Xena and Callisto's Final Showdown | Xena: Warrior Princess | All Action

Xena fights her old enemy, Callisto, to the death when she leaves her in quicksand to die.
From Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Episode 5 'The Return of Callisto' - Gabrielle is wooed by her former fiance, Perdicas, but her future with him is threatened by Xena's old enemy, the avenging female warrior, Callisto.
Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) - Xena is a reformed warrior princess who travels around fighting evil. Gabrielle -- bard and friend -- keeps her company and helps her stay on the path of good.
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[@danielhaire6677]

"..Here to save my friends!" He may not have had the strength and skill, but Joxer had the heart and courage of a hero.

[@OrdinaryMan1999-tn4hh]

Plus his distraction was just the thing Xena needed to get her Chakram and escape. He bought the most precious thing.. Time.

[@kalilg2242]

100% Joxer the Mighty!

[@CraigMcfly1985]

Ted Raimi funny dude.

[@lovipoekimo176]

Loved Callisto as a villain. She was convincingly insane.

[@stephaniepage4334]

Same

[@James.chalmers]

She certainly was crazy

[@bentjensen1966]

🤪🤣👌

[@Firehex1]

She was my fav villain in that show.

[@paulhardiek7881]

This is back when tv shows were good and fun to watch. The stunts and fighting scenes are incredible and amazing in the show. Callisto backflips were effortlessly. Huge fan.

[@dearbrad1996]

Callisto also had a wicked side kick! A few more of them and Xena might have been in trouble

[@vesuvius1318]

They have swords in hand and proceed to hit each other with fists... this fight scene is a travesty

[@bwcarter921]

Callisto is one of the best TV villains ever created. Hudson Leick isn't acting anymore, living a different lifestyle but, she was a helluva actress.

[@Kruppt808]

Correct

[@jacehawkins2791]

Yes, she was! I think she owns a yoga studio now. She could play the good guy, too, tho. Remember when she and Xena swapped bodies?

[@rozox7577]

Callisto beautiful ❤

[@baronofdoom]

I met her at a convention back in '98. It was awesome getting to talk to her.

[@JakkFrost1]

Hudson Leick did an amazing job as Callisto, it's a shame her career didn't take off.

[@codymeyers9224]

I don’t think she wanted it to. She has a yoga retreat that she operates. She’s devoted her life to health and spiritual healing.

[@JakkFrost1]

@@codymeyers9224 her career never took off, but she _did_ have one, up until about 2010, when she probably gave up trying.

[@bladestar2322]

Renee O'Connor didn't really want to keep going either. She did a few things, but not much. Lucy, on the other hand, she was in everything! Spartacus, Battlestar Galactica, Agents of SHIELD, Ash vs. Evil Dead, lots of guest star roles. She was almost Villainess of the Week!

[@fuzzyx2face]

I wanted to see her as Harley Quinn

[@Cloud_Strife_Wolf]

@@fuzzyx2face she could make a wicked poison ivy too

[@paulnonya4417]

"Get her Xena" was a green light from Gabrielle for Xena to finally take her out and not feel guilty about it. Brilliant show.

[@James.chalmers]

I don’t really think it made her make the decision I think Xena just didn’t want Callisto to kill or hurt anyone again regardless what Gabrielle said, Gabrielle might have actually tired to save her here we will never know but Xena would do anything to protect Gabrielle, Though in the bridge scene in necessary evil Gabrielle shouts at Xena to cut the rope so maybe you are right

[@isaacortiz4617]

​@@James.chalmersI would have saved Callisto.😄

[@nathangraham1760]

@@isaacortiz4617traitor! Lol 💀🤣cannot be trusted! Lol

[@tureytayno3154]

Well, Callisto murdered her husband paulnonya. I think Gabrielle still had that against her.

[@PozitivMC]

Did anybody notice that however Joxer is not a good fighter, he is brave and in this episode he is a real hero, who saved Xena and Gabrielle! 😎👍 "Joxer the mighty!..." (c)

[@IOANNA333]

roams through the countryside,😂

[@user-vu9vl6dq3p]

It's always so beautiful and inspiring when actors enjoy their performance. Callisto looks and acts like real insane and dangerous person.

[@SolNaciente13]

A 🎒 OF MIXED NVTS. 😁😌

[@TheAries414]

Fun fact: leick Hudson said she was pretty much playing herself she said still till this day that it wasn't hard playing that character because she had that darkness already inside her and that that darkness is not all gone

[@Solider7]

Xena to Callisto: "I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you".

