This article is by Stefon Mears.
Years ago, on The Simpsons, Lucy Lawless uttered the now famous line, “A wizard did it.”
In context the line was a broad dismissal of the myriad small errors fans are famous for finding in their favorite shows.
Found an inconsistency? Blame it on a wizard. Ironic, really, because by the end of its run Xena: Warrior Princess had more gods as recurring characters than human beings, but I’m hard pressed to think of a single wizard.
But then, “a god did it” might not have gone over so well with viewers.