Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 1
Universal Studios (September 1995)
TV Series  /  Action, Adventure, Fantasy, TV Classics
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Seen ItYes
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IMDB   6.7
17 hr 39 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 0   NR (Not Rated)
Lucy Lawless
Ren O'Connor
Lucy Lawless Xena
Renee O'Connor Gabrielle
Don LaFontaine Opening Credits Narrator
Michael Hurst Iolaus
Ted Raimi Joxer
Kevin Sorbo Hercules
Paul Norell Street Vendor
Ian Hughes Melas
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn Pandora
Latham Gaines Kastor
Danielle Cormack Ephiny
Robert Trebor Salmoneus
Christopher Mayer Peranis
Bobby Hosea Marcus
Kevin Tod Smith Ares
Director
Josh Becker
John T. Kretchmer
Producer Sam Raimi
R.J. Stewart
Writer Sam Raimi
Josh Becker
Cinematography Donald Duncan
Allen Guilford
Musician Joseph LoDuca


Xena, the warrior princess is bent on overcoming her dark and hateful past. She must save innocents to redeem herself, in the eyes of the world and to herself. She is aided along the way by best friend Gabrielle, a struggling bard who later turns warrior herself. Xena: Warrior Princess was a sometimes serious, often campy and an occasionally emotional rollercoaster ride of an action series.
Episodes
Disc 01
 1 hr 5 mins    9/4/1995  1.  Sins of the Past
Xena, formerly a ruthless warlord, appears on the scene to prove she has changed her ways. While fighting to protect the innocent she rescues a young aspiring bard, Gabrielle, who becomes her traveling companion.
Director:  Doug Lefler  Writer:  R.J. Stewart 
Guest starring:  Jay Laga'aia, Stephen Hall, Linda Jones, Geoff Snell, Anton Bentley,  Patrick Wilson, Wally Green, Roydon Muir, Huntly Eliott, Winston Harris, David Perrett
 1 hr 5 mins    9/11/1995  2.  Chariots of War
Xena is wounded defending a group of farmers and taken into Darius' home to recover. Gabrielle, waiting for her, is rescued by the son of the warlord terrorizing the farmers.
Director:  Josh Becker  /  Harley Cokeliss  Writer:  Adam Armus  / Nora Kay Foster 
Guest starring:  Nick Kokotakis, Jeff Thomas, Stuart Turner, Patrick Morrison, Ruth Morrison, Morgan Palmer-Hubbard, Dane Jerro, Robert Harte, Nigel Godfrey
 1 hr 5 mins    9/18/1995  3.  Dreamworker
Gabrielle is kidnapped to become the bride of Morpheus, the god of dream, so Xena has to go through her Dreamscape Passage to save her friend.
Director:  Bruce Seth Green  Writer:  Steven L. Sears 
Guest starring:  Nathaniel Lees, Desmond Kelly, Sydney Jackson, Colin Francis, John Palmer,  Bruce Hopkins, Matthew Jeffs, Michael Daly, Peter Phillips, Grant Boucher, Lawrence Wharerau, Patrick Smith, Polly Baigent
 1 hr 5 mins    10/2/1995  4.  Cradle of Hope
When a seeress tells King Gregor that a newborn child will one day sit on his throne, a woman sets the baby in a basket on a river to protect him from the king. Xena and Gabrielle find the baby. King Gregor doesn't want to harm a baby but his guard captain is determined to eliminate any threat.
Director:  Michael Levine  Writer:  Terence Winter 
Guest starring:  Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Edward Newborn, Simon Prast, Susan Winter, Beryl Te Wiata, Carl Straker, Kirstie O'Sullivan,  Paul Norell, Paul Minifie, Lathan Gains, Alan De Malmanche, Tony Bishop, Christine Bartlett,  Latham Gaines
Disc 02
 1 hr 5 mins    10/9/1995  5.  The Path Not Taken
Xena accepts to rescue a young girl whose kidnapping could be an excuse to start a war. This mission leads her to meet again warlords and assassins who don't know Xena is not evil anymore. However, when she meets her old love, Marcus, she decides she must save him too... from the wrong path he is following.
Director:  Charles Siebert  / Stephen L. Posey  Writer:  Peter Allan Fields  / Julie Sherman 
Guest starring:  Bobby Hosea, Stephen Tozer, Iain Rea, Crawford Thompson, Peter Saena-Brown,  Christopher Mayer, Danny Lineham, Ross Harper, Sam Holland, Meryl Main, Phaedra Hurst, Christian Hodge,  Bill JohnsonJohn O'Leary, Jimi Liversidge
 1 hr 5 mins    10/16/1995  6.  The Reckoning
Xena is set up by a mysterious man to look like she has slaughtered villagers, who want swift revenge even though their headman insists on a fair trial.
