Category: Xena: Warrior Princess

When his parents think he is sleeping, Cupid’s son Bliss takes one of his father’s bows and heads for a village. Xena and Gabrielle are in that village, because they had heard that Draco was planning on kidnapping the Hestian virgins. Joxer has also heard this and comes to help. Draco raids the temple but finds that it is deserted except for Xena. She tells him that the virgins are safely hidden away. Since he can’t have the virgins, Draco settles for capturing Gabrielle and Joxer.

written by Chris Manheim
directed by Charles Siebert
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Jay Laga’aia (Draco), Karl Urban (Cupid), Anthony Ray Parker (Pinullus), Cherie Bray-Taylor (Virgin #2), Michael Holt (Draco Man #1), Eric Lynch (Best Buddy), Vanessa Mateja (Virgin #1), Collette Pennington (Housewife), David Perrett (Farmer), Zen Player (Draco Man #2), John Carr Watson (Merchant)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Ares visits the temple of the Furies. He wants their decision on their judgement of Xena for failing to avenge her father’s murder. The goddesses agree that she is guilty. Ares asks that they punish Xena with both persecution and madness. It’s an unusual request, but they agree. Xena and Gabrielle are enjoying the day when bounty hunters appear. They have come to collect Xena’s head to take to the Furies. During the fight, the Furies inact their punishment of madness. With the bounty hunters defeated, Gabrielle makes Xena question their leader. The questions the warrior ask have nothing to do with what they need to know so the bard takes over. They then head for the temple of the Furies. The priest tells them that Xena is being punished for not avenging her father’s murder. The warrior decides to head for Amphipolis to question her mother. When she briefly mistakes Gabrielle for Callisto, she ties the bard to a tree. But the young woman manages to fee herself and follows her friend.

written by R.J. Stewart
directed by Gilbert Shilton
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Kevin Smith (Ares), Darien Takle (Cyrene), Steve Farac-Ciprian (Orestes), Celi Foncesca (Tisiphone), Gordon Hatfield (Rufinus), Graciela Heredia (Megaera), Asa Lindh (Alceto), Reuben Purchase (Keeper), Craig Walsh-Wrightson (Lysis), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer are visiting a village where two families are constantly feuding. During their visit, Joxer gets in the middle of one of the arguments and is killed. The two friends mourn him outside the village.

The next morning finds them back in the village and Joxer alive. Only Xena is aware of what happened before. She manages to keep Joxer alive until they are ready to leave, but when they return to the stables for Argo, they find that the mare has been killed.

The day starts off again with the trio back in the village and Argo alive. But when this day ends, Gabrielle dies. Xena knows that she must find away to end the cycle and keep her friends alive in the process.

written by Hilary J. Bader
directed by Andrew Merrifield
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Rodney Cooke (Man #1), Rebekah Davies (Hermia), Neill Duncan (Perion), Norman Fairley (Lord Lycost), Norman Forsey (Casca), John Glass (Tius), John McKee (Lord Menos), Joseph Murray (Neron), Campbell Rousselle (Man #2), John Smythe (Apothecary), Marek Summich (Edos), Deverik Williams (Tybelus), Mary Woodward (Altara), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Ares has taken the secret to making Hephaestus’ metal and has given it to his protege, a young warrior named Agranon. The young man is very open to the god of war’s plans for ruling the world. But Xena is on to Ares. She and Gabrielle free three of her former warriors from prison and a fourth from his impending execution. Xena offers them a chance to earn their freedom by helping her stop Ares and Agranon. While the four warriors may have once been in Xena’s army, none were there at the same time. So while they may trust the former warlord, they don’t trust each other. But Xena believes that they will soon learn how to work together as a team. Xena divides them into groups of two. Glaphrya and Darnelle are to gather supplies. Walsim and Monlik are to map out a way into the castle that Agathon and his army are using, while Xena and Gabrielle go to see King Gregor about using his army for a deversion. But after visiting the castle, Monlik decides that he has the upper hand over Xena since he has the only map. When Xena disagrees and demands the map, he tries to kill her. The two fight and soon it’s Monlik who is dead. Now the others must find their own way into the castle.

written by Steven L. Sears
directed by Rick Jacobson
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Kevin Smith (Ares), Jon Brazier (Walsim), Katrina Hobbs (Glaphrya), Charles Mesure (Darnelle), Jonathon Roberts (Agathon), Stephen Ure (Monlik), Peter Ford (Villager #1), Amron McCormack (Warrior #1), Campbell Rousselle (Warrior #2), Adam Schlooz (Guard #1), Roy Snow (Athenian Captain), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Xena and Gabrielle encounter prisoners under escort. When Xena hears one of the prisoners mention Caesar, she immediatly frees them. The one who spoke up, Khrafstar, tells them that he was sent by Boadieca to hire mercenaries to fight against Caesar in Britannia. Xena and Gabrielle decide to go with them. Ares learns of Xena’s trip and asks her to finish the job that he asked Caesar to do. The god of war wants her to destroy a temple belonging to a god that is percieved a threat by the gods on Olympus.

