The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(634 votes)

   #1 - Been There, Done That

   S3:E210/6/1997

   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

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   Director:Andrew Merrifield

   Writer:Hilary Bader
2. 

   8.3/10(486 votes)

   #2 - Sacrifice (2)

   S3:E225/23/1998

   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

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   Director:Rick Jacobson

   Writer:Paul Robert Coyle
3. 

   8.2/10(541 votes)

   #3 - The Debt (1)

   S3:E611/3/1997

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Oley Sassone

   Writer:Unknown
4. 

   8.2/10(538 votes)

   #4 - The Debt (2)

   S3:E711/10/1997

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Oley Sassone

   Writer:Unknown
5. 

   8.2/10(522 votes)

   #5 - Maternal Instincts

   S3:E112/7/1998

   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

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   Director:Mark Beesley

   Writer:Chris Manheim
6. 

   8.2/10(551 votes)

   #6 - One Against an Army

   S3:E132/21/1998

   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

   Writers:Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin

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   Director:Paul Lynch

   Writers:Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin
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7. 

   8.1/10(711 votes)

   #7 - The Bitter Suite

   S3:E122/14/1998

   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

   Writers:Chris Manheim, Steven L. Sears

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   Director:Oley Sassone

   Writers:Chris Manheim, Steven L. Sears
8. 

   7.9/10(514 votes)

   #8 - The Deliverer

   S3:E410/20/1997

   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

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   Director:Oley Sassone

   Writer:Steven L. Sears
9. 

   7.8/10(465 votes)

   #9 - Sacrifice (1)

   S3:E215/16/1998

   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

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   Director:David Warry-Smith

   Writer:Steven L. Sears
10. 

    7.7/10(468 votes)

    #10 - When in Rome...

    S3:E163/14/1998

    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

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    Director:John Laing

    Writer:Steven L. Sears
11. 

    7.5/10(502 votes)

    #11 - The Furies

    S3:E19/29/1997

    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

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    Director:Gilbert M. Shilton

    Writer:R.J. Stewart
12. 

    7.5/10(513 votes)

    #12 - The Quill Is Mightier...

    S3:E101/19/1998

    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

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    Director:Andrew Merrifield

    Writer:Hilary Bader
13. 

    7.5/10(447 votes)

    #13 - Tsunami

    S3:E195/2/1998

    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

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    Director:John Laing

    Writer:Chris Manheim
14. 

    7.4/10(492 votes)

    #14 - Fins, Femmes and Gems

    S3:E184/25/1998

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Josh Becker

    Writer:Unknown
15. 

    7.3/10(464 votes)

    #15 - The Dirty Half Dozen

    S3:E310/13/1997

    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

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    Director:Rick Jacobson

    Writer:Steven L. Sears
16. 

    7.3/10(472 votes)

    #16 - Gabrielle's Hope

    S3:E510/27/1997

    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.

    Directors:Charles Siebert, Andrew Merrifield

    Writer:R.J. Stewart

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    Directors:Charles Siebert, Andrew Merrifield

    Writer:R.J. Stewart
17. 

    7.3/10(465 votes)

    #17 - The King of Assassins

    S3:E811/17/1997

    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

    Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster

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    Director:Bruce Campbell

    Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster
18. 

    7.3/10(474 votes)

    #18 - Warrior... Priestess... Tramp

    S3:E91/12/1998

    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

    Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster

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    Director:Robert Ginty

    Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster
19. 

    7.1/10(443 votes)

    #19 - Forget Me Not

    S3:E173/21/1998

    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

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    Director:Charlie Haskell

    Writer:Hilary Bader
20. 

    7.1/10(435 votes)

    #20 - Vanishing Act

    S3:E205/9/1998

    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

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    Director:Andrew Merrifield

    Writer:Terence Winter
21. 

    6.9/10(434 votes)

    #21 - King Con

    S3:E153/7/1998

    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

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    Director:Janet Greek

    Writer:Chris Manheim
22. 

    6.8/10(455 votes)

    #22 - Forgiven

    S3:E142/28/1998

    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

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    Director:Garth Maxwell

    Writer:R.J. Stewart