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On these and other bombshells we open this week's episode with the inauguration of the new Oracle, Cassandra, who immediately announces that the Gods are pissed as hell with all these shenanigans and the vain-taking of their names and justice. It strikes me that this is a very real problem that a would-be usurper like Pasiphae might have taken into account, living as she does in a land of real and vengeful deities (indeed, that this was the purpose of her various schemes to marry Ariadne to her henchling in Season 1.)
While Ariadne is subjected to the dreaded Colchean stare-eyes torture (in fairness, this is actually done pretty well, with top-notch intensity from Ariadne, Medea and Pasiphae,) Medusa hatches a scheme with Pythagoras. With the aid of his friends, Daedalus and his son Icarus, he breaks into the temple and steals Pandora's Box. In order to atone for the Oracle's murder, she drugs Hercules and transforms herself back into the Gorgon, before allowing Jason to decapitate her and use her as a weapon of mass destruction.
This leads to a confrontation in which Jason nearly kills Pasiphae, before she reveals that she is his mother. This apparently leads Medea to assume that she and Jason are totally going to do it in the impromptu statue garden, but he assures her he just finds her creepy and walks out with the blindfolded Ariadne.
"You only need my head; my body will just slow you down."
Atlantis has always had a dark streak, but this is some heavy shit, from the murder of Ariadne's loyal guard captain to Jason cutting his friend's head off to use as a death ray. Hercules is, understandably, pissed as hell, and Pythagoras guilt-wracked. Fun, fun, fun.
In terms of dramatic punch and performances, this is a career best for the series, sadly coming after the decision to cancel at the end of Series 2. Still, there's always Olympus to keep us going over on Spike.
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