Some cheeky queer subtext between Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O’Connor) from season one of XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS. This is also the gayest episode in the first season – “Altared States.” At one point Gabrielle is accidentally drugged and when she snaps out of her stupor she literally falls down in awe of Xena, staring up at her saying, “By the gods! You are BEAUTIFUL!” In a 1999 interview with “Whoosh!” the writer for this episode, Chris Manheim, spoke about the queer subtext: “When