A Tale of Two Muses

• Xena responds to Gabrielle's poem about the season only when it gets to something aproaching 'intimacy.'
  • "Life's brutal truths unsoftened by it's tender mercies," reads Gabrielle
    "You know, I like that," responds Xena.
• Gabrielle tries to persuade Tara to stay away from the town.
  • "I think that you should stay with us."
• Xena gropes Gabrielle while they go to bed.
  • "I gotta dance," says Gabrielle, rising from her blanket.
  • Xena whips out her hand and pushes Gabrielle down, leaving her hand on Gabrielle's chest a little longer than is necessary.
  • "Go to sleep," mumbles Xena.
• Instructing the children in dance, Xena refers to Gabrielle, saying "My lovely assistant and I will put it together," and then they dance together.
• When the children come out dancing for their parents, Tara and Gabrielle dance together in the foreground.
• The episode ends with a slow motion hug between Xena and Gabrielle.

Notes:
If "Footloose" needs anything, it is a parady, not a tribute. At least Tara was not as annoying in this episode as she was in "Forgiven."
Also, all the main characters in this episode end up dancing with a male partner except Gabrielle; she always dances with females.
Oh, and this episode was directed by Michael Hurst.