Xena: Warrior Princess (season 5)

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Xena: Warrior Princess Season 5

Season 5 DVD cover
Series Xena: Warrior Princess
Country of origin USA
Network Syndication
Original run September 27, 1999 – May 15, 2000
No. of episodes 22
DVD release date October 19, 2004 (Box Set)
Previous season 4
Next season 6

Xena: Warrior Princess fifth season originally aired between September 27, 1999 and May 15, 2000, beginning with episode "Fallen Angel", and ends with "Motherhood".

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# Title Director Writer Original air date
1 "Fallen Angel"  John Fawcett R. J. Stewart, Robert Tapert September 27, 1999
Joxer, Eli and Amarice take Xena and Gabrielle's bodies and prepare to take them back to Greece to be buried. Meanwhile in Heaven, Xena and Gabrielle are greeted by some angels when they are attacked by a gang of demons led by Callisto. 
2 "Chakram"  Doug Lefler Chris Mannheim October 4, 1999
Having been resurrected, Xena has no memory of her life as a warrior. Ares and another war god pursue her in order to get her to find the Chakram of Light. Meanwhile, Joxer plucks up the courage to tell Gabrielle that he loves her. 
3 "Succession"  Rick Jacobson Steven L. Sears October 11, 1999
Ares traps Gabrielle and Xena in an alternate dimension, where they share one body; one in the day, the other in the night. Warrior wannabe, Mavican tries to kill Xena by going after Gabrielle, but Xena is forbidden to kill Mavican. 
4 "Animal Attraction"  Rick Jacobson Chris Mannheim October 18, 1999
Xena finally discovers she is pregnant and Gabrielle finally gets a horse of her own. The two women meet Talia, and old friend of Xena. 
5 "Them Bones, Them Bones"  John Fawcett Steven L. Sears November 1, 1999
Xena realizes that Alti's spirit has been harming her baby's soul in the spirit world. She, Gabrielle and Amarice go to find Yakut, so she can help Xena fight Alti and save her baby's soul. 
6 "Purity"  Mark Beesley Jeff Vlaming November 8, 1999
Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer head to Qin so that Xena can retrieve Lao Ma's Book of Wisdom to stop in falling into the wrong hands. When they arrive Xena is greeted by Pao Ssu and K'ao Hsin, the twin daughters of Lao Ma. Pao Ssu has the secret of the Black powder and wants to use it to rule Qin. 
7 "Back in the Bottle"  Rick Jacobson Steven L. Sears November 15, 1999
After being defeated by Xena, Pao Ssu's spirit join with that of her brother Ming T'ien. They team up with Khan and his army so thay can attack Qin. Xena uses the wisdom left by Lao Ma to stand up against the army alone. 
8 "Little Problems"  Allison Liddi Gregg Ostrin November 22, 1999
Xena is accidentally trapped in the body of a young girl Daphne, by Aphrodite. Aphrodite and Gabrielle need to find a way to reverse it before sunset. Meanwhile, Xena help Daphne's father through his grief. 
9 "Seeds of Faith"  Garth Maxwell George Strayton, Tom O'Neill January 10, 2000
Ares feels threatened by Eli and decides to kill him. Xena and Gabrielle swear they will protect Eli from Ares, but he tells them they cannot use violence to save his life. 
10 "Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire"  Mark Beesley January 17, 2000
Xena, Gabrielle and joxer head to Melodia, Greece's musical capital, to participate in a battle of the bands to retrieve the Golden Lyre. Meanwhile, Joxer is embarrassed by his camp brother, Jace. 
11 "Punch Linesh"  Andrew Merrifield Cris Mannheim, Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster January 24, 2000
Gabrielle upsets the God of Despair, Lachrymose, and he shrinks her and Argo. Gabrielle tries to keep the situation from Xena, until she can make the god laugh and break the spell. 
12 "God Fearing Child"  Phil Sgriccia Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman January 31, 2000
Zeus is informed that Xena's baby will bring about the end of the gods so he decides she must die. Xena and Gabrielle steal Hades' Helmet of Invisibility to hide from the gods and Hercules vows to protect Xena and her baby from the gods. 
13 "Eternal Bonds"  Mark Beesley Chris Mannheim February 7, 2000
After the birth of Eve, the gods continue to pursue Xena so they can kill the baby. During the fighting, Joxer is wounded by a poisonous sword and he and Gabrielle race to find the cure. 
14 "Amphipolis under Siege"  Mark Beesley Chris Black February 14, 2000
Xena takes Eve back to Amphipolis to meet her grandmother. While there, Athena says she will lay siege to the village until they give up the baby. Cyrene rallies the other villagers to support Xena and the baby as they stand in defiance against Athena. 
15 "Married with Fishsticks"  Paul Grinder Kevin Maynard February 21, 2000
Gabrielle is knocked unconscious and awakes in a fantasy world, where she is a fish-wife with no memory. Her husband is using Gabrielle as his wife to win an election. Meanwhile, her friends are all trying to steal him for themselves. 
16 "Lifeblood"  Paul Grinder, Michael Hurst R. J. Stewart, Robert Tapert, George Strayton, Tom O'Neill March 13, 2000
Xena is shown a vision, which reveals that the Amazons have strayed from their roots. The Amazons summon the Utma, a woman from the future, who will lead their people. 
17 "Kindred Spirits"  Josh Becker George Strayton, Tom O'Neill March 20, 2000
While at the Amazon camp, Gabrielle ponders whether to stay and rule the Amazons as queen or continue on her journey with Xena. Meanwhile, Joxer has been caught peeking at the Amazon women and is sentenced to the penalty of mortal combat. 
18 "Antony and Cleopatra"  Michael Hurst R. J. Stewart, Carl Ellsworth April 17, 2000
When Cleopatra is murdered, Xena takes her place in order to put a stop to a war between Antony, Brutus and Octavius that will devastate Egypt. 
19 "Looking Death in the Eye"  Garth Maxwell R. J. Stewart, Carl Ellsworth April 24, 2000
Still pursued by the gods, Xena comes up with a plan to fake their deaths so that the gods will cease their endless quest to kill Eve. Unfortunatley Ares, believing them really dead, takes Xena and Gabrielle and entombes them on a cave on Mount Aetna. 
20 "Livia"  Rick Jacobson Chris Mannheim May 1, 2000
Twenty five years later, Eve has become Livia, a Roman warrior and protégée of Ares. Xena and Gabrielle wake from their slumber and find Joxer married to Meg. He tells them he thought they were dead. They meet Joxer's son, Virgil and Xena goes up against Livia in battle. 
21 "Eve"  Mark Beesley Chris Mannheim, George Strayton, Tom O'Neill May 8, 2000
After being beaten by Xena, Livia takes her troops and kills whole villages. Joxer stands up to her but she kills him. Xena decides that Livia is not Eve; Eve is dead. After being bested in a fight, Xena prays to Eli to save Eve. 
22 "Motherhood"  Rick Jacobson R. J. Stewart, Robert Tapert May 15, 2000
Eve, now reformed, is tormented by her past misdeeds. The gods discover she is still alive and Eli's god gives Xena the power to kill gods as long as Eve, now a messenger of Eli, lives. Athena sends the Furies to plague Gabrielle, who snaps and fatally stabs Eve. Xena, mistaking Gabrielle for an Olympian assassin, fatally wounds Gabrielle in turn. Ares eventually relinquishes his powers to save Gabrielle and Eve, allowing Xena to kill Athena and the rest of the Olympian gods, save Aphrodite and Ares. 


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