VHS : Xena - Warrior Princess - 1.14 / 1.15 / 1.16 - A Fistful Of Dinars / Warrior... Princess / Mortal Beloved

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Universal finally get around to releasing three of the best episodes from Season One of Xena: Warrior Princess.

A Fistful of Dinars, the weakest episode on this tape, sees Xena and Gabrielle joining forces with some dodgy characters to search for ancient Sumerian treasure - and (for the first time on the show) Ambrosia. Good action scenes, good characterisation and a chance to learn a bit more about Xena's past.

Warrior...Princess is the comedy highlight of the season. Xena is asked to impersonate her exact lookalike Princess Diana in a attempt to thwart potential assassins. This leads to lots of camp action and fun with mistaken identities, with Lucy Lawless doing what she does so well - is it Xena playing Diana, Diana playing Xena....or Xena playing herself? Hilarious!

Mortal Beloved is one of the all-time highlights of the show. Someone has stolen Hades' Helmet of Invisibility, and is sending good souls to Tartarus and evil ones to the Elysian Fields. Xena's dead ex-lover Marcus (who we first met in The Path Not Taken) is released from the underworld for 48 hours to help her retrieve the helmet. Great action scenes and special efects, plus some really touching scenes between Xena and Marcus. (And Xena gets to go to the Underworld!) Excellent!