Xena: Warrior Princess - Season One [DVD]

In a time of ancient Gods, warlords, and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero, she was Xena a mighty princess forged in the heat of battle. The power, the passion, the danger, her courage will change the world. I started watching it with my mom when it started, and I was hooked from the beginning. Even I bought this set for $80 bucks and now its only $40 lol, it was still worth it. The show does have the cheesy moments but it works for this show. I dont know if anyone else noticed, but Ive noticed only after I watched the DVD set a million times that there are funny disclaimers in the credits. True Xena fans know of the infamous Gabrielle scrolls, well I have spent weeks, because I have no life lol, writing my own "scrolls" for this season: SINS OF THE PAST- Feeling guilty of her evil past, Xena is giving up her fighting ways to return to her home town, Amphipolis. On her way home she encounters a army led by the warlord, Draco, attacking a village. Of course a battle ensues, and this is where Xena meets the talkative bard, Gabrielle, who wants to leave her peaceful, boring town, Poteidaia, and ride with Xena, but Xena rides alone. Before returning to Amphipolis, Xena uses her seductive skills to persuade Draco to leave Poteidaia alone. Draco always wanted Xena to ride with him, so he makes an offer, angry she refuses, Draco decides to attack Amphipolis because there is "no rest for the wicked". At Xena's return home, unbeknownst to her that Gabrielle is following her, it's not a warm welcome. No one wants her there, not even her own mother, Cyrene, because of her past. Learning of Draco's attack, Xena beats him in a final battle. Instead of killing him, she makes a deal for him never to return to Amphipolis, he accepts. Now with Gabrielle at her side, and forgiven by Cyrene, and the village, Xena heads back on the road to fight for the greater good. CHARIOTS OF WAR- Defending a village from an army, Xena is wounded by an arrow. Now staying with the family, who's son she saved, which includes, the father, 2 sons and little girl who hasnt spoken since the death of her mother, Xena rests and builds her strength. The warlord, Cycnus, wants blood after finding out the woman warrior was Xena, because the death of his son. His younger son, Sphaerus, wants peace and doesn't have the killer instinct. After meeting Gabrielle, Sphaerus truly shows his good side in the end, standing up against his father's orders. Xena defeats Cycnus and the village is now safe. The little girl finally speaks, not wanting to lose Xena, but Xena must carry on. DREAMWORKER- "Wisdom before weapons" is the lesson Xena teaches when Gabrielle wants to learn how to defend herself. Xena and Gabrielle come into a town that's deserted, of women, and everyone has their eyes on little innocent Gabrielle, including the followers' of Morphius (God of Dreams). Gabrielle is taken to be chosen to be the bride of Morphius. She has to survive 3 tests, they only want one thing from these tests, for Gabrielle to lose her blood innocence, and if she does, she will be sacrificed. Xena visits an ex-mystic to help her save Gabrielle. Xena has to fight her own dreamscape of her past, she fights her way through and of course saves the day, and Gabrielle keeps her innocence. CRADLE OF HOPE- King Gregor was fated by an old crone that a servant's son will one day take the throne. The King's advisor, Nemos, only has one thing on his mind, to kill the child, no matter the King's orders. The baby was sent down a river, by a servant, to save his life, and falls into the hands of Xena and Gabrielle. They soon encounter Pandora, the grand-daughter of the infamous Pandora, and now keeper of the cursed box. Nemos has the whole town looking for the baby and gets a little taste of the warrior princess, but she doesn't hold them back from stealing Pandora's box. Little do they know, without Pandora there to watch over and keep the box locked, it will open on it's own at midnight, and all hope will escape. Knowing that King Gregor wasn't a bad man, Xena figures out the prophecy and informs him that the child wil take the throne as his heir, not his conquerer. Xena then defeats Nemos, Pandora finally has a home and peace at last. Gabrielle accidentally knocks the box over and it opens, only it's empty. Mankinds' hope will always be safe. DISCLAIMER- No babies were harmed. THE PATH NOT TAKEN- Xena has to travel to a place she never though she would, the town of Trachus, known for cut throats and assassins. She is hired to save a princess, who was abducted by Mezentius, an arm's dealer. Playing her part as the old evil Xena, she runs into her old love, Marcus, making it harder to