Renee O'Connor

According to Appalachian folklore, in the year 1856 a man emerged from the mountain wilderness around Cold Springs, North Carolina to avenge his father's death. His vengeance was so powerful that by the time he was finished, nothing was left but a ghost town. Twenty years later, when his daughter's honor is brought into question, the mysterious avenger returns to ensure that justice is served. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Escaping from Hades, Julius Caesar (Karl Urban) waylays the Three Fates so that he may alter the Threads of Destiny. As a result, the events leading up to Caesar's death are radically altered, and apparently for the good. Xena (Lucy Lawless) is now Caesar's empress, and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) has become Rome's most successful playwright. Alas, the evil shamaness Alti (Claire Stansfield), now the high priestess of Rome, fouls things up with her usual lust for power and wealth. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Still trying to make up for past misdeeds, Xena's daughter, Eve (Adrienne Wilkinson), has become a disciple of the messianic, peace-loving shaman Eli. For her troubles, Eve is captured and condemned to death by Amazon ruler Varia (Tsianina Joelson), whose judgment has been clouded by her lust for power. Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) must find a way to save Eve before it is too late. This episode closes with a traditional humorous disclaimer -- about the traditional humorous disclaimer! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the Present, a scuba diver recovers an ancient scroll and presents it to the Center for the Historical Accuracy of Key Research in Ancient Mythology (or CHAKRAM for short). Much to the shock and awe of two fervent Xena: Warrior Princess fans, the scroll proves beyond a doubt that Xena (Lucy Lawless) was once married to war god Ares (Kevin Smith). In a dizzying succession of flashbacks and flashforwards featuring a number of familiar Xena castmembers (some of them in dual roles), the truth about Xena and Ares' matrimonial bonds is revealed -- and somebody isn't going to be very happy about it. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Lord Belach (Marton Csokas), the son of warlord Borias (with whom Xena [Lucy Lawless] had far too many close encounters during her warrior-princess days) sets out to kill the Centaur Xenan (Hamish Hector-Taylor), himself the son of Amazon princess Ephiny (Danielle Cormack). Belach believes that his daughter, Nicha (Katrina Devine), has been kidnapped by Xenan, when in fact she has eloped with the boy of her own free will. When Xenan and the pregnant Nicha seek out help from Xena and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), they set off a chain reaction of reciprocal adductions and wholesale slaughter -- but the episode ends on a hopeful note all the same. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this Xena-fied version of Richard Connell's suspense classic The Most Dangerous Game, Xena (Lucy Lawless) responds to a message from the dying Amazon Queen Marga (Sela Apera). It doesn't take long before Xena finds herself the prey of crazed hunter Prince Morloch (Sandy Winton), who wants to add the Warrior Princess' head to his already overstocked trophy room. Meanwhile, Marga's death ushers in the honor of a lifetime for Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) -- provided she lives long enough to enjoy it. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Having stolen the "god-hood" of Aphrodite (Alexandra Tydings), the mad Roman emperor Caligula (Alexis Arquette) is now immortal. Under orders from the Archangel Michael (Charles Mesure), Xena (Lucy Lawless) attempts to end Caligula's rampage of terror, and to find some way of revoking his immortality. Such an undertaking requires a disguise -- which is why Xena ends up posing as famed female gladiator Mosca, with Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) as Mosca's advance person, Cynda of Thrace. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the concluding episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, Xena (Lucy Lawless) has agreed to the terms of battle set down by evil samurai ghost Yodoshi. In other words, she allows herself to be killed so that she can fight Yodoshi over the souls of some 40,000 murdered Japanese. The grieving Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) races against time to revive Xena by putting her ashes in a magic spring before the next sunset. Only one problem: Even if she manages to defeat Yodoshi, Xena must remain dead in order to undo the samurai's past evil. This episode's climactic disclaimer advises the viewer to hold out hope for a happier ending in the future. We're still waiting. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Picking up where season five of Xena: Warrior Princess left off, season six begins with Xena (Lucy Lawless) handily defeating the combined forces of the Olympian Gods, who had hoped to forestall their prophesied demise by killing both Xena and her reformed warrior-princess daughter, Eve (Adrienne Wilkinson). The end of Olympia left but a few survivors, among them Xena's old nemesis Ares (Kevin Smith), the God of War -- now rather comically reduced to pathetic mortal-hood. Together with her traveling companion, Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), and the ladies' new cohort, Virgil (William Gregory Lee), the son of their late friend Joxer, Xena embarks upon a whole new series of globetrotting adventures, taking her to Africa and to the Land of Norse, where she finds herself smack-dab in a Wagnerian "Ring Cycle" (mostly of her own making). Xena also does her best to avoid the prognostications of the Heavens Above that she is next in line to the Throne of Hell upon the "retirement" of reigning demon Mephistopheles. Occasionally digressing from the standard Xena format, a handful of episodes were set in the Present -- that is, the 21st century A.D. One of these was a satirical spoof of the old radio and TV series You Are There, while others dealt with the misadventures of Xena's contemporary fans and the familiar cast members' modern-day, lookalike descendants. The season ends with a two-parter set in faraway Japan, where Xena is voluntarily slain so that she may do battle in the Afterlife with the ghost of a malevolent samurai. Gabrielle's efforts to revive Xena, so often so successful in the past, come a cropper this time, and it looks as though Xena: Warrior Princess is definitely, permanently over and done with. However, hope is held out that a sequel or a spin-off may still be in the works, so stay tuned. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Kevin Sorbo makes a guest appearance in his familiar role as legendary muscleman Hercules. Teaming up with old friends Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), Hercules tries to prevent Zeus (Charles Keating) from killing Xena's unborn child -- a move borne of Zeus' fear that the baby will fulfill the prophecy that the Olympian gods will be destroyed by "a child not begotten of man." Meanwhile, Xena heads down to the Underworld in search of the Helmet of Invisibility -- and in the course of her nether travels, she is reunited with her deceased son, Solan (Nicko Vella). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

At the suggestion of Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), baby Eve is slated to undergo the Right of Caste. This bizarre and potentially painful ritual will determine if Eve is worthy of becoming an Amazon princess. Meanwhile, Eve's mother, Xena (Lucy Lawless), is kept busy trying to save the Amazon village from being besieged and literally devoured by a pack of male cannibals. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the second episode of Xena: Warrior Princess' own "Ring Trilogy," Xena (Lucy Lawless) recalls the creation of the powerful Rheingold ring and the "birth" of the Norse monster Grinhilda. Upon finally killing the monster, Xena discovers that she has actually destroyed Grinhilda's son, Grindl, and that her old nemesis is just as dangerously alive as ever. Meanwhile, Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) grows closer to the enigmatic Brunnhilda (Brittney Powell), who holds a secret that will determine the outcome of this adventure. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide