For years, fans have debated the “final” episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. A Friend in Need gave us tragedy, sacrifice, and Xena’s death, but it left Gabrielle suspended in grief, her story unfinished. When Fates Collide, often dismissed as an alternate timeline, completes her journey in every sense that matters: emotionally, morally, and spiritually. It is, for me, the true series finale.
Gabrielle chooses Xena, not blindly, not out of circumstance. She chooses with clarity, agency, and courage. She defies destiny itself to affirm the bond that defines the series. This episode honours both characters and their growth while delivering the emotional closure the series had been building toward. It is the culmination of a story about love, courage, moral conviction, and when Gabrielle defies fate itself for her soulmate it is finally complete.
I was seventeen at the time When Fates Collide aired, but my connection to Xena: Warrior Princess began long…
I wanted to be Gabrielle after watching that episode was around 13 when it first wason here. Thanks for briging back lovely memories.