The Best Episodes Written By Hilary Bader

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Locked Up and Tied Down

   S4:E711/9/1998

   When Xena allows herself to be tried and convicted of the murder of an innocent woman, who she left to die in the past, Gabrielle struggles to uncover the truth and free Xena from Shark Island Prison.

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   8.0/10(35 votes)

   #2 - Eye of the Needle

   S1:E62/20/1995

   Stardate: 48579.4. The discovery of a wormhole leading to the Alpha Quadrant elates the crew, however, their only contact within range is a skeptical and paranoid Romulan.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Tale of the Demon Tail

   S2:E1911/24/2001

   The Dark Hand seeks out the next Demon Portal at Fenway Park. Hsi Wu the Sky Demon, flies out of the Demon Netherworld but it's right in front of the girls bathroom door, and his tail snaps of as Jade tries to close the door. Hsi Wu disguises himself as one of Jade's classmates and they become friends. But once Hsi Wu learns that Uncle put a Chi Spell on his tail, an angered Jade uses some of the Talismans to confront him.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #4 - The Curse of El Chupacabra

   S2:E810/15/2001

   While exploring some Pyramids in Mexico, Jackie gets a call from El Toro. He needs Jackie's help dealing with the legendary El Chupacabra.

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   7.9/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Been There, Done That

   S3:E210/6/1997

   The day goes from bad to worse when Joxer is killed, but when the day begins again...and again...Xena realizes she's the only one who knows what's happening and remembers the previous days, she has a second chance to change things.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Enter the Cat

   S2:E293/2/2002

   Jackie finds a highly valued cat statue. Anyone who is scratched by it is magically transformed. Forced to steal it back for a gangster when Jackie is tossed into a jail cell, Jade is able to retrieve the statue, but gets scratched by it in the process. Uncle had been researching into the Cat’s legend, and says that the cure lies within. Jackie soon has an epiphany, and decides the Cat is too dangerous to be in a museum. So he smashes the statue, thus releasing a purple-colored gas that cures Valmont and Jade. With that, Jackie then realizes that “The antidote lies within” meant that the antidote was inside the statue itself (and not within a person, despite what he thought at first).

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #7 - The Eighth Door

   S2:E262/9/2002

   Before Bai Tza can use another flood, Uncle uses a gourd from one of the Immortals to seal her away again. Unfortunately, Jade steps too close to the chi spell and is dragged into Bai Sa's portal. Meanwhile, the Demon Sorcerers communicate with and confront Shendu. In order to escape punishment, he promises that all seven of the Demons can use his own Portal – the only one left – to come back to Earth. A race against time ensues as the Chans work from both sides to both recover Jade and close the last portal for good.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #8 - The Amazing T-Girl!

   S2:E399/7/2002

   Captain Black is ordered to remove the Talismans from Section 13. So they're force to a new place for them. Daolon Wong tries for the Talismans, unaware that all the powers of the Talismans have been transferred into the Amazing T-Girl.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Forget Me Not

   S3:E173/21/1998

   Tortured by her memories of Hope and past misdeeds, Gabrielle visits the temple of Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, and must travel through her past in an effort to live with her memories or erase them forever. Meanwhile, Joxer must protect Gabrielle's body while her mind is away.

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    7.0/10(31 votes)

    #10 - Rules of Acquisition

    S2:E711/7/1993

    Stardate: Unknown. A female Ferengi, posing as a male to be available to participate in business (a rule STRICTLY forbidden by the Ferengi government), falls for Quark during very important negotiations between the Ferengi and a Gamma Quadrant race.

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    6.4/10(30 votes)

    #11 - Battle Lines

    S1:E124/25/1993

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko, Kira, and Bashir take Kai Opaka through the wormhole for a brief excursion in the Gamma Quadrant. But when they crash-land on a desolate planet, they find a divided, warring penal colony where no one ever dies.

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    6.4/10(25 votes)

    #12 - Explorers

    S3:E225/8/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko rebuilds an ancient Bajoran space vessel from the blueprints, and he and Jake take the ship on a trip, attempting to prove that the ancient Bajorans went beyond their solar system without warp drive.

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    6.3/10(41 votes)

    #13 - Hero Worship

    S5:E111/27/1992

    Stardate: 45397.3. The Enterprise investigates the cause of an explosion that destroyed a small ship and its entire crew, except for a small boy.

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    6.1/10(39 votes)

    #14 - Dark Page

    S7:E711/1/1993

    Stardate: 47254.1. Lwaxana Troi collapses with a repressed memory related illness. Her only chance for survival is if Deanna can probe her subconscious and find out what is killing her. However, the secret Lwaxana holds is deeper than Deanna imagined.

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    5.7/10(44 votes)

    #15 - The Loss

    S4:E1012/1/1990

    Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.

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    5.3/10(26 votes)

    #16 - Meridian

    S3:E811/14/1994

    Stardate: 48423.2. Dax falls in love with one of the residents of a multi-dimensional planet, while on DS9 an alien requests a holosuite program of Kira from Quark.

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    4.3/10(4 votes)

    #17 - The Quill Is Mightier...

    S3:E101/19/1998

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

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