Xena: Warrior Princess

Watch: Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1 Episode 1

S1 EP1

TV-PG

134 episodes6 seasons

US Release

~ Her courage will change the world! ~

Overview:

Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.

Created by:

Robert Tapert & John Schulian

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

9/4/1995

Last air date:

6/18/2001

Key words:

martial arts
mythology
greek mythology
anti hero
strong woman
warrior woman
black magic
friendship
supernatural
god
sword fight
surrealism
female protagonist
heroine
ares
dark fantasy
good versus evil
serious
adoring
audacious

Seasons

Specials

57 Episodes

Season 1

24 Episodes

Season 2

22 Episodes

Season 3

22 Episodes

Season 4

22 Episodes

Season 5

22 Episodes

Season 6

22 Episodes

Cast

Lucy Lawless

~ as ~

Xena

Renée O'Connor

~ as ~

Gabrielle

Ted Raimi

~ as ~

Joxer

Kevin Smith

~ as ~

Ares

Hudson Leick

~ as ~

Callisto

Alexandra Tydings

~ as ~

Aphrodite

Karl Urban

~ as ~

Mael and 3 more

Adrienne Wilkinson

~ as ~

Bruce Campbell

~ as ~

Autolycus

Charles Mesure

~ as ~

Michael and 1 more

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Reviews (2)

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CharlesTheBold
Written 8 year(s) ago
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XENA is a TV-series about a "forgotten" Greek hero, and was a companion series to HERCULES. While Hercules is a straightforward hero who nearly always does the right thing, Xena is a former warlord who longs for redemption but still possesses some of the savage characteristics that caused her to ruin other people's lives. An unusual choice for the hero of an adventure show; in fact her name is Greek for "the strange woman".

The show was bizarre for its sheer lack of consistency. For example, the afterlife: sometimes it was the Greek Hades, sometimes the Christian Heaven and Hell, sometimes Hindu-style reincarnation, and they were never reconciled. As another example, the character of Joxer, sometimes a contemptible buffoon, sometimes a sort of Holy Fool whose innocence and devotion impress Xena. Another wierd feature was the way it jumped all over time periods. Various episodes were set in the Trojan War, the Persian invasion of Greece, the age of Caesar, and one even during a midieval witch-hunt. And finally there is the way they take a character who talks movingly about temptation and remorse and dress her up like a dominatrix.

And the lack of consistency means that individual episodes could be very good -- an adaptation of the Flying Dutchman legend or a time travel story where Xena tries not to turn savage -- while others were awful.
GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
This is a strong female lead in an action show that came out before 2016, so technically it doesn't exist and you aren't supposed to point out that it does, and that it was made before 2016.

And you certainly aren't supposed to like it.

Because that is just how politics work.

But for the rest of us, those that are sane.... man this was a lot of fun wasn't it? It's basically a kids show, well a kids show from the 80s and 90s made live action.

It's campy fun that you can enjoy even as an adult and who can really ask for more than that?