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S4 e1 - beanstalks and bad eggs, s4 e2 - hero's heart, s4 e3 - regrets...i've had a few, s4 e4 - web of desire, s4 e5 - stranger in a strange world, s4 e6 - two men and a baby, s4 e7 - prodigal sister, s4 e8 - ...and fancy free, s4 e9 - if i had a hammer..., s4 e10 - hercules on trial, s4 e11 - medea culpa, s4 e12 - men in pink, s4 e13 - armageddon now (1), s4 e14 - armageddon now (2), s4 e15 - yes, virginia, there is a hercules, s4 e16 - porkules (1), s4 e17 - one fowl day (2), s4 e18 - my fair cupcake, s4 e19 - war wounds, s4 e20 - twilight (1), where does hercules: the legendary journeys rank today the justwatch daily streaming charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. this includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. this includes data from ~1.3 million movie & tv show fans per day..

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This is the story of a time long ago, A time of myth and legend, when the Earth was still young. The ancient gods were petty and cruel, and they plagued mankind with suffering and beseiged them with terrors. For centuries the people had nowhere to turn, no one to look to for help. Until he arrived. He was a man like no other. Born of a beautiful mortal woman, but fathered by Zeus, king of the gods. Hercules possessed a strength the world had never seen, a strength surpassed only by the power of his heart....No matter what obstacle, as long as there were people crying for help, there was one man who would never rest --- Hercules

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# 1 - War Bride

Season 3 - episode 20 - aired 4/28/1997.

Princess Melissa of Alcinia didn't want to marry the corpulent Prince Gordius of Lathia, but she didn't want to be sold into slavery either. Hercules unchained Melissa and the rest of the slave girls in the marketplace. Melissa's sister, Alexa, who had orchestrated the kidnapping, killed their ailing father and tried to claim the throne for herself. She attacked Hercules with the Fist of Tolas, burying him under rocks. But Hercules survived and broke the deadly machine in half. After Alexa was locked in the dungeon, Hercules said goodbye to Melissa, who developed an attraction to Gordius after all.

# 2 - Judgment Day

Season 3 - episode 15 - aired 2/17/1997.

Hercules found it increasingly difficult to adjust to life without his superhuman strength. Meanwhile Ares and his nephew, Strife, plotted Hercules demise which didn't help matters. Then Hercules awoke one morning to find his wife lying dead beside him, murdered. He appeared to be the murderer, but in his darkest hour, his friends Iolaus, Xena and Gabrielle came to his aid, defending him against a lynch mob and exposing Strife as Serena's killer. Zeus gave back to his son the gift of incredible strength, and Hercules defeated Strife before the evil young god escaped with Ares.

# 3 - Once Upon a Future King

Season 5 - episode 19 - aired 5/1/1999.

Merlin hurled the vicious warlord Arthur of Camelot and his sorceress advisor Mab a thousand years back in time to Hercules' world. But Mab helped Arthur conquer Britannia. Later she wanted to go back to her own time, and to do that she needed to kill young Merlin with the sword of Excaliber. Hercules and Morrigan captured Arthur and the sword, but mab took Merlin hostage. A fierce battle ensued, during which Hercules dispatched a giant knight and a reformed Arthur displayed newfound heroism. Merlin smote Mab, and Arthur returned to his own time as a proponent of peace.

# 4 - Norse by Norsevest (1)

Season 5 - episode 6 - aired 11/7/1998.

Hercules wanted to save the Norse god Balder, but Balder explained that his death was foretold in the Book of Fates and could not be changed. Sure enough, Hercules was tricked by Loki, the god of mischief, into accidently killing Balder. An enraged Thor tried to kill Hercules with his huge stone hammer, but Hercules beat Thor and took him to Valhalla. There, Odin -- the king of the Norse gods -- explained that two parts of an ancient prophesy had been fulfilled. If the third part took place, the final nightfall and end of all things would occur.

# 5 - Reign of Terror

Season 3 - episode 18 - aired 4/14/1997.

King Augeus had gone mad. Believing himself Zeus, the King ordered Aphrodite's temple to be rededicated to Hera. The evil goddess herself offered Augeus godly powers if he could kill Hercules by sunset. Aphrodite, angered by the king's actions, stepped in to reclaim her temples and protect the townspeople. Augeus - assisted by Hera - managed to imprison Aphrodite briefly, but the goddess joined forces with Hercules and battled the king until his delusion lifted. Augeus wasn't quite back to normal, however: Now he believed he was Ulysses.

