Heroes and Legends

"Heroes and Legends: Part 1 and 2" is the 24th and 25th final episode in Season 7 of Xena, the final episode of the series, and produced hours 167 & 168 (the second hour being extended) of the series as a whole. It was broadcast on May 10, 2015.

Previously on Xena
TEASER
 * Xena's first appearance in the first episode riding her Argo and finding a young boy, flashbacks to her days when she was evil are shown  ("Sins of the Past")
 * Xena meeting Gabrielle in Potedia. ("Sins of the Past")
 * Xena meet Richard on the roads. ("Sins of the Past")
 * Xena, Richard and Gabrielle at their first campfire ("Sins of the Past")
 * Xena and Ares in Illusia ("The Reckoning")
 * The Gods Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, Zeus, Hera, Artemis and Discord introduce themselves ("Various episodes")
 * Xena, Gabrielle and Richard meet the Amazons, and Terris is killed ("Hooves and Harlots")
 * Gabrielle puts on her amazon leathers and Ephiny gives her a staff ("Hooves and Harlots")
 * Amarice introduce herself, followed by deciding to travel with Xena ("Hooves and Harlots")
 * Callisto introduces herself and fights Xena, and the talk in the jail ("Callisto")
 * Joxer introduces himself to Gabrielle ("Callisto")
 * Clips of various events throughout season 2 and 3 are shown (Various episodes)
 * Gabrielle is pregnant with Hope ("The Deliverer")
 * Gabrielle gives birth to hope and gives her up ("Gabrielle's Hope")
 * Xena and Gabrielle argue about Hope ("Maternal Instincts")
 * The Death of Solan and Hope ("Maternal Instincts")
 * The Gab-drag ("The Bitter Suite")
 * The Reunion ("The Bitter Suite")
 * Hope is resurrected. ("Sacrifice Part 2")
 * Gabrielle and Hope fall into the Lava-pit ("Sacrifice Part 2")
 * Xena kills Callisto. ("Sacrifice Part 2")
 * Xena and Gabrielle reunite, followed by death of hope ("A Family Affair")
 * Xena and Alti face off and shows Gabrielle her vision of death ("Between The Lines")
 * Death on the crosses ("Ides of March")
 * Resurrection and Xena learns she pregnant ("Fallen Angel") and ("Animal Attraction")
 * Xena learns Callisto gave her the child ("Seeds of Faith")
 * Zeus dies and Hope is born ("God Fearing Child")
 * Death of the gods one by one and Xena is put on ice (Various episodes)
 * Xena and Livia face off ("Livia")
 * The Death of Amarice and Phillip ("To Helicon and Back")
 * Xena and the survivors mourn Amarice and Phillip. ("Fallen")
 * Xena, Gabrielle and Richard return to the setting where Xena first meet Gabrielle. ("Fallen")

Greece, Forrest somewhere between Potedia and Amphpolis

On a normal night, Xena, Richard and Gabrielle are camping as usual while Gabrielle looks up to the cosmos and wonders about where they've been and where they're going. Xena ponders as to whether Gabrielle and Richard want to continue to travel Greece and suggests that they head south because she heard that "they need a girl with a Chakram." The evil Lord Zar A young Man Named Kenji  staggers into there campsite one night holding a compass. Revealing he has come to deliver a message from Deriana. Kenji launches into the terrifying story of his narrow escape from a horrendous death at the hands of the evil Lord Zar. After dying in Xena's arms after asking her to find Troy and restore it to its rightful glory. Gabrielle learns about Xena's past with Deriana.

ACT ONE

Xena, Richard and Gabrielle are riding there horses, and continue on a journey. They stop for a moment for rest, and are under attack by a band of thugs attack young amazon girls, they save them. Xena then recalls an event during To Helicon and Back with Amarice hours before her death. Xena then walks off from the other two, and meets Ares, who warns her to stay away from Troy.

Xena, Richard and Gabrielle soon reunite with Eve.

ACT TWO

Gabrielle and Richard reunite with Nebula in a tarven.

ACT THREE

The Blue Priest talks to Eve in an alley.

ACT FOUR

Arriving in Troy at last.

EPILOGUE

Teaser
The First Battle in Troy fighting Lord Zar's warriors. Xena is killed in battle.

ACT 1

ACT 2

ACT 3

In the City of the Dead, where illusions of Alti, Caesar, Callisto, Hope, Eli and Lord Zar are shown.

ACT 4

The battle on the roof of Troy Kingdom with Xena and the Blue Priest. Xena kills the Blue Priest by beheading him, Xena saves Eve from being sacrifice for Lord Zar. Xena makes the ulimate sacifice instead of trapping Lord Zar in limbo, she sacrifices herself in order to prevent him from returning, and is taken into the sky herself. Eve is very much in shock, and then she is visited by the spirit of Eli who offers her some advise.

Gabrielle and Richard prepare to bring Xena back, but she tells them she cant. That by giving up her freedom to return to the land of the living and also save all the souls Lord Zar enslaved. Eve also rushes to the hill and says goodbye to Xena aswell.

Sometime later, maybe a few days. Gabrielle, Richard, Eve, Ares, Aphrodite, Virgil and Varia are at Xena's grave site.

EPILOGUE

Richard and Gabrielle on a boat visited by Xena's ghost one last time, before heading off on more adventures.

Starring
Series Final Starring Cast Credits Note: Only credited as starring in "Heroes and Legends" only. This is the only episode of the series to credit 18 cast members, the previous record holder was "Livia" with 10 cast members.
 * Xena
 * Richard
 * Gabrielle
 * Amarice
 * Ares
 * Athena
 * Joxer
 * Aphrodite
 * Nebula
 * Eve
 * Virgil
 * Phillip*
 * Callisto*
 * Alti*
 * Caesar*
 * Lord Zar*
 * Eli*
 * Varia*

General

 * Heroes and Legends Part 1 and 2 - (Double Length) 01:45:30 minutes / (Split) Part 1: 50:35 Minutes, Part 2: 55:25 Minutes
 * The series final is the longest episode of the series, for a non combined 2-part/2-hour episode.
 * It was revealed in an exclusive interview that originally it was rumored that Alti was to be the series final villain in place of the Blue Priest, but it was decided to create the Blue Priest, feeling a side villain not connected to earlier episodes, and instead have Alti present among other villains in the city of the dead part of the final story.
 * When writing the material for the city of the dead, Xena, Richard and Gabrielle loosing their minds and seeing things, was suppose to be longer than what aired, one draft had the dead possessing both Richard and Gabrielle and fighting Xena. The purpose was also to bring back important characters from past seasons one last time, and also to showcase the journeys of the core three characters. However in a deleted scene, the ghost of Eli and Alti actually interacted, this was removed as to not confuse viewers to thinking they were really ghosts and not illusions of the mind. Also Callisto tried to stab Richard in the same manner she did to Petercus in Vengeance and Mercy.

Appearances

 * Xena, Gabrielle, Richard, Ares and Athena are the only characters to appear in the first and last episode of the series.
 * This is the fifth and last season final that Callisto has appeared in, being absent only in the first and sixth.
 * This is the only season final that Alti, Virgil and Varia are present.