[@shepardbook]

She shouldn’t have shot joxer.

[@bladestar2322]

I wanted to shoot Joxer! Every episode he was in. I didn't like him until he was OLD Joxer! I was always afraid he would somehow win Gabby, when even then I wanted Xena and Gabrielle together.

[@Solider7]

@@shepardbook ironically, he still managed to save Xena and Gabriel. Callisto was distracted and didn't see Xena take the chakran.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

@@shepardbook 🙄

[@anthonymorales8510]

Sounds like Batman , from “Batman Begins”

[@steveg9088]

I had the BIGGEST crush on Callisto after all these years she still beautiful.

[@dearbrad1996]

The first time I seen Callisto my eyes nearly popped out of my head!❤

[@EphraimAdamz]

It's the "Oh, you're good Xena" for me lmao. Callisto used to low key admire Xena.

[@James.chalmers]

I love the scene in the end even though it’s short notice how Callisto goes from mocking Xena to praising her to begging for her life, while Xena remains claim the whole time

[@pvuccino]

Low key? She practically cosplayed as Xena in her first episode!

[@johnbarnes1030]

2:00.. "Oh how I do love watching you work!" - Callisto. Don't we all?

[@James.chalmers]

06:40 “oh your good xena”

[@Dubbel12]

Wow. Callistos actresses eyes are working overtime

[@brandonw6340]

A lot of memories watching this show with my dad in the 90s Lucy’s still got it going for her even now did a killer job in Spartacus

[@ericprentice3032]

Greatest moment of my life was meeting Hudson at long last at the 2022 Xena Convention. She was one of the best parts of this show and Callisto is my favourite character of all time.

[@SteveBrant55]

Wow! That's so great! I'm gonna look to see if there's video on KZbin from that convention!

[@ericprentice3032]

I haven’t looked but hopefully you can find one. She looked stunning at that convention. She dressed in a traditional Indian wedding dress that she actioned off and raised money to support a sick woman who used to help raise money at past xena cons to give to kids with cancer.

[@biffyqueen]

Callisto was the best villain of this show and imo, it should have ended when she was reborn as Xena's daughter. I found it to be a very satisfying end to her story.

[@mikedarling905]

how can people now adays say we didnt love women heros and strong women, xena was awesome and i watched her all the time when i was younger

[@nobodyreally834]

Because they don't know how to Google search and a majority of them were born after the show stopped running.

[@jaydel3]

conservatives politicized the notion that having women / minority heroes = woke. That is code to racists that it is "anti-white" male.

[@JanMarounek]

​@@nobodyreally834 Because they have agenda and a vested interest in keeping it up. If they'd admit people don't have problem with women and minorities, they'd be out of job.

[@MEMUNDOLOL]

what are you a bigot? didnt you listen to Jennifer lourence interviews? she claims to be the first woman to portrait strong woman character in history, educate yourself be better

[@James.chalmers]

7:07 Xena should have said “it’s over Callisto I have the high ground” 😂

[@robinabernathy2829]

Love Callisto. She seemed like an angry child in a grown womans body.

[@AvioftheSand]

I mean, that is essentially what she is. She was a little girl whose village was decimated by Xena's army and whose family was killed during that moment.

[@danielhaire6677]

@@AvioftheSand Change that to an angry child in an adult's body who has had a complete psychotic break.

[@bladestar2322]

Actually, their last battle was Xena as an Angel and Callisto as a Demon! Season 5. I have the entire series on DVD and I watch it all the time.

[@justinmcgillxboxreigns6591]

Me too

[@philbecker4676]

I think it meant final showdown in the episode.

[@JakkFrost1]

Given Gabrielle's season 1 outfit and hair length, I'm thinking this might actually be their _first_ showdown. Been a loooong time since I watched Xena.

[@lovipoekimo176]

@@JakkFrost1 their first battle is in her introduction episode where they fought while jumping around in ladders and stuff

[@Donjkoontz]

Keeping in mind that Joxer is the one that saved them

[@alanalaurent6349]

This show is perfect. Callisto & Alti are my fav villains.

[@bwcarter921]

Callisto is the enemy birthed from Xena's past sins.... Alti is Xena's past forever trying to destroy her...

[@osaji922]

Even in her dying moments, there wasn't an ounce of sincerity in her cries for help.

