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Xena: Warrior Princess Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Sins of the Past

First aired: Sep/04/1995
Director: Doug Lefler
Guest star: Jay Laga'aia (Draco), Huntley Eliot (Citizen), Roydon Muir (Kastor), Wally Green (Old Man), Anton Bentley (Perdicas), David Perret (Gar), Winston Harris (Boy), Patrick Wilson (Cyclops), Stephen Hall (Hector), Darien Takle (Cyrene), Willa O'Neill (Lila), Linda C. Jones (Hecuba), Geoff Snell (Herodotus)

Xena vows to change her evil ways and returns to her home town seeking forgiveness from her village for everything she has done, but the villagers are reluctant. When she hears the news that a warlord named Draco is going to attack her village she decides to stop him. Xena also meets a young girl, Gabrielle, who follows her along her journey.



2 :01x02 - Chariots of War

First aired: Sep/11/1995
Director: Harley Cokeliss
Guest star: Dane Jerro (Homesteader), Nigel Godfrey (Tynus), Robert Harte (Ugly Ruffian), Ruth Morrison (Sarita), Morgan Palmer Hubbard (Argolis), Patrick Morrison (Lykus), Stuart Turner (Sphaerus), Jeff Thomas (Cycnus), Nick Kokotakis (Darius)

Xena and Gabrielle make a new friend, Darius, when she helps out of village that is under attack. Xena then takes on a bloodthirsty warlord and his son, who is trying to drive the settlers out of the land, all while suffering from an arrow wound she received saving Darius's son.



3 :01x03 - Dreamworker

First aired: Sep/18/1995
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Guest star: Michael Daly (Mesmer), Polly Baigent (Doppelganger), Peter Phillips (1st Xena Warrior), Grant Boucher (2nd Xena Warrior), Lawrence Wharerau (Mystic Warrior), Matthew Jeffs (Gothos), John Palmer (Baruch), Colin Francis (Swordsmith), Sydney Jackson (Storekeeper), Bruce Hopkins (Termin), Patrick Smith (Dolas), Desmond Kelly (Elkton), Nathaniel Lees (Manus)

Gabrielle is kidnapped and in order to become a "worthy" bride for the dream god, Morpheus, Gabrielle is forced to complete a series of tasks in which they are trying to get her to spill blood. Meanwhile, Xena enters a dream-like world in order to save Gabrielle and is forced to battle the ghosts of her past.



4 :01x04 - Cradle of Hope

First aired: Oct/02/1995
Writer: Terence Winter
Director: Michael Levine
Guest star: Susan Winter (Woman), Christine Bartlett (Philana), Alan De Malmanche (Old Man), Latham Gaines (Kastor), Carl Straker (Young Man), Beryl Te Wiata (Cynara), Tony Bishop (Weasel), Simon Prast (Nemos), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Pandora), Edward Newborn (Gregor), Kirstie O'Sullivan (Ophelia), Paul Minifie (Innkeeper)

Xena and Gabrielle must protect an abandoned baby from a king, who marked the infant for death because of a prophecy declaring him a future threat to the king. Xena must also aid Pandora (the granddaughter of the one you are thinking of) to make sure she can reset the lock on her legendary box.



5 :01x05 - The Path Not Taken

First aired: Oct/09/1995
Writer: Peter Allan Fields, Julie Sherman
Director: Stephen L. Posey, Julie Sherman
Guest star: Peter Saena-Brown (Soldier #1), John O'Leary (Antonius), Bill Johnson (Benitar), Danny Lineham (Grathios), Crawford Thomson (Dyctus), Iain Rea (Brisus), Nicola Cliff (Jana), Stephen Tozer (Myzantius), Bobby Hosea (Marcus)

In order to rescue a kidnapped princess, Xena has to blend in with an arms dealer who is responsible for the kidnapping, forcing her to pretend to be her former self. While there she runs into her old love Marcus, which leads to complications.



6 :01x06 - The Reckoning

First aired: Oct/16/1995
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
Director: Charles Siebert
Guest star: Meryl Main (Areolis' Widow), Bill Johnson (Benitar), Sam Holland (Teen Son), Ross Harper (Polinios), Phaedra Hurst (Teresia), Christian Hodge (Teracles), Danny Lineham (Grathios), Kevin Smith (Ares), William Johnson (Benitar), Christopher Mayer (Peranis)

Xena is mistaken for a murderer and put on trial. Ares tries to bring Xena's "dark side" back by offering Xena a deal to rule the world beside him.



7 :01x07 - The Titans

First aired: Oct/30/1995
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Eric Brevig
Guest star: Edward Campbell (Crius), Andy Anderson (Hesiot), Mark Rafferty (Hyperion), Amanda Tollemache (Theia)

When Gabrielle utters a chant, she inadvertently releases three of the giant deities from a centuries-long entombment ; One of the Giants terrorize a village; Xena must protect the villagers under attack.



8 :01x08 - Prometheus

First aired: Nov/06/1995
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Stephen L. Posey
Guest star: John Freeman (Prometheus), Michael Hurst (Iolaus), Kevin Sorbo (Hercules)

When Prometheus is chained up by the gods - the gifts he gave to the world is quickly leaving. Meanwhile, Hercules and Iolaus join Xena and Gabrielle on a mission to free him.



9 :01x09 - Death in Chains

First aired: Nov/27/1995
Director: Nora Kay Foster, Charles Siebert
Guest star: Erik Thomson (Hades), Ray Henwood (Sisyhphus), Kate Hodge (Celesta), Kieren Hutchison (Talus)

Hades' sister, Celesta, who is also Death, is captured by King Sisyhphus who is trying to have eternal life. Can Xena free Celesta in time to keep all natural death occurring?



10 :01x10 - Hooves & Harlots

First aired: Dec/04/1995
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Jace Alexander
Guest star: Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), Mark Ferguson (Krykus), Rebekah Mercer (Terreis), Alison Bruce (Melosa)

Xena tries to prevent a war between the Amazons and the Centaurs; Gabrielle is the new princess of the Amazons when the previous princess died in her arms.



11 :01x11 - The Black Wolf

First aired: Jan/08/1996
Writer: Alan Jay Glueckman
Director: Mario Di Leo
Guest star: Kevin J. Wilson (Xerxes), Ross Duncan (Parnassus), Robert Trebor (Salmoneus), Maggie Tarver (Hermia), Nigel Harbrow (Koulos), Ian Hughes (Diomedes)

Xena gets herself thrown into a dungeon to rescue the daughter of old friend, who was captured by Xerxes; Xena comes to the aid of imprisoned freedom fighters who refuse to reveal the identity of their mysterious leader.



12 :01x12 - Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts

First aired: Jan/15/1996
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: Cameron Rhodes (Deiphobus), Galyn Gorg (Helen), Scott Garrison (Perdicas), Warren Carl (Paris)

Helen of Troy summons Xena to Troy to help stop the 10 year Trojan war with the Greeks; Xena discovers a Trojan who's working with the enemy.



13 :01x13 - Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards

First aired: Jan/22/1996
Writer: R. J. Stewart, Steven L. Sears
Director: Jace Alexander
Guest star: Dean O'Gorman (Orion), Andrew Thurtell (Twickenham), Grahame Moore (Polonius), David Weatherly (Gastacious)

Gabrielle wants to audition for the Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards at their annual storytelling competition.



14 :01x14 - A Fistful of Dinars

First aired: Jan/29/1996
Writer: Steven L. Sears, R. J. Stewart
Director: Josh Becker
Guest star: Huntley Eliot (Calicus), Richard Foulkes, Jr. (Lycus), Jeremy Roberts (Thersites), Peter Daube (Petracles)

Xena and Gabrielle have to team up with a despicable assassin and a ruthless warlord - who is also Xena's ex fiancé, to find a hidden treasure. Can Xena keep her feelings out of her way?



