-> Story by Creator/RJStewart and Creator/RopertTapert
-> Teleplay by Creator/RJStewart
-> Directed by Creator/OleySassone

Xena is betrayed when she journeys to the Kingdom of Chin to settle a debt from her dark past.

!Tropes

* FailedASpotCheck: Averted. The usually oblivious Gabrielle manages to spot someone hidden in the trees for once.
-->'''Gabrielle:''' There's somebody in the shadows by the poplar tree.
-->'''Xena:''' [''looking proud of Gabrielle''] I know.
* HomoeroticSubtext: When Xena thought Lao Ma was trying to draw Borias away from her, she responds by sticking a knife into a plate of meat.
-->'''Xena:''' That's my piece of meat you're reaching for
-->'''Lao Ma:''' You're wrong. I don't eat meat.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Ming Tzu sets Xena up to be hunted as punishment for kidnapping his son.
* InASingleBound: Xena jumps from the bottom of a moat to the second floor of a building.
* LuredIntoATrap: Instead of the Green Dragon, Xena finds Gabrielle in the bed who confessed she had already told the authorities of the assassination.
* MultiPartEpisode
* PositiveFriendInfluence: Xena revealed to Gabrielle that the reason she tried to kill Lao Ma was not because she was jealous, but because she recognized her ability to change Borias to a good person.
* PressurePoint: Xena uses The Pinch on a guard in the flashback... only this time she has no intention of undoing it, leaving him to die.
* PsychicPowers: Lao Ma can send people flying with this. Xena learned this the hard way when she tried to kill her.
* StealthExpert: Xena proved to be one when she managed to enter the kingdom undetected.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Much of the episode is a continuation of the [[Recap/XenaS02E12Destiny previous flashback episode]].
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No Frock Tarts were killed during the production of this motion picture although they wish they had been.]]''