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Ares and Kel, another god of war, discuss Xena’s return and the chakram of light. Both gods want the weapon, since it can kill a god, but only the purest soul can retrieve it. Kel sends a monk after it, but he isn’t pure enough and is killed.

In the ruins of the temple in the mountains, Xena and Gabrielle are adjusting to their return to life. Amarice gives Xena the pieces of her broken chakram. The warrior has no idea what it is and isn’t interested in getting it fixed, which puzzles Gabrielle. Down in a nearby village, the bard shows Xena the new weapons she wants to buy for her, but again, the warrior isn’t interested. Suddenly Kel’s men appear, and Gabrielle and Amarice fight them - Xena just stands and watches. The bard calls for them to retreat back to the temple. Once there, they fill Eli in on what happened and ask him what could be wrong with Xena. He isn’t sure, but he thinks his friend, a monk, could help her. Later, Gabrielle tells him she knows she wasn’t following the right way for her and that if Xena doesn’t recover her memory, she will do whatever she must to protect her.

written by Chris Manheim
directed by Doug Lefler
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Ted Raimi (Joxer), Timothy Omundson (Eli), Jennifer Sky (Amarice), Kevin Smith (Ares), Antonio Te Maioho (Kel), Mark Rounthwaite (Guard)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Stardate not given: B’elanna puts herself at great risk to retrieve Voyager’s only remaining unmanned probe from an ion storm, which does more damage to her shuttle than it does to the probe. After an emergency landing, a piece of debris is found imbedded in her shuttle’s hull - a piece of metal with the symbol of the Klingon Empire on it, which Chakotay presents to B’elanna. She disregards the object - which has been determined to be several centuries old - until it appears to bleed, and she hears voices speaking Klingon. This potentially important archaeological find inspires a Klingon celebration - and some odd behavior, at least from B’elanna’s perspective. Tuvok, while demonstrating hitherto unknown prowess with the bat’leth, injures B’elanna with it and embarks on an uncharacteristically vehement lecture about her dishonor of her culture. During the party itself, B’elanna is helpless to watch as Klingon assassins appear in the crowd, slicing her crewmates down one by one. And then she is dragged to the Barge of the Dead, which ferries dishonored souls to Grethor, the Klingon hell - and B’elanna is not alone, for her mother arrives shortly afterward. But when B’elanna suddenly awakens in sick bay, it turns out that everything - even the crash-landing of the shuttle - was part of an elaborate vision, a near-death experience triggered by the real ion storm. B’elanna can only deduce that her mother has died, and it is now up to the engineer to retrieve her from Grethor and deliver her to the gates of Sto’vo’kor.

teleplay by Bryan Fuller
story by Ronald D. Moore & Bryan Fuller
directed by Mike Vejar
music by David Bell

Guest Cast: Eric Pierpoint (Kor’tar), Sherman Augustus (Klingon), Karen Austin (Merab), John Kenton Shull (Brok’tan)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Ares’ girl of the moment, a warrior named Mavican, wants him to make her his new chosen since Xena no longer wants the job. But the god of war refuses, and Mavican determines to prove that she’s worthy of him.

Meanwhile, Xena fights of a small group of bandits, but won’t let Gabrielle help. Ares appears before the bard-turned-warrior when she visits a nearby temple to fill the waterskins. He’s sympathetic to her feelings of Xena treating her like a kid again, then surprises her with a compliment about her fighting skills with her sai before disappearing.

As Gabrielle is leaving the temple, Mavican appears. She wants to fight Xena to prove her worth to Ares…and she knows the best way to get the warrior’s attention is to kill her best friend.

written by Steven L. Sears
directed by Rick Jacobson
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Kevin Smith (Ares), Jenya Lano (Mavican)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Stardate not given: The Doctor files a grievance with Janeway, claiming that the crew is excluding him and treating him rudely. The captain is mystified by the hologram’s uncharacteristic behavior, and numerous crew members notice that the Doctor is becoming inattentive, almost as if he is daydreaming. Unknown to his crewmates, the Doctor has altered his program to allow daydreaming, but something destabilizes his program and he begins to daydream at an alarming rate, even in the middle of vital duties. His imagination conjures up numerous unlikely scenarios, from the women of Voyager’s command crew battling for his attention, to the destruction of an attacking Borg vessel by the “Emergency Command Hologram.” Eventually, the Doctor’s imagination is in constant overdrive, and Janeway relieves him of duty. But when the Doctor realizes that he is being tampered with by an inquisitive alien, will he be able to convince the crew that this potential threat is no figment of his imagination?

teleplay by Joe Menosky
story by Bill Vallely
directed by John Bruno
music by Dennis McCarthy

Guest Cast: Jay M. Leggett (Alien), Googy Gress (Alien Captain), Robert Greenberg (Devro), Majel Barrett (Computer voice)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

SG-1 arrives on a world where amnesia has swept the populace, leaving a human society in ruins. Some of the confused locals introduce O’Neill and his team to Ke’ra, a woman who has assumed a leadership position in the wake of the disaster. But while going over the written history of the planet in search of clues about that disaster, Daniel learns that the person responsible may have been Linea - an old enemy whose previous encounter with SG-1 left little doubt that she would use her enormous scientific talents for her own ends without regard to the consequences for others. Ke’ra and some of her people return to the SGC so Dr. Fraiser can try to find out what caused their memory loss and reverse it. But when she uncovers evidence that Ke’ra may be Linea herself - a victim of her own mass memory wipe - can they afford to restore her to her true personality?

written by Tor Alexander Valenza
directed by William Gereghty
music by Joel Goldsmith

Guest Cast: Megan Leitch (Ke’ra), Marya Delver (Layale), Jason Gray-Stanford (Omer), Teryl Rothery (Dr. Fraiser), Luisa Cianni (Woman)

Notes: Teal’c was named by his father; it translates to “strength.” SG-1 encounter Linea in the second season episode Prisoners.

