Jason (Jack Donnelly) is determined to rescue Ariadne (Aiysha Hart) as the three of them watch preparations being made for her to burn inside the bull. How the person is placed inside the belly of the bull is explained and Hercules (Mark Addy) keeps making foody references to cooking and roasting when he's describing what happens. Pythagoras (Robert Emms) adding the horns make a sound when the person screams inside which sounds very ominous, he thinks it's a veritable piece of genius, of course not choosing the best place or time to make this known. Hercules won't let him do this alone since has become fond of him but only marginally better than he likes Pythagoras whom he likes only marginally better than wine. Jason will succeed or die trying. Which pretty much becomes their motto.
Jason visits the Oracle (Juliet Stevenson) who tells him he should head for the tin mines where he will be safe amongst the dead. Wonder why he needed counselling from the Oracle at this point in time.
Ariadne is visited by Melas (Ken Bones) in her cell and can't come to terms with her sentence. He goes to see Jason and the others as they prepare the rescue and will help them get into the grounds. Hercules turns up to the spectacle and pretends to be drunk, spilling wine near the fire which happens not to be wine. Ariadne is dressed in white and Jason lights an arrow which he releases into the wood and starts a fire. They head into the sewers as Melas shows them a way out into the woods and he's been injured in the fighting. Hercules pulls apart the bars since he won't able to fit through them with Pythagoras adding he would have gone through. He holds down the fort as the others leave and Heptarian (Oliver Walker) finishes Melas off.
They are followed into he woods with Pasiphae (Sarah Parish) in pursuit and Jason and Hercules can't help but turn around to see Ariadne changing, er, there were tress there you know! Pythagoras not being able to look either! They arrive at the mine and find they are surrounded by lepers. A man greets them and Pythagoras now understands they were to be helped by the "living dead." The soldiers follow them, seeing as Pasiphae has brought a legion with her and Jason talks with Aeson (John Hannah). Hercules feeds and tasting their food calls them all good people now but before he didn't want anything to do with them. Aeson knows Jason has feelings for Ariadne and he can't really express them, also noticing his necklace.
Heptarian attacks and the others escape into the woods. More fighting as Jason is knocked out. Ariadne is taken back and Pasiphae is about to kill Jason in a reverse of the last episode where Jason stood over her with his sword and couldn't go through with it. Pasiphae was his wife and he tells her Jason is their son, well that was obvious. One reason why he couldn't kill her. Jason doesn't know and he promises he won't know. Wonder if Heptarian heard them talking since he turns up but is finally taken care of by Jason.
Aeson knows she can't kill her son. The priest sees Ariadne's servant putting the poison into Minos's (Alexander Siddig) drink and administers an antidote. Jason still wants to rescue Ariadne and they return to Atlantis but find that Minos is well. He confronts Pasiphae and she's shocked to see him well. Seems like she's an outcast now, would have thought Minos would have been much more angry with her. She asks the Oracle what will happen in her future and that she knew about Jason all along. She warns her to be careful of her own future. Minos tells Jason he can't be with Ariadne since she's a princess and he's so beneath her status. Jason refuses money from him and Hercules would have preferred he took it. Jason and Pythagoras talk of being fond of him too aside from his annoying habits and Hercules mentions being a "legend amongst my people." As Pasiphae watches them.
But fear not as Atlantis will return next year! Well we knew that weeks ago of course. So in the final episode we had to meet Jason's father since he was mentioned from the outset and is long lost to Jason, as was Merlin's father to him. Some were amazed and surprised at Pasiphae being Jason's mother but it was quite apparent if you think about it. It was easier to kill Circe than Pasiphae and as his father tells her he's her flesh and blood and she won't kill him. He also hid Jason somewhere she wouldn't find him after she carried on with Minos. The question being where did Aeson go with Jason and was this with help from the Oracle as when we met Jason he was living in modern times and with a man he referred to as his uncle Maguire and Jason found his father's submarine with the name "The Oracle" on its side.
As for Jason being warned off Ariadne will this happen, oh let's hope so we can do with a break from her, she wasn't the best of heroines and rather feeble, granted she did live a sheltered life for a princess. Pasiphae had to be caught out otherwise the three couldn't return to Atlantis.
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