Tag: Xena reviews

Legacy – Director: Chris Martin-Jones/Writer: Melissa Good

This one starts with Xena and Gabi travelling through the North African desert. After getting caught in a sandstorm, they find a ruined temple and have a bath. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 6, Episode 5”

Who’s Gurkhan? – Director: Michael Hurst/Story: Rob Tapert/Teleplay: R.J. Stewart

This one starts with Gabi, Xena, Eve, and Virgil visiting Poteidaia to see what’s happened to Gabi’s family in the last 25 years. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 6, Episode 4”

Heart of Darkness – Director: Mark Beesley/Writer: Emily Skopov

Last episode, Xena defeated Mephistopheles to free her mother (and other souls) from his curse, but now she’s supposed to take his place as ruler of Hell … the portal to which is still open in Amphipolis. This episode opens with Archangels Michael, Raphael, and Lucifer talking about Xena’s reluctance to take up the rulership of Hell. Lucifer says he can make her do it and head down to Earth. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 6, Episode 3”

The Haunting of Amphipolis – Director: Garth Maxwell/Story: Edith Swensen, Joel Metzger/Teleplay: Joel Metzger

This one starts with the archangels Michael and Raphael (from Fallen Angel) watching Xena, Gabi, and Eve as they head for Amphipolis. The angels seem to think Xena is their last hope to defeat the evil of Mephistopheles. When Xena, Gabi, and Eve reach Amphipolis, they find the town practically deserted and Cyrene’s inn falling apart. Xena and Eve both have visions of Cyrene inside the devastated inn and Eve realizes that Cyrene is dead. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 6, Episode 2”

Coming Home – Director: Mark Beesley/Writer: Melissa Good

This one starts with a band of Amazons stalking some soldiers who are trespassing on their land. Nearby, Xena, Gabi, and Eve have come to Amazon territory after getting a message from Ares. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 6, Episode 1”

Welcome to my geography and timeline review for Season 5. As always, this is my attempt to bring some continuity to this season’s episodes, trying to figure out where they took place and the best possible order to make the whole thing flow better. As I’ve said before, none of this minutiae really matters all that much (and my reasoning could be completely off), but I’m a continuity nerd, so I have to at least try. This season has even fewer geographical references than last season, which makes it harder to place the episodes geographically, but the beginning and end of the season are pretty straightforward, so that helps. As I said last year, if you’re not as enamoured of this sort of thing as I am, feel free to skip this post. My first review for Season 6 will be up next Wednesday as always. Continue reading “Xena Season 5 Geography and Chronology”

Welcome to my overview of Season 5 of Xena, where I try to touch on some of the themes running through not only this season, but the entire series. (I won’t link to individual episodes, since they can be accessed in the Tag Cloud under “Xena Season 5”. This season is kind of split into two main themes; the first half deals mostly with Xena’s pregnancy and how she adjusts to it, while the second half concerns the Twilight of the Gods prophecy that’s linked to the birth of Xena’s daughter, Eve. Continue reading “Xena Season 5 Overview”

Motherhood – Director: Rick Jacobson/Story: Rob Tapert/Teleplay: R.J. Stewart

This one starts with Xena and Gabi tracking Eve through the desert after she took off last episode. Gabi’s still conflicted about Eve killing Joxer, but she can see how much Eve means to Xena. On Mount Olympus, the gods discuss what to do and Athena suggests sending the Furies to get inside Gabi’s head. Desert nomads attack Eve, remembering her depredations as Livia, forcing Xena and Gabi to fight them off. After the fight, the Furies get inside Gabi’s mind and poison her thoughts against Eve. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 22”

Eve – Director: Mark Beesley/Writers: George Strayton, Tom O’Neill

This one starts with Xena, Gabi, Joxer, and Virgil following Livia’s trail. Gabi is sure they can bring out the innate goodness in Livia, but Xena worries her daughter is beyond redemption. She may be right, as we see Livia slaughtering people and crucifying them, not really caring anymore if they’re followers of Eli or not. Xena and the others find the carnage and realize how bad Livia really is. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 21”

Livia – Director: Rick Jacobson/Writer: Chris Manheim

This one starts with a bloodthirsty general named Livia leading Roman troops in slaughter and slave-taking. She’s congratulated by Ares, who’s happy that she’s been named successor to the Roman Emperor, and that they’ll soon be able to wipe out all of Eli’s followers. Continue reading “Xena Reviews: Season 5, Episode 20”