Heres why xena and gabrielle never became a couple on. Three episodes featuring xena, collectively called the xena trilogy, initially aired as part of the first season of hercules. This episode solidifies xena s place in the mythological world of hercules for anyone who might not have seen her appearances on the other show, while at the same time showing how different the two heroes really are. Next we see her in xena, shes immortal, trapped in a cave, and going insane. Between xena 2x07 intimate stranger and xena 2x14 a necessary evil is hercules 3x12 surprise. Xena leaves gabrielle in a traders tent, where she ends up meeting eolis and he starts talking about hercules.
Warrior princess episodes, derived from the onscreen credits, and as accurate as i can make it. It has been praised by critics for its strong female protagonist and has since acquired a strong cult following, attention in fandom, parody, and academia, and has. It aired from january 16 1995 until november 22 1999. Artemis portrayed by josephine davison in xena, portrayed and voiced by rhonda mchardy in hercules and the animated movie, and portrayed by anna bernard in young hercules the twin sister of apollo and child of zeus and leto, artemis is the greek goddess of the hunt and moon, and is also the patron deity of the amazons.
I know xena has one with hercule s half brother ares but i thought she had one with hercules too. The warrior princess still boasts a strong following, with fans eager to attend conventions and, in some cases, clamoring for a revival. The show was a spinoff from another renaissance pictures property, hercules. The legendary journeys, a television series, filmed in new zealand and the united states, starring kevin sorbo as hercules. The series ran for six seasons and 4 episodes until its final episode aired on may 21, 2001. Introduction 1 this article will discuss the stylistic differences and similarities between the action series hercules. Lucy lawless had appeared in episode 6, as darkness falls as lyla. These are rather serious and dramatic, focused on the relationships between xena, iolaus and hercules. If youre looking for campy xena silliness, this is not for you. Hercules portrayed by kevin sorbo as an adult, ian bohen as young hercules in flashbacks, ryan gosling as young hercules in young hercules the demigod son of zeus and alcmene and strongest man in the world, and archrival to his older half brother the god war ares. Elsewhere, gabrielle tells iloaus a story to try and keep him awake, but he loses consciousness. What follows is a miniepisode guide for the hercules episodes. Gabrielle is confused and is all like what the hell, and so is the audience.
Three pilot episodes for the series, collectively called the xena trilogy, initially aired as part of the first seasons of hercules. In case you missed it, hercules was a somewhat goofy, lighthearted attempt to recount and bastardize greek mythology in an hourlong action show format. The events that led to this happened in the episode of hercules. These pages are a list of the complete credited cast of all the hercules. Hercules, although tough, also added in occasional, gutwrenching comedy that will leave you laughing on. Way before wonder woman was the warrior princess that every little girl wanted to be, xena was the goto female badass with a sword. He and leanne currently live together guarding the last three unhatched harpy eggs. Ares is a character who is one of the main antagonists on the television shows xena. Lucy lawless, aka xena, got thrust into fame after appearing in a few episodes of hercules. The xena trilogy dvd, 1998, snap case at the best online prices at ebay. We know from eps like ane that xena and herc were spending some quality time together between episodes. Xena, a mighty warrior princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. Yes, xena it was and this appearance was followed by another two episodes, numbers 12 and, the last two of hercules first series. The syndicated series and the saturday morning run ran 65 episodes and a directtovideo film hercules.
Warrior princess got a spin off show based on these three episodes. For the best experience please update your browser. Her devious plot threatens to destroy the friendship between iolaus and hercules. As a regular viewer of both series, it soon became clear that there were differences, apart from the obvious ones. Lucy lawless discusses censorship on xena warrior princess emmytvlegends. Slowly, all the gifts he gave to mankind are being taken. Xena and hercules relationship xena online community.
Warrior princess was the relationship between xena lucy lawless and her faithful sidekick gabrielle renee oconnor. Hera steals the chronos stone, source of the gods power, and unleashes the four titans from their eons of imprisonment. I mean if my memory is right didnt xena have a few kids. Autolycus finds himself at an inn where xena and gabrielle have gathered for gabrielles suprise birthday party and he becomes a suspect in a murder investigation. Xena and gabrielle are destined to be together xena. It is very loosely based on the tales of the classical greek culture hero heracles. If you dont watch those three episodes when you come to watch xenas athens city academy of the performing bards you wont recognise some of the flashbacks as, they come from hercules episodes. Xena must determine which one of the guests is a murderer.
Gabrielle even notes the power of this ship as late as s 5 when she asks if hercules was the reason xena was pregnant. Unchained heart when ares resurrects darphus from the dead, xena teams up with hercules and an extremely suspicious iolaus. These are not strictly hercules and xena crossover episodes as xena. Ive seen a few episodes of hercules were hercules and xena are together and likewise for the xena show. The legendary journeys 37 kevin smith appeared in 24 episodes of hercules. Warrior princess is an american fantasy television series filmed on location in new zealand.
Crossover legendary journeys fandom hercules and xena wiki. Xena actors xena characters combined hercules xena lists by actor by character writers, directors. The legendary journeys, and did ares voice in the animated direct to video motion picture, hercules and xena. The htlj episode stranger in a strange world featured parallel. Using a strict definition of appearances by the seven regular characters hercules, iolaus, xena, gabrielle, young hercules, young iolaus, young jason in series other than their own, the following episodes are crossovers. Stewart, the series is a spinoff from the tv movies. The legendary journeys is an american cult television series. From there, producers decided to spin her character off into a new series titled xena. Most importantly, it explains how xena evolves from a ruthless warrior into an agent of good.
