Category: Season 3

When Caesar captures the leader of the resistence in Gual, Xena decides to make a trade for him. She captures Crassus, a member of the Roman Triumvirate. But Caesar refuses to give up his prisoner, so the warrior comes up with a plan to switch the men.

written by Steven L. Sears
directed by John Laing
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Karl Urban (Caesar), Jermey Callaghan (Pompey), Matthew Chamberlain (Crassus), Grant Triplow (Brutus), Tamati Rice (Vircinix), Katrina Browne (Mendala), Riqi Harawira (Guard), Gavin Rutherford (Centurion), Graham Smith (Boat Captain), and Argo

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Gabrielle is troubled by nightmares and decides to pay a visit to the temple of Mnemosyne. She asks the priestess to help her search her memories so that she might find a way to rid herself of the pain. But Joxer feels that he can help her and takes the bard away from the temple, even though she has already begun her quest to remember.

written by Hilary J. Bader
directed by Charlie Haskell
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Kevin Smith (Ares), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Jan Hellriegel (Preistess of Mnemosyne), Mark Webley (Guard), Lana Garland (Young Woman)

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Three men bring the Mystic Diamond to Aphrodite. The goddess plans to have the gem, which powers the north star, added to her constellation. But she knows that Xena and Gabrielle will try to stop her. After the goddess sends the men on with the diamond to the person who will place the stone for her, the warrior and bard arrive at the temple, along with Joxer. As the trio look around, Aphrodite places an obsession spell on them and whatever they are thinking about at that moment is what they become obsessed with. Soon the trio are at a lake with Xena fishing, Gabrielle preoccupied with herself, and Joxer acting like an ape man.

teleplay by Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster
story by Robert Tapert and Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster
directed by Josh Becker
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Alexandra Tydings (Aphrodite), Renee Schuda (Young Xena), Callum Gallagher (Young Lyceus), Lawerence Makoare (Maecenus), Jason Tamu (Thug #1)

Original title: Fish Schticks

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While at a village picking up supplies, Gabrielle spots Autolycus in a chain gang being led onto a ship. She boards the vessel to find out why he is there. When the crew tries to take her off the ship, she fights them and then yells for Xena. The warrior immediately jumps aboard as the ship is leaving the dock. After she learns what is going on, she pays a visit to Autolycus in the hold. As they are talking, Xena and one of the prisoners feel a jolt. On deck, the warrior learns that the water depth is lower than it should be and spots a cloud of ash in the air. She realizes that Mount Aetnas has erupted. Knowing what is going to happen, the captain turns the ship. But it is already too late, as a giant wave approaches the ship.

written by Chris Manheim
directed by John Laing
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), Todd Rippon (Macon), Stephen Tozer (Thadeus), Toby Fisher (Petridies), Stephen Hall (Captain)

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Gabrielle attends an annual celebration honoring Pax, the personification of peace, while Xena takes care of some business elsewhere. The next morning when she arrives, the 20 foot statue of Pax is missing. Her first suspect is Autolycus, but the king of thieves insists that he didn’t take it. He wants to conduct the investigation his way to regain his title. Xena reluctantly agrees. The trio soon discover the thief’s identity and head for his fortress on a nearby island.

written by Terry Winter
directed by Andrew Merrifield
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Bruce Campbell (Autolycus), John Brazier (Tarses), John O’Leary (Adair), Ian Harrow (Wharfmaster), Adrean Keeling (Scylosian General), Bray Taylor (Thea), Campbell Cooley (1st Guard), Greg Morman (Drunk Villager), Thomas Leary (Assistant), and Argo

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Xena and Gabrielle find a childhood friend of the bard, Seraphin, as she is about to be sacrificed. Xena interrupts the “ceremony” and Gabrielle takes Seraphin to safety. Callisto appears and kills one of the priests, then disappears with his body. Ares also appears and tries to convince Xena to lead his army against Callisto, but she refuses. After he leaves, Xena and Gabrielle learn from Seraphin that Callisto isn’t the one they have to worry about. The warrior realizes that it is Hope who is building a following. Xena and Gabrielle know they must find a way to stop her.

written by Steven Sears
directed by David Warry Smith
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Hudson Leick (Callisto), Kevin Smith (Ares), Jodie Rimmer (Seraphin), Stephen Ure (Werfner), Elizabeth Pendergrass (Atropos), Micaela Daniel (Lachesis), Samantha Adriaanse (Clotho), Jermey Curry (Warlord), Bret Rudnick (First Klansman), Renee O’Connor (Hope)

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Xena and Gabrielle are stunned when they see that the reborn Hope looks identical to her mother. The warrior tries again to kill the evil goddess, but Hope wages her own attack, even against Gabrielle. The two manage to escape the barrage of weapons that Hope is hurling at them. Outside the halls of war, Xena is angry that Gabreille stopped her from killing Hope before when she was still vulnerable, but the bard explains about Ares’ threat. Now that Hope has completed her rebirth, she and Ares start on their own plans. Callisto realizes that she won’t be a part of those plans. She appears to Xena and offers her help in killing Hope, providing that the warrior will end her life with the Hind’s blood dagger when they are finished.

written by Paul Robert Coyle
directed by Paul Robert Coyle
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Renee O’Connor (Hope), Hudson Leick (Callisto), Kevin Smith (Ares), Jodie Rimmer (Seraphin), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Stephen Ure (Werfner), Elizabeth Pendergrass (Atropos), Micaela Daniel (Lachesis), Samantha Adriaanse (Clotho), Jeremy James Wood (Dahak Disciple #1), Russell Gowers (Dahak Disciple #2)

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