Season 1 Episode 05 - The Path Not Taken
A princess is kidnapped and Xena and Gabrielle are asked to save her. Xena goes undercover to the tavern where she used to drink as a warlord, pretending she still is, she finds one of her old lovers Marcus. It doesn't take Xena long to realise that the man Marcus works for is the man who kidnapped the Princess. Xena tries to manipulate the evil warlord and free the Princess, but whilst doing this she is begins to realise that Marcus, who is still evil, wants to change but doesn't have the willpower.
As Xena continues to work out how to free the Princess, things start to go wrong and Marcus tell his boss what she is up to, but this doesn't stop Xena, she starts to fight her way out with the princess as she thinks she has just about won she see Marcus attacking the Princess. Xena starts telling him it just takes one step and he can start to turn good, with Xena helps Marcus realises he can do this and stops attacking. Then His boss tries to shot the princess but Marcus steps in the way of the arrow and dies. Xena, sad about what happened but please that he was a good man when he dies, frees the princess.