WTF Happened to Xena: Warrior Princess? (1995-2001)

[@JoBloOriginals]

Hey guys! This episode was made from suggestions from fans who emailed us demanding this show be covered. If you want to make suggestions for future episodes of GBNF then e-mail [e-mail] and maybe we’ll cover your show!

[@KadeemG61]

@Shoenheim She’s not dead, you goof.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I met Ted Raimi once. I asked him what it was like working with Lucy Lawless and he said it was horrible.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

My favorite episode of Xena is "A Day in the Life" from Series 2.

[@davidreedy7847]

@Shoenheim rip Lucy Lawless

[@GeneralErrorCode]

You haven't seen Dune. Admit it. You're a hack.

[@arioca]

Lucy Lawless would've been perfect to play Wonder Woman back in the day; she's a true amazon.

[@joerogers9413]

She voices Wonder Woman in Justice League: New Frontier. It's a pretty good animated movie.

[@arioca]

@@joerogers9413 I didn't know that. Thanks for the info, I'll check it out.

[@sryder8312]

I agree. She can still play Wonder Woman

[@jackdarbyshire5888]

Right think the same thing ,then when they say women superhero series don't work boo look at how popular the original wonder woman is

[@lynnlRDR-RDR2]

I know Lucy's Amazing

[@tatianar9429]

I still randomly get sad sometimes that Kevin Smith is no longer with us. He was such an icon.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

It is sad when writing fanfic that includes Ares.

[@vanyadolly]

He was so talented and charming. Such a loss!

[@pohpiheno]

Kevin smith? you mean Sorbo ***I was corrected…. Kevin T. Smith****

[@tatianar9429]

@@pohpiheno no, I mean Kevin Smith, guy who played Ares.

[@jamesmayle3787]

Jesus Christ is the way truth and life The key to understanding this is in the inner work you find and do as you read the Bible. Please read at least three books of the Bible Genesis, Mathew, and one you chose yourself. Remember to open your heart to the possibility enough to be genuine and do the inner work. Start by forgiving family members. They’ve loved you. If you can’t forgive them, who? It’s important. To be forgiven we must forgive. Please break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. The Bible is truth. Jesus Christ is lord.

[@fulcrum6760]

I love how Xena was so good that people forgot this was a spin-off show of Hercules.

[@saratov99]

Nobody forgot that.

[@xybervox]

A lot of spinoffs are like that, eclipsing their origins and people don't realize or forget that they're actually spun off.

[@cocolime6496]

a few years ago i tried to watch the hercules series and honestly it's a bit boring

[@vinnie906]

Sometimes I would remember Hercules existed just because there were a few Xena episodes with Callisto that didn't make sense to me, and that's because she had appeared in Hercules prior. So I only went to that show only to watch Hudson Leick. Surprise is one of my favorite episodes altogether.

[@tagadabrothersband]

@@vinnie906 The same !

[@vinnie906]

Fun fact about Joxer's creation: The company was really pushing Robert to "dissolve the lesbian vibes of the show" by inserting a male character in between Xena and Gabriele. Joxer was their "fuck you" response to them. We see that while Joxer was in love with Gabs, he never stood a chance.

[@rovhalt6650]

Joxer the Mighty, He roams through the countryside; He never needs a place to hide. With Gabby as his sidekick Fighting with her little stick,

[@splattersploosh3974]

joxer the mighty he always plays insidey never hurts the other boys even when they steal his toys

[@jamesmayle3787]

Jesus Christ is the way truth and life The key to understanding this is in the inner work you find and do as you read the Bible. Please read at least three books of the Bible Genesis, Mathew, and one you chose yourself. Remember to open your heart to the possibility enough to be genuine and do the inner work. Start by forgiving family members. They’ve loved you. If you can’t forgive them, who? It’s important. To be forgiven we must forgive. Please break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. The Bible is truth. Jesus Christ is lord.

[@fanOmry]

@@jamesmayle3787 And if you are not already a christian, and also already an adult, with a functioning brain, that is... You find the mere thought of that character as anyones god to be laughable. At best, and sad, at worse.

[@stanstockton544]

Yeah. I didn't even know what lesbians were and i wanted them to be a thing lol.

[@nathanielbacon2661]

Xena is one of my two favorite shows of all time. So imaginative, hilarious, powerful and thrilling. Lucy Lawless is a stunning actress and her chemistry with Renee O'Connor is off the charts. The music and cinematography are the best in all of 90's TV.

[@xybervox]

What's the other favorite?

[@nathanielbacon2661]

@@xybervox Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I love my subversive, genre-bending heroines. ❤

[@tzaph67]

@@nathanielbacon2661Remember the Xena ep in season 4 Buffus the Bachae Slayer?

[@tzaph67]

I just fell in love with Xena. I barely watch any TV most of the time. There was something about Xena that magnetised me. My daughter and I are having a rewatch atm. We’re in early season 2, so a while to go. There were lots of things I loved about it but I think looking back the heart of it is how Lucy Lawless played her. There was amazing chemistry between her and R O’C. but LL was so intense - she seemed to become Xena. I’m glad they ended Xena when they did. It had covered so much mythology, History and Geography. They’d done Comedy, Tragedy, Time Travel and Reincarnation of characters and even a couple of musicals. Xena as a show was very diverse for the time, with many people of colour, LGBTQ characters and unusual roles for women. It was a clever imaginative show but it had said everything it had to say. Season 5 was taken over by writers from Hercules who did a poor job and had to be replaced; plus Lucy Lawless was pregnant in real life and that had to be catered for. The sixth season was a lot better and also had slicker production values but there was a definite feeling that the peak had past and that they were revisiting old storylines to wrap them up eg what happened to explain the end of the centaurs and of the Amazons. I didn’t like the finale much. When Fates Collide would have been a stronger ending. A Friend in Need was like a pale imitation of season 3’s The Debt. Xena was revolutionary for her time. A female war criminal fighting for justice and against her dark side simultaneously. A the risk of sounding cliched, Xena was truly iconic.