# 6 - My Best Girl's Wedding

Season 5 - episode 21 - aired 5/15/1999.

Iolaus 2 was shocked to learn that Nautica, his mermaid love, had been given legs and was about to marry Lysaka. Hercules went to see Triton to get to the heart of the matter, and found his former wife, Serena. They discovered Lysaka had stolen triton's trident, the source of his power, and Nautica was marrying Lysaka to get it back. Hercules got the Cabiri to fashion a new trident, then left Serena to return to Iolaus. When Aphrodite offered to amke Iolaus a merman so he could be with Nautica, he agreed and said good-bye to Hercules once more.

# 7 - When a Man Loves a Woman

Season 3 - episode 14 - aired 2/10/1997.

Hercules asked Serena to marry him, and she found the courage to ask Ares for her freedom. But the jealous god of war was determined to destroy their relationship. Meanwhile, Serena and Hercules traveled to the Other Side to receive his deceased wife's blessing. Deianeira was hurt at first, but Hercules assured her that his love for her would last forever. Ares then acquiesced to the marriage, on the condition that Hercules give up his god-given strength and that Serena become mortal. With Iolaus serving as best man, the couple was married on the shores of a mountain lake.

# 8 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge (2)

Season 5 - episode 7 - aired 11/14/1998.

Odin believed the answer to the riddle ""When light dies, then will Ragnarok begin"" would bring about the end of all things. Loki went to Odin in disguise and gave him a metal mask. When the king of Norse gods looked into the mask, he was blinded -- which fulfilled the third tragedy. Loki then blew Gilma's Horn, which brought on Ragnarok, and he killed Thor witha poisoned dart. When Hercules poured paint into the Book of Fate, he returned to the moment before he accidently killed Balder. He exposed Loki's plan to Balder and thor, saving their lives.

# 9 - Redemption (2)

Season 5 - episode 11 - aired 1/23/1999.

Dahak, chained to the altar in the body of Ioalus, hatched a plan to kill Ares, which would give him the power to break his bonds. Meanwhile, the demon showed Hercules how he had seduced Iolaus at the moment of death. Apppearing as Hercules, Dahak promised Iolaus the power to set everything right in the world. With time running out, Hercules was sucked into the spiritual world, where he found the real Iolaus. The two friends fought side-by-side once more, sending Dahak into a fiery chasm. Then they siad good-bye, and Iolaus disappeared into a shaft of light.

# 10 - The Mother of All Monsters

Season 2 - episode 7 - aired 10/16/1995.

Echidna was the mother of all monsters, and she was angry. Hercules had fought and killed several of her offspring in the course of his adventures. Now Echidna wanted revenge. She planned to force Hercules' mother, Alcmene, to witness the slaying of her own son before she, too, was put to death. The instrument of Echidna's plan was Demetrius, suitor to Alcmene, but Hercules pursued them to Echidna's underground lair. Weakened by an arrow wound, Hercules still managed to defeat the monster mother, sealing her in a tomb forever.

# 11 - The End of the Beginning

Season 3 - episode 19 - aired 4/21/1997.

Hercules was in the middle of a fight with bullies when Autolycus stopped time. Autolycus had stolen the Cronus Stone from King Quallius' palace museum. Suddenly he traveled five years back in time. Hercules witnessed the first meeting of Ares and Serena, the Golden Hind Hercules had married and lost. When Ares tried to kill her, Hercules forced the god of war to spare the Hind's human half. Later, when he and Autolycus returned to the present, Hercules encountered Serena, now a happy wife and mother. History had changed, wiping out everything they shared together.

# 12 - Surprise

Season 3 - episode 12 - aired 1/27/1997.

Alcmene, Iphicles, Jason, Falafel and Iolaus only wanted to throw Hercules a birthday party. Instead they got poisoned by the treacherous Callisto, who was on a mission from Hera to kill Hercules. To save them, Hercules agreed to travel with Callisto to the Labyrinth of the Gods, where the Tree of Life offered a cure. When they arrived, Callisto momentarily trapped Hercules and ate from the Tree, rendering her immortal. But Hercules engaged her in a fierce battle, incapacitated her, and returned home to cure his family and friends with fruit from the Tree.

# 13 - Darkness Rising

Season 5 - episode 8 - aired 11/21/1998.

