I remember this episode! Of course, Gabrielle falls in the lava pit because she has to be torchered SOMEHOW, but not only that, Ares was ALL over Xena and was like "Notice me, I'm a hunk". Xena was like "GAAAAAABRIELLE" the whole time. It was great. Well... and sad.
And in this episode of "As the Gabrielle Gets Kidnapped" Gabrielle gets captured by Cannibals. That wasn't a very funny episode either since she almost died. But there were some good subtext moments and Xena had some good butt-kicking scenes.
