Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1

Xena: Warrior Princess

SPOILERS TOTAL. You've been warned.

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101: Sins of the Past 1995 September 4
(First watched 2025-03-18) At the beginning of Hercules, he went home and was fawned over by his mother. At the beginning of Xena, she goes home and is despised by her mother (for a while). How did Xena become such a skilled warrior if she grew up in this sheep village where nobody else seems to be able to fight?

Xena does some crazy moves I haven't seen since the Burly Brawl.

Gabrielle must have some high Speech stat to BS her way through so many situations with words.

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102: Chariots of War 1995 September 11
(First watched 2025-03-23) So her past is a matter in this issue... good. Because her past vs Hercules's past seems like the biggest difference between their shows. In this case, some of the people she's helped out know about her bad reputation. Plus the point is brought up that if she had a change of heart, so might these other warrior types so maybe don't kill them right away.

Very random chance that Gabrielle happens to meet one of the major ~antagonist characters while stuck in the next town over.

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103: Dreamworker 1995 September 18
(First watched 2025-03-25) So the swordfighters among the mystics... were they just wanting to die for the glory of their gods? Because they sure seemed willing to be targets for Gabrielle.

Wanted to tell Xena that obviously the people in her dream telling her their names were fakes, because that wasn't knowledge she had. So it was either imagined or came from the god manipulating her dream.

So in the end... the bad Mystics are kicked out and the good Mystics take back over... but what about the gods themselves? Do they not give a shit? They were willing to go along with the bad ones and try to prevent Xena's dream success, but are hunky dory with the nicer folks taking back over?

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104: Cradle of Hope 1995 October 2
(First watched 2025-04-07) Taking place during/near the time of origin myths makes the world... a bit goofy. In this episode we meet Pandora, granddaughter of the famous Pandora, a story everybody in the world seems to know. So uhhh are they trying to say that as recently as two generations back, mankind didn't have any of the problems that escaped from the box? I'm gonna call bullshit on that one. Also, what a lousy box if it's so easy for them to accidentally open by knocking over.

The solution to the prophecy felt a bit obvious... like, really only one of two major interpretations of it from the beginning. And given the king wasn't a baby-killer, that ruled out one way the episode could play out.

Fun action scenes where they had to keep tossing the baby around.

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105: The Path Not Taken 1995 October 9
(First watched 2025-04-15) So as part of a rescue mission, Xena goes back to a meeting place for scum that old bad Xena used to go to. People there have heard rumors of her changing, but she is able to wash away (most) suspicions. This is a kind of story they can really only do now. Three seasons in, NOBODY is gonna be fooled.

So her old flame catches her, finds out what's going on and their conversation kind of ends up like "Why weren't you honest with me?" "I didn't know how much you cared. Will you join me?" "Uhhhhh, I don't think so." Well, guy, I guess it's pretty obvious why she wasn't honest with you!

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106: The Reckoning 1995 October 16
(First watched 2025-05-04) Ares sure seemed desperate to get Xena back for someone who apparently never actually met her in person during her warlord days. I guess he screwed up by just taking her for granted. Too late now, guy.

The solution felt a bit dumb. Like... she was supposed to be able to call the warriors from the dead if she joined in his scheme, but she didn't. She just... asked for the dead people. It's not like she signed some poorly written contract. She just broke the spirit of the agreement and luckily the god of war was willing to let her get away with it.

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107: The Titans 1995 October 30
(First watched 2025-06-01) So the Titans were just... turned to stone next to a small village that also had the knowledge of the chant to wake them up? It just went unused for so long they weren't pronouncing it properly?

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108: Prometheus 1995 November 6

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109: Death in Chains 1995 November 27

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110: Hooves and Harlots 1995 December 4

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111: The Black Wolf 1996 January 8

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112: Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts 1996 January 15

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113: Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards 1996 January 22

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114: A Fistful of Dinars 1996 January 29

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115: Warrior... Princess 1996 February 5

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116: Mortal Beloved 1996 February 12

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117: The Royal Couple of Thieves 1996 February 19

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118: The Prodigal 1996 March 4

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119: Altared States 1996 April 22

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120: Ties That Bind 1996 April 29

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121: The Greater Good 1996 May 6

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122: Callisto 1996 May 13

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123: Death Mask 1996 June 3

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124: Is There a Doctor in the House? 1996 July 29

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Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2