Hercules and Morrigan were enjoying life on the island of Eire until they found the Druids slaughtered. Recognizing the work of the demon Dahak, Hercules and Morrigan returned to Sumeria. There, they found Nebula had been bothered by waking dreams of her dead love, Iolaus. When Hercules visited Iolaus' tomb, he found it empty -- and turned to find Dahak behind him, in the body of Ioalus. As they fought, hercules could not bring himself to slay his friend, even though he knew it was no longer Iolaus. Dahak escaped, with Hercules, Morrigan and Nebula in hot pursuit.

# 14 - Be Deviled

Season 6 - episode 1 - aired 10/2/1999.

Sin came looking for Hercules in the guise of Serena. She said she needed Hercules' help to recapture Xerxos, a murderer who had escaped from her world of evil souls. In truth Sin was in league with Xerxos. She poisoned Hercules in hopes he would take a life in anger, which would condemn his soul to her domain. But Iolaus was able to keep Hercules from killing Xerxos. The murderer found his sister, the criminal Arciana, and encouraged her to reform before it was too late. Xerxos and Sin returned to their realm.

# 15 - Render Unto Caesar

Season 5 - episode 5 - aired 10/31/1998.

On the island of Eire, Hercules organized the feuding Celtic tribes to fight Caesar's approaching army. He also helped the half-god/half-human Morrigan find the good within herself. She was the former servant of the cruel Celtic god Kernunnos, and she couldn't break away from him easily because he held their daughter, Brigid, hostage. Hercules agreed to help Morrigan get her child back, and together they defeated Kernunnos in battle. When Morrigan stopped Hercules from killing Kernnunos in cold blood, she realized she had finally embraced her new role as the Druid guardian of justice.

# 16 - Love Takes a Holiday

Season 3 - episode 3 - aired 10/21/1996.

Hephaestus, the god of fire, secretly pined for Aphrodite. His devious assistant. Iagos, hatched a plan to give Hephaestus a substitute for Aphrodite in return for a powerful bronze shield. Iagos went to retrieve Leandra, a beautiful mortal who rejected Hephaestus 50 years earlier, prompting the god of fire to place her in suspended animation. Aphrodite, who had recently decided to give up matchmaking, went with Iolaus to Leandra's rescue. Iolaus destroyed Iagos and revealed he was Leandra's grandson. Meanwhile, sparks flew between Hephaestus and Aphrodite, who resumed her duties as goddess of love.

# 17 - Encounter

Season 3 - episode 13 - aired 2/3/1997.

Prince Nestor wanted the golden horns and hooves of Serena, the beautiful half-woman half-deer known as the Golden Hind. Nestor also wanted to kill Hercules with an arrow dipped in the Golden Hind's blood, and that was a plan Ares could embrace. After Hercules freed the Hind from a thorn wall trap, Ares presented the blood-stained thorns to Nestor. But Hercules evaded the prince's arrows, and Nestor was killed in one of his own traps. Out of danger, Serena and Hercules acknowledged their love for each other and hoped to find a way to stay together.

# 18 - Just Passing Through

Season 5 - episode 14 - aired 2/13/1999.

Hercules missed the original Iolaus. He remembered when a sacred ruby had been stolen from the head of the stone panther, and he and Iolaus went to retrieve it. Autolycus committed the crime, and he swallowed the ruby. At dusk the stone panther sprang to life, and a fierce battle ensued. When Iolaus grabbed Autolycus around the rib cage to pull him out of harm's way, the ruby srrang free. Hearing this story, Iolaus 2 hoped Hercules didn't expect him to be as brave as the other Iolaus. Hercules responded that no one could be.

# 19 - Let There Be Light (1)

Season 5 - episode 10 - aired 1/16/1999.

Hercules and his friends followed the demon Dahak to Corinth, where Dahak -- in Iolaus' body -- had set himself up as the people's savior. He wanted to return the world to a time when the Titans ruled. Hercules and Zarathustra, a man who resisted Dahak's teachings, found the Stone of Creation and joined Nebula, Morrigan and Jason at the Dark One's fortress. Hercules used the stone to harness the light of dawn. The light became metallic and bound Dahak to his own altar. Hercules then prepared to perform an exorcism that would allow Iolaus to rest in peace.

# 20 - Love on the Rocks

Season 5 - episode 18 - aired 4/24/1999.

Nautica, a mermaid, wanted to see the world. But her father, Triton, had arranged a marriage for her. Nautica found a way out when Discord gave her legs. When she met Iolaus 2, they both fell immediately in love. Unfortunately, if Nautica did not return to the sea by sunset, the waters of Greece would turn to ice. When Brutus took her hostage, Iolaus found the strength in his love and handily defeated Nautica's captor. The lovers returned to the beach and after one last kiss, the mermaid swam out to sea.

