Warrior princess will always hold a special place in my geek heart. Xena is a historical fantasy set primarily in ancient greece, although it has a flexible time setting and occasionally features oriental, egyptian and medieval elements. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series xena. Were continuing with my 60 favorite episodes of xena. Along the way she meets a highspirited young woman named gabrielle, whose fiery tongue and quick wit make her a worthy cohort, and together they travel and work to create a land that is free from tyranny and injustice. The complete first season on april 23, 2003 by anchor bay entertainment. Even if you are not a herc fan you should check out the three season one xena episodes.
Xena and gabrielle renee oconnor face their biggest threat ever when they confront the evil yodoshi and an army of 20,000 elite samurai soldiers. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless warlords and gods. In india, xena lucy lawless says krishna twice when krishna rajeev varma appears to her facetoface in order to help rescue gabrielle renee oconnor and eli timothy omundson from. Warrior princess the way tv episode 1999 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Im watching my way through all of xena at the moment ill catch up on blogging it all eventually. Warrior princess gets off to an ominous start when war god ares kevin smith demands that xena lucy lawless stand judgment before the furies, charged with the.
However, when both eli and gabrielle are captured, xena is forced to. I cant believe i missed the entire six seasons when they were broadcast from 1995 to 2001. Gabrielle came from a small village in greece called potidaea. This is a video about season four, xena and gabrielles search for the way. The way is an intense episode which concludes the india cycle of episodes. Throughout this hourlong trippy journey, xena and gabrielle have to confront the problems that got between them and doing so will lead them to realize how close they really were.
The main debate about this episode has been because of the controversy. Gabrielle is not allowed to persuade xena to remain alive, as xena so many times has done for her. Im pretty sure that the trend of the musical episode in modern television actually started with chicago hope. When he kills marga, xena must teach varia what she needs to know to succeed the queen. The episode, called the way, caused an outcry when it aired last march because it showed hardcharging xena lucy lawless headbutting. The statuesque and leatherclad xena was first introduced in hercules. Specifically, callistos face looks the same as it did when she was a child, which is an interesting callback. She said she had a vision about xena and gabrielle. Entitled the way, the episode became highly controversial for its depiction of indian deities as well as its surprisingly gory and extremely violent, extended, climactic battle between my character and xena. The episode was initially banned and later reedited into a more broadcast friendly version. Gabrielle stays at the amazon village, and xena and varia, who refuses the warrior princess help, go their way to kill morloch. In hercules, during her two first episodes, xena was an outlaw, but in the third and last, she joins hercules to defeat darphus, who had taken her army. She must save innocents to redeem herself, in the eyes of the world and to herself.
In todays episode, xena prayed to krishna, the supreme godhead of hinduism. Warrior princess, created by robert tapert and john schulian. Growing up, my brother and i watched both xena and hercules religiously. The episode was edited slightly, and it aired with an introduction from lawless stressing that the show tried to portray hinduism in a respectful way. Warrior princess, which began airing on september 4, 1995. Tv guide promo xena seeks the help of the god krishna to rescue gabrielle and eli from the clutches of. I have loved every single episode of xena warrior princess and to try and select just 5 of them to write about here, was really, really difficult so, in no particular order, largely because that would have been just way too hard, here are the 5 best ever episodes of xena warrior princess as chosen by me 5. Three pilot episodes for the series, collectively called the xena trilogy, initially aired as part of the first seasons of hercules. I was in boston for the first three seasons, and sweden for the last three. Xena and gabrielle encounter their old friend eli who has been targeted by indrajit, the king of demons, and his dark mi.
The first season aired in the united states in syndication. Later that night, gabrielle patches xena up and tends to her wounds, while xena questions if the way of the warrior is the right path for her, now that she knows her destiny is to be a peacemaker. Ive been a fan of this series since i was about three years old and believe methis list was tough to make. And in a time where there were so few lesbian characters to look up to, for many in xena s heyday, the suggestion or inference of a romance between xena and gabrielle was enough to strike a chord. She agrees to serve the sentence and starts her hard, new life, but gabrielle knows the situation is unfair and decides to travel to shark island disguised as a healer. In 1998, i gueststarred as the featured villain indrajit. She and gabrielle talk about the separate paths they are following. Warrior princess episode the way, xena and her sidekick gabrielle meet hindu deities krishna and hanuman. You dont have mandy patinkin or at least, you didnt then as one of your male leads without going out of your way to find excuses to have him sing. Xena and gabrielle arrive to troy during the trojan war when the warrior princess is required by an old friend, helen.
And in a time where there were so few lesbian characters to look up to, for many in xena s heyday, the suggestion or inference of a romance between xena and gabrielle was enough to strike a. Merder is alliance callisto and gabrielle and dahak child. Xena is condemned to spend the rest of her life in shark island prison for the murder of a woman called thalassa when she was the destroyer of nations. Alti tells xena she saw the way xena looked at gabrielle during the play. Warrior princess is have child name solan, this boy his be killed. The devi, eli, returns while xena and gabrielle continue down their spiritual paths. The way hindus see it, krishna appears fictional and so this is the blasphemy. Xena and gabrielle are shopping, gabrielle is waiting outside, while xena dresses herself in a sari. She latched onto xena in episode 1 as a way of leaving the village, to travel on adventures. Warrior princess season 4 episode 8 online crusader. Their test of strength, resolve, and friendship will be xena s ultimate challenge. The series ran for six seasons and 4 episodes until its final episode aired on may 21, 2001. Xena loses her arms, just to gain four of them, fighting a hindi demon, having god. Xena speedly killed callisto and waiting revenge the offer stupid inscinct gabrielle.
