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In case you don't remember it - and I'll be honest, it's not hard, there were a lot of Xena knock-offs in the late 90s and early 2000s - The Adventures of Aella the Amazon (Les Aventures d'Aella l'Amazone) was a French and Canadian co-production that ran from 1998 through 2004. It starred a young Laetitia Casta as Aella and even younger Emilie Dequenne as her cousin Menippe, with a young Eva Green as a recurring nemesis turned ally turned friend. Fun stuff, even if it was so very, very cheesy. What do you remember most about it?
I put together a quick episode guide with some of my comments in case you forgot anything.
Season 1
1 - Aella the Amazon (pilot part 1)
2 - Aella the Adventurer (pilot part 2)
3 - The Plight of Pegasus
4 - The Madness of Medusa
5 - The Walls (Trojan War part 1)
6 - The Horse (Trojan War part 2)
7 - Echoes of Troy
8 - Agave's Ambition (first appearance of Agave, in full villain mode - chew that scenery, girl!)
9 - City of Sages
10 - The Vengeance of Medusa (seeing Aella, Menippe and Agave screaming as they slowly turned to stone freaked me out when I first watched the episode)
Season 2
1 - Revival (the CGI for the de-petrification was pretty good for the time, don't you think? Admittedly, they did kind of drop the '800 years just passed us by' pretty quick)
2 - Strange New World (like, this is the last episode the time jump is more than mentioned, right?)
3 - Liars and Lyres in Laodicea (the first musical episode!)
4 - Lament for Leto
5 - Sayid the Scoundrel! (Tony Shalhoub was perfect casting for the swashbuckling Sinbad expy, don't you think?)
6 - Sayid the Sailor! (Samir! I loved his flirtatious relationship with Menippe, they had such great chemistry)
7 - Agave Escapes
8 - The Pickpocket of Phocaea
9 - Agave in Alexandria
10 - Wrath of Poseidon
Season 3
1 - Scythia
2 - The Horse Lords (yay! the centaurs! loved these guys)
3 - The Furies of the North
4 - The Giant Ones (Bigfoot)
5 - Warriors of the Steppe (Scythian Amazons part 1)
6 - Rulers of the Steppe (Scythian Amazons part 2)
7 - Whispers in the Woods
8 - Agave's Anger
9 - Agave's Agony
10 - The Golden Fleece
Season 4
1 - Sailing the Sea
2 - The Terror of the Tarasque
3 - Menippe in the Arena (Emilie Dequenne and Eva Green were so great here)
4 - Song of the Siren
5 - Misadventures in Massalia
6 - The Warrior Queen (Lucy Lawless' guest appearance launched a thousand shippers. didn't it?)
7 - Might of the Minotaur
8 - Revenge of the Centaurs
9 - Sayid and Son!
10 - Agave in Alalia (Green was fantastic in the completion of her heel-face turn)
Season 5
1 - The King of Macedon (Vincent Cassel was sooo good as Alexander)
2 - Bitter Parting (it really pissed me off when they just wrote Aella off like that - they'd never even shown us the Iberian Amazons before and now she's their Queen, kaybye? What crap!)
3 - The Last Riddle of Aristotle
4 - Alexander's Alchemist
5 - Perils and Promises in Persepolis (the second musical episode!)
6 - Sayid the Seeker!
7 - Beyond the Caspian Gates
8 - The Sinister Schemes of Alexander
9 - Alexander Against the Amazons
10 - Gog and Magog
Season 6
1 - More Misadventures in Massalia
2 - Night of Terror
3 - Day of Terror
4 - Summons of the Siren
5 - Mysteries and Muses in Marathon (the third musical episode!)
6 - Dark Knight of the Soul
7 - Prelude to War
8 - Wrath of the Amazons (Amazon Civil War part 1)
9 - Woes of the Amazons (Amazon Civil War part 2)
10 - Wonders of the Amazons (Amazon Civil War part 3; not gonna lie, I teared up a little when they cut to credits after Menippe and Samir's wedding)
I put together a quick episode guide with some of my comments in case you forgot anything.
Season 1
1 - Aella the Amazon (pilot part 1)
2 - Aella the Adventurer (pilot part 2)
3 - The Plight of Pegasus
4 - The Madness of Medusa
5 - The Walls (Trojan War part 1)
6 - The Horse (Trojan War part 2)
7 - Echoes of Troy
8 - Agave's Ambition (first appearance of Agave, in full villain mode - chew that scenery, girl!)
9 - City of Sages
10 - The Vengeance of Medusa (seeing Aella, Menippe and Agave screaming as they slowly turned to stone freaked me out when I first watched the episode)
Season 2
1 - Revival (the CGI for the de-petrification was pretty good for the time, don't you think? Admittedly, they did kind of drop the '800 years just passed us by' pretty quick)
2 - Strange New World (like, this is the last episode the time jump is more than mentioned, right?)
3 - Liars and Lyres in Laodicea (the first musical episode!)
4 - Lament for Leto
5 - Sayid the Scoundrel! (Tony Shalhoub was perfect casting for the swashbuckling Sinbad expy, don't you think?)
6 - Sayid the Sailor! (Samir! I loved his flirtatious relationship with Menippe, they had such great chemistry)
7 - Agave Escapes
8 - The Pickpocket of Phocaea
9 - Agave in Alexandria
10 - Wrath of Poseidon
Season 3
1 - Scythia
2 - The Horse Lords (yay! the centaurs! loved these guys)
3 - The Furies of the North
4 - The Giant Ones (Bigfoot)
5 - Warriors of the Steppe (Scythian Amazons part 1)
6 - Rulers of the Steppe (Scythian Amazons part 2)
7 - Whispers in the Woods
8 - Agave's Anger
9 - Agave's Agony
10 - The Golden Fleece
Season 4
1 - Sailing the Sea
2 - The Terror of the Tarasque
3 - Menippe in the Arena (Emilie Dequenne and Eva Green were so great here)
4 - Song of the Siren
5 - Misadventures in Massalia
6 - The Warrior Queen (Lucy Lawless' guest appearance launched a thousand shippers. didn't it?)
7 - Might of the Minotaur
8 - Revenge of the Centaurs
9 - Sayid and Son!
10 - Agave in Alalia (Green was fantastic in the completion of her heel-face turn)
Season 5
1 - The King of Macedon (Vincent Cassel was sooo good as Alexander)
2 - Bitter Parting (it really pissed me off when they just wrote Aella off like that - they'd never even shown us the Iberian Amazons before and now she's their Queen, kaybye? What crap!)
3 - The Last Riddle of Aristotle
4 - Alexander's Alchemist
5 - Perils and Promises in Persepolis (the second musical episode!)
6 - Sayid the Seeker!
7 - Beyond the Caspian Gates
8 - The Sinister Schemes of Alexander
9 - Alexander Against the Amazons
10 - Gog and Magog
Season 6
1 - More Misadventures in Massalia
2 - Night of Terror
3 - Day of Terror
4 - Summons of the Siren
5 - Mysteries and Muses in Marathon (the third musical episode!)
6 - Dark Knight of the Soul
7 - Prelude to War
8 - Wrath of the Amazons (Amazon Civil War part 1)
9 - Woes of the Amazons (Amazon Civil War part 2)
10 - Wonders of the Amazons (Amazon Civil War part 3; not gonna lie, I teared up a little when they cut to credits after Menippe and Samir's wedding)