The week-long national syndication window opens for the 52nd episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Guest starring Jacqueline Kim (Star Trek: Generations), this is the first part of a two-part story. 
Late one night a wounded man appears at Xena and Gabrielle’s camp. He says he has a message for the warrior, but before he can tell her what it is, the men who attacked him appear. Xena fights them off and returns to the messenger. He gives her the cryptic message and dies. Afterward, Xena makes plans to head to Chin.
As the duo travel to a seaport, Xena tells Gabrielle about her time in Chin. The bard decides that she can’t go along with Xena to Chin and the two friends say their goodbyes.
written by R.J. Stewart
directed by Robert Tapert and R.J. Stewart
music by Joseph LoDucaCast: Lucy Lawless (Xena), Renee O’Connor (Gabrielle), Jacqueline Kim (Lao Ma), Marton Csokas (Borias), Grant McFarland (Ming Tzu), Daniel Sing (Ming Tien), Daniel Lim (Ming Tien – 12 years), Tai Hadfield (Chuang), Blair Fraser (Messenger), William Kwan (Soldier), Peter Mason (Shopkeeper), and Argo
LogBook entry by Mary Terrell