XWP Season 3

Season Three of Xena: Warrior Princess aired from 29th September, 1997 to 19th May, 1998. This season's main plot involved Dahak, Hope and The Rift.

Season Three was notable for being the first of Xena to have a running storyline. season four followed this style with Xena's Vision and season five followed this with the Twilight of the Gods. While season six didn't have solid storyline, most of it's episodes tackled the effect of the Twilight and 25-year sleep.

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Season	Total	Title	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
3	1	"The Furies"	R.J. Stewart	Gilbert M. Shilton	September 29, 1997
3	1	Ares sends The Furies after Xena for failure to avenge the murder of her father.
3	2	"Been There, Done That"	Hilary Bader	Andrew Merrifield	October 6, 1997
3	2	Xena is doomed to repeat the same day over and over, until she can figure out what it is she must do.
3	3	"The Dirty Half Dozen"	Steven L. Sears	Rick Jacobson	October 13, 1997
3	3	Ares steals the secret of Hephaestus ' metal and gives it to Agathon , a warlord. Xena tries to give four assassins, she trained, a second chance like she had.
3	4	"The Deliverer"	Steven L. Sears	Oley Sassone	October 20, 1997
3	4	Xena goes to Britannia to help Boadicea fight Caesar . Gabrielle finds herself in a dangerous situation with a cult.
3	5	"Gabrielle's Hope"	R.J. Stewart	Charles Siebert, Andrew Merrifield	October 27, 1997
3	5	Gabrielle is informed from Banshees that she is carrying the "Child of Darkness."
3	6	"The Debt: Part 1"	R.J. Stewart	Oley Sassone	November 3, 1997
3	6	Xena travels to Chin to kill the son of a former allie . Gabrielle tries to stop her.
3	7	"The Debt: Part 2"	R. J. Stewart	Oley Sassone	November 10, 1997
3	7	Xena, being betrayed by Gabrielle, is carried out to await execution in prison, while remembering how Lao Ma gave her the chance to change her life.
3	8	"The King of Assassins"	Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster	Bruce Campbell	November 17, 1997
3	8	Joxer's twin brother Jett is on a mission to assassinate Cleopatra , unless Xena , Gabrielle , Autolycus , and Joxer can stop him.
3	9	"Warrior... Priestess... Tramp"	Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster	Robert Ginty	January 12, 1998
3	9	When the Hestian High Priestess Leah , another Xena look-alike, disappears Meg fills in. Xena finds Leah impersonating her, and tries to figure out who is after the hestian virgins .
3	10	"The Quill is Mightier..."	Hilary Bader	Andrew Merrifield	January 19, 1998
3	10	Aphrodite, wanting to teach Gabrielle a lesson, puts a spell on her scrolls so that everything she writes comes true.
3	11	"Maternal Instincts"	Chris Manheim	Mark Beesley	January 26, 1998
3	11	Someone has released Callisto from the lava pit, while Xena and Gabrielle is in the Centaur 's land to celebrate a treaty and visit Solan .
3	12	"The Bitter Suite"	Steven L. Sears	O Oley Sassone	February 2, 1998
3	12	After nearly killing one another from out of anger and deception, Xena and Gabrielle find themselves in The Land of Illusia, a strange and dream-like world.
3	13	"One Against an Army"	R.J. Stewart	Michael Levine	February 9, 1998
3	13	Xena must stop the Persian Army from reaching Athens, or Greece will lose to them. But when Gabrielle is hit with a poison arrow and has hours to live, Xena is caught between Gabrielle and the Greater Good.
3	14	"Forgiven"	R.J. Stewart	Garth Maxwell	February 16, 1998
3	14	Xena and Gabrielle are in search for the stolen Urn of Apollo with the help or Tara, whom is trying to replace Gabrielle as Xena's sidekick.
3	15	"King Con"	Chris Manheim	Janet Greek	February 23, 1998
3	15	When Joxer hits it big at a casino, he is conned out of all his money and has his sword stolen. He is then beaten almost to death, and Xena plans to bring down the ones responsible.
3	16	"When in Rome"	Steven L. Sears	John Laing	March 2, 1998
3	16	Xena learns that the hero Vircinix of Gaul, has been captured by Caesar , She captures Crassus , one of Caesar's enemies, in hopes of him wanting to trade.
3	17	"Forget Me Not"	Steven L. Sears	John Laing	March 8, 1998
3	17	Gabrielle seeks Mnemosyne in hopes she can rid her of the memories of her recent betrayals against Xena with Hope , and in Chin . But to give up the bad she must give up the good too.
3	18	"Fins, Femmes and Gems"	Adam Armus, Nora Foster	Josh Becker	April 11, 1998
3	18	Xena , Gabrielle and Joxer attempt to put the North Star back into the sky after Aphrodite stole the Mystic Diamond (which is vital to the North star) from the Temple of the Heavens. .
3	19	"Tsunami"	Chris Manheim	John Laing	April 20, 1998
3	19	.Xena , Gabrielle , and Autolycus are trapped in a sunken ship, after its is hit by a tidal wave. They must figure a way out before they run out of time and oxygen.
3	20	"Vanishing Act"	Terry Winter	Andrew Merrifield	April 27, 1998
3	20	Autolycus must find out who stole a certain statue, if he is to keep hist title of "The King of Thieves." Xena and Gabrielle assist him and find it is more personal for him then they think.
3	21	"Sacrifice: Part 1"	Steven L. Sears	David Warry Smith	May 10, 1998
3	21	Xena and Gabrielle rescue Seraphin , a sacrifice that will bring about the return of an evil Goddess, presumably Callisto . When Xena confronts her, she discovers that the Goddess is in Fact Hope .
3	22	"Sacrifice: Part 2"	Paul Robert Coyle	Rick Jacobson	May 19, 1998
3	22	Hope takes the form of Gabrielle and joins forces with Ares to create a race of superbeings. Hope denies Callisto her wish to die until Dahak is released onto the World and so, in her anger joinsXena and Gabrielle.