Warrior princess still gets my vote as being the best, however. Ares is a significant recurring antagonist during the first three seasons, making a guest appearance in the coda episode of season four and was xenas main love interest during seasons. The series was created in 1995 by writerproducers christian willians under his production tag, pacific renaissance pictures ltd with later coexecutive producers being sam raimi, robert tapert, john schulian and r. The champion of man who defeated and reformed the once powerhungry warlord xena making her see the errors of her ways that. The series aired in firstrun syndication from september 4, 1995 to june 18, 2001. Xena, a mighty warlord, decides that hercules represents a serious threat to her. Xena and hercules work together to free prometheus xena gets to the top. She cuts the rope, as prometheus sees xena and smiles. Hercules the legendary journeys s01 ep09 the warrior princess hd stream watch hercules the legendary journeys s01 ep09 the.
With these angry behemoths on the loose, only the combined forces of hercules and xena, together with their trusty sidekicks iolaus and gabrielle, can save mount olympus. Also, a full list of xena crossovers in hercules episodes is available. Its what one would imagine xena to be if one had never watched the series but only seen glimpses of it through channel surfing or commercials. Warrior princess why the tv show is a camp classic. Artemis once joined forces with xena, gabrielle, iolaus, and others to battle the titans that hera had unleashed. With hercules and xena, there are similar opportunities to watch a tv series grow, develop and have an increasingly precise sense of humor and identity. The legendary journeys, where she went from baddie to hero. If a marathon is too much of a commitment, these posts can be used to help you choose which episodes to watch, because as a xena fan, although i will do my best to appreciate hercules. Hercules, ares, zeus, hera, and others are all featured in this series. Xena is a spinoff from the hercules tv series, though lucy lawess had gueststarred in one of the series pilotmovies, hercules and the amazon. Xena is considered to be a counterpart of hercules, despite her supposed pure mortal. Together, they defend the weak and innocent by battling legendary monsters and nemeses.
Lucy lawless xena, robert trebor salmoneus, matthew chamberlain darphus, dean ogorman iloran, peter daube spiros. At the end of intimate stranger, callisto is in tartarus. Xena bursts in and grabs gabrielle and pulls a sword on him. With the rope gone, hercules now has to climb the wall without it. Warrior princess, and are thus not true crossover episodes. She must surely be the only woman to snog kevin sorbo twice in the first series as two different characters. You should also watch the 5 movies as well before watching xena and from what i understand before you watch hercules as well, but that wasnt terribly clear. He was portrayed by new zealand actor kevin tod smith. The legendary journeys and was one of those rare spinoffs that surpass the quality of the original show. Hercules and xena would have many adventures, but this would not be their only one together. Maybe we can travel together sometimes as a family and other times we can stay here as a family. The following is a list of episodes from xena and hercules that have dahak, hope or both as the main story. The deliverer xena season 3, episode 4 while xena and her former enemy boadicea join forces to battle caesar, gabrielle must fight for her own life against evil the evil worshippers of dahak.
All major voice actors from the 1997 film reprise their roles, except for zeus and philoctetes who are voiced in the series by corey burton and robert costanzo, respectively. The legendary journeys conjure fantastical ancient lands of. The legendary journeys, but quickly outpaced it in ratings. Hercules the legendary journeys s01 ep09 the warrior princess. Most hillarious episodes in xena xena online community. The following is a complete episode list for the historical fantasy series xena. Hercules and xena join forces to free prometheus xena. I could be very wrong but i thought they had a baby together. The legendary journeys for the unique show that it is, my allegiance is still to xena and i know what the xenites particularly this xenite like. Before xena was saving the peasants, hercules was doing battle with errant gods, monsters and demons.
Xena warrior princess wants to take down the son of zeus, and plans to use his best friend, iolaus to do it by getting him to fall in love with her. When ares resurrects darphus from the dead, xena teams up with hercules and an extremely suspicious iolaus and together they. With kevin sorbo, michael hurst, lucy lawless, elizabeth hawthorne. The following is a list of episodes from the tv series hercules. A crossover episode might not be the most original, but this one does a good job of bringing the two series together and taking advantage of the twist on ancient greece that serves as the setting for the show with this take on a classic myth. In the early adventures, hercules evil stepmother hera meg foster causes most of the trouble for our hero. Iolaus meets xena and agrees to help her fight an evil warlord. Over the course of six seasons 19952001, the two became best friends, but despite the love they obviously felt for each other, they never officially became a couple. The legendary journeys adventure game for n64 heavily references their respective series, with things only true fans would recognize and understand. Hercules and xena crossover episodes all geek things. Ares was even cited as a reason xena and gabrielle were never really together. Xena ran her hands through hercules hair and kissed him leading to them making love again. Warrior princess, which began airing on september 4, 1995.
I personally prefer the more serious xena episodes anyway, so i loved these. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless warlords and gods. Wildly popular at the time of its original airing, xena. Even if you are not a herc fan you should check out the three season one xena episodes. The xena fighting game talisman of fate and hercules. Warrior princess broke barriers on television, but. Warrior princess delivered 4 episodes of historical fantasy with a campy twist. She appears in the xena episode amphipolis under siege. Before watching xena any of the episodes, watch the prehistory in the following 3 hercules episodes from s1.
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