Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Episode Guide

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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season 6 (1999)

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season 5 (1998 - 1999)

  • Season 5 Episode 22: Revelations

    The real Iolaus returns to warn Hercules that the end of the world is imminent. Adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst

  • Season 5 Episode 21: My Best Girl's Wedding

    The heroic demi-god is reunited with Serena, and Iolaus 2 struggles to stop the wedding of his mermaid lover

  • Season 5 Episode 20: Fade Out

    The muscular demigod faces a tough challenge when villains plot to make him disappear. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 5 Episode 19: Once Upon a Future King

    The heroic half-god has to rid Britannia of evil tyrant King Arthur and restore order to the nation. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 5 Episode 18: Love on the Rocks

    Iolaus falls in love with a magical mermaid who has been tricked by Discord to trade her tail for a pair of legs. Drama, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 5 Episode 17: The Academy

    Jason is shocked to discover he has a long-lost daughter when he accompanies Hercules and Iolaus to Cherion's Academy. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 5 Episode 16: We'll Always Have Cyprus

    Morrigan returns to explain why she left so suddenly after a perfect day on the island of Cyprus. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo as the muscular demigod

  • Season 5 Episode 15: Greece is Burning

    The heroic demi-god helps his friends Althea and Widow Twanky to stage a fashion show. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 5 Episode 14: Just Passing Through

    Iolaus admits he's unsure if he'll be of any use in the new world : can his heroic friend restore his faith? Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst star

  • Season 5 Episode 13: Stranger and Stranger

    The heroic half-god journeys to the Alternate World, where a danger to Iolaus's parallel counterpart presents him with a tough challenge. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 5 Episode 12: Sky High

    The heroic demi-god teams up with an Amazon queen to save a colony jeopardised by an erupting volcano, and the duo decide to blow a hole in the mountainside to redirect the lava - but a gang of thugs set out to thwart their plans. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 5 Episode 11: Redemption

    The hero sets out to defeat the evil Dahak and save Iolaus's soul. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 5 Episode 10: Let There Be Light

    Evil demon Dahak takes over Iolaus's body and sets himself up as the ruler of Corinth, pledging to return the world to a time when it was governed by the Titans : but Hercules vows to thwart his plan. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 5 Episode 9: For Those of You Just Joining Us

    The classical hero finds himself in modern times - and, as ever, danger is never far away as the cast and crew of the hit show visit a camping retreat. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 5 Episode 8: Darkness Rising

    Mabon's druids die, prompting Hercules to travel to Sumeria and take on Dahak, whom he believes is responsible. The nefarious demon attempts escape by taking on the guise of Iolaus. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 5 Episode 7: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge

    The do-gooding demi-god tries to stop the trail of destruction caused by mischievous Loki. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 5 Episode 6: Norse by Norsevest

    Hercules has a strange dream in which he heads north to the land of the fearsome Vikings. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 5 Episode 5: Render Unto Caesar

    Ruthless Roman ruler Caesar prepares to launch an attack on Eire, while Hercules has his hands full protecting weakened demi-god Morrigan from the Celts. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 5 Episode 4: Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My

    Salmoneus and Autolycus accidentally free a genie from a bottle given to them by a visiting Sultan, but foolishly waste their three wishes and begin to wonder if they have been set up

  • Season 5 Episode 3: Resurrection

    The hero battles another demi-god while coming to terms with his friend's death. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 5 Episode 2: Descent

    The hunky demi-god must contact Iolaus before it's too late, but first faces the wrath of Dimusa who is feasting on the souls of the dead. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 5 Episode 1: Faith

    The hero and sidekick Ioalus set out in pursuit of a chalice containing magic nectar to help a monarch plagued by the wrath of the gods. On their return however, the king turns on Hercules : offering him as a sacrifice. Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst star

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season 4 (1997 - 1998)

  • Season 4 Episode 22: Reunions

    The hero is summoned to Olympus, where he discovers Zeus wants him to become fully immortal. Tempted by the offer he agrees, but regrets the decision once he learns his father's true motives.

  • Season 4 Episode 21: Top God

    The heroic half-god is offered the chance to give up his mortality and join his father on Olympus. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 4 Episode 20: Twilight

    As the legendary hero rushes to his ailing mother's bedside, he recalls the first time he ever went into battle. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 4 Episode 19: War Wounds

    The superhero has to intervene when war veterans clash with the King, threatening the security of Corinth. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 4 Episode 18: My Fair Cupcake

    Autolycus concocts a plan to steal a priceless sapphire and persuades his former lover Cupcake to act as a decoy. Meanwhile, Hercules and Iolaus try to keep the peace following King George of Carpathia's declaration of war on Antioch

  • Season 4 Episode 17: One Fowl Day

    Ares makes Iolaus and Autolycus pay dearly for turning Discord into a chicken; Katherine would rather be a pig.

