Writer:	Chris Manheim
Director:	John Laing
Star:	Lucy Lawless (Xena),  Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle)
Recurring Role:	Bruce Campbell (Autolycus)
Guest Star:	Ben Baker (deckhand),  Toby Fisher (Petrodis),  Stephen Tozer (Thadeus),  Todd Rippon (Macon),  Stephen Hall (Captain),  Angela Dotchin (Soraya),  Slade Leef (Sailor),  Joy Watson (Palmist)

Angela Dotchin (Soraya) and Bruce Campbell later starred in the short-lived Renaissance show Jack of All Trades. Angela also became an important recurring character Kora in another Renaissance series, Young Hercules. (edit) Working in that water tank was terrible, especially since they had rotting cabbages floating in the water as part of the scenery. Lucy, Renee, and Bruce had a bet going as to who would lose it first because of the smell, and every time a shot would come up with only Renee on camera the other two would send all of the cabbages her way. (edit) The water tank used for this episode burst on a non-shooting day. 20,000 liters of water were released on the sets and equipment. (edit) DISCLAIMER: No cast or crew were singing "Tanks for the Memories" during the production of this motion picture. However, the phrase "strike the set" was given new meaning. (edit)

Gabrielle: (after they make it safely back to shore) So what do you think of that palm reader now?
Xena: Well, like you said, just another average day. (edit) Xena: Alright, so what gives, huh? Nobody keeps the King of Thieves in chains unless he wants to be there. So why would you want to be sent... to the mines? What's in them?
Autolycus: Oh, you know, the usual ... dust ... dirt ... rocks ...
Xena: ...Diamonds! (edit) Palm Reader: (seeing real danger in their future) No! There's danger, great danger ... and death. (Xena and Gabrielle leave)
Gabrielle: Did you hear that? She just described every day of our lives. (edit) Macon: (after Xena saves his life) Why? I'm a killer. Why did ya come back - what do you expect?
Xena: From you - nothing. From me - nothing less.
(Macon gets up and walks away shaking his head)
Gabrielle: He doesn't get it does he?
Xena: Not a clue. (edit) Palm Reader: (reading Gabrielle's palm) You are going on a long voyage. I see a man on this voyage.
Xena: Let me guess, tall, dark and handsome, right?
Palm Reader: As a matter of fact, he is. (edit)

Nitpick:
If the ship is so far under the sea and upside-down, where is the light source coming from? All of the torches seem to have been extinguished in the capsizing. (edit) Nitpick: (minor spoilers)
In the turbulence of the geyser Xena's chakram would surely have come loose. Yet in the final scene when she arrives on shore, it is there intact. (edit)

This episode is a take-off on the movie The Poseidon Adventure, where a ship is also submerged upside down full of people trying to get out. (edit)