Xena Storyarc's 2.0

Xena Story-arcs drafts
The Callisto Saga (Season 2) The Birth of Hope (Season 4) The Rift (Season 4) The Return of Hope (Season 4) Search for Gabrielle/End of Hope (Season 5)
 * 2.05 Return of Callisto
 * 2.06 The Festival of Chaos
 * 2.10 One Wedding and a Funeral
 * 2.11 Vengeance and Mercy
 * 2.12 Intimate Stranger
 * 2.13 Ten Little Warlords
 * 4.01 The Deliverer
 * 4.02 The First Kill
 * 4.03 The Chosen One
 * 4.04 Gabrielle's Hope
 * 4.11 Maternal Instincts
 * 4.12 Separation
 * 4.13 Armageddon Now
 * 4.14 Armageddon Now II
 * 4.15 The Bitter Suite
 * 4.16 One Against An Army
 * 4.23 The Rising
 * 4.24 Sacrifice
 * 4.25 Sacrifice II

Rise of Dahak (Season 5)

Callisto Appearances this version Notes: Callisto Notes: Ares Notes: Athena
 * 1) 1.22 Callisto
 * 2) 2.05 Return of Callisto
 * 3) 2.06 The Festival of Hecate
 * 4) 2.11 Children of the Forest, Part 2 of 4
 * 5) 2.12 Future Echoes, Part 3 of 4
 * 6) 2.13 Valley of No Return, Part 4 of 4
 * 7) 2.22 The Wrath of Callisto
 * 8) 2.23 One Wedding and a Funeral
 * 9) 2.24 Vengeance and Mercy
 * 10) 3.01 Intimate Stranger
 * 11) 3.02 Ten Little Warlords
 * 12) 3.11 Surprise
 * 13) 3.14 A Necessary Evil
 * 14) 3.22 The Furies (cameo)
 * 15) 4.11 Maternal Instincts
 * 16) 4.12 Separation
 * 17) 4.13 Armageddon Now
 * 18) 4.14 Armageddon Now II
 * 19) 4.15 The Bitter Suite
 * 20) 4.23 The Rising (cameo)
 * 21) 4.24 Sacrifice
 * 22) 4.25 Sacrifice II
 * 23) 5.25 Ides of March
 * 24) 6.01 Fallen Angel
 * 25) 6.02 Fallen Angel II
 * 26) 6.09 Seeds of Faith
 * 27) 7.18 When Fates Collide
 * 28) 7.25 Heroes and Legends II
 * Callisto is one of the eleven characters to have appeared in every season of The Warrior Princess. The other ten are Xena, Gabrielle, Richard, Amarice, Cyrene, Ares, Joxer, Autolycus, Athena and Aphrodite.
 * Callisto has appeared in every season final of The Warrior Princess, except season 1 and 6.
 * Ares has appeared in every season premier and final of The Warrior Princess, except the second season final.
 * Athena has appeared in every season final of The Warrior Princess, except the second season final. She appears in every season premier of the series, except the second and seventh seasons.

Seasons

 * 1 (2008 - 2009) 24 episodes


 * 2 (2009 - 2010) 24 episodes


 * 3 (2010 - 2011) 22 episodes*


 * 4 (2011 - 2012) 25 episodes


 * 5 (2012 - 2013) 24 episodes


 * 6 (2013 - 2014) 24 episodes


 * 7 (2014 - 2015) 25 episodes
 * due to the actresses accident in early season 3, the season order was cut from 24 episodes to 22. However two hold-holders from season 2 aired in season 3, while 20 episodes were filmed during season 3.
 * Two episodes were produced during the second season, but TPTB didn't let them have 26 episodes for the second season, and they were moved to season 3. These were Love Takes a Holiday and Forgiven.

Season 2 (2009 - 2010)
Note: *Extended Episodes
 * Vengeance and Mercy - 46:15 minutes

Season 2 Story-arcs
Foreshore Island arc Callisto arc
 * Episode 2.10: Atlantis, Part 1 of 4
 * Episode 2.11: Children of the Forest, Part 2 of 4
 * Episode 2.12: Future Echoes, Part 3 of 4
 * Episode 2.13: Valley of No Return, Part 4 of 4
 * Episode 2.22: The Wrath of Callisto, Part 1 of 3
 * Episode 2.23: One Wedding and a Funeral, Part 2 of 3
 * Episode 2.24: Vengeance and Mercy, Part 3 of 3

Starring

 * Xena
 * Richard
 * Gabrielle
 * Amarice
 * Joxer (10 episodes)

Co-Starring (*credited in only episode appeared in)

 * Ares (9 episodes)
 * Athena (6 episodes)

Special Guest Stars

 * Autolycus (1 episode)
 * Callisto (8 episode)

Recurring

 * Hercules (2 episodes)
 * Iolaus (2 episodes)
 * Aphrodite (2 episodes)
 * Cyrene (1 episode)
 * Ephiny (4 episodes)
 * Melosa (4 episodes)
 * Velesca (2 episodes)

Season 3 (2010 - 2011)
Note: *Extended Episodes
 * Surprise - 46:30 minutes
 * Destiny - 47:05 minutes
 * The Furies - 46:45 minutes

Starring

 * Xena
 * Richard (24 episodes)
 * Gabrielle (23 episodes)
 * Amarice (23 episodes)
 * Joxer (12 episodes)

Co-Starring (*credited in only episode appeared in)

 * Ares (8 episodes)
 * Athena (6 episodes)

Special Guest Stars

 * Autolycus (4 episodes)
 * Callisto (5 episode)

Recurring

 * Hercules (3 episodes)
 * Iolaus (4 episodes)
 * Aphrodite (3 episodes)
 * Cyrene (2 episodes)
 * Ephiny (2 episodes)
 * Caesar (1 episode)


 * Brutus (1 episode)
 * Nebula (2 episodes)
 * Velesca (2 episodes)

Season 4 (2011 - 2012)
Note: *Extended Episodes
 * The Deliverer - 46:27 minutes
 * The Debt Part 2 - 47:30 minutes
 * Armageddon Now Part 2 - 47:37 minutes
 * The Bitter Suite - 50:30 minutes
 * The Rising - 46:12 minutes
 * Sacrifice Part 1 and 2 - (Double) 01:32:22 minutes / (Split) Part 1: 45:00 Minutes, Part 2: 47:30 Minutes

Starring

 * Xena
 * Richard (24 episodes)
 * Gabrielle (24 episodes) / Hope (2 episodes)
 * Amarice (24 episodes)
 * Joxer (16 episodes)

Co-Starring (*credited in only episode appeared in)

 * Ares (15 episodes)
 * Athena (10 episodes)
 * Aphrodite (6 episodes)

Special Guest Stars

 * Autolycus (4 episodes)
 * Callisto (8 episodes)

Recurring

 * Hercules (5 episodes)
 * Iolaus (5 episodes)
 * Cyrene (1 episode)
 * Artemis (3 episodes)
 * Lila (2 episodes)
 * Ephiny (5 episodes)
 * Caesar (2 episodes)


 * Brutus (2 episodes)
 * Nebula (5 episodes)
 * Velesca (1 episode)

Episode Guide
Episode 4.23: The Rising Airdate: May 13, 2012

ABC PRESS RELEASE: Athena and Ares senses a great threat arriving, as they gather armies. Xena and Gabrielle must prevent the sacrfice of one of Gabrielle's childhood friends. Xena and Gabrielle go to a strange temple requested by the gods to destroy where they find Nebula possesses by an unknown evil. Elsewhere an old enemy resurfaces intend on revenge, and crosses paths with an unlikely ally.

