The warlord Draco challenges Xena's efforts to atone for past sins.
Gabrielle takes on the role of leader when she returns home and finds her village ill-prepared to defend itself from a band of marauders.
Friends and family gather for Gabrielle's surprise birthday party, only to become suspects in a murder investigation.
Xena reunites with Gabrielle to face evil Hope and her son, the Destroyer.
Xena and Gabrielle's bitter conflict reaches its climax when both are transported to the dream world of Illusia to settle their mutual differences.