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==Episode guide==
==Episode guide==


* '''[[Altared States]]''' - first real subtextual sexual tension between X&G
* '''[[Altared States]]''' (1x19) - 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.
* [[Ties That Bind]] (1x20) - 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 episode)|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.
* [[Death Mask (Xena episode)|Death Mask]] (1x23) - 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
* '''[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]''' (2x04) - lesbian vampire; lesbian bar-type scene
* '''[[Return of Callisto]]''' (2x05) - Xena & Gabrielle kiss
* '''[[The Quest (Xena episode)|The Quest]]''' (2x13) (dreamscape Xena kisses Gabrielle; Gabrielle's grief)
* '''[[A Day in the Life]]''' (2x15) (domestic 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)
* [[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!"  
* [[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 (Xena episode)|Quest]]''' (dreamscape Xena kisses Gabrielle; Gabrielle's grief)
* [[Blind Faith]] (2x18)
* '''[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]''' - lesbian vampire; lesbian bar-type scene
* [[A Comedy of Eros]] (2x22)
* Blind Faith
* You Are There (6x13) - X&G's relationship
* 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===
===Xena relationships with women===
* "[[The Debt (Xena episode)|The Debt]]" (Xena's lesbian-subtextual relationship with Lao-Ma)
* [[Lao-Ma]]: "[[The Debt (Xena episode)|The Debt]]" and [[The Debt II]]
* Akemi
* Akemi
* Anokin
* Anokin
* "Sacrifice 2" (Callisto touches Xena sensually as she is dying; Callisto has a lot of sexual tension w/ Xena)
* [[Callisto]] - No relationship b/w X&C is implied, but there was sexual tension and attraction. See, e.g., [[The Bitter Suite]] (Callisto kisses Xena to wake her up); "Sacrifice 2" (Callisto touches Xena sensually as she is dying)


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:59, 13 March 2007

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 (1x19) - first real subtextual sexual tension between X&G
  • Ties That Bind (1x20) - 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 (1x23) - 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.
  • Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (2x04) - lesbian vampire; lesbian bar-type scene
  • Return of Callisto (2x05) - Xena & Gabrielle kiss
  • The Quest (2x13) (dreamscape Xena kisses Gabrielle; Gabrielle's grief)
  • A Day in the Life (2x15) (domestic 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)
  • 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!"
  • Blind Faith (2x18)
  • A Comedy of Eros (2x22)
  • You Are There (6x13) - X&G's relationship

Xena relationships with women

  • Lao-Ma: "The Debt" and The Debt II
  • Akemi
  • Anokin
  • Callisto - No relationship b/w X&C is implied, but there was sexual tension and attraction. See, e.g., The Bitter Suite (Callisto kisses Xena to wake her up); "Sacrifice 2" (Callisto touches Xena sensually as she is dying)

References