Xena Episode Guide
Season One
1. "Sins Of The Past" Xena journeys home determined to make amends for the sins of her past, but her efforts to begin a new life are challenged by the vengeful warlord Draco. She meets her soul mate - Gabrielle.
Sep 4, 1995
2. "Chariots Of War" Xena comes upon a peaceful town that is under attack by the evil Cycnus and his son Sphaerus. Gabrielle begins to fall for Sphaerus, and has a positive influence on him.
Sep 11, 1995
3. "Dreamworker" Xena must enter the magical realm of the Dreamscape to rescue Gabrielle after she is kidnapped and betrothed to the Dream god Morpheus.
Sep 18, 1995
4. "Cradle Of Hope" Xena andGabrielle protect a helpless infant doomed by a prophecy that identifies him as a future threat to the King.
Sep 25, 1995
5. "The Path Not Taken" Xena's plan to prevent a war by rescuing a kidnapped princess brings her back into contact with murderers and mercenaries from her dark past.
Oct 2, 1995
6. "The Reckoning" Ares sets a trap for Xena aimed at returning her to her former life as a ruthless warrior. But she figures out what is giong on and devises a plan to prove her innocence and thwart Ares at the same time.
Oct 16, 1995
7. "The Titans" Xena must save an entire village when Gabrielle unwittingly frees three ancient Titans, who have been imprisoned for centuries in stone.
Oct 30, 1995
8. "Prometheus" Hercules and Iolaus join forces with Xena and Gabrielle to free Prometheus who has been chained by the gods.
Nov 6, 1995
9. "Death In Chains" Xena must rescue Hades' sister Celesta, the embodiment of Death, from the clutches of King Sisyphus or all mankind will be doomed to eternal life filled with suffering.
Nov 13, 1995
10. "Hooves And Harlots" Xena must discover who murdered the Amazon princess Terreis to avert a war between the Amazons and the Centaurs.
Nov 20, 1995
11. "The Black Wolf" Xena goes undercover to aid a group of rebels following a shadowy leader known only as the Black Wolf.
Jan 8, 1996
12. "Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts" Xena is summoned by the beautiful Helen of Troy to help end the bitter ten-year-long war between the Greeks and the Trojans.
Jan 15, 1996
13. "Athens City Academy Of The Performing Bards" When Gabrielle decides to audition for a coveted spot at the Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards, she helps another young hopeful regain confidence in his extraordinary talents as a storyteller.
Jan 22, 1996
14. "A Fistful Of Dinars" Xena goes in search of a legendary lost treasure which includes Ambrosia, the sustenance of the gods, in an effort to keep the precious food from falling into the wrong hands.
Jan 29, 1996
15. "Warrior. . . Princess" Because of her perfect resemblance to King Lias' daughter Diana, Xena is asked to pose as the princess to help flush out a band of would-be assassins.
Feb 5, 1996
16. "Mortal Beloved" Xena is summoned to the Underworld by the ghost of her pasr lover Marcus to help defeat the madman Atyminius who has stolen Hades' Helmet of Invisibility.
Feb 12, 1996
17. "The Royal Couple Of Thieves" Xena enlists the aid of Autolycus, the cunning "king of thieves" to recover a priceless chest containing a weapon of awesome power from the evil warlord Malthus.
Feb 19, 1996
18. "The Prodigal" Gabrielle, after freezing up during a battle, loses her confidence and returns home to Poteidaia. There she joins forces with the warrior Meleager to save her home village from the ruthless warlord Damon.
Mar 4, 1996
19. "Altared States" Xena and Gabrielle intervene to save young Icus from being sacrificed by his own father, Anteus.
Apr 22, 1996
20. "Ties That Bind" In an attempt to win Xena back to lead his army, Ares masterminds a plot involving Xena's estranged father Atrius.
Apr 29, 1996
21. "The Greater Good" When Xena is hit with a poisoned dart, Gabrielle must disguise herself as the warrior princess in a plan to save Salmoneous, who is calling himslef Lord Seltzer, from being killed by the warlord Talmadeus.