stop a war between 2 nations, which will begin if the princess isn't returned. Getting on the good side of Mezentius, Xena figures out a way to get the princess out, but it stopped by Marcus. Xena defeats Mezentius, Marcus turns good, but not before he is killed by an arrow, protecting the princess. Nations are safe, Xena and Gabrielle go on their way. THE RECKONING- After defending helpless villagers against a mysterious hooded man, who disappears, 3 of the villagers die, and one if left badly injured. Other villagers show up too late and blame Xena for the deaths. Now on trial for the murders, the villagers want her blood. The hooded man, turns out to be Ares (God of War) framed Xena, in order to persuade her into returning and being his warrior queen again. With Ares talking to her and villagers beating her, Xena snaps and starts beating the villagers. In the heat of the moment, Gabrielle shows up and gets back-handed in the face by her beloved friend, thus bringing Xena back to her rightful state of mind. Ares makes a deal with Xena to bring back anyone she wants if she is found guilty, Xena accepts. No matter what happened, Gabrielle comes back and defends Xena, trying to prove her innocence. Being found guilty, Xena manipulates the deal and calls upon the 3 dead villagers, thus proving her innocence. Gabrielle gets back at Xena by punching her in the arm, making them both feel better. THE TITANS- After tangling Argo's reigns and Xena taking off, Gabrielle overhears something in a cave. Gabrielle correctly reads a Dorian chant, and much to her surprise awakens 3 titans from being encased in stone, making Gabrielle the great liberator, virgin goddess. Gabrielle using the titans to do good for the town, abuses her power. After the titans find out they are working for a mortal, they vow to kill anyone until they get Gabrielle, they need her to read another chant that will awaken hundreds of "sleeping" titans. After being hurt by Xena treating her like a child, Gabrielle sneaks into the cave to find the chant that will turn the titans back to stone, but is captured by the titans. Using her fine ability to talk, Gabrielle stalls and reads the chant, to awaken the titans, wrong. Battling Hyperiun, the Sun Titan, Xena reads off the chant to Gabrielle, and Gabrielle manages to turn them back to stone. Though Gabrielle makes mistakes, Xena can always forgive her. PROMETHEUS- Learning Prometheus has been chained by the Gods, Xena visits an oracle and learns in order to free Prometheus, she must go to the Cave of Hephaestus and retrieve a sword. Without Prometheus, mankind loses the gifts he gave them, the gift of fire, and the ablilty to heal, one scratch can now kill you. After retrieving the Sword of Hephaestus, Xena is confronted by Hercules, and Gabrielle meets Iolaus. With Xena and Hercules arguing who gets to free Prometheus, Iolaus and Gabrielle are confused, until they learn whoever breaks the chains with the sword, the will turn to ash, it's a suicide mission. Iolaus was wounded in a fight, and while Xena and Hercules are figuring out how to free Prometheus, Gabrielle takes care of him. Xena and Hercules work together and are able to free Prometheus, and the gifts of mankind are returned. Xena and Hercules, Gabrielle and Iolaus say their good-byes, and carry on their seperate ways. DISCLAIMER- Iolaus was harmed, however, the Green Egg Men went on to live long and prosperous lives. DEATH IN CHAINS- "Another wasted death", Xena declares after she kills Toxeus, a leader of a group of raiders. Little does she know, Toxeus just gets up and walks away. Hades (God of the Underworld), pays Xena a visit, asking her to save his sister, Celesta, if her flame dies out, no one will die and enternal suffering will follow, for she is Death. Death is being held by King Sisyphus, he was called to die, but captures Death instead. Gabrielle meets someone in which she has a lot in common, a good man named Talus. Gabrielle and Talus follow Xena into the castle, and they are followed by Toxeus and his men. In the end, Talus and Xena convince King Sisyphus to free Death, but not before Toxeus and his men try to stop Xena from freeing Death, but Xena succeeds and Death is free. Death puts an end to the "evil that was Toxeus", but instead of taking King Sisyphus, as originally planned, someone else needed her, Talus. Gabrielle and Talus share a painful good-bye, and Talus is relieved by Death. DISCLAIMER- No Jumbo-Sized Cocktail Rats were harmed. HOOVES & HARLETS- Xena and Gabrielle are welcoming into the land of the Amazons, after Gabrielle risks her life to save the Amazon Princess, Terreis, where Gabrielle recieves Terreis' Ride of Caste before she died, which makes Gabrielle the new