Series Four

  1. Adventures in the Sin Trade I
  2. Adventures in the Sin Trade II
  3. A Family Affair
  4. In Sickness and in Hell
  5. A Good Day
  6. A Tale of Two Muses
  7. Locked Up and Tied Down
  8. Crusader
  9. Past Imperfect
  10. Key to the Kingdom
  11. Daughter of Pomira
  12. If the Shoe Fits
  13. Paradise Found
  14. Devi
  15. Between the Lines
  16. The Way
  17. The Play's the Thing
  18. The Convert
  19. Takes One to Know One
  20. Endgame
  21. Ides of March
  22. Deja Vu All Over Again

1. Adventures in the Sin Trade I
story: Robert Tapert and RJ Stewart
writer: RJ Stewart
director: TJ Scott

Guest stars: Marton Csokas (Borias), Claire Stansfield (Alti), Vikki Pratt (Cyane),
Sheeri Rappaport (Otere)

After that S3 finale, series 4 opens with Xena seeking to retrieve Gabrielle from the Amazon land of the dead. She remembers her past with Borias and a meeting with a sinister shamen named Alti.

DISCLAIMER: No dead Amazons lost their lives during the production of this motion picture.

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2. Adventures in the Sin Trade II
story: Robert Tapert and RJ Stewart
writer: RJ Stewart
director: TJ Scott

Guest stars: Marton Csokas (Borias), Claire Stansfield (Alti), Vikki Pratt (Cyane),
Sheeri Rappaport (Otere)

Xena continues her quest to save Gabrielle, and meets a group of young Amazons. She must defeat Alti to help them and try and find Gabrielle.

DISCLAIMER: Xena's search for Gabrielle was not harmed during the production of the motion picture

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3. A Family Affair
story: Liz Friedman and Chris Manheim
writer: Chris Manheim
director: Doug Lefler

Guest stars: Ted Raimi (Joxer),Willa O'Neil (Lila), Geoff Snell(Herodotus), Lisa Crittenden(Hecuba)

A trip back to Poteidaia for Xena and Gabrielle(or is it Hope?). However, the family reunions include a certain demon daughter and her little lad, the Destroyer!

DISCLAIMER: No spike-skinned, beast-like, incredibly hungry offspring who can't stand the sun were harmed in the production of this motion picture.

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4. In Sickness and in Hell
writer: Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster
director: Josh Becker

Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Timothy Lee (Acestus), Campbell Cooley (Euraylus), Andrew Kovacevich (innkeeper).

Xena and Gabrielle get sick. Expect grossness, killer bunnies, lice, foot rot, bathtubs and goat poo! A love it or hate it comedy.
DISCLAIMER: No leapin' lice were beaten, whipped, smashed or scratched during the production of this motion picture.

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5. A Good Day
writer: Steven L Sears
director: Rick Jacobson

Guest stars : Karl Urban(Caesar), Jeremy Callaghan(Pompey), Stephan Lovatt (Phlangus).

A Roman episode featuring Xena and Gabrielle battling for the greater good against Caesar and Pompey and their armies.
DISCLAIMER: No permenant battle scars were inflicted during the production of this motion picture.

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6. A Tale of Two Muses
writer: Gillian Horvath
director: Michael Hurst

Guest stars: Bruce Campbell (Autolycus/Philipon the Reformer), Shiri Appleby (Tara), Henri Rudolf (Telamon), Michael Kupenga (Andros), John Givens (Istafan).

A dancing episode(!) directed by Michael(Iolaus) Hurst, that has Xena and Gabrielle helping a town where dancing is oulawed. Tara- that nice girl from "Forgiven"- returns. Baddie-with-worst-outfit winner appears.
DISCLAIMER: No self righteous Magistrates intent on surpressing the basic human right of freedom of expression were harmed during the production of this motion picture.

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7. Locked Up and Tied Down
writer: Hilary Bader
story: Josh Becker and Rob Tapert
director: Rick Jacobson

Guest stars: Katrina Browne (Thelassa), Tanae Heke (Ursena), William Kircher (Bad Guard).

Name change for this one- formerly known as Shark Island Prison. Xena is sentenced to life in prison for a crime she committed in her dark past. That fetching sack- last seen in The Debt is back.
DISCLAIMER: No rabid, flesh eating crabs were cooked during the production of this motion picture.

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8. Crusader
writer: RJ Stewart
director: Paul Lynch

Guest stars: Kathryn Norris (Najara).

Xena and Gabrielle meet up with a female crusader named Najara, on a quest of her own who may not be all she appears. Last episode before the mid season break in the US.
DISCLAIMER: Xena's best chewing tooth was not harmed during the production of this motion picture

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9. Past Imperfect
writer: Steven L Sears
director: Garth Maxwell

Guest stars: Marton Csokas (Borias), Catherine Boniface (Satrine), Mark Ferguson (Dagnine), Craig Muller (Pasius)

Xena has a series of flashbacks in which she recalls military exploits from her evil past...which echo the strategies attackers are using on a town she's defending. The birth of Solon and the death of Borias in this one.
DISCLAIMER: Borias' goose was cooked during the production of this motion picture

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10. Key to the Kingdom
writer: Eric Morris
director: Bruce Campbell

Guest stars: Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Ted Raimi (Joxer).

