Xena Warrior Princess - Season Three

Xena Warrior Princess - Season Three
by Andrew Merrifield, Bruce Campbell, Charles Siebert, Charlie Haskell, David Warry-Smith

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DVD Reviews of Xena Warrior Princess - Season Three

DVD Review: Oodles of DVD Extras!
Summary: 5 Stars

Note: This review contains NO SPOILERS; it's all about the DVD extras.

Xena: Warrior Princess Season Three DVD collection summary:
- 8 DVDs, with 3 episodes each except 1 in disc 8; 22 total episodes.
- Video: Very good throughout; less compression than 4 episodes/disc.
- Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround throughout.
- DVD Extras: Stills, audio and video commentary on 8 episodes (1/disc), an "interview" (featurette) on every episode, bloopers, plus much extra on "Sacrifice", the season ender. Season Two included 3 commentaries only. MUCH better!

Season Two was worth a bit over 4.5 stars; Season Three is nearly perfect (5 stars).

Disc 1: Picture of Xena on label
- "The Furies"
o Interview with:
R.J. Stewart, Co-Executive Producer
Lucy Lawless ("Xena")
Robert Gillies, Production Designer
Liz Friedman, Producer
Steven L. Sears, Supervising Producer
Robert Tapert, Executive Producer & Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor ("Gabrielle")
o Audio Commentary by Liz Friedman & Robert Tapert
o Video Commentary by Liz Friedman & Robert Tapert and R.J. Stewart (shot separately)
- "Been There, Done That"
o Interview with:
Lucy Lawless
Andrew Merrifield, Director
Ted Raimi ("Joxer")
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
Bernie Joyce, Post-Production Supervisor
- "The Dirty Half Dozen"
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Robert Gillies
Disc Extras:
- Photo Gallery
- Weblink to www.xena.tv
- Credits

Disc 2: Picture of Gabrielle on label
- "The Deliverer"
o Interview with:
Oley Sassone, Director
R.J. Stewart
Steven L. Sears
Liz Friedman
Renee O'Connor
- "Gabrielle's Hope"
o Interview with:
R.J. Stewart
Steven L. Sears
Andrew Merrifield
- "The Debt" (part I)
o Interview with:
Oley Sassone
R.J. Stewart
Eric Gruendemann, Producer
Robert Tapert
John Cavill, Cinematographer
Robert Gillies
Lucy Lawless
Renee O'Connor & Lucy Lawless
o Audio Commentary by Robert Tapert & Lucy Lawless
o Video Commentary by Robert Tapert & Lucy Lawless

Disc 3: Picture of Autolycus on label
- "The Debt II"
o Interview with:
Robert Tapert
Eric Gruendemann
Oley Sassone
John Cavill
Robert Gillies
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
R.J. Stewart
- "The King of Assassins"
o Interview with:
Ted Raimi ("Joxer" & "Jett")
Robert Tapert & Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
John Cavill
Donald Duncan, Cinematographer
Kay Foster & Adam Armus, Writers
o Audio Commentary by Ted Raimi
o Video Commentary by Ted Raimi
- "Warrior... Priestess... Tramp"
o Interview with:
Kay Foster & Adam Armus
Liz Friedman
Ted Raimi

Disc 4: Picture of Callisto on label
- "The Quill is Mightier..."
o Interview with:
Renee O'Connor
Ted Raimi
Andrew Merrifield
Alexandra Tydings ("Aphrodite")
- "Maternal Instincts"
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Liz Friedman
Eric Gruendemann
Renee O'Connor
Hudson Leick ("Callisto")
Lucy Lawless
- "The Bitter Suite" (a musical!)
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Robert Tapert
R.J. Stewart
Liz Friedman
Eric Gruendemann
Donald Duncan
Bernie Joyce
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
Robert Gillies
Hudson Leick
o Audio Commentary by Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
o Video Commentary by Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor

Disc 5: Picture of Xena on label
- "One Against an Army"
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Renee O'Connor
Eric Gruendemann
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
R.J. Stewart
o Audio Commentary by Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
o Video Commentary by Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
- "Forgiven"
o Interview with:
R.J. Stewart
Renee O'Connor
Liz Friedman
- "King Con"
o Interview with:
Donald Duncan
Ted Raimi
Liz Friedman

Disc 6: Picture of Joxer on label
- "When in Rome..."
o Interview with:
John Laing, Director
R.J. Stewart
Renee O'Connor
o Audio Commentary by Steven L. Sears, the writer
o Video Commentary by Steven L. Sears, the writer
- "Forget Me Not"
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Renee O'Connor
Ted Raimi
- "Fins, Femmes & Gems"
o Interview with:
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
Robert Tapert
Kay Foster & Adam Armus
Liz Friedman
Alexandra Tydings

Disc 7: Picture of Xena on label
- "Tsunami"
o Interview with:
Donald Duncan
Robert Gillies
John Laing
Renee O'Connor & Lucy Lawless
- "Vanishing Act"
o Interview with:
Robert Tapert
Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Connor
Andrew Merrifield
- "Sacrifice" (part I)
o Interview with:
Steven L. Sears
Liz Friedman
Hudson Leick
Lucy Lawless
o Audio Commentary by Hudson Leick (only on some scenes; watch the video commentary instead)
o Video Commentary by Hudson Leick

Disc 8: Picture of Gabrielle on label
- "Sacrifice II"
o Interview with:
Liz Friedman
Steven L. Sears
Renee O'Connor
Ted Raimi
Robert Tapert
Hudson Leick
Lucy Lawless
o Audio Commentary by Hudson Leick (some scenes only)
o Video Commentary by Hudson Leick
Disc Extras:
- "Sacrifice II" Alternate Cuts
- "Sacrifice I & II: A Retrospective" featuring
Steven L. Sears
Paul Robert Coyle, Writer
Kym Taburn, Retrospective Producer/Interviewer
Rick Jacobson, Director
Hudson Leick
Rod Field, Editor
Jason Schmid, Sound Designer
- Bloopers
- Credits

Each video commentary contains a subset (about 40% typically) of the audio commentary, with shots of the commentator(s) watching the episode.

The typical "interview" segment is around seven minutes long, isn't actually an interview because there are no questions posed, and includes an intro from the episode plus bits of the video commentary where present. The "Retrospective" is an actual interview.

X:WP Season Three contains performances by the following recurring characters from the Hercules/Xena world:
- Ted Raimi as Joxer, bumbling would-be warrior; also as brother Jett
- Hudson Leick as Callisto, nemesis extraordinaire
- Kevin Smith as Ares, God of War
- Bruce Campbell as Autolycus, King of Thieves
- Alexandra Tydings as Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
- Karl Urban as Julius Caesar
- Danielle Cormack as Ephiny, Amazon warrior
- Marton Csokas as Borias, warlord; also as Khrafstar, acolyte of Dahak

Notable one-shot guest stars from Season Three included:
- Shiri Appleby as Tara, wannabe sidekick
- Jacqueline Kim as Lao Ma, creator of Taoism
- Jennifer Ward-Lealand as Boadicea
- The first pairing of Angela Dotchin and Bruce Campbell (in "Tsunami"), before they co-starred in "Jack of All Trades"

A great Xena collection, with truly outstanding extras. Get your copy now!