Amazon Princess. A Centaur and son of Tyldus, Phantes is accused of the murder and is sent to execution at noon the next day, which will result in an all out war between the Amazons and Centaurs. Xena knows Phantes is innocent and a warlord named Krykus is responsible. Before the war begins, Xena fights the Amazon Queen, Melosa, in the Royal Challenge, as Gabrielles champion, and succeeds. Phantes is released and the Amazons and Centaurs work together and defeat Krykus. An uneast peace is formed between the Amazons and Centaurs, and Gabrielle finally learned how to defend herself. DISCLAIMER- No males, Centaurs, or Amazons were harmed. THE BLACK WOLF- After learning an old friend, Flora, had joined the Black Wolf pack, and was thrown into Xerxes' dungeon, who is a murderous tyrant, Xena goes undercover and convinces Xerxes that she will give him the Black Wolf. Now in the dungeon, Xena works out how to get Flora out of there, but Flora won't leave without the whole wolf pack. The first escape attempt fails and no one trusts Xena anymore. Xena talks Xerxes into putting her back into the dungeon. With everyone thinking shes a traitor, Xena strategizes how to get them out. When Gabrielle finds out Xena is in the dungeon, she disguises Xena's chakram and whip, and figures out how to get into the dungeon. Gabrielle runs into Salmoneus and gets him thrown into the dungeon because "he couldn't keep his hands off her tomatoes". Gabrielle finally gets into the dungeon by throwing a bowl of pudding on a guard. They find the real traitor, and Xena gives up the Black Wolf, who turned out to be Flora. In the last minute, Xena saves Flora from execution and frees the prisoners. Xerxes is taken down and the villagers are safe from the tyrant and his raiders. BEWARE GREEKS BEARING GIFTS- Xena and Gabrielle travel to the town of Troy, after Helen of Troy sent a messenger, because of her dreams of a man coming for her and Paris. Gabrielle runs into a solider who turns out to be her ex-fiance, Perdicas. While visiting Helen, Xena was told to bring Helen back to Menalaus, all Helen wants is the war that has been going on for 10 years because of her, to come to a end, but Xena refuses. Xena knows something is going on in Troy and she doesn't trust Paris' brother Deiphobus. After following Deiphobus to the Greek camp, Xena confronts Paris, but Deiphobus convinces Paris that he was only there to make peace. With the Greek army pulling back, Xena gets thrown into the dungeon. The infamous Trojan Horse sent by the Greeks for "peace", was actually holding Greek soldiers for a ambush attack. Deiphobus kills Paris and kidnaps Helen, but Xena defeats him. In the end Perdicus decides to go his own way, and Helen decides to tag-a-long to start a new life. DISCLAIMER- No oversized Polynesian-style bamboo horses were harmed,however, many wicker lawn chairs gave up their lives. ATHENS CITY ACADEMY OF PERFORMING BARDS- After telling stories about her and Xena's adventures, Gabrielle is told there is a bard competition at the Athens Academy and the winner gets into the school, which is something Gabrielle has always wanted to do. To Xena's surprise, Gabrielle decideds to go and would be gone for about 4-5 years, so sadly Gabrielle leaves Xena and sneaks into the competition. Making new friends at the academy, especially a guy named Orion, Gabrielle still is home sick for Xena. Orion's overbearing father tells the advisors about Gabrielle sneaking into the competition, and she is kicked out. Gabrielle's friends refuse to perform unless Gabrielle is let back in, which the judge allows, and Gabrielle performs. Even though she wins the competition, Gabrielle decides not to attend the academy, while she was telling adventures, she would rather live them with Xena. FISTFUL OF DINARS- On the search for Semarion treasure, Xena needs help from 2 men, Petricles, a warlord and Xena's ex-fiance, and Therasites, a ruthless, greedy assassin, so ruthless in fact, he almost kills Gabrielle on a rope bridge. They hold the 3 other clues in order to find the treasure. Petricles seems to have his eyes set on Gabrielle and Xena is watching his every move. The thing is, Xena isn't interested in the treasure, only she knows about the Trojan Key, which leads to ambrosia (food of the Gods, if eaten, a mortal becomes a God). They figure out the clues and find the treasure. Therasites ends up finding the Trojan Key and figures it out, kidnaps Gabrielle and goes on this way to the ambrosia. Therasites kills Petricles, Xena kills Therasites, and before Petricles passes over, he hands Xena a pouch and inside is their wedding bracelet, she though he had gotten rid of, and apologizes for the way he had treated her. Xena takes the ambrosia