15 :01x15 - Warrior... Princess

First aired: Feb/05/1996
Writer: Brenda Lilly
Director: Michael Levine
Guest star: Iain Rea (Philemon), Patrick Smith (Glauce), Latham Gaines (Minius), Norman Forsey (King Lias)

Xena must stand in for a princess, who resembles Xena, whose life has been threatened by assassins. Can Xena and the Princess fool everyone?



16 :01x16 - Mortal Beloved

First aired: Feb/12/1996
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: Erik Thomson (Hades), Paul Willis (Atyminius), Michael Hurst (Charon), Bobby Hosea (Marcus), Kevin Smith (Ares)

A madman has stolen Hades' Helmet of Invisibility and is causing total chaos. The ghost of Marcus, Xena's ex lover, has asked Xena to return to the Underworld with him to help.



17 :01x17 - The Royal Couple of Thieves

First aired: Feb/19/1996
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: John Cameron
Guest star: David Telford (Malthus), Grant Bridger (Sinteres), Mark Rafferty (Arkel), Bruce Campbell (Autolycus)

Xena asks the King of Theves, Autolycus, to help steal back a chest that contains the worlds most powerful weapon. Can Autolycus keep his greedy hands off of it?



18 :01x18 - The Prodigal

First aired: Mar/04/1996
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: John Kretchmer
Guest star: Willa O'Neill (Lila), Tim Thomerson (Meleager)

When Gabrielle returns to her home town, she finds out that a greedy warlord is attacking their town. Meanwhile, a warrior who has lost his self confidence is protecting the town.



19 :01x19 - Altared States

First aired: Apr/22/1996
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Michael Levine
Guest star: David Ackroyd (Anteus), Karl Urban (Mael), David de Lautour (Ikus)

When they learn that a boy was to be sacrificed in the name of a new "Supreme Diety." Xena and Gabrielle agree, and quickly, hides him.



20 :01x20 - Ties That Bind

First aired: Apr/29/1996
Writer: Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster
Director: Charles Siebert
Guest star: Kevin Smith (Ares), Stephen Lovatt (Telemachus), Tom Atkins (Atrius), Jonathan Whittaker (Andrus)

When Xena saves a mysterious warrior. He tells her that he is her father; Xena tries to find out if the man's the he is her father is true, making this reuniong a non-happy one. Will Xena learn to trust the man who claims to be her father?



21 :01x21 - The Greater Good

First aired: May/06/1996
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Gary Jones
Guest star: Robert Trebor (Salmoneus), Peter McCauley (Talmadeus), David Mitchell (Gorney)

Gabrielle is forced to impersonate Xena to protect a group of villagers when Xena is stuck by a poison dart and is near death. Gabrielle also has to protect Salmoneus from a evil warlord.



22 :01x22 - Callisto

First aired: May/13/1996
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: Ian Hughes (Melas), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Hudson Leick (Callisto)

Trouble strikes for Xena when a new warrior is impersonating her to seek revenge on Xena for killing her family. Can Xena battle her past, and win?



23 :01x23 - Death Mask

First aired: Jun/03/1996
Writer: Peter Allan Fields
Director: Stewart Main
Guest star: Joseph Kell (Toris), Doug McCaulay (Aescalus), William Davis (Malik), Michael Lawrence (Cortese)

When Xena and her brother, Toris, are reunited - Xena decides to join her brother in helping to kill a raider who had destroyed their village years before.



24 :01x24 - Is There A Doctor in the House?

First aired: Jul/29/1996
Writer: Patricia Manney
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: Darien Takle (Cyrene), Ray Woolf (General Marmax), Danielle Cormack (Ephiny)

Xena and Gabrielle get caught up in the middle of a war, and must aid the wounded in a healing temple. Xena and Gabrielle tries to meditate between the two battling factors. Meanwhile, Ephiny is pregant and is expecting a centaur baby by Phantes. Also, Gabrielle tries to pass her 'rite of caste' to Ephiny who won't accept it.



25 :02x01 - Orphan of War

First aired: Sep/30/1996
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Charles Siebert
Guest star: Paul Gittins (Kaleipus), Mark Ferguson (Dagnine), David Taylor (Solan)

In this second season premiere episode, Xena comes to the aid of Centaurs; and is soon reunited with her son, Solan. Xena's son doesn't know that Xena is his mother - and even worser, he thinks she's his enemy.



26 :02x02 - Remember Nothing

First aired: Oct/07/1996
Writer: Chris Manheim, Steven L. Sears
Director: Anson Williams
Guest star: Aaron Devitt (Lyceus), Mark Ferguson (Krykus), Stephen Tozer (Myzantius), Robert Harte (Maphias)

The Faiths tries to make a deal with Xena, offering her a chance to erase her past and brother's dead. There's only one catch - Xena can never shed blood in anger again.



27 :02x03 - The Giant Killer

First aired: Oct/14/1996
Writer: Terence Winter
Director: Gary Jones
Guest star: Emma Brunette (Sarah), Dennis Hally (King Saul), Dale Corlett (Jonathon), Calvin Tuteao (Dagon), Antony Starr (David), Todd Rippin (Goliath)

Xena is pitted in a battle against her friend --- which is a battle between the Israelites and the Philistines. Can Xena come up with of her brilliant plans? Or is she left to fight her friend?



28 :02x04 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

First aired: Oct/28/1996
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Matthew Chamberlain (Orpheus), Anthony Ray Parker (Bacchus)

In order to kill a power hungry leader who is trying to take over the underworld. Xena has to take on the Bacchae, which are bloodthirsty minions of the wine god, Bacchus.



29 :02x05 - Return of Callisto

First aired: Nov/04/1996
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: David Te Rare (Theodorus), Scott Garrison (Perdicas), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Hudson Leick (Callisto)

Gabrielle meets an old lover and is ready for marriage. Can things go as planned when Callisto returns and is worse, and evil, as ever? To make things worse - she's still bent on killing, and hurting, Xena.



30 :02x06 - Warrior... Princess... Tramp

First aired: Nov/11/1996
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Josh Becker
Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Norman Forsey (King Lias), Iain Rea (Philemon), Chris Baily (Agis)

Look-alikes are floating around - well atleast it is now. Xena takes on triple the power when she tries to protect princess Diana from yet another look-alike, Meg.



31 :02x07 - Intimate Stranger

First aired: Nov/18/1996
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Gary Jones
Guest star: Kevin Thomson (Hades), Darien Takle (Cyrene), Kevin Smith (Ares), David Te Rare (Theodorus), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Hudson Leick (Callisto), Erik Thomson (Hades)

When Callisto escapes from the underworld - guess who's her first target; Xena. Xena's life takes a turn for the worse when Callisto starts to invade Xena's dreams.



32 :02x08 - Ten Little Warlords

First aired: Nov/25/1996
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
Director: Charles Siebert
Guest star: Jason Kennedy (Carus), Marcel Kalma (Sadus), Bruce Hopkins (Tegason), Chris Ryan (Virgilius), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Kevin Smith (Ares), Hudson Leick (Xena), Charles Siebert (Sisyphus)

Xena is still trapped in one of her worse enemy's body - Callisto. Xena has to enter herself in a competition where warlords compete to become the new god of war.



33 :02x09 - A Solstice Carol

First aired: Dec/09/1996
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: John Kretchmer
Guest star: Sheri Booth (Melana), Joe Berryman (Senticles), Peter Vere-Jones (King Silvas), Daniel James (Lynal)

During the holiday season, Gabrielle and Xena try to lighten up a king who has lost his spirit, and joy, for the holiday. The king has outlawed the winter-solstice celebration.



