Xena: Warrior Princess (season 6)

Xena: Warrior Princess (season 6)
Xena: Warrior Princess Season 6
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Season 6 DVD cover
Country of origin USA
No. of episodes 22
Broadcast
Original channel Syndication
Original run October 2, 2000 – June 18, 2001
Home video release
DVD release date March 8, 2005
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Xena: Warrior Princess sixth season originally aired between October 2, 2000 and June 18, 2001, beginning with episode "Coming Home", and ends with "A Friend in Need, part II".

Contents

Production

Reception


Episodes

No. Title Director Writer Original airdate
1 "Coming Home" Mark Beesley Melissa Good October 2, 2000 (2000-10-02)
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 (2000-10-09)
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 (2000-10-16)
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 (2000-10-23)
Xena and Gabrielle discover that Gabrielle's parents have been killed, and that Gabrielle's niece Sara has been captured and taken into the harem of a warlord named Ghurkan. To keep a vengeful Gabrielle from endangering her own life, Xena slips her a sleeping potion instead of a sea sickness cure. While Gaby sleeps, Xena has herself sold into the Gurkhan household as a member of Gurkhan's harem, and is planning on Sara's rescue. When Gabrielle awakens, she also has herself sold into the harem and performs a belly dance in the presence of Gurkhan as well as the undercover Xena, who notices a glistening knife on Gabrielle's person as she dances closer to Gurkhan obviously intent on stabbing him for revenge. Xena jumps on Gabrielle and neck-chops her unconscious for her own protection. The guards unaware of Gaby's assassination plan club Xena into unconsciousness and she falls atop her knocked out sidekick. After a torture session, Xena escapes and she leads Gabrielle into Gurkhan's chamber, where Gaby learns she does not want to kill even for the man's horrible crimes, but that she hates him enough to knock him out and put him with his face covered in Sara's prison cell. The guards come to behead Sara, but after the execution they realize it is Gurkhan they have killed, and they run away panic-stricken as they expect severe repercussions from their mistake, and Xena, Gabrielle and Sara escape in the confusion. 
5 "Legacy" Chris Martin-Jones Melissa Good October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)
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 (2000-11-06)
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 (2000-11-13)
Xena heads north to Scandinavia to right an old wrong, and Gabrielle follows against Xena's wishes. Gabrielle meets Brunhilda, who tells the legendary tale of Xena, Odin's most feared Valkyrie. Xena joins up with a fellow warrior, Beowulf to find Grendel, a monster with a mysterious origin. 
8 "The Ring" Rick Jacobson Joel Metzger November 20, 2000 (2000-11-20)
Gabrielle and Brunhilda follow Xena and Beowulf as they hunt for Grendel. They also search for the Rheingold ring that Xena forged from the stolen Rheingold 35 years before. 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 (2000-11-27)
Beowulf finds Xena, a year after she first put on the ring and lost her memory, now living as Wealtheow, the bride of King Hrothgar. He rescues her and takes her back to defeat the monster Grendel and free Gabrielle from Brunhilda's ring of fire. 
10 "Old Ares had a Farm" Charles Siebert R. J. Stewart January 15, 2001 (2001-01-15)
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 (2001-01-22)
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 (2001-01-29)
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 tries to kill the Archangel Michael results in Xena losing her power to kill gods. 
13 "You Are There" John Laing Chris Black February 5, 2001 (2001-02-05)
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 a god herself. 
14 "Path of Vengeance" Chris Martin-Jones Joel Metzger February 12, 2001 (2001-02-12)
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. In order to save Eve, Queen Gabrielle issues a customary challenge whereby she will fight Varia, the outcome determining whether Eve lives or dies. In what closely resembles an ancient kickboxing match, Gabrielle gets in some impressive licks, but with Ares being the real power behind Varia she beats Gabrielle savagely, finally knocking her out cold, forcing Xena to intrude on Amazon tradition and battle Varia herself. 
15 "To Helicon and Back" Michael Hurst Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place February 19, 2001 (2001-02-19)
Bellerophon, allegedly 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 (2001-04-23)
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 (2001-04-30)
Gabrielle is visited by the spirit of Ephiny, pleading with her to protect her centaur son, Xenan. Borais' son Belach is a warlord, who is killing Centaurs because he thinks that Xenan has kidnapped his daughter, Nicha. Belach believes that his father Borais was a terible man, and Xena trys to convince him that Borias's legacy was as a friend to the centaurs and a changed man for the good when he died. 
18 "When Fates Collide" John Fawcett Katherine Fugate May 7, 2001 (2001-05-07)
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 (2001-05-14)
On the day before Gabrielle's birthday, Xena and Gabrielle are traveling to Thebes where Xena wants to pick up her gift for Gabrielle and to drop off the Helmet of Hermes which gives the wearer the power to fly. The two women rescue a young virgin who wants to be sacrificed, and they enlist Aphrodite to help her change her mind. All the while, Gabrielle has to put up with Xena's tradition of birthday pranks before giving the present. And the warlord Ferragus wants to steal the Helmet of Hermes. 
20 "Soul Possession" Josh Becker Melissa Blake June 4, 2001 (2001-06-04)
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 (2001-06-11)
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 (2001-06-18)
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. Though Yodoshi is defeated, Xena chooses not be resurrected so that the souls of the people she killed may be avenged and enter a state of grace. The series concludes with Gabrielle inheriting Xena's weapons and cause as a warrior of the people, with a ghostly Xena by her side. 

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