Tag: Syndicated

Xena begins to prepare the young Amazons she has befriended for the upcoming battle with Alti. She names Yakut as the new shamaness for their tribe. Alti has plans of her own, and calls forth the spirits of those she has captured to send after Xena and the Amazons. Xena has to fight her new friends, then helps them to rid themselves of the spirits. They continue on their search for Alti, but Xena soon realizes they are headed in the wrong direction. She realizes that Alti must be in the place where the Amazon dead are sent on to Eternity.

After Xena has told the Amazons more about her past and her encounters with Alti and Cyane, the evil shamaness takes control of a spider. She first makes Xena see Gabrielle, then changes to herself demanding to know who the bard is. Xena tells her that she represents what can defeat Alti. The warrior finally manages to rid herself of the spider, before falling unconcious.

teleplay by R.J. Stewart
story by Robert Tapert & R.J. Stewart
directed by T.J. Scott
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Claire Stansfield (Alti), Vicky Pratt (Cyane), Shiri Rappaport (Otere), Kate Elliot (Yakut), Marton Csokas (Borias)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

As Joxer is leaving flowers at the place where Gabrielle disappeared with Hope, Xena grabs his arm. She has been searching for evidence that Gabrielle is still alive. Joxer doesn’t believe her, but he follows her to Poteidaia.

In Poteidaia, the two friends are reunited with the bard, and then learn that a man was killed by some creature just outside the village. Xena and Gabrielle return to the bard’s family’s home to set a trap for the creature. When it appears, it ignores Gabrielle and attacks Xena. The duo manage to escape it and head for the house. The creature retreats when daylight comes. Xena tells Joxer that the creature is Dahak’s grandchild, and that the person they thought was Gabrielle is really Hope. She plans to use Hope to kill the Destroyer.

teleplay by Chris Manheim
story by Liz Friedman & Chris Manheim
directed by Doug Lefler
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Renee O’Connor (Hope), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Willa O’Neill (Lila), Geoff Snell (Herodotus), Lisa Crittendon (Hecuba)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

While trying to locate Argo, Gabrille has contracted foot rot, and Xena has lice. But that’s only the beginning. They encounter Joxer, who tells them that he was hired to protect a village. He shows Xena a knife that belonged to one of the attackers. She realizes that the attackers are Scythians. Joxer takes over the job of cooking for the trio, and ends up giving Xena and Gabrielle food poisioning. Now they have to deal with upset stomachs along with their other problems as well as trying to find a way to stop the Scythians.

written by Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster
directed by Josh Becker
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Campbell Cooley (Euraylus), Timothy Lee (Acestus), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Xena and Gabrielle enlist help from some villagers in starting a war between Ceasar’s and Pompey’s forces, which have come to Greece, in the hopes that the resulting battle will send them back to Rome empty-handed.

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

Guest Cast: Karl Urban (Julius Ceasar), Jeremy Callaghan (Pompey), Stephen Lovatt (Phlanagus)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

While traveling through a desert, Xena and Gabrielle stop in a village. They see that a girl is about to be whipped, and when they intervene, they’re surprised to see it’s Tara. The magistrate says that her crime is that she danced. So Xena and Gabrielle, with a little help from Autolycus and Tara, work to bring about changes in the village.

written by Gillian Horvath
directed by Michael Hurst
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Bruce Campbell (Autolycus/Philipon the Reformer), Shiri Appleby (Tara), John Givins (Istafan), Hemi Rudolph (Telamon), Michael Kupenga (Andros), Campbell Cooley (Licinus), Dennis Hally (Bootmaker), Vicky Halighton (Old Lady), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

While taking a break from their journey, Xena and Gabrielle are attacked by bounty hunters. They have a warrant to arrest Xena for the murder of a young woman that was committed some years before. The warrior agrees to go with them, and gives Gabrielle her chakram. During the trial, Gabrielle defends her friend, but the warrior says nothing for herself. The judge sentences Xena to life in prison on Shark Island. After Xena has been taken away, Gabrielle begins to plan a way to rescue her friend.

teleplay by Hilary Bader
story by Robert Tapert and Josh Becker
directed by Rick Jacobson
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Katrina Browne (Thelassa), William Kircher (#1 Bad Guard/Prison overseer), Tanea Heke (Ursena), Natalie Dennis (Clysetone), Julie Taylor (Hanged woman), Gilbert Goldie (Town elder), Huntly Eliott (Judge), Margaret Blay (Woman in court), Patrick Smith (Healer), Chris Sherwood (Drexel), Laurie Dee (Tavern keeper)

Original title: Shark Island Prison

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Xena and Gabrielle encounter a warrior woman, Najara, who is on a quest similar to theirs, fighting for the greater good. The bard is intrigued by Najara’s talk of the way of the light. Xena thinks that her friend might be better off staying with Najara, and plans to leave her. But when she meets the warlord that Najara has been tracking, she learns what Najara is really all about. She goes to the village where Najara plans to set up a hospice to confront her.

written by R.J. Stewart
directed by Paul Lynch
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Kathryn Morris (Najara), David Te Rare (Marat), and Argo

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell