For about six months in 1997 I was obsessed with Xena. Not like its true fans of the day; I didn’t have posters or go to the internet to talk about it. I just recorded it and would come home on Monday afternoons and watch it. I would skip any episode that didn’t have Joxer [...]

When last we saw Xena and Gabrielle there’d been the whole Hope debacle, and marking a turning point for the show when it comes to continuity, this begins kind of where that left off. Xena wakes up to find her boo bear sitting out in the darkness contemplating life. Valid after having a demon baby [...]

It is now two days after Christmas. If you’re Christian then you are coming down from the gift high and ensconced in the pajama jeans your BFF gave you and swollen with fried Oreos you made because your brother gave you a deep fryer to celebrate the birth of Jesus. If you’re Jewish then Happy [...]

Gabrielle is telling Xena a story about Meleager. Xena has heard this story. She is done with it. She would prefer stories about herself. They arrive in a town expecting to meet Meleager but find a bunch of sad sacks in dark clothes headed for court. Xena and Gabrielle follow because court is FUN. I [...]