May 6, 1996
22. "Callisto" Xena must battle the fierce woman warrior Callisto who is bent on revenge for the death of her family. Joxer makes his debut, trying to capture Gabrielle for Callisto so he can join her army.
May 13, 1996
23. "Death Mask" Xena is reunited with her brother Toris and the two join forces to overthrow Cortese, the warlord who destroyed their village many years before and turned Xena into the dark warrior she became.
Jun 3, 1996
24. "Is There A Doctor In The House?" Xena forces an end to the Mitoan-Thessalian War while using her medical knowledge to save the lives of numerous casualties, including Gabrielle.
Jul 29, 1996
Season Two
1. "Orphan Of War" Xena's secret that she has a son named Solan is revealed when she and Gabrielle join forces with Centaurs to battle the evil warlord Dagnine.
2. "Remember Nothing" The three Fates give Xena the chance to recreate her life when she agrees to give up her violent ways.
3. "The Giant Killer" Xena must face her old friend Goliath in battle when the giant refuses to turn his back on the ruthless Philistines.
4. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Xena and Gabrielle join forces with Joxer and Orpheus to defeat the evil god Bacchus, who is transforming innocent girls into vampire-like monsters.
5. "The Return Of Callisto" When Callisto escapes from prison, Xena must face her in battle once again.
6. "Warrior . . . Princess . . . Tramp" Xena must foil an attempt to dethrone her friend and look-alike, Princess Diana, by the unscrupulous Meg, who bears a startling resemblance to them both.
7. "Intimate Stranger" With the help of Ares in the Underworld, Callisto switches bodies with Xena and returns to the land of the living where the two women warriors battle once more, this time disguised as each other.
8. "Ten Little Warlords" Still trapped in the body of her archenemy Callisto, Xena finds herself in the midst of a deadly competition among warlords for the vacant seat of Ares, the newly deposed God of War.
9. "A Solstice Carol" Xena and Gabrielle stage an elaborate ruse to force hard-hearted King Silvus to mend his ways for the Winter Solstice celebration.
10. "The Xena Scrolls" When Xena Scrolls are unearthed in 1940 by Dr. Janice Covington and Melinda Pappas, descendants of Gabrielle and Xena, Xena's spirit returns and possesses the body of Melinda to prevent Ares' escape from the ancient tomb guarded by the Eye of Hephaestus.
11. "Here She Comes . . . Miss Amphipolis" Xena poses as beauty contestant Miss Amphipolis in Salmoneus' Miss Known World Pageant to keep the contest from being sabotaged and provoking a war.
12. "Destiny" A nearly fatal wound causes a delirious Xena to relive the experiences that transformed her into a warrior and gave her a reason to live.
13. "The Quest" The spirit of Xena invades the body and mind of Autolycus, the king of thieves, and leads him on a quest to locate Ambrosia, the only substance which can restore her life.
14. "A Necessary Evil" When the ruthless Amazon Velasca achieves immortality by consuming some Ambrosia, Xena devises a plot to defeat her by pitting her against the immortal Callisto.
15. "A Day In The Life" Xena and Gabrielle battle the world's largest giant, Gareth, and a ruthless warlord, all in one day.
16. "For Him The Bell Tolls" Gabrielle must intervene when Aphrodite casts a spell on Joxer to try to prevent a royal marriage.
17. "The Execution" Xena and Gabrielle have to save their friend Meleager the Mighty from being executed for murder.
18. "Blind Faith" Xena is accidentally blinded while battling Palaemon, a young warrior who has kidnapped Gabriell, and risks losing her sight forever in order to save her friend.
19. "Ulysses" Xena encounters some rough waters during high-seas adventure and shipboard with Ulysses. She helps him reclaim his throne, and his wife Helen.
20. "The Price" Xena rallies Athenian troops in a desperate battle against the Horde, but it is Gabrielle who ultimately finds a way to end the terrible siege.
21. "Lost Mariner" Xena and Gabrielle help the lost mariner Cecrops break the centuries-old curse Poseidon has imposed on him.
