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When the writers go for a comedic episode they usually strike gold. And
Comedy Of Eros continues that streak. The story had Xena and Gabrielle
protecting a temple of Hestian virgins from the warlord Draco who plans
to sell them to the highest bidder. Now this would normallly be a
straight-forward story until Cupid's baby, Bliss, takes his dad'sfamous
quiver of love-tipped arrows and starts shooting randomly at everyone.
And what makes the story funny is how each person falls for another
particular person as in Xena for Draco, Gabrielle for Joxer, and Draco
for Gabrielle. Xena does her best to reign in her sudden overwhelming
emotions for Draco but she realizes she still has a job to do in
protecting those virgins. This is a wonderful episode with laughs
aplenty and enough action to remind you this is still an action/fantasy
show. Lucy Lawless is superb in a performance that lets her show her
comedic side a lot. A nice change of pace for Xena and her friends in
this wacky offering.
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