Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1
SPOILERS TOTAL. You've been warned.
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.
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.
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?
104: Cradle of Hope 1995 October 2
105: The Path Not Taken 1995 October 9
106: The Reckoning 1995 October 16
107: The Titans 1995 October 30
108: Prometheus 1995 November 6
109: Death in Chains 1995 November 27
110: Hooves and Harlots 1995 December 4
111: The Black Wolf 1996 January 8
112: Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts 1996 January 15
113: Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards 1996 January 22
114: A Fistful of Dinars 1996 January 29
115: Warrior... Princess 1996 February 5
116: Mortal Beloved 1996 February 12
117: The Royal Couple of Thieves 1996 February 19
118: The Prodigal 1996 March 4
119: Altared States 1996 April 22
120: Ties That Bind 1996 April 29
121: The Greater Good 1996 May 6
124: Is There a Doctor in the House? 1996 July 29