# 21 - Resurrection

Season 5 - episode 3 - aired 10/17/1998.

Bronagh, leader of the Celts on the island of Eire, told Hercules he was their "Chosen One" -- chosen to lead the Celts to freedom. But the gods of Eire didn't like the Celts worshiping Druids, so they sent Morrigan, a demigod assassin, to destroy the Druids. However, when she killed the Druid guardian of justice, she unwittingly took his place. Hercules, who finally stopped blaming himself for Iolaus' death, defeated Morrigan in battle, but the Druids explained that if she died, the spirit of justice would die with her. They disappeared, leaving Hercules to care for Morrigan.

# 22 - Top God (2)

Season 4 - episode 21 - aired 5/16/1998.

Upon Alcmene's death, Zeus asked Hercules to join him in ruling the gods of Olympus. Hercules, still bitter toward his father, couldn't decide. He recalled meeting Apollo, his half-brother, years ago. Apollo gave him ambrosia, which transformed him into a full god. But Zeus chastised his son, saying he was never destined for full godhood. Chagrined, Hercules relinquished his new powers but still fought Apollo to a draw. he then saved young Ariadne from Apollo's treachery. This recollection resolved Hercules' indecision: He agreed to join Zeus on Mount Olympus, where he could do the most good for mankind.

# 23 - Beanstalks and Bad Eggs

Season 4 - episode 1 - aired 10/11/1997.

With help from Autolycus, the king of thieves, Hercules set out to find Lianna, who had been kidnapped by the giant Typhoon and taken to a castle in the clouds. Climbing a huge beanstalk, the two men found Lianna in Typhoon's castle, caring for three golden eggs that belonged to the Harpies. Captured by the giant, Autolycus instructed Typhoon in the ways of romance. When the eggs hatched unexpectedly, Hercules saved them from a hungry snake-eel. He and Autolycus departed without Lianna, who decided her home was in the clouds with Typhoon and the Harpies.

# 24 - The Academy

Season 5 - episode 17 - aired 3/27/1999.

Hercules and Jason arrived at Cheiron's academy to find things greatly changed. The youths were out of control, and the headmaster left the school in Hercules' hands. Zylus, an upperclassman, had a secret plan to take over the school. When Hercules discovered Zylus and his friends were the masked attackers he had fought off earlier, he expelled the group. Zylus tried to burn down the school, but was no match for Hercules. After the fight, Hercules named Jason the academy's new headmaster, and Lilith -- Jason's first love -- promised to visit often.

# 25 - The Gauntlet

Season 1 - episode 12 - aired 5/14/1995.

Hercules was angry to learn that the warrior princes Xena was raiding villages to increase her power and territory. What Hercules didn't know until later was that Xena's lieutenant, Darphus, was the cruel and heartless one. When Xena spared the life of an infant, Darphus forced her to endure the Gauntlet, a series of trials in which she was punished by her own soldiers. Fleeing on her own, Xena challenged Hercules to a duel - and lost. But he spared her life, so she joined him in defending the village of Parthis from her former lieutenant.

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The Wrong Path

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1995

When his stepmother Hera destroys his family, Hercules is so consumed by hatred that he loses sight of his purpose to help people in need.

Eye of the Beholder

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1995

Hercules learns the real reason why a giant Cyclops has been terrorizing a village.

The Road to Calydon

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1995

Hercules accompanies a town's citizens, cursed by Hera because of a theft at her temple, on a perilous journey to a city offering safe haven.

The Festival of Dionysus

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1995

Hercules uncovers an elaborate plot calling for the murder of a king during a celebration honoring the god of wine.

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1995

Hercules confronts his half brother Ares, the god of war, in his attempt to prevent a teen-age boy from becoming one of the evil deity's soldiers.

As Darkness Falls

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Mar 5, 1995

Hercules attends a friend's wedding where Nemis the Centaur arrives and kidnaps the bride and her maid of honor.

Pride Comes Before a Brawl

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1995

Hercules' friend Iolaus fights for his life when Hera decides to punish him for an act of pride.

The March to Freedom

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Mar 19, 1995

Hercules saves a woman from slavery and then must help to free her fiancee from the slavers.

