Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series)

The God You Know (2001)

Lucy Lawless: Xena

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• Gabrielle : [Villagers lie dead in a field. Xena and Gabrielle walk through them]  Xena, what kind of animal would do this?

  Xena : [Michael appears. Xena suddenly draws her sword on him]  What do you *want*, Michael?

  Archangel Michael : I sense hostility. I want you to know I'm all right with that.

  Xena : Well, that is big of you, considering last time you saw me, you tried to have me cast down into *Hell*...

  Archangel Michael : Desperate times warrant desperate measures.

  [pause] 

  Archangel Michael : As you see, some new desperate times have arrived.

  Xena : [referring to the dead innocent villagers]  Who *did* this?

  Archangel Michael : Caligula.

  [pause] 

  Archangel Michael : You know his reputation.

  Xena : He's a psycho, a sex addict and a murderer; your run-of-the-mill Roman emperor...

  Gabrielle : And he thinks he's a God.

  Archangel Michael : No, he *is* a God.

  Xena : He's immortal? But how did that happen?

  Archangel Michael : I don't know. What's important is that the God of Eli gave you the power to kill Gods. You're the only one who can stop Caligula. He killed Tiberius in order to gain power - murdered every last member of his family. He's slain anybody who won't swear allegiance to his Cult of Blood. He wants to write his name into the history books as one of the Great Gods of the Pantheon. And he'll destroy anyone who won't submit to him.

  Xena : Including angels, no doubt.

  Archangel Michael : [smirks]  And, uh, the followers of Eli.

  Xena : [pause]  If anything's happened to Eve, Michael...

  Archangel Michael : Not yet, but your daughter has the courage of her convictions. She's gone to confront Caligula's persecution.

  Gabrielle : Eve's in Rome?

  Xena : [aggressively]  If I find out that you're behind *any* of this, Michael, I swear, I...

  Archangel Michael : As you well know, Xena, your daughter obeys a higher power than me.

  Xena : Michael, don't forget; if I can kill Gods... I can kill angels, too!

• Xena : [as Michael appears and raises his sword above Aphrodite]  *MICHAEL*!

  [Xena runs and kicks Michael in the face] 

  Xena : You tried to get Caligula to kill Eve to force my hand. Now, you go after my girlfriends! That's *not* gonna happen!

  [pause] 

  Xena : Bring it on!

  [Xena and Michael fight] 

• Caligula : Well, the demon with wings said that if I spilt her blood it would ensure my legacy as the greatest of all Gods.

  Xena : The demon with wings?

  [she pauses and realizes that Michael was who Caligula was referring to] 

  Xena : Ah.

• Caligula : Lust and violence or truth and hope.

  [pause] 

  Caligula : Hm-m, I think I'll stick with the status quo.

  [he takes a dagger and poses to kill Eve] 

  Xena : [walks in]  Oh, fabulous.

  Eve : [angry]  What?

  Xena : Caligula, what on Earth did you think you were doing?

  Eve : [Eve turns over to her mother and walks over to her]  I don't NEED you, to interfere with my missi-

  [Xena punches her down] 

  Eve : Ugh!

  Xena : Granted she's a bit irritating, but why here and now?

• Xena : [Ares jumps on Xena and prevents her from stabbing Caligula]  ARES, YOU FOOL! What do you think you're doing?

  Ares : I can't let you kill my sister!

  Xena : What?

  Xena : Aphrodite and Caligula's lives are bound together. If he dies, you destroy her, too!