Xena, The Final Episode

Let’s just get this out in the open right away: Is Xena a lesbian, or merely bi-curious? Even if it’s been twelve months since the series ended its five-year run on network TV, it’s important to dwell on these questions of ancient history, rather than the soft issues of “female empowerment,” say, or “historical accuracy” on the Fox network. Of course, it hardly makes a difference if she prefers the company of women. There’s nothing wrong with that, we’d just like to know. Gabby is clearly gay, 100 percent, only the completely naïve would think otherwise. By the way, Hercules was first, but Xena was best in the 90s crush of late-night comic book-inspired TV. While pioneering producer Rob Tapert could never swing the resources—nor the literary pedigree—of a Lord of the Rings, he certainly has the satisfaction of paving the way for today’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden CGI bust-em-ups on the big silver screen. Incidentally, he is also singlehandedly responsible for the film industry’s bumrush of New Zealand as the Led Zep of shooting locations. Best of all, scads of people are going back to the source—real comic books, where it all began and where it will all end (one day). Did we mention Xena may be a lesbian? Cool!