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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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    Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 10 - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire

    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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  2. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 18 - Antony & Cleopatra
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Antony & Cleopatra

    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.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writer:Carl Ellsworth

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  3. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 12 - The God You Know
    2.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - The God You Know

    S6:E12

    Michael, the Arch-Angel, orders Xena to hunt down the Roman emperor, Caligula, who has stolen Aphrodite's godhood and kill him before he can do anymore harm.

    Director:Garth Maxwell
    Writer:Emily Skopov

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  4. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 8 - Little Problems
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Little Problems

    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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  5. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 22 - A Friend in Need (2)
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #5 - A Friend in Need (2)

    S6:E22

    Conclusion of the series finale: Xena and Gabrielle face their greatest threat when they head into battle against the evil samurai ghost Yodoshi and his army of 20,000 elite warriors.

    Director:Robert Tapert
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 5 - Legacy
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Legacy

    S6:E5

    Xena and Gabrielle try to help two warring African tribes unite against their Roman enemies and Gabrielle must live with herself when she accidently takes the life of an unarmed young man.

    Director:Chris Martin-Jones
    Writer:Melissa Good

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  7. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 9 - Return of the Valkyrie (3)
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Return of the Valkyrie (3)

    S6:E9

    Xena has amnesia and believes herself to be Hrothgar's bride, Wealthea but she must regain her memory in order to save Gabrielle from eternal sleep.

    Director:John Fawcett
    Writer:Emily Skopov

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  8. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 16 - Send in the Clones
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Send in the Clones

    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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  9. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 10 - The Quill Is Mightier...
    4.2/10(4 votes)

    #9 - The Quill Is Mightier...

    S3:E10

    Jealous of Xena's legendary deeds, Aphrodite puts a spell on Gabrielle's scroll, causing everything written on it to magically become real.

    Director:Andrew Merrifield
    Writer:Hilary Bader

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  10. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 12 - The Bitter Suite
    4.2/10(4 votes)

    #10 - The Bitter Suite

    S3:E12

    After trying to kill one another, grief-stricken Xena and Gabrielle awake in a strange land called Illusia, filled with familiar faces, where they must face the pain and anger caused by the deaths of their children and forgive one another in order to live.

    Director:Oley Sassone
    Writers:Chris Manheim, Steven L. Sears

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  11. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 4 - Who's Gurkhan?
    4.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Who's Gurkhan?

    S6:E4

    Gabrielle sets out on a rescue mission to North Africa with the gang in tow, when she discovers her neice has been kidnapped by an elusive warlord named Gurkhan.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Episode 6 - The Debt (1)
    4.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - The Debt (1)

    S3:E6

    When Xena is summoned to the distant kingdom of Chin to kill the Green Dragon, a task she left undone years before, she tells Gabrielle about her past in Chin in an attempt to justify why she must commit murder.

    Director:Oley Sassone
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6 Episode 18 - When Fates Collide
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - When Fates Collide

    S6:E18

    After escaping from Hades and capturing the Fates, Caesar changes the Threads of Fate in order to change his destiny. He makes Xena his empress and rules the world by her side. Gabrielle is a talented playwright and Alti is the High Priestess of Rome, and she wants all the power for herself and will stop at nothing to get it.

    Director:John Fawcett
    Writer:Katherine Fugate

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  14. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 11 - Daughter of Pomira
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Daughter of Pomira

    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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  15. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 11 - Here She Comes... Miss Amphipolis
    5.7/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Here She Comes... Miss Amphipolis

    S2:E11

    Xena masquerades as a beauty pageant contestant, to stop a sabateur, bent on destroying a peace treaty between two warlords.

    Director:Marina Sargenti
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  16. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1 Episode 13 - Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards

    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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  17. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 4 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

    S2:E4

    When Orpheus loses the power to subdue the god Bacchus with his music, Xena and Gabrielle risk their lives to end Bacchus's reign of terror.

    Director:T.J. Scott
    Writers:Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster

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  18. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 10 - The Xena Scrolls
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Xena Scrolls

    S2:E10

    In the year 1940, two female archaeologists searching for the Xena scrolls end up in an ancient tomb confronting legendary figures from the past.

    Director:Charlie Haskell
    Writer:Robert Sidney Mellette

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  19. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 1 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (1)
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (1)

    S4:E1

    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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  20. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 2 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (2)
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Adventures in the Sin Trade (2)

    S4:E2

    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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  21. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 4 - In Sickness and In Hell
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - In Sickness and In Hell

    S4:E4

    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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  22. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 4 Episode 22 - Déjà Vu All Over Again
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Déjà Vu All Over Again

    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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  23. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 5 - Them Bones, Them Bones
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Them Bones, Them Bones

    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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  24. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 11 - Punch Lines
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Punch Lines

    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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  25. Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5 Episode 15 - Married with Fishsticks
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Married with Fishsticks

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire" is the worst rated episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Mark Beesley and written by Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster, it aired on 1/17/2000. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Antony & Cleopatra".