The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.0/10(608 votes)

   #1 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (1)

   S4:E19/28/1998

   After Gabrielle sacrificed herself to stop Hope, a grief-stricken Xena must travel to the Amazon Land of the Dead to find Gabrielle, and Xena revisits her past with the shamoness Alti, along the way.

   Director:T.J. Scott

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:T.J. Scott

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.0/10(588 votes)

   #2 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (2)

   S4:E210/5/1998

   At the Amazon Place of Rest, Xena must battle the evil shamoness Alti and free the spirits of the dead Amazons from her past, before she can continue on to find Gabrielle.

   Director:T.J. Scott

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:T.J. Scott

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.6/10(551 votes)

   #3 - A Family Affair

   S4:E310/17/1998

   When Xena and Joxer travel to Potidaea, they find Hope posing as Gabrielle and they must stop her and her monstrous offspring from destroying the world, and along the way Xena recovers the real Gabrielle.

   Director:Doug Lefler

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Doug Lefler

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.2/10(566 votes)

   #4 - In Sickness and In Hell

   S4:E410/24/1998

   Xena and Gabrielle, plagued by a myriad of ailments, try to help Joxer defend a Scythian army, while trying not to kill one another.

   Director:Josh Becker

   Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster

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   Director:Josh Becker

   Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster
5. 

   7.6/10(545 votes)

   #5 - A Good Day

   S4:E510/26/1998

   Teaming with Greek Soldiers, Xena plots against Caesar and Pompey, whose war between one another has spilled over from Rome to Greece, and Xena plans to send them both back to where they came from.

   Director:Rick Jacobson

   Writer:Steven L. Sears

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   Director:Rick Jacobson

   Writer:Steven L. Sears
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   6.8/10(556 votes)

   #6 - A Tale of Two Muses

   S4:E611/2/1998

   Xena and Gabrielle help their friend Tara, to change an oppressed town where dancing is outlawed, and they include Autolycus in their plans to cut footloose and fancy free.

   Director:Michael Hurst

   Writer:Gillian Horvath

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   Director:Michael Hurst

   Writer:Gillian Horvath
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   7.5/10(539 votes)

   #7 - Locked Up and Tied Down

   S4:E711/9/1998

   When Xena allows herself to be tried and convicted of the murder of an innocent woman, who she left to die in the past, Gabrielle struggles to uncover the truth and free Xena from Shark Island Prison.

   Director:Rick Jacobson

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Rick Jacobson

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.9/10(563 votes)

   #8 - Crusader

   S4:E811/16/1998

   Xena meets a woman who preaches ""the way of the light"", but her practices leave something to be desired, when Xena learns of Najara's reform or die policy for prisoners.

   Director:Paul Lynch

   Writer:R.J. Stewart

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   Director:Paul Lynch

   Writer:R.J. Stewart
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   7.4/10(532 votes)

   #9 - Past Imperfect

   S4:E91/4/1999

   Xena and Gabrielle work to save a village that is being destroyed in exactly the same manner in which she destroyed another village in a battle with the Centaurs years before.

   Director:Garth Maxwell

   Writer:Steven L. Sears

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   Director:Garth Maxwell

   Writer:Steven L. Sears
10. 

    6.7/10(523 votes)

    #10 - The Key to the Kingdom

    S4:E101/11/1999

    Joxer, Meg and Autolycus team up to steal the infamous ""key"" that's prophecized to lead to the crown of Athena, the joke's on Autolycus when he learns the key is really a baby and Meg wants to be his mother.

    Director:Bruce Campbell

    Writer:Eric Morris

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    Director:Bruce Campbell

    Writer:Eric Morris
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    6.9/10(512 votes)

    #11 - Daughter of Pomira

    S4:E111/18/1999

    Xena and Gabrielle set out to recover a young girl who was kidnapped six years ago by the Horde, but they don't count on the fact that the child has been raised as one of the Horde and doesn't want to leave the only family she knows.

    Director:Patrick R. Norris

    Writer:Linda McGibney

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    Director:Patrick R. Norris

    Writer:Linda McGibney
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    6.8/10(541 votes)

    #12 - If the Shoe Fits...

