PAST IMPERFECT

Xena finally tells Gabby about the crucifixion vision. In response, Gabrielle tries to keep Xena from being so overprotective. They're on their way to a place called Actus to warn the people about an army. However, the village is attacked as soon as they arrive. Xena soon gets blown up against a wall by a fireball and has a flashback. (Poor Xena...she sees the future and the past these days!) "I was attacking Corinth like this." She also recalls poisoning their grain. This triggers the discovery that the grain in Actus has also been poisoned! However, Xena's more concerned about the water supply. They break down the dam. Next, Xena remembers having her enemies killed and thrown into the river. Lo and behold, out of the water comes a band of her present day enemies! Retreat! (Xena also notices that they are at the foothills of the same mountain where her vision takes place -but Gabrielle won't hear any of it.) We see a clip from the past of Xena, Borias, Dagnine, and some centaurs. Xena becomes paranoid once again at the remembrance of her desire to crucify her enemies. She soon figures out that whoever is attacking Actus is using her own tactics against her! "How do I defeat myself?" Yes, the topic of crucifixion comes up yet again but Gabrielle refuses to leave. Later, we see Xena sneak into the enemy's tunnel and get shot by a small poison dart. This is when the mastermind is revealed as Satrina, Xena's former servant. Fml. Xena falls to the ground. Soon, we see more flashback action of Satrina giving Xena a potion just before Xena gives birth. Borias then comes to take Xena away (he had sided with the centaurs) for the sake of their love and their son. But, just when he thinks he has Satrina on his side, she stabs him in the leg and tells him about her empirical destiny. Borias flees and she calls Dagnine (who hadn't sided with the centaurs) after him with a lie. They fight. Xena gives birth. Dagnine stabs Borias in the back. Xena lets Borias get a glimpse of his son as she and Satrina escape. Back in present day, Xena is rambling on about Borias and suddenly reveals that she has had some of the antidote to the poison before she ever even came into the tunnel. "Which means your poison dart did nothing." She takes control of the situation and blames Satrina for the death of Borias and even Solan (since, had Borias lived, both Xena and Solan would have probably had a different fate). The guards from both camps suddenly appear. Fight! Satrina gets buried in the collapse of the tunnel. Later, by campfire, Xena and Gabrielle discuss the funny thing about destiny. "You can't ignore it; can't rely on it." Xena calls her vision a "prophecy." "No one said anything about a prophecy," says Gabrielle, adding that it could just be a warning or a sign or a guide. At Gabrielle's mentioning of Alti, Xena makes a segue onto the topic of Borias. She tells Gabby about the night when she gave baby Solan into the care of the centaur, Kaleipus. This memory is truly haunting for Xena and Gabrielle comforts her friend.