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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 couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 15 - Married with Fishsticks
    5.4/10(473 votes)

    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.

    Director:Paul Grinder
    Writer:Kevin Maynard

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  2. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 16 - Send in the Clones
    6.0/10(446 votes)

    S6:E16

    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

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  3. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 11 - Punch Lines
    6.2/10(411 votes)

    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.

    Director:Andrew Merrifield
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  4. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1 Episode 13 - Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards
    6.3/10(587 votes)

    S1:E13

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

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  5. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 22 - Déjà Vu All Over Again
    6.4/10(453 votes)

    S4:E22

    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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  6. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 10 - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire
    6.5/10(495 votes)

    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.

    Director:Mark Beesley
    Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster

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  7. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 16 - Lifeblood
    6.5/10(435 votes)

    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.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 20 - Soul Possession
    6.5/10(407 votes)

    S6:E20

    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

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  9. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 3 - The Giant Killer
    6.7/10(495 votes)

    S2:E3

    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

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  10. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 10 - The Key to the Kingdom
    6.7/10(431 votes)

    S4:E10

    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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  11. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 5 - Them Bones, Them Bones
    6.7/10(430 votes)

    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.

    Director:John Fawcett
    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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  12. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 8 - Little Problems
    6.7/10(410 votes)

    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.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:Gregg Ostrin

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  13. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1 Episode 12 - Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts
    6.8/10(585 votes)

    S1:E12

    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:Unknown

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  14. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 9 - A Solstice Carol
    6.8/10(512 votes)

    S2:E9

    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

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  15. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 14 - Forgiven
    6.8/10(455 votes)

    S3:E14

    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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  16. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 6 - A Tale of Two Muses
    6.8/10(463 votes)

    S4:E6

    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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  17. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 17 - Kindred Spirits
    6.8/10(406 votes)

    S5:E17

    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
    Writers:George Strayton, Tom O’Neill

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  18. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1 Episode 23 - Death Mask
    6.9/10(522 votes)

    S1:E23

    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

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  19. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 15 - King Con
    6.9/10(434 votes)

    S3:E15

    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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  20. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 11 - Daughter of Pomira
    6.9/10(416 votes)

    S4:E11

    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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  21. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 12 - If the Shoe Fits...
    6.9/10(451 votes)

    S4:E12

    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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  22. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 17 - The Play's the Thing
    6.9/10(428 votes)

    S4:E17

    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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  23. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 4 - Animal Attraction
    6.9/10(414 votes)

    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.

    Director:Rick Jacobson
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  24. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 6 - Purity
    6.9/10(397 votes)

    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.

    Director:Mark Beesley
    Writer:Jeff Vlaming

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  25. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 17 - Last of the Centaurs
    6.9/10(384 votes)

    S6:E17

    Xena and Gabrielle become embroiled in a conflict between centaurs and Lord Belach, whose daughter has run off with one of the hoofed creatures. Xena has conflicted emotions, however, as Belach is the son of her past lover Borias and the centaur, Xenan, is the son of the deceased Ephiny.

    Director:Garth Maxwell
    Writer:Joel Metzger

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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 473 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".