Xena plans to give up her warrior ways and return home to a quiet life. She is outside a small village, burrying her sword, chakram and armour when she hears the sound of struggle going on. She intervens and saves a group of villagers from being kidnapped or killed. In the fight she is injured, and has her wound treated by a villager. She gains a tag along in their oldest daughter Gabrielle., though she doesnt know it when she leaves the village. The person who ordered the attack on the village is the warlord Draco, an old buddy of Xena's. She asks him to spare the village and he agrees, then plans to attack her village, Amphipolis instead. They fight and she stops him. When she leaves, Gabrielle begs to be allowed to come. Xena agrees reluctantly.
This is Renee O'Conner's first portrayl of Gabrielle.
Historical Fact The villages of Amphipolis and Potidaea were villages in ancient Greece.
1-2 CHARIOTS OF WAR Cycnus and his son Sphaerus attack a peacful village
1-3 DREAMWORKER Gabrielle is kidnapped by Morpheus, who intends to make her his bride. She is put through a series of tests designed to make her lose her blood innocence. To save her friend Xena must enter the dream world, face her dark self and guide her friend back to the living world. All before Morpheus' mystics find her body and destroy it.
1-4 CRADLE OF HOPE Xena protects an infant who is prophecised to kill a king.
1-5 The Path Not Taken Xena has to save a princess who has been kidnapped and stop a war between two kingdoms. In order to do this she must pretend to go back to her dark ways and work with people from her past.
1-6 THE RECKONING
Xena is accused of killing a number of villagers and tried for her "crimes". Gabriell tries to defend her but the villagers find her guilty. Ares appears, takes credit for the crimes and offers her a deal, he will get her off the hook with the villagers if she joins him once again but she tricks him, proving her innocence.
1-7 THE TITANS
Gabrielle accidently releases three Titans that were trapped in stone. At first they willingly help the villagers near where they were released but soon begin to resent being ordered around and threaten to destroy the humans unless the rest of the Titans are released. Gabrielle tricks them and turns them back to stone.
1-8 PROMTHEUS
Prometheus has been chained by the Gods and the humans are losing all the gifts he gave to them. Including the power to heal onseself. Hercules, Iolus, Gabrille and Xena go to free him. But, whoever stikes the blow that breaks the chains will die. Hercules and Xena compete to see who will be the one to free him while Gabrielle and Iolus bond.
1-9 DEATH IN CHAINS
Hades' sister, Celesta, Death, is captured by King Sisyphus. Xena is asked by Hades to free her, or no one will ever be able to die.
In Greek mythology Hades did not have a sister who represented death
1-10 HOOVES AND HARLOTS
While Xena and Gabrielle are passing through the Amazon lands, they are attacked and an Amazon princess is killed. In dying she offers Gabrielle her right of caste, leaving Gabrielle her position as princess. Meanwhile, the Amazons believe that the Centarus are behind the attack though Xena believes it is a warlord who would benefit from a war between the two tribes and must prove it before the two parties go to war.
This is Danielle Cormack's first appearance as Ephiny
1-11 BLACK WOLF Xena goes undercover in Xerxes dungeon to help an old friend who belongs to a rebel group that follows a leader called the Black Wolf
1-12 BEWARE OF GREEKS BEARING GIFTS
Xena is summoned by the Helen of Troy to help end the bitter ten-year-war between the Greeks and the Trojans. While in Troy, Gabrielle and Perdicus cross paths. He is a soldier in the Trojan army.
1-13 ATHENS ACADEMY OF THE PERFORMING BARDS
Gabrielle decides to compete for a spot in the Athens Academy and fakes her way into the competition where she makes friends with several of the bards and an enemy in the father of one young hopeful.
1-14 A FISTFULL OF DINARS
Xena and Gabrielle join a warlord and an assasin in search of a legendary lost treasure that includes Ambrosia, which she wants to keep out of the villian's hands. One of the men is a former lover of Xena's who seems to be interested in Gabrielle.
1-15 WARRIOR....PRINCESS Xena poses as King Lias' daughter Diana, to find out who is trying to assasinate the princess. Diana goes out into to world posed as Xena until all is resolved.
1-16 MORTAL BELOVED
Marcus calls on Xena to come to the Underworld to help defeat Antiminius, who has stolen Hades helmet of invisibility. With the helmet he controls the Underworld and he'd condemmed the good to eternal torment and laet the wicked cross into the Elysian fields.
1-17 The Royal Couple of Thieves Xena gets Autolycus, "king of thieves", to recover a priceless chest that hold a weapon of an unknown awesome power from the warlord Malthus
1-18 THE PRODIGAL After freezing in battle Gabrielle returns home to Potidia where she learns the village has been under attack by the warlord Damon. The village has hired Meleager to save the village, but he is a drunk who's lost his nerve. It is up to her and her sister to help him get it back in time to save the village.
1-19 TIES THAT BIND
Someone who claims to be Xena's father comes into her life. At first she is skeptical but slowly begins to believe him. Gabrielle leaves and continues on to the next village to give them time alone. This is when Xena learns that this man is not her father, but is Ares in disguise, trying to trick her.
1-2 THE GREATER GOOD
Xena is hit with a posion dart that brings her near death. Warlords are closing in on the village and it is up to Gabrielle to protect it while Xena is in her weakened state.
1-22 CALLISTO
Callisto survived a raid that Xena's army did on her village but her family didn't. Filled with hatred she tries to extract her revenge on Xena.
This is Ted Raimi's first appearance as Joxer.
1-23 DEATH MASK
Xena comes up against Cortez, the same warlord who raided her village years ago and who's army caused the death of her younger brother. She also comes up against her other brother, Toris, who is tracking Cortez.
This is the one and only time a second brother is mentioned.
1-24 IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?
On their way to Athens Xena and Gabrielle pass through a civil war and stumble upon Ephiny who is hurt and about to give birth and a general of one side. They go to a healing temple for shelter and Xena does what she can to help the sick and stop the war. Ephiny gives birth and Gabriell is nearly killed.