Director:  Charles Siebert  Writer:  Peter Allan Fields 
Guest starring:  Bill JohnsonChristopher Mayer, Danny Lineham, Christian Hodge, Phaedra Hurst, Meryl Main, Sam Holland, Ross Harper
 1 hr 5 mins    10/30/1995  7.  The Titans
Xena and Gabrielle happen upon a cave where villagers are trying to recite an ancient script to awaken the Titans. Gabrielle intervenes, correcting the pronunciation and successfully awakening 3 of them.
Director:  Eric Brevig  Writer:  R.J. Stewart 
Guest starring:  Mark Raffety, Amanda Tollemache, Edward Campbell, Andy Anderson, Paolo Rotondo, Syd Mannion, David Mackie, Jack Dacey, Sian Hughes, Peter Morgan, Maggie Tarver, Simon Cameron, Tania Anderson, Julianne Evans
 1 hr 5 mins    11/6/1995  8.  Promethieus
Prometheus is chained by Hera and humanity loses all the gifts that received from the titan, including the fire and the ability to heal. Xena and Gabrielle join forces with Hercules and Iolaus to free Prometheus, but Xena and Hercules know it is a suicide mission: the one who uses the only sword that can break Prometheus' chains will instantly die.
Director:  Stephen L. Posey  Writer:  R.J. Stewart 
Guest starring:  Kevin SorboMichael Hurst, John Freeman, Jodie Dorday,  Paul Norell, Russell Gowers, Sara Wiseman, David Mitchell
 1 hr 5 mins    11/27/1995  9.  Death in Chains
When ailing King Sisyphus is visited by Celesta, Goddess of death, he holds her captive. Unable to hold her death candle, it quickly begins to melt away, and all of mankind is unable to die - even when fatally wounded. It is up to Xena and Gabrielle, with the help of a new friend, to rescue Celesta before the candle burns out.
Director:  Adam Armus  / Babs Greyhosky  Writer:  Adam Armus  / Nora Kay Foster 
Guest starring:  Kieren Hutchison, Kate Hodge, Ray Henwood, Leslie Wing, Erik Thomson, Chris Graham, Gordon Hatfield, Paul McLaren, Kelly Greene, Beryl Te Wiata, Wayne England, Allan Wilkins
Disc 03
 1 hr 5 mins    12/4/1995  10.  Hooves and Harlots
Someone is trying to start a war between the Amazons and the centaurs, which Xena tries to prevent after a dying Amazon princess leaves Gabrielle her right of caste.
Director:  Jace Alexander  Writer:  Steven L. Sears 
Guest starring:  David Aston, Alison Bruce,  Mark Ferguson, Rebekah Mercer,  Colin Moy, Chris Bailey, Antony Starr, John Watson, Aurora Philips, Tanya Dignan, Andrew Kovacevich
 1 hr 5 mins    1/8/1996  11.  The Black Wolf
King Xerxes arrests a group of villagers, demanding they surrender the mysterious "Black Wolf" and followers. Xena arranges to be arrested to help them escape.
Director:  Mario Di Leo  Writer:  Alan Jay Glueckman 
Guest starring:  Robert Trebor, Kevin J. Wilson, Nigel Harbrow, Emma Turner,  Ian Hughes, Maggie Tarver, Ross Duncan, John Dybvig,  Jonathan Bell-Booth, John Pemberton, Tim Hosking, Colin Francis, Adam Middleton, Jimmy Rawdon
 1 hr 5 mins    1/15/1996  12.  Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts
Xena and Gabrielle arrive to Troy during the Trojan War when the warrior princess is required by an old friend, Helen. While Xena tries to win the war, Gabrielle meets Perdicas, her ex-fiancé, who's working now as a mercenary for Troy.
Director:  T.J. Scott  / Roy Thomas  Writer:  Adam Armus  / Nora Kay Foster 
Guest starring:  Scott Garrison, Galyn Gorg, Warren Carl,  Cameron Rhodes, Ken Blackburn, Adrian Keeling, Aidan MacBride Stewart, John Manning, Mathews Jeffs, Peter Ford, Geoffrey Knight
 1 hr 5 mins    1/22/1996  13.  Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards
Gabrielle auditions to attend the Athens City Academy to train as a bard -- but others trying for the few open spots include Homer and Euripides.
Director:  Jace Alexander  Writer:  R.J. Stewart 
Guest starring:  Dean O'Gorman, Grahame Moore, Patrick Brunton, David Weatherley, Joseph Manning, Bernard Moody, Lori Dungey
 1 hr 5 mins    1/29/1996  14.  A Fistful of Dinars
Xena and Gabrielle join two men of doubtful reputation (including Xena ex-fiancé) in order to find the Treasure of the Sumerians and prevent wrong hands from getting the most valuable part of it: Ambrosia, the food of the gods, which grants immortality.
