I think this is probably everyone's favorite! Which is kind of crazy considering it was basically put together as a "bottle episode" after they blew through a ton of their budget on "The Debt I& II" and "The Bitter Suite": OAAA required a fair number of stunties, but only one extra speaking role, a single interior, and exteriors that could be filmed anywhere, so it didn't require much in the way of resources. Who could've guessed it would turn out this good?

I've said this before, but it was a real shame that the writers, Gene O'Neil and Noreen Tobin (a pair of freelancers who otherwise wrote for Hercules), were never given the chance to write another Xena script, because they totally nailed it. The director, Paul Lynch, helmed exactly one other episode, but that was "Crusader" in S4 -- another episode with crazy good action (that also admittedly goes a little too over the top towards the end, but ya gotta love it).

In fact, I think I may go watch it again right now...