34 :02x10 - The Xena Scrolls

First aired: Jan/13/1997
Director: Charlie Haskell
Guest star: Kevin Smith (Ares), Ajay Vasisht (Nikos), Rob Tapert (Rob Tapert), Mark Ferguson (Smythe), Lucy Lawless (Melinda Pappas), Renee O'Connor (Janis Covington), Ted Raimi (Jacques S'Er/Jack Kleinman/Joxer)

In the year 1940, an archaeologist and another woman stumble upon the "Xena Scrolls", which are adventures that the warrior princess, Xena, has done. Or has been through.



35 :02x11 - Here She Comes... Miss Amphipolis

First aired: Jan/20/1997
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Marina Sargenti
Guest star: Simone Kessell (Miss Messini), Karen Dior (Miss Artiphys), Stan Wolfgramm (Palantine of Parnassus), Jennifer Becker (Miss Parnassus), Timothy Lee (Regent of Skiros), John Sumner (Lord Claron), Calvin Tuteao (Dhoge of Mesini), Katherine Kennard (Miss Skiros), Brenda Kendall (Pageant Matron), Robert Trebor (Salmoneus)

When Xena learns that somebody is trying, or going, to sabotage a World Beauty Pageant. Xena enters the contest and meets some unlikely friends, and some old pals.



36 :02x12 - Destiny

First aired: Jan/27/1997
Director: Rob Tapert
Guest star: Grant Triplow (Brutus), Dan Ryan (Roman #1), Nathaniel Lees (Nickilo), Ebonie Smith (M'Lila), Karl Urban (Caesar)

When Xena is badly injured after a fight with Sitacles, she starts to have past memories, or flashbacks, of when Julius Caesar taught Xena a valuable lesson about destiny. Xena also has memories of a mysterious girl.



37 :02x13 - The Quest

First aired: Feb/03/1997
Director: Michael Levine
Guest star: Michael Hurst (Iolaus), Jodie Dorday (Solari), Melinda Clarke (Velasca), Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), Bruce Campbell (Autolycus)

Xena's spirit works up a plan that will let her reclaim her body and return to the land of the living, while Gabrielle has an encounter with the Amazons.



38 :02x14 - A Necessary Evil

First aired: Feb/10/1997
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: Melinda Clarke (Velasca), Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), Jodie Dorday (Solari), Hudson Leick (Callisto)

When the evil Velasca, now an immortal, hunts down Gabrielle and will do anything to get her. Xena launches a plan that will stop Velasca, even if it is bringing back one of her worse enemies.



39 :02x15 - A Day in the Life

First aired: Feb/17/1997
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Michael Hurst
Guest star: Alison Wall (Minya), Murray Keane (Hower), Willy De Wit (Zagreas)

All in one day. Xena has to prevent an evil warlord from destroying one village, and on the other hand, Xena has to stop the world's biggest Giant from destroying another village.



40 :02x16 - For Him The Bell Tolls

First aired: Feb/24/1997
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
Director: Josh Becker
Guest star: Mandie Gillette (Ileandra), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Craig Parker (Sarpedon), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite)

Aphrodite and her son, Cupid, engaged in a battle of wills. And Aphrodite turns Joxer into a hero and makes him steal a princess's heart away from her betrothed.



41 :02x17 - The Execution

First aired: Apr/07/1997
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: Tim Thomerson (Meleager), Tony Blackett (Arbus), Ann Baxter (Old Woman)

When Gabrielle's friend Meleager is accused of murder, Gabrielle is not so sure he committed the crime. Meanwhile, Xena thinks he did it which leaves Gabrielle uneased.



42 :02x18 - Blind Faith

First aired: Apr/14/1997
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
Director: Josh Becker
Guest star: Jeremy Callaghan (Palaemon), Ajay Vasisht (Vendor), Chris Bailey (Apex)

A warrior kidnaps Gabrielle when he tries to kill Xena to make his name heard. Meanwhile, the warrior is willing to sell Gabrielle to a king - who it seems- needs a queen.



43 :02x19 - Ulysses

First aired: Apr/28/1997
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Michael Levine
Guest star: Rachel Blakely (Penelope), John D'Aquino (Ulysses), Charles Siebert (Poseidon)

Xena and Gabrielle help king Ulysses regain his island kingdom from the nasty god of the sea's pirate henchmen. Will the seas be so willing to help throughout this mission?



44 :02x20 - The Price

First aired: May/05/1997
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Oley Sassone
Guest star: Charles Mesure (Mercer), Paul Glover (Menticles), Tamati Rice (Garel)

Xena goes back to her old evil ways when she has to whip a dispirited Athenian army into shape to take on a foe known as the Horde. But this coming from Xena is only hurting her friend; Gabrielle.



45 :02x21 - The Lost Mariner

First aired: May/12/1997
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: Tony Todd (Cycrops), George Henare (Hidsim), Nigel Harbrow (Basculis)

Gabrielle finds herself aboard the cursed vessel of the lost mariner Cycrops when a ship crashes. Xena and Gabrielle, after recently being in a shipwreck, encounter pirates and a nasty god.



46 :02x22 - A Comedy of Eros

First aired: May/19/1997
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Charles Siebert
Guest star: Anthony Ray Parker (Pinullus), Karl Urban (Cupid), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Jay Laga'aia (Draco)

When Cupid's son gets away with daddy's arrows, he goes "love happy with them". Meanwhile, Xena encounters Draco who's trying to sell temple maidens into slavery. Can things go as planned when there's love in the air?



47 :03x01 - The Furies

First aired: Sep/29/1997
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Guest star: Darien Takle (Cyrene), Kevin Smith (Ares)

Ares enlists the help of "The Furies" to punish Xena for a crime that she didn't even know about - and that the Warrior Princess has committed a terrible crime and that “she will be punished by persecution and madness.” Thanks to Gabrielle, Xena learns it's because she didn't avenge her fathers death - the father she never knew - the father she didn't even know died.



48 :03x02 - Been There, Done That

First aired: Oct/06/1997
Writer: Hilary J. Bader
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Guest star: Joseph Murray (Neron), Deverick Williams (Tybelus), Rebekah Davies (Hermia), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer inadvertently get involved in a feud between two families - but that's the least of Xena problems - as she mysteriously gets stuck in a warp hole where the day keeps repeating itself.



49 :03x03 - The Dirty Half Dozen

First aired: Oct/13/1997
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Jon Brazier (Walsim), Katrina Hobbs (Glaphyra), Kevin Smith (Ares), Charles Mesure (Darnelle), Jonathan Roberts (Agathon)

In order to battle the warlord Agathon - Xena rounds up a gang of cutthroats to help battle him. But, will this be an easy battle when the warlord has weapons made of a super-hard metal?



50 :03x04 - The Deliverer

First aired: Oct/20/1997
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Oley Sassone
Guest star: Jennifer Ward-Lealand (Boadicea), Marton Csokas (Khrafstar), Anthony Ray Parker (The Deliverer), Karl Urban (Caesar), Kevin Smith (Ares), Catherine Boniface (Meridian)

Xena, Gabrielle, and the first priest of a monotheistic cult head for Britannia to battle their enemy Ceasar. But things don't go as planned when Ceasar captures Gabrielle.



51 :03x05 - Gabrielle's Hope

First aired: Oct/27/1997
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Andrew Merrifield, Charles Siebert
Guest star: Nicola Brown (Banshee #2), Peter Feeney (Caswallawn), Michelle Huirama (Banshee #1)

When Xena, Gabrielle, and a priest travel to Britannia to battle one of Xena's worse enemies, Caesar. He captures Gabrielle. In this episode, Gabrielle is left shaken after an encounter with the evil Dahak, and soon gives birth to his child - Hope. Gabrielle has to make a very hard decision.