and throws it into the lava pit, to be returned to the Gods. DISCLAIMER- No ambrosia was spilled, spoiled, or anyway harmed, thanks to the indefinate life of marshmellows. WARRIOR...PRINCESS- Xena was hired by a King to protect his daughter, Princess Diana, from pro-slavery assassins. Xena and Diana look exactly alike, so they switch places. Diana is sent to find Gabrielle, and Gabrielle realizes the Xena that she is with, isn't Xena at all, and Diana learns there are starving people in her kingdom. Diana is supposed to marry her love's, Philoman, brother and the 2 kingdoms will form together and end slavery, and someone inside the castle isn't happy about that, and is ordering the assassins. Xena finds the traitor, which turned out to be the King's most trusted investor, Glauce. Diana is now safe and ends up marrying her true love, Philamon. DISCLAIMER- Neither Xena nor her remarkably coincidental identical twin, Diana were harmed. MORTAL BELOVED- Xena's old love Marcus is back in ghost form and needs Xena's help. It seems that the evil people who should be in Tartarus are in the Elysian Feilds, and vice versa. Xena must swim to the bottom of the Alconian Lake to reach the Underworld. This whole riot began when Atyminius, a vicious murderer who specialized in killing brides before their wedding by cutting them into peices, stole Hades' Helmet of Invisibility and confined Hades with Harpies as guards. While visiting with Hades, Xena and Marcuse find out when Atyminius goes back to the mortal land, the helmet will make him mortal again, and can once again be killed, Hades also gives Marcus his life back for 48 hours so he can help Xena. While Gabrielle is waiting for Xena's return by the lake, she is visited by Atyminius, wanting to make her his first victim. Gabrielle manages to give him a bloody nose, but is knocked out. Xena saves her just in time and Gabrielle finally meets Marcus. Finding out there is a wedding festival going on, and knowing Atyminius will be there, Xena tricks him and he is defeated. Marcus and Xena return the helmet to Hades, Xena convinces Hades to judge Marcus again, since he dies again. With Marcus now in the Elysian Feilds for eternity, Xena and Marcus say good-bye and Xena returns to a waiting Gabrielle. DISCLAIMER- No winged Harpies were harmed or sent to a fiery grave. ROYAL COUPLE OF THEIVES- Xena and Gabrielle gets Autolycus' (King of Theives) attention by planting rock sugar in the shape of a diamond in a ceremony. They need him to steal back the most prized possession for a group of people who had helped Xena out in the past. With Autolycus disguised as the great Sinteres, known as a "warrior philosipher", Xena and Autolycus travel among other interested buyers of this "ultimate weapon". Trouble starts happening when the chest ends up missing and Malthus (the master of the castle) winds up dead. After finding the chest in their room, Xena and Autolycus decide to put the chest back where it was. As if enough trouble hasn't happened, more bubbles to the surface when the real Sinteres shows up and has captured Gabrielle. In the end, Xena defeats Sinteres and they catch sight of the weapon, which turns out to be the 10 commandments. Autolycus surprises the girls by not taking the reward money from the villagers. DISCLAIMER- No ancient or inflexible rules governing moral behavior were harmed. THE PRODIGAL- It's just a normal day for Xena and Gabrielle, walking and of course fighting, only this time, Gabrielle feezes up. Worried and ashamed of why she lost her nerve, Gabrielle decides to leave Xena and return home to Poteidaia. Upon returning home, Gabrielle learns that the warlord, Damon, has been looting her town every couple of months. The peaceful town of Poteidaia has hired a warrior, Meleager the Mighty, who has quite a reputation, to defend their town from Damon. With Gabrielle's sister, Lila, mad at her for leaving, and jealous of the closeness of her and Xena, Gabrielle helps Meleager out with strategies, the only problem is, Meleager is more interested in getting drunk. When the big day comes to fight against Damon, Meleager and the money from the town is gone. The town is ready to give up, but learning many things from traveling with Xena, Gabrielle steps up. At the last minute, Meleager returns with better weapons, which he used to money for, and defeats Damon and his men. With Meleager's vow to stay sober and making amends with Lila, Gabrielle returns to Xena, where she truly belongs. DISCLAIMER- Meleager the Mighty, the generally tipsy and carousing warrior-for-hire was not harmed. ALTARED STATES- During a peaceful swim and teaching Gabrielle how to fish with her hands, they witness a boy, Icus, running from a group of men. Xena