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The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess

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The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess

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...

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  1. Background image for The Debt (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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    Director:Oley Sassone
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Maternal Instincts
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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  3. Background image for One Against an Army
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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  4. Background image for The Ides of March
    8.5/10(682 votes)

    #4 - The Ides of March

    S4:E21

    Callisto returns from Hell with a double mission: corrupt Xena and make Julius Caesar emperor, but plans change when Caesar's allies turn on him and when Roman soldiers capture and crucify Xena and Gabrielle.

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    Director:Ken Girotti
  5. Background image for Motherhood
    8.3/10(622 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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    Director:Rick Jacobson
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Callisto
    8.2/10(776 votes)

    #6 - Callisto

    S1:E22

    The female warrior Callisto, tries to turn the world against Xena by committing acts of terrorism in her name, while Xena struggles to reclaim her true identity and discover why this angry young woman is doing this.

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    Director:T.J. Scott
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  8. Background image for Destiny
    8.0/10(655 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:Robert Tapert
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for A Day in the Life
    8.0/10(728 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.

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  10. Background image for The Furies
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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  11. Background image for The Dirty Half Dozen
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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  12. Background image for When in Rome...
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    8.0/10(561 votes)

    #12 - Eve

    S5:E21

    Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer and Virgil try to track down Livia/Eve and have no trouble when they find ravaged villages. After finding her, Xena faces Livia/Eve in battle once again.

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    7.9/10(639 votes)

    #13 - The Quest

    S2:E13

    After Xena's death, Gabrielle becomes Queen of the Amazons, while Autolycus finds himself possessed by the warrior princess, Xena who needs ambrosia to bring herself back to life. But Xena's rebirth and Gabrielle's life are both threatened by an Amazon bent on obtaining the Amazon crown and the ambrosia.

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Price
    7.9/10(581 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for Been There, Done That
    7.9/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Been There, Done That

    S3:E2

    The day goes from bad to worse when Joxer is killed, but when the day begins again...and again...Xena realizes she's the only one who knows what's happening and remembers the previous days, she has a second chance to change things.

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    7.9/10(546 votes)

    #16 - Endgame

    S4:E20

    Gabrielle becomes Queen of the Amazons after Ephiny dies at the hand of Brutus, and Xena must fave Caesar and Pompey and their armies while keeping an eye on a rebellious Amazon.

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  18. Background image for Looking Death in the Eye
    7.9/10(522 votes)

    #17 - Looking Death in the Eye

    S5:E19

    In the future, an old Joxer obtains a scroll that tells how Xena and Gabrielle tricked the Fates into setting in motion the twilight of the gods and how Gabrielle and Xena were presumed dead for 25 years and baby Eve went missing.

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  19. Background image for Old Ares Had a Farm
    7.9/10(544 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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  20. Background image for When Fates Collide
    7.9/10(619 votes)

    #19 - When Fates Collide

    S6:E18

    After escaping from Hades and capturing the Fates, Caesar changes the Threads of Fate in order to change his destiny. He makes Xena his empress and rules the world by her side. Gabrielle is a talented playwright and Alti is the High Priestess of Rome, and she wants all the power for herself and will stop at nothing to get it.

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  21. Background image for The Royal Couple of Thieves
    7.8/10(683 votes)

    #20 - The Royal Couple of Thieves

    S1:E17

    Xena enlists the help of Autolycus, the King of Thieves, in order to steal a treasure chest from a warlord and return it to its rightful owners - unless Autolycus has something to say about that.

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  22. Background image for Return of Callisto
    7.8/10(658 votes)

    #21 - Return of Callisto

    S2:E5

    Gabrielle plans to marry Perdicus, her hometown sweetheart, and must leave Xena and their travels, at the same time that Callisto has escaped from prison and is headed straight for them with vengeance in mind.

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    Director:T.J. Scott
  23. Background image for Intimate Stranger
    7.8/10(603 votes)

    #22 - Intimate Stranger

    S2:E7

    Callisto makes a bargain with Ares, from Tarturus, to switch bodies with Xena, sending Xena into Tarturus and freeing Callisto. Xena, in Callisto's form, makes her own bargain with Hades, to make things right but the only problem is...she has one day to fix it.

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  24. Background image for A Necessary Evil
    7.8/10(606 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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  25. Background image for Fallen Angel
    7.8/10(592 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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    Director:John Fawcett
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for God Fearing Child
    7.8/10(564 votes)

    #25 - God Fearing Child

    S5:E12

    Xena and Gabrielle team up with Hercules, when Zeus declares that Xena's unborn child must die so that the prophecy will not be fulfilled. Meanwhile, Xena decides to travel to the underworld to retrieve Hade's helmet of invisiblity to allow her and her baby to hide, and runs into her son, Solan who has chosen to live in Tarturus.

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    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"The Debt (2)" is the best rated episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Oley Sassone and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/10/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Maternal Instincts".