Xena: Warrior Princess (season 6)

Xena: Warrior Princess (season 6)
Season 6 DVD cover
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	October 2, 2000 – June 18, 2001

The sixth and final season of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess commenced airing in the United States and Canada on October 2, 2000 and concluded on June 18, 2001, and contained 22 episodes.

The sixth season aired in the United States on the USA Network. The season was released on DVD as a ten disc boxed set under the title of Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 6 on March 8, 2005 by Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Reception

Episodes

No.	#	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate
113	1	"Coming Home"	Mark Beesley	Melissa Good	October 2, 2000
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.
114	2	"The Haunting of Amphipolis"	Garth Maxwell	Edithe Swensen, Joel Metzger	October 9, 2000
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.
115	3	"Heart of Darkness"	Mark Beesley	Emily Skopov	October 16, 2000
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.
116	4	"Who's Gurkhan?"	Michael Hurst	Robert Tapert, R. J. Stewart	October 23, 2000
Visiting Gabrielle's homeplace, the intrepid pair discover that during their absence, Gabrielle's parents have been killed and that Gabrielle's niece Sara has been captured and taken into the harem of the warlord Gurkhan. They set sail to "Mogador" in northern Africa. To keep a vengeful Gabrielle from endangering her own life, Xena slips her a sleeping potion in the guise of a sea sickness cure. While Gabrielle sleeps, Xena has herself sold into the Gurkhan household as a member of Gurkhan's harem, and is planning Sara's rescue. When Gabrielle awakens, she also has herself sold into the harem and performs a belly dance in the presence of Gurkhan and the undercover Xena. As Gabrielle dances closer to Gurkhan, Xena notices a glistening knife on Gabrielle's person; she obviously intends using it to get her revenge. Xena jumps on Gabrielle and neck-chops her unconscious for her own protection. Unaware of the assassination plan, the guards club Xena into unconsciousness and she falls atop her sidekick. After a torture session, Xena escapes and leads Gabrielle into Gurkhan's chamber. Gabrielle learns she is unwilling to kill even for the man's horrible crimes, but she still hates him enough to knock leave him unconscious and with his face covered in Sara's prison cell. The guards come to behead Sara; after realizing it is Gurkhan they have executed, they run away panic-stricken, expecting severe repercussions from their mistake. Xena, Gabrielle and Sara escape in the confusion.
117	5	"Legacy"	Chris Martin-Jones	Melissa Good	October 30, 2000
In the desert, Xena and Gabrielle meet the female warrior Kahina. Kahina is the leader of one of two warring tribes who want Xena's help 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.
118	6	"The Abyss"	Rick Jacobson	Robert Tapert, James Kahn	November 6, 2000
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.
119	7	"The Rheingold"	John Fawcett	R. J. Stewart	November 13, 2000
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.
120	8	"The Ring"	Rick Jacobson	Joel Metzger	November 20, 2000
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.
121	9	"Return of the Valkyrie"	John Fawcett	Emily Skopov	November 27, 2000
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.
122	10	"Old Ares had a Farm"	Charles Siebert	R. J. Stewart	January 15, 2001
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.
123	11	"Dangerous Prey"	Renee O'Connor	Joel Metzger	January 22, 2001
The Amazons are being hunted by Prince Morloch, 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.
124	12	"The God you Know"	Garth Maxwell	Emily Skopov	January 29, 2001
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.
125	13	"You Are There"	John Laing	Chris Black	February 5, 2001
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.
126	14	"Path of Vengeance"	Chris Martin-Jones	Joel Metzger	February 12, 2001
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.
127	15	"To Helicon and Back"	Michael Hurst	Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place	February 19, 2001
Bellerophon,[1] the son of Artemis in this Xena episode, 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.
128	16	"Send in the Clones"	Charlie Haskel	Paul Robert Coyle	April 23, 2001
Alti is alive in the 21st Century. She uses genetic engineering to clone Xena and Gabrielle. Her plan is to tell the world that Xena was really evil and then conquer the world together.
129	17	"The Last of the Centaurs"	Garth Maxwell	Joel Metzger	April 30, 2001
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 terrible man, and Xena tries to convince him that Borias's legacy was as a friend to the centaurs and a changed man for the good when he died.
130	18	"When Fates Collide"	John Fawcett	Katherine Fugate	May 7, 2001
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.
131	19	"Many Happy Returns"	Mark Beesley	Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place	May 14, 2001
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.
132	20	"Soul Possession"	Josh Becker	Melissa Blake	June 4, 2001
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.
133	21	"A Friend in Need, Part 1"	Robert Tapert	Robert Tapert, R. J. Stewart	June 11, 2001
After getting a call for help, Xena and Gabrielle travel to Japan. 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 ("Yokai-Daimyo"). Xena realizes she must die so that the souls of those who died can be set free.
134	22	"A Friend in Need, Part 2"	Robert Tapert	Robert Tapert, R. J. Stewart	June 18, 2001
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.

References

1. In Greek polytheism and mythology, Eurynome (mother) and Poseidon (father) are the parents of Bellerophon. However, Bellerophon grows up in the household of Glaucus