Writer:	Richard Clark
Director:	Brad Goodchild
Star:	David Kaye (Cronus),  Kelly Sheridan (Theresa),  Doron Bell (Odie),  Sam Vincent - DUPLICATE (Archie),  Kirby Morrow (Jay),  Ted Cole (Neil),  Meghan Black (Atlanta),  Ty Olsson (Herry)
Recurring Role:	Bruce Greenwood (Chiron),  Brian Drummond (Hermes/Hephaestus),  Patricia Drake (Hera)
Guest Star:	Michael Dangerfield (Dionysus),  Britt McKillip (Hope)

This is one of the few episodes where Cronus doesn't appear, or send something to attack them (the only other episode where this also happens is "Sibling Rivalry"). (edit) Archie comes to realize that he is immune to sickness and disease, although he is probably also invulnerable to most types of weapons, a genetic inheritance from Achilles. This could also explain why Ares gave him the razor-wire Hephaestus Whip, since Archie wouldn't be able to accidently cut off his own limbs. (edit) The title seems to be a play on 'Little Shop of Horrors'. (edit)

Herry: (sees the Seeper) No. We are not fighting that thing! (edit) Archie: So you don't remember the dancing?

Atlanta: Dancing?

(Herry and Odie, stage one, dancing)

Herry and Odie: (singing loudly and off-key) All around the cobblers bench, the monkey chased the weasel...!

Theresa: Dionysus? Some of that cure, and FAST! (edit) Theresa: Maybe its a good thing you opened that box. (Hope disappears) You brought a little hope in the world. (edit) Neil: What is this! I thought she was going to help, but then she just disappears? (edit) Archie: I wish there was something I could do...

Hope: There is something you can do, even in the darkest places. Hope.

Archie: Yeah, or fight. (edit)

In the show, it is Dionysus who discovers a cure for the virus. In Greek mythology, Dionysus' opposite is Apollo and he happens to be the god of healing and medicine, until his son took over that. (edit) Achilles' spear could only be wielded by him because of its immense weight. Therefore, even though Archie is his descendent, he shouldn't have been able to fight with the spear. (edit)

"Pandora's Box" that was mentioned in this episode is actually from the legend about the woman Pandora from Greek Mythology.

Pandora was the only mortal that the Gods all gave a gift to. Hephaestus created a statue, giving Pandora form, and it was Zeus who gave her life. She was given a great skill in spinning and weaving by Athena, and Aphrodite made her beautiful. Many gifts from the Gods later, she was given a gift from Hermes--- he gave her a carved golden box and told her she could never open. But the next gift he gave her was the gift of curiosity, and finally, curiosity got the better of her, and she opened the box, unleashing disease, crime, poverty, everything bad the world now faces. She was only able to put one creature back into the box, which was Forboding. Had this creature been allowed to roam the earth, everyone would know what misfortune they would face in their lives.

Reference: Gods, Demigods, and Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology, written by Bernard Evslin, '75. (edit)