Customer Reviews
season 5 review and episodes - By: Ms. L. A. Ferguson, 02 Jan 2008 
Episode 1 - Falllen Angel After being crucified by the Romans, Gabrielle's soul struggles to save Xena, who literallly becomes a demon from Hell.
Episode 2 - Chakram - Xena has no recollection of being a warrior after she & Gabrielle are resurrected from the dead by Eli.
Episode 3 - Succession - Ares merges Xena & Gabrielle into the same body & forces them to fight Mavican, Ares' potential right hand.
Episode 4 - Animal Attraction - Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer & Amarice travel to the town of Spamona, where Xena is shocked to learn that she is pregnant.
Episode 5 - Them Bone, Them Bones - The spirit of the evil Shamaness Alti attempts to capture the soul of Xena's unborn child.
Episode 6 - Purity -When Xena returns to Chin to recover Lao Ma's book of power, she must defeat one of Lao Ma's twin daughters, who wants to acquire the power for her own evil purposes.
Episode 7 - Back in the Bottle - Xena must master Lao Ma's powers to save Gabrielle, Joxer & the people of Chin from a militia led by the evil spirits of Pao Ssu & her brother, Ming Tien.
Episode 8 - Little Problems - Gabrielle & Aphrodite have until sundown to save Xena's soul from being trapped inside a young girl forever.
Episode 9 - Seeds of Faith - Eli takes on Ares in an effort to overthrow the gods & Xena finallly learns the true identity of her baby's father.
Episode 10 - Lyre, Lyre Hearts on Fire - To avoid a war over who gets possession of Terpsichore's lyre, Xena organizes a battle of the bands in this musical episode that reunites Xena with her mother Cyrene, Joxer with his twin brother Jace, & Gabrielle with a lovesick Draco.
Episode 11 - Punch Lines - Gabrielle & Argo are shrunken into miniature versions of themselves when they cross paths with Lachrymose, the god of despair, if she can make him laugh he will return them to their normal state.....!
Episode 12 - God Fearing Child - Xena¹s baby is born after Hercules steps in to battle his father Zeus, who learns that the birth of the child will signal the end of the Olympian order.
Episode 13 - Eternal Bonds - When Joxer is wounded by a poisonous sword intended to kill Xena & Eve, it's up to Gabrielle to get him to the antidote while Xena combats armies sent by priests of the gods.
Episode 14 - Amphipolis Under Siege - Athena wages war on Xena's hometown of Amphipolis in an effort to kill Eve & stop the Twilight of the Gods.
Episode 15 -Married with Fishsticks - When Gabrielle is knocked unconscious into the sea, a Joxer lookalike merman convinces her that she is his wife & the mother of three.
Episode 16 - Lifeblood - Xena & Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make Eve an Amazon princess & discover that it's up to them to prevent unnecessary bloodshed in a vengeful war.
Episode 17 - Kindred Spirits - Joxer breaks Amazon laws that force Queen Gabrielle to choose between settling down in the Amazon village & life on the road with Xena.
Episode 18 - Antony & Cleopatra - When Cleopatra is murdered, Xena assumes her identity to uncover the assassin & protect Egypt.
Episode 19 - Looking Death in the Eye - Old Joxer obtains a scroll describing Xena & Gabrielle's attempt to trick the Fates into bringing about the twilight of the gods. Seemingly, Gabrielle & Eve perish in a fatal plunge over a cliff, Xena drinks poison to end her pain of her duaghter Eve & best friend Gabrielle's death. Aries scoops Xena's lifeless body up & locks her & Gabrielle in an ice tomb. Although it wasnt poison Xena & Gabrielle drank, it was essence of death, which only puts them to sleep! Eve is safe & sound as Xena made sure she was rescued before the accident. To the gods though - everybody is dead, when ofcourse this is not the case!
Episode 20 - Livia - After 25 years, Xena & Gabrielle finallly escape their tombs of ice & immediately go in search of Eve.
Episode 21 - Eve - Xena must decide whether she can kill her own daughter, who continues her murderous campaign to eliminate Eli's followers. Eve will not come to terms that Xena is her mother, & goes on a bloody rampage killing alll in her path. This episode ends with Eve looking into the light & realising alll the evil she had done, & she wants to be good.
Episode 22 - Motherhood - The furies conspire against Gabrielle to kill Eve, Gabrielle picks up a knife & with Eve's back turned she makes a strike to her, Xena see's what is happening & throws the Shakram at Gabrielle, - too late though as eve is wounded, the shakram hits Gabrielle & splits her head open, knocking her to the floor. With the lives of Gabrielle & Eve hanging in the balance, Xena faces the gods in a final showdown, with a little help from Aphrodite & even Aries!
