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The Worst Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess

Every episode of Xena: Warrior Princess ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess!

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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Married with Fishsticks" is the worst rated episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess". It scored 5.4/10 based on 533 votes. Directed by Paul Grinder and written by Kevin Maynard, it aired on 2/28/2000. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Send in the Clones".

  • Married with Fishsticks
    5.4/10533 votes
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    #1 - Married with Fishsticks

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/28/2000

    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.

    Director: Paul Grinder

    Writer: Kevin Maynard

  • Send in the Clones
    6.0/10510 votes
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    #2 - Send in the Clones

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2001

    In modern-day New York City, a mysterious woman and three fans of Xena use hair samples to create clones of Xena and Gabrielle, who face a familiar enemy from their past.

    Director: Charlie Haskell

    Writer: Paul Robert Coyle

  • Punch Lines
    6.2/10469 votes
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    #3 - Punch Lines

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/24/2000

    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.

    Director: Andrew Merrifield

    Writer: Chris Manheim

  • Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards
    6.4/10633 votes
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    #4 - Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/1996

    Gabrielle wants to enter the Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards, but finds that it is not quite what she thought it would be. She helps another aspiring bard discover his true storytelling talent.

    Director: Jace Alexander

    Writer: R.J. Stewart, Steven L. Sears

  • Déjà Vu All Over Again
    6.4/10515 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Soul Possession
    6.4/10481 votes
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    #6 - Soul Possession

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 6/4/2001

    The discovery of an ancient scroll that indicates Xena married Ares leads to a highly charged press briefing attended by the modern-day reincarnations of Xena, Ares, Gabrielle and Joxer.

    Director: Josh Becker

    Writer: Melissa Blake

  • Lifeblood
    6.5/10501 votes
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    #7 - Lifeblood

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2000

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

    Director: Michael Hurst

    Writer: N/A

  • Them Bones, Them Bones
    6.6/10490 votes
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    #8 - Them Bones, Them Bones

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1999

    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.

    Director: John Fawcett

    Writer: Steven L. Sears

  • Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire
    6.6/10563 votes
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    #9 - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/17/2000

    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.

    Director: Mark Beesley

    Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus

  • A Tale of Two Muses
    6.7/10531 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • The Key to the Kingdom
    6.7/10497 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • Little Problems
    6.7/10477 votes
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    #12 - Little Problems

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1999

    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.

    Director: Allison Liddi-Brown

    Writer: Gregg Ostrin

  • Kindred Spirits
    6.7/10478 votes
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    #13 - Kindred Spirits

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 4/17/2000

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

    Director: Josh Becker

    Writer: George Strayton, Tom O’Neill

  • Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts
    6.8/10630 votes
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    #14 - Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/1996

    Helen of Troy summons Xena and asks her to help end the war between the Greeks and the Trojans, that began over her.

    Director: T.J. Scott

    Writer: N/A

  • The Giant Killer
    6.8/10555 votes
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    #15 - The Giant Killer

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1996

    When Gabrielle defends a young Isrealite named David, her life is threatended until Xena proposes to fight her old friend, the giant Goliath in return for freedom for the Philistines.

    Director: Gary Jones

    Writer: Terence Winter

  • A Solstice Carol
    6.8/10566 votes
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    #16 - A Solstice Carol

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1996

    During Winter Solstice, Xena and Gabrielle visit a town where it's Scrooge-like King has deemed that celebrating the holiday is a crime.

    Director: John T. Kretchmer

    Writer: Chris Manheim

  • Forgiven
    6.8/10517 votes
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    #17 - 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
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    #18 - 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

  • If the Shoe Fits...
    6.8/10514 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • Purity
    6.8/10464 votes
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    #20 - Purity

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1999

    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.

    Director: Mark Beesley

    Writer: Jeff Vlaming

  • Death Mask
    6.9/10578 votes
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    #21 - Death Mask

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/3/1996

    After learning a raiding party's leader was responsible for the destruction in their village, Xena and her brother set out to destroy him.

    Director: Stewart Main

    Writer: Peter Allan Fields

  • Adventures in the Sin Trade (2)
    6.9/10556 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • Daughter of Pomira
    6.9/10486 votes
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    #23 - 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

  • The Play's the Thing
    6.9/10495 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • Animal Attraction
    6.9/10479 votes
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    #25 - Animal Attraction

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1999

    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.

    Director: Rick Jacobson

    Writer: Chris Manheim