5.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.2
Overview
Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Christianity: Positive
Hinduism: Positive
Overview
Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The series consistently champions female empowerment and features significant LGBTQ+ subtext, with its protagonists actively challenging patriarchal and oppressive power structures, aligning with progressive social values.
The series features strong female leads who consistently challenge male-dominated power structures and traditional gender roles. Its narrative prominently explores themes of female empowerment and is widely recognized for its significant queer subtext, which implicitly critiques traditional heterosexual norms.
Secondary
Xena: Warrior Princess offers a profoundly positive portrayal of a queer-coded relationship through the deep, enduring, and mutually affirming bond between Xena and Gabrielle. Despite network constraints preventing explicit labeling, their love is consistently depicted with dignity, complexity, and as a central source of strength and meaning, affirming the worth of their connection.
The show prominently features Xena, a highly skilled warrior, who consistently engages in and wins close-quarters physical combat against multiple male opponents using swords, staffs, and martial arts. Other female characters like Gabrielle also demonstrate similar combat victories.
The show portrays the nascent monotheistic 'God of Love' (implied to be the Judeo-Christian God) and its prophet Eve as forces for peace, forgiveness, and moral progress. Despite persecution, the narrative consistently champions their message as superior to the often-petty and violent polytheistic gods.
The episode 'The Way' respectfully portrays Hindu deities like Krishna and concepts such as karma and dharma. These teachings are presented as profound wisdom that helps Xena find inner peace and overcome her violent tendencies.
The television series 'Xena: Warrior Princess' does not include any explicit or implicit transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on other aspects of identity, mythology, and relationships, without engaging with transsexual experiences.
Xena: Warrior Princess primarily features original characters or adapts mythological figures and characters from its parent show, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, maintaining their established genders. No characters were canonically, historically, or widely established as one gender and then portrayed as a different gender in this series.
Xena: Warrior Princess is an original fantasy series, not an adaptation of pre-existing source material with established character races. Therefore, the concept of a character being portrayed as a different race than their prior canonical depiction does not apply.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
7.5
Critic Ratings
6.3
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