22. "A Comedy Of Eros" When Cupid's mischievous boy Bliss starts to play with his father's arrows, Xena falls for the warlord Draco, who is smitten by Gabriell, who only has eyes for Joxer.
Season Three
1. "The Furies" When the Furies find out from Ares that Xena never avenged the death of her father, they curse her with persecution and madness until she completes her task.
2. "Been There, Done That" The exact same day continues to start over and over again and only Xena can unravel the mystery.
3. "The Dirty Half-Dozen" Xena enlists the help of four notorious criminals to steal back the secret to an impenetrable metal that Ares is using to win wars.
4. "The Deliverer" Xena goes to Britannia to help an old foe, Bodeciea, in a battle against Caesar. Meanwhile, Gabrielle has lost her 'blood innocence' and Xena ends up rescuing Gabrielle from the evil Dahak, the "One God."
5. "Gabrielle's Hope" When Gabrielleis mysteriously impregnated, Xena must fight in a battle between the warriors and the Banshees to determine if the child is evil or good.
6. "The Debt - Part One" When Xena is given a cryptic message about a Green Dragon, she heads to the Kingdom of Chin to kill him.
7. "The Debt - Part Two" Before Xena can assassinate Ming Tien, Gabrielle betrays Xena. While awaiting execution for attempting to kill the Ming ruler, Xena finally repays the debt she owes her spiritual mentor, Lao Ma.
8. "The King Of Assassins" When Joxer's twin brother, Jett, plans to assassinate Cleopatra with the help of Autolycus, Gabrielle uses as many Xena-like tactics as possible to try to stop the murder.
9. "Warrior . . . Priestess . . . Tramp" When Xena saves her look-alike, the Hestian Priestess Leah from Balius, the supposed Hestian Priest, she must enlist the help of Meg.
10. "The Quill Is Mightier . . ." Gabrielle gains new respect for the power of the word when Aphrodite casts a spell on her scroll, turning everything she writes into reality. But she never seems to find the right words to undo what she causes to happen.
11. "Maternal Instincts" Imbued with the evil power of her father Dahak, Gabrielle's daughter Hope joins forces with Callisto to kill Xena's son, Solan. Xena blames Gabrielle for not killing Hope when she was still an infant in 'Gabrielle's Hope.'
12. "The Bitter Suite" The bitter conflict between Xena and Gabrielle reaches a crescendo in this musical episode, set in the dream world of Illusia.
13. "One Against An Army" When Gabrielle is struck with a poisonous arrow, Xena must find a way to save her while battling the entire Persian army on her own.
14. "Forgiven" When Xena and Gabrielle set out to recover the stolen Urn of Apollo, they are joined by Tara, a feisty 16-year-old who wants to become Xena's sidekick, replacing Gabrielle. Eventually, she is given a chance to turn her life around.
15. "King Con" Xena and Gabrielle joins forces with two con men to exact revenge against a ruthless gaming owner who has ordered Joxer's death.
16. "When In Rome" Xena and Gabrielle battle the ruthless Caesar to rescue the mighty Gaul warrior, Vercinix. Gabrielle allows Crassus to die in the arena.
17. "Forget Me Not" Haunted by images of the past, Gabrielle goes to the Temple of Mnemosyne to forget her painful memories. Joxer is determined to get Gabrielle's memories back, but only the good ones.
18. "Fins, Femmes & Gems" When Aphrodite obtains the stolen Mystic Diamond, she puts a spell on Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer to distract them from rescuing the prized jewel. Xena is obsessed with fishing and Gabrielle is obsessed with herself. Joxer thinks he is some kind of monkey-man.
19. "Tsunami" Xena, Gabrielle and Autolycus summon all their resources to escape a ship submerged by a monstrous tidal wave.
20. "Vanishing Act" Xena, Gabrielle and Autolycus pull of a spectacular heist to retrieve the golden statue of Pax.
21. "Sacrifice - Part I" Xena and Gabrielle struggle in vain to prevent the rebirth of Gabrielle's child Hope, the evil daughter of Dahak.