[@jamesmayle3787]

Jesus Christ is the way truth and life The key to understanding this is in the inner work you find and do as you read the Bible. Please read at least three books of the Bible Genesis, Mathew, and one you chose yourself. Remember to open your heart to the possibility enough to be genuine and do the inner work. Start by forgiving family members. They’ve loved you. If you can’t forgive them, who? It’s important. To be forgiven we must forgive. Please break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. The Bible is truth. Jesus Christ is lord.

[@AssassinRN]

The best part of the series was that it hopped genres. One week it was a comedy, then a drama, then a musical. It took itself seriously but could also be self deprecating in a meta way before that self aware style became a thing. My all time favorite series that I am glad I have the entire series of DVD! Yiyiyiyiyiyi!

[@tzaph67]

Yeah me too. Am currently having a rewatch!

[@JKPippa]

I loved this about it! You never knew what you were going to get!

[@Nurse.Addison]

literally thinking the SAME thing. This and Buffy were my favourite

[@jambler15]

Some of the comedies were definitely good ("Been There Done That") but I preferred the more dramatic episodes, like the ones that took place in China (season 3) and India (season 4).

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Xena is a great series. Lucy Lawless was born to play Xena. It's one of my favorite TV shows.

[@spalding2980]

🤣😂🤣

[@SoCloseToToast]

This show made me realize I'm straight and in love with Xena's costume designer

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

LOL! =)

[@gentrybrown2032]

Funny I went gay on this show... ever seen old ares had a farm? MMMM kevin smith :)

[@spencershi7219]

If u fell for the designer. U might be gay

[@jabonny]

Gabrielle did it for me as a 12 year old :P I'm also thankful for Lucy Lawless's performance in Spartacus.

[@GRTakerTh]

That was the only useable thing on this shit show come on…

[@vanyadolly]

As much as I'd like to see Xena get the attention it deserves, it's hard to imagine anyone but Lucy Flawless as the warrior princess. Her immense talent is what made the show so amazing.

[@jamesmayle3787]

Jesus Christ is the way truth and life The key to understanding this is in the inner work you find and do as you read the Bible. Please read at least three books of the Bible Genesis, Mathew, and one you chose yourself. Remember to open your heart to the possibility enough to be genuine and do the inner work. Start by forgiving family members. They’ve loved you. If you can’t forgive them, who? It’s important. To be forgiven we must forgive. Please break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. The Bible is truth. Jesus Christ is lord.

[@tabularasa0606]

@@jamesmayle3787 Go away with your religious nonsense spam. Your gods does not exist and the bible is an awful book of genocide and incest.

[@Tyrisalthan]

"Lucy Flawless" I see what you did there 😉

[@jambler15]

Yes. Lucy was incredible. Crazy to think of the circumstances that led to her getting the role...let alone her own show! The studio got very lucky.

[@heavy-volt2682]

It could be Xenia passing the role or mentoring new generation. Lucy doesn’t have to play Xena as active as previously but Warrior Princess could still go on

[@Will-tn8kq]

No one ever mentions Lawless's 3 seasons on Spartacus. She was amazing.

[@mikespike2099]

Plus dat booty yummy!

[@cubiusblockus3973]

hell yeh she was!

[@greenytaddict]

Yes!!!...Sad the the guy who played Spartacus passed away.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

And numerous Xena/ Hercules alums were there, too- Manu Bennet (Crixus) was Mark Antony - Craig Parker (Glaber) was a minor character, Bellerophon- or how many of the Hercules/ Xena cast went on to bigger things: lookin' at you, Karl Urban & Marton Csokas (Borias, or- to me, Drogo before there was a Drogo)...

[@thealcohologist8624]

I actually knew Renee in person, sweetheart of a lady and gorgeous in person!

[@FlickFusionOfficial]

Hercules and Xena has defined my teen years as I watched it every week. Love those shows

[@LeeoGoneWild]

Same here, possibly because I always liked this type of mythology, but perhaps Hercules and Xena are the reasons why. I also loved the costume designs. Xena was a warrior princess, yet had feminine attire that looked strong and capable

[@jambler15]

​@@LeeoGoneWild Xena really deserved more critical acclaim for its constume and set design. No Emmy nominations. 😢

[@laurahall7681]

Used to watch it with my Grandma every morning before school... Loved watching it and Xena definitely is a beloved character in my mind.

[@jambler15]

Yes. Anyone who watched the show consistently knows Xena's one of TV/film's greatest heroes.

[@krystalb4336]

Oh for sure. I watched it with my grandma every Saturday. 😊

[@mikolokim8182]

Love this! But I have to say, I felt that Gabrielle's story arc was handled beautifully and headed in the direction it needed to go. She was able to use her brains in the first few seasons to help out, but as things got more dangerous, she knew she had to start defending herself. This was due to the fact that Xena wouldn't always be around, and with her association with Xena, was always going to be a target. She generally would always try to use her brain over brawns even after she became exceptional in her fighting skills, meaning she used violence as her last resort. Even then, she refused to kill unless she had to. Then it ended with her being the only one to be able to carry on Xena's legacy of protecting the innocent.... Oh it was so beautiful! Definitely always go back and forth between Xena and Buffy being my top favorite tv show! I also wanted to point out that the Callisto being reborn was so beautiful. A perfect example of coming to a complete circle in their history. Xena took away her parents, Callisto took away her child. They were both given a chance to live the one thing they were denied... a family. Just ..... beautiful.