The group travels to Gaul and boards a ship for Britannia. During the voyage, Xena tells Gabrielle that she once befriended Boadieca and then turned on her. The warrior isn’t sure how her arrival will be received. When they near Britannia, a Centurion captain boards the ship and tells them they cannot land and that they should turn back to Gaul. But after he returns to shore, he learns that the ship continued on north. Realizing that the mercenaries may have already landed, he heads his troops in that direction. The Centurions are met by Xena, Boadieca and the mercenaries.

As Xena and the others fight, Gabrielle and Khrafstar are making their way to Boadieca’s camp. On the way, they are captured by Centurions.

written by Steven L. Sears
directed by Oley Sassone
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Kevin Smith (Ares), Karl Urban (Julius Caesar), Marton Csokas (Khrafstar), Jennifer Ward-Lealand (Boadicea), Cathrine Boniface (Meridian), Meighan Desmond (Discord), Brad Homan (Jiela), Anthony Ray Parker (Deliverer), Anton Bentley (Centurion), Andre Coppell (Squad Leader), David Holton (Lieutenant), Patrick Kuhtze (Brit Guard), John Manning (Captain), Daniel Martin (Soldier), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Gabrielle struggles to come to terms with the fact that she killed Meridian as she and Xena travel to a village to find passage back to Greece. As they pass through a forest, three Banshees appear. The Banshees attack Xena, but leave Gabrielle alone. They back away from her saying they worship her. Since Gabrielle isn’t feeling well, she convinces Xena to give up the fight for now and they leave the forest.

In the village, Xena leaves Gabrielle at a tavern while she goes to speak to the captain of a ship that will be going close to Greece. The bard finds her appetite has returned and is soon eating everything that the tavern keeper will sit in front of her.

Outside the tavern, a crowd has gathered. They shout at Gabrielle and throw torches into the building, trying to burn it down with her in it. But the bard manages to use a pole to vault out of the structure and lands in the water nearby. She climbs onto the peir and the villagers chase her. Xena hears the commotion and follows.

written by R.J. Stewart
directed by Charles Siebert and Andrew Merrifield
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Catherine Boniface (Meridian), Alyssa Carr (Hope – 10 Months), Hannah Carr (Hope – 10 Months), Mark Clare (Eochaid), Peter Feeney (Caswallawn), Robert Harte (Goewin), Bert Keiller (Cadbury), Summer Proben (Hope – Todler), Ronald Fryer (Old Man), Michelle Huiramma (Banshee #1), David MItchell (Tavernkeeper)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Late one night a wounded man appears at Xena and Gabrielle’s camp. He says he has a message for the warrior, but before he can tell her what it is, the men who attacked him appear. Xena fights them off and returns to the messenger. He gives her the cryptic message and dies. Afterward, Xena makes plans to head to Chin.

As the duo travel to a seaport, Xena tells Gabrielle about her time in Chin. The bard decides that she can’t go along with Xena to Chin and the two friends say their goodbyes.

written by R.J. Stewart
directed by Robert Tapert and R.J. Stewart
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Jacqueline Kim (Lao Ma), Marton Csokas (Borias), Grant McFarland (Ming Tzu), Daniel Sing (Ming Tien), Daniel Lim (Ming Tien – 12 years), Tai Hadfield (Chuang), Blair Fraser (Messenger), William Kwan (Soldier), Peter Mason (Shopkeeper), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Having captured Xena, Ming Tien has her thrown into a dungeon. The other prisoners had heard that she had tried to kill the Emperor and show their appericiation by clothing her.

Feeling guilty for having betrayed Xena, Gabrielle pleads with Ming Tien to let Xena go if she promises never to return to Chin. But the warrior refuses to comply and the Emperor sets her execution for dawn of the next day.

written by R.J. Stewart
directed by Robert Tapert and R.J. Stewart
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Jacqueline Kim (Lao Ma), Marton Csokas (Borias), Grant McFarland (Ming Tzu). Daniel Sing (Ming Tien), Daniel Lim (Ming Tien – 12 years), Tai Hadfield (Chuang), Ric Chan (Hiu), Din Tran (Prison Guard)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

As Gabrielle and Joxer wait in a village for Xena to return from a mission, they run into Autolycus. The thief tells him that the night before, he had helped a man who looked like Joxer steal a sword. Joxer explains that it was his brother Jett, an assassin. He also tells them that his brother will probably try to use the sword to kill someone important. Gabrielle insists that they must figure out who Jett is planning to kill and find a way to stop him. The bard is fairly sure of what Xena would do in this situation and the trio soon set her plan into motion.

