The Rise and BRUTAL Ending of XENA | The Finale Fans Still REFUSE to Watch.

In 1995, Rob Tapert wrote a villain for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys who was meant to appear in three episodes and then die. Six actresses turned the part down before it fell to an unknown New Zealander who lived twenty minutes from set. Xena: Warrior Princess went on to run six seasons, become the highest-rated syndicated drama in America, and outlive the show that created her by two years. Then, in 2001, the same man who wrote her original death sentence carried it out — in a country the series had never visited, for a crime never once mentioned in six years. Both its stars have since said they pretend the finale doesn't exist. This is the full story: the casting accident that made it, the injury hidden inside season two, the industry collapse that killed it, and what happened to the cast afterward. The Rise and BRUTAL Ending of XENA, #Xena #warriorprincess #90s #retrotv #retro #sitcom