Robert G. Tapert Archive

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Since Xena must be dead to fight Yodoshi, she allows a samurai and his warriors to kill her. Gabrielle learns that she can bring Xena back to life by burning her body and putting the ashes in a magic spring before sunset on the second day. Gabrielle fights the samurai for Xena’s body. She then builds a pyre and collects Xena’s ashes. Meanwhile, Xena’s spirit comes to a teahouse where other spirits that are against the evil Yodoshi dwell. Eventually Xena defeats Yodoshi and releases the many souls that he has held captive. But, in order for those souls to remain at peace, Xena must stay dead. Gabrielle realizes that she must sacrifice her friend for the greater good. But as she departs, Xena’s spirit promises to be with Gabrielle always.

    A Friend In Need Part 2

    Since Xena must be dead to fight Yodoshi, she allows a samurai and his warriors to kill her. Gabrielle learns that she can bring Xena back to life by burning her body and putting the ashes in a magic spring before sunset on the second day. Gabrielle fights the samurai for Xena’s body. She then builds a pyre and collects Xena’s ashes. Meanwhile, Xena’s spirit comes to a teahouse where other spirits that are against the evil Yodoshi dwell. Eventually Xena defeats Yodoshi and releases the many souls that he has held captive. But, in order for those souls to remain at peace, Xena must stay dead. Gabrielle realizes that she must sacrifice her friend for the greater good. But as she departs, Xena’s spirit promises to be with Gabrielle always.

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Xena and Gabrielle must travel to Japan to save the city of Higuchi. There is a group of samurai that stands in the way. Xena is determined to battle an evil ghost named Yodoshi, but he can only be harmed by the dead.

    A Friend In Need Part 1

    Xena and Gabrielle must travel to Japan to save the city of Higuchi. There is a group of samurai that stands in the way. Xena is determined to battle an evil ghost named Yodoshi, but he can only be harmed by the dead.

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  • Michael, the Arch-Angel, orders Xena to hunt down the Roman emperor, Caligula, who has stolen Aphrodite’s godhood and kill him before he can do anymore harm.

    The God You Know

    Michael, the Arch-Angel, orders Xena to hunt down the Roman emperor, Caligula, who has stolen Aphrodite’s godhood and kill him before he can do anymore harm.

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  • When searching for Virgil, Xena and Gabrielle are confronted by cannibals and they must stay alive in order to rescue Virgil before he becomes their next meal.

    The Abyss

    When searching for Virgil, Xena and Gabrielle are confronted by cannibals and they must stay alive in order to rescue Virgil before he becomes their next meal.

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  • Gabrielle sets out on a rescue mission to North Africa with the gang in tow, when she discovers her neice has been kidnapped by an elusive warlord named Gurkhan.

    Who’s Gurkhan?

    Gabrielle sets out on a rescue mission to North Africa with the gang in tow, when she discovers her neice has been kidnapped by an elusive warlord named Gurkhan.

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  • Xena faces the gods of Olympus in a battle to the death when she acquires some new powers. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Eve, are fighting battles of their own.

    Motherhood

    Xena faces the gods of Olympus in a battle to the death when she acquires some new powers. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Eve, are fighting battles of their own.

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  • Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make baby Eve an Amazon princess and find that they must stop a war instead.

    Lifeblood

    Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make baby Eve an Amazon princess and find that they must stop a war instead.

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  • After a vision Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer return to Chin, where they are reunited with Kao Syn. Where they must defeat the warlord Khan, who has joined forces with the evil spirits of Pao Tsu and Ming Ten, aka The Green Dragon, and knows the recipe of the deadly black powder.

    Back in the Bottle

    After a vision Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer return to Chin, where they are reunited with Kao Syn. Where they must defeat the warlord Khan, who has joined forces with the evil spirits of Pao Tsu and Ming Ten, aka The Green Dragon, and knows the recipe of the deadly black powder.

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  • While Joxer, Amarice and Eli try to recover Xena and Gabrielle’s bodies, a war over their souls is waged with Heaven’s angels and Hell’s demons, which includes Callisto in their ranks.

