Story by Carl Ellsworth and RJ Stewart
Teleplay by Carl Ellsworth
Directed by Michael Hurst
Xena and Gabrielle disguise themselves to help the late Cleopatra.
Tropes
- Assassination Attempt: Cleopatra, by the usual myth of snake bite.
- Beauty Is Never Tarnished: After taking a brutal beating from Brutus, Gabrielle bears no injuries the next day.
- Dead Person Impersonation: Xena takes the place of the deceased Cleopatra to continue the negotiations she was in the middle of and find her killer.
- Duel of Seduction: Both Anthony and Xena have the intention of seducing the other in order to get what they want. In a twist, both of them end up falling in love with each other.
- Enemy Civil War: Xena seeks to exploit the conflict between Brutus and Antony by pitting the two against each other in a ship battle.
- Insert Song: Natalie Merchant's Carnival plays as Xena continues her seduction of Antony.
- Instant Seduction: Xena as Cleopatra manages to get Anthony to fall for her in record time. Unfortunately for her, he does the same.
- Spaghetti Kiss: Xena feeds Antony a strawberry and kisses him with it afterwards.
- Written-In Absence: Xena leaves Eve with her mother offscreen to avoid having a baby in the middle of such a dark and complicated plot.