[@James.chalmers]

She was afraid to die but wanted to take xena down with her

[@EbonyCoulter6723]

Xena and Callisto have a long history together

[@tacboy78ify]

This is what made Xena such a great character!! Most other "heros" what have tried to help her, but Xena just watched her die. The darkness of her character is what make her truly interesting to me! She just as bad has her villains! She's a villain that's trying to be a hero!

[@James.chalmers]

It’s Callisto who is the evil one not Xena and she wouldn’t have saved anyone so why would Xena save her

[@Trisof88]

​@James Chalmers Edits Xena was like "let the wretched witch die or pity her?" Well Callisto herself said she would rather die than accept Xena's pity so girl bye

[@James.chalmers]

@@Trisof88 I love this scene at the end even though it’s short, notice how Callisto mocks Xena then praises her then begs for her life all in a matter of moments while Xena remains claim the whole time

[@Jh0nJhon]

Your mind is so Damaged

[@Arcilios]

You mean an anti hero??? Lmao

[@kcw1879]

This series was on when I was a kid. It was one of those shows everyone talked about at school the next day.

[@GaymingAndStuff]

I loved this show so much. These two were so iconic. Hudson Leick doesn't get the proper credit she deserves. She played this role so brilliantly, and it's a shame her career never reached higher heights, because she was soooo good! Of course, Lucy Lawless is still a badass to this very day. I wish they would bring this show back!

[@HittokiriBattousai17]

I cracked at the EXTREMELY slow reaction "don't you stand there, get her!!!"

[@akinretoyejustin]

LOL I forgot how hot Calisto and Xena were

[@leonardrice2728]

Calisto is crazy,pretty and dangerous!

[@jujub4553]

Yes yes yes! More Xena clips please and thank you! 🧡🧡🧡

[@James.chalmers]

6:45 an epic escape from Xena here using her strength

[@luzestelapacheco8475]

I love Callisto performance, act like real dangerous person.

[@James.chalmers]

She wasn’t so dangerous when she was sinking!

[@noahpierson6437]

hudson was an amazing callisto and villian at that

[@shepardbook]

Don’t forget her two turns as Xena was Lucy was injured.

[@teniola9304]

6.35 That scene is still captivating ❤❤😂. I mean no modern gadgets. All Xena had was her vicious wits, body, and will to come out alive like that.

[@James.chalmers]

Callisto was so full of herself when she thought xena was going to die she soon changed when she saw xena escape

[@MrBiggles53]

I have to admit, I love the old school, Star Trek, Boome era style of combat: whenever a goon is knocked or, heaven help them, fall in water!, they’re automatically defeated and obviously can’t fight anymore. A sophisticated method for a more civilized time.

[@Huntrry94]

Okay fine I’ll watch all the seasons of Xena for the 100th time again!

[@ajm1984]

😂😂😂

[@ginay8800]

Ha! Me too!

[@IOANNA333]

Yep.✌🏻😂

[@Jh0nJhon]

How many seasons it has?

[@Huntrry94]

@@Jh0nJhon 6 seasons

[@paragon1172000]

This was not by any means their final showdown. They fought many times after this. This was the end of Calisto's natural life yes, but she came back so many times anyway. Even reincarnates in the end. Won't say as who not to spoil it. Also fun fact about this fight. The original ending was actually supposed to end with Xena saving Calisto.

[@tcampbell2186]

@@leebrown1213 LMAOOOOO

[@tacboy78ify]

Dude! Calisto's reincarnation is one of the best and craziest things ever!! Such great story telling

[@FaytLinegod]

But they ended up saving each other in a way.

[@fabio.1256]

90's Wonder Woman with blood, I love it

[@mrfox8256]

The whole show was every man's dream

[@harrisonfairchild7913]

And that’s the difference between Xena and Hercules. Hercules might have shown her some mercy and as you can see Xena doesn’t

[@serena3673]

Well in the end she did save callisto, she gave up her place in heaven so that callisto could have been granted entry for eternal peace. So it worked out in the end.

[@Jh0nJhon]

That's why Hercules is a hero and xena is not

[@wkworld6741]

​@@Jh0nJhon so xena saves people on a daily basis but she's not a hero because she let's someone who has murdered countless people and would never stop die- Okay great logic there.

[@desiraemorales4125]

love all the creative camera angles.