protects Icus and finds out the leader of the group was his brother Maell and his father's god wants him to sacrifice Icus. With Gabrielle and Icus hiding in a cave, Xena visits his family to see what is going on and it seems this town only believes in one true god. Xena figures out that Maell, jealous of Icus, has been drugging his father with Henbane in nut bread, to convince his father, that his voice was god's, which Gabrielle eats and is drugged and hearing voices. Icus realizes that he should be sacrificed if it was the will of god. After defeating Maell, Xena makes it to the altar just in time, but before she strikes, a loud vouce tells the father to stop the sacrifice. Xena tells Gabrielle that her voice in the "loud talking thing" was very impressive, only Gabrielle never reached it... DISCLAIMER- No unrelenting or severely punishing Deities were harmed. TIES THAT BIND- After Xena helps out an older warrior from guards, when he was trying to free slave girls, he reveals to Xena he is her father, Atrius, but Xena isn't buying into it. Slowly accepting that Atrius is her father, he joins Xena and Gabrielle in returning the girls back to their town, Locia. When Gabrielle sees him murder a surrenderer, she doesn't trust him. On the way back to Locia, Atrius has a talk with Gabrielle, and she realizes she must leave Xena, so Xena can be with her father. When they reach Locia, the towns people capture because of what he did to them in the past. Learning that Kirilus' army was about to attack, Xena rides away to stop them. Xena defeats Kirilus and the army is now hers. Upon returning to Locia, Xena sees her father badly beaten and decides to destroy the village. With Xena's mind clouded with hatred, Gabrielle stands up to her with no avail and ends up striking Xena in the back with a pitch fork. Realizing her father is okay, Xena comes to her sense, but Atrius tries talking her into killing the villagers. A confused Xena stands looking at her father, as he turns into Ares. Ares disguised himself as Xena's father to make it easier for her to rejoin him. Xena denies him once again and rides away with Gabrielle. DISCLAIMER- No fathers, spiritually or biological were harmed. THE GREATER GOOD- Xena was asked to defend a town and Lord Seltzer from the warlord, Talmadeous. Lord Seltzer turns out to be none other than Salmoneus, which this time he invents carbonated water. While fighting Talmadeous' men, Xena was struck in the neck by a poisonous dart, from a mysterious person. Talmadeous is after Salmoneus because he had sold Talgamite metal, which dissolves if it gets wet, and Talmadeous lost a battle. Getting weaker by the poison, Xena has Gabrielle dress up like her to convince Talmadeous she's fine, but it only works for awhile. Gabrielle worried about Xena and confused why Xena isn't thinking of herself at a time like this, is told by Xena it's all part of the greater good, and has Gabrielle promise to bring Xena's body back to Amphipolis so she can be buried next to her brother. When Gabrielle returns from a tent attack against Talmadeous, she finds out Xena has in fact died. Filled with anger and Sadness, she decides to focus on the greater good, and protect the town. Salmoneus goes to Talmadeous and gives him Xena's body and himself, in exchange for the safety of the villagers. Gabrielle stands up to Talmadeous, but is captured. With Xena tied up to Argo and another horse, to be ripped apart, Argo being the loyal horse she is, tells the other horse not to move. Talmadeous orders Argo to be killed, before the sword swings, Xena's hand shoots up, to stop it. The battle ensues and Xena defeats Talmadeous. Xena had to put her whole body under in order to get the poison out. Gabrielle back with her best friend, they ride off to live another day. DISCLAIMER- Excessive belching can cause brain damage and social ostracism. Kids please don't give in to peer pressure. Play it safe. CALLISTO- While Xena is sitting down for a drink, she is met by Malus, when he finds out her name, he attacks, wanting to kill her for murdering his whole village, including his 6 year old son. Confused what is going on, Xena and Gabrielle head toward Corrinthe. Defending a village from a warrior woman, Callisto, who matches Xena's skill and knows her every move. Callisto was the one who had shot Xena with the dart, which made it easier for Callisto to destroy Xena's reputation by raiding villages in Xena's name. After taking Xena's chakram, Callisto takes off, but not before mentioning Cirrha, the town Xena had destroyed once before, killing Callisto's family. This makes Xena more determined to stop her. After being rejected by Xena, Joxer, a clumsy, idiotic, warrior-wannabe, goes to Callisto to