  • Season 4 Episode 16: Porkules

    The hero is turned into a pig, captured by a butcher and thrown into a meat wagon. Faced with the chop, Hercules' only hope is Autolycus

  • Season 4 Episode 15: Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules

    Surreal episode set in modern-day Los Angeles where the show's executive producer is thrown into a panic by leading man Kevin Sorbo's disappearance - could dastardly deity Ares be responsible? With Bruce Campbell

  • Season 4 Episode 14: Armageddon Now : Part Two

    Part two. Hercules battles his evil twin, the Sovereign, as Callisto sends a fireball back through time to kill his mother before he's born. Xena, still a wicked warrior princess, revels in her new-found powers. Kevin Sorbo and Lucy Lawless star

  • Season 4 Episode 13: Armageddon Now : Part One

    First of a two-part story. Hope sends Callisto on a mission back in time to prevent Hercules ever being born, while Ares begins to regret bumping off his son-in-law. Swashbuckling adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 4 Episode 12: Men in Pink

    Autolycus and Salmoneus dress as women to evade a murder charge, while Hercules and Lolaus are conspicuous by their absence

  • Season 4 Episode 11: Medea Culpa

    Hercules, Iolaus and Jason recall an adventure in their youth when a battle with a two-headed, fire-breathing monster almost destroyed their friendship. Starring Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst.

  • Season 4 Episode 10: Hercules on Trial

    The half-god is wrongly arrested for the murder of a reckless farmer who was impersonating him, only to be offered his freedom by a wily prosecutor on condition that he refrain from performing any further heroic acts. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 4 Episode 9: If I Had a Hammer

    Female blacksmith Atlanta creates a statue of Hercules - which promptly comes to life Pygmalion fashion, and begins wreaking havoc

  • Season 4 Episode 8: And Fancy Free

    The heroic demi-god volunteers his services as dance partner to a woman anxious to win a coveted trophy, but a crafty warlord orders his henchmen to put the pair out of action. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 4 Episode 7: Prodigal Sister

    Hercules helps a man search for his sister among the ferocious Amazons. Mythical mayhem, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 4 Episode 6: Two Men and a Baby

    Ares lays claim to Nemesis' baby, who is already displaying supernatural powers. Will Hercules rescue the mighty mite, knowing it could grow up to kill him? Drama, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 4 Episode 5: Stranger in a Strange World

    Four mysterious horsemen appear and drag Iolaus into a parallel universe, where he finds himself forced to face an evil Hercules lookalike - while the real thing struggles to save Zeus from a grisly fate. Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst star

  • Season 4 Episode 4: Web of Desire

    The heroic half-god and Iolaus clash with a lethal, acid-spitting spider-woman. Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst star

  • Season 4 Episode 3: Regrets : I've Had a Few

    The death of an old friend has a profound effect on Hercules, prompting him to recall how he accidentally killed the man's brother

  • Season 4 Episode 2: Hero's Heart

    Iolaus has his memory erased by Fortune, the goddess of luck, to remove his feelings of guilt at letting a woman fall to her death. Can Hercules remind him who he is? Adventure series, starring Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst

  • Season 4 Episode 1: Beanstalks and Bad Eggs

    In a re-telling of the classic fairy tale, Hercules tackles a giant at the top of a beanstalk to free a woman abducted many years earlier. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo as the muscular demi-god

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season 3 (1996 - 1997)

  • Season 3 Episode 22: Atlantis

    The mighty warrior joins forces with clairvoyant Cassandra to warn the residents of Atlantis of an impending disaster. Muscle-rippling mayhem, starring Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst

  • Season 3 Episode 21: A Rock and a Hard Place

    Cassus is wrongly accused of murder - but fortunately Hercules is on hand to ensure that justice finally triumphs. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 3 Episode 20: War Bride

    An ambitious princess murders her father, arranges for her sister to be kidnapped and wages war on the kingdom of Lathia - all of which makes Hercules thoroughly peeved. Kevin Sorbo stars

  • Season 3 Episode 19: The End of the Beginning

    The hero decides to use the Chronos gemstone in an attempt to change the destiny of his departed love. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo as the muscular demigod

  • Season 3 Episode 18: The Reign of Terror

    Hera takes advantage of Augeus's delusional state and offers him godly powers in exchange for killing Hercules. Muscle-bound mythical action, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 3 Episode 17: Les Contemptibles

    Brave Marie de Valle inspires thieves, who bear uncanny resemblances to Hercules, Iolaus and Salmoneus, to fight for the French Revolution.

