The Prodigal (Xena episode)
| Xena: Warrior Princess episode | |
|---|---|
| “The Prodigal” | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 18 |
| Guest star(s) | Tim Thomerson (Meleager); Willa O'Neill (Lila) |
| Writer(s) | Chris Mannheim; Robert Field (editor) |
| Director | John T. Kretchmer |
| Production no. | 76915 |
| Original airdate | 1996 March 4 |
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A Gabrielle-centric episode. After Gabrielle freezes during an attack, she has a crisis: is she cut out for this life with Xena? She goes home to figure things out, only to discover that a warlord is attacking the local villages. Her village has hired Meleager the Mighty, a drunk former warrior. Gabrielle helps organize the villagers, and encourage Meleager to stop drinking. After they defeat the warlord, she realizes that she can, indeed, keep on the warrior road life with Xena, and returns to Xena, who seems very happy to see her.