What Happened on the First Episode of ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’?

Remind Staff September 4, 2025, 9:30 am

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XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, Lucy Lawless, 'Altared States,' (Season 1, Episode 19, aired Apr 2, 1996), 1995-2001. photo: Geoffrey Short / ©Universal Television / Courtesy: Everett Collection — Geoffrey Short/Universal Television/Courtesy: Everett Collection

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When Xena: Warrior Princess premiered on September 4, 1995, it was truly unlike anything else on TV. Xena, played by Lucy Lawless, debuted as a villain on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, in which Kevin Sorbo played the mythical muscleman.

Though producers had originally planned to kill off Xena at the end of her three-episode story, fans wanted more; so instead, Lawless was given her own spin-off show, which began with the episode “Sins of the Past.”

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