I'm talking about the very beginning scene before Xena begins fighting she buries her weapons and armor, does anyone know the score?

It sounds like a reprise of The Warrior Princess song but im not sure

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE POST OR COMMENT ON WHAT GOES ON AT THE CONVENTION?!

I wishhh I bought a ticket, but I had zero funds & am currently boycotting the U.S.

I might have to redownload X for this weekend just to see posts about it!

Come on then.... Not mine but I found this a couple of years ago

I feel like I just keep missing the exact episode and it's just annoying me. I know there is a specific time in season 4 where Gaby throws her staff into a river and turns to Eli/The Way of Love... Can someone please help me out with which episode it is specifically?

ETA: Thank you all! It starts with the India/Hindu episodes which maybe not have been on some of the platforms I was doing rewatches on. Currently watching on Prime and they are here! Thanks for the help!!

I think the modern change would probably make Xena and Gabrielle's relationship much more explicitly evident by the first/second episode.

I also think they would dial the maturity and sexual-explicitness up to 11, considering the trends of all these new lgbtq shows and all 😓 (which I am not in favor of).

And also, I definitely think the 90s campy junk tv era is over. We're in the Marvel/DC-cheese era now. Whedon (who made Buffy) basically created so much of modern cheesy, quippy tv dialogues and films, and his style influence so much of fantasy/hero stuff today.

If they want to make a successful Xena reboot they would have to mimic something akin to the Witcher netflix series - an impressive production values, with flashy fight scenes, and steamy romance. If they choose to go for anything too serious, that'd butcher the reboot potential.

What do you guys think?

And it made my day to have Lucy Lawless like and repost on Bluesky! 🤭🤭🤭

I never noticed this before but the final season was mainly using recycled music from: Young Hercules (To Helicon and Back), HTLJ and other XWP music.

But it felt like outside "A Friend in Need" and "The Ring" trilogy the sixth season barely had any original music. For example when Xena teaches Gabby the pinch in "A Friend in Need Part 1" it was a score taken from Hercules and the Lost Kingdom when Renee O'Connor's character; Deianeira reunited with her father.

Had LoDuca moved on from the series at this point?

I'm going to the convention alone today and I would love to make a friend. If you see me, yell Moklov! I will be wearing a Xena Halloween outfit and have a 3D printed chakram and sword. I'd love to meet up with anyone of you, if you'll be there. Hope to see you soon! 😁

Thanks to some of the wonderful xenites who still help collect and preserve these scripts, I've come around to enjoy some unused, potential scripts that I still wish Tapert would've shoehorned into season 6 anyway.

Sticks and Stones (read here) might be my favorite, as they brought Alti back but to their root when Xena and Gabby become soulmates. Would've been very funny to see Neantherdal Xena and CroMagnon Gabrielle lol. Plus, this script would've given Lila and Sarah one more episode after Gurkhan, and help build their relationship. Although this script was still very cheesy.

Last Chance (read here) happen to be the episode I really wish they found a way around producing it, simply because it was going to be a musical AND they were going to let Xena and Gabrielle passionately kiss at the end. I can't recall a single moment where they get to truly kiss, and this would've been a perfect setups to let it finally happen. Plus I love the idea of a Sappho Gabrielle doubles, that's such fun! And how Sappho Gabrielle, a playwright, making Xena and Gabrielle play out her plays hahaha! I would have prefer this alternative depiction than the Soul Possession episode.

And ofc, another Melissa Good unproduced script, which was scrapped and remade into a fanfiction (read here). Short summary, a bounty hunter is after Xena, and Livia/Eve, and came to convince Gabrielle, and her family (Lila and Sarah) to help him punish Xena for her past, and her "scourge" that is Livia. I found it interesting how Gabrielle's family would betray Xena, would've create an interesting dilemma -- I guess Herodotus isn't the only one not accepting of Gabby's gf XD

All said and done, seeing how expensive season 6 was, and how Hercules was already done by then; they really could've squeeze some of these script into the final season. To complete Lila, and Sarah's story? To give Aphrodite potentially one more episode (Last Chance)? To let Alti start another cult with the neanderthals? I would prefer these over spurging all their budgets into Friend in Need(s), which ended up a disaster anyway and gave Xena another crazy 10 winters ago origin story.