[@ginay8800]

Agree!

[@heidihughes7013]

That was my absolute favorite scene. So touching and beautifully circled as them "giving back what they once took from each other" and my heart soared seeing Calisto finally reaching her full potential and Heavenly rewards she deserved.

[@lindamas1762]

so true, gabrielle had the most interesting and greatest development.

[@WordsDarkerThanTheirWings]

Agree! Gabrielle's character arc is one of my favorite character arcs ever!

[@rotwang2000]

Funny thing is that O'Connor was the "Jock" and Lawless had never been into anything physical. Renee did it all, dancing, gymnastics and martial arts, Lawless admitted when she was called to tell her she got the part she was loafing on a sofa, having a smoke and eating junk food.

[@patrickcharles6983]

Xena:Warrior Princess was 1 of my favorites in the 90's. The Callisto/Xena arc was great, loved every episode involving Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi as Joxer was great too. Both Karl Urban and Lucy Lawless portrayed multiple characters in Xena/Hercules continuity(Urban-4 and Lawless- 7). Xena is just awesome! glad I watched it 1st airing.

[@belzebul]

Whenever an episode started with *guards with some valuable treasure* , I was like YESS!! It's gonna be an Autolycus ( Bruce Campbell) episode! :D Whether it was on Xena or on Hercules.

[@patrickcharles6983]

@@belzebul lol right? That's how you know it's going to be a good episode.

[@ppvk2610]

Ahhh.... yeah... mmmm Callisto Wow!! My favorite

[@Leppymusic]

Ahh yeah... Was pretty sure Karl urban did a few.

[@baxydriver]

Can’t believe they’ve never remastered this series in Blu-ray or 4K please I loved this show

[@v1de0gamr23]

I don't think remastering the series will do the cgi any favors 👍

[@occono3543]

​@@v1de0gamr23 No but the show isn't that CGI heavy. It's not about the CGI parts.

[@nujeru99]

Xena remains maybe my favorite show of all time. The amazing character arcs, the overall theme of introspection (of herself and Gabrielle and their bond), the wonderfully relatable flaws each character had, etc. I crack up at cynics who want to write Xena off as “cheese”, yet salivate over the MCU films (which don’t possess half the layers and depth that XWP did). Xena was definitely ahead of it’s time in both female empowerment (as a guy, I always loved seeing women heroes), and in the depth it presented Xena and Gabs with

[@belkyhernandez8281]

Agree

[@tzaph67]

I totally agree. XWP reached a depth, a complexity and emotional intensity that was totally unexpected in that sort of show. There’s some truly amazing acting in it - it can still make me cry. Gabrielle’s daughter Hope killing Xenia’s son! And they managed to resolve these really heavy SLs in ways that were believable and satisfying. Yes I too chuckle when people dismiss Xena as cheese!

[@didgya]

Amazing what they could do with a syndicated show back in the day

[@tjtenser7828]

I do find the constant disregarding of Xena (and Hercules) as "cheesy" shows in some quarters grates a lot. Especially as those two shows were so much more incredibly inventive and original than anything that passes for entertainment today. They really do deserve a lot more recognition for the impact they had on tv worldwide and just how damn good both are with so many different styles to their bow.

[@40g33k]

Karl Urban is one of my favourites. He he is soooo underrated, can play virtually any character, and was great as Eomer.

[@mrsurpris3]

Im from Poland and remember growing on watching these series, same with hercules, and I't was great, but as I'm grown up, 20 years later I mostly forgot about it. Love your channel guys, keep on good work!

[@rovhalt6650]

You should rewatch it. It's still a great cheesy show

[@jamesmayle3787]

Jesus Christ is the way truth and life The key to understanding this is in the inner work you find and do as you read the Bible. Please read at least three books of the Bible Genesis, Mathew, and one you chose yourself. Remember to open your heart to the possibility enough to be genuine and do the inner work. Start by forgiving family members. They’ve loved you. If you can’t forgive them, who? It’s important. To be forgiven we must forgive. Please break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. The Bible is truth. Jesus Christ is lord.

[@klepikovmd]

If you're from Poland, do you know Spellbinder series?

[@bittermochi259]

Same!

[@suburbohemian]

Xena was awesome! Because of the characters' depths (in most ways, it was actually Gabrielle who grew the most), it rapidly outpaced the show from which it spun off, Hercules, and no wonder why! Whether you were the Xena with baggage to learn to let go of/make up for or the Gabrielle who learned to step into her own strength, or even the Joxer who may be clumsy awkward but the heart of a lion, you found someone to relate to. And when Honest Trailers references Xena in regards to The Witcher, that was just fabulous. (He said The Witcher was meant to be a new Game of Thrones but was actually the new Xena...and it is in terms of Geralt and Jaskier on many levels, lol)

[@travismiller4320]

That picture of Lucy Lawless on The Simpsons Tree House of Horror episode reminded me of all the nerds bugging her about errors from Xena and she was just like “Wizard did it” and Lisa saying “hey, Xena can’t fly” “I keep telling you, I’m not Xena. I’m Lucy Lawless”

[@chaospoet]

"Am I just trying to get Lucy Lawless to pay attention to me?" I only judge those NOT trying to get Lucy Lawless to pay attention to them. I LOVE this show and Hercules. I couldn't get enough. I loved Ares in Hercules but he really got to shine in this show. Callisto in my opinion is the best TV villain ever. The episode where Xena publicly apologizes for what she did to Callisto and Callisto has a moment where you can tell she's mourning over the life she never got to have still guts me to this day. That's good F-ing writing! As for my favorite episode I forget the name but it's the one where Xena and Gabriel go 25 years into the future and we see old man Joxer The Mighty and meet his son. Just seeing that Joxer became a great Dad and raised his son right was so satisfying.

