A Fistful of Dinars


SYNOPSIS:

Known as the "sustenance of the gods," ambrosia has the power to transform any mortal into a god. Xena and Gabrielle team up with unlikely accomplices -- Thersites, a desperate assassin, and Petracles, a ruthless warlord (and Xena's former lover) - to find the Lost Treasure of the Sumerians. Within the dark caverns of Mount Poulis, the foursome battle to overcome greed and a desperate desire for immortality. Thersites and Petracles hate each other, and Gabrielle is attracted to Petracles, which worries Xena. She threatens to kill him if he hurts her friend, but he protests that he's a changed man. Once they have found the treasure, Thersites turns on the group and mortally wounds Petracles; in return, he kills Thersites and dies in Xena's arms, confessing that he never stopped loving her.


DISCLAIMER:

No Ambrosia was Spilled, Spoiled or in any way harmed during the production of this motion picture. (Thanks to the indefinite shelf life of marshmallows.)


PRODUCTION:

PROD #
        76918
SEASON/EP
        1-14
WRITER
        Steven L. Sears & R.J. Stewart
DIRECTOR
        Josh Becker
1ST US AIR
        1/29/96


CREDITS:

Starring
        LUCY LAWLESS
Also Starring
        RENEE O'CONNOR
Guest Stars
        JEREMY ROBERTS
        PETER DAUBE

Music by
        JOSEPH LO DUCA
Developed by
        R.J. STEWART
Co-Producer
        LIZ FRIEDMAN
Produced by
        ERIC GRUENDEMANN
Supervising Producer
        STEVEN L. SEARS
Co-Executive Producer
        R.J. STEWART
Executive Producer
        SAM RAIMI
Executive Producer
        ROBERT TAPERT

Created by
        JOHN SCHULIAN
        ROBERT TAPERT
Written by
        STEVEN L. SEARS
        R.J. STEWART
Directed by
        JOSH BECKER
Coordinating Producer
        BERNADETTE JOYCE
Line Producer
        CHLOE SMITH

Co-Starring
        Lycus
                RICHARD FOULKES JR.
        Calicus
                HUNTLY ELIOTT
        Head Villager
                MERV SMITH
        Marleus
                JOHN SMITH
        Klonig
                LAWRENCE WHARERAU