Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 4
The fourth season of Xena: Warrior Princess continues the expansive saga of the titular character, a mighty warrior princess grappling with a dark past. Spanning 22 episodes, the season follows Xena as she persists in her ongoing quest for redemption. As an American sword-and-sorcery television series, the production maintains its focus on the adventures of Xena and her companions. Filmed in New Zealand, the series e
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Xena is a warrior princess who possesses a dark past and is actively seeking redemption.
- The series is categorized as a sword-and-sorcery drama featuring action, adventure, and fantasy elements.
- The show is an American production that was filmed on location in New Zealand.
- The narrative follows the ongoing journey of Xena as she uses her courage to influence the world.
Season overview
The fourth season of Xena: Warrior Princess continues the expansive saga of the titular character, a mighty warrior princess grappling with a dark past. Spanning 22 episodes, the season follows Xena as she persists in her ongoing quest for redemption. As an American sword-and-sorcery television series, the production maintains its focus on the adventures of Xena and her companions. Filmed in New Zealand, the series explores the journey of the protagonist as she utilizes her formidable skills to navigate various challenges. Throughout this season, the narrative arc remains centered on Xena's character development and her efforts to change the world through her courage. The series, which originally aired in first-run syndication between 1995 and 2001, continues to feature the action and adventure elements that define the show's identity. As the story progresses, the audience follows Xena through a series of encounters that test her resolve and commitment to her path of atonement. The season serves as a significant chapter in the broader 134-episode run of the show, maintaining the established tone and thematic focus on the warrior's struggle to overcome her history while protecting those in need across a fantasy landscape.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Adventures in the Sin Trade (1)
Sep 28, 1998 · 44 min
After Gabrielle sacrificed herself to stop Hope, a grief-stricken Xena must travel to the Amazon Land of the Dead to find Gabrielle, and Xena revisits her past with the shamoness A
Adventures in the Sin Trade (2)
Oct 5, 1998 · 44 min
At the Amazon Place of Rest, Xena must battle the evil shamoness Alti and free the spirits of the dead Amazons from her past, before she can continue on to find Gabrielle.
A Family Affair
Oct 17, 1998 · 44 min
When Xena and Joxer travel to Potidaea, they find Hope posing as Gabrielle and they must stop her and her monstrous offspring from destroying the world, and along the way Xena reco
In Sickness and In Hell
Oct 24, 1998 · 44 min
Xena and Gabrielle, plagued by a myriad of ailments, try to help Joxer defend a Scythian army, while trying not to kill one another.
A Good Day
Oct 26, 1998 · 44 min
Teaming with Greek Soldiers, Xena plots against Caesar and Pompey, whose war between one another has spilled over from Rome to Greece, and Xena plans to send them both back to wher
A Tale of Two Muses
Nov 2, 1998 · 44 min
Xena and Gabrielle help their friend Tara, to change an oppressed town where dancing is outlawed, and they include Autolycus in their plans to cut footloose and fancy free.
Locked Up and Tied Down
Nov 9, 1998 · 44 min
When Xena allows herself to be tried and convicted of the murder of an innocent woman, who she left to die in the past, Gabrielle struggles to uncover the truth and free Xena from
Crusader
Nov 16, 1998 · 44 min
Xena meets a woman who preaches ""the way of the light"", but her practices leave something to be desired, when Xena learns of Najara's reform or die policy for prisoners.
Past Imperfect
Jan 4, 1999 · 44 min
Xena and Gabrielle work to save a village that is being destroyed in exactly the same manner in which she destroyed another village in a battle with the Centaurs years before.
The Key to the Kingdom
Jan 11, 1999 · 44 min
Joxer, Meg and Autolycus team up to steal the infamous ""key"" that's prophecized to lead to the crown of Athena, the joke's on Autolycus when he learns the key is really a baby an
Daughter of Pomira
Jan 18, 1999 · 44 min
Xena and Gabrielle set out to recover a young girl who was kidnapped six years ago by the Horde, but they don't count on the fact that the child has been raised as one of the Horde
If the Shoe Fits...
Jan 25, 1999 · 44 min
While journeying to reunite little princess Alecia with her father and the stepmother she dislikes, Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer and Aphrodite take turns regaling the child with fairy ta
Paradise Found
Feb 1, 1999 · 44 min
In India, Xena and Gabrielle wake up in a seeming land of paradise where a mystical man named Aidan, teaches Gabrielle the art of meditation, but Xena discovers he's just feeding o
Devi
Feb 8, 1999 · 44 min
While travelling in India, Xena and Gabrielle meet Eli, a magician, and Gabrielle suddenly acquires the power to heal and is deemed a Devi, a healing deity but Xena is suspicious o
Between the Lines
Feb 15, 1999 · 44 min
An Indiana ritual sends Xena's soul into the karmic future for an encounter with the reincarnation of the evil shamoness Alti.
The Way
Feb 22, 1999 · 44 min
Xena seeks the help of the god Krishna, to rescue Gabrielle and Eli from the clutches of Indrajit, the King of the Demons.
The Play's the Thing
Mar 1, 1999 · 44 min
The Queen of Cons, Zera, convinces Gabrielle to base a play on her adventures with Xena, with the hidden motive of running off with the production's investment money.
The Convert
Apr 19, 1999 · 44 min
Najara returns claiming a newfound mantra for nonviolence, while Xena becomes suspicious of her new outlook. Meanwhile, Joxer wrestles with the guilt of his first kill, and stuggle
Takes One to Know One
Apr 26, 1999 · 44 min
Family and friends gather for Gabrielle's surprise birthday party only to become suspects in a murder investigation instead when a bounty hunter looking to take Xena in, is murdere
Endgame
May 3, 1999 · 44 min
Gabrielle becomes Queen of the Amazons after Ephiny dies at the hand of Brutus, and Xena must fave Caesar and Pompey and their armies while keeping an eye on a rebellious Amazon.
The Ides of March
May 10, 1999 · 44 min
Callisto returns from Hell with a double mission: corrupt Xena and make Julius Caesar emperor, but plans change when Caesar's allies turn on him and when Roman soldiers capture and
Déjà Vu All Over Again
May 17, 1999 · 44 min
A present-day woman believes she's the reincarnation of Xena, the warrior princess, while her disbelieving boyfriend thinks she's crazy, and seeks help from a past life expert, wit