Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 1

1995 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.1

What Season 1 of Xena: Warrior Princess

Season 1 of Xena: Warrior Princess Has 24 episodes and premiered on September 4, 1995. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

24episodes

Sep 4, 1995premiered

Jul 29, 1996latest episode

17.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Sins of the Past
Sep 4, 1995 · 44 min · ★ 6.6
Xena battles an evil warlord, a vengeful Cyclops and harsh weather during her journey home to Amphipolis, where she's joined by a young woman named Gabrielle, who's a resourceful young protege.
Directing: Doug Lefler · Writing: R.J. Stewart · Starring: Jay Laga'aia, Stephen Hall, Linda Jones, Anton Bentley
1x02 Chariots of War
Sep 11, 1995 · 44 min · ★ 6.9
Xena defends a town against a band of thugs led by a father and son duo, and when she is wounded, Gabrielle is left worrying for the warrior princess.
Directing: Harley Cokeliss · Writing: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus · Starring: Nick Kokotakis, Jeffrey Thomas, Stu Turner, Morgan Palmer Hubbard
1x03 Dreamworker
Sep 18, 1995 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
When Gabrielle is kidnapped by a mystic, Xena enters an altered state of consciousness and must face ghosts from her past in order to rescue her friend.
Directing: Bruce Seth Green · Writing: Steven L. Sears · Starring: Nathaniel Lees, Desmond Kelly, John Palmer, Bruce Hopkins
1x04 Cradle of Hope
Sep 25, 1995 · 44 min
Xena employs stealthy maneuvers to protect an infant who an oracle claims will one day usurp the King's throne. Meanwhile, Xena must also make sure that Pandora, the granddaughter of the legendary original, is able to reset the lock on her precious box.
Directing: Michael Levine · Writing: Terence Winter · Starring: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Latham Gaines, Edward Newborn, Simon Prast
1x05 The Path Not Taken
Oct 2, 1995 · 44 min
In order to stop a war Xena must save a princess that has been taken from her home. The kidnapping could lead to a war. Xena realizes that a weapons dealer is the one that has caused everything. When she tracks the dealer, she meets her old love Marcus, but she is not sure how she feels about him.
Directing: Stephen L. Posey · Writing: Julie Sherman · Starring: Peter Sa'ena Brown, Bobby Hosea, Nicola Cliff, Jimi Liversidge
1x06 The Reckoning
Oct 16, 1995 · 44 min
Xena is mistaken for the killer who attacked and murdered a group of townspeople and is put on trial, causing Ares, the god of war, to be delighted at the success of his plan.
Directing: Charles Siebert · Writing: Peter Allan Fields · Starring: Kevin Smith, Christopher Mayer, William Johnson, Danny Lineham
1x07 The Titans
Oct 30, 1995 · 44 min
Gabrielle fools around with an ancient scroll and releases three Titans from centuries of captivity. Once again, Xena must save a village from destruction. Gabrielle also finds time for love.
Directing: Eric Brevig · Writing: R.J. Stewart · Starring: Andy Anderson, Mark Raffety, Amanda Tollemache, Eddie Campbell
1x08 Prometheus
Nov 6, 1995 · 44 min
When the gods capture Prometheus, mankind begins to lose the gifts he gave them: fire and the ability to heal themselves. It's up to Xena, Gabrielle, Hercules and Iolaus to try to free Prometheus from his chains but whoever is the one who frees him, may end up dead.
Directing: Stephen L. Posey · Writing: R.J. Stewart · Starring: Kevin Sorbo, John Freeman, Jodie Dorday, Roussel Dubois
1x09 Death in Chains
Nov 13, 1995 · 44 min
Xena must free Hade's sister, Celesta, Death Herself, from King Sisyphus who wants to cheat death by holding her hostage, thus prolonging his life.
Directing: Charles Siebert · Writing: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus · Starring: Kate Hodge, Kieren Hutchison, Ray Henwood, Leslie Wing
1x10 Hooves & Harlots
Nov 20, 1995 · 44 min
When Xena and Gabrielle encounter the Amazons, Gabrielle tries to save an Amazon and unwittingly finds herself an Amazon princess.
Directing: Jace Alexander · Writing: Steven L. Sears · Starring: Mark Ferguson, David Aston, Alison Bruce, Rebekah Mercer
1x11 The Black Wolf
Jan 8, 1996 · 44 min
Xena infiltrates a band of rebels led by the Black Wolf and helps them defend themselves against Xerxes the warlord.
Directing: Mario DiLeo · Writing: Alan Jay Glueckman · Starring: Maggie Tarver, Kevin J. Wilson, Emma Turner, Nigel Harbrow