[@jamesmayle3787]

Jesus Christ is the way truth and life The key to understanding this is in the inner work you find and do as you read the Bible. Please read at least three books of the Bible Genesis, Mathew, and one you chose yourself. Remember to open your heart to the possibility enough to be genuine and do the inner work. Start by forgiving family members. They’ve loved you. If you can’t forgive them, who? It’s important. To be forgiven we must forgive. Please break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. The Bible is truth. Jesus Christ is lord.

[@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55]

Simp

[@chaospoet]

@@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55 And? 🖕

[@ashw7372]

I'm a HUGE Hercules and Xena fan. Watching both as a child, I based a lot of my morals on things I learned in the show.

[@Vrinara]

I remember as a kid. My mother and grandmother would watch Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and Xena: Warrior Princess when they were on, and everytime I heard that battle cry from Lucy Lawless. I ran over to the tv going "XENA" Xena was my first ever crush as a little kid. She's still stunning to this day. I also have nightmares from Married with Fishsticks episode.

[@omursaraslan6316]

Every 90s kids had a crush on her.

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

? kid? every male and i assome many females too..... lol of all ages. I wont say she hottest ever but she def was better than most. She always seemed so genuine too. not all dolled up like shome ho.... she was like the MILF next door kind of vibe. which made her hotter.

[@krystalb4336]

No BS, Xena helped me realize I was a lesbian. Lol. Well, between her and Britney Spears. I was only 10 when Xena came out, but I knew. lol.

[@omursaraslan6316]

@@krystalb4336 I wonder if she ever got to know how many kids were just in love with her or if she thinks that’s some shitty tv series she did that she’s embarrassed of

[@krystalb4336]

@@omursaraslan6316 Lol. Lucy is crazy, she goes back and forth about it but overall, she’s grateful. I didn’t realize how popular that show was back in the day. I watched it on Saturdays at my grandmas house and she didn’t have cable. Lol. But after watching some videos it seems it was super popular. I wonder why it stopped after 6 years and I hate the way they ended it with her beheaded. Not cool.

[@zippo71111]

Her and buffy (Sarah) were the two that comes to my mind when we talk about that topic.

[@seanorange5633]

Xena is wonderful, action packed, way ahead of the time, camp and cheese was just par for the course in the 90s. Lucy Lawless is priceless and cemented in TV history

[@jambler15]

Yes. As a kid I only started watching Xena cuz I was into Hercules first. Before too long, Xena proved itself to be the better show.

[@djquinn11]

Lucy Lawless was so good, although the show could be kind of cheesy you just had to watch because of her.

[@armenianchik]

I was obsessed with Xena! I even met Lucy Lawless, Hudson Leick, and Kevin Smith!!!!!❤

[@Fenrispro]

Wow u were so lucky!

[@armenianchik]

@@Fenrispro I was😊💗 loved those times !!!

[@Trisof88]

If I didn't watch Xena back in the day, I would've been given over to anger and temper tantrums. There are many moral lessons, themes and values inserted that changed my life at about 10 years old. Still my favorite show till this day. No one does it better. It comes off cartoonish and campy a lot but that's what makes it so fun. Plus Xena is beyond cool!

[@doctorlolchicken7478]

I watched Hercules and Xena but I never went out of my way to watch every episode. Callisto was definitely the best thing about the show, at least the first few times she appeared. She was drop dead gorgeous and a total psychopath. I think she’s why I’ve never been that impressed by Harley Quinn - the characters are similar but Callisto’s backstory is a far more justified cause of insanity.

[@AnnaE949]

Xena was one of my favorite shows, both as a kid & now… the episode “Been there, done that” come to mind as one of my favorite episodes… thanks for the video.

[@Mark-pl3bv]

This episode is STILL my favorite version of the groundhog day trope!

[@jbjacobs9514]

In addition to Urban and Raimi, Martin Csokas, Gina Torres, Tony Todd, Jennifer Sky, Shiri Appleby, and so many other great character and starring actors in today's Hollywood scene!

[@Mark-pl3bv]

Xena was revolutionary back in the day, yes, but it's insane to me that it's still relevent. It was a truly imaginative show that wasn't afraid to push the boundaries of what was acceptable on TV. For instance, it had musical episodes before Buffy and explicit LGBT storylines. It wasn't to shock viewers, unlike some TV shows with nudity or violence. It was rather about sticking to their vision, whether it be through visuals or controversial social themes. There are few old or modern TV shows which dared/dare as much as Xena did. For instance, mainstream TV still sometimes struggles to write female characters and it definitely doesn't often tackle trans themes, yet Xena did both without blinking.

[@charlotteb6898]

They used the nudity for ratings it would have failed otherwise.

[@Whooshta]

Agreed. The Bitter Suite is unforgettable.

[@sohailsamad9715]

Charmed and Xena were my my favourites of the 90s.

[@Dr.Beetlejuice110]

Favorite villains that Xena faced were the gods.... everything after that was crazy!!! Xena and Gabrielle was basically immortal....they went everywhere in time and the world.

[@themadsamplist]

Lazy sunday afternoons watching Xena (and Hercules and Sliders). Good old times

[@Shan_Dalamani]

I actually started writing a fanfic combining Xena and Sliders. Since Xena doesn't give a crap what century she ends up in, I decided that there was a world where Alexander the Great didn't die young, but conquered all of Asia and made his way across the Pacific to North America. Fast-forward 2300 years, and that's how the Sliders could meet Xena, Gabrielle, Ares, and Autolycus in 20th-century San Francisco. The Xena characters are traditional, though - not dressed or acting modern. I got the idea for this story from a Sliders episode where Rembrandt tells Arcturus and Quinn that if they ever slide into a world where everyone speaks Greek, they'll feel right at home.

