Xena-Gabrielle relationship

Xena & Gabrielle in the hot tub, "A Day in the Life"

Xena & Gabrielle in the hot tub, "A Day in the Life"

Xena & Gabrielle: Quest kiss

Xena & Gabrielle: Kiss

The Xena-Gabrielle relationship

Episode guide

• Altared States - first real subtextual sexual tension between X&G
• Ties That Bind - Xena's purported father, trying to split up X&G, says you two are a team; I wouldn't want to come between you.
• Death Mask - Xena tries to send Gabrielle off, and Gabrielle resists, telling Xena off. Xena watches amused. G tells X's brother, "I'm sorry you had to witness that," giving it the perfect air of a domestic quarrel.
• Return of Callisto - Xena & Gabrielle kiss
• The Play's the Thing - Minya acknowledges: "Gabrielle, I wanted to thank you. I never would have met Paulina here if it wasn't for you. In fact, the two of you made me realize something deep down about myself that I guess I always knew but just didn't dare admit. Yes. I'm a ... thespian!"
• Quest (dreamscape Xena kisses Gabrielle; Gabrielle's grief)
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - lesbian vampire; lesbian bar-type scene
• Blind Faith
• Comedy of Eros
• A Day in the Life (bickering; hot tub scene; Man: Would Xena think about getting married & settling down? Gabrielle: "Oh, she likes what I do." (X tosses a fish at G & hits her in the mouth)
• You Are There - X&G's relationship

Xena relationships with women

• "The Debt" (Xena's lesbian-subtextual relationship with Lao-Ma)
• Akemi
• Anokin
• "Sacrifice 2" (Callisto touches Xena sensually as she is dying; Callisto has a lot of sexual tension w/ Xena)

References

• Jeanne E. Hamming, "Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse", at http://www.genders.org/g34/g34_hamming.txt