The Warrior Princess

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Mar 26, 1995

The perfect woman is waiting for Iolaus. Unfortunately, she's an evil, power-hungry warrior princess, who's using him to get Hercules out of the way.

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Apr 2, 1995

Hercules and Iolaus fight to free the slaves forced to battle to the death in a gladiatorial arena.

The Vanishing Dead

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: May 7, 1995

A civil war pits brother against sister, and someone—or some nasty god—is stealing the bodies of their dead soldiers.

The Gauntlet

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: May 14, 1995

Warrior princess Xena joins forces with Hercules when her troops turn on her under the command of the cruel and ruthless Darphus.

Unchained Heart

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: May 21, 1995

While working together to stop the marauding Darphus, Hercules and the warrior princess Xena take their personal relationship to a new level.

The King of Thieves

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 15, 1995

When Iolaus is falsely accused of robbery, Hercules races against time to apprehend the real thief before his friend is executed.

All That Glitters

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 22, 1995

Hercules helps out his friend King Midas, whose gambling palace has gotten out of control with sadistic entertainment.

What's in a Name?

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1995

A not-so-heroic Hercules imposter, hi s mortal half-brother Iphicles, is about to wed the stepdaughter of an evil warlord.

Siege at Naxos

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1995

Hercules and Iolaus capture Goth, wanted for war crimes, but are forced to take refuge in abandoned fort while Goth's brother and his army try to rescue him.

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1995

Hercules helps a centaur and his family combat the prejudice of a fanatical group of townspeople seeking ethnic purity.

Under the Broken Sky

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1995

Hercules plays Cupid to a forlorn farmer and his alluring wife, who ran away to work in a "sin bin" after the death of their two children.

The Mother of All Monsters

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1995

Echidna, the Mother of All Monsters, is out to get Hercules for killing all her children.

The Other Side

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1995

While trying to rescue Persephone, Hades' stolen love, Herc visits the Underworld. He's sorely tempted to stay with his beloved dead wife and children.

The Fire Down Below

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1995

Salmoneus is set up with treasure stolen from Hera. When Hercules convinces Nemesis that Salmoneus is innocent, Hera sends a deadly creature of fire to eliminate all three of them.

Cast a Giant Shadow

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 24, 1995

Hercules and Iolaus fall in with fellow traveler Typhon, a gentle and friendly giant. They are astounded to discover he is married to Echidna, the Mother of All Monsters.

Highway to Hades

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 1, 1995

Hercules has an uphill battle when he goes after King Sisyphus, who's tricked a young man into taking his place in the underworld.

The Sword of Veracity

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1996

Hercules and Iolaus search for a mystical relic that allows nothing but the truth to be uttered in its presence.

The Enforcer

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1996

Hercules' good time at a harvest festival is interrupted by the arrival of an assassin sent by his vindictive stepmother.

Once a Hero

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1996

Hercules and Iolaus helps Jason and the Argonauts search for the Golden Fleece.

Heedless Hearts

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1996

Hecules is in for both love and war when he falls in love with the leader of a rebel band that is fighting a tyrant.

Let the Games Begin

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1996

Hercules promotes peace by organizing an athletic competition between the warring Spartans and Eleans, thus creating the Olympic Games.

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1996

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1996

Hercules and Iolaus get caught in the middle of a love triangle when they volunteer to help a king rescue his kidnapped fiancée.

King for a Day

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1996

Iolaus discovers he has a royal look-alike and ends up helping him defend his throne from a jealous brother and a conniving general.

Protean Challenge

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: May 4, 1996

A friend of Hercules and Iolaus is accused of theft when an angry god distorts reality by making people appear to have performed acts they didn't.

The Wedding of Alcmene

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: May 12, 1996

The wedding of Hercules' mother to the legendary Greek hero Jason is threatened by another of Hera's plots to kill Hercules.

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: May 18, 1996

Hercules intervenes when a young man with divine powers is manipulated by a relative into using his gift for villanious purposes.

Centaur Mentor Journey

Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: May 25, 1996

A dying centaur asks Hercules for help when a centaur group's struggle for equal rights with humans takes a violent turn.

The Cave of Echoes

Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Jul 6, 1996

An eager young writer learns a lesson about courage when he helps Hercules and Iolaus rescue a maiden trapped in a cave.

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1996

A storm at sea maroons Hercules on an island where he deals with pirates, sand monsters and a wanted killer he is transporting to Sparta.

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1996

Hercules learns from a scribe, that Icarus is dead and his father, Hercules' old friend Daedalus, is being blamed.