[@theredbutterfly-]

I kinda miss shows with a new adventure for almost every episodes. Thanks for putting one of my favorite show in the spotlight 😘 many fans are opposed to this but I would love a reboot if it's correctly done !

[@jujub4553]

Xena is STILL my favorite show of ALL TIME.

[@KleinKore]

Glad to find your channel. I miss shows like this one. I loved Xena. But it ended for me with season 4 on a personal level. 😅

[@Ulgarth]

During your intro to characters I noticed you skipped over Gabrielle until later in your discussion of the show. I saw that coming from a mile away. Renee O'Connor is such an underrated actress. She always came off as fitter and more agile than Lucy. Her presence on screen was pretty solid. But hey, I enjoyed the show and the whole cast.

[@ginay8800]

Couldn't imagine this show without Lucy and Renee in those roles.

[@Mark-pl3bv]

Completely agree. Xena herself isn't the heart of the show: Gabrielle and Xena are. The best arcs almost always were the ones which focused on the relationship between these two. Renee O'Connor performance deserves way more praise than it gets.

[@jamesmayle3787]

Jesus Christ is the way truth and life The key to understanding this is in the inner work you find and do as you read the Bible. Please read at least three books of the Bible Genesis, Mathew, and one you chose yourself. Remember to open your heart to the possibility enough to be genuine and do the inner work. Start by forgiving family members. They’ve loved you. If you can’t forgive them, who? It’s important. To be forgiven we must forgive. Please break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. The Bible is truth. Jesus Christ is lord.

[@tjtenser7828]

Renee often seems to be overlooked in her important contribution to the series and for me she was the more compelling of the two characters as her character progression was such a great journey and why I regard that character as one of the most developed in any tv series ever. Renee is a great actress who puts a lot of creativity, thought and sensitivity into her work and still does it through her House Of Bards theatre company.

[@zaktheadventuredog4024]

I grew up watching Xena, taught me alot when i was young. Brillant show! Thanks for making this great video! xxx

[@Ambious]

Great video! I was a huge Xenite back in the day and I love that people are still remembering it fondly.

[@annamariamazzola7486]

I'm so thankful for xena ! As a young girl in the 90s she was n still is my childhood hero !!!!!

[@wstine79]

I could never forget Xena. She was my Jam in High School and College. I enjoyed the action, the comedy, and the social comedy that didn't beat it over the head. Plus the friggen cast, including Ted Raimi, Karl Urban, and Bruce Campbell. That being said, it was hard to watch at times after the baby came.

[@jamesmayle3787]

Jesus Christ is the way truth and life The key to understanding this is in the inner work you find and do as you read the Bible. Please read at least three books of the Bible Genesis, Mathew, and one you chose yourself. Remember to open your heart to the possibility enough to be genuine and do the inner work. Start by forgiving family members. They’ve loved you. If you can’t forgive them, who? It’s important. To be forgiven we must forgive. Please break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness. The Bible is truth. Jesus Christ is lord.

[@barbiquearea]

Lucy Lawless also had a reoccurring role on Battlestar Galactica, the 2004 remastered. Though her role in that show was pretty insignificant.

[@Ambious]

Also the Bitter Suite is easily the best episode of the show. It has so many hidden depths.

[@DP-hy4vh]

Especially all of the Tarot card symbolism.

[@Nepthu]

I love Xena, but I hate that episode. I skip it in reruns.

[@JenHollogram]

The intro to this gave me goosebumps. My childhood right there...watching Xena was and has always been my all time favorite foundation to female heroes. The one that truly started it all.

[@joeyrawls641]

I Love Your series of gone but not forgotten, could you review another classic series Renegade. 👍

[@JoBloOriginals]

Thanks I’ll put it on the list. If there is a lot of demand I’ll do it -David-

[@angelaholmes8888]

@@JoBloOriginals yes you definitely should do a video on renegade

[@feck2594]

So funny my brother and I use to watch that when we were kids . Completely forgot about it until yesterday when he asked me if I remembered it . When we got in fights I use to call him Lorinzo Lamis because he had the same terrible haircut. Timeless classic ha ha ha.

[@pong86r]

this was awesome and i loved this show so much with everything but the weird-ass timeline. Calysto and the emotional conflict with Xena was so rich that it made the entire show better. i also loved when Xena and Hercules crossed paths. And that time Ares was the god of looove was hilarious. lastly, i always read the credits [wink] keep up the great work!

[@mandisaw]

The ever-changing credits, "No X were harmed", was a fun touch :)

[@princess.paprika1813]

I loooooved that show sooo fricking much!

[@myvirtualtoyz7338]

Xena was dope! My favourite tv show ever. There can't be a reboot because nobody can top the performances of the original actors.

[@elah1023]

I watched "Xena" as a student and it was the best brain distraction after hours and hours of lectures. Seasons 3-4 were pure gold and it was unbelievable how many great characters were created in such low budget production. Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer, Callisto, Autolycus, Aphrodite. This show was simultaneously so much (sorry) silly and yet funny, captivating and emotional - it was example of perfect flavoured potato chips for brain. :) Empty calories, but still delicious. :D P.S Joxer deserved better. P.S. 2 Varia. 😘

[@Trisof88]

Don't think any show today could have the same budget and production values available to them and actually make something watchable

[@jambler15]

The overall storyline of Xena is extremely good. Some of the writing is really excellent and certain episodes are amazing (like The Debts, season 3).

