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The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5

Every episode of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5

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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  1. 8.3/10(609 votes)

    #1 - Motherhood

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    S5:E22

    Xena faces the gods of Olympus in a battle to the death when she acquires some new powers. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Eve, are fighting battles of their own.

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    Director:Rick Jacobson
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.1/10(550 votes)

    #2 - Eve

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    S5:E21

    Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer and Virgil try to track down Livia/Eve and have no trouble when they find ravaged villages. After finding her, Xena faces Livia/Eve in battle once again.

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  3. 7.9/10(511 votes)

    #3 - Looking Death in the Eye

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    S5:E19

    In the future, an old Joxer obtains a scroll that tells how Xena and Gabrielle tricked the Fates into setting in motion the twilight of the gods and how Gabrielle and Xena were presumed dead for 25 years and baby Eve went missing.

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  4. 7.8/10(584 votes)

    #4 - Fallen Angel

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    S5:E1

    While Joxer, Amarice and Eli try to recover Xena and Gabrielle's bodies, a war over their souls is waged with Heaven's angels and Hell's demons, which includes Callisto in their ranks.

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    Director:John Fawcett
    Writer:N/A
  5. 7.8/10(553 votes)

    #5 - God Fearing Child

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    S5:E12

    Xena and Gabrielle team up with Hercules, when Zeus declares that Xena's unborn child must die so that the prophecy will not be fulfilled. Meanwhile, Xena decides to travel to the underworld to retrieve Hade's helmet of invisiblity to allow her and her baby to hide, and runs into her son, Solan who has chosen to live in Tarturus.

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    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.8/10(522 votes)

    #6 - Livia

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    S5:E20

    Twenty-five years have passed when Xena and Gabrielle finally awake from their icy sleep, and they set out to find Xena's daughter, Eve, only to discover the world is not the same and neither is Eve. She's now known as Livia, the Bitch of Rome, a bloodthirsty warrior with Ares as her mentor and lover.

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  8. 7.7/10(528 votes)

    #7 - Chakram

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    S5:E2

    After Eli resurrects Xena and Gabrielle, Xena loses her memory of all the violence in her life, and in order to recover her self, she and her friends must join her broken chakram with it's counterpart, but Ares wants them both and will stop at nothing to get them.

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    Director:Doug Lefler
  9. 7.7/10(521 votes)

    #8 - Seeds of Faith

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    S5:E9

    When Eli preaches of the death of the Olympian gods, Xena and Gabrielle attempt to protect him from Ares but to no avail, while guidance is dished out by the angel Callisto and the secret of Xena's child's conception is revealed.

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  10. 7.5/10(505 votes)

    #9 - Amphipolis Under Siege

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    S5:E14

    On a visit home to see her mother, Xena, Gabrielle and baby Eve are trapped in Amphipolis when Athena and her army surround the village and plan to kill Xena's child.

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    Director:Mark Beesley
  11. 7.5/10(521 votes)

    #10 - Antony & Cleopatra

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    S5:E18

    When Cleopatra is murdered, Xena poses as the Egyptian queen in order to find out the identity of the killer, while romancing Marc Antony.

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  12. 7.4/10(497 votes)

    #11 - Succession

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    S5:E3

    Ares decides to pit Mavican, Xena, and Gabrielle in a fight to the death in an unkown arena. One catch, Xena and Gabrielle share one body and Mavican is determined to fill-out her destiny of the one who kills Xena.

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  13. 7.1/10(499 votes)

    #12 - Eternal Bonds

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    S5:E13

    After the birth of baby Eve, Xena and Gabrielle must protect the infant from the Olympian gods who want to destroy her, while Xena tries to rid herself of a doting Ares and Gabrielle tries to retrieve the antidote for the poison that is slowly killing Joxer.

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  14. 7.0/10(485 votes)

    #13 - Back in the Bottle

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    S5:E7

    After a vision Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer return to Chin, where they are reunited with Kao Syn. Where they must defeat the warlord Khan, who has joined forces with the evil spirits of Pao Tsu and Ming Ten, aka The Green Dragon, and knows the recipe of the deadly black powder.

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    Director:Rick Jacobson
    Writer:N/A
  15. 6.9/10(489 votes)

    #14 - Animal Attraction

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    S5:E4

    While getting a little rest and relaxation in Spamona, Gabrielle tries to train her new horse, Amarice makes a love connection with Joxer's friend, Arman, Joxer pines for Gabrielle, and Xena helps an old frien with a warlord problem, while exhibiting signs of pregnancy.

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  16. 6.8/10(474 votes)

    #15 - Purity

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    S5:E6

    Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer journey to Chin, when Lao Mao's daughter summons Xena to help protect her mother's book of wisdom from falling into the hands of her evil sister.

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    Director:Mark Beesley
  17. 6.7/10(485 votes)

    #16 - Little Problems

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    S5:E8

    Thanks to Aphrodite, Xena is trapped in the body of a little girl and must help the child deal with the grief over her mother's death, while Gabrielle and Aphrodite separate the two before sunset as well as keep Xena's body safe from the bad guys.

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  18. 6.7/10(486 votes)

    #17 - Kindred Spirits

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    S5:E17

    At the Amazon village, Gabrielle is torn between staying as Queen of the Amazons, and sharing adventures with Xena and baby Eve.

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  19. 6.6/10(500 votes)

    #18 - Them Bones, Them Bones

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    S5:E5

    Xena and Gabrielle cross over to the spirit realm to stop Alti from draining Xena's baby's lifeforce, so she can enter the physical world in the child's body.

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  20. 6.5/10(572 votes)

    #19 - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire

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    S5:E10

    Xena holds a battle of the bands contest in a quest for peace between Amazons and a lovesick-for-Gabrielle Draco, in the musical capital of Greec. Meanwhile Joxer runs into his other brother, the flamboyant Jace and Xena tries to evade her mother's attempts at matchmaking.

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  21. 6.5/10(509 votes)

    #20 - Lifeblood

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    S5:E16

    Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make baby Eve an Amazon princess and find that they must stop a war instead.

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    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writer:N/A
  22. 6.2/10(479 votes)

    #21 - Punch Lines

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    S5:E11

    Suffering from writers's block, Gabrielle tells Aphrodite about her day in which a depressed god shrunk her and Argo and how she attempted to correct the situation before a very moody Xena catches on. Meanwhile, Xena tries to control her hormone-induced temper but to no avail.

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  23. 5.4/10(542 votes)

    #22 - Married with Fishsticks

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    S5:E15

    When Gabrielle hits her head and falls into the ocean, she gets amnesia and a merman tries to convince her that she's his wife and mother to his fishy offspring.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Motherhood" is the best rated episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess" season 5. It scored 8.3/10 based on 609 votes. Directed by Rick Jacobson and written by N/A, it aired on 5/22/2000. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Eve".