22. "Sacrifice - Part II" Xena reluctantly agrees to join forces with Callisto to kill Gabrielle's evil daughter Hope. Ares has the Fates' word that if Xena kills Hope, they will cut her life line. Gabrielle, finding this out, saves Xena by sacrificing herself by falling into a lava pit and taking Hope with her.
Season Four
1. "Adventures In The Sin Trade - Part I" Distraught with grief over the loss of Gabrielle, Xena travels to Siberia and the Amazon Land of the Dead to find her friend.
2. "Adventures In The Sin Trade - Part II" Xena travels to the Amazon Resting Place to battle the evil witch, Alti, and has a vision of Gabrielle being nailed to a cross, causing her to believe that Gabrielle is still alive.
3. "A Family Affair" Xena reunites with Gabrielle at her family farm. But discovers it is really Hope when she finds the real Gabrielle. The two friends face off with the evil Hope and Dahak's grandson, the monstrous Destroyer.
4. "In Sickness And In Hell" Suffering an array of physical ailments, Xena and Gabrielle battle a Scythian army.
5. "A Good Day" Xena engineers a giant battle between Caesar and Pompey to save Greece.
6. "A Tale Of Two Muses" Xena, Gabrielle and Autolycus bring dancing to a town where it is banned. Tara is now living in the town.
7. "Locked Up & Tied Down" Xena is banished to Shark Island Prison for all crimes and murders she committed in her dark past. Gabrielle poses as a Healer to try to save Xena.
8. "Crusader" Xena and Najara, a radiant young woman who preaches about the Light, compete for Gabrielle's heart and soul. Najara convinces Xena that Gabrielle would be better off, and safer, without Xena in her life.
9. "Past Imperfect" In order to save a town from destruction, Xena must figure out who is copying her past evil deeds.
10. "The Key To The Kingdom" Meg, a double for Xena, double-crosses Autolycus in an attempt to steal a special baby.
11. "Daughter Of Pomira" To bring peace between two feuding cultures, Xena and Gabrielle rescue Vanesa, the young adopted daughter of the leader of the dreaded Horde.
12. "If The Shoe Fits . . ." Through imaginative storytelling, Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer and Aphrodite help the young runaway Princess Alesia realize there's no place like home.
13. "Paradise Found" In a seemingly idyllic land, Gabrielle finds peace and calm as Xena is beset by visions of violence.
14. "Devi" In exotic India, Gabrielle finds she has the power to cure people, but that ability may come from a sinister source.
15. "Between The Lines" While traveling through India, Xena and Gabrielle's souls are sent into the future through the power of Mehndi to protect their good Karma from the reincarnated Alti.
16. "The Way" Xena invokes the help of the god Krishna to rescue Gabrielle and Eli from Indrajit, the King of Demons.
17. "The Play's The Thing" Gabrielle unwittingly becomes a pawn in a theater scam when one of her scrolls falls into the hands of Zehra, the "Queen of Cons."
18. "The Convert" Najara returns claiming she has renounced violence, while Joxer deals with his first kill.
19. "Takes One To Know One" On a dark and stormy night, on Gabrielle's birthday, Xena must determine which one of her friends is the murderer of a bounty hunter looking for Xena.
20. "Endgame" When Brutus kills Ephiny, Gabrielle is called back to be queen of the Amazons.
21. "The Ides Of March" Callisto returns to tempt Xena as Caesar plans to declare himself emperor. Xena's vision comes true as she and Gabrielle are nailed to Caesar's crosses. They both die, but their souls find each other and travel to Heaven.
22. "Déjà vu All Over Again" A woman is convinced she is the reincarnation of Xena, the Warrior Princess.
Season Five
1. "Fallen Angel" After being crucified by the Romans, Gabrielle's soul struggles to save Xena, who literally becomes a demon from Hell after giving her purity to Callisto. Gabrielle finds peace after forgiving Callisto for murdering Perdicus.
