Xena: Warrior Princess

10 Best Episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess - Season 5

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

Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 02, 2023.

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Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E3

#15 - Succession (Season 5 - Episode 3)

Ares decides to pit Mavican, Xena, and Gabrielle in a fight to the death in an unkown arena. One catch, Xena and Gabrielle share one body and Mavican is determined to fill-out her destiny of the one who kills Xena.

The episode was rated 7.62 from 26 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E21

#14 - Eve (Season 5 - Episode 21)

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Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer and Virgil try to track down Livia/Eve and have no trouble when they find ravaged villages. After finding her, Xena faces Livia/Eve in battle once again.

The episode was rated 7.78 from 27 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E20

#13 - Livia (Season 5 - Episode 20)

Twenty-five years have passed when Xena and Gabrielle finally awake from their icy sleep, and they set out to find Xena's daughter, Eve, only to discover the world is not the same and neither is Eve. She's now known as Livia, the Bitch of Rome, a bloodthirsty warrior with Ares as her mentor and lover.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 29 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E9

#12 - Seeds of Faith (Season 5 - Episode 9)

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When Eli preaches of the death of the Olympian gods, Xena and Gabrielle attempt to protect him from Ares but to no avail, while guidance is dished out by the angel Callisto and the secret of Xena's child's conception is revealed.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 27 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E1

#11 - Fallen Angel (Season 5 - Episode 1)

While Joxer, Amarice and Eli try to recover Xena and Gabrielle's bodies, a war over their souls is waged with Heaven's angels and Hell's demons, which includes Callisto in their ranks.

The episode was rated 7.86 from 35 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E2

#10 - Chakram (Season 5 - Episode 2)

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After Eli resurrects Xena and Gabrielle, Xena loses her memory of all the violence in her life, and in order to recover her self, she and her friends must join her broken chakram with it's counterpart, but Ares wants them both and will stop at nothing to get them.

The episode was rated 7.89 from 27 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E11

#9 - Punch Lines (Season 5 - Episode 11)

Suffering from writers's block, Gabrielle tells Aphrodite about her day in which a depressed god shrunk her and Argo and how she attempted to correct the situation before a very moody Xena catches on. Meanwhile, Xena tries to control her hormone-induced temper but to no avail.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 21 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E7

#8 - Back in the Bottle (Season 5 - Episode 7)

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After a vision Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer return to Chin, where they are reunited with Kao Syn. Where they must defeat the warlord Khan, who has joined forces with the evil spirits of Pao Tsu and Ming Ten, aka The Green Dragon, and knows the recipe of the deadly black powder.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 21 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E6

#7 - Purity (Season 5 - Episode 6)

Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer journey to Chin, when Lao Mao's daughter summons Xena to help protect her mother's book of wisdom from falling into the hands of her evil sister.

The episode was rated 7.91 from 23 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E18

#6 - Antony & Cleopatra (Season 5 - Episode 18)

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When Cleopatra is murdered, Xena poses as the Egyptian queen in order to find out the identity of the killer, while romancing Marc Antony.

The episode was rated 7.92 from 25 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E14

#5 - Amphipolis Under Siege (Season 5 - Episode 14)

On a visit home to see her mother, Xena, Gabrielle and baby Eve are trapped in Amphipolis when Athena and her army surround the village and plan to kill Xena's child.

The episode was rated 8.00 from 24 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E10

#4 - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire (Season 5 - Episode 10)

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Xena holds a battle of the bands contest in a quest for peace between Amazons and a lovesick-for-Gabrielle Draco, in the musical capital of Greec. Meanwhile Joxer runs into his other brother, the flamboyant Jace and Xena tries to evade her mother's attempts at matchmaking.

The episode was rated 8.11 from 28 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E19

#3 - Looking Death in the Eye (Season 5 - Episode 19)

In the future, an old Joxer obtains a scroll that tells how Xena and Gabrielle tricked the Fates into setting in motion the twilight of the gods and how Gabrielle and Xena were presumed dead for 25 years and baby Eve went missing.

The episode was rated 8.19 from 26 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E12

#2 - God Fearing Child (Season 5 - Episode 12)

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Xena and Gabrielle team up with Hercules, when Zeus declares that Xena's unborn child must die so that the prophecy will not be fulfilled. Meanwhile, Xena decides to travel to the underworld to retrieve Hade's helmet of invisiblity to allow her and her baby to hide, and runs into her son, Solan who has chosen to live in Tarturus.

The episode was rated 8.32 from 28 votes.

Xena: Warrior Princess - S5E22

#1 - Motherhood (Season 5 - Episode 22)

Xena faces the gods of Olympus in a battle to the death when she acquires some new powers. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Eve, are fighting battles of their own.

The episode was rated 8.50 from 28 votes.

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