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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 560 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".

  • The Furies
    7.5/10560 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

  • Been There, Done That
    8.2/10671 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

  • The Dirty Half Dozen
    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

  • The Deliverer
    7.8/10571 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

  • Gabrielle's Hope
    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

  • The Debt (1)
    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

  • The Debt (2)
    8.1/10593 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

  • The King of Assassins
    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

  • Warrior... Priestess... Tramp
    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

  • The Quill Is Mightier...
    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

  • Maternal Instincts
    8.1/10583 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

  • The Bitter Suite
    8.1/10754 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

  • One Against an Army
    8.2/10610 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

  • Forgiven
    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

  • King Con
    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

  • When in Rome...
    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

  • Forget Me Not
    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

  • Fins, Femmes and Gems
    7.3/10546 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

  • Tsunami
    7.4/10517 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

  • Vanishing Act
    7.0/10505 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

  • Sacrifice (1)
    7.8/10531 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

  • Sacrifice (2)
    8.2/10548 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