The BEST episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess season 3

Every episode of Xena: Warrior Princess season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess season 3!

Xena is as an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent by using her formidable fighting skills to now, help those who are unable to defend themselves. Xena is accompanied by Gabrielle, who during the series changes from a simple farm girl into an Amazon warrior and Xena's comrade-in-arms.

Last Updated: 11/28/2024Network: SyndicationStatus: Ended
The Debt (2)
star
9.13
88 votes

#1 - The Debt (2)

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1997

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.

Directors: Oley Sassone
Writer: R.J. Stewart
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When in Rome...
star
8.91
78 votes

#2 - When in Rome...

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/14/1998

It's all about power, when Xena must deal with Caesar and the politics of Rome by trading a Roman aristocrat for the leader of the Gauls, whom Xena wants freed but first she must try not to kill the hated Caesar.

Directors: John Laing
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The Debt (1)
star
8.63
84 votes

#3 - The Debt (1)

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1997

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.

Directors: Oley Sassone
Writer: R.J. Stewart
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The Quill is Mightier...
star
8.42
81 votes

#4 - The Quill is Mightier...

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/19/1998

Jealous of Xena's legendary deeds, Aphrodite puts a spell on Gabrielle's scroll, causing everything written on it to magically become real.

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Forgiven
star
8.41
75 votes

#5 - Forgiven

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/28/1998

A brash teen tries to convince Xena that she would make a better partner than Gabrielle, by leading the duo to the stolen Urn of Apollo.

Directors: Garth Maxwell
Writer: R.J. Stewart
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The King of Assassins
star
8.33
75 votes

#6 - The King of Assassins

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1997

It's double trouble when Gabrielle, Autolycus and Joxer plot to stop Joxer's lookalike brother, Jett, a deadly assassin, from killing his next target - Queen Cleopatra.

Directors: Bruce Campbell
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Warrior...Priestess...Tramp
star
8.28
106 votes

#7 - Warrior...Priestess...Tramp

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/12/1998

When Xena and Gabrielle meet yet another Xena-lookalike, a virgin priestess named Leah, they have to figure out who's plotting against Leah and keep Meg and Joxer safe at the same time.

Directors: Robert Ginty
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Vanishing Act
star
8.27
73 votes

#8 - Vanishing Act

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/1998

Xena and Gabrielle team up with Autolycus to recover a statue that is a symbol of peace between two villages, but they must steal it back Autolycus's way in order for him to maintain his reputation.

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Been There, Done That
star
8.25
122 votes

#9 - Been There, Done That

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1997

The day goes from bad to worse when Joxer is killed, but when the day begins again...and again...Xena realizes she's the only one who knows what's happening and remembers the previous days, she has a second chance to change things.

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Sacrifice (1)
star
8.22
74 votes

#10 - Sacrifice (1)

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/1998

Xena and Gabrielle must stop Gabrielle's friend, Seraphin, from sacrificing herself to bring back a goddess, but they also have to contend with Ares and Callisto, who are helping Hope be reborn.

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King Con
star
8.06
77 votes

#11 - King Con

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/1998

When Joxer is beaten to near-death, Xena teams up with two con artists to avenge Joxer, with a major con scam against a ruthless gaming house owner and his son.

Directors: Janet Greek
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Sacrifice (2)
star
8.03
105 votes

#12 - Sacrifice (2)

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/1998

When Gabrielle's evil daughter, Hope, takes the form of her mother and joins forces with Ares to create a race of superbeings, Xena and Gabrielle must stop her reign of terror.

Directors: Rick Jacobson
Writer: R.J. Stewart
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The Furies
star
7.95
119 votes

#13 - The Furies

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1997

At Ares's request, Xena is judged by the Furies for not avenging the murder of her father and is punished by persecution and madness, leaving Gabrielle to try and solve the problem and reverse Xena's insanity.

Writer: R.J. Stewart
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Maternal Instincts
star
7.73
83 votes

#14 - Maternal Instincts

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/7/1998

Maternial instincts are in the air when Gabrielle encounters her evil daughter Hope, who has freed Callisto in order to kill Xena's son, Solan and plans on severing the friendship of Xena and Gabrielle forever.

Directors: Mark Beesley
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Fins, Femmes and Gems
star
7.72
78 votes

#15 - Fins, Femmes and Gems

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/1998

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.

Directors: Josh Becker
Writer: Adam Armus
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Tsunami
star
7.62
77 votes

#16 - Tsunami

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/1998

Xena must board a ship carrying prisoners when Gabrielle, in the belief she's freeing a captured Autolycus, does the same, but they're all wet when a tsunami strikes.

Directors: John Laing
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The Dirty Half Dozen
star
7.51
81 votes

#17 - The Dirty Half Dozen

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1997

Xena, Gabrielle and four warriors go up against Ares and his new army who possess armor and weapons forged by the god, Hephaestus, which cannot be harmed by any mortal weapons.

Directors: Rick Jacobson
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One Against an Army
star
7.39
109 votes

#18 - One Against an Army

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/21/1998

Xena, alone, must battle the ruthless Persian army and stop them from plundering Greece, as well as save a poisoned Gabrielle who is slowly dying.

Directors: Paul Lynch
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Forget Me Not
star
7.35
79 votes

#19 - Forget Me Not

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/21/1998

Tortured by her memories of Hope and past misdeeds, Gabrielle visits the temple of Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, and must travel through her past in an effort to live with her memories or erase them forever. Meanwhile, Joxer must protect Gabrielle's body while her mind is away.

Directors: Josh Becker
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Gabrielle's Hope
star
7.25
85 votes

#20 - Gabrielle's Hope

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1997

In Brittania, Gabrielle becomes pregnant and rapidly gives birth to a baby girl she names Hope. Xena is unsure of what to do because the child is the offspring of the evil god Dahuk and she cannot decide between killing the child or protecting her.

Directors: Charles Siebert
Writer: R.J. Stewart
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The Bitter Suite
star
7.22
88 votes

#21 - The Bitter Suite

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/14/1998

After trying to kill one another, grief-stricken Xena and Gabrielle awake in a strange land called Illusia, filled with familiar faces, where they must face the pain and anger caused by the deaths of their children and forgive one another in order to live.

Directors: Oley Sassone
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The Deliverer
star
7.10
83 votes

#22 - The Deliverer

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1997

When Xena travels to Brittania to help stop Caesar's invasion, Gabrielle is tricked into losing her blood innocence, by taking the life of an innocent, which binds her to the evil ""one god"" Dahuk.

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