Atlantis - 'The Marriage of True Minds' and 'The Day of the Dead'

Not the wedding episode.

The wedding of Ariadne and Telemon is now arranged, but first the groom insists his bride visit his father's kingdom. It's all a trap of course, as Telemon is working with Pasiphae to lure the Queen into an incompetent ambush.

In 'The Day of the Dead', the survivors of the ambush are holed up in a necropolis and pursued by zombies. Hercules and Pythagoras have to protect Ariadne and their travelling companions Orpheus and Eurydice, while Jason has a bit of an Enemy Mine situation going on with Pasiphae's sidekick, the Colchean sorceress Medea.

Hey everyone! It's Ronald Pickup!

If we learned one thing from Merlin, it's that other significant mythological figures don't have a good time in these things, but hey, it's a great to see Ronald Pickup and Sian Thomas bringing a spot of class to the proceedings as Orpheus and Eurydice, even if we're pretty sure something bad will happen to one or more of them. Speaking of bad things, a lot of bad things happen in these two episodes, which end with many dead and at least three lingering abdominal wounds.

'The Marriage of True Minds' is a pretty standard episode, but 'The Day of the Dead' is a thoughtful exploration of what drives the various characters, in particular Amy Manson's Medea. Her interaction with Jason actually makes him more interesting, and the confrontation between Jason's desire to see the best in everyone and the suspicion of his companions is all the more gripping for the final twist of the episode.