Category: TV Reviews

Punch Lines – Director: Andrew Merrifield/Writer: Chris Manheim

This is another clip show (this time focusing on humorous clips), with another elaborate framing device. Xena and Gabi are spending the night in one of Aphrodite’s temples and Gabi tries to get some writing done, but she has writer’s block. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 11”

Lyre Lyre, Hearts on Fire – Director: Mark Beesley/Writers: Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster

This one starts with Draco and his men looking through some ruins for Terpsichore’s Lyre. They find it, but some Amazons show up (led by Amoria) to claim the Lyre, since it’s on their land. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 10”

Seeds of Faith – Director: Garth Maxwell/Writers: George Strayton, Tom O’Neil

This one starts with a guy named Petracles preaching to a group of people about not worshipping the Greek gods anymore, instead leading their own lives without fear. Some of the crowd are skeptical and things get heated. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 9”

Little Problems – Director: Allison Liddi/Writer: Gregg Ostrin

This one starts with Xena and Gabi stopping some looters (led by a thug named Galantis) at one of Aphrodite’s temples. Aphrodite shows them a hospice she’s started beside the temple and they find a girl named Daphne who’s been in a coma since her mother died. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 8”

Back in the Bottle – Director: Rick Jacobson/Story: Steven L. Sears, Rob Tapert/Teleplay: Steven L. Sears

This one starts with Xena trying to use the inner power she mastered last episode to cook a rabbit, but all she can do is turn it to stone (and a pile of stone rabbits testifies to her failure). Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 7”

Purity – Director: Mark Beesley/Writer: Jeff Vlaming

This one starts with Xena, Gabi, and Joxer on their way to Chin. (I’m not sure when Joxer joined them; he wasn’t there last episode, so he may have followed them, or maybe they arranged to meet him after seeing the Amazons.) A half-dead monk stumbles into camp with a scroll written by Lao Ma saying that “The Hawk and the Dove must be made One with the Wisdom”. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 6”

Them Bones, Them Bones – Director: John Fawcett/Story: Steven L. Sears, R. J. Stewart/Teleplay: Steven L. Sears

This one starts with Gabi gathering mushrooms to ease Xena’s morning sickness. Xena starts having terrible pains and Gabi takes her to a healer. Xena has a nightmare about a skeletal baby bursting out of her stomach like in Alien. She wakes up in the healer’s hut and says they have to go see Yakut and the Northern Amazons because someone wants to harm her baby. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 5”

Animal Attraction – Director: Rick Jacobson/Writer: Chris Manheim

This one starts with Xena, Gabi, Joxer, and Amarice travelling through some woods. Joxer is still hot for Gabi and his constant attention is making her uncomfortable, even though he swore there were no strings attached to his admission of love a couple of episodes ago. Amarice thinks love is stupid (and men are generally worthless) and says she’ll never fall into that trap. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 4”

Succession – Director: Rick Jacobson/Writer: Steven L. Sears

This one starts with Ares banging a mortal worshipper named Mavican. She pledges her sword to his service, hoping to become his new chosen representative, like Xena used to be. But Ares tells her she’s not in Xena’s league (because Xena never asked him for anything) and takes off, leaving Mavican rather upset. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 3”

Chakram – Director: Doug Lefler/Writer: Chris Manheim

This one starts with Ares arguing with another War God named Kal. They’re talking about Xena and mention Ares stealing the Dark Chakram and giving it to her years ago. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 2”