'm Gabrielle.
This is Xena.
Gabrielle and Xena? Well, that's not possible.
Your mother Lila My sister She told us everything that happened.
We've come to take you home.
Then you're -It's ok.
-No.
-I'm your family.
-Don't touch me.
Get away from me! No! No! Get away from me! Get off of me! Get away! No! No! Nobody blames you, nobody! Everyone understands you were just a child.
It's ok.
It's ok.
It's ok.
I'm so ashamed He killed Father and Grandma and Grandpa.
That must have been so terrible for you.
I didn't know how to handle it.
Life just seemed so brutal.
I thought the only way to survive was to be more vicious than my competition.
I'm so sorry So am I, Sarah.
We should go.
That's impossible.
Gurkhan's security has made this palace invincible.
There's a loophole in the system.
All right, girls We're going on a cruise.
Anyone care to come? What are we waiting for! Gurkhan! Your mother will be so happy to see you How could she ever love me again, after what I've become? You don't know mothers very well, do you? You don't understand.
I've done terrible things.
How can I ever be forgiven? Are you ever in the right company?
I'm gonna see if the old house is still standing.
It looks so run down Nothin' some paint couldn't cure.
All that matters is that the people inside are all right.
Go on.
Here goes.
-Lila -Gabrielle? So you slept for 25 years You weren't really dead Not that time.
I wish Sarah were here to see you.
Who's Sarah? My daughter.
You have a daughter? Xena, I have a niece.
Where is she? Lila, where are Mother and Father? Eight years ago Sarah was captured by the raider Gurkhan.
He took her to the walled city of Mogador.
It's in North Africa.
A merchant told us she was in his harem.
Father sold most of the farm and he and Mother and my husband Lecter went to try and buy her back.
What happened? He beheaded all three of them.
I don't know what happened to Sarah.
Gabrielle! Gabrielle, wait.
I'm sorry, Gabrielle.
Xena, my niece may still be in that harem.
We'll go after her first thing in the morning.
If she's there, we'll get her out.
Xena, this is not just a rescue mission.
What do you mean? I want vengeance! It will have blood, Gabrielle.
Blood will have blood.
Don't talk to me about consequences, Xena! That man murdered my mother and father! Now I kill him! 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 Gabrielle What's your plan? I get inside Mogador I kill Gurkhan and I bring Sarah back.
That's your goal What's your plan? Haven't thought about it.
I visited Mogador once.
I'm afraid to ask why.
You should be.
-Tell me about Gurkhan.
-I can't.
I've never even seen him.
No one has outside of the palace.
He keeps his identity a secret.
I will find him.
Perhaps.
He'll be a tough man to kill, Gabrielle.
And if he should capture you pray that the end is quick.
If you're trying to scare me, Eve Why were you in Mogador? I was selling slave girls.
Calm way your daughter talks about her past.
She knows what I know.
There's nothing you can do to change the past.
You can only work to make the future better.
That's why she's so worried about what you might do once you're inside Mogador.
Gabrielle, you're not an assassin.
You're right, Xena.
Today I'm not an assassin.
Tomorrow She wants to kill Gurkhan.
For you or me that might have been an interesting challenge once upon a time -but for her -It's a suicide mission.
She doesn't have what it takes to kill in cold blood.
Do you think I inherited that talent from you, Mother? You certainly had a gift.
Yeah.
I did.
So, what are you going to do? Cure her seasickness.
Gabrielle Hey Gabrielle I gave her something for her seasickness.
She'll be out awhile.
I get it.
You're goin' to Mogador without her.
That's right.
She's not gonna like that.
She's going to like being beheaded even less.
You're coming with me.
I can't.
That would be a direct betrayal of her trust and Good idea.
Good idea.
The next wench has a wide variety of skills.
Make it look good.
All right.
All right.
The bidding opens at 10 gold ducats.
To the young gentlemen Do I hear 15? Yeah? What do you want? Forward, wench.
Not that good.
The name's Superlious.
And I have a choice specimen.
I'd like to know how much I can get for her.
Very nice.
Very, very nice.
Not only beautiful, but big and strong.
She'll be useful day and night.
Yeah We should do very well with her.
I get 15 per cent.
Sounds reasonable.
I can tell you who'll end up with her.
