It's easy to forget that Lucy Lawless is a phenomenal actress with huge range. This episode is an hilarious reminder that she can play not-Xena roles with such aplomb that within seconds you're watching an entirely different character who just happens to look superficially similar.
Add in Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi chewing the scenery as Autolycus and Joxer and you've got the winning formula for a winning episode that serves as a welcome palette cleanser between the all-too-serious ones in Season 4.
Don't take it so seriously: sometimes it's OK to just laugh out loud, rather than to analyse the sub-sub-sub-text.
Add in Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi chewing the scenery as Autolycus and Joxer and you've got the winning formula for a winning episode that serves as a welcome palette cleanser between the all-too-serious ones in Season 4.
Don't take it so seriously: sometimes it's OK to just laugh out loud, rather than to analyse the sub-sub-sub-text.
