| # |
Title |
Director |
Writer |
Original air date |
| 1 |
"Coming Home" |
Mark Beesley |
Melissa Good |
October 2, 2000 |
| A mortal Ares tries to convince his armies that he is still a god. Meanwhile, the Furies pose as Xena, Gabrielle and Eve in an effort to drive him mad so he will kill Xena. |
| 2 |
"The Haunting of Amphipolis" |
Garth Maxwell |
Edithe Swensen, Joel Metzger |
October 9, 2000 |
| Xena and Gabrielle take Eve back to Amphipolis to meet her grandmother again. They find the village deserted and that Cyrene had been executed as a witch. Xena discovers that Mephistopheles is behind it all. Xena brings him into this world in order to defeat him. |
| 3 |
"Heart of Darkness" |
Mark Beesley |
Emily Skopov |
October 16, 2000 |
| After killing Mephistopheles, Xena must take his place as the ruler of Hell, but she plans to lure Lucifer to take the place instead. She manages to tempt Lucifer into becoming the ruler of Hell. |
| 4 |
"Who's Gurkhan?" |
Michael Hurst |
Robert Tapert, R. J. Stewart |
October 23, 2000 |
| Xena and Gabrielle discover that Gabrielle's parents have died, but that Gabrielle's niece, Sara, has been captured and taken into the harem of a warlord named Ghurkan. Xena and Gabrielle sneak into the house by posing as members of the harem. |
| 5 |
"Legacy" |
Chris Martin-Jones |
Melissa Good |
October 30, 2000 |
| In the desert Xena and Gabrielle help two warring tribes in their fight against the Romans. When Gabrielle is condemned for the accidental death of an innocent man, Xena betrays both tribes to the Romans so that she can save Gabrielle. |
| 6 |
"The Abyss" |
Rick Jacobson |
Robert Tapert, James Kahn |
November 6, 2000 |
| Virgil and Gabrielle are captured by a group of cannibals and it is up to Xena to figure out a plan to rescue her friends. |
| 7 |
"The Rheingold" |
John Fawcett |
R. J. Stewart |
November 13, 2000 |
| Gabrielle and Xena head north to Scandinavia. They meet Brunhilda, who tells the legendary tale of Xena, Odin's most feared Valkyrie. Xena joins up with a fellow warrior, Beowulf to find Grinhilda, a monster, who was once Xena's rival. |
| 8 |
"The Ring" |
Rick Jacobson |
Joel Metzger |
November 20, 2000 |
| Gabrielle and Brunhilda follow Xena and Beowulf as they hunt for Grindl. They also search for the Rheingold ring that Xena forged from the stolen Rheingold years ago. Odin pursues them with his Valkyries in order to retrieve the ring for himself. |
| 9 |
"Return of the Valkyrie" |
John Fawcett |
Emily Skopov |
November 27, 2000 |
| Beowulf finds Xena, a year after she first put on the ring. She is now Wealtheow, the bride of King Hrothgar. He rescues her and takes her back to defeat the monster Grinhilda and free Gabrielle from Brunhilda's circle of fire. |
| 10 |
"Old Ares had a Farm" |
Charles Siebert |
R. J. Stewart |
January 15, 2001 |
| Xena and Gabrielle hide the mortal Ares in her family's old farm, when his enemies put a bounty on his head. They disguise him as a farmer and manage to drive off the bounty hunters. |
| 11 |
"Dangerous Prey" |
Renee O'Connor |
Joel Metzger |
January 22, 2001 |
| The Amazons are being hunted by Prince Moloch, until he meets Xena. He decides she is a more worthy prize. Xena and Moloch battle it out, but things do not go as planned with the arrival of Varia. |
| 12 |
"The God you Know" |
Garth Maxwell |
Emily Skopov |
January 29, 2001 |
| Caligula has captured Aphrodite and is sapping her immortality so that he can become a god. Xena and Gabrielle pose as a charioteer and her manager so they can rescue their friends. Also during this time, an encounter in which Xena kills the Archangel Michael results in Xena losing her power to kill gods. |
| 13 |
"You Are There" |
John Laing |
Chris Black |
February 5, 2001 |
| Xena and her friends are hounded by a TV crew while she tries to obtain the Golden Apples of Valhalla. the TV crew are eager to discover the true extent of Xena's relationship with Gabrielle and believe that Xena wants the apple so she can become agod herself. |
| 14 |
"Path of Vengeance" |
Chris Martin-Jones |
Joel Metzger |
February 12, 2001 |
| Varia is now the new queen of the Amazons and decides to team up with Ares. He leads them into battle against the Romans, who are slaughtered by the Amazons. Meanwhile, Varia condemns Eve for her past crimes as Livia. |
| 15 |
"To Helicon and Back" |
Michael Hurst |
Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place |
February 19, 2001 |
| Bellerophon, the son of Artemis, wants revenge for the death of his mother. He kidnaps Varia to lead the Amazons into battle. Xena and Gabrielle lead then in the attack, but they suffer greatly. |
| 16 |
"Send in the Clones" |
Charlie Haskel |
Paul Robert Coyle |
April 23, 2001 |
| Alti is alive in the 21st Century. She uses genetic engineering to clone Xena and Gabrielle. Her plan is to tells the world that Xena was really evil and then conquer the world together. |
| 17 |
"The Last of the Centaurs" |
Garth Maxwell |
Joel Metzger |
April 30, 2001 |
| Gabrielle is visited by the spirit of Ephiny, pleading with her to protect her son, Xenan. Borais' son Belach is a warlord, who is killing Centaurs because he thinks that Xena has kidnapped his daughter, Nicha. |
| 18 |
"When Fates Collide" |
John Fawcett |
Katherine Fugate |
May 7, 2001 |
| Caesar escapes Tartarus, and capturing the Fates, uses their loom to change his destiny. In this life, he and Xena rule Rome, Gabrielle is a playwright and Alti is High Priestess of Rome. |
| 19 |
"Many Happy Returns" |
Mark Beesley |
Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place |
May 14, 2001 |
| Xena and Gabrielle travel to Thebes on the day before Gabrielle's birthday. Xena wants to pick up her gift for Gabrielle. The two women rescues a young virgin and get Aphrodite to help her. |
| 20 |
"Soul Possession" |
Josh Becker |
Melissa Blake |
June 4, 2001 |
| In the past, after Gabrielle fell into the lava pit with Hope, Xena and Joxer search for her. Xena is blackmailed into marrying Ares to get Gabrielle back. Xena hides the marriage scroll in a sea cave, where it is found in the present day by some archaeologists. |
| 21 |
"A Friend in Need, Part 1" |
Robert Tapert |
Robert Tapert, R. J. Stewart |
June 11, 2001 |
| After getting a call for help, Xena and Gabrielle travel to Jappa. Xena tells Gabrielle about a time in her past when her friends Akemi murdered her father, who then became Yodoshi, the Lord of the Dark Land and eater of souls. Xena realizes she must die so that the souls of those who died can be set free. |
| 22 |
"A Friend in Need, Part 2" |
Robert Tapert |
Robert Tapert, R. J. Stewart |
June 18, 2001 |
| Xena allows herself to be killed so that her ghost can fight Yodoshi and save the souls of the people who died as a result of her actions. Meanwhile, Gabrielle sets out to recover her body and resurrect her using the sacred fountain on Mount Fuji. |