Guest stars/Recurring characters: Callisto, Velesca, Ephiny, Nebula, Apollo, Serriphan, Artemis, Discord, Hope

Notes: Episode 4.24 and 4.25: Sacrifice (Part 1 and 2) Airdate: May 20, 2012 from 9 to 11:10 p.m.
 * Callisto and Hope appear briefly in a cameo in a flashback set during "Maternal Instincts", which shows Callisto being freed by Hope while Velesca remains trapped in the lava pit.
 * Velesca escapes her lava-pit, and faces off against Artemis for the first and last time.
 * Ephiny, Amarice and the Amazons team-up with Artemis to defeat Velesca.
 * The press release for this episode states Xena and Gabrielle must prevent the sacrifice of a friend of Gabrielle's Serriphan, however this doesn't even occur in this episode. Serriphan only appears briefly towards the end of this episode, with a group of worshipers, in the next episode the episode begins with Xena and Gabrielle finding the worshipers and off-screen Gabrielle talked to her parents.

ABC PRESS RELEASE: Callisto returns to resurrect Gabrielle's evil daughter Hope and build an army to conquer the world. Gabrielle's evil daughter Hope takes the form of her mother and joins forces with Ares to create a race of superbeings; Xena is forced to team up with Callisto to stop Hope.

Guest stars/Recurring characters: Callisto, Nebula, Serriphan, Wolprah, Hope, Hercules, Aphrodite, Artemis, Hades.

Notes:
 * This episode takes place two days after the Rising, where Xena and Gabrielle learn about Serriphan having been taken, from her parents. While Richard and Amarice are helping Nebula following her possession by the unknown evil, and are sepated from Xena and Gabrielle.
 * Aphrodite, Artemis and Hades only appear in part 1 only, while Joxer and Hercules only appears in part 2 only.

Season 5 (2012 - 2013)
Note: *Extended Episodes
 * Adventures In the Sin Trade Part 1 - 47:30 minutes
 * A Family Affair - 47:30 minutes
 * Retribution - 47:47 minutes
 * The Ides of March - 48:00 minutes

Starring

 * Xena
 * Richard (23 episodes)
 * Gabrielle (21 episodes) / Hope (2 episodes)
 * Amarice (23 episodes)
 * Joxer (11 episodes)

Co-Starring (*credited in only episode appeared in)

 * Ares (8 episodes)
 * Athena (5 episodes)


 * Aphrodite (5 episodes)


 * Nebula (9 episodes)

Special Guest Stars

 * Autolycus (4 episodes)
 * Callisto (1 episode)

Recurring

 * Hercules (6 episodes)
 * Iolaus (3 episodes)
 * Eli (3 episodes)
 * Lila (3 episodes)
 * Cyrene (1 episode)
 * Artemis (1 episode)
 * Morrigan (8 episodes)
 * Ephiny (2 episodes)


 * Alti (3 episodes)
 * Caesar (4 episodes)


 * Brutus (2 episodes)

Season 6 (2013 - 2014)
Note: *Extended Episodes
 * Seeds Of Faith - 46:20 minutes
 * The Twilight of the Gods - 47:30 minutes

Starring

 * Xena
 * Richard (23 episodes)
 * Gabrielle / Hope (1 episode)
 * Amarice
 * Joxer (18 episodes)

Co-Starring (*credited in only episode appeared in)

 * Ares (21 episodes)
 * Athena (12 episodes)


 * Aphrodite (10 episodes)


 * Nebula (9 episodes)

Special Guest Stars

 * Autolycus (5 episodes)
 * Callisto (3 episodes)

Recurring

 * Phillip (5 episodes)
 * Hercules (5 episodes)
 * Eli (4 episodes)
 * Cyrene (3 episodes)
 * Artemis (3 episodes)
 * Morrigan (2 episodes)


 * Alti (1 episode)


 * Brutus (1 episode)

