The BEST episodes of Hercules

Every episode of Hercules ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hercules!

Follow Herc's many labors during the years he spent training on how to be a hero under the tutelage of satyr Phil. Many of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses pay visit to the young hero-to-be and help or hinder him in his new adventures.

Last Updated: 8/24/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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#1 - Hercules and the Driving Test

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1998

Hercules wants his chariot license to save face in front of Adonis. Meanwhile, Hades bets Zeus the deed to the Elysian Fields that Hercules won't get his license by sunset, and Pain and Panic are on hand to help.

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#2 - Hercules and the Visit from Zeus

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1998

Adonis, the school bully, is making life miserable for Hercules, and not even a little fatherly encouragement can cheer him up. So Zeus decides to turn himself into a teen for 24 hours to find out exactly what life is like for his son.

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#3 - Hercules and the Gorgon

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/1999

The lonely outcast Medusa is granted her wish to be human. But what will Hercules' reaction be when he finds out the truth?

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Hercules and the Prometheus Affair
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#4 - Hercules and the Prometheus Affair

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1998

After hearing the tale of the titan Prometheus, Hercules runs off to rescue the unfortunate immortal, causing an uproar among the gods.

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Hercules and the River Styx
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8.13
15 votes

#5 - Hercules and the River Styx

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/7/1998

Hades makes a deal with Poseidon to hand over Athens, in order to rule the whole country, causing Athens to becomes a place of doom and Prometheus Academy to become the home base of torment for students.

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Hercules and the Song of Circe
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7.88
8 votes

#6 - Hercules and the Song of Circe

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/29/1998

While on spring break at the seaside, everyone is having fun in the sun except Cassandra, who is content to read despite Icarus' determined efforts to get her attention. When she finally blows her top, he winds up sobbing in Hercules' arms and is charmed by the mysterious Circe.

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Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate
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7.82
11 votes

#7 - Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/14/1998

Icarus' bright idea once again backfires when he talks Hercules into visiting the Fates to convince them into reweaving their cosmic Tapestry so that the boys can score some hot concert tickets. However when they refuse, Icarus takes things into his own hands and messes with the Tapestry himself and trouble insues.

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Hercules and the Arabian Night
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7.75
8 votes

#8 - Hercules and the Arabian Night

Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 2/10/1999

When Hades finds out that there is a problem with one of the dead souls, he goes and finds out that it is Jafar causing the trouble. He gives him back his life so he can get rid of Hercules. Jafar fails, and dares Hades to try and stop Aladdin. The attempt is made with same results. Then they try to get rid of Aladdin and Hercules at the same time by making them believe that Hercules kidnapped Abu and Aladdin kidnapped Icarus. The plan almost works and they leave Herc and Al for dead. But Hercules and Aladdin defeat them by making them think that Aladdin is Hercules and Hercules is Aladdin. Then Jafar goes back to being dead.

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Hercules and the Bacchanal
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#9 - Hercules and the Bacchanal

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/21/1998

Phil needs a housesitter, so that he can go to a convention and Hercules volunteers to watch his island for him, however things go from bad to worse, when Hercules throws a party and is busted by Poseidon.

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Hercules and the Prince of Thrace
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7.69
13 votes

#10 - Hercules and the Prince of Thrace

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/1998

When Adonis wants a swimming pool, his servants accidentally awaken Earth goddess Gaia, and she curses Adonia to die before nightfall. This in turn causes Adonis to swallow his pride and beg Hercules for help.

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7.67
9 votes

#11 - Hercules and the Spring of Canathus

Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 2/24/1999

Pain and Panic plan to use water from the magical Spring of Cananthus in order to turn Hercules into a baby, and this time finish him off for good. Unfortunately, Pegasus, Icarus, and Adonis also get sprayed with the stuff, and it's up to Cassandra to play the role of mother and, along with Panic (and the newly infancized Pain), and return the boys to their rightful age.

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Hercules and the Pool Party
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7.64
14 votes

#12 - Hercules and the Pool Party

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/10/1998

Hades decides to throw a pool party, and invites all of Olympus to take a dip in the Lethe Waters of Forgetfulness, causing them all lose to their memories. Meanwhile, with the gods out of commission the whole world is in chaos.

