7.0/10575 votes#1 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1998
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: N/A
6.9/10555 votes#2 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1998
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: N/A
7.5/10526 votes#3 - A Family Affair
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1998
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: N/A
7.2/10539 votes#4 - In Sickness and In Hell
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1998
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
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
7.5/10518 votes#5 - A Good Day
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1998
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
6.7/10531 votes#6 - A Tale of Two Muses
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1998
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
7.5/10513 votes#7 - Locked Up and Tied Down
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1998
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: N/A
7.8/10534 votes#8 - Crusader
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1998
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
7.4/10507 votes#9 - Past Imperfect
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/1999
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
6.7/10498 votes#10 - The Key to the Kingdom
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/1999
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
6.9/10487 votes#11 - Daughter of Pomira
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1999
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
6.8/10515 votes#12 - If the Shoe Fits...
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/1999
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
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
7.1/10513 votes#13 - Paradise Found
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1999
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
7.5/10516 votes#14 - Devi
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1999
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
7.6/10525 votes#15 - Between the Lines
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1999
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
7.4/10507 votes#16 - The Way
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1999
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
6.9/10496 votes#17 - The Play's the Thing
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1999
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
Writer: Ashley Gable, Thomas A. Swyden
7.5/10503 votes#18 - The Convert
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/1999
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
7.5/10516 votes#19 - Takes One to Know One
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/1999
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
7.9/10528 votes#20 - Endgame
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1999
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
8.5/10656 votes#21 - The Ides of March
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1999
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
6.4/10516 votes#22 - Déjà Vu All Over Again
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1999
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: Renee O'Connor
Writer: R.J. Stewart
The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4
Every episode of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4!
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 4 Ratings Summary
"Adventures in the Sin Trade (1)" is the best rated episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess" season 4. It scored 7/10 based on 575 votes. Directed by T.J. Scott and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/1998. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Adventures in the Sin Trade (2)".