Season 7 (2014 - 2015)
Note: *Extended Episodes
 * Who's Gurkhan - 47:30 Minutes
 * Heroes and Legends Part 1 and 2 - (Double) 01:45:30 minutes / (Split) Part 1: 50:35 Minutes, Part 2: 55:25 Minutes

Starring

 * Xena
 * Richard
 * Gabrielle (22 episodes) / Hope (1 episode)
 * Amarice (20 episodes)

Co-Starring (*credited in only episode appeared in)

 * Ares (20 episodes)


 * Aphrodite (8 episodes)


 * Nebula (9 episodes)


 * Eve (14 episodes)


 * Virgil (11 episodes)

Special Guest Stars

 * Autolycus (3 episodes)


 * Alti (3 episodes)
 * Joxer (2 episodes)
 * Callisto (2 episodes)
 * Caesar (2 episodes)
 * Lord Zar (1 episode)


 * Eli (1 episode)
 * Athena (1 episode)

Recurring

 * Phillip (9 episodes)


 * Varia (5 episodes)


 * Lila (2 episode)
 * Sarah (2 episodes)
 * Cyrene (1 episode)


 * Artemis (1 episode)


 * Brutus (1 episode)


 * Ephiny (1 episode)


 * Melosa (1 episode)


 * Borias (1 episode)

Other Versions Xena
Gabrielle exit, departure and return
 * TBC (Gabrielle) who will leave on maternity leave in August for the birth of her baby, we know how we will deal with her short absence, but there's no way where making Gabrielle pregnant once again, and after Xena's pregnancy we do not want to go down another pregnancy story. Unlike Amarice, Gabrielle's absence will be more part of the storylines that will really give her absence meaning.