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Xena, Gabrielle, Amarice and Joxer are heading to Spamona for a break in the town known for its hot springs. Along the way, they find a horse caught in a trap. Xena realizes that the animal calms down a bit when Gabrielle is close to it, so she has her distract him while she frees its hoof. They take the wounded horse on with them. In Spamona, they learn from the sheriff, Talia, an old friend of Xena’s, that the warlord Darcon plans to attack the village. Xena offers to help but Talia refuses it. Since Xena hasn’t been feeling well lately, Gabrielle tells her to go see a healer. When she does, the man has some startling news…

written by Chris Manheim
directed by Rick Jacobson
music by Joseph LoDuca

Guest Cast: Jennifer Sky (Amarice), Ted Raimi (Joxer), Alison Bruce (Talia), David Te Rare (Darcon), Mfundo Morrison (Arman), John Smith (Stablehand), Michael Howell (Deputy), Ric Chan (Healer), Norman Potts (Gang member), John Lawler (Barkeep)

LogBook entry by Mary Terrell

Stardate not given: Voyager happens upon a scrapyard in space operated by a gangly and gregarious alien called Abbadon. A trade agreement is quickly reached for several small items and technologies, until Tom Paris sets his eyes on a sleek (but very derelict) shuttle-sized vessel. Tom persuades Chakotay to offer Abbadon a few extra items in exchange for the ship - and the alien asks for suspiciously little in trade. Tom begins spending all of his off-duty time - and most of Harry’s, too - restoring the mysterious ship to full working order, dubbing it “Alice” in honor of a cadet he lusted after in Starfleet Academy. Slowly, thanks to the little craft’s direct neural interface with its pilot, Tom becomes more and more fixated on “Alice”…but what he does not realize until it far too late is that the ship is equally fixated on him.

teleplay by Bryan Fuller & Michael Taylor
story by Juliann deLayne
directed by David Livingston
music by David Bell

Guest Cast: Claire Rankin (Alice), John Fleck (Abbadon)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

A Tok’ra delegation led by Martouf comes through the gate with word that Carter’s father has been capture by Sokar and sent “to hell” - a prison of Sokar’s own design from which only one has escaped: Jolinar, the Tok’ra who briefly inhabited Carter’s body. Martouf places a high priority on recovering Selmak, Jacob’s Tok’ra symbiote, so the Tok’ra can learn about Sokar’s plans to openly attack the other System Lords. But while reaching Sokar’s hellish prison is one thing, getting out of it alive with Jacob in tow is quite another, and Martouf tries to probe Carter for Jolinar’s memories of her escape. Unfortunately, he doesn’t find the information needed to plan an escape until he and SG-1 are already there. Teal’c remains on Martouf’s ship to pick up the team, but Sokar’s ships find and engage him. Trapped on the surface, SG-1, Martouf and Jacob try to take advantage of the chaos caused by an insurrection among the Goa’uld guarding the base. When they wonder why such a bold betrayal is happening before their eyes, everything becomes much clearer when one of the Goa’uld removes his mask, revealing the battle-scarred face of Apophis.

written by Sonny Wareham and Daniel Stashower
directed by Peter DeLuise
music by Joel Goldsmith

Guest Cast: Carmen Argenziano (Jacob Carter / Selmak), J.R. Bourne (Martouf), William deVry (Aldwin), Bob Dawson (Bynarr), Dion Johnstone (Na’onak), Peter Williams (Apophis), Peter H. Kent (Kintac), David Palffy (Sokar), Daniel Bacon (Technician), Eli Gabay (Jumar), Tanya Reid (Jolinar), Christine Kennedy (young Carter), Dillon Moen (Charlie)

LogBook entry by Earl Green

Apophis makes his ambitions known - he intends to overthrow Sokar and resume his place among the System Lords. Apophis begins brutal interrogations of SG-1 to find information, including the current location of the Tok’ra resistance base, that he can trade to lure Sokar to his prison. Teal’c, in the meantime, has retreated to safety, consulting with the other Tok’ra on a new course of action now that the entire team must be rescued. But the Tok’ra only see an opportunity to rid themselves of both Apophis and Sokar in one shot, and Teal’c discovers that his allies are more than willing to sacrifice the lives of everyone in SG-1 to do it.

written by Robert C. Cooper
directed by Peter DeLuise
music by Joel Goldsmith

Guest Cast: Carmen Argenziano (Jacob Carter / Selmak), J.R. Bourne (Martouf), William deVry (Aldwin), Bob Dawson (Bynarr), Peter Williams (Apophis), Dion Johnstone (Na’onak), Peter H. Kent (Kintac), David Palffy (Sokar), Daniel Bacon (Technician), Eli Gabay (Jumar), Tanya Reid (Jolinar), Christine Kennedy (young Carter), Dillon Moen (Charlie)

LogBook entry by Earl Green