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Context Recap / XenaS02E19Ulysses

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1	-> Written by Creator/RJStewart
2	-> Directed by Creator/MichaelLevine
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4	Xena and Gabrielle help Ulysses on a sea voyage to reunite with his wife.
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6	!Tropes
7	* BeautifulSingingVoice: Xena brings it out to outsing the Sirens.
8	* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Xena tries to deny her affections for Ulysses to get him back to his wife. He doesn't believe her, but agrees to stay in the end.
9	* CallBack: Ulysses knows that Xena [[Recap/XenaS01E12BewareGreeksBearingGifts helped the Trojans]]. She insists she was there to help Helen, but he doesn't begrudge her in the slightest.
10	* ContinuityNod: Xena remarks she's blinded a Cyclops, too, which was established in [[Recap/XenaS01E01SinsOfThePast the first episode]].
11	* EasilyForgiven: Ulysses doesn't hold Xena helping the Trojans against the Greeks against her.
12	* EvilLaugh: Poseidon, as he leaves the heroes.
13	* GreenAroundTheGills: Gabrielle finds out she has a ''severe'' case of seasickness. Doubly funny after she tries to get Xena to appreciate nature.
14	* NotQuiteDead:
15	** Ulysses had been told by some fishermen that Penelope was killed while searching for him, but she's very much alive. He realizes the fishermen were lying on behalf of Poseidon in order to break his resolve.
16	** Just about everyone on Ithaca believes that Ulysses is long dead.
17	* PapaWolf: Poseidon hounds Ulysses for blinding Polyphemus.
18	* PerformerGuise: Gabrielle disguises herself as a dancer as a distraction so that Xena and Ulysses can hijack a boat.
19	* ThePowerOfRock: Xena breaks Ulysses out of his trance by outsinging the sirens.
20	%%* ProngsOfPoseidon: Naturally, Poseidon has them.
21	* SarcasmMode:
22	** Xena has tons of fun with Gabrielle's seasickness given the episode's first conversation:
23	--->'''Xena:''' Hey, Gabrielle, how’s it hanging? Yep, the peaceful grandeur of the sea sure has a kick to it, doesn’t it? [[IronicEcho Maybe you should just close your eyes and smell the seagulls.]]\
24	'''Gabrielle:''' Xena, I will remember that, in my moment of misery, you chose levity rather than sympathy.
25	** After the heroes refuse to be intimidated, Poseidon departs with a mocking, "Have a nice voyage."
26	* TakingTheBullet: Ulysses takes an arrow meant for Gabrielle. Xena berates him for this as she could have easily stopped it with her chakram.
27	* WarIsHell: Ulysses describes the Trojan War as ten years of bloody madness that he wants to put behind him.
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Context Recap / XenaS02E19Ulysses