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?
m*rder.
Give me that.
Does the name Thelassa
mean anything to you, Xena?
Perhaps you've k*lled 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 k*lled 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 a 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...
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 k*ll the girls.
It was an empty thr*at.
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 k*ll
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, m*rder*r.
Don't get too close,
she's a k*ller.
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 k*lled 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!
Have mercy! I beg you!
Give me one more chance!
Please! I beg you!
This woman k*lled 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 k*ll you.
Isn't this your lucky day?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I heard you k*lled 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?
Are you okay?
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.
m*rder*r.
Chain her.
An altar for the souls
of the dead...
Or is it just for the souls of
the people you've k*lled, Xena?
Well, it looks like
you've miscounted.
You know, it would have been
far better for you, and for me...
if ya had k*lled 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 m*rder
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 Kn*fe.
A healers' Kn*fe?
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, um...
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.
Okay.
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 m*rder...
Your m*rder.
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.
Oh, 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...
k*ll 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.