7.5/10559 votes#1 - The Furies
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1997
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
8.2/10669 votes#2 - Been There, Done That
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1997
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.
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Hilary Bader
7.3/10523 votes#3 - The Dirty Half Dozen
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1997
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
7.8/10570 votes#4 - The Deliverer
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1997
When Xena travels to Brittania to help stop Caesar's invasion, Gabrielle is tricked into losing her blood innocence, by taking the life of an innocent, which binds her to the evil ""one god"" Dahuk.
Director: Oley Sassone
Writer: Steven L. Sears
7.3/10528 votes#5 - Gabrielle's Hope
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1997
In Brittania, Gabrielle becomes pregnant and rapidly gives birth to a baby girl she names Hope. Xena is unsure of what to do because the child is the offspring of the evil god Dahuk and she cannot decide between killing the child or protecting her.
Director: Charles Siebert, Andrew Merrifield
Writer: R.J. Stewart
8.1/10597 votes#6 - The Debt (1)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1997
When Xena is summoned to the distant kingdom of Chin to kill the Green Dragon, a task she left undone years before, she tells Gabrielle about her past in Chin in an attempt to justify why she must commit murder.
Director: Oley Sassone
Writer: N/A
8.1/10592 votes#7 - The Debt (2)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1997
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: N/A
7.3/10523 votes#8 - The King of Assassins
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1997
It's double trouble when Gabrielle, Autolycus and Joxer plot to stop Joxer's lookalike brother, Jett, a deadly assassin, from killing his next target - Queen Cleopatra.
Director: Bruce Campbell
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
7.2/10528 votes#9 - Warrior... Priestess... Tramp
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/12/1998
When Xena and Gabrielle meet yet another Xena-lookalike, a virgin priestess named Leah, they have to figure out who's plotting against Leah and keep Meg and Joxer safe at the same time.
Director: Robert Ginty
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
7.5/10561 votes#10 - The Quill Is Mightier...
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/19/1998
Jealous of Xena's legendary deeds, Aphrodite puts a spell on Gabrielle's scroll, causing everything written on it to magically become real.
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Hilary Bader
8.1/10582 votes#11 - Maternal Instincts
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 2/7/1998
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
8.1/10755 votes#12 - The Bitter Suite
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/14/1998
After trying to kill one another, grief-stricken Xena and Gabrielle awake in a strange land called Illusia, filled with familiar faces, where they must face the pain and anger caused by the deaths of their children and forgive one another in order to live.
Director: Oley Sassone
Writer: Chris Manheim, Steven L. Sears
8.2/10609 votes#13 - One Against an Army
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/21/1998
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
Writer: Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill
6.8/10517 votes#14 - Forgiven
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/28/1998
A brash teen tries to convince Xena that she would make a better partner than Gabrielle, by leading the duo to the stolen Urn of Apollo.
Director: Garth Maxwell
Writer: R.J. Stewart
6.8/10506 votes#15 - King Con
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/1998
When Joxer is beaten to near-death, Xena teams up with two con artists to avenge Joxer, with a major con scam against a ruthless gaming house owner and his son.
Director: Janet Greek
Writer: Chris Manheim
7.6/10536 votes#16 - When in Rome...
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/14/1998
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
7.0/10508 votes#17 - Forget Me Not
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/21/1998
Tortured by her memories of Hope and past misdeeds, Gabrielle visits the temple of Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, and must travel through her past in an effort to live with her memories or erase them forever. Meanwhile, Joxer must protect Gabrielle's body while her mind is away.
Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Hilary Bader
7.3/10545 votes#18 - Fins, Femmes and Gems
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/1998
While trying to recover the North Star that Aphrodite has stolen, Xena becomes obsessed with fish, Gabrielle with her own reflection and Joxer with being an apeman, all thanks to Aphrodite's distracting obsession spells.
Director: Josh Becker
Writer: N/A
7.4/10516 votes#19 - Tsunami
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/1998
Xena must board a ship carrying prisoners when Gabrielle, in the belief she's freeing a captured Autolycus, does the same, but they're all wet when a tsunami strikes.
Director: John Laing
Writer: Chris Manheim
7.0/10504 votes#20 - Vanishing Act
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/1998
Xena and Gabrielle team up with Autolycus to recover a statue that is a symbol of peace between two villages, but they must steal it back Autolycus's way in order for him to maintain his reputation.
Director: Andrew Merrifield
Writer: Terence Winter
7.8/10529 votes#21 - Sacrifice (1)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/1998
Xena and Gabrielle must stop Gabrielle's friend, Seraphin, from sacrificing herself to bring back a goddess, but they also have to contend with Ares and Callisto, who are helping Hope be reborn.
Director: David Warry-Smith
Writer: Steven L. Sears
8.2/10547 votes#22 - Sacrifice (2)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/1998
When Gabrielle's evil daughter, Hope, takes the form of her mother and joins forces with Ares to create a race of superbeings, Xena and Gabrielle must stop her reign of terror.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3
Every episode of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3!
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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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Furies" is the best rated episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess" season 3. It scored 7.5/10 based on 559 votes. Directed by Gilbert M. Shilton and written by R.J. Stewart, it aired on 9/29/1997. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Been There, Done That".