Gurkhan himself.
He's got great taste in women.
And next up is a spirited vixen of mysterious origins.
-Feast your eyes, gentlemen.
-Competition.
Competition? For what? To see who gets sold quickest to the biggest monster to do with as he pleases? Yeah.
You make it sound like a bad thing.
Isn't it? -Gentlemen! -Hey In my village the choices were marry a sober poor man or a drunk poor man.
It was a toss-up, really.
The sober men would be less likely to beat you but the drunk men would be less likely to keep you pregnant all the time.
At least you were around your family.
My father is dead and my mother is a whore.
I have no family.
Now I have a good shot at being bought by Gurkhan, the Magnificent.
The wealthiest man in the continent.
Girl! Girl! Come here.
As soon as you figure out which one Gurkhan is, get behind him.
Try to overhear something useful.
Get going.
Hey, hey! Come on! Come on! And now for our premier selection a woman of such fire and beauty, that a man Well, I mean, you'd have to be crazy not to wanna take her home.
From Thrace The blue-eyed goddess.
Magnificent to the eyes as she undoubtebly will be to the touch.
Now Let's start the bidding at 10 gold ducats! Come along, gentlemen.
Don't be shy.
Belize of Ethiopia says 10.
Now we're up and running.
Milo of Maltar takes us to 20.
Gurkhan, the Magnificent, takes us up to 30.
How about 40? A mere 40 ducats for a priceless treasure! Belize wants her for 40.
Hey, let's not stop there.
Can I get 50? 50 for your very own goddess! Gurkhan goes to 50 but surely 60 gold ducats is a small price for such a prize! Milo is prepared to go to 60 for this pleasurable creature.
What would you give for a lifetime of bliss, huh? A bargain still at 70 gold ducats.
Gurkhan, the Magnificent, takes us to 70.
And Gurkhan goes to 70.
Now we're playing the game.
Do I hear 5, 5, 5? Who'll give me 5? Who'll give me 75? Who'll give me 75? Who'll give me 75? Belize takes me to 80.
I've got 80 over here.
I wanna hear 85.
And a half.
I gotta half.
I wanna half.
I wanna hear 90.
Are you bidding, sir, or are you just picking your nose? Well, stop it! I've got a hundred over here to Milo.
One hundred to Milo.
A hundred to Milo.
I'm lookin' for one-ten.
I wanna hear one-ten.
I've got one-ten over here, Belize.
One-ten, Belize.
Belize.
Belize.
One hundred, Belize.
Do I hear one-twenty? One-twenty.
Who'll give me one-twenty? Work with me here.
I've got one-twenty on my right.
Do I hear one-forty? Who'll give me one-forty? Who'll give me one-forty? Give me one-forty.
Give me one-forty.
I've got one-forty.
I wanna hear 50.
Who'll give me 50? I wanna hear 50, 50, 50.
Who'll give me 50? Who'll give me 50? Sold to Gurkhan, the Magnificent, for two hundred and 20 gold ducats! What a prize he's won for himself! I wonder which one Gurkhan is.
Very clever.
Feeling better? I gotta hand it to Xena.
That brew she gave me made me sleep like a baby.
Where is she? Eve That peaceful smile is not gonna cut it.
Where is she? I'm just as much to blame as she is.
I sing of Superlious, pirate of the high seas! I capture beautiful maidens and sell them! -Hi, Gabrielle.
-No, no, no, no.
Don't tell me.
You're Superlious, pirate of the high seas You sold Xena to Gurkhan, didn't you? We did it because we love you.
Well, I didn't.
I mean, well I mean, I do, I do love you.
What I'm trying to say is that I didn't know about the potion until you were already out.
Virgil, you went along with Xena after she did it.
-Well, she threatened me.
-It's the truth.
Two can play at that game.
How bad is this? My entire village isn't worth what Gurkhan must have paid for a barrel of that perfumed oil.
Yes, very nice.
Where you from? A distant land you've never heard of beyond China.
So far to the east it's called "the land of the rising sun".
What's your name? -Yo.
-Hi, Yo.
I'm Sophia.
Tell me Does Gurkhan have another wife called Sarah? It's against the rules to talk of the other wives.
Just lookin' for a simple "yes" or "no".
