Gabrielle and Richard

The relationship between Gabrielle and Richard has been complicated throughout the series but they understand one another and manage to overcome all the obstacles they face.

First Relationship
 * Start Up: Devi (5x17)
 * Richard tells Gabrielle "he cant loose her because he loves her", while Gabrielle is under the control of Aiden: Paradise Found (5x15)
 * Gabrielle tells Richard, "she loves him while Eli is performing the spell on her and afterwards they kiss once Gabrielle is back to normal": Devi (5x17)
 * Break Up: The Way of the Warrior and Peace (5x19)
 * Reason: Gabrielle wasn't ready to continue it, and wanted to take up the path of love and also separated from Richard and the group for a while.

Second Relationship Third Relationship
 * Start Up: Chakram (6x03)
 * After dying and being resurrected by Eli, Gabrielle doesn't want to make wrong choices and wants Richard back and he accepts: Chakram (6x03)
 * Break Up: Looking Death in The Eye (6x20)
 * Reason: Both Gabrielle and Richard decide to end it for the sack of protecting both Xena and her child Eve from the gods. Despite the fact that they both are still in love with each other.

Start Up: A Friend In Need (7x23)
 * Both Gabrielle and Richard have sex the night before the final battle, and officially get back together and remain together ongoing once the series has ended: A Friend In Need Part 1 (7x23)

Trivia

 * The relationship between both characters was originally going to become official during the show's fourth season, but with all the dramas with Hope and the rift, it was decided to not go there just yet. In the original outline, they get together during the time Gabrielle gives birth to Hope. The separation/break-up occurs after the death of Solan.
 * There was talk of making the couple reunite at the begining of season 7, but decided that the payoff in the series final when Xena was dead, worked better.