Episode
Xena: Warrior Princess: The Play's the Thing
Overview
The Queen of Cons, Zera, convinces Gabrielle to base a play on her adventures with Xena, with the hidden motive of running off with the production's investment money.
Details
- Series
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1999-03-01
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
The Play's the Thing is Episode 17 in Season 4 of Xena: Warrior Princess. It aired on 1999-03-01. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 16: The Way
Xena seeks the help of the god Krishna, to rescue Gabrielle and Eli from the clutches of Indrajit, the King of the Demons.
Episode 18: The Convert
Najara returns claiming a newfound mantra for nonviolence, while Xena becomes suspicious of her new outlook. Meanwhile, Joxer wrestles with the guilt of his first kill, and stuggles with admitting his guilt to the son of the man he killed.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: Between the Lines
An Indiana ritual sends Xena's soul into the karmic future for an encounter with the reincarnation of the evil shamoness Alti.
Episode 19: Takes One to Know One
Family and friends gather for Gabrielle's surprise birthday party only to become suspects in a murder investigation instead when a bounty hunter looking to take Xena in, is murdered. Now Discord, the newly appointed goddess of retribution, has given Xena until sunrise to find the killer or everyone she loves will be taken to the underworld.
Episode 14: Devi
While travelling in India, Xena and Gabrielle meet Eli, a magician, and Gabrielle suddenly acquires the power to heal and is deemed a Devi, a healing deity but Xena is suspicious of the power's source.
Episode 20: Endgame
Gabrielle becomes Queen of the Amazons after Ephiny dies at the hand of Brutus, and Xena must fave Caesar and Pompey and their armies while keeping an eye on a rebellious Amazon.
Episode 13: Paradise Found
In India, Xena and Gabrielle wake up in a seeming land of paradise where a mystical man named Aidan, teaches Gabrielle the art of meditation, but Xena discovers he's just feeding off Gabrielle's goodness and must let go of all the good in her, in order to save Gabrielle.
Episode 21: The Ides of March
Callisto returns from Hell with a double mission: corrupt Xena and make Julius Caesar emperor, but plans change when Caesar's allies turn on him and when Roman soldiers capture and crucify Xena and Gabrielle.
Episode 12: If the Shoe Fits...
While journeying to reunite little princess Alecia with her father and the stepmother she dislikes, Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer and Aphrodite take turns regaling the child with fairy tales with familiar faces.
Episode 22: Déjà Vu All Over Again
A present-day woman believes she's the reincarnation of Xena, the warrior princess, while her disbelieving boyfriend thinks she's crazy, and seeks help from a past life expert, with some familiar faces along the way.
Episode 11: Daughter of Pomira
Xena and Gabrielle set out to recover a young girl who was kidnapped six years ago by the Horde, but they don't count on the fact that the child has been raised as one of the Horde and doesn't want to leave the only family she knows.
Episode 10: The Key to the Kingdom
Joxer, Meg and Autolycus team up to steal the infamous ""key"" that's prophecized to lead to the crown of Athena, the joke's on Autolycus when he learns the key is really a baby and Meg wants to be his mother.