written by Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster
directed by Bruce Campbell
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Ted Raimi (Joxer/Jett), Gina Torres (Cleopatra), Jonathon Hendry (Pontius), Jeremy Birchall (The Other Joxer/ Jett), Benjamin Banse (Prison Guard), Christian Hodge (Prisoner), Larry Keating (Warlord), Nerida Nichols (Chambermaid), Russell Raethel (Guard #3)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

When Gabrielle arrives in the village where she was to meet Xena, she’s surprised to see that her friend is about to let a group of warriors burn her at the stake. Thinking fast, the bard manages to extinguish the fire and frees Xena. They flee the village square and hide in an alley. It’s then that Gabrielle realizes that’s not the warrior who is with her. The look-alike identifies herself as Leah, a Hestian Virgin Priestess. The two women finally meet up with the real Xena. The warrior realizes that someone may be intentionally putting the priestess in danger. The trio head to the temple to find out what is going on.

written by Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster
directed by Robert Ginty
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Lucy Lawless (Leah/Meg), MacGregor Cameron (Balius), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Matty J. Ruys (Dexon), Ted Clar (Thoracles), Jodie Dorday (Bordello Girl #2)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Aphrodite is furious when punks paint graffatti in and around her temple about Xena. Ares tells her that the problem isn’t Xena, but with her bard companion, Gabrielle. The goddess agrees with him and decides to do something about it. Aphrodite pays a visit to the warrior and bard’s camp, and places a spell on Gabrielle’s scroll. The next morning, Gabrielle discovers that things she has written on the scroll are coming true. The bard decides to use the opportunity to do good deeds. But soon things aren’t going quiet the way she planned.

by Hilary J. Bader
directed by Andrew Merrifield
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Kevin Smith (Ares), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Allison Wall (Minya), Stephen Hall (Thelonious), Ranald Hendriks (Munk), John Mckee (Scaberus), Paul Norell (Street Vendor)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Xena and Gabrielle arrive at the village where the Centaurs are to meet in an effort to reunite their nation. They are greeted by Kaleipus, Solan, Ephiny, and her son Xenan. Not far from the village, a young girl is playing with a ball near a canyon. Suddenly the ground far below cracks open, freeing Callisto. The evil goddess decides to send a message to Xena about the warrior’s secret.

written by Chris Manheim
directed by Mark Beesley
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Hudson Leick (Callisto), Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), David Taylor (Solan), Amy Morrison (Hope), Jeff Boyd (Kaleipus), Reece Redewk (Xenan)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Gabrielle has turned to the Amazons for help with her grief over Hope’s death and Xena’s rejection. Ephiny is very concerned about the bard’s state of mind but knows that her friend must work through this on her own. Xena on the other hand has sought out isolation on a snowy mountaintop to mourn Solan. Ares appears and tells her that she should give up her redemption and return to her old ways. He knows exactly where she should start. Xena rides into the Amazon village, looking for Gabrielle.

written by Steven L. Sears and Chris Manheim
directed by Oley Sassone
music by Joseph LoDuca
lyrics by Joseph LoDuca, Pamela Phillips Oland and Dennis Spiegel

Guest Cast: Hudson Leick (Callisto), Kevin Smith (Ares), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Danielle Cormack (Ephiny), Willa O’Neill (Lila), Karl Urban (Julius Ceasar), Marton Csokas (Khraftstar), Daniel Sing (Ming Tien), David Taylor (Solan), Julie Moran (Gabrielle’s Pal), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Xena and Gabrielle stop by a stream to treat the bard’s sprained ankle when a young man, Phiddipides, appears. He says that he just ran from Marathon where combined forces of Greeks and Spartans were unable to defend against a foreign invasion. From the description he gives, Xena realizes that it’s the Persian Army. The warrior sends Phiddipides on to meet the Athenian Army, while she and Gabrielle find a way to divert the Persians.

As the two women are discussing the plans, another man appears wearing a Spartan uniform. Dorian tells them that he was injured and ran from the battle. He agrees to help them. Persian scouts appear, and Xena sends Gabrielle away to safety. When the bard realizes that Dorian is just standing and watching, she turns back to convince him to take cover. But before they can get very far, Gabrielle is struck in the back with an arrow.

written by Gene O’Neill and Noreen Tobin
directed by Paul Lynch
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Douglas Kamo (Dorian), Nick Kemplen (Phiddipides), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

The urn of Apollo is stolen, and the temple’s head priest asks Xena and Gabrielle to retrieve it. When the warrior goes to retrieve Argo, a teenage girl decides to attack the bard. After Xena stops her, Tara says that she’s there to take Gabrielle’s place. The warrior tells her she’s not looking for a new partner, and the two women leave. But Tara follows them and inisists that she can help them find the gang responsible for stealing the urn. Xena reluctantly allows the girl to join them.

written by R.J. Stewart
directed by Garth Maxwell
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Shiri Appleby (Tara), Brett Coutts (Micah), Mervyn Smith (Dorus), Wade Jackson (Wayan), David Goodwin (Lark), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell