A Friend in Need: The Director's Cut

A Friend in Need: The Director's Cut
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Overview
Series	Xena: Warrior Princess
Antagonist	Yodoshi
Setting	Jappa
In-Universe Date	Year 32
Production
Production #	V1424 & V1425
Filming Dates	March 8 - March 30, 2001
Original Air-Date	26 March 2002
Story By	R.J. Stewart Robert Tapert
Teleplay By	R.J. Stewart
Directed By	Robert Tapert
Episode Chronology
Order in Franchise	304 of 304
Previous Episode in Series	N/A
Next Episode in Series	N/A
Previous Episode in Franchise	"A Friend in Need Part II"
Next Episode in Franchise	N/A
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 A Friend in Need: The Director's Cut is an alternate cut of the final two episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess, "A Friend in Need Part I" and "A Friend in Need Part II". It was released on DVD in 2002.

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Background

• At 95 minutes in length, this film includes about 9 minutes of footage and lines that had to be removed for the original television broadcasts. However, there are also a few brief moments that are removed from this version including the final shot of Gabrielle sailing off on her own. That was removed because of the fan backlash surrounding the death of Xena.
• Whoosh has a list of the various changes between this cut and the TV version.
• These episodes were heavily influenced by the film, "A Chinese Ghost Story".
• The director's cut version of the two-part final episode was released one month after Kevin Smith's sudden death in February 2002.