[@elah1023]

@@jambler15 Fins, Femmes and Gems. :D

[@ThatDjinn]

Xena and Angel - the two spin-offs of decent TV shows that were actually an improvement on their original series.

[@Will-tn8kq]

Frasier

[@Will-tn8kq]

Star Trek the Next Generation

[@ThatDjinn]

@@Will-tn8kq TNG is considered a spin-off and not a sequel?

[@buffysummers5828]

Angel was good but NOWHERE near as good as Buffy.

[@hackman669]

Well at least Buffy was cute. A coming of age story.

[@MAGICMONKEY52]

Xena was 'Wonder Woman' for the 90's. Originally they were going to kill her off at the end of her Hercules episodes. But they decided not to and all the better for the rest of us.

[@SNNetwork]

uh yah if you bothered actually watching the video he says that right in the beginning. imagine not watching the videos and just commenting random facts like this

[@DaenerysHeiress]

Thank you for this video and thank you for playing the theme in the back the entire TIME 🥰

[@TheHistoryPrincess]

For the UK citizens Channel 5 held the gems of xena and hercules 😍

[@stonecold6521]

Yeah I remember those days. Simpler times. This was near the start of the launch of Channel 5 if memory serves. Also remember Martial Law and a Gladiators knock off done on ice.

[@TheHistoryPrincess]

@@stonecold6521 ahh I remember martial law, it was class. I think he was in ip man 2 if memory serves me right. Much simpler times

[@stonecold6521]

@@TheHistoryPrincess Yeah I liked Martial Law. Seemed a bit of a rip-off of the Rush Hour movies but great nonetheless.

[@justinmcgillxboxreigns6591]

Channel 25 for me

[@matthewennis3591]

Crazy I’m binging this show to get through the hours at work and then this retrospective comes out! My childhood weekends was built on this and Hercules lol. Looking back I gotta say season 3 was the best and my current favorite. The season when the shit hit the fan

[@tzaph67]

I agree. Season 3 was ultimate, like genuine Greek Tragedy in places. Season 4 was also good. One was too similar to Hercules and I only liked about 8 episodes. Two was very good and led to the climax of season three.

[@jambler15]

Agreed. Season 3 was the best. The Debt I&II: Likely the series' greatest 2 episodes.

[@matthewennis3591]

@@tzaph67 certain episodes of the first season were great though, like the introduction of Ares..actually ALL his episodes. Of course Callisto’s episode, and the season finale. My least fave is prob season 2. But I agree 3 and 4 were the pinnacle, though I was more a fan of Gabrielle’s character in the first and last two seasons.

[@matthewennis3591]

@@jambler15 Yes it was. Those episodes introduced us to Xena at her most evil, and I loved it. Lucy plays an amazing villain!

[@shadowwarrior7218]

Bringing back memories now bro. Loved Hercules and Xena as a kid. Would try and fail miserably to do Xenas battle cry, ended up sounded like a dying cat hahaha.

[@meghanobrien3045]

I can honestly say that I would never have gotten a masters degree in history had it not been for Xena.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

You are being sarcastic, right? I absolutely hated EVERYTHING about the Roman-centric episodes, especially that bullshit about Livia. While there were female gladiators, there are NO circumstances when an Empress (or even an aristocratic daughter) would ever have appeared in the arena). As someone who has studied Roman history for over 40 years, these episodes are utter abominations. Yes, I know it's not a documentary, but having Xena meet Octavian before he was Augustus - the Battle of Actium was in 30 BC and Augustus was murdered in 14 AD, then blithely skipping over the entire reign of Tiberius (14 AD-37 AD) so they could have an episode with Caligula (41 AD) - and I wonder if the producers knew enough to skip Tiberius because he was actually Livia's eldest son with her first husband... Those 25 years Xena and Gabrielle spent frozen in the ice cave can't begin to make up for 70 YEARS of history, and that doesn't even take into account the whole thing with Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. GMAFB. Though they actually did get it right when the broke the legs of the crucifixion victims. That was done in real history to hasten the process, as the victim would suffocate sooner rather than later (from not being able to support their own weight). The forensics of crucifixion is actually rather interesting.

[@bettyp5669]

@@Shan_Dalamani **super eyeroll**

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@bettyp5669 Am I supposed to be impressed? Oh, wait. You're one of those people who thinks real history is boring, right? Your loss.

[@bettyp5669]

@@Shan_Dalamani lmao double *super eyeroll* the whole point is it's not history. History is fun but if you came for that in a campy fantasy show you're gonna be disappointed. Xena never pretended to be historical. You sounded so insulted in your initial comment I had to laugh.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@bettyp5669 Of course it never pretended to be historical. I know that, with its playing fast and loose with including bible characters that never existed. But when they got into the areas of recorded history that has actually been verified through primary sources and archaeology, that's where I draw the line between fun and shredding history and giving impressionable viewers the idea that things like female Emperors were even a thing in the Western Empire, never mind that bullshit about Livia - a historical figure who was much older than Eve, was NOT anyone's adopted daughter, came from a well-respected patrician line herself, and would never have been caught dead making such a spectacle of herself as Eve did. So go roll your eyes all you want. Xena was fun when it stuck to myths where the historical and anthropological juries are still out. When it completely made a dog's breakfast of the Roman Empire stuff... people would ask me if that's actually what happened, and I'd end up giving an impromptu history lesson to people who already had trouble wrapping their minds around the fact that the entire life of Jesus did not happen between 1 BC and 1 AD.

[@HouseholdDog]

The show was a riot! Definitely a 90s cult classic. Do you think it helped prove New Zealand could support the LOTR production?