52 :03x06 - The Debt (1)

First aired: Nov/03/1997
Director: Oley Sassone
Guest star: Jacqueline Kim (Lao Ma), Marton Csokas (Borias), Grant McFarland (Ming Tzu), Daniel Sing (Older Ming T'ien), Daniel Lim (Ming T'ien/12 years old)

Xena is summoned to kill "The Green Dragon;" Xena and Gabrielle travel toward the Eastern kingdom of Chin, in which Xena recalls events from her evil past - including a kidnapping. Xena also has flashbacks from when she was evil then turned good.



53 :03x07 - The Debt (2)

First aired: Nov/10/1997
Director: Oley Sassone
Guest star: Daniel Lim (Ming T'ien/12 years old), Daniel Sing (Older Ming T'ien), Grant McFarland (Ming Tzu), Marton Csokas (Borias), Jacqueline Kim (Lao Ma)

In present time, after the flashbacks of her past, Xena has been captured by "The Green Dragon" and has been thrown in a dungeon. Also, Xena reminisces about Lao Mao's teachings and the debt Xena owes her.



54 :03x08 - The King of Assassins

First aired: Nov/17/1997
Writer: Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster
Director: Bruce Campbell
Guest star: Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Gina Torres (Cleopatra), Jonathon Hendry (Pontius)

When Joxer's evil look-a-like brother, Jett, tries to assassinate Cleopatra, Gabrielle, Joxer and Autolycus sneak into a palace to thwart his plans - which is not so easy.



55 :03x09 - Warrior... Priestess... Tramp

First aired: Jan/12/1998
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
Director: Robert Ginty
Guest star: Matty J. Ruys (Dexon), MacGregor Cameron (Balius), Lucy Lawless (Leah/Meg), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

A Xena lookalike named Leah is in danger, and Xena and Gabrielle want to protect her, but complicating matters is Meg, who is another Xena look-a-like. The priestess and the lusty barmaid who look exactly like Xena team up with the warrior princess when Balius plots to destroy the Hestians.



56 :03x10 - The Quill Is Mightier

First aired: Jan/19/1998
Writer: Hilary J. Bader
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Guest star: Alison Wall (Minya), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Kevin Smith (Ares), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

When Aphrodite casts a spell on Gabrielle's scroll, anything and everything that Gabrielle writes comes true, and most of what Gabrielle writes isn't always precisely what she means.



57 :03x11 - Maternal Instincts

First aired: Feb/07/1998
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: David Taylor (Solan), Hudson Leick (Callisto), Amy Morrison (Hope), Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), Jeff Boyd (Kaleipus)

Who says mother and children reunions aren't always good? Well atleast in this episode it isn't. Xena and Solan reunite, and Gabrielle and Hope reunites. But when Callisto returns, it is everything but a happy reunion between the bunch.



58 :03x12 - The Bitter Suite

First aired: Feb/14/1998
Writer: Chris Manheim, Steven L. Sears
Director: Oley Sassone
Guest star: Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), Kevin Smith (Ares), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Hudson Leick (Callisto), David Taylor (Solan)

The conflict between Xena and Gabrielle comes to a head in this musical-fantasy episode when they are bound by hatred in a dreamworld - Illusia. But will Gabrielle and Xena be able to settle their mutual differences?



59 :03x13 - One Against An Army

First aired: Feb/21/1998
Writer: Noreen Tobin
Director: Paul Lynch
Guest star: Douglas Kamo (Dorian), Nick Kemplen (Phiddipides)

When Gabrielle tries to help a man get pass his fears, it leads to her being shot by a poison arrow - leaving Xena to fight off the whole Persian army by herself, and find the antidote for Gabrielle before it's too late.



60 :03x14 - Forgiven

First aired: Feb/28/1998
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: David Goodwin (Lark), Brett Coutts (Micah), Wade Jackson (Wayan), Mervyn Smith (Dorus), Shiri Appleby (Tara)

A teen with a bad attitude picks a fight with Gabrielle, and then tells Xena that she wants to be her new partner; Xena lets the teen travel along side her and Gabrielle, to recover the stolen Urn of Apollo, causing tension between the two.



61 :03x15 - King Con

First aired: Mar/07/1998
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Janet Greek
Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Patrick Fabian (Rafe), Cameron Rhodes (Eldon), Stig Eldred (Titus), Justin Curry (Leo)

When Joxer's luck runs out at a casino, the casino owner orders him to be killed. Xena and Gabrielle join forces with two con men to prevent Joxer's death at the hands of the vengeful gaming-club owner.



62 :03x16 - When In Rome...

First aired: Mar/14/1998
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: John Laing
Guest star: Grant Triplow (Brutus), Tamati Rice (Vercinix), Karl Urban (Caesar), Matthew Chamberlain (Crassus), Jeremy Callaghan (Pompey)

Xena and Gabrielle battle the ruthless and evil Caesar when they try to rescue Vercinix. Meanwhile, Xena and Caesar arrange a prisoner exchange and wind up in the Colosseum.



63 :03x17 - Forget Me Not

First aired: Mar/21/1998
Writer: Hilary J. Bader
Director: Charlie Haskell
Guest star: Jan Hellriegel (Priestess of Mnemosyne), Kevin Smith (Ares), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

When Gabrielle is still haunted by her betrayal of Xena, she seeks forgetfulness of her painful memories at the temple of Mnemosyne, leaving Joxer to help her regain her memories.



64 :03x18 - Fins, Femmes and Gems

First aired: Apr/25/1998
Director: Josh Becker
Guest star: Lawrence Makoare (Maecenus), Kevin Smith (Ares), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Renee Schuda (Young Xena)

When Aphrodite steals a Mystic Diamond - that keeps the North Star lit. She casts a spell on Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer to bring out their innermost desires and to stop their attempts to recover the Mystic Diamond which turns Joxer into an ape man, makes Gabrielle vain, and preoccupies Xena with fishing.



65 :03x19 - Tsunami

First aired: May/02/1998
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: John Laing
Guest star: Toby Fisher (Petrodes), Stephen Hall (Captain), Angela Dotchin (Soraya), Stephen Tozer (Thadeus), Todd Rippon (Macon), Bruce Campbell (Autolycus)

The eruption of Mount Aetna produces a tidal wave and Xena, Gabrielle and Autolycus find themselves aboard the ship capsized by the tidal wave. And when they find a way to escape, a cutthroat may ruin the their plans.



66 :03x20 - Vanishing Act

First aired: May/09/1998
Writer: Terence Winter
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Guest star: Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Jon Brazier (Tarsus)

When a golden statue is stolen, Autolycus's reputation as "king of thieves" is at stake when the missing statue was stolen by someone else, and not him. Meanwhile, Autolycus helps Xena and Gabrielle retrieve the golden statue of Pax.



67 :03x21 - Sacrifice (1)

First aired: May/16/1998
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: David Warry-Smith
Guest star: Stephen Ure (Werfner), Jodie Rimmer (Seraphin), Kevin Smith (Ares), Hudson Leick (Callisto)

Callisto returns to resurrect Gabrielle's evil daughter, who is in a cocoon. Meanwhile, Xena and Gabrielle try to save Gabrielle's friend, Seraphin, from being sacrificed to Hope.



68 :03x22 - Sacrifice (2)

First aired: May/23/1998
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Hudson Leick (Callisto), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Kevin Smith (Ares), Jodie Rimmer (Seraphin)

When Hope takes the form of her mother, Gabrielle. She uses that as her advantage to get information out of her friends. Meanwhile, Callisto unites with Xena and Gabrielle to kill the evil Hope. But to make matters worse. Hope joins with Ares to create a race of superbeings.



