This episode is a break from the norm of the series, being set during the French revolution. It is in the same vein of 'Xena: Warrior Princess'' popular 1940s-set episode 'The Xena Scrolls'. However, whereas 'The Xena Scrolls' has a definite charm to it, sadly I find this episode to be very messy and not as much fun as it should be. I really want to like it more than I do, but find it hard to do so for various reasons.
The episode follows the template set by 'The Xena Scrolls' of using an unusual time-period surrounding as the basis for what is essentially as clip show. They obviously had a lot of fun filming it, but as I say, it doesn't completely work on-screen, and is not the minor classic that it might have been.
Marie de Valle is played by Danielle Cormack, who plays the recurring role of Amazon Ephiny in 'Xena: Warrior Princess'. She fits into the episode well, seeing as she's usually more at home on 'Xena'.
Being set in France, the actors get to try out French accents with varying success (the producers toyed with the idea whether to just do it in American or not). Michael Hurst sounds pretty spot on, and Robert Trebor and Danielle Cormack are reasonable, but Kevin Sorbo's for the most part is rather questionable!
One fun thing with the accents in this episode though, is that at points a character will say something in a really deep French accent, then give up and just do it in American!
I think part of the reason this episode isn't as great as it might have been, is due to the fact that the characters aren't really all that likeable. It is not until the climax of the story, that I started to remotely warm to them.
I think the thing that let this episode down was the script. It was a great idea for a clip show surrounding, and they obviously loved filming it, but the script is messy, as well as as I mentioned not having overly likable characters until quite late on.moreless
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The year was 1789, Count Francois Demarigny was not interested in joining the French Revolution, he just wanted the lady Marie deValle's money. He pretended to be the Chartreuse Fox, and his comrades Jean-Pierre and Robert pretended to be highwaymen. But the Lady Marie outsmarted them, for she herself was the Chartreuse Fox. When she was captured by the French police and taken to the guillotine, tales of Hercules - champion of the common man - inspired Robert and his friends to take action. They freed Marie, gave strength to the peasants and vowed to continue fighting injustice.moreless
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TRIVIA (1)
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This is the only clip show of Xena or Hercules to feature a clip from a clip show. The clip of the lady telling Hercules her village is under attack and they need her help is from "Cave of Echoes", season two's clip show.
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QUOTES (4)
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Robert: Eet cannot 'urt to leestin, Jean-Pierre.
Jean-Pierre: What?!
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Robert: (after he and Jean-Pierre fight soldiers with fish as weapons) Just for ze halibut!
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Jean-Pierre: (fighting side by side with Robert) Deja vu! Robert: It does seem familiar.
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Robert: (to the French soldier he is beating easily) You need help, monsieur. (when a second soldier joins the fight) I was kidding.
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NOTES (4)
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Clips used in this episode are: A compilation of moments from: 'Gladiator' (1st season), 'The Lady And The Dragon' (3rd season), 'Hercules and The Lost Kingdom' (second movie), 'The Gauntlet' (first season), 'Centaur Mentor Journey' (2nd season), 'Eye of the Beholder' (1st season), 'Once A Hero' (2nd season), 'Doomsday' (3rd season), 'The King of Thieves' (2nd season), 'The Wedding of Alcmene' (2nd season), 'The Green-Eyed Monster' (3rd season), 'Mummy Dearest' (3rd season), 'Cave Of Echoes' (2nd season) and 'When A Man Loves A Woman' (3rd season).
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Kevin Sorbo rates this amongst his five personal favourite episodes of the series.
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This was Danielle Cormack's favorite guest starring role in the Hercules universe. This is also her first appearance on Hercules, normally appearing on Xena as the Amazon Ephiny.
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Disclaimer: The French accents depicted in this motion picture are entirely fictious. Any similarity to actual accents, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Vive La Revolution!
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Robert: Well, one for all and all for Marie, eh? This is a paraphrase of the motto of Alexander Dumas' fictional characters the three Musketeers, which is, "All for one and one for all".
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Jean-Pierre: So, what shall we call ourselves? Robert: What about Robert Hood? Well, we take from the rich and give to the poor, eh? Francois: It's too English. Jean-Pierre: Oh, I know! How about ze Powerful Rangers! Francois: Haha! No. Oh, this is it, this is it! Now, imagine a banner, our portraits in profile, gothic block letters across the top, and it says- The Four Muskrats! These are three different allusions, the first to the English outlaw/freedom fighter Robin Hood, next live action cartoon The Power Rangers, and finally the Alexander Dumas novel The Three Musketeers.
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The Chartreuse Fox is a play on the fictional character the Scarlet Pimpernel, an undercover agent rescuing the French aristocracy during the French Revolution. It was made into a movie starring Leslie Howard, and later into a tv mini-series starring Richard E. Grant.
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The title "Les Contemptibles" is a take-off on the novel of the French Revolution Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.
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