[@usasupersoccer]

Xena was a great tv show. Joxer was my favorite character. The intro was incredible.

[@thehigherplateau]

Xena is excellent!!! Really well done. Way better than anything on nowadays.

[@mistori1]

Really enjoyed this video. Silly & Serious appreciated 😂 This just reminded me that Renee guest stars in Lucy’s show ‘Life is Murder’ (Season 2) so I’m off to watch that now *Squee*. Cheers!,.

[@dacksonflux]

I watched Xena ages ago so remembering which were my favorite episodes is tough. I can say that some of my favorite moments were with Callisto and Ares. The dynamic Xena and those two as her main recurring antagonists was MUAH! Chef's kiss

[@attila0323]

Hercules was one of my childhood favourite series and it still is one of the best! I also loved Xena, mostly because of Callisto, the best villain in TV history (my most loved episodes were the ones she was in it).

[@DominickSpano]

This was a great video. Your assertion that Lawless was a huge past of the shows success is accurate in my opinion. Believe it or not there are alot of Lawless less or Lawless light episodes in the series, largely due to the fact that she was physically injured in earlier season and was not on it much. Said episodes generally are far from amazing. Gabriella turn as you mentioned oddly happens over the series and somehow overnight, so yet it wasn't executed that well. I didn't care for the 25 year ago flash forward in the final season. I also didn't like Ares that much, but Kevin Smith was devilishly awesome. He was fantastic. Overall, if was still very good show.

[@jp3813]

Many people credit Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "Once More, with Feeling" for popularizing live action musical episodes, as they should. But I think Xena's "The Bitter Suite" deserves more recognition for blazing that trail.

[@Nepthu]

"Once More, with Feeling" was a ripoff of "The Bitter Suite," frankly. Xena did the musical episode first, but Buffy gets more credit for it. Personally, I hate musicals and didn't like either episode.

[@jp3813]

@@Nepthu I wouldn't call it a ripoff since both were done differently enough. TBS was more of a story arc finale (the rift between two characters is resolved) while OMWF was basically the turning point of the season (rifts between several characters are created). Did you also hate the Disney Renaissance & its imitators (Lion King, Aladdin, Mulan, Prince of Egypt, etc...)?

[@BigDumbMovie]

Great video. There's a lot of good stuff on this channel, but your videos are definitely top tier.

[@Arroyo2099]

Thanks I work hard on them

[@elphaba4674]

Watched this show religiously as a child! This and Hercules! 🤘🤘

[@DougUnfunny]

I was one of those few that loved Joxer. I don't care who knows it.

[@nathanielbacon2661]

Me too. He's a welcome comedic relief, especially as Gabrielle gets more serious throughout the seasons. And he has a heart. ❤

[@ainikki7006]

I love Joxer, too. I got bullied for it by subbers at a con once. I was ten. I really wish the fandom around me as a kid hadn't been so toxic; I would have loved to share Xena with other nice people.

[@powerbad696]

GOOD retrospective JoBlo,I really liked Xena and Hercules tv shows.Brings back a lot of nostalgia,in 95 I arrived at Ft Hood,Tx just out of ait to reception,it was late in the evening and once we got our assigned barracks everyone settled down to watch Hercules and Xena on tv.I got assigned to 1st Cav Div/HHC 2-5 Cav as a cook then later transfered to HHC 2-8 Cav-had a hoot being in the army,I made it fun.By todays standards Xena is problaly cheesy and corny with dated effects but I still love the show,there's nothing like it on tv right now.Hope they do have a reboot of Xena,it'd be good.And Lucy has gorgeous eyes(OH MY)and shapely thighs(OH MY)LOL.What a lovely lady.

[@The_Ancient_Guardian]

Man, the 90s generation in Brazil love Xena.

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

Same for 90s German kids haha 😁 I guess Lucy Lawless as Xena just transcended all kinds of cultural boundaries, a true icon!

[@SodaPopCurtis808]

Thank you Lucy, Renee, Ted, Hudson and all others for all the memories!

[@damienkakoschke3099]

Lucy Lawless was & is an absolute legend (and bloody funny! ... and she was incredible in Spartacus) - the show also gave us Karl Urban, e originally played a prince in season 1 where he was the best thing in the episode & came back as Cupid & later Ceasar.

[@manuelenrique9220]

I love Xena. The episodes where they showed Xena's past where amazing, especially the 2 episodes about Lao Ma.

[@rachelleMayDoc24]

I loved Joxer and wanted more of him. That makes me sad other fans didn’t. Humor is so enjoyable

[@bartoszdulas1703]

Xena was my childhood first crush. She was a confident, skilled and strong woman, yet she was always elegant and beautiful. Show never tried to make her "over tomboyish". Lucy Lawless did an amazing job. I actually found out that Xena was a Hercules spin-off as an adult watching some reruns of Xena on one of polish tv channels dedicated to older already finished shows such as Xena, Hercules or A-Team. Shame that channel was taken down. After that I stopped watching television.

[@michaelconnor1542]

Of all the zany shit that happened, I laughed the hardest. When Bruce and Lisa were had to climb out a skylight in a temple. They were obviously carrying nothing bigger than a belt pouch. Campbell reaches behind and down behind him. Scrunches his face and pulls out a long rope with grapnell attached. The look on Xena's face is priceless.

[@NightOwl_30]

I grew up with Xena in Brazil. She is my childhood hero.

[@seanbrazell6147]

She was fantastic in BSG and Spartacus: Blood and Sand too!