2. "Chakram" Xena has no recollection of being a warrior after she and Gabrielle are resurrected from the dead by Eli.
3. "Succession" Ares merges Xena and Gabrielle into the same body and forces them to fight Mavican, Ares' potential right hand.
4. "Animal Attraction" Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer and Amarice travel to the town of Spamona, where Xena is shocked to learn that she is pregnant.
5. "Them Bones, Them Bones" The spirit of the evil shamaness Alti attempts to capture the soul of Xena's unborn child.
6. "Purity" When Xena returns to Chin to recover Lao Ma's Book of Power, she must defeat one of Lao Ma's twin daughters, who wants to acquire the power for her own evil purposes.
7. "Back In The Bottle" Xena must master Lao Ma's powers to save Gabrielle, Joxer and the people of Chin from a militia led by the evil spirits of Pao Ssu and her brother, Ming Tien.
8. "Little Problems" Gabrielle and Aphrodite have until sundown to save Xena's soul from being trapped inside a little girl forever.
9. "Seeds Of Faith" Eli takes on Ares in an effort to overthrow the gods, but is killed by Ares. Xena blames Gabrielle for letting it happen. And finally learns the true identity of her baby's father -- it is the essence of Callisto.
10. "Lyre, Lyre, Hearts On Fire" To avoid a war over who gets possession of Terpsichore's lyre, Xena organizes a battle of the bands in this musical episode that reunites Xena with her mother Cyrene, Joxer with his twin brother Jace, and Gabrielle with a lovesick Draco.
11. "Punch Lines" Gabrielle and Argo are shrunken into miniature versions of themselves when they cross paths with Lachrymose, the god of despair.
12. "God Fearing Child" Xena's baby is born after Hercules steps in to battle his father Zeus, who learns that the birth of the child will signal the end of the Olympian gods.
13. "Eternal Bonds" When Joxer is wounded by a poisonous sword intended to kill Xena and Eve, it's up to Gabrielle to get him to the antidote while Xena combats armies sent by priests of the gods.
14. "Amphipolis Under Siege" Athena wages war on Xena's hometown of Amphipolis in an effort to kill Eve and stop the Twilight of the Gods.
15. "Married With Fishsticks" When Gabrielle is knocked unconscious into the sea, a merman convinces her that she is his wife and the mother of three.
16. "Lifeblood" Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make Eve an Amazon princess and discover that it's up to them to prevent unnecessary bloodshed in a vengeful war.
17. "Kindred Spirits" Joxer breaks Amazon laws that force Queen Gabrielle to choose between settling down in the Amazon village and life on the road with Xena.
18. "Anthony & Cleopatra" When Cleopatra is murdered, Xena assumes her identity to uncover the assassin and protect Egypt.
19. "Looking Death In The Eye" (Apr 24, 2000) Old Joxer obtains a scroll describing Xena and Gabrielle's attempt to trick the Fates into bringing about the twilight of the gods. Ares, thinking Xena and Gabrielle are dead (a trick to convince the gods that Eve is dead), takes them to a cave on a mountain and puts them into ice coffins.
20. "Livia" After 25 years, Xena and Gabrielle finally escape their tombs of ice and immediately go in search of Eve, who has become Livia – The Bitch of Rome.
21. "Eve" Xena must decide whether she can kill her own daughter, who continues her murderous campaign to eliminate Eli's followers.
22. "Motherhood" With the lives of Gabrielle and Eve hanging in the balance, Xena faces the gods in a final showdown.
Season Six
1. "Coming Home" Fed up with being mortal, Ares calls upon Xena to help him restore his godhood, unaware that the Furies are conspiring against him.
2. "The Haunting of Amphipolis" Xena is forced to battle Mephistopheles when she returns to Amphipolis with Gabrielle and Eve to find her home haunted by evil.
3. "Heart of Darkness" Xena fights to avoid inheriting the throne of Mephistopheles by devising a plan to turn the cocky archangel Lucifer into the King of Hell.
4. "Who's Gurkhan?" When Gabrielle learns that her niece, Sarah, has been captured by the vicious raider Gurkhan, she sets sail for North Africa on a rescue mission with Xena, Eve and Virgil.
