I still love the show, but I never saw the gay undertones it had as a teen when first aired. All I saw was 2 women with very different personalities becoming best friends and learning from each other. Gabrielle learned how to fight and strategize from Xena and Xena became a better person undoing her reign of terror from Gabrielle. They did love each other, but a loving friendship like theirs is to be expected when traveling together for a long time and always finding trouble whether they find it or it finds them. The second time watching the show, I saw how people talked about the characters being gay. I still thought they were besties who had a loving friendship.
It is a great show just watching it and looking up to Xena and Gabrielle as strong women when a young female. Wanting a chakram and an Argo helps too. I also loved the silly noises that were made. It made some moments funny.