Love Takes a Holiday

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1996

Aphrodite, bored with her role as goddess of love, abandons it to try other activities.

Mummy Dearest

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1996

An Egyptian princess travel to Greece to ask Hercules to find an old, walking, dangerous mummy who is being exhibited in Salmoneus' "House of Horrors".

Not Fade Away

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1996

Iolaus will remain forever in the afterlife unless Hercules makes good on his deal with the god of the underworld to destroy Hera's latest assassin.

Monster Child in the Promised Land

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1996

Hercules helps the monster Echidna and the giant Typhon find their kidnapped child.

The Green-Eyed Monster

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1996

Hercules and Cupid get caught in the middle of a plot by jealous Aphrodite to marry off a mortal female whose beauty is drawing attention away from her.

Prince Hercules

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1996

Queen Parnassa strikes Hercules with amnesia so he will believe she is his mother and agree to lead her army.

A Star to Guide Them

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Dec 21, 1996

Weak King Polonius receives a prophecy that a newborn baby will reign over his kingdom, and wicked Queen Maliphone convinces him to order the slaughter of all the babies in the kingdom to ensure their unborn child's succession.

The Lady and the Dragon

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1997

A young dragon starts killing warriors and destroying villages at the same time a warlord returns from exile seeking revenge on his enemies.

Long Live the King

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1997

Iolaus joins his look-alike cousin, King Orestes, on a dangerous diplomantic mission to ask a power-hungry ruler to support a new league of kingdoms.

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1997

Xena's old enemy Callisto returns from the afterlife when she makes a deal with Hera to kill Hercules in exchange for immortality.

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1997

Saving a beautiful creature that is part woman and part deer pits Hercules against his half brother Ares and the vengeful Prince Nestor.

When a Man Loves a Woman

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1997

When Hercules proposes to Serena, he must deal with Iolaus's disapproval, Deianeira's hurt feelings and Ares' plot to destroy the relationship.

Judgment Day

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Mar 2, 1997

Xena intervenes when Ares and Strife frame Hercules for the murder of someone close to him.

The Lost City

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1997

Iolaus's search for his missing cousin Regina takes him to a commune where everyone has been brainwashed by a seemingly benevolent leader.

Les Contemptibles

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Apr 19, 1997

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

Reign of Terror

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1997

Hera plays up to Augeas's delusion that he is Zeus by giving him a taste of godly power, which he can keep if he kills Hercules.

The End of the Beginning

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: May 3, 1997

Autolycus steals a powerful stone which causes Hercules to travel back in time where he meets up with his beloved Serena and the ruthless Ares.

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: May 10, 1997

When Princess Melissa is kidnapped on the eve of her wedding to Prince Gordius, Hercules must rescue her and prevent a war.

A Rock and a Hard Place

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: May 17, 1997

When a murder suspect escapes and flees into an old mine, only Hercules and Iolaus can keep a vengeful mob away until the crime is solved.

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: May 24, 1997

Cassandra is a prophet without honor in her own land when she predicts that her island homeland Atlantis will be destroyed.

Beanstalks and Bad Eggs

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1997

Hercules and Autolycus team up to rescue the caretaker of golden Harpy eggs from the clutches of a giant living in the clouds.

Hero's Heart

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1997

When Iolaus is unable to save a woman from falling to her death, Fortune, goddess of luck, attempts to relieve his anguish by taking away his memory of everything, including Hercules.

Regrets... I've Had a Few

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1997

Hercules reminisces about the accidental death of a childhood bully, when Celesta arrives to take the brother of the deceased boy to the Elysian Fields.

Web of Desire

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1997

Hercules and Iolaus team up with a woman pirate to battle a queen who is now part arachnid.

Stranger in a Strange World

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1997

Following a fierce battle with Ares, Hercules races to rescue Iolaus from a cutthroat parallel universe and save the life of his father, Zeus.

Two Men and a Baby

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1997

After finding out he's a father, Hercules engages in a fierce battle with Ares over the life of the magically endowed baby.

Prodigal Sister

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1997

Hercules fights members of a renegade Amazon clan to reunite a blind teenager with his sister, who is a member of the female warriors' group.

...And Fancy Free

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1997

In order to help a village girl, Hercules agrees to be her partner in a dance contest. They attend the dance classes of a very extravagant teacher.

If I Had a Hammer

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1998

The blacksmith Atalanta forges a perfect likeness of Hercules, which raises havoc when it comes to life.