I’m thinking there’s gotta be a whole new cohort of Xenites out there who just watched the show for the very first time - me included! (I watched the finale last night.. been crashed out all day thinking about it). Took about 9 months, totally worth it! I really, really hope there are more Xena projects in the works. If we can harness social media, we could get the word out there and demand things like animated adaptions (Star Wars: Visions?) The people don’t know they’re missing out on a feminist, LGBT epic about a warrior princess!!

I be feeling really bad for J O X E R. Especially in the season 2 finale.

In god fearing child did Zeus kill Hera or did he just make her disappear?

I think one of the reasons Xena: Warrior Princess became so successful is that it’s not just about epic fight scenes and engaging stories—it also explores relationship dynamics in a way that’s surprisingly deep, often with strong psychological undertones. (Of course, sometimes characters switch from bad to good a bit too quickly to be realistic, but hey, they only had 45–50 minutes per episode.)

Many of the show’s "moral lessons" stuck with me since childhood, but during a recent rewatch, one episode really hit home right when I needed it. The second episode featuring Najara. In my own life, I found myself in a situation where I was both Xena and Gabrielle at the same time—I deeply believed in someone, just like Gabrielle did, guided by my emotions. But at the same time, my rational mind was saying exactly what Xena was telling her. The conversations between them mirrored the exact thoughts playing out in my head. In the end, I listened to my "inner Xena."

Have you ever had a similar experience with the show? :)

I've been watching Xena since i was a kid but i nvr got the chance to watch the later seasons. I managed to finished it eventually but i was utterly surprised when Xena kissed Gabrielle. I really thought all these while they were just good friend (like Rizzoli and Isles, Thelma and Louise). I feel like they should maintain it instead of pushing this two characters to be lovers. (i'm gay btw, so it's not about sub-text). I just feel the scene was a bit forced.

For killing their people?! For SLAVERY?! Not even Xena did something THAT BAD. Not even Hope was nearly this evil!

I finally got around watching Path of Vengeance and that was such a cop-out ending! I love everything about this episode except for how easily they forgave Eve.

Like OMG! This isn't even about Varia (not really), this is about Eve's heinous action. It doesn't matter if Varia chose to forgive Eve at the end, or if Ares was involved in executing Livia's plan; It was Eve own action! She should be punish much more severely for them. Yet both her moms got beaten up in her place 🤦🏽

Like EVE, FIGHT BACK! She didn't make a single good argument for herself. If she's opposed to being place on trial, and believed she's change, ARGUE BACK! Why does your moms have to speak for you?! They weren't even there, they were in a coma while you were champion of evil Rome! FOR 25 YEARS! SAY SOMETHING!

You were your mother's age when she did her redemption, and Xena went through so much worst for committing less!

The way Gabrielle got brutalized when that should've been Eve smh. There's no way you can forgive someone this easily for trafficking humans, you simply cannot! Not even Evil Xena done something so horrible, at least Xena kill her opponents quickly. The most evil Xena has allowed her enemy to suffer couldn't be more than her 30 second pinch!

or some variation thereof from people who are fans of the show.

Like, I'm sorry, did we watch the same show? Did you actually watch all six seasons and then say that?

I sent this to u/joelbrielle for their site (no idea what's going on with it, sorry) and I sent it to TV Writing so people can easily access it, if anyone wants to read it now:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/es4lene3qg0bxp1ef7178/Hercules-1x09-The-Warrior-Princess.pdf?rlkey=620psrli0plwtakcujeqw7v4x&st=t31j274m&dl=0

prev post about scripts: https://www.reddit.com/r/xena/comments/1htxku7/xena_scripts_were_up_to_29_resource/

Does anyone know the lyrics to this song? I have never had any luck finding them and I love this song. 😂 😭

reached this episode in my watchthrough, and it has become one of my favorites. a nice, heartwarming story and a bit of a break from all the recent darker stuff. as a fan of iZombie, i was surprised and pleased to see a young Rose McIver guest starring. she turned in a nice performance and being only 10 or 11 when it was filmed i was impressed that she dropped her Kiwi accent (unless her voice was dubbed). very few little kids with larger roles on Xena, but this one worked nicely. 🌹