69 :04x01 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (1)

First aired: Oct/03/1998
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: Kate Elliott (Yakut), Sheeri Rappaport (Otere), Erik Thomson (Hades), Victoria Pratt (Cyane), Claire Stansfield (Alti), Marton Csokas (Borias)

In the 2 part season premiere, Xena searches for Gabrielle in the Amazon Land of the Dead. But can things go as planned when Xena has an encounter with her evil past? Including an evil shamaness she has to battle.



70 :04x02 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (2)

First aired: Oct/10/1998
Director: T. J. Scott
Guest star: Kate Elliott (Yakut), Victoria Pratt (Cyane), Sheeri Rappaport (Otere), Claire Stansfield (Alti), Marton Csokas (Borias)

In the second episode of the 2 part season premiere, Xena, still on her quest to find her beloved friend Gabrielle, travels to the Amazon Resting Place to battle the evil witch, Alti, and learns that Gabrielle is still alive - due to a vision she got about Gabrielle.



71 :04x03 - A Family Affair

First aired: Oct/17/1998
Director: Doug Lefler
Guest star: Willa O'Neill (Lila), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Renee O'Connor (Hope), Mark Vinello (Destroyer)

Xena heads to Gabrielle's hometown to look for Gabrielle, and is soon reunited with her. The happy reunion is cut short when the evil Hope and her son, The Destroyer, are also back.



72 :04x04 - In Sickness and In Hell

First aired: Oct/24/1998
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
Director: Josh Becker
Guest star: Allen O'Halloran (Scythian Soldier), Campbell Cooley (Euraylus), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Timothy Lee (Acestus)

Xena and Gabrielle get a case of lice and foot rot, but to make matters worse, the Scythians capture Xena's horse Argo, and Xena and Gabrielle have to battle and try to defeat a Scythian army.



73 :04x05 - A Good Day

First aired: Oct/31/1998
Guest star: Lance Dunne (Pompey's Messenger Spy), Tyler Read (Deirimus), Karl Urban (Caesar), Jeremy Callaghan (Pompey), Stephen Lovatt (Phlanagus), Caleb Ross (Temecula)

When a war between Rome's Caesar and Pompey has spilled over into Greece, Xena must come up with a quick plan to stop the 2 battling forces from completely destroying Greece.



74 :04x06 - A Tale of Two Muses

First aired: Nov/07/1998
Writer: Gillian Horvath
Director: Michael Hurst
Guest star: Hemi Rudolph (Telamon), Michael Kupenga (Andros), John Givins (Istafan), Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Shiri Appleby (Tara)

When Tara is arrested for dancing in a town that forbids dancing, Xena, Gabrielle, and Autolycus must save her. Also, Gabrielle gets happy feet and starts to dance herself.



75 :04x07 - Locked Up and Tied Down

First aired: Nov/14/1998
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Natalie Dennis (Clysemene), Tanea Heke (Ersina), William Kircher (#1 Bad Guard), Katrina Browne (Thalassa)

When Xena is put on trial because of something very evil she committed in her dark past, she is sentenced to life in prison. While in prison, Xena meets some unlikely warriors and even someone she thought she would never see again.



76 :04x08 - Crusader

First aired: Nov/21/1998
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Paul Lynch
Guest star: Kathryn Morris (Najara), David Te Rare (Marat)

While in a battle, Xena and Gabrielle meet a beautiful, but mysterious,savior named Najara. Gabrielle is taken with her and Xena has her doubts, but their budding friendship ends when she later competes with Xena for Gabrielle's heart and soul.



77 :04x09 - Past Imperfect

First aired: Jan/06/1999
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Charles Siebert
Guest star: Mark Ferguson (Dagnine), Paul Gittins (Kaleipus), Catherine Boniface (Satrina), Marton Csokas (Borias), John Manning (Oaklin), Craig Muller (Pasicus)

Xena has a series of flashbacks from her evil past; Xena must find a copycat who is mirroring her evil deeds of the past. Xena rehashes the vision of Gabrielle's crucifixion, and this time she tells Gabrielle about it.



78 :04x10 - The Key To The Kingdom

First aired: Jan/16/1999
Writer: Eric Morris
Director: Bruce Campbell
Guest star: Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Paul Willis (Ormestin), Martin Howells (Kryptos)

Meg (Xena's double) returns, and with the help of Joxer, fools 'The King of Thieves,' Autolycus, into helping her steal a special baby. Meg also tells Autolycus that it's a key to a treasure.



79 :04x11 - Daughter of Pomira

First aired: Jan/23/1999
Writer: Linda McGibney
Director: Patrick Norris
Guest star: Beth Allen (Pilee/Vanessa), Mandy McMullin (Adiah), Craig Ancell (Milo), Andrew Kovacevich (Garth)

Xena saves the life of Pilee, from a Horde hunter, and recognizes that the girl is the daughter of a man from her past named Rahl. When Xena steals Pilee away from the Horde Chief Cirvik, she starts a war between Rahl’s people and the Horde.



80 :04x12 - If The Shoe Fits...

First aired: Jan/30/1999
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
Director: Josh Becker
Guest star: Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Ted Clarke (Brother #1), Olivia Tennet (Alesia), Chris Ryan (Zantar), Douglas Kamo (Brother #2)

When a young princess named Alesia runs away from home because she's scared of her new stepmother, Gabrielle, Xena, Joxer and Aphrodite use storytelling to get the runaway princess to realize the importance of home.



81 :04x13 - Paradise Found

First aired: Feb/06/1999
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Rob Tapert
Guest star: Jeremy Roberts (Aidan), Mervyn Smith (Gar)

Xena and Gabrielle fall down a cave on a holy mountain, and find a bucolic world of seeming peace, inhabited solely by the peaceful Aidan and his crazy caretaker. Gabrielle finds inner calm, but Xena is plagued by violent images in a land ruled by a man who claims to know the true path to peace.



82 :04x14 - Devi

First aired: Feb/13/1999
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: Kamahl Santamaria (Hypnotized Man), Timothy Omundson (Eli), Monroe Reimers (Vikram), Mukhtar Ali (Ravi), Alex Reekers (Maya), Ajay Sharma (Villager #1)

Xena and Gabrielle travel to India, where Gabrielle suddenly acquires the power to heal, but Xena is suspicious of the power's source. Xena helps rescue a beleaguered magician named Eli.



83 :04x15 - Between The Lines

First aired: Feb/20/1999
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Claire Stansfield (Alti), Tharini Mudallar (Naiyima), Ajay Vasisht (Acklin), Saras Govender (Arminestra), Gabriella Larkin (Khindin)

Xena and Gabrielle's souls are sent to the future by a Indian Ritual, from the power of the Mendi, for an encounter with the reincarnation of the evil shamaness, Alti.



84 :04x16 - The Way

First aired: Feb/27/1999
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: John Fawcett
Guest star: Rajeev Varma (Krishna), Rajneel Singh (Indrajit), Jake McKinnon (Hanuman), Timothy Omundson (Eli), Slade Leef (Demon), George Sabbage (Man)

While still in India, Xena and Gabrielle meet up with Eli who's now the Avatar; then all three meet Indrajit. Xena seeks the help of the god Krishna to rescue Gabrielle and Eli from the clutches of the King of the Demons.



85 :04x17 - The Play's The Thing

First aired: Mar/20/1999
Writer: Ashley Gable, Thomas A. Swyden
Director: Chris Graves
Guest star: Polly Baigent (Paulina), Peter Muller (Dustinus Hoofmanus), Mark Hadlow (Milo), Jennifer Ward-Lealand (Zehra), Alison Wall (Minya), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Eduardo De Campos (Sophocles), Denys Hoskins (Critic #2), Tammy Barker (Gabrielle Look-alike), George Port (Critic #1), John McKee (Rivus), Stephen Hall (Therax), Mark Nua (Cleon), William Davis (Kaelus)

Gabrielle pursues a career as a playright, but things go bad when Zehra, the "Queen of Cons" convinces Gabrielle to base a play on her adventures with Xena, so she can run off with the production's investment money.