    Fallen Angel

    While Joxer, Amarice and Eli try to recover Xena and Gabrielle’s bodies, a war over their souls is waged with Heaven’s angels and Hell’s demons, which includes Callisto in their ranks.

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  • In India, Xena and Gabrielle wake up in a seeming land of paradise where a mystical man named Aidan, teaches Gabrielle the art of meditation, but Xena discovers he’s just feeding off Gabrielle’s goodness and must let go of all the good in her, in order to save Gabrielle.

    Paradise Found

    In India, Xena and Gabrielle wake up in a seeming land of paradise where a mystical man named Aidan, teaches Gabrielle the art of meditation, but Xena discovers he’s just feeding off Gabrielle’s goodness and must let go of all the good in her, in order to save Gabrielle.

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  • When Xena allows herself to be tried and convicted of the murder of an innocent woman, who she left to die in the past, Gabrielle struggles to uncover the truth and free Xena from Shark Island Prison.

    Locked Up and Tied Down

    When Xena allows herself to be tried and convicted of the murder of an innocent woman, who she left to die in the past, Gabrielle struggles to uncover the truth and free Xena from Shark Island Prison.

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  • At the Amazon Place of Rest, Xena must battle the evil shamoness Alti and free the spirits of the dead Amazons from her past, before she can continue on to find Gabrielle.

    Adventures in the Sin Trade Part 2

    At the Amazon Place of Rest, Xena must battle the evil shamoness Alti and free the spirits of the dead Amazons from her past, before she can continue on to find Gabrielle.

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  • After Gabrielle sacrificed herself to stop Hope, a grief-stricken Xena must travel to the Amazon Land of the Dead to find Gabrielle, and Xena revisits her past with the shamoness Alti, along the way.

    Adventures in the Sin Trade Part 1

    After Gabrielle sacrificed herself to stop Hope, a grief-stricken Xena must travel to the Amazon Land of the Dead to find Gabrielle, and Xena revisits her past with the shamoness Alti, along the way.

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  • While trying to recover the North Star that Aphrodite has stolen, Xena becomes obsessed with fish, Gabrielle with her own reflection and Joxer with being an apeman, all thanks to Aphrodite’s distracting obsession spells.

    Fins, Femmes, and Gems

    While trying to recover the North Star that Aphrodite has stolen, Xena becomes obsessed with fish, Gabrielle with her own reflection and Joxer with being an apeman, all thanks to Aphrodite’s distracting obsession spells.

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  • After Gabrielle’s betrayal of Xena’s murderous intentions, Xena is imprisoned by the Green Dragon and sentenced to die, and she reminisces about Lao Mao’s teachings and the debt owed to her.

    The Debt, Part 2

    After Gabrielle’s betrayal of Xena’s murderous intentions, Xena is imprisoned by the Green Dragon and sentenced to die, and she reminisces about Lao Mao’s teachings and the debt owed to her.

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  • When Xena is summoned to the distant kingdom of Chin to kill the Green Dragon, a task she left undone years before, she tells Gabrielle about her past in Chin in an attempt to justify why she must commit murder.

    The Debt, Part 1

    When Xena is summoned to the distant kingdom of Chin to kill the Green Dragon, a task she left undone years before, she tells Gabrielle about her past in Chin in an attempt to justify why she must commit murder.

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  • After being gravely injured, Xena’s life flashes before her, including the time when she learned the art of pressure points from a slavegirl and when she met Julius Caesar for the very first time

    Destiny

    After being gravely injured, Xena’s life flashes before her, including the time when she learned the art of pressure points from a slavegirl and when she met Julius Caesar for the very first time

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  • In the year 1940, two female archaeologists searching for the Xena scrolls end up in an ancient tomb confronting legendary figures from the past.

    The Xena Scrolls

    In the year 1940, two female archaeologists searching for the Xena scrolls end up in an ancient tomb confronting legendary figures from the past.

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  • Xena is wounded defending a group of farmers and taken into Darius' home to recover. Gabrielle, waiting for her, is rescued by the son of the warlord terrorizing the farmers.

    Sins of the Past

    Xena is wounded defending a group of farmers and taken into Darius' home to recover. Gabrielle, waiting for her, is rescued by the son of the warlord terrorizing the farmers.

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