Major Death Spoilers Spoilers for Episode 22 "Fallen" Spoilers for Episode 23 "Alls in a Days Work" The Last Battleground (Clip-Show) Series Final Starring Cast Credits
 * Gabrielle to be killed off -- Rumors are going around that Gabrielle may be killed in a shock move to make the final episodes more darker and to give the show something huge to work on.
 * Gabrielle possible exit update -- It appears those death rumors are just that, rumors. Gabrielle's character is being written off to deal with Emily's maternity leave, but the character will not be killed off, but her exit will be dealt with. Gabrielle's exit details and maternity leave story leaked -- Casting sides for what appears to be episode #8VA014, has Gabrielle dealing with her issues with violence, Gabrielle will act on instinct and kill an innocent person, and is put on trail, but Xena and Richard wont allow this. Later the war between The Romans and Palavenes comes to blows, and Gabrielle saves the innocent man she killed father, the two do resolve there issues, but Gabrielle who struggles to get over the death of an innocent ends up becoming a victim for a Roman and he will wound her. The rest of the sides are missing for the scenes after, but its assumed Gabrielle either ends up in a coma, allowing her to be written off.
 * Gabrielle's return to the series which is assured to be a re-awakening from the coma, will indeed further the Gabrielle/Richard relationship, this happens in episode 18 or 19 depending how the episodes are arrange, since there's an episode going back in time, which includes Gabrielle.
 * Episode 21 "Death Becomes Them" will feature the deaths of two prominent characters. Xena and Gabrielle are the only characters ruled out of course.
 * Two of these six characters will be killed off by the end of this episode for good; Richard, Amarice, Phillip, Eve, Nebula and Autolycus.
 * One character is confirmed to survive the episode given the spoilers leaked the last four episodes and its Richard.
 * Beware major spoilers [Phillip is confirmed to officially be one character who does not survive, and our money's on either Nebula or Amarice being the second death, as Autolycus is now confirmed to not even be in the episode as his final episode was confirmed to be episode 16]
 * Lila and Sarah appear in this episode and make there final appearances.
 * The episode opens up the following morning following the deaths of Phillip and Amarice [now confirmed dead]. We see both the characters as dead bodies, which gets covered by Xena. Both Eve and Nebula are present here, and Ares would later show up and talk to Xena.
 * The Teaser may likely be fairly long in length. [Confirmed the teaser will run a whole 7 minutes before the credits roll].
 * The Teaser ends with the continued story from the previous episode, but after the credits Act One begins a whole another day and story. Where both Xena and Gabrielle are together on their way to Potedia to visit Lila and Sarah.
 * Neither Eve, Ares or Nebula are present in the rest of the episode and only appear in the teaser. Richard doesn't show up until the end of the episode.
 * Neither Amarice or Phillip appear apart from dead bodies at the begining of the episode.
 * This episode will bring Gabrielle's journey full circle, in regards to leaving home and her family.
 * Press Release Synopsis: Xena, Gabrielle, Richard and Eve set out for a 24-hour journey to rescue a stolen treasure of Aphrodite, along the way the face off against a warlord, help rescue a priestess and help the Amazons all in 24 hours.
 * This episode is a sequel to A Day in the Life, with an episode taking place in 24 hours.
 * Both Amarice and Phillip appear as part of a brief flashback which takes place one year earlier. Amarice will also reappear in a flashback in part 1 of the series final set during To Helicon and Back, her role in part 2 will feature her character in a lightly signicant role as a ghost, which includes Phillip.
 * ABC invites new and avid "Xena" viewers to take a final glance at one of television's most talked about and critically acclaimed shows. The "Xena" Series Finale Event began with this one and-a-half-hour special, which takes a retrospective look back over the past eight seasons of this groundbreaking series. "Tales of the Warrior Princess: The Last Battleground" aired SUNDAY, MAY 17 (7:30-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
 * This is the only Clip Show that runs more than one hour. With the total length of the clip-show being 54 minutes.
 * This is the first and only clip show that is narrated by more than one cast member/crew member, with the actors playing Xena, Gabrielle, Richard, Ares, Eve, Callisto, Joxer, Athena, Aphrodite, Hercules, Nebula, and Amarice doing narrating.
 * Characters featured in this clip-show apart from main characters include; Cyrene, Lila, Draco, Hercules, Iolaus, Ephiny, Melosa, Salmonues, Nebula, Aphrodite, Callisto, Autolycus, Caesar, Alti, Eli, Morrigan, Hades, Artemis, Velesca, Solan, Borias, Dagnine, Centaours, The Deliverer, Michael, Zeus, Hera, Discord, Hope, Dahak, Cyane, Lao Ma, Ming Tien, Brutus and Varia.
 * The Clip-Show featured the following episodes from the eight seasons in retrospective look in this order;
 * Sins of the Past, The Reckoning, Promethus, Hooves and Harlots, The Greater Good, Callisto, Orphan of War, Return of Callisto, Vengence and Mercy, Destiny, The Quest, A Necessary Evil, Webs of Desire, The Furies, The Deliverer, Gabrielle's Hope, The Debt, Maternal Instincts, The Bitter Suite, Armageddom Now Part 1, When In Rome, Forget Me Not, Sacrifice Part 1, Sacrice Part 2, Adventures In The Sin Trade Part 1, Adventures In The Sin Trade Part 2, A Family Affair, Darkness Rising, Redemption, Devi, Endgame, Ides of March, Fallen Angel, Animal Attraction, Them Bones Them Bones, Seeds of Faith, God Fearing Child, Amphpolis Under Siege, Looking Death in the Eye, The Twilight of the Gods, Livia, Eve, Coming Home, The Haunting of Amphpolis, You Are There, Path of Vengence, To Helicon and Back, 8.04, 8.08, 8.14, 8.19, 8.20, Death Becomes Them, Fallen, All In a Days Work.
 * Xena
 * Richard
 * Gabrielle
 * Amarice
 * Ares
 * Athena
 * Joxer
 * Aphrodite
 * Nebula
 * Eve
 * Virgil
 * Phillip*
 * Callisto*
 * Alti*


 * Caesar*
 * Lord Zar*

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.
 * Eli*
 * Varia*