[@goopah]

Good lord, X:WP was my obsession for all the years it ran. So much drama, so many great stunts, so many great characters, and amazing stories. I've got all 6 seasons on DVD, but don't know if these shows will hold up after all these years, so I've never seen any episodes since they originally ran. Watching your Xena clips fly by during your narration, I am tempted to try it again, as the visuals brought back so many emotions. Favorite episode for me was, "The Return Of Callisto," in which so much of the Callisto story occurred, and transfixed me while I watched it. Now that episode I did record and watch repeatedly back in the day, as I was in love with that character and her story.

[@kaidt5861]

Loved this show as a kid. Thought it was much better than Hercules, it's counterpart. Lucy Lawless was a badass in this, Spartacus, and Ash vs. the Evil Dead.

[@DCDCWizard]

My favorite Arc was the Hope arc. The relationship between Gabrielle and her daughter was amazing and really showed Renee ability to act.

[@tzaph67]

I just fell in love with Xena. I barely watch any TV most of the time. There was something about Xena that magnetised me. My daughter and I are having a rewatch atm. We’re in early season 2, so a while to go. There were lots of things I loved about it but I think looking back the heart of it is how Lucy Lawless played her. There was amazing chemistry between her and R O’C. but LL was so intense - she seemed to become Xena. I’m glad they ended Xena when they did. It had covered so much mythology, History and Geography. They’d done Comedy, Tragedy, Time Travel and Reincarnation of characters and even a couple of musicals. Xena as a show was very diverse for the time, with many people of colour, LGBTQ characters and unusual roles for women. It was a clever imaginative show but it had said everything it had to say. Season 5 was taken over by writers from Hercules who did a poor job and had to be replaced; plus Lucy Lawless was pregnant in real life and that had to be catered for. The sixth season was a lot better and also had slicker production values but there was a definite feeling that the peak had past and that they were revisiting old storylines to wrap them up eg what happened to explain the end of the centaurs and of the Amazons. I didn’t like the finale much. When Fates Collide would have been a stronger ending. A Friend in Need was like a pale imitation of season 3’s The Debt. Xena was revolutionary for her time. A female war criminal fighting for justice and against her dark side simultaneously. A the risk of sounding cliched, Xena was truly iconic.

[@FluWorldOrder]

That show was my guilty pleasure and I tried to watch every episode.

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

Xena is awesome and it's message is timeless.

[@Pendergasted]

I grew up on this show and absolutely loved it. My favorite Christmas had me opening up a PS1 and the Xena Warrior Princess game. I really need to go back to that one day.

[@edwardbeaty8899]

Well Lucy has certainly had a good career after the show! Seems like she's been everywhere! Spartacus, Battlestar Galactica, Agents of SHIELD, Ash vs. Evil Dead, numerous guest starring roles! So she more than kills everything she's in! I 💖 Lucy! 😀🙂😄😎🤠

[@CJ-if1ry]

I remember looking forward to Saturday night to watch Xena back in the day. I think my friends thought I was weird, lol.

[@DeadDogInc]

You don't get many views but still keep up the grind. Thank you, I enjoy your content!

[@darkangel15221]

I absolutely loved Xena and still watch the show on streaming to this day. However, the late 90's-early 2000's had many female lead action series: Buffy, La Femme Nikita, Relic Hunter, Sheena, DarkAngel, Witchblade, Alias, and a couple more I'm forgetting. But as much as I appreciated Xena for its depiction of a strong, capable, and (somewhat) complex female warrior, I took issue with the fact that the writers felt the need to make her a lesbian. As if a woman can't be feminine and strong. Fortunately, these days we have multiple examples of strong, feaarless and feminine warriors on the small and big screen. So glad that the DCEU got Wonder Woman perfect.

[@panthergod]

Xena wasn't a lesbian. She was bisexual.

[@ainikki7006]

@@panthergod Or pansexual. Sexual in general, really. One of the things I appreciated about Xena was that you didn't forget she was a woman, but it usually didn't matter. Male heroes try seduction tactics as manipulation, too, and when it worked for Xena it worked crazy well. I applaud the show for demonstrating that female sexuality has power, even divorced from the lesbianism issue.

[@LilithEveRain]

Such a freaking awesome show! Sooooo good! I loved the subtext between Xena and Gabriel. And Xena was so kickass! And a women who kicked ass as the main character...for the whole show! Meant a lot to me! Lucy Lawless and Elizabeth Gracen were so amazing in a time where women weren't seen still as not being able to take care with themselves, or women who "need" a man to be complete.

[@feck2594]

When this show started I was about 14 and loved it . Reason 1 Lawless the godess 2 Bruce Campbell's cameo's 3 the obvious lesbian undertones ( don't judge I was 14 ) 4 I grew up with out cable what else was I gonna watch .

[@7ktTube]

Haha you're definitely not alone with reason number 3, trust me 😅 me & 627394637251695181 guys relates to this post

[@carly2033]

So happy to hear from another Joxer fan. ❤️

[@gingerkid1048]

I watched Xena and somehow the fever dream of Ted Rami doing his best Bowie Eleganza Drag escaped my memory.

[@peterpidrak9501]

One of the things about Jock stir that I liked was the Danny Kaye remembrance episode. When Jack straw heard a bell he turned from incompetent boob to incredibly competent swordsman. Part of me wanted to see a reveal that doctor was actually cursed because if he was free to explore his full potential he would be a power and evil beyond belief. Remember, at his reveal he was “trying to be bad”.

[@brownskin_jazzyjm]

This is one of the best shows of all time from the 90s used to watch every episode. I didn’t care if it was a repeat I made my sister and my mother watch it.

[@jambler15]

As a kid I only started watching Xena cuz I was into Hercules first. Before long, Xena proved itself to be the much better show.