    S4:E121/25/1999

    While journeying to reunite little princess Alecia with her father and the stepmother she dislikes, Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer and Aphrodite take turns regaling the child with fairy tales with familiar faces.

    Director:Josh Becker

    Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster

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    Director:Josh Becker

    Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster
13. 

    7.2/10(536 votes)

    #13 - Paradise Found

    S4:E132/1/1999

    In India, Xena and Gabrielle wake up in a seeming land of paradise where a mystical man named Aidan, teaches Gabrielle the art of meditation, but Xena discovers he's just feeding off Gabrielle's goodness and must let go of all the good in her, in order to save Gabrielle.

    Director:Robert Tapert

    Writer:Chris Manheim

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    Director:Robert Tapert

    Writer:Chris Manheim
14. 

    7.6/10(542 votes)

    #14 - Devi

    S4:E142/8/1999

    While travelling in India, Xena and Gabrielle meet Eli, a magician, and Gabrielle suddenly acquires the power to heal and is deemed a Devi, a healing deity but Xena is suspicious of the power's source.

    Director:Garth Maxwell

    Writer:Chris Manheim

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    Director:Garth Maxwell

    Writer:Chris Manheim
15. 

    7.7/10(552 votes)

    #15 - Between the Lines

    S4:E152/15/1999

    An Indiana ritual sends Xena's soul into the karmic future for an encounter with the reincarnation of the evil shamoness Alti.

    Director:Rick Jacobson

    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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    Director:Rick Jacobson

    Writer:Steven L. Sears
16. 

    7.5/10(531 votes)

    #16 - The Way

    S4:E162/22/1999

    Xena seeks the help of the god Krishna, to rescue Gabrielle and Eli from the clutches of Indrajit, the King of the Demons.

    Director:John Fawcett

    Writer:R.J. Stewart

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    Director:John Fawcett

    Writer:R.J. Stewart
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    6.9/10(520 votes)

    #17 - The Play's the Thing

    S4:E173/1/1999

    The Queen of Cons, Zera, convinces Gabrielle to base a play on her adventures with Xena, with the hidden motive of running off with the production's investment money.

    Director:Christopher Graves

    Writers:Ashley Gable, Thomas A. Swyden

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    Director:Christopher Graves

    Writers:Ashley Gable, Thomas A. Swyden
18. 

    7.6/10(527 votes)

    #18 - The Convert

    S4:E184/19/1999

    Najara returns claiming a newfound mantra for nonviolence, while Xena becomes suspicious of her new outlook. Meanwhile, Joxer wrestles with the guilt of his first kill, and stuggles with admitting his guilt to the son of the man he killed.

    Director:Andrew Merrifield

    Writer:Chris Manheim

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    Director:Andrew Merrifield

    Writer:Chris Manheim
19. 

    7.5/10(543 votes)

    #19 - Takes One to Know One

    S4:E194/26/1999

    Family and friends gather for Gabrielle's surprise birthday party only to become suspects in a murder investigation instead when a bounty hunter looking to take Xena in, is murdered. Now Discord, the newly appointed goddess of retribution, has given Xena until sunrise to find the killer or everyone she loves will be taken to the underworld.

    Director:Christopher Graves

    Writer:Jeff Vlaming

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    Director:Christopher Graves

    Writer:Jeff Vlaming
20. 

    8.0/10(552 votes)

    #20 - Endgame

    S4:E205/3/1999

    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.

    Director:Garth Maxwell

    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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    Director:Garth Maxwell

    Writer:Steven L. Sears
21. 

    8.6/10(691 votes)

    #21 - The Ides of March

    S4:E215/10/1999

    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.

    Director:Ken Girotti

    Writer:R.J. Stewart

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    Director:Ken Girotti

    Writer:R.J. Stewart
22. 

    6.4/10(540 votes)

    #22 - Déjà Vu All Over Again

    S4:E225/17/1999

    A present-day woman believes she's the reincarnation of Xena, the warrior princess, while her disbelieving boyfriend thinks she's crazy, and seeks help from a past life expert, with some familiar faces along the way.

    Director:Renée O'Connor

    Writer:R.J. Stewart

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    Director:Renée O'Connor

    Writer:R.J. Stewart