Season 5 of Xena: Warrior Princess aired from September 27th, 1999 to May 15th, 2000. The first half of this Season was focused on the maturing of Gabrielle and Xena's mysterious pregnancy. The second half was more focused on the baby herself, Eve, and the Twilight of the Gods that is caused by her.
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| Season | Total | Image | Title | Writer | Director | Original Airdate |
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| 5 | 1 |  |
"Fallen Angel" | R.J. Stewart, Rob Tapert | John Fawcett | September 27, 1999 |
| Xena and Gabrielle, now released from their mortal coils, join forces with the Archangel Michael to battle Callisto and the infernal forces of Hell . | ||||||
| 5 | 2 |  | "Chakram" | Chris Manheim | Doug Lefler | October 2, 1999 |
| Amarice reunites Xena with her broken Chakram, but she doesn't know what it is, or remember anything about her evil past. | ||||||
| 5 | 3 |  | "Succession" | Steven L. Sears | Rick Jacobson | October 9, 1999 |
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Ares is training Mavican, a warrior he sees fit to be the next in line, after Xena . He sends Xena, Gabrielle, and Mavican to a fake world where Xena and Mavican are given a set of rules as to the consequences of killing each other. But Gabrielle turns out to be the main focus on Ares' mind. |
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| 5 | 4 |  | "Animal Attraction" | Chris Manheim | Rick Jacobson | October 18, 1999 |
| Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer, and Amarice travel to the town of Spamona, Where Xena is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 |  | "Them Bones, Them Bones" | Buddie Williers | John Fawcett | November 1, 1999 |
| Alti returns through the spirit world to gain control of Xena's unborn baby's soul and use it to return to the world of the living. | ||||||
| 5 | 6 |  | "Purity" | Jeff Vlaming | Mark Beesley | November 8, 1999 |
| Xena , Gabrielle , and Joxer are confronted by a Monk from the land of Chin , who informs them that the peace has been disrupted | ||||||
| 5 | 7 |  | "Back in the Bottle" | Rob Tapert & Buddy Williers | Rick Jacobson | November 15, 1999 |
| When Joxer discovers that he didn't destroy all of the Black Powder, Xena recieves visions from the future, telling her that Chin is still in danger. Pao Ssu is revived, along with an enemy that Xena thought she'd killed a long time ago. | ||||||
| 5 | 8 |  | "Little Problems" | Gregg Ostrin | Allison Liddi | November 22, 1999 |
| Aphrodite inadvertantly switches Xena's body with that of a child, Daphne, who is in a coma. Aphrodite and Gabrielle must then find a way to restore them back to normal. | ||||||
| 5 | 9 |  | "Seeds of Faith" | George Strayton & Tom O'Neill | Doug Lefler | January 10, 2000 |
| Eli tries to wage a war against the Gods, using only love as his weapon. But when he stops Gabrielle from protecting him against Ares, the consequences that follow set the biggest events in history in motion. | ||||||
| 5 | 10 |  | "Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire" | Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster | Mark Beesley | January 17, 2000 |
| To avoid a war over who gets possession of Terpsichore's Lyre, Xena organizes a battle of the bands in this musical episode that reunites Xena with her mother, Joxer with his triplet brother Jace, and Gabrielle with a lovesick Draco. | ||||||
| 5 | 11 |  | "Punch Lines" | Chris Manheim , Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster | Andrew Merrifield | January 24, 2000 |
| Gabrielle is having trouble trying to write a scroll, and Aphrodite drops in to help. She relives the events of meeting Lachrymose, God of Despair, shrinking Argo and getting shrunk herself. | ||||||
| 5 | 12 |  | "God Fearing Child" | Chris Manheim | Phill Sgriccia | January 31, 2000 |
| The Fates predict that Xena's unborn child will bring about the Twilight of the Gods, sending wide-spread panic throughoutOlympus. Zeus attempts to kill the child, before it can do any harm, and so Hercules steps in to help. | ||||||
| 5 | 13 |  | "Eternal Bonds" | Chris Manheim | Mark Beesley | February 7,2000 |
| Joxer is struck by a poisoned blade and Gabrielle must take him to a Mandrake tree that holds the antidote. | ||||||
| 5 | 14 |  | "Amphipolis Under Siege " | Chris Black | Mark Beesley | February 14, 2000 |
| Xena comes face-to-face with Athena, when she returns home to Amphipolis to show Eve to Cyrene. When the citizens of Amphipolis stand up to Athena and attempt to defend Eve against her, Ares intervenes and makes Xena an offer that is hard to refuse, given the circumstances. | ||||||
| 5 | 15 |  | "Married with Fishsticks" | Kevin Maynard | Paul Grinder | February 21, 2000 |
| When Gabrielle is knocked unconscious into the sea, a merman convinces her that she is his wife and the mother of three. | ||||||
| 5 | 16 |  | "Lifeblood" | Rob Tapert & R.J. Stewart | Michael Hurst & Paul Grinder | March 13, 2000 |
| Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make Eve an Amazon princess and discover that it's up to them to prevent unnecessary bloodshed in a vengeful war. | ||||||
| 5 | 17 |  | "Kindred Spirits" | George Strayton & Tom O'Neill | Josh Becker | March 20, 2000 |
| Gabrielle must use her power as an Amazon Queen to excuse Joxer from spying on Amazons whilst they bathed, otherwise he will lose an eye. Meanwhile, Xena has to decide if she should continue travelling around Greece or reside in the Amazon Villiage, where Eve is safe from the Gods and Gabrielle is happy. | ||||||
| 5 | 18 |  | "Antony & Cleopatra " | Carl Ellsworth & R.J. Stewart | Michael Hurst | April 17, 2000 |
| When Cleopatra is murdered, Xena assumes her identity to uncover the assassin and protect the Egyptian democracy from Rome. | ||||||
| 5 | 19 |  | "Looking Death in the Eye " | Carl Ellsworth | Garth Maxwell | April 24, 2000 |
| An older looking Joxer buys a scroll that depicts Xena and Gabrielle's last adventure known, and tells it to his children. | ||||||
| 5 | 20 |  | "Livia" | Chris Manheim | Doug Lefler | May 1, 2000 |
| Xena and Gabrielle awaken from their 25 year sleep and reunte with Joxer. He introduces them to his son Virgiland the four of them venture into Rome to find Eve. But everything Xena didn't want her child to be has happened. | ||||||
| 5 | 21 |  | "Eve" | George Strayton & Tom O'Neill | Doug Lefler | May 8, 2000 |
| Livia continues on her murderous rampage, but seriously crosses the line when she kills Xena and Gabrielle's most beloved friend. Will Xena make her see the light, or will she give up on her and put an end to this madness? | ||||||
| 5 | 22 |  | "Motherhood" | Rob Tapert | Rick Jacobson | May 15, 2000 |
| Eve is forgiven for her past mistakes and initiated into the Way of Love. In return, Eli gives Xena the power to kill Gods, as the Olympians launch their final attack on Xena,Gabrielle and Eve. But the Gods have a back up plan envolving Gabrielle and the Furies. | ||||||
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