Hercules on Trial

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1998

Hercules is tried for manslaughter when a man impersonating him is killed while doing a good deed.

Medea Culpa

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1998

Hercules and Iolaus reminisce about their first battle with the fire-breathing Ghidra, the seductive powers of Medea and Hera's meddling tactics.

Men in Pink

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1998

On the run from phony murder charges, Autolycus and Salmoneus change their names to Autolyca and Salmonella and join Widow Twanky's all-female dance troupe.

Armageddon Now (1)

Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1998

Hope frees Callisto and sends her back in time to keep Hercules from being born.

Armageddon Now (2)

Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1998

As Hercules tries to escape from the Netherworld, Iolaus travels back in time to prevent Callisto from killing Hercules' mother.

Yes Virginia, There is a Hercules

Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1998

The writers and producers of "Hercules" panic when the star of the show is nowhere to be found following an earthquake in modern day Los Angeles.

Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1998

Discord purchases Artemis' purloined bow and, with an arrow, turns Hercules into a pig.

One Fowl Day

Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1998

Ares punishes Iolaus and Autolycus for turning Discord into a chicken by chaining them together. Hercules' pig friend fulfills her dream of becoming human.

My Fair Cupcake

Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Apr 25, 1998

Autolycus uses the voluptuous and naive Cupcake to distract Prince Alexandros so he can steal the ruler's famous sapphire as Antioch and Carpathia ready for war.

Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: May 2, 1998

A bitter King Iphicles' actions against Grecian war veterans puts his and Iolaus's lives in danger when they are forced to battle the carnivorous sandworms.

Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: May 9, 1998

Hercules reminisces about his first battle against the Parthans as he comforts his dying mother, Alcmene, and confronts his father, Zeus.

Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: May 16, 1998

Zeus' proposal for Hercules to join him as a god on Mount Olympus brings up memories of the warrior's first brush with divine immortality.

Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: May 23, 1998

Hera blackmails Zeus into becoming mortal. Hercules battles the gods to return Alcmene's soul to the Elysian Fields and restore his father's powers.

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1998

Hercules and Iolaus' attempt to save Sumeria from the wrath of evil deities leads to disastrous consequences.

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1998

Consumed by grief over the loss of Iolaus, Hercules attempts to bring his best friend back from the Underworld.

Resurrection

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1998

Hercules must fight an evil female demigod sent to destroy the Druids.

Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1998

Autolycus and Salmoneus learn the drawbacks of stealing a magic lamp from a sultan.

Render Unto Caesar

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1998

As Julius Caesar prepares to attack the emerald isle of Eire, Hercules helps the demigod Morrigan find the good within her.

Norse by Norsevest

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1998

Hercules embarks on an odyssey to save the Norse god Balder from an evil prophecy.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1998

The three tragedies of Norse prophecy have occurred, and Ragnarok, the end of all things, is a certainty.

Darkness Rising

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1998

A dark vision sends Herc from Eire to Sumeria, where Nebula is in danger

For Those of You Just Joining Us

Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Jan 9, 1999

The writers retreat to a camp and Kevin Sorbo must rescue them from a would-be murderer without revealing his true identity as Hercules.

Let There Be Light

Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1999

Hercules, Morrigan and Nebula return to Corinth to discover the people following the cult-like form of Iolaus, who is possessed by Dahak.

Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Jan 23, 1999

Hercules and Zarathustra must exorcise Dahak from Iolaus' body.

Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Jan 30, 1999

Hercules, with the help of the Amazon Ephiny, the Centaur Nagus and a youth marked for murder, must stop a volcano from destroying the people of Mount Pelion.

Stranger and Stranger

Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Feb 6, 1999

Hercules travels to the parallel Netherworld to rescue the gods of Olympus before both worlds are destroyed.

Just Passing Through

Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1999

Hercules reminisces about a typical day filled with desperate villagers and derring-do with his late friend, Iolaus.

Greece is Burning

Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1999

In the big city of Trendopolis, Hercules and the Widow Twanky help Althea put on a fashion show. But first, they must fend off the fashion police.

We'll Always Have Cyprus

Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1999

Morrigan joins Hercules on his mission to save the Oracle of Cyprus from predictions of her own death.

The Academy

Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Mar 27, 1999

Hercules returns to Cheiron's academy to stop a band of renegade cadets from taking over the school.

Love on the Rocks

Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Apr 24, 1999

The evil Discord tricks a mermaid into giving up her tail for legs.