86 :04x18 - The Convert

First aired: Apr/24/1999
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Guest star: Darryl Brown (Kryton), M'fundo Morrison (Arman), Kathryn Morris (Najara), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Steve Wright (Magistrate), Dennis Hally (Headmaster)

Najara returns to announce to Xena and Gabrielle that she has converted to nonviolence, and Gabrielle believes her. Meanwhile, Joxer can't come to grips with the fact that he killed a man; Joxer has to tell the man's son that he killed his father.



87 :04x19 - Takes One To Know One

First aired: May/01/1999
Writer: Jeff Vlaming
Director: Chris Graves
Guest star: Meighan Desmond (Discord), Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Darien Takle (Cyrene), Willa O'Neill (Lila), Alison Wall (Minya), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Natalie Duggan (Ravenica)

On Gabrielle's surprise birthday party, a woman is mysteriously murdered at the tavern. Meanwhile, Discord gives Xena until sunrise to figure out which one of her friends has killed the woman - or someone will pay.



88 :04x20 - Endgame

First aired: May/08/1999
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: David Franklin (Brutus), Jeremy Callaghan (Pompey), Karl Urban (Caesar), Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), Jennifer Sky (Amarice), Tony Wood (Xelifus), Nicole Whippy (Chilapa), Stephen Butterworth (Carminus)

When Brutus kills "The Queen of the Amazons," Ephiny, Gabrielle is called back to be the new queen. Meanwhile, Xena pursues Brutus, hoping he'll lead her to Pompey. Xena and Gabrielle must stop a war between the Amazons and the Romans.



89 :04x21 - The Ides of March

First aired: May/15/1999
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Ken Girotti
Guest star: Hudson Leick (Callisto), Jennifer Sky (Amarice), Timothy Omundson (Eli), Karl Urban (Caesar), David Franklin (Brutus), Jane Fullerton-Smith (Woman In Hell), Sean Ashton-Peach (Jailer), Jim Ngaata (Warlord), Allan Poppleton (Hanged Man), Rodney Cook (Spearman), John Leigh (Nailscot)

When Xena learns that Caesar has put a six-million-dinar price on her head, she convinces Gabrielle to stay behind while she travels to Rome to kill Caesar. Meanwhile, Brutus captures Gabrielle and Amarice and brings them to Rome.



90 :04x22 - Deja Vu All Over Again

First aired: May/22/1999
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Renee O'Connor
Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Kevin Smith (Ares), Robert Trebor (Marco), Tammy Barker (Mattie Acting Double)

A woman named Annie wakes up convinced that she is the reincarnation of Xena, the Warrior Princess,
and she thinks she may be the Xena-esque vigilante keeping the streets safe at night.



91 :05x01 - Fallen Angel

First aired: Sep/27/1999
Director: John Fawcett
Guest star: Hudson Leick (Callisto), Charles Mesure (Michael), Jennifer Sky (Amarice), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Timothy Omundson (Eli), Jim McLarty (Pankos), David de Lautour (Lief), Tamati Rice (Raphael), Angela Gribben (Laura), Lee Jane Foreman (Arleia)

After being crucified by the Romans, Xena and Gabrielle are in the afterlife; they team up with the archangel Michael to battle evil Callisto and the forces of hell. Also, when Xena becomes a demon from hell, Gabrielle tries to save her.



92 :05x02 - Chakram

First aired: Oct/04/1999
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Doug Lefler
Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Timothy Omundson (Eli), Jennifer Sky (Amarice), Kevin Smith (Ares), Antonio Te Maioho (Kal), Mark Rounthwaite (Guard)

Eli resurrects Xena and Gabrielle from the afterlife, but things don't go as planned when Xena has no recollection of being a warrior. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and friends race to help Xena gain her memory.



93 :05x03 - Succession

First aired: Oct/11/1999
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Jenya Lano (Mavican), Kevin Smith (Ares)

Xena and Gabrielle are merged in the same body, thanks to Ares; Xena and Gabrielle must each take a shift in the day - Xena taking the day shift and Gabrielle taking the night, in order to watch out for Ares' potential right hand, Mavican.



94 :05x04 - Animal Attraction

First aired: Oct/18/1999
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Alison Bruce (Talia), M'fundo Morrison (Arman), Jennifer Sky (Amarice), Ted Raimi (Joxer), John Lawler (Barkeeper), David Te Rare (Darcon)

When Xena, Joxer, Gabrielle, and Amarice travel to Spamona,(an old western town) Xena meets an old friend who's in danger; Amarice meets Arman, and grows feelings for him, but will her 'ego' get in the way of her and Arman's "love fest?" Meanwhile, Xena learns something shocking when she becomes exhausted, irritable, and has a craving for raw fish.



95 :05x05 - Them Bones, Them Bones

First aired: Nov/01/1999
Writer: Buddy Williers
Director: John Fawcett
Guest star: Claire Stansfield (Alti), Jennifer Sky (Amarice), Kate Elliott (Yakut)

The evil, shamaness Alti returns from the spirit world and yet again goes after Xena; but things have changed, especially since Alti isn't targetting Xena, but her unborn baby.



96 :05x06 - Purity

First aired: Nov/08/1999
Writer: Jeff Vlaming
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Marie Matiko (Pao Ssu/K'ao Hsin), William Kwan (Vendor)

When Gabrielle, Joxer, and Xena are awakened by a monk who has a message for Xena from her mentor, Lao Ma, Xena returns to Chin to recover Lao Ma's book of power; and in order to retain the book, Xena must go up against one of Lao Ma's twin daughters.



97 :05x07 - Back in the Bottle

First aired: Nov/15/1999
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: George Cheung (Kahn), Daniel Sing (Ming T'ien), Anthony Brandon Wong (Lin Qi), Marie Matiko (Pao Ssu/K'ao Hsin), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

In a battle against the militia led by the evil spirits of Pao Ssu and her brother, Ming Tien, Xena must master Lao Ma's powers and save Gabrielle, Joxer, and the people of Chin.



98 :05x08 - Little Problems

First aired: Nov/22/1999
Writer: Gregg Ostrin
Director: Allison Liddi
Guest star: Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Rose McIver (Daphne), Colin Moy (Galantis)

Trying to help out a little girl, Aphrodite casts a spell that's suppose to wake her up - instead, she merges Xena and the young girl, Daphne, into the same body; Aphrodite and Gabrielle must retrieve a potion that will split Xena and Daphne apart.



99 :05x09 - Seeds of Faith

First aired: Jan/10/2000
Writer: George Strayton, Tom O'Neill
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: Kevin Smith (Ares), Timothy Omundson (Eli), Hudson Leick (Callisto)

Xena finally learns the true identity of the baby's father, and the news is very shocking; Eli takes on Ares in an effort to show everyone that they don't need the gods. Also, someone close to Gabrielle and Xena dies.



100 :05x10 - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire

First aired: Jan/17/2000
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: Gillian Iliana Waters (Amoria), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Darien Takle (Cyrene), Jay Laga'aia (Draco)

In this musical episode, Xena reunites with her mother, Joxer reunites with his twin brother, and Gabrielle meets Draco; and to avoid a war over who gets possession of Terpsichore's lyre, Xena organizes a battle of the bands



101 :05x11 - Punch Lines

First aired: Jan/24/2000
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Guest star: Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

Lachrymose, the god of despair, shrinks Gabrielle and Argo; and the only way he will turn them back to normal is if they make him laugh, which isn't as easy as it may seem. Also, it's "pie central" when Gabrielle, Joxer, and Xena get into a pie fight with the villagers.