Xena, the warrior princess is bent on overcoming her dark and hateful past. In this episode, both are taken somehow to the land of illusia i stopped there once on the way to the philippines. Oct 09, 2012 in this episode, both are taken somehow to the land of illusia i stopped there once on the way to the philippines. The way legendary journeys fandom hercules and xena wiki. Xena suggests gabrielle should travel with eli for a while but gabrielle decides not to. Mar, 2020 im pretty sure that the trend of the musical episode in modern television actually started with chicago hope. Xena and gabrielle encounter their old friend eli who has been targeted by indrajit, the king of.
Warrior princess got a spin off show based on these three episodes. Xena attempts to stop a war between two brothers, while gabrielle tends to a pregnant amazon sister, who is carrying the child of a centaur. As one of the series which helped comfort yours truly during the doctor who wilderness years, xena. Death in chains, a multipath video game for the pc adapted from and expanding upon the television episode of the same name, although none of the original actors provide their voices.
For today, continuing the roman britain theme, im going to. These are not strictly hercules and xena crossover episodes as xena. Hercules and xena crossover episodes all geek things. Warrior princess finally comes out, but why did it. Xena was raised as the daughter of cyrene and atrius, though the episode the furies raised the possibility that ares, might be xena s biological father. Xena loses her arms, just to gain four of them, fighting a hindi demon, having god krishna as an ally. In the gripping series finale, xena lucy lawless is summoned to japan by a longlost spiritual soul mate. Among other flashbacks of the burning village, she saw the face of a tearstained child callisto, asking why. Mar 15, 2020 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series xena.
Xena hercules characters xena hercules cast xena hercules writers and directors ratings episodes by production number, airing, and alphabetical order episodes which bit the dust, changed names, or are in production hell sequence of xwp and related htlj episodes xena. My name is sunil aghi, i am a community activist and president of the indoamerican political foundation. The character gabrielle, introduced in the first episode, becomes xena s greatest ally, best friend, and soulmate. Add these episodes to your list for further insights into the woman who captured the warrior. Warrior princess for the game boy color was developed and released by titus software in 2000. He tells xena that she must follower her way in this lifetime, which is the way of the warrior, if she is to fulfill her calling. The episode, called the way, caused an outcry when it aired last march because it showed hardcharging xena lucy lawless headbutting the hindu. Xena is to say his name when shes following the way and needs help. Two short episodes ago, in destiny, xena visited cirra as a way of facing her guilt for her past crimes. According to an episode set in modern times, gabrielles scrolls were preserved for thousands of years and discovered during world war ii by modern archeologists who were descendants of xena, gabrielle, and joxer. Perhaps it was thought that having the cycle end on a mindless comedy might be good. The scrolls found their way to hollywood, where they formed the basis of the television series.
Warrior princess season three as a whole, not just this episode if youre watching xena for the first time and havent finished season three yet, stop reading now. With lucy lawless, renee oconnor, timothy omundson, jake mckinnon. The legendary journeys and aired in firstrun syndication. Three episodes featuring xena, collectively called the xena trilogy, initially aired as part of the first season of hercules.
And when the shows would have crossover episodes in which xena and hercules would make out. If youre unfamiliar with the show, it was a spinoff of hercules. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show xena. Xena and gabrielle encounter their old friend eli who has been targeted by indrajit, the king of demons, and his dark minions. February 22, 1999 in india, xena and gabrielle meet up with eli timothy omundson, whos now the avatar a good god. Here, xena and gabrielle travel to japan in order to stop a ghost with connections to xenas past. This is an episode list of the american cult television series xena. A prince named morloch is hunting the amazons as if they were animals. Xena has battled greek gods, and gabrielle gave her pony to a couple who looked suspiciously like mary and joseph of nazareth. Previous episode in franchise, well always have cyprus. Xena must open her heart to krishna and embrace the way. Sunil aghi, and renee oconnor are also in the scene. Xena, a mighty warrior princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself.
Later, xena watches as gabrielle accepts the way of love by throwing her fighting staff into the ganges. She craved to escape from the boring and dull village. Warrior princess is far from everyones favorite episode, but it is a mustwatch nonetheless. Episode maternal instinct bring duo power, s fight. From this page you can now click on any of the episodes to read a brief synopsis of the episode, see who is in it, writer, director and read the disclaimers. She shows xena scenes from ides of march and other eps where xena is killed or wounded. Here, xena and gabrielle travel to japan in order to stop a ghost with connections to xena s past. The prince of demons in 16th episode of the 4th season of xena.
I think this is a shame as this episode is probably the most important in the development of xena. Warrior princess have done both heroines an injustice. Happy independence day and welcome to another xena thursday. Xena wonders why as a warrior she is asking these questions. Assorted tracks from the last samurai and black hawk down by hans zimmer no. On their way they met with a monkeylike man white long beard, climbs tree more than monkeys. The season was released on dvd as a seven disc boxed set under the title of xena. The following is a complete episode list for the historical fantasy series xena. Contentsshow synopsis xena and gabrielle encounter their old friend eli who has been targeted by indrajit, the king of demons, and his dark minions. But having xena go out and be a peaceful spirit and let gabrielle become the girl with.
She is aided along the way by best friend gabrielle, a struggling bard who later turns warrior herself. We hope that weve portrayed it in a reverent and respectful way. Xena warrior princess s05 e20 livia dailymotion video. One episode, the way, which loosely interpreted elements of hinduism as major plot points, generated controversy, requiring the producers to add a disclaimer. While traveling through india, xena and gabrielle rescue a woman with mysterious powers who sends xena and gabrielles souls are sent into the future through the power of mehndi to protect their good karma from the reincarnated alti.
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