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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - Chakram
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Maternal Instincts
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E11

    Maternial instincts are in the air when Gabrielle encounters her evil daughter Hope, who has freed Callisto in order to kill Xena's son, Solan and plans on severing the friendship of Xena and Gabrielle forever.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  3. undefined Season 6 Episode 7 - Night of the Tarantula
    8.2/10(3 votes)

    S6:E7

    A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  4. undefined Season 5 Episode 13 - Eternal Bonds
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    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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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  5. undefined Season 5 Episode 15 - Alma Murder
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E15

    An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it, but a young man later confesses. Whodunit?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - The Quest
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    S2:E13

    After Xena's death, Gabrielle becomes Queen of the Amazons, while Autolycus finds himself possessed by the warrior princess, Xena who needs ambrosia to bring herself back to life. But Xena's rebirth and Gabrielle's life are both threatened by an Amazon bent on obtaining the Amazon crown and the ambrosia.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - Mr. Monk Goes to Jail
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    S2:E16

    When a death-row inmate is murdered 45 minutes before his execution, Monk is brought in to find out why.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  8. undefined Season 3 Episode 19 - Tsunami
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E19

    Xena must board a ship carrying prisoners when Gabrielle, in the belief she's freeing a captured Autolycus, does the same, but they're all wet when a tsunami strikes.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Remember Nothing
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S2:E2

    When Xena defends the Fates's temple, they give her the gift of changing the past: her brother Lyceus never died and she never became the warrior princess...but that also means she never met Gabrielle.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  10. undefined Season 5 Episode 12 - God Fearing Child
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    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:Chris Manheim

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - Old Habits Die Hard
    7.5/10(3 votes)

    S4:E4

    A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 14 - Curse of the Daanav
    7.5/10(3 votes)

    S4:E14

    Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  13. undefined Season 6 Episode 20 - Shear Madness
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    S6:E20

    Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  14. undefined Season 7 Episode 20 - Murder, Plain & Simple
    7.3/10(2 votes)

    S7:E20

    When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  15. undefined Season 5 Episode 4 - Animal Attraction
    7.0/10(2 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.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 14 - Devi
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E14

    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.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  17. undefined Season 4 Episode 18 - The Convert
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E18

    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.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - A Comedy of Eros
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E22

    When Cupid's infant son, Bliss, runs amok putting love spells on unsuspecting people, Xena falls in love with the warlord, Draco, Draco falls for Gabrielle and Gabrielle gets the hots for Joxer.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 15 - King Con
    7.0/10(2 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.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  20. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - Paradise Found
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E13

    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.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  21. undefined Season 5 Episode 20 - Livia
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    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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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  22. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - A Family Affair
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S4:E3

    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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  23. undefined Season 5 Episode 4 - Snow White, Blood Red
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    S5:E4

    A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Reflections in Terror
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    S1:E8

    With a blood sample from the "star-child," Diana creates an uncontrollable and deadly clone which seeks out Elizabeth; Bates tests Julie's loyalty when he suspects she is sympathetic to the Resistance whose headquarters he is preparing to destroy.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - The Prodigal
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E18

    After freezing in the face of danger, a confused Gabrielle returns home to Potidaea, where she receives a not-so-warm welcome from the people, who have hired a so-called warrior to save them from a warlord.

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    Writer:Chris Manheim

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Chris Manheim Ratings Summary

"Chakram" is the best rated episode written by Chris Manheim. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 10/4/1999 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Maternal Instincts".