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7.63
8 votes

#13 - Hercules and the Son of Poseidon

Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/16/1998

When Triton, the son of Poseidon, arrives at Prometheus Academy, Hercules does his best to help him fit in. But when things don't go as planned Hercules abandons his young charge, who then steals his father's magic triton and wield a little power on campus.

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7.62
8 votes

#14 - Hercules and the All Nighter

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/21/1998

In order to stay up all night studying for exams, the boys go to the cave of Morpheus and beseech the god of sleep to hold off for a few days. Morpheus resists the idea, but when Hercules accidently puts him to sleep, Icarus won't let him wake up, causing all of Greece (and parts of Persia) to stay awake for a week while chaos breaks loose and insomnia related disasters pile up.

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Hercules and the World's First Doctor
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7.62
13 votes

#15 - Hercules and the World's First Doctor

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/1998

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, comes to Athens and takes Hercules and Icarus on as assistants during a school internship week. Meanwhile, Hades, fearing a successful doctor will cut down on the number of dead people tricks Hercules into spreading the plague throughout Athens.

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7.56
9 votes

#16 - Hercules and the Twilight of the Gods

Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/18/1998

Loki, from Norse mythology, recruits Herc for the position of Thunder God, however what he does not explain is that Loki is plotting a cosmic takeover and exploits Herc's strength and incompetence in freeing the giant ice wolf Nimmelfir thus bringing on Ragnarock- the Twilight of the Gods.

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Hercules and the Owl of Athens
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7.56
9 votes

#17 - Hercules and the Owl of Athens

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/17/1998

Ares sends his two sons, Fear and Terror, to kidnap Athena's precious Owl of Wisdom when she angers him. But the joke's on him when Athena entrusts the magical bird to Hercules for protection.

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Hercules and the Underworld Takeover
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8 votes

#18 - Hercules and the Underworld Takeover

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/23/1998

The Queen of the Night, Hecate, plots to overthrow Hades and take over the Underworld, ousting Pain and Panic in the process. The two minions turn to Hercules for help, and convince him to restore Hades back on his throne - Hades being, after all, the lesser of two evils.

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Hercules and the Big Kiss
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7.47
15 votes

#19 - Hercules and the Big Kiss

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/4/1998

Cassandra has a dreadful vision of kissing the school freak Icarus and makes a deal with Hades to prevent it, but when Hercules attempts to break the contract, with the aid of Aphrodite, he sets in motion a series of hilarious misunderstandings.

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Hercules and the Assassin
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7.44
18 votes

#20 - Hercules and the Assassin

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/3/1998

When an assassination attempt on the leader Pericles overlaps with Hercules' theft of a dangerous weapon from Phil's collection, Phil gets framed for the deed.

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7.44
9 votes

#21 - Hercules and the Drama Festival

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/14/1998

When the Academy decides to put on a play for the gods, Hades hires Pain and Panic to carve a magical rock that will make all the gods go to sleep and uses Icarus as bait.

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7.44
9 votes

#22 - Hercules and the Romans

Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 2/15/1999

Hercules and Icarus are in Rome. The Romans are in need of gods to worship and 3 of the Egyptian Gods try to take the spot while rampaging Rome so that they can make it like Egypt with all the pyramids. Hercules battles them and Nemesis to protect Rome. In the aftermath, Icarus gives The Greek Gods Roman names and in the underworld, Hades is angry for being named you guessed it, Pluto.

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Hercules and the Apollo Mission
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7.43
30 votes

#23 - Hercules and the Apollo Mission

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/1998

It's Intern Week (which means a week off in the Real World), and everyone is happy with their jobs - everyone except Hercules, who's stuck in the fast food joint. When Hercules asks his dad for help in getting a better job, Zeus gives him a job guiding Apollo's chariot across the heavens.

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Hercules and the Living Legend
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7.40
10 votes

#24 - Hercules and the Living Legend

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/15/1998

The Lord of the Dead enlists the aid of former hero Achilles to help him distract Phil from training his would-be hero Hercules, by returning Achilles to his former glory.

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7.38
8 votes

#25 - Hercules and the Big Sink

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 12/11/1998

The gang's in Atlantic City this summer, and everybody is having a great time except for Cassandra, with her dismal visions of the future. When a news reporter discovers her, and, no visions coming, she tells him (eg: lies) about the upcoming sinking of Atlantis.

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