Most everyone these days has heard of Tyler Perry's Madea, right, but not necessarily of Medea, niece of Circe?  Well, believe it or not, the source for this formidable character (read: badass) is the Colchidean witch, Medea, who herself has no equal in the canon of classical mythology. This might explain her enduring appeal for MC and others across the millennia. In this episode, Medea: -Act I, our beloved MC provides a little background to the second offering of his plays ripped from classical mythology, and, after that, the entire first Act.  

In Act I, Jason and the Argonauts, after an arduous journey across the Black Sea, land in Colchis to take back the fleece that king Aeetes holds in his possession. The king, hoping to kill off the Greek pretender, assigns Jason two impossible tasks to make him quote unquote earn the fleece. If not for Aeetes's daughter's intercession (love at first sight) and black magic (her aunt is Circe), Jason would die on the spot. For her assistance Jason had promised to marry her. When Jason prevails in these labors, the king Aeetes is not happy and, citing illegal help by his own cherished daughter no less, again refuses to give up his beloved talisman, the fleece. What will the two newlyweds do now? For the answers tune in to Medea -Act I.