1x12 Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts
Jan 15, 1996 · 44 min
Helen of Troy summons Xena and asks her to help end the war between the Greeks and the Trojans, that began over her.
Directing: T.J. Scott · Writing: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus · Starring: Galyn Görg, Scott Garrison, Cameron Rhodes, Warren Carl
1x13 Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards
Jan 22, 1996 · 44 min
Gabrielle wants to enter the Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards, but finds that it is not quite what she thought it would be. She helps another aspiring bard discover his true storytelling talent.
Directing: Jace Alexander · Writing: Steven L. Sears, R.J. Stewart · Starring: Dean O'Gorman, Graham Moore, Andrew Thurtell, Joe Manning
1x14 A Fistful of Dinars
Jan 29, 1996 · 44 min
Xena searches for Ambrosia, a substance capable of turning someone into a god. She hopes to find it before someone who is unworthy to be a god does.
Directing: Josh Becker · Writing: Steven L. Sears, R.J. Stewart · Starring: Jeremy Roberts, Peter Daube, Richard Foulkes Jr., Huntly Eliott
1x15 Warrior... Princess
Feb 5, 1996 · 44 min
The daughter of King Lias, Diana, is the target of assassins. Fortunately, Xena looks almost exactly like her. So, Xena goes undercover to force the assassins out of hiding and capture them.
Directing: Michael Levine · Writing: Brenda Lilly · Starring: Latham Gaines, Patrick Smith, Michelle Huirama, Jason Hoyte
1x16 Mortal Beloved
Feb 12, 1996 · 44 min
When her dead love Marcus, asks Xena to help save good souls, she travels to the underworld to set things right.
Directing: Garth Maxwell · Writing: R.J. Stewart · Starring: Bobby Hosea, Paul Willis, Michael Hurst, Chris Graham
1x17 The Royal Couple of Thieves
Feb 19, 1996 · 44 min
Xena enlists the help of Autolycus, the King of Thieves, in order to steal a treasure chest from a warlord and return it to its rightful owners - unless Autolycus has something to say about that.
Directing: John Cameron · Writing: Steven L. Sears · Starring: Bruce Campbell, Mark Raffety, Grant Bridger, Crawford Thomson
1x18 The Prodigal
Mar 4, 1996 · 44 min
After freezing in the face of danger, a confused Gabrielle returns home to Potidaea, where she receives a not-so-warm welcome from the people, who have hired a so-called warrior to save them from a warlord.
Directing: John T. Kretchmer · Writing: Chris Manheim · Starring: Tim Thomerson, Alan Palmer, Stephen Hall, Kelly Greene
1x19 Altared States
Apr 22, 1996 · 44 min
A young boy is hunted by his father and brother. They want to sacrifice him to their god, because their "faith" demands it. It's up to Xena and a drugged Gabrielle to save him.
Directing: Michael Levine · Writing: Chris Manheim · Starring: David de Lautour, David Ackroyd, Karl Urban, Teresa Woodham
1x20 Ties That Bind
Apr 29, 1996 · 44 min
As the god of war, Ares, schemes to make Xena lead his army, the warrior princess meets a man claiming to be her long-lost father.
Directing: Charles Siebert · Writing: Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster · Starring: Kevin Smith, Tom Atkins, Stephen Lovatt, Sonia Gray
1x21 The Greater Good
May 6, 1996 · 44 min
Xena helps Salmoneus, aka Lord Seltzer, when a warlord wants him dead, due to a bad transaction. Meanwhile, a mysterious blond woman is stalking Xena.
Directing: Gary Jones · Writing: Steven L. Sears · Starring: Robert Trebor, Peter McCauley, Jonathon Hendry, Natalya Humphrey
1x22 Callisto
May 13, 1996 · 44 min
The female warrior Callisto, tries to turn the world against Xena by committing acts of terrorism in her name, while Xena struggles to reclaim her true identity and discover why this angry young woman is doing this.
Directing: T.J. Scott · Writing: R.J. Stewart · Starring: Ted Raimi, Ian Hughes, Kenneth McGregor, Patricia Donovan
1x23 Death Mask
Jun 3, 1996 · 44 min
After learning a raiding party's leader was responsible for the destruction in their village, Xena and her brother set out to destroy him.
Directing: Stewart Main · Writing: Peter Allan Fields · Starring: Joseph Kell, Michael Lawrence, William Davis, Doug McCaulay
1x24 Is There a Doctor in the House? Season Finale
Jul 29, 1996 · 44 min
Xena attempts to stop a war between two brothers, while Gabrielle tends to a pregnant Amazon sister, who is carrying the child of a centaur.
Directing: T.J. Scott · Writing: Patricia Manney · Starring: Ray Woolf, Andrew Robertt, Simon Farthing, Charles Pierard