# Is Xena: Warrior Princess a good show or a bad show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-xena-warrior-princess-a-good-show-or-a-bad-show/585278 "2011-06-13T02:22:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-xena-warrior-princess-a-good-show-or-a-bad-show/585278/21 "2011-06-14T10:29:39Z")
[QUOTE=Lamia] I voted “good, but not really good”, but I think that many episodes of _Xena_ were really good. But the last couple of seasons were, IMHO, really NOT good. I went from being a dedicated fan who religiously taped each episode to a person who made no effort to catch the show and would only watch it if someone else had it on. Based on the OP’s other interests, I’d recommend the first three seasons of _Xena_ and at least some of the fourth season. This sounds very negative, but it’s because I LOVED the earlier seasons of _Xena_. It was a very fun show, and managed to pull off a mix of action, humor, and drama for a long time. The character of Xena herself was also a really cool action heroine, and I liked that she was a tall, solid looking adult woman. [/QUOTE] I could not agree more with these comments. The entire tone of the series changes with the very first episode of the fourth season. After that it was hit and miss. In my opinion they branched out into too many different venues far removed from the basic greek/roman mythology and changed the characters too much as well. The changes I abhorred were as follows: Gabby cutting her hair and losing her staff, the whole Eli/Jesus plot line, pregnant Xena, Sky, Xena’s daughter, India, surprise it’s 20 years later, killing the Greek gods, you could go on forever. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-xena-warrior-princess-a-good-show-or-a-bad-show/585278/22 "2011-06-14T10:35:30Z")
Cheesy and terrible, but fun to watch all the same. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-xena-warrior-princess-a-good-show-or-a-bad-show/585278/23 "2011-06-14T10:46:28Z")
It was ridiculous. But in a good way. I watched about the first four seasons. Then it got too silly even for me. On the other hand, _Jack Of All Trades_ was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-xena-warrior-princess-a-good-show-or-a-bad-show/585278/24 "2011-06-14T11:32:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The First episode, do you mean the one where Hercules persuades Xena to help people instead of kill them? > > I think there were maybe two or three specials with Hercules and Xena that lead to launching the series. It’s been years since I saw them. No, this was the first episode of Xena. IIRC other then the few episodes where Hercules was actually on the show, I don’t think they ever mentioned him during the series (but I could be wrong, it’s been a long time). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-xena-warrior-princess-a-good-show-or-a-bad-show/585278/25 "2011-06-14T15:40:07Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I had to vote “Other.” It is not a great show, or even very good, but it was funner than a box of drunk ferrets. Agreed. And there were a few episodes that actually _did_ attain genuine goodness. There was one episode - called, I believe “Day in the Life” - which toned the campiness down and just followed Xena and Gabrielle around their lives for 24 hours. There were some really funny, realistic scenes playing with the idea that (whether they were a couple or not) these two were spending a _lot_ of time together, in rough conditions, and would get on one another’s nerves from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-xena-warrior-princess-a-good-show-or-a-bad-show/585278/26 "2011-06-15T22:38:41Z")
Very good except for the irritating blonde. It probably went on too long though. Hudson Leick as Callisto was hot. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-xena-warrior-princess-a-good-show-or-a-bad-show/585278/27 "2011-06-15T23:03:19Z")
The entire rest of the series could have been composed of monkeys in people clothes flinging poop and playing Candyland (you know, like **Two and a Half Men** ), and **Xena** would still be awesome in my book, if only for the line: “You want me to _fist_ a fish?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-xena-warrior-princess-a-good-show-or-a-bad-show/585278.md?page=1)