Season III
22 episodes, 1997-98

The Furies (9/29/97) Writer: R. J. Stewart Director: Gilbert Shilton Ares pursuades The Furies to lay the twin penalties of insanity and persecution on Xena for failing to avenge the murder of a member of her family. Been There, Done That (10/6/97) Writer: Hilary J. Bader Director: Andrew Merrifield Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer get mixed up with two feuding families on a day that repeats itself over and over again. The Dirty Half-Dozen (10/13/97) Writer: Steven L. Sears Director: Rick Jacobson Xena rounds up a gang of cutthroats to battle the warlord Agathon, a protege of Ares who possesses weapons made of Hephaestus' metal. The Deliverer (10/20/97) Writer: Steven L. Sears Director: Oley Sassone Xena, Gabrielle and the first priest of a monotheistic cult head for Britannia to battle their common enemy Julius Caesar, who promptly captures Gabrielle. Gabrielle's Hope (10/2797) Writer: R. J. Stewart Directors: Charles Siebert & Andrew Merrifield After the encounter with Dahak, Gabrielle gives birth to Hope, the "Daughter of Darkness." But when Xena looks at the child, all she sees is despair---which doesn't bode well for the friendship of the two warriors. The Debt, part I (11/3/97) Writer: Robert Tapert & R. J. Stewart Director: Oley Sassone A dying Chinese warrior sends Xena back to her treacherous past with a message to kill the Green Dragon. The Debt, part II (11/10/97) Writers: Robert Tapert & R. J. Stewart Director: Oley Sassone Xena faces execution by the evil Emperor, Ming Tien, the son of her spiritual mentor Lao Ma. The King of Assasins (11/17/97) Writers: Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster Director: Bruce Campbell Gabrielle, Joxer and Autolycus sneak into a palace in an attempt to stop Jett, Joxer's evil brother from assassinating Cleopatra. Warrior...Priestess...Tramp (1/12/98) Writers: Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster Director: Robert Ginty Xena and Gabrielle come to the aid of Meg and the Warrior Princess' fourth look-alike Leah, a virtuous priestess of the virgin goddess Hestia when Balius and his goons overrun a Hestian temple. The Quill is Mightier... (1/19/98) Writer: Hilary J. Bader Director: Andrew Merrifield Aphrodite casts a spell on Gabrielle's scroll so that everything the bard writes comes true. Maternal Instincts (1/26/98) Writer: Chris Manheim Director: Mark Beesley Xena and Gabrielle meet up with their respective offspring, Solan and Hope, but the reunions are hardly happy, thanks to Callisto. The Bitter Suite (1/31/98) Writers: Steven L. Sears & Chris Manheim Director: Oley Sassone The conflict between Xena and Gabrielle comes to a head in this lavish musical-fantasy episode set in a tarot-card dreamworld called Illusia. One Against an Army (2/7/98) Writers: Gene O'Neill & Noreen Tobin Director: Paul Lynch Xena must hold off an entire Persian army single-handed while tending to Gabrielle, who's been struck by a poison arrow. Forgiven (2/14/98) Writer: R.J. Stewart Director: Garth Maxwell A teen with a bad attitude picks a fight with Gabrielle, then tells Xena that she wants to be her new partner. Gabrielle's incensed, but Xena sees something in her. And as it happens, she can be helpful: she knows who stole a missing urn that Xena and Gabrielle are after. King Con (2/21/98) Writer: Chris Manheim Director: Janet Greek Xena plots the con of all cons when Joxer is swindled out of gambling winnings, then is almost killed by the gambling-den owner's henchmen. When in Rome (3/1/98) Writer: Steven L. Sears Director: John Laing When Caesar captures Xena's comrade in arms Vercinix, the Warrior Princess captures Caesar's colleague Crassus and proposes a swap. But she also assumes treachery on Caesar's part, and plans accordingly. Forget Me Not (3/8/98) Writer: Hilary J. Bader Director: Charlie Haskell Gabrielle is troubled but doesn't know why, so she visits the temple of the goddess of memory, who sets her off on a journey through her past. Fins, Femmes, and Gems (4/12/98) Writers: Rob Tapert, Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster Director: Josh Becker Aphrodite casts a spell on Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer to bring out their innermost desires and hinder their attempts to recover the Mystic Diamond. Tsunami (4/19/98) Writer: Chris Manheim Director: John Laing The eruption of Mount Aetna produces a tidal wave that sumerges Xena, Gabrielle and Autolycus inside a sinking mining vessel. Vanishing Act (426/98) Writer: Terry Winter Director: Andrew Merrifield Xena and Gabrielle team up with Autolycus to infiltrate Tarses of Scyros' castle and recover the stolen statue of Pax. Sacrifice, part I (5/3/98) Writer: Steven L. Sears Director: David Warry-Smith Xena saves Gabrielle's friend Seraphin from being sacrificed, then learns that she's willing to die so that Gabrielle's evil daughter Hope can be reborn. Sacrifice, part II (5/10/98) Writer: Paul Robert Coyle Director: Rick Jacobson 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.