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These pages are a list of the complete (credited) cast of all the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess episodes, derived from the on-screen credits, and as accurate as I can make it.
It also includes writers, directors, Director of Photography and second unit director - those
people who arguably have the greatest influence on what is seen on screen. The
many producers, associate producers, executive producers etc have been omitted as their
contributions have varied widely from episode to episode.
For convenience, here's the list of Hercules and Xena episodes. Click on any one to go to the relevant credits.
I've lined them up so their first airing dates (as given by Whoosh) coincide.
This is relevant for the timing of some 'crossover' episodes.
Light shading indicates an episode where the 'leads' (Hercules, Iolaus,
Xena or Gabrielle) 'crossed over' to the other series.
The few occasions where an episode of one series formed an integral part of the
storyline of the other series, I've shaded darker.
The Hercules episodes significant to the 'Xena' storyline are:
The 'Warrior Princess' trilogy (obviously)
Surprise (how Callisto got from Tartarus to the Labyrinth, and became an immortal -
fits between Ten Little Warlords and A Necessary Evil)
Armageddon Now (How the dead Hope became an egg, and how Callisto got from the
Ixion Caves to the Vortex - follows right on from Maternal Instincts and comes
before Sacrifice)
The only Xena episode significant to Herc - God Fearing Child - came after the
end of the Hercules series, but it does form the true conclusion of the Hercules - Zeus
- Hera saga which ostensibly finished with a happy 'sunset' ending in Full Circle.
Leading Hercules characters (i.e. Herc and/or Iolaus) 'crossed over' to XWP in
Prometheus and The Quest - but these formed no part of the Hercules
storyline.
Xena and Gabby 'crossed over' in Judgement Day - but this formed no part of the
Xena storyline. Nor did the alternate Xena in Stranger in a Strange World or
the alternate Xena and Gabrielle in Armageddon Now.
Other leading characters - notably Aphrodite and Ares - 'crossed over' all the time. Minor
developments in their lives may have carried over from one series to the other, but not
significantly enough to warrant mention here.
One theme that did involve both series was Dahak. That started in XWP in The Deliverer,
and stayed in XWP (aside from a crossover with Hope in Armageddon Now) until ending
with Sacrifice. Dahak then reappeared in HTLJ in Faith and stayed exclusively on
HTLJ until his final demise in Redemption.
Intertwined with the Dahak theme was the Hinds Blood dagger. This was mostly a Herc thing
but came to figure significantly in Xena episodes. I'll try to summarise it very briefly:
It started on Herc in the 'Golden Hind' trilogy - Encounter, When a Man Loves a Woman,
and Judgement Day. Zeus was killing all the Hinds as their blood was 'the only thing that
could kill a god' (yes, yet another 'only thing....'). Ares was protecting Serena, the one
remaining Hind. Herc married her. Strife killed her and framed Herc. Xena and Gabrielle
had to do the crossover thing and help rescue Herc. End of Hinds blood, apparently.
Later, in The End of The Beginning, Autolycus stole the Chronos Stone and he and Herc
ended up back in Serena's time, when she was still alive. This time round, Ares tried to
kill Serena, Herc fought him, the result was that Ares killed the 'hind' part of Serena but
her mortal half lived on - though not married to Hercules. Ares' dagger with some hinds blood
on it was destroyed by Herc. End of Hinds Blood - again.
In Stranger in a Strange World, the Sovereign, Herc's evil alter ego in the Alternate
Universe, was using hinds blood supplied by his girlfriend, alternate Xena, to poison Zeus.
Where she got it from is unknown, but she kept it in a pendant round her neck. At the end
of the episode Hercules trapped the Sovereign in the Vortex, the portal between the worlds.
In Armageddon Now, Ares and Callisto opened the Vortex and released the Sovereign,
only to steal the hinds blood pendant he was wearing. Callisto went on a mission to the
past to kill Alcmene, Herc's mother, and took the hinds blood with her in order to stop the
other gods from interfering. Iolaus followed, grabbed the pendant, and smeared the blood
on a dagger, which he never got to use. After Iolaus saved Alcmene and returned to the
present with the dagger, Herc pounded the dagger into the wall of the Halls of War.
In Sacrifice, Xena arranged to retrieve the dagger from its hiding place in order
to kill Hope, but used it on Callisto instead.
And that, very briefly, is the story of the Hinds Blood dagger.
For more on the convoluted storylines and some of the characters, see this page.
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