102 :05x12 - God Fearing Child

First aired: Feb/07/2000
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Guest star: Kevin Smith (Ares), Kevin Sorbo (Hercules), Charles Keating (Zeus), Meg Foster (Hera)

When Zeus learns that Xena's unborn baby will be the death to the Olympians, (also known as the 'twilight of the gods') he tries to kill her. Meanwhile, Hercules arrives to protect Xena and her unborn child from Zeus.



103 :05x13 - Eternal Bonds

First aired: Feb/14/2000
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: Kevin Smith (Ares), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

Joxer brings three priests to a cave to await the arrival of Xena and her baby, but things go bad when Xena learns they are priests of the gods and were sent to kill her; Joxer is wounded by a poisonous sword and Gabrielle must find the antidote while Xena combats armies sent by priests of the gods.



104 :05x14 - Amphipolis Under Siege

First aired: Feb/21/2000
Writer: Chris Black
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: Paris Jefferson (Athena), Darien Takle (Cyrene), Musetta Vander (Elanis), Kevin Smith (Ares)

Athena declares war on Amphipolis in a plan to try to get Eve, but things don't go as planned, or well, when the the hometown people are not so willing to just hand Eve over. Meanwhile, Ares tries to make a deal with Xena saying that if she conceives his heir, he will protect Eve.



105 :05x15 - Married with Fishsticks

First aired: Feb/28/2000
Writer: Kevin Maynard
Director: Paul Grinder
Guest star: Meighan Desmond (Discord/Sturgina), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite/Crabella), Ted Raimi (Joxer/Hagar)

When Aprodite and Discord get into a fight, it leads to Gabrielle being knocked out into the ocean. Gabrielle dreams she's in a world under the sea, and is also a mommy. There is just one problem, though. Gabrielle doesn't know who she is.



106 :05x16 - Lifeblood

First aired: Mar/13/2000
Director: Michael Hurst
Guest star: Monica McSwain (Olan), Claudia Black (Karina), Danielle Cormack (Samsara), Selma Blair (Utma)

Gabrielle wants to give Eve her right of caste and Xena isn't so sure; Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make Eve a Amazon princess; Xena and Gabrielle try to prevent an Amazon war against the Samite nomads.



107 :05x17 - Kindred Spirits

First aired: Apr/17/2000
Writer: George Strayton, Tom O'Neill
Director: Josh Becker
Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer)

Gabrielle is left with a tough decision when she must choose to remain the Queen of the Amazons, and lead the Amazons, or travel with her longtime companion, Xena. Meanwhile, Joxer breaks the Amazons' Law and Gabrielle must make another tough decision.



108 :05x18 - Antony & Cleopatra

First aired: Apr/24/2000
Writer: Carl Ellsworth
Director: Michael Hurst
Guest star: David Franklin (Brutus), Jon Bennett (Antony), Marc Warren (Octavian)

When the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, is murdered --Xena assumes her identity to uncover the assassin and protect Egypt. Meanwhile, Gabrielle is confronted by an old friend of Rome.



109 :05x19 - Looking Death in the Eye

First aired: May/01/2000
Writer: Carl Ellsworth
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: Kevin Smith (Ares), Paris Jefferson (Athena), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

Joxer, now in his 60's, retells the battle that Xena and Gabrielle went through to protect Eve from the gods, when he finds Gabrielle's scrolls. While in the Battle, Athena and the fellow gods are throwing all they have at Xena - fireballs, lightning, etc.. Will Xena and Gabrielle be able to survive this?



110 :05x20 - Livia

First aired: May/08/2000
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve/Livia), William Gregory Lee (Virgil), Kevin Smith (Ares)

Xena and Gabrielle escape, 25 years later, from their tombs in an ice cave. They return to a very different world, and immediately go searching for Eve. Xena and Gabrielle find out that Eve, now known as Livia - the bitch of Rome, is the commander in Rome and is working with Ares.



111 :05x21 - Eve

First aired: May/15/2000
Writer: Tom O'Neill, George Strayton
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: Kevin Smith (Ares), William Gregory Lee (Virgil), Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve/Livia), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

Eve, also known as Livia, is targeting Eli's cult followers and Xena must decide if she can kill her own daughter; Gabrielle tries to reason with Eve/Livia and is captured, leading to the death of someone very close to her.



112 :05x22 - Motherhood

First aired: May/22/2000
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve), Paris Jefferson (Athena), William Gregory Lee (Virgil), Kevin Smith (Ares)

The gods learn that Xena's daughter, Eve, is still alive; Eve is baptized, which gives Xena the power to kill the gods, and leading Xena to face the gods in a final showdown.. Meanwhile, The Fates targets Gabrielle in an attempt to drive her to kill Eve.



113 :06x01 - Coming Home

First aired: Oct/02/2000
Writer: Melissa Good
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: Tsianina Joelson (Varia), Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve), Kevin Smith (Ares), Sela Apera (Marga)

Ares wants Xena to help him get his godhood back, resulting in him having to get through the Amazons first. Also, 'the Furies' return to avenge the gods' deaths, making Ares go nuts, and leading to him going after Xena.



114 :06x02 - The Haunting of Amphipolis

First aired: Oct/14/2000
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: Kevin Smith (Ares), Anthony Ray Parker (Mephistopheles), Darien Takle (Cyrene), Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve), Charles Mesure (Michael)

When Xena and Gabrielle take Eve to Amphipolis to visit Xena's mother Cyrene, the find the town haunted by evil and sinister forces. Xena also has to battle the evil Mephistopheles.



115 :06x03 - Heart of Darkness

First aired: Oct/21/2000
Writer: Emily Skopov
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: Tamati Rice (Raphael), Alex Mendoza (Lucifer), William Gregory Lee (Virgil), Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve), Charles Mesure (Michael), Kara Douglas (Aliyah)

In order to stop herself from inheriting the throne to 'Kingdom of hell', Xena must devise a plan to turn the archangel Lucifer into the King of Hell.



116 :06x04 - Who's Gurkhan?

First aired: Oct/28/2000
Director: Michael Hurst
Guest star: Calvin Tuteao (Gurkhan), Willa O'Neill (Lila), William Gregory Lee (Virgil), Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve)

Gabrielle returns to her hometown and meets up with Lila, who soon tells Gabrielle that her family was murdered by a man named Gurkhan. Lila also tells Gabrielle that she has a niece named Sarah and that Gurkhan has her, which leads Gabrielle and the others on a rescue mission.



117 :06x05 - Legacy

First aired: Nov/04/2000
Writer: Melissa Good
Director: Chris Martin-Jones
Guest star: Alison Bruce (Kahina), John O'Leary (Dalius), Owen Black (Korah)

On their travels through the North African desert, Xena and Gabrielle help two tribes unite against their Roman enemies. Also, Gabrielle does something that will change the rest of her life forever, and also haunting her.



118 :06x06 - The Abyss

First aired: Nov/11/2000
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Jason Palmer (Hosep), William Gregory Lee (Virgil), Ian Harcourt (Rubio)

Virgil and his friend, Hosep, encounter cannibals and must escape from them. Hosep is captured by the cannibals and is killed: resulting in Virgil being captured. Meanwhile, Xena and Gabrielle must break into the cannibals' camp and save Virgil. This may not be so easy, though, when Gabrielle is letting the death of the boy in the desert interfere in her battles.



119 :06x07 - The Rheingold (1)

First aired: Nov/18/2000
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: John Fawcett
Guest star: Glen Levy (Grindl), Luanne Gordon (Grinhilda), Alexander Petersons (Odin), Renato Bartolomei (Beowulf), Roger Morrissey (Monster Grinhilda), Brittney Powell (Brunhilda)

When the warrior Beowulf approaches Xena for help, Xena and Gabrielle embarks on a deadly mission that involves Xena going deep into her dark, evil past.