One of the first episodes filmed, this one is a "Raising Arizona" type romp with Meg, Joxer and Autolycus involved in a stolen baby case.
DISCLAIMER: No priceless porkers of either organic or ceramic origin were harmed during the production of this motion picture.

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11. Daughter of Pomira
writer: Linda McGibney
director: Patrick Norriss

Guest stars: Beth Allen (Pilee), Mandy McMullin (Adiah), Bruce Hopkins (Rahal), Craig Ancell (Milo), Watchman Rivers (Cirvik).

Xena and Gabrielle return to the scene of Xena's battle with the Horde and try to rescue a girl who may be their captive.
DISCLAIMER: No blonde haired, blue eyed Horde girls or their extended families were harmed during the production of this motion picture. Lakata toti. Bonai. Soli bonai(People all. Good. Only good)

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12. If the Shoe Fits
writer: Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster
director: Josh Becker

Guest stars: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite) , Olivia Tennet (Aleisa)

Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer try to persuade a young runaway proncess to return home by telling her their version of Cinderella. Beware as Renee O'Connor is rumoured to sing in this one!
DISCLAIMER: No fractured fables were harmed in the production of this motion picture.

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13. Paradise Found
writer: Chris Manheim
director: Robert Tapert

Guest stars: Jeremy Roberts (Aidan), Mervyn Smith (Gatekeeper)

Gabrielle's paradise could be Xena's hell! Fantasy, Alice in Wonderland type episode which features more mysticism, and some snazzy costumes for Gab, plus THAT bath scene and massage!
DISCLAIMER: Paradise was found but not necessarily embracced during the production of this motion picture.

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14. Devi
writer: Chris Manheim
director: Garth Maxwell

Guest stars: Timothy Omundson (Eli), Monroe Reimes (Vikram)

This is one of the Indian episodes, that has Gabrielle gaining the power of healing, but Xena is a bit uneasy...
DISCLAIMER: In memory of woman's best friend; Bear, Dodger, Kali, Samantha, Taffy, Bear.

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15. Between the Lines
writer: Steven L Sears
director: Rick Jacobson

Guest stars : Claire Stansfield (Alti)

Alti returns in this tale of reincarnation and the battle between good and evil.
DISCLAIMER: Xena's Chakram got Gabrielle by the short hairs during the production of this motion picture

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16. The Way
writer: RJ Stewart
director: John Fawcett

Guest stars: Timothy Omundson (Eli), Rajneel Singh (Indrajit), Rajiv Varma (Krishna)

Another of the Indian episodes that has Xena enlisting the help of Krishna to save Gabrielle and Eli from the demon Indrajit.Now banned due to a protest by a radical Hindu group. Drat.
DISCLAIMER: Any similarities between Hanuman and a major character in the motion picture classic Planet of the Apes, is purely coincidental.

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17. The Play's The Thing
writer: Ashley Gable and Thomas A Swyden
director: Christopher Graves

Guest stars: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Alison Wall (Minya), Jennifer Ward-Lealand (Zehra)

Gabrielle is persuded to write a play of one of her scrolls by a con woman. Auditioning potential "Xena"'s and "Gabrielle"'s while trying to write the right sort of play is Gabrielle's challenge in this Lucy-lit episode.
DISCLAIMER: Although no great literary works or art were harmed or plagiarised, a fw thespians stole some scenes during the production of this motion picture.Read my review of this episode

18. The Convert
writer: Chris Manheim
director: Andrew Merrifield

Guest stars: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Kathryn Morris (Najara)

Najara returns in an episode notable for Joxer's first kill. A really good one with lots of Xena and Gabrielle angst thanks to the trouble maker Najara, and the first ever serious Joxer episode.
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19. Takes One to Know One
writer: Jeff Vlaming
director: Christopher Graves

Guest stars: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Alison Wall (Minya), Willa O'Neill (Lila), Darien Tackle (Cyrene)

A murder mystery, as friends and family gather at Cyrene's in for a surprise birthday party for Gabrielle. When a woman is found dead, Xena must uncover the killer even if it is one of her friends.
DISCLAIMER: Argo was once again proved innocent during the production of this motion picture

20. Endgame
writer: Steven L Sears
director:

Guest stars: Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), Jeremy Callaghan (Pompey)

Xena and Gabrielle return to the Amazons where tragedy strikes and they are plungend into conflict with the Romans.

21. The Ides of March
writer: Paul Robert Coyle
director:

Guest stars: Hudson Leick (Callisto - probably), Karl Urban (Julius Caesar)

The real Season finale, which might be something to do with Caesar if that title is anything to go by. Callisto IS returning from Hell and is determined to help Caesar. BIIIG cliffhanger rumoured....

22. Deja Vu All Over Again
writer:
director: Renee O'Connor

Guest stars: Robert Trebor, Ted Raimi

Renee O'Connor directs for the first time!! Set in the present day, Lucy Lawless plays a woman convinced she was Xena in a past life! Ted Raimi plays her husband. Not sure where Robert Trebor fits in.

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This is a photo of my mum. Just thought I'd put it here!!

Lots more to come....soon.

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