5. "Legacy" Gabrielle takes a look at how she's come to kill out of instinct.
6. "The Abyss" Xena and Gabrielle are forced into a deadly confrontation with cannibals when they go in search of Virgil.
7. "The Rheingold" Xena embarks on a deadly mission involving her dark past when the Norse warrior Beowulf approaches her for help.
8. "The Ring" Xena must battle a monster of her own making to recover the destructive Rheingold ring she forged in her days as an evil warrior.
9. "Return of the Valkyrie" Xena battles to regain her memory and reverse the curse of the Rheingold ring
10. "Old Ares Had A Farm" Xena disguises the now powerless Ares as a farmer to hide him from warlords seeking revenge.
11. "Dangerous Prey" (Directed by Renee O'Connor) Xena becomes the ultimate prey for the deranged Prince Morloch, who has been hunting and killing Amazons in his twisted quest for an adversary who can match his skills. Meanwhile, Xena teaches Varia the value of listening to the voice of experience
12. "The God You Know" The Archangel Michael summons Xena to kill the now immortal Roman emperor Caligula who has been murdering innocents in his quest for absolute power. She is given the power to kill gods.
13. "You Are There" In an ancient world meets modern-day satire, a tabloid TV reporter stalks Xena and Gabrielle, determined to get a juicy scoop on the Warrior Princess, thinking she wants Odin's Golden apples so she can become a god. And to discover the real relationship between Xena and Gabrielle.
14. "Path of Vengeance" Xena and Gabrielle fight to save Eve from execution when she returns to Amazon lands to make amends for her past. Eve is put on trial by the Amazons for killing them when she was Livia.
15. "To Helicon and Back" When the Amazon Queen Varia is kidnapped by a masked warrior, Belerophon, Gabrielle leads the Amazons to Helicon on a bloody rescue mission.
16. "Send In the Clones" In modern-day Los Angeles, three fans utilize cloning techniques to reproduce Xena and Gabrielle so that they can combat the evil in the world. But rather than awaken the “good” Xena they find themselves face-to-face with the “evil” Xena, who is being manipulated by Alti.
17. "The Last of the Centaurs" Xena and Gabrielle become embroiled in a conflict between centaurs and Lord Belach, whose daughter has run off with one of the hoofed creatures. Xena has conflicted emotions, however, as Belach is the son of her past lover Borias, and the centaur, Xenan is the son of the deceased Ephiny.
18. "When Fates Collide" After escaping from Hades, Caesar takes control of the Fates' “Loom of Life,” which he uses to splice the past with a new future---a future in which Xena becomes his wife and Brutus remains his loyal aide. In the rearranged world, Gabrielle is a playwright for whom Xena feels an intense attraction. Sensing their bond, Caesar charges Gabrielle with being an assassin, and orders that she be crucified.
19. "Many Happy Returns" While on their way to deliver Hermes' helmet to Thebes, Xena and Gabrielle save a young virgin from being sacrificed by a group of religious zealots. And it is Gabrielle's birthday.
20. "Soul Possession" When an ancient scroll chronicling the life of Xena surfaces in the present, conflicts arise among the modern-day reincarnations of Xena, Gabrielle, Ares and Joxer.
21. "A Friend In Need Part 1" Xena is summoned to the city of Higuchi, where a samurai ghost is fighting to enslave 40,000 people. It's revealed that Xena's dark past inadvertently caused the warrior to become the evil “Lord of the Dark Land.” So, with Gabrielle by her side, Xena vows to stop the slaughter in order to make amends for past misdeeds.
22. "A Friend In Need Part 2" Xena and Gabrielle face the greatest threat they've ever known when they go up against the evil Yodoshi and an army of 20,000 elite Samurai warriors. Xena lets herself be killed in order to kill Yodoshi, but has to stay dead so the 40,000 souls who died due to Xena's setting their town on fire can find peace. Gabrielle, with Xena's Chakram, travels on alone.
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