Once Upon a Future King

Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: May 1, 1999

A young Merlin enlists Hercules to save Britain from a cruel and calculating tyrant—Arthur of Camelot.

Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: May 8, 1999

Hercules and Iolaus find a town where people are literally fading to death.

My Best Girl's Wedding

Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: May 15, 1999

Iolaus learns to his shock that his beloved Nautica is being forced into marrying the leader of a group of thugs.

Revelations

Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: May 22, 1999

Iolaus returns from the dead to warn Hercules that the end of the world is at hand.

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1999

Hercules meets a Serena lookalike who persuades him to help her return one of his enemies to Hades.

Love Amazon Style

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Oct 9, 1999

Deimos exploits a tribe of Amazons when Aphrodite accidentally puts them under a spell.

Rebel with a Cause

Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1999

Hercules and Oedipus battle the ruthless Creon to help Antigone assume her rightful position as Queen of Thebes.

Darkness Visible

Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1999

Hercules and Iolaus are asked by their old friend Vlad to fight some unusually blood-thirsty foes.

Hercules, Tramps & Thieves

Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1999

Hercules must save Autolycus from taking the rap for a bank robbery his ex-wife committed.

City of the Dead

Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1999

Hercules and Iolaus also travel to Egypt on a diplomatic mission only to become embroiled in a royal family feud that threatens the life of Queen Nefertiti.

A Wicked Good Time

Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1999

A witch in training frames Hercules as an evil warlock and casts a love spell on Iolaus.

Full Circle

Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1999

The fate of the world rests with Hercules when Zeus releases Hera from the Abyss of Tartarus and inadvertently lets loose the Titans.

Hercules and the Amazon Women

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: May 5, 1994 (120 min)

Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations to help a distant village under attack from "monsters," who are in fact Amazonian women controlled by Hera.

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: May 12, 1994 (120 min)

Hercules saves a princess from being sacrificed and they search for a missing city.

Hercules and the Circle of Fire

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Nov 11, 1994 (120 min)

Hercules and Deianeira go in search of fire to save the world from cold.

Hercules in the Underworld

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Nov 18, 1994 (120 min)

Hercules is accidentally poisoned by his wife and must find a way out of the underworld.

Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Nov 24, 1994 (120 min)

Hercules, settled down with his wife and children, is persuaded out of retirement to help a distant village which is being attacked by an unseen monster.

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Due to the shared nature of the " Xenaverse ," crossovers between principle characters of the three series frequently occurred and are sometimes hard to define.

1 Crossover episodes
2 Crossover media
3.1 HTLJ characters
3.2 XWP characters
3.3 YH characters

Crossover episodes [ ]

Using a strict definition of appearances by the seven regular characters ( Hercules , Iolaus , Xena , Gabrielle , Young Hercules, Young Iolaus, Young Jason ) in series other than their own, the following episodes are crossovers:

" Judgment Day "
" Twilight "
" Top God "
" Prometheus "
" The Quest "
" God Fearing Child "

The HTLJ episodes " The Warrior Princess ", " The Gauntlet " and " Unchained Heart " were Xena's premiere episodes, airing before her spin-off officially began. They segway straight into Xena: Warrior Princess , and are thus not true crossover episodes.

The HTLJ episode " Stranger in a Strange World " featured parallel universe versions of Xena and Gabrielle . Versions from an alternate timeline were also seen in " Armageddon Now Part 2 ."

Lucy Lawless returned to HTLJ as the character of Lyla , while starring in her own show, for the episode " Outcast ." Renee O'Connor also portrayed a modern-day character in the episode " For Those of You Just Joining Us ." Ryan Gosling portrayed the character Zylus in the Young Hercules -inspired episode " The Academy ."

Michael Hurst , during and after portraying Iolaus and Iolaus 2 on Hercules , appeared several times as other characters in the other series':

" Mortal Beloved " ( Charon )
Young Hercules ( Jeweler )
" A Lady in Hades " (Charon)
" You Are There " ( Nigel )

Crossover media [ ]

The animated movie, Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus was a feature length story with equal weight on both Hercules and Xena characters.

Other minor crossover media include:

The Marriage of Hercules and Xena
The Official Herc and Xena Yearbook
Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes

Appearances by Characters [ ]

Other than the characters mentioned above, several appearances by minor characters from one show to the other occurred, some as crossovers, others simply to stress the nature of the shared continuity. Ares , for example, was equally a villain on Hercules , Xena , and Young Hercules .

Jason, while a main character on Young Hercules , was originally a recurring character with several appearances. This is a unique situation.