[@Icosiol]

So we’re all just going to be okay with two random chariots conveniently parked outside the cave?

[@NeedMorePlebs]

Yes

[@MrMharris1990]

Yup lol

[@Sedavis1982]

lmao!!!!

[@DamnitMan88]

I love Xena's battle cry.

[@Octobris]

Iconic

[@tk3828]

This was one of the best series ever

[@justinchristoph3725]

When someone is hellbent on torturing and killing you, it's usually a not a good idea to let them live.

[@Passions5555]

Batman to Joker.

[@edwardsanchez3708]

The only reason I used to watch Xena was to see callisto

[@alexlilly6657]

I swear callisto is one of the best tv villains Ive ever seen.

[@andrejones3541]

You know, seeing this as an adult made me realize this was a very dark scene for me to watch as a kid. Lol. Either way, I loved it.

[@james1244]

Xena chakram is my all time favourite weapon and the ying yang one is my favourite ❤

[@James.chalmers]

I love how she used it to escape the quicksand

[@Phoenixesper1]

Title: Final showdown. Meanwhile in tarturus: Hades: Next. Ok and you are? Callisto: Reccuring! Hades: Please take these forms and go to the line to the left, you will provided your escape plans, ressurection catch phrases, and magical upgrades. NEXT!

[@seannemcdaniel2126]

LMFAO

[@peteepablo3035]

So this is where Zack Snyder got his big idea for the suit for WW!!!!

[@James.chalmers]

Love Xena final responds to Callisto here “always the optimist” - translation “I don’t think so, you will die here today not me”

[@philshyu5248]

Oh yes, from the days when quicksand was found almost everywhere…. 😂

[@danpoi1319]

Callisto was a hot piece of ace

[@NealIRC]

Xena not afraid of nothin.

[@maximedastous3359]

lucy lawless should of bean wonder woman it is a shame that she didint get that chance

[@enolamsamoht]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to feel that way.

[@maximedastous3359]

@@enolamsamoht did you see her in marvel agents of shield she is with hunter and barbra morse merc team

[@elizabethjade100]

Memories flooding back, and I remember this like it yesterday. This show was exceptional, and now at the age of 38 I can definitely appreciate it more.

[@pegianddon]

1:17 Xena performs a fLawless low kick to the chest resulting in a devastating backflip to the padded ground below. Incredible!

[@chillguy6870]

Lol Xena said help you … no boo… girl bye lol

[@user-ll7bg5pw7r]

Xena was so lit

[@James.chalmers]

I agree

[@SdotWebb]

So much better things came from the early days of tv. Back when we had to rely on writing prowess and creativity instead of the wallets.

[@trevorbuehler3273]

3:30 YOU CAN NEVER OUTRUN XENA, CALLISTO!

[@alinnimeni3789]

Don't worry, she'll be back ! 😉👍 I always liked Callisto more than Xena....

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

You know, I love Buffy dearly, but Xena really doesn't get the credit she deserves as the original (modern media) bamf!babe. She was so early to the bamf-table that it didn't even exist yet.

[@yosemitepark]

...lady's without smartphones...!! 👍😊

[@ashalzael1845]

I think if they ever reboot Xena, Anna Taylor-Joy needs to be cast as Callisto-the resemblance is utterly striking.

[@billmurray7473]

Did you ever get the feeling that maybe Callisto was harboring a little......Crush ......on Xena?

[@James.chalmers]

Do you blame her?

[@explorer1968]

Oh, those 90s' tv series!

[@helpmereach45ksubswithoutvideo]

Congratulations on being early and finding this comment 🥳

[@valhalla8140]

thank you

[@hanzohattiori1737]

Callisto is all my exes wrapped up in one!🤣🤣🤣

[@dany8470]

Hudson leick give the spice for the show as callisto she is unforgetable

[@Kuribohchaos8]

That wasn't their last battle that was like their second battle. Calisto comes back as a god

[@philbecker4676]

It meant in the episode.

[@adorp]

Stop whipping the horses. 🤣 That's now how you increase the speed of a chariot.

[@BigIndianBindi-jy1cz]

If Callisto were a real psychopath, she wouldn't care about dying/or being scared/or alone. Psychopaths don't need people. And Sociopaths, whilst they lack empathy, they don't have attachments. Callisto has a love/hate attachment to Xena. She's a borderline.