  • Season 3 Episode 16: The Lost City

    Iolaus visits an underground Utopia in which the city's ruler drugs its inhabitants to induce a peaceful state of mind, and it's up to the heroic half-god's hunky sidekick to save the brainwashed colony. Michael Hurst and Kevin Sorbo star

  • Season 3 Episode 15: Judgment Day

    The hero sacrifices his powers to marry the beautiful Serena, but the honeymoon turns to tragedy as Hercules suffers nightmarish visions at the hands of the evil Ares and Strife. Atropos the god of fate is close to cutting off the legend's lifeline, until Zeus intervenes and a battle is fought to defend Hercules's honour

  • Season 3 Episode 14: When a Man Loves a Woman

    Having fallen in love with the beautiful Serena, Hercules asks her to marry him

  • Season 3 Episode 13: Encounter

    Hercules and Iolaus fight against a half-woman, half-deer known as the Golden Hind

  • Season 3 Episode 12: Surprise

    The evil goddess Hera promises Callisto a chance at immortality if she agrees to kill Hecules

  • Season 3 Episode 11: Long Live the King

    Iolaus takes on the guise of his identical cousin in an effort to bring peace to a restless country. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst

  • Season 3 Episode 10: The Lady and the Dragon

    The mighty demigod goes into battle against a dragon. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 3 Episode 9: A Star to Guide Them

    Hercules and Iolaus try to stop the fulfillment of a dangerous prophecy which involves the murder of young male children. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 3 Episode 8: Prince Hercules

    Hera and the ruthless Queen Parmassa cause Hercules to suffer amnesia in a plot to force him into their service. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo as the muscular demigod

  • Season 3 Episode 7: The Green Eyed Monster

    Hercules is called to intervene and rescue the beautiful Psyche. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo as the muscular demigod

  • Season 3 Episode 6: Monster Child in the Promised Land

    Hercules and Typhon set out to rescue Echidna's monster baby who has been kidnapped. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo as the muscular demigod

  • Season 3 Episode 5: Not Fade Away

    Iolaus is wounded by Hera's fighters and tries to warn Hercules of the impending peril. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 3 Episode 4: Mummy Dearest

    The hero must locate a stolen mummy which poses a threat to the world

  • Season 3 Episode 3: Love Takes a Holiday

    Aphrodite decides it's time for a career change; a plot is afoot to kidnap Iolaus' grandmother.

  • Season 3 Episode 2: Doomsday

    The hero helps his friend Dedalus, an inventor who has fallen under the power of evil King Nikolos

  • Season 3 Episode 1: Mercenary

    The hero becomes shipwrecked on a desolate island where he encounters pirates and giant worm monsters

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season 2 (1995 - 1996)

  • Season 2 Episode 24: The Cave of Echoes

    A nervous writer accompanies Hercules and Iolaus on a mission to rescue a beautiful maiden, who has dared to enter the Cave of Echoes - from which no mortal has ever returned. Starring Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst

  • Season 2 Episode 23: Centaur Mentor Journey

    A centaur named Cassius threatens to start a war against mankind after a magistrate refuses to treat his race with equality. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 22: Power

    The demigod intervenes when Deon discovers a special power to bend the minds of others to his will - which results in Salmoneus dancing like a chicken. Starring Kevin Sorbo and Robert Trebor

  • Season 2 Episode 21: The Wedding of Alcmene

    Hercules helps his mother Alcmene prepare for her wedding to King Jason - but Hera plans to ruin the festivities by sending a gigantic sea serpent to attack the assembled guests. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 20: Protean Challenge

    Iolaus and Hercules set out to prove their friend Thanis is innocent of stealing - and discover shape-shifting god Proteus is the real culprit. Adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 19: King for a Day

    Iolaus pretends to be Prince Orestes on the day of his coronation, to prevent his brother seizing the throne. However, it also means going through a marriage ceremony with a girl who can't stand him. Adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 18: Promises

    Hercules and Iolaus come to the aid of King Beraeus, whose fiancee has been abducted by a mighty warrior - but soon discover the situation is not as it appears. Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst star

  • Season 2 Episode 17: The Apple

    Aphrodite interferes in the plans for Thera and Epius's forthcoming wedding, so Hercules steps in to keep the peace. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 16: Let the Games Begin

    Hercules establishes the Olympic Games in the hope they will halt the battles between the Spartans and Eleans - but Tarkon attempts to destroy the event by attacking the competitors with his army of Mesomorphs. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 15: Heedless Hearts

    Love's arrow targets Hercules when he helps the courageous Rheanna battle against a tyrant. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo and Audie England

  • Season 2 Episode 14: Once a Hero

    Jason and the Argonauts ask Hercules and Iolaus to join them in their quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 13: The Enforcer

    The wicked goddess Hera punishes Nemesis for loving Hercules by making her mortal, and creates a beautiful female assassin to destroy the mighty demi-god. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 12: The Sword of Veracity

