Episode Acronyms

Ever been on a Xena forum, in a chat room or on a mailing list and found yourself confused by the shortened versions of episode titles? I mean after all, if you're talking about "Is There a Doctor in the House?" can get really tiring if you're having to type out the title all the time.

Long before I ever got into the fandom some wise Xenite came up with ITADITH to make our lives a little bit easier when discussing the series.

This is list is from my board, The Xena Online Community:


AA: Animal Attraction
A & C: Antony & Cleopatra
ACAOPTB: Athens City Academy of Performing Bards
ACOE: A Comedy of Eros
ADITL: A Day in the Life
AFA: A Family Affair
AFOD: A Fistful of Dinars
AFIN: A Friend in Need
AGD: A Good Day
AITST: Adventures in the Sin Trade
ANE: A Necessary Evil
ARCOT: A Royal Couple of Thieves (sometimes incorrectly used instead of The Royal Couple of Thieves)
ASC: A Solstice Carol
ATOTM: A Tale of Two Muses
AUS: Amphipolis Under Siege
BGBG: Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts
BF: Blind Faith
BITB: Back in the Bottle
BTDT: Been There Done That
BTL: Between the Lines
CH: Coming Home
COH: Cradle of Hope
COW: Chariots of War
DIC: Death in Chains
DM: Death Mask
DOP: Daughter of Pomira
DP: Dangerous Prey
DVAOA: Deja Vu All Over Again
EB: Eternal Bonds
FA: Fallen Angel
FF & G: Fins, Femmes & Gems
FHTBT: For Him the Bell Tolls
FIN: Friend in Need
FMN: Forget Me Not
GFC: God Fearing Child
GH: Gabrielle's Hope
GJWHF: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
GK: Giant Killer
H & H or HAH: Hooves & Harlots
HOA: Haunting of Amphipolis, The
HOD: Heart of Darkness
HSCMA: Here She Comes ... Miss Amphipolis
IDAITH: Is There a Doctor in the House
IOM: Ides of March
IS: Intimate Stranger
ISAIH: In Sickness and in Hell
ITSF: If the Shoe Fits
KC: King Con
KOA: King of Assassins
KTKK: Key to the Kingdom
LB: Lifeblood
LDITE: Looking Death in the Eye
LLHOF: Lyre Lyre Hearts on Fire
LM: Lost Mariner, The
LOTC: Last of the Centaurs, The
LP: Little Problems
LUATD: Locked Up & Tied Down
MB: Mortal Beloved
MH: Motherhood
MHR: Many Happy Returns
MI: Maternal Instincts
MWF: Married .... with Fishsticks
OAAA: One Against an Army
OAHAF: Old Ares Had a Farm
OOW: Orphan of War
PF: Paradise Found
PI: Past Imperfect
PL: Punchlines
POV: Path of Vengeance
RCOT: Royal Couple of Thieves (The)
RN: Remember Nothing
ROC: Return of Callisto
ROTV: Return of the Valkyrie
SITC: Send in the Clones
SOF: Seeds of Faith
SOTP: Sins of the Past
SP: Soul Possession
TA: The Abyss
TBTB: Them Bones Them Bones
TBS: The Bitter Suite
TD: The Deliverer
TDHD: The Dirty Half Dozen
TF: The Furies
TGG: The Greater Good
TGYK: The God You Know
THAB: To Helicon and Back
THOA: The Haunting of Amphipolis
TLOTC: The Last of the Centaurs (LOTC is the more common acronym)
TLW: Ten Little Warlords
TOTM: A Tale of Two Muses
TOTKO: Takes One to Know One
TPNT: The Path Not Taken
TPTT: The Play's the Thing
TQIM: The Quill Is Mightier
TR: The Reckoning
TRCOT: The Royal Couple of Thieves
TTB: Ties That Bind
[TUE: some fans' nickname for Soul Possession -- "The Unmentionable Episode"]
TXS: The Xena Scrolls
VA: Vanishing Act
WFC: When Fates Collide
WG: Who's Gurkhan?
WIR: When in Rome...
WP: Warrior ... Princess
WPT: Warrior ... Princess ... Tramp/Warrior ... Priestess ... Tramp
YAT: You Are There

Special friends and great times

On Thursday, I started hearing a rumor about some special surprise planned for Sunday (the last day of the convention). Earlier, I had thought that wow... Joseph LoDuca and Rob Tapert appearing at the convention... there was no mention of a "Legend of the Seeker" panel (though I suspected as much). Once I got the schedule, I realized that there was indeed an "LotS" panel--so that shot down a very unlikely (yet, plausible theory) of a word on a "Xena" movie.

Sunday rolls around and Lucy is on stage. She's talking about stuff and mentions that she has an special friend she'd like to introduce...

None other than Claire Stansfield. I can't remember the last convention she's been too. I know the last time I saw her was in January 2002 at the Chicago "Strong Women of Sci-Fi" Convention in which Claire and Alex Tydings appeared.

It was truly a special treat. Claire just simple rocks on stage and I wish she'd appear more. I dont' know why she wasn't asked. (There was a mention about not knowing her phone number or something... I don't know.) Claire called up Creation and asked to appear.

Doesn't matter that she took some of Lucy's stage time... it was just AWESOME seeing Claire on stage. (Yes, she did the Alti voice.)


Claire gave us a rundown on what she has been doing since she last time she 'saw us.'

(She was originally scheduled for the 2005 convention, but had to pull out at the last moment because of a business matter relating to her company. I don't recall who exactly replaced her, I want to say Bruce Hopkins (Hoskins?) who was a good friend of Kevin Smith's and also appeared on several episodes of "Xena" and "Hercules".)

She had a company called C & C that made designer t-shirts, but she has since sold that company. The company really took off after Oprah featured the shirts as part of her "favorite things" episode a few years ago. Claire is no a consultant for Oprah's "favorite things."

Seeing Claire and Lucy on stage provided me with some of the best shots that I took at the convention. There's also a couple of really good shots of Lucy and Renee on stage as well.

(A caption to the photo on the left would be... quick, they have cameras let's get a goofy expression!)

Claire didn't mention whether or not she's working as an actor anymore. (Or if she did, I don't remember.) Anyways, it was definitely a surprise and one that tops Lucy and Renee popping out of the stage cake at the 2005 Convention.

Check out More of Sunday's Photos from the Convention