offer his services, in which Callisto orders him to kidnap the "irritating blonde" Gabrielle, but Gabrielle beats him down everytime. Knowing Callisto's plan to murder the oracle at the Delphi and put the blame on Xena, Xena manages to capture her. Malus full of hatred and wanting Callisto's blood, form a lynch mob and starts a fire in her holding cell. Xena saving her, Callisto escapes and kidnaps Gabrielle. Joxer unable to kill Gabrielle is also tied up. Gabrielle hung in the air, to fall to her death when the fire burns through the rope holding her, Xena makes a balance bar with ladders to save her, all the while fighting Callisto at the same time. Xena saves Gabrielle and also saves Callisto from what she wants most, her own death and Callisto and her men are incarcerated. DISCLAIMER- Joxer's nose was not harmed, however, his crossbow was severely damaged. DEATH MASK- Gabrielle wants to learn how to catch arrowns like Xena, feeling it with her body, she manages to stop one from hitting Xena, still unsure how she did it. After succeeding through an ambush, Xena realizes the mask they are wearing belong to Cortez, the same Cortez that raided Xena's home town, he's the one who made Xena "aggressive". Defending a village from Cortez's men, the King's guards show up too late. As Cortez's men retreat, one of them recognizes her and he turns out to be Xena's older brother Toris, he had joined the army to get close enough to kill Cortez. Toris had ran instead of defending Amphipolis when Cortex attacked because he didn't want to die, and always blamed Xena for the death of their younger brother. Finding out there is a spy in the castle for Cortez, Xena and Toris go visit the King, it turns out, the King and Cortez are one in the same. The "King" throws Xena and Toris into the dungeon, but of course they escape and manage to capture Cortez. Xena puts the King's soldiers and Cortez's men together in the same area to show who the King really is. Feeling betrayed, Cortez's right hand man, Malic tries to kill Cortez but the "King's" loyal guard kills Malic. Toris finally has his chance to kill Cortez, but realizes murder won't make him any better. With reconciling their relationship, Toris decides to go home to their mother, Xena and Gabrielle head out the other way. DISCLAIMER- No messenger doves were harmed, however, several are reportedly missing in action and Search-and-Rescue efforts are underway. IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?- Trying to get to Athens, Xena and Gabrielle decide to take a short cut and wind up walking straight into a war between Mitoa and Thessely. They run into an old friend and Amazon, Ephiny, who was in labor and had a nasty gash on her head, she has been hiding for about 2-3 days,until they had found her. Ephiny and her husband, and Centaur, Phantes were on their way to Athens for the birth of their son, because they are tolerant, but Phantes was killed by Mitoan hunting dogs. Xena ends up injuring the General of the Mitoan army, Marmax, and they all head for the healing temple, but Marmax wanting to back out because being uncomfortable since it's a Thessalian temple, but enters anyways. Inside the temple, there are a lot of people in need of help, Xena having many skills and Gabrielle by her side, help out as much as they can. Gabrielle is badly injured by a Mitoan when she left the temple to find a injured boy, she was injured because of her own "code" to not kill people. Xena helps Ephiny, as she gave birth to her son. Ephiny tells Marmax that the war needs to end and to think about the children, and Marmax realizes she's right and decides to talk peace with Thessaly. Looking like Gabrielle has died, a tearful Xena tried putting air into her lungs, when it looks like it's too late, Gabrielle finally takes a breathe and Xena embraces her. With the war finally over, the healing Gabrielle tells Xena about her "dream" about being in the Elysian Feilds. DISCLAIMER- Being that war is hell, lots of people were harmed, but since television is a dramatic medium of make believe, all casualties removed their prothestic make-up and went home unscathed. Well I hope you enjoyed my scrolls, lol, all in all this is a good season, and I don't get what others are complaining about, the grain isn't that bad at all, and I have no problems with the audio, buy better equipment I guess. My favorite episodes include: Fistful of Dinars, Callisto, and Is There a Doctor in the House. Awesome season fianle, I actually cried. The non-existent subtitles do suck I agree, but it's a must have Xena collection. One other thing I don't understand is all the people that didn't like the show and reviewed about it, why spend all that time watching it then?? der.

