Cheap Xena - Series Finale (DVD) (Renée O'Connor) (T.J. Scott, John Fawcett, Robert Ginty, Ken Girotti, Bruce Seth Green, Patrick R. Norris, Janet Greek, Mark Beesley, Harley Cokeliss) Price

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Customer Reviews of Xena - Series Finale

pretty good, not great
I got this version (I think). From other reviews I thought the director's cut- which I definitely got was supposed to end with Gaberielle alone, not with Xena's ghost on the boat with her. Either reviews are wrong and the director's cut does end this way or somehow the dvds labeled director's cut really aren't the director's cut- atleast not the original. COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHICH OF THESE IS RIGHT??

I never saw the finale on television, so I don't have anything to compare my to. If there are two versions of the finale, a dvd with both versions should really be released.

This episode was pretty good. I was expecting somewhat more from a finale, but it was no where near as bad as some say. Alot of this series was about redemption and forgiveness. The episode going back and forth from the present to flashbacks of something that happpened when Xena was evil was very interesting and a great idea for the finale- goes to show how far Xena has come.

Given the circumstances, Xena did the right thing in the end- for others AND for herself- she already had to live with doing so much evil in the past, then finding out that what she did resulted in so many deaths and that the she had to stay dead in order to save their souls, what choice did she really have? And Xena had to die way before Gaberielle considering that previous episode where they have to travel forward to another of their incarnations- the person Xena was was very old, and the person Gaberielle was was really young. So, obviously Xena had to die first in order to be reborn first.

I don't think that it was really necessary for Xena to be beheaded though, seeing her the way Gaberielle saw her after she was killed (those of you who have seen this will know what I am talking about) was really awful.

The girl is out there...
I'll give this four stars out of respect to LL and ROC, who turned in stellar performances. However, like most Xena fans, I was very disappointed with the ending.

Not only did Xena cash in her chips in a less than spectacular fashion, the Kiss Of Life sequence was somewhat safely ambiguous. For a series that contained more Sapphic Subtext than you could shake a stick at, the "Gabby's just kissing her to transfer the waters of life" excuse was something of an anti-climax, especially after six seasons. I don't think anybody expected the thespian crush to be fully consummated, but a clearer expression of their obvious mutual attraction would have been more appropriate.

This was a powerful double episode and had it not been for Xena's demise, it would have been better received. Certainly one of the finest examples of Lawless and O'Connor's acting prowess. So much so, that it would be criminal not to re-pair the two in a well-written Return episode or movie. Lawless has indicated that she would be open to this very project, so we can but hope.

Worth having, even for the sake of completeness, and if there is a Return episiode, series or movie, the traumatic effects of Friend In Need will be greatly lessened. For now, it is the end, and an unsatisfying ending at that. Xena was the greatest female Warrior figure since Sigourney Weaver's Ripley, and with the massive cult following that the series has generated, you would think that there simply must be more. Come on Rob, put the old lady back out to work...