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The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess

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Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who

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    Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1 Episode 24 - Is There a Doctor in the House?
    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Is There a Doctor in the House?

    S1:E24

    Xena attempts to stop a war between two brothers, while Gabrielle tends to a pregnant Amazon sister, who is carrying the child of a centaur.

    Director:T.J. Scott
    Writer:Patricia Manney

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  2. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 2 - Chakram
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Chakram

    S5:E2

    After Eli resurrects Xena and Gabrielle, Xena loses her memory of all the violence in her life, and in order to recover her self, she and her friends must join her broken chakram with it's counterpart, but Ares wants them both and will stop at nothing to get them.

    Director:Doug Lefler
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  3. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 16 - Lifeblood
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Lifeblood

    S5:E16

    Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make baby Eve an Amazon princess and find that they must stop a war instead.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 3 - Heart of Darkness
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Heart of Darkness

    S6:E3

    Xena must devise a plan to avoid inheriting the kingdom of Hell, and it won't be easy with her heart turning cold and an angel named Lucifer ambitiously trying to force her to descend to her throne.

    Director:Mark Beesley
    Writer:Emily Skopov

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  5. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 10 - Old Ares Had a Farm
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Old Ares Had a Farm

    S6:E10

    Xena disguises a mortal Ares as a farmer in the middle of nowhere in order to hide him from warlords seeking revenge.

    Director:Charles Siebert
    Writer:R.J. Stewart

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  6. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 14 - Path of Vengeance
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Path of Vengeance

    S6:E14

    When Eve returns to make amends for her past, she is captured by the Amazons and sentenced to execution unless Xena and Gabrielle can save her.

    Director:Chris Martin-Jones
    Writer:Joel Metzger

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  7. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 15 - To Helicon and Back
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - To Helicon and Back

    S6:E15

    Gabrielle leads the Amazons on a rescue mission to Helicon to save Queen Varia from the vengeful half-god son of Artemis, who's bent on destroying every Amazon.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writers:Vanessa Place, Liz Friedman

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  8. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 15 - A Day in the Life
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - A Day in the Life

    S2:E15

    Xena and Gabrielle spend a day trying to save two villages, one from a band of thugs, the other from a giant, while getting on each other's nerves and trying to not kill on another.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writer:R.J. Stewart

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  9. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1 Episode 21 - The Greater Good
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - The Greater Good

    S1:E21

    Xena helps Salmoneus, aka Lord Seltzer, when a warlord wants him dead, due to a bad transaction. Meanwhile, a mysterious blond woman is stalking Xena.

    Director:Gary Jones
    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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  10. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 18 - Blind Faith
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Blind Faith

    S2:E18

    After getting oil in her eys during a fight, Xena goes blind and must deal with a man determined to kill her and rescue Gabrielle before she is forced to marry a king, who has died, or Gabrielle will soon join him.

    Director:Josh Becker
    Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster

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  11. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 20 - The Price
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - The Price

    S2:E20

    After becoming the hunted prey of the vicious Horde, Xena must lead the local army against them, while Gabrielle tends to the wounded and worries that Xena is returning to her dark and dangerous ways by stooping to the Horde's level.

    Director:Oley Sassone
    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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  12. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 7 - The Debt (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - The Debt (2)

    S3:E7

    After Gabrielle's betrayal of Xena's murderous intentions, Xena is imprisoned by the Green Dragon and sentenced to die, and she reminisces about Lao Mao's teachings and the debt owed to her.

    Director:Oley Sassone
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 11 - Maternal Instincts
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Maternal Instincts

    S3:E11

    Maternial instincts are in the air when Gabrielle encounters her evil daughter Hope, who has freed Callisto in order to kill Xena's son, Solan and plans on severing the friendship of Xena and Gabrielle forever.

    Director:Mark Beesley
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  14. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 13 - One Against an Army
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - One Against an Army

    S3:E13

    Xena, alone, must battle the ruthless Persian army and stop them from plundering Greece, as well as save a poisoned Gabrielle who is slowly dying.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writers:Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin

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  15. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 1 - Fallen Angel
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Fallen Angel

    S5:E1

    While Joxer, Amarice and Eli try to recover Xena and Gabrielle's bodies, a war over their souls is waged with Heaven's angels and Hell's demons, which includes Callisto in their ranks.

    Director:John Fawcett
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 22 - Motherhood
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Motherhood

    S5:E22

    Xena faces the gods of Olympus in a battle to the death when she acquires some new powers. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Eve, are fighting battles of their own.

    Director:Rick Jacobson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1 Episode 10 - Hooves & Harlots
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Hooves & Harlots

    S1:E10

    When Xena and Gabrielle encounter the Amazons, Gabrielle tries to save an Amazon and unwittingly finds herself an Amazon princess.

    Director:Jace Alexander
    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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  18. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 12 - Destiny
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Destiny

    S2:E12

    After being gravely injured, Xena's life flashes before her, including the time when she learned the art of pressure points from a slavegirl and when she met Julius Caesar for the very first time.

    Director:Robert Tapert
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 14 - A Necessary Evil
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - A Necessary Evil

    S2:E14

    Xena, Gabrielle and the Amazons must battle an evil Amazon, who ate ambrosia and is now a god. She wants Gabrielle dead and in order to stop her, Xena and Gabrielle resort to asking for the help of the now immortal Callisto.

    Director:Mark Beesley
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  20. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 1 - The Furies
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #20 - The Furies

    S3:E1

    At Ares's request, Xena is judged by the Furies for not avenging the murder of her father and is punished by persecution and madness, leaving Gabrielle to try and solve the problem and reverse Xena's insanity.

    Director:Gilbert M. Shilton
    Writer:R.J. Stewart

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  21. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 3 - The Dirty Half Dozen
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - The Dirty Half Dozen

    S3:E3

    Xena, Gabrielle and four warriors go up against Ares and his new army who possess armor and weapons forged by the god, Hephaestus, which cannot be harmed by any mortal weapons.

    Director:Rick Jacobson
    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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  22. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 16 - When in Rome...
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - When in Rome...

    S3:E16

    It's all about power, when Xena must deal with Caesar and the politics of Rome by trading a Roman aristocrat for the leader of the Gauls, whom Xena wants freed but first she must try not to kill the hated Caesar.

    Director:John Laing
    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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  23. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 7 - Locked Up and Tied Down
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Locked Up and Tied Down

    S4:E7

    When Xena allows herself to be tried and convicted of the murder of an innocent woman, who she left to die in the past, Gabrielle struggles to uncover the truth and free Xena from Shark Island Prison.

    Director:Rick Jacobson
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 8 - Crusader
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Crusader

    S4:E8

    Xena meets a woman who preaches ""the way of the light"", but her practices leave something to be desired, when Xena learns of Najara's reform or die policy for prisoners.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:R.J. Stewart

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  25. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 10 - The Key to the Kingdom
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - The Key to the Kingdom

    S4:E10

    Joxer, Meg and Autolycus team up to steal the infamous ""key"" that's prophecized to lead to the crown of Athena, the joke's on Autolycus when he learns the key is really a baby and Meg wants to be his mother.

    Director:Bruce Campbell
    Writer:Eric Morris

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Best Episodes Summary

"Is There a Doctor in the House?" is the best rated episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess". It scored 9.3/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by T.J. Scott and written by Patricia Manney, it aired on 7/29/1996. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Chakram".