120 :06x08 - The Ring (2)

First aired: Nov/25/2000
Writer: Joel Metzger
Director: Rick Jacobson
Guest star: Glen Levy (Grindl), Luanne Gordon (Grinhilda), Victoria Hill (Waltraute), Roger Morrissey (Monster Grinhilda), Alexander Petersons (Odin), Renato Bartolomei (Beowulf), Brittney Powell (Brunhilda)

Xena must battle the evil Grindl, a monster that was created by Xena and must recover the destructive Rheingold ring she forged in her days as an evil warrior.



121 :06x09 - Return of the Valkyrie (3)

First aired: Dec/02/2000
Writer: Emily Skopov
Director: John Fawcett
Guest star: Victoria Hill (Waltraute), Brittney Powell (Brunhilda), Luanne Gordon (Grinhilda), Dean O'Gorman (Wiglaf), Roger Morrissey (Monster Grinhilda), Alexander Petersons (Odin), Renato Bartolomei (Beowulf)

Xena has no memory, she has no motivations, and doesn't remember she's a godslayer. When Xena has amnesia as Hrothgar's bride, Wealthea, she must quickly regain her memory to save her friend Gabrielle.



122 :06x10 - Old Ares Had A Farm

First aired: Jan/20/2001
Writer: R. J. Stewart
Director: Charles Siebert
Guest star: Noel Coutts (Gasgar), Kirk Torrance (Demetrius), Norman Forsey (Dempar), Kevin Smith (Ares)

Ares assumes the identity of a farmer at Xena's old childhood home when group of warlords, that has learned that Ares is mortal, has targeted the former god.



123 :06x11 - Dangerous Prey

First aired: Jan/27/2001
Writer: Joel Metzger
Director: Renee O'Connor
Guest star: Tsianina Joelson (Varia), Craig Hall (Raczar), Sandy Winton (Prince Morloch), Sela Apera (Marga)

When Xena learns the evil, twisted Prince Morloch has been hunting Amazons for sport. She finds herself matched up against him; Xena, who promised the late queen that she would watch over her daughter, Varia, both battle Morloch and his henchmen.



124 :06x12 - The God You Know

First aired: Feb/03/2001
Writer: Emily Skopov
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: Charles Mesure (Michael), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Kevin Smith (Ares), Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve), Alexis Arquette (Caligula)

Michael, the Archangel, ask for Xena and Gabrielle's help to stop the evil Roman emperor Caligula, who is killing innocents. To complicate the matters, Xena learns Caligula has taken Aphrodite as a sex slave, and if he dies, she dies, too.



125 :06x13 - You Are There

First aired: Feb/10/2001
Writer: Chris Black
Director: John Laing
Guest star: Kevin Smith (Ares), Joel Toelbeck (Lucifer), Luanne Gordon (Grinhilda), Charles Mesure (Michael), Alexander Petersons (Odin), Renato Bartolomei (Beowulf), Peter Rowley (Charon), Michael Hurst (Interviewer), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve), Alexis Arquette (Caligula)

A tabloid-TV reporter attempts to learn why Xena and Gabrielle have returned to Norse land; The reporter suspects Xena is going to kill Odin and make herself a god in his place. The reporter also follows Xena and Gabrielle around to ask, the question we're all dying to know, "are they lovers."



126 :06x14 - Path of Vengeance

First aired: Feb/17/2001
Writer: Joel Metzger
Director: Chris Martin-Jones
Guest star: Adrienne Wilkinson (Eve), Kevin Smith (Ares), Michelle Blanchard (Mawu-Ku), Marise Wipani (Kanae), Morgan Reese Fairhead (Cyane), Tsianina Joelson (Varia)

Varia, the queen of the Amazons, kidnaps Eve and seeks revenge against her for killing her younger sister during an attack on the Amazons. When Xena hears what has happened to Eve, her and Gabrielle set out to rescue her, only to learn a war between the Amazons and Romans are about to start.



127 :06x15 - To Helicon and Back

First aired: Feb/24/2001
Writer: Liz Friedman, Vanessa Price
Director: Michael Hurst
Guest star: Craig Parker (Bellerophon), Kirstie O'Sullivan (Gwyn-Teor), Michelle Blanchard (Mawu-Ku), Morgan Reese Fairhead (Cyane), Marise Wipani (Kanae), Tsianina Joelson (Varia)

Gabrielle has to lead the Amazons when a masked warrior kidnaps Varia, the Amazon queen, which leads them on a bloody mission to rescue her. Can Xena help the Amazons this time?



128 :06x16 - Send in the Clones

First aired: Apr/28/2001
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
Director: Charlie Haskell
Guest star: Alison Wall (Clea), Claire Stansfield (Alti), Ian Hughes (Mac)

Clones of Xena and Gabrielle is made in modern-day time, and they have to adapt to the different environment. Meanwhile, the clone of Xena must battle Xena's archenemy, evil Alti.



129 :06x17 - The Last of the Centaurs

First aired: May/05/2001
Writer: Joel Metzger
Director: Garth Maxwell
Guest star: Marton Csokas (Borias/Belach), Hamish Hector-Tayloe (Xenon), Danielle Cormack (Ephiny)

Xena and Gabrielle become mixed up in a battle between the centaurs and Lord Belach. What is Xena to do when Belach is the son of her past lover Borias and the centaur, Xenan, is the son of the deceased Ephiny?



130 :06x18 - When Fates Collide

First aired: May/12/2001
Writer: Katherine Fugate
Director: John Fawcett
Guest star: Claire Stansfield (Alti), Ted Raimi (Guard), Karl Urban (Julius Caesar), David Franklin (Brutus)

Caesar escapes from Hades - and in doing so - takes control of The Faith's "Loom of Life" and altering the present; In this new world, Gabrielle is a playwright, and Xena is ruling next to Caesar. When the feelings between Gabrielle and Xena surface, how will Caesar deal with it?



131 :06x19 - Many Happy Returns

First aired: May/20/2001
Writer: Vanessa Place, Liz Friedman
Director: Mark Beesley
Guest star: Taungaroa Emile (Frankus), Latham Gaines (Zarat), Hori Ahipene (Ferragus), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Ross Duncan (Lagot), Katie Stuart (Genia)

Xena and Gabrielle save a young virgin from being sacrificed by a group of religious zealots. Xena and Gabrielle has to deliver Hermes' helmet to Thebes.



132 :06x20 - Soul Possession

First aired: Jun/09/2001
Writer: Melissa Blake
Director: Josh Becker
Guest star: Lucy Lawless (Meg), Kevin Smith (Ares), Ted Raimi (Joxer)

In modern-day time, reincarnated Xena, Ares, Gabrielle, and Joxer discovers a scroll that indicates Xena and Ares were married.



133 :06x21 - Friend in Need (1)

First aired: Jun/16/2001
Director: Rob Tapert
Guest star: Marton Csokas (Borias), Michelle Ang (Akemi)

In the first part of a two-part series finale. Xena and Gabrielle are summoned to the city of Higuchi to defeat a samurai ghost who has enslaved 20,000 people. What is Xena to do when she learns that her dark past is the cause of this?



134 :06x22 - Friend in Need (2)

First aired: Jun/25/2001
Director: Rob Tapert
Guest star: Michelle Ang (Akemi), Adrian Brown (Yodoshi), Mac Jeffrey Ong (Kenji), Kazuhiro Muroyama (Harukata), Venant Wong (Morimoto)

In this two-part series finale, Xena and Gabrielle take on a samurai ghost , and his army of 20,000 warriors. Things heat up, though, when Xena learns the evil samurai ghost has captured a lot of souls.