Please Gurkhan will punish us if we break the rules.
Will he spank us? You'll be beaten, manacled, thrown in a dark dungeon and left to die.
Ok, that's all I need to know.
Thanks.
Thinking about someone in particular? Yeah.
My fiance, Leonardo.
Well, you just keep thinking about him.
You think about every moment.
That's what's gonna get you through.
I hope so.
But then sometimes I think I'd rather be dead than in this place.
Be careful of what you ask for.
Who are you? You dare to question the number-one wife? I'm sorry.
I didn't know who you were.
Well, that's a good little dog.
You learn from your first beating.
New girls Listen up.
I am Gurkhan's number-one wife.
And you're all dirt.
I will one day carry his heir.
Eventually my son will rule over Gurkhan's kingdom.
Anyone who comes between me and my lord will feel my wrath.
Believe me That is when you will truly wish you were dead.
Bad dog My lord I bow before the might of Gurkhan, the Magnificent.
I am Superlious, the pirate.
And I search the ends of the Earth for the most beautiful and delicious maidens.
I see vast potential for our mutual satisfactions for, in my stables, I have rare beauties from every part of the world just waiting to be plucked.
Take this one An amazon, warrior queen from Greece.
Strong Savage Independent and untouched by the hands of man.
The untold pleasures that await the one who can tame a creature like this stagger the imagination.
And I offer her to you for now.
A gift.
A token of my good faith.
If it pleases the great one the little flower would like to dance in his honor.
Gurkhan approves of your gift and would like to see her dance.
Xena I have this under control.
Trust me.
She won't have Gurkhan before me.
Were you able to reach her? No.
The place is swarming with guards.
I hope she makes it.
She'll make it.
Nobody misbehaves in Gurkhan's harem.
Tell me, Sophia Why did you have a knife? To make sure none of the other wives got a jump on me.
Are you here simply because you were taken as a slave? I want to be here.
Really? And why is that? Sarah.
I want to give myself to the great Gurkhan.
Are you sure? No other agenda? Yes, one.
I'm listening.
I want to be number-one wife.
Let's just start by calling you Fatima.
Get in! How is she? Peachy.
Thinking about Sarah? Yes and Mother and Father.
Didn't get a chance to say goodbye to them, Xena.
I don't think that Sarah's here.
I've asked She's here.
Now leave it.
Do you think she's in another cell? Don't know.
But I've got an idea how to flush her out.
Gabrielle, you can do it.
You can kill Gurkhan.
Thank you.
Don't thank me.
Just be ready.
Wives of Gurkhan On your faces.
Look up at your peril.
That one.
Fatima.
Tonight you will dance.
I have a request.
Yes? Sarah's head on a plate.
Where did you hear that name? Very well I'll give you Sarah's head.
Gurkhan! How can you do this? I have an idea.
What? Join us, little one.
Take that, ya dirty bastard.
If you're going to do it do it now.
Are you afraid? Afraid like my mother? My father? Like my sister's husband? Right before you cut off their heads.
If I kill you you win.
I become like you.
I hate you.
Sarah What do you want? Is this the ultimate humiliation? Gurkhan's gonna let you two sever my head yourselves Sarah I'm Gabrielle.
This is Xena.
Gabrielle and Xena? Well, that's not possible.
Your mother Lila My sister She told us everything that happened.
We've come to take you home.
Then you're -It's ok.
-No.
-I'm your family.
-Don't touch me.
Get away from me! No! No! Get away from me! Get off of me! Get away! No! No! Nobody blames you, nobody! Everyone understands you were just a child.
It's ok.
It's ok.
It's ok.
I'm so ashamed He killed Father and Grandma and Grandpa.
That must have been so terrible for you.
I didn't know how to handle it.
Life just seemed so brutal.
I thought the only way to survive was to be more vicious than my competition.
I'm so sorry So am I, Sarah.
We should go.
That's impossible.
Gurkhan's security has made this palace invincible.
There's a loophole in the system.
All right, girls We're going on a cruise.
Anyone care to come? What are we waiting for! Gurkhan! Your mother will be so happy to see you How could she ever love me again, after what I've become? You don't know mothers very well, do you? You don't understand.
I've done terrible things.
How can I ever be forgiven? Are you ever in the right company?