Writer:	R.J. Stewart, R.J. Stewart, Robert G. Tapert
Director:	John Fawcett
Star:	Lucy Lawless (Xena),  Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle)
Recurring Role:	Timothy Omundson (Eli),  Ted Raimi (Joxer),  Jennifer Sky (Amarice),  Hudson Leick (Callisto),  Charles Mesure (Archangel Michael)
Guest Star:	Jim McLarty (Pankos),  Jay Ryan (Zortis (uncredited)),  Tamati Rice (Raphael),  David de Lautour (Lief),  Angela Gribben (Laura)

Fallen Angel required around 270 special effects shots, as compared to the usual 50-100 in an episode. (edit) Lucy dubbed lines like "heavy birdie" and "little broken butterfly on the ground" for demon Xena as she prepared to take Gabrielle back to Hell with her, but they decided not to use them. They were meant to show that demon Xena wanted Gabrielle the way that a cat wants a mouse. (edit) This is the first appearance of the Archangel Michael on Xena, but he first appeared in the Xenaverse on the Hercules episode "Revelations", the season finale of Hercules' fifth season. (edit) In season five the show gets a new costume designer Jane Holland and two new head writers, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. (edit) This is the second of a three episode story arc, beginning with "The Ides Of March". (edit)

(Gabby is forced to eat the food of hell, and starts to turn into a demon)
Gabrielle: Callisto! When Xena burned you're family, did you see the fire? Did you? Did you smell their flesh sizzling? You know what I think? You wanted them to die so you'd have a reason to be a bitch! (edit) Archangel Michael: (after preventing Xena from diving into Hell after Gabrielle) Are you insane?!
Xena: Depends who you talk to. (edit) Eli: My friends are dead, because of my teachings. The way of Love. It wasn't the ‘way' for Gabrielle. I was too proud to see that. What good is this gift if I can't at least protect the ones that I love! Why did you even give it to me? What am I supposed to do? You show me! What am I supposed to do?
Callisto: Eli, love is the way. Go to them. (edit) Xena: (after she is changed into a demon, begging Gabrielle to join her) Why not? Gabrielle, the love that we have, it's stronger than Heaven or Hell. It transcends Good or Evil. It's a end in itself. Our souls are destined to be together. Gabrielle, you can't let me walk through Hell alone. (edit) Gabrielle: Xena?
Callisto: Morning, honey. Aren't you the lucky girl?! You get to spend eternity with me! (edit)

Though she never asked for it, Callisto is finally redeemed by Xena in this episode. Xena takes full responsibility for Callisto's crimes and chooses to sacrifice her own soul to redeem her enemy's. (edit) Notice that when Xena is brought back to life, her broken spine has apparently been healed as well. (edit) Xena, Gabrielle, and Callisto all take turns as angels and devils in this episode. (edit) Xena becomes pregnant with Eve at the end of the episode. (edit) Why did Archangel Michael fade out like Xena and Gabrielle? Certainly no one was reviving his body on Earth too. Perhaps it was just to show that all the chaos in paradise had been undone as well. (edit)

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