Description of Xena Season 1 # Title Director Writer Original airdate 1 "Sins of the Past" Doug Lefler Robert Tapert, R. J. Stewart September 4, 1995 (1995-09-04) Xena renounces her warlord past and begins burying her weapons. She later retrieves them to save a group of villagers from being sold into slavery. Gabrielle convinces Xena to allow her to travel with her. 2 "Chariots of War" Harley Cokeliss Josh Becker, Jack Perez, Adam armus, Nora Kay Foster September 11, 1995 (1995-09-11) When Xena is injured during a fight, the widowed Darius and his children look after her. Xena is left with the dilemma of whether to settle down with them or continue her fight to protect the innocent. 3 "Dreamworker" Bruce Seth Green Steven L. Sears September 18, 1995 (1995-09-18) Morpheus kidnaps Gabrielle so he can make her his bride. In order to be married, Gabrielle must lose her "blood innocence". Using her wits, she manages to avoid causing any blood shed. Xena enters the dream world so that she can save Gabrielle, but while there she must battle her own evil side before she can accomplish her rescue. 4 "Cradle of Hope" Michael Levine Terence Winter September 25, 1995 (1995-09-25) When a baby is prophesied to inherit the throne, King Gregor and his councilor, Nemos search for the newborn babe. Meanwhile, Xena and Gabrielle meet Pandora, while searching for the mother of an abandoned baby. 5 "The Path Not Taken" Stephen L. Posey Julie Sherman October 2, 1995 (1995-10-02) A weapons dealer kidnaps a princess so he can profit from the resulting war between two feuding kingdoms. Xena pretends to be the ruthless warrior she once was, in order to gain access to the dealer's base. While there, Xena meets an old lover, Marcus. Marcus prevents Xena from rescuing the princess, but later sacrifices his own life to save her. 6 "The Reckoning" Charles Siebert Peter Allan Fields October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16) Ares plots to get Xena back into his fold by framing her for the murder of some villagers and organizing a lynching. Xena is put on trial and Gabrielle sticks by her throughout. Xena fools Ares into thinking she is joining him again, and he brings the dead villagers back from the dead. 7 "The Titans" Eric Brevig R. J. Stewart October 30, 1995 (1995-10-30) When Gabrielle reads from an ancient parchment, she unwittingly awakens three Titans, who believe that she is a goddess. While Xena works to stop Hyperion from awakening a whole army of Titans, Gabrielle searches for the parchment that will send the Titans back into slumber. 8 "Prometheus" Stephen L. Posey R. J. Stewart November 6, 1995 (1995-11-06) When people begin losing their healing ability, Xena and Gabrielle discover that Hera has chained Prometheus. Xena goes through a number of trials in order to gain a sword that will break Prometheus' bonds. She and Gabrielle team up with Hercules and Iolaus, both Xena and Hercules know that whoever uses the sword will die and they argue over who will use it. 9 "Death in Chains" Charles Siebert Babs Greyhosky, Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13) King Sisyphus has taken Celesta, Hades' sister hostage so that she cannot take him to the Underworld. Hades asks Xena for her help in freeing his sister. Xena and Gabrielle must rescue Celesta before she dies. 10 "Hooves and Harlots" Jace Alexander Steven L. Sears November 20, 1995 (1995-11-20) When Gabrielle risks her own life to protect the dying Amazon princess, Terreis, she is given the princess' Right of Caste, which effectively makes Gabrielle the heir to the current Amazon Queen, Melosa. Ephiny, one of the Amazons begins teaching Gabrielle the ways of the Amazons as she will one day be their queen. 11 "The Black Wolf" Mario Di Leo Alan Jay Glueckman January 8, 1996 (1996-01-08) When an old friend of Xena's lands herself in prison, Xena also gets herself arrested so that she can rescue her. Gabrielle begins a food fight so she can get into prison to help Xena. 12 "Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts" T. J. Scott Roy Thomas, Janis Hendler, Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster January 15, 1996 (1996-01-15) The ongoing war in Troy prompts Helen to contact Xena for her help in ending it. When Xena arrives she finds that she and Helen are in the midst of a plot orchestrated by Helen's brother-in-law. 13 "Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards" Jace Alexander R. J. Stewart, Steven L. Sears January 22, 1996 (1996-01-22) Gabrielle travels alone to Athens so she can enter a bard competition. The prize is a place at the Academy of the Performing Bards. While there she helps another bard who is under pressure from his father to succeed. 14 "A Fistful of Dinars" Josh Becker R. J. Stewart, Steven L. Sears January 29, 1996 (1996-01-29) Xena and Gabrielle join a group of outlaws to prevent them from obtaining Ambrosia, which can turn a mortal into a god. 15 "Warrior... Princess" Michael Levine Brenda Lilly February 5, 1996 (1996-02-05) When Xena's look-alike, Princess Diana, is under threat from assassination, Xena takes her place. While living with "the little people", Diana realizes that there is poverty in the kingdom, something that she is shocked to discover. Meanwhile, Xena plays matchmaker with Diana and the brother of her betrothed. 