[@James.chalmers]

She was afraid to die she only laughing and acting confident in the quicksand because she thought xena would die as well, her face changes at 6:56 when she realises xena is safe and she then begs for her life but it is too late

[@Chubbycat747]

Psychopaths are narcissists. They are into self-preservation, just not anyone else's. Watch the Hannibal series, he was all about self-preservation and not being discovered, etc.

[@SexyBeautifulBabe]

Omg love Callisto 😍.. my fave 🥰🙌

[@jeffjacob5556]

Well it certainly was one of their best showdowns but NOT final one! :)

[@philbecker4676]

Think it meant in the episode.

[@cpuuk]

Xena, that was cold.

[@humbertolerma5839]

Hello I like the Episode where Xina fights as a God defeating Thousands of solders.

[@bloodlustfulincubus440]

FINAL showdown? Oh, noooooooo! We were just getting started, honey.

[@canadianbeef1958]

Fun fact: they originally considered making Xena an 18+ adults show that would be aired after 10pm only.

[@VITAS874]

So even adult content 😏

[@PRINCESS2527]

Hudson leick , always reminded me of Halle berry...lol I swear they had the same face lol

[@robertgrimsley7363]

Yes! Lol

[@Joe-jc5ol]

In the chariot scene you can tell the actresses had a really fun day on set.

[@darkdiguh]

1:49 cmon they thought no one would see it? haha I LOVE THIS SHOW

[@JohrDasat]

I can't believe the turned Callisto good. She was too good a villain to truly redeem.

[@pvuccino]

Honestly, I hated it too. I mean, I loved Callisto and I truly wanted her to redeem herself, but the way they did it was kind of half-arsed. I don't think she honestly earned it and she seemed pretty content to being a villain. The difference between Callisto and Xena, as Hercules himself said was that Xena WANTED to change. Hercules couldn't do anything by himself. Then again Callisto was so insane and far gone, that if you really wanted her redeemed (which I did), maybe that was the only possible way. And I really loved the part where they "give each other what they once took." That's probably one of my favorite moments of the entire show.

[@JohrDasat]

@@pvuccino I mean I saw them as female Venom and Carnage so to speak. Xena still had that darkness where she would legit take out an opponent asking for help and deciding it was best they were gone. Where Carnage had no redeeming quality which makes him so perfect and Callisto was the same. If anything Callisto at the end smiling like a loon at Xena, knowing she was going to let her die, and the last line, "I told you, you couldn't redeem yourself from the past." Or something like that. Almost "See no matter what you do to try to be the hero your still a villain" to really hit Xena where it hurts

[@osaji922]

@@JohrDasat I see them more like Batman and Joker.

[@HissyKittyMimi]

Great upload 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Bleacher22]

When i was a kid Callisto was most beautiful woman to me.

[@Egobyte83]

Yes, and we would never see Callisto again................................

[@frankpalacio4403]

Their screaming when they attack reminds me of M.I.B. when he fights the little guy in the spaceship

[@paulisverstappen9705]

I L❤️VE CALLISTO💋

[@ajvsantoine]

Gosh this was so epic I remember learning what quicksand was as a kid because of this episode

[@fadrianbartley4419]

Yes 25 years and i still keep watching it over and over. They dont make movies like these anymore which is sad. Hercules wasnt that bad with scott adkins in 2014 but nothing sydicate for tv

[@geneanthony3421]

Of course they don't make stuff like this anymore, Xena is considered by a lot of people unwatchable anymore. Hercules had it's goofiness, but Xena was that on steroids.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@geneanthony3421 These shows were also went meta before meta was a thing LOL!🤔📺🤨👍

[@picallo1]

2:05 yea lets side flip next to eachother for no reason!!! Lol.

[@user-cn5zy9qc6f]

Гобриала❤❤❤😂😂 Супер

[@jemandjemand2362]

this battle was insane. the charriot race and stuff. dammit

[@kpag3030]

This was bad when it was originally on the air and it’s still so bad. Yet… it is fun and entertaining. …which makes it better than anything from the last 4 years of marvel

[@bhbluebird]

Hudson Leik did a great job in this role. I really looked forward to Callisto episodes.

[@Chubbycat747]

Calisto: How do you feel about chariots? Waiting outside: Exactly two chariots, ready to go.

[@mikemartin8461]

To this day still forever got a huge crush on Callisto i would do just about anything she tells me to do

[@brentlionakaboldchamp]

This isnt the final showdown between them, though. Fought many times after this.