    An evil tyrant frames Hercules' friend Amphion for murder, so the hero sets out to find the legendary Sword of Veracity, which can prove the youngster is telling the truth. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 11: Highway to Hades

    Hades orders Hercules to catch Sisyphus and bring him to the Underworld in exchange for the spirit of Timuron, who has been treated unjustly. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 10: Cast a Giant Shadow

    Maceus entices Hercules to take up arms against a giant freed by the hero years before. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo, Stig Eldred and Glenn Shadix

  • Season 2 Episode 9: The Fire Down Below

    Salmoneus's greed angers the goddess of divine retribution and pushes Hercules into deadly conflict with the fiery Pyro. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo and Robert Trebor

  • Season 2 Episode 8: The Other Side

    The demigod is reunited with his dead wife when he descends to the Underworld to rescue the daughter of Demeter. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 7: The Mother of All Monsters

    Echidna, who spawned many of the ancient world's monsters, hatches a plan to kill Hercules - and make his own mother witness his death. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 6: Under the Broken Sky

    Hercules discovers Salmoneus working in an unsavoury pleasure palace, and the pair team up to rescue a farmer's wife being held against her will by the master of the establishment. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 5: Outcast

    Bigoted villagers are horrified at the marriage of local woman Lyla (guest star Lucy Lawless) to a centaur, and attempt to drive them out - but fortunately, Hercules is on hand to ensure the couple live happily ever after

  • Season 2 Episode 4: The Siege at Naxos

    Iolaus and Hercules seek refuge from a band of barbarians in a fortress belonging to an ancient warrior and his daughter. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 3: What's in a Name?

    Hercules is impersonated by his mischievous mortal half-brother Iphicles, who joins forces with an evil warlord to cause mayhem. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 2: All that Glitters

    Hercules helps King Midas protect his realm from the clutches of ruthless gamblers intent on destroying it. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 2 Episode 1: The King of Thieves

    Iolaus is tried and sentenced to death for a crime he claims he didn't commit, forcing Hercules to battle a deadly snake to save him. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season 1 (1995)

  • Season 1 Episode 13: The Unchained Heart

    In the final episode of the series, Xena and Hercules form an alliance to destroy her former lieutenant who intends to carry out evil Ares' plans to dominate the world. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo and Lucy Lawless

  • Season 1 Episode 12: The Gauntlet

    Warrior princess Xena enlists the mighty hero's help when her troops mutiny - providing Hercules with ample opportunity to get to know his fearsome ally. Is she really a bloodthirsty raider, or is there more to her than meets the eye? Kevin Sorbo and Lucy Lawless star

  • Season 1 Episode 11: The Vanishing Dead

    The hero battles against god of war Ares and his voracious dog to save the souls of innocent soldiers and bring peace to a bickering family. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 1 Episode 10: Gladiator

    Iolaus and Hercules confront the wealthiest man in Apropus, Menas Maximus, and his bloodthirsty wife Postera, who are responsible for pitting wrongly imprisoned slaves against wild animals for entertainment. The muscle-bound heroes are arrested in an attempt to free the prisoners, but find themselves facing dangers of a different kind in the gladiator's arena

  • Season 1 Episode 9: The Warrior Princess

    Warrior princess Xena sets out to kill Hercules so she can gain complete control of the Arcadian region. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo and Lucy Lawless

  • Season 1 Episode 8: The March to Freedom

    Hercules rescues a woman from slavery, and then battles the cruel slave trader to save her fiance from a death sentence. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, guest starring Lucy Liu and Nathaniel Lees

  • Season 1 Episode 7: Pride Comes Before a Brawl

    The arrogant Iolaus is sentenced to death by the gods for committing the sin of pride. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, guest starring Lisa Chappell and Karen Witter, with Michael Hurst

  • Season 1 Episode 6: As Darkness Falls

    Hercules attends his friend's wedding, only to find his skills are needed when Nemis the centaur kidnaps the bride. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 1 Episode 5: Ares

    Atalanta joins forces with Hercules to challenge the demi-god's evil half-brother Ares. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 1 Episode 4: The Festival of Dionysus

    Hercules crosses swords with a megalomaniac intent on overthrowing his own father, King Iphicles. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 1 Episode 3: The Road to Calydon

    A band of travellers, fleeing from Hera's curse, call on the demigod's assistance when attacked by a giant pterodactyl-like bird. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 1 Episode 2: Eye of the Beholder

    The demigod finds he has to keep the peace between a friendly cyclops and a crowd of irate villagers. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo

  • Season 1 Episode 1: The Wrong Path

    Hercules decides he must avenge his family after they are killed by the goddess Hera. Sword-and-sorcery adventure, starring Kevin Sorbo