16 "Mortal Beloved" Garthy Maxwell R. J. Stewart February 12, 1996 (1996-02-12) Hades's Helmet of Invisibility is stolen by Atyminius and Hades calls for Xena's help. Xena convinces him to return Marcus to the land of the living so they can retrieve the helmet and restore order to the Underworld. 17 "The Royal Couple of Thieves" John Cameron Steven L. Sears February 19, 1996 (1996-02-19) Xena joins Autolycus, the "King of Thieves" so they can recover a chest, which contains the world's most powerful weapon. They disguise themselves as an assassin and his lover, and Xena has a fight with the real assassin. 18 "The Prodigal" John T. Kretchmer Chris Mannheim March 4, 1996 (1996-03-04) When Gabrielle journeys home to Potidaea, she discovers that her sister, Lila is angry at her for leaving her at home all alone. The village is also under attack from a warlord, so Gabrielle uses what she has learned while traveling with Xena, teaches the villagers how to defend themselves. 19 "Altared States" Michael Levine Chris Mannheim April 22, 1996 (1996-04-22) Xena and Gabrielle must protect Icus, whose father believes he must be sacrificed. Xena discovers that Icus' older brother, Maell has fooled his father into believing he is the voice of the god he worships. 20 "Ties That Bind" Charles Siebert Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster April 29, 1996 (1996-04-29) An elderly warrior, Atrius shows up claiming to be Xena's father. When he is captured and tortured by a village, Xena takes an army and almost slaughters the whole village. Then Atrius reveals himself to be Ares in disguise attempting to win Xena back again. 21 "The Greater Good" Gary Jones Steven L. Sears May 6, 1996 (1996-05-06) Salmoneus asks Xena for her protection from an evil warlord. Xena is struck by a poisoned dart and dies, leaving Gabrielle and Salmoneus to save the day. 22 "Callisto" T. J. Scott R. J. Stewart May 13, 1996 (1996-05-13) Xena has to battle the fierce woman warrior Callisto, who is bent on revenge for the death of her family. 23 "Death Mask" Stewart Main Peter Allan Fields June 6, 1996 (1996-06-06) Xena meets her brother Toris, who has joined the army of the warlord who attacked Amphipolis and killed their brother Lyceus years before. Xena works hard to keep Toris from committing murder or being murdered himself before she can bring the warlord Cortese to justice. 24 "Is There a Doctor in the House?" T. J. Scott Patricia Manney July 29, 1996 (1996-07-29) Xena and Gabrielle rescue the pregnant Ephiny from the battlefield and take shelter in one of Asclepius' temples, finding it full of casualties. While there, she gives birth to her centaur son, Xenan. Xena tends to the wounded and Gabrielle is mortally injured while helping out. Just today i got this in the mail. I really cant complain about the fact that are no special features because the first dvd did have quite alot and I never really saw them. This set is much smaller than before and is the size of a normal dvd case. Ive read reviews where people complain about resolution on this dvd but people must understand that this season was filmed on 16mm which means it will be grainy, with that said however, it is much less grainy and better in picture then from the other dvd. Also, this DVD has SUBTITLES!!!!!!! Something never seen before on a xena dvd. So, is this a great DVD? Yes. But, if you already own the other dvd, i see know point in buying this. Unless your like me, a die hard fan, you need to have both. So i have the orginal dvds (1-6) and now i have the new dvd(1) and when season 2 comes out in March(?) ill buy that as well. So all in all, if you dont have season 1, or if u do and just want this like me, buy it. Also, if u never heard of xena in your life and somehow stumbled upon this, BUY IT! i garrentee you will love this show!

Ich wollte schon lange diese dvds kaufen da ich als Kind ein fan von der Serie war. Diese exklusive Zusammenstellung aus dvds und Bonus Material ist der Hammer; die Verpackung, all das was ursprünglich mit den dvds kam, war drinne und in top Qualität Super Preis für so eine Reliquie. Ich kann den Verkäufer nur weiterempfehlen!

i have been wanting to re-live all the old shows i used to love and enjoy and xena was one of the longest lasting and best of them all, a must have for anyone who once loved the show. i just hope hercules gets the same DVD treatment and they release all xena series's on DVD i have noticed they did at one time but for £500 not worth it this is a good price

Xena la guerrière est vraiment une excellente série ! Elle commence très fort ! Je la recommande à tout le monde , personnellement , ça faisait très longtemps que je n'avais pas été emballé comme ça par une série !

Todo un clasico de los noventas, definitvo me comprare el resto de las temporadas. Recomendable para los que gustan de series de accion con un toque de comedia

Lo que más me gusta de esta serie es, sin duda, que cuidan tanto la trama como la mitología griega (en la medida de lo posible, se entiende). Cada capítulo está bien hilado y contiene intriga, a pesar de pertenecer claramente al género de los "superhéroes". De hecho, es la única serie de "superhéroes" que me gusta.