The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(590 votes)

   #1 - 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
2. 

   8.3/10(707 votes)

   #2 - 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
3. 

   7.3/10(553 votes)

   #3 - 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
4. 

   7.9/10(602 votes)

   #4 - 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
5. 

   7.3/10(559 votes)

   #5 - 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
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   8.2/10(631 votes)

   #6 - 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
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   8.2/10(629 votes)

   #7 - 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
8. 

   7.3/10(555 votes)

   #8 - 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
9. 

   7.3/10(557 votes)

   #9 - 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
10. 

    7.6/10(593 votes)

    #10 - 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
11. 

    8.2/10(614 votes)

    #11 - 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
12. 

    8.1/10(794 votes)

    #12 - 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
13. 

    8.2/10(645 votes)

    #13 - 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
14. 

    6.8/10(547 votes)

    #14 - 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
15. 

    6.9/10(534 votes)

    #15 - 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
16. 

    7.7/10(564 votes)

    #16 - 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
17. 

    7.1/10(534 votes)

    #17 - 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
18. 

    7.4/10(577 votes)

    #18 - 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
19. 

    7.5/10(544 votes)

    #19 - 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
20. 

    7.1/10(530 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. 

    7.8/10(559 votes)

    #21 - 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
22. 

    8.3/10(577 votes)

    #22 - 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