Director:  Josh Becker  Writer:  Steven L. Sears 
Guest starring:  Jeremy Roberts, Peter Daube
Disc 04
 1 hr 5 mins    2/5/1996  15.  Warrior... Princess
Someone is trying to kill Princess Diana, so Xena has to protect her. Since Xena and Diana are physically identical, they exchange their roles so Xena can discover who's the killer.
Director:  Michael Levine  Writer:  Brenda Lilly 
Guest starring:  Lucy Lawless, Michelle Huirama,  Jason HoyteLatham Gaines
 1 hr 5 mins    2/12/1996  16.  Mortal Beloved
Xena's dead love Marcus appears on earth to tell her the underworld has been taken over by mad Atyminius, who has confined the good souls to Tartarus and given evil the run of the Elysian Fields. But if Xena succeeds in getting Hades' Helmet of Invisibility back, Marcus will be punished in Tartarus forever.
Director:  Garth Maxwell  Writer:  R.J. Stewart 
Guest starring:  Michael HurstBobby Hosea, Paul Willis, Erik Thomson, Geoff Clendon, Chantelle Brownlee, John Palmer
 1 hr 5 mins    2/19/1996  17.  The Royal Couple of Thieves
Xena drafts Autolycus to steal back the property of some friends of hers, which turns out to be the Ark of the Covenant.
Director:  John Cameron  Writer:  Steven L. Sears 
Guest starring:  Patrick Khutze, Ian Harrop
 1 hr 5 mins    3/4/1996  18.  The Prodigal
After she and Xena are assaulted, Gabrielle asks herself if that's really the kind of life she wants to spend and returns to her village, Potadeia, which is going to be attacked by a warlord. Their only help will come from a former mighty warrior, Meleager, who is now but a shade of he used to be, while Gabrielle has to face her sister, Lila, who doesn't like the decision she took when she decided to travel with Xena.
Director:  John T. Kretchmer  Writer:  Chris Manheim 
Guest starring:  Tim Thomerson, Margaret Conquest, Alan Palmer, Steve Hall, Wally Green
 1 hr 5 mins    4/22/1996  19.  Altared States
Xena rescues a young boy on the run from his father, who wants to sacrifice him.
Director:  Michael Levine  Writer:  Chris Manheim 
Guest starring:  David de Lautour,  Karl Urban, David Ackroyd
Disc 05
 1 hr 5 mins    4/29/1996  20.  Ties That Bind
An old warrior claiming to be Xena's father complicates her rescue of a group of slaves.
Director:  Charles Siebert  Writer:  Adam Armus  / Nora Kay Foster 
Guest starring:  Tom Atkins, Stephen Lovatt, Sonia Gray,  Lutz HalbhubnerJonathan Whittaker, Heidi Anderson, Robin Kora, Mark Perry, Tony Williams, James Marcum
 1 hr 5 mins    5/6/1996  21.  The Greater Good
Xena gets poisoned, and Gabrielle must take her place in fighting a warlord and protecting a village and the merchant Salmoneus, a.k.a. Lord Seltzer.
Director:  Gary Jones  Writer:  Steven L. Sears 
Guest starring:  Robert Trebor, Peter McCauley, Jonathon Hendry, Natalya Humphrey, David Mitchell
 1 hr 5 mins    5/13/1996  22.  Callisto
A blonde woman called Callisto kills innocent people stating she's Xena, Warrior Princess, and Xena and Gabrielle try to stop her. They meet for first time a warrior-wannabe called Joxer, and Xena has to face a dark event from her past related to Callisto and her village, Cirra.
Director:  T.J. Scott  Writer:  R.J. Stewart 
Guest starring:  Hudson Leick,  Ian Hughes
 1 hr 5 mins    6/3/1996  23.  Death Mask
Xena finally confronts Cortese, the warlord who burned her village and turned her into a warrior.
Director:  Stewart Main  Writer:  Peter Allan Fields 
Guest starring:  Joseph Kell, Michael Lawrence, Doug McCaulay, William Davis, Elizabeth Skeen, Peter Needham
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 5 mins    7/29/1996  24.  Is There a Doctor in the House?
Xena attempts to stop a war between two brothers, while Gabrielle tends to a pregnant Amazon sister, who is carrying the child of a centaur.
Director:  T.J. Scott  Writer:  Patricia Manney 
Guest starring:  Ray Woolf, Andrew Binns, Charles Pierard, Simon Farthing, Deane Vipond, Harriet Crampton
Edition Details
Edition Volume 1
Series Xena
Distributor Universal
Release Date 4/20/2010
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 5

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