ULYSSES

Xena and Gabrielle aid THE Ulysses in a fight. Meet Poseidon! (Did you know that Ares is Poseidon's nephew?) He's out to give Ulysses a hard voyage to his kingdom, Ithaca. We learn that Ulysses' wife, Penelope, is dead. Later, Gabrielle distracts a boatload of pirates with a dance while Xena and Ulysses climb onboard. They take over the ship. Gabrielle experiences seasickness. Then Poseidon's storm hits! And the gang fight to pass the Sirens without crashing onto the rocks. (Xena sings.) Suddenly, at night, Ulysses finds the heart to tell Xena that "I think I'm falling in love with you." They kiss. Later, in the daytime, Gabrielle makes Xena promise to follow her own heart and "don't worry about me." Seeing Xena happy would make Gabby happy. Land ho! On Ithaca, we learn that Penelope is alive! (Awkward.) Pirates/suitors are trying to take power. Xena is really hard on Ulysses -convincing him that she doesn't love him. "He needs to decide whether he wants to stay here without thinking about me," explains Xena. Soon, Ulysses (dressed as a peasant) strings the bow for kingship. (Xena secretly helped!) A fight! The scumbags are exterminated and Ulysses realizes Xena had put up a front. But she convinces him to stay with his wife. "Go home." She teaches us that the best reward in life is to make someone you care about happy.