The BEST episodes of Hercules season 1
Every episode of Hercules season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hercules season 1!
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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Hercules and the Big Show
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 2/26/1999
A cimpilation episode in which Hercules and the cast are the guests on the Merv Griffin Show -- hosted by, of course, a giant griffin (and voiced by Merv himself).
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Hercules and the Aetolian Amphora
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 2/12/1999
The teenage Meg comes on the scene, and as it turns out, the man who has done her wrong is none other than Adonis. Meg steals a jar of Lethe water from the Underworld's Pool of Forgetfulness, but it is stolen from her by Ares' sons, Fear and Terror, and so she plans to trick Hercules into retrieving it for her.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Hercules and the Long Nightmare
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 2/8/1999
We see how the Greek Gods got their position when helping to build Greece. Morpheus' younger brother Phantasos makes a blanket of nightmares to drag through the night sky giving everyone nightmare because he should've been made The God of Sleep instead of Morpheus. The mortals' nightmares start to concern all the Greek Gods including Morpheus. It's up to Hercules and Phil to stop Phantasos' plot in their shared dreams.
#9 - Hercules and the Prom
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 12/21/1998
Hercules and Icarus get dates to the big prom by promising to get super-hot singer Orpheus to attend. But how do they do it? And what of Hades, who decides that he wants the young singer to perform in the Underworld that same night, and kidnaps him in order to get his way?
#10 - Hercules and the Big Lie
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 12/16/1998
Ick is eager to take Herc to the Miklos Extravaganza, but Hercules winds up lying to save himself from embarrassment and impress a girl, telling Icarus that he is terminally ill. Very upset, Icarus goes to find the cure...in the backyard of the giant Briarius, who doesn't appreciate trespassers, and it is up to Hercules to come to the rescue.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Hercules and the Big Games
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/4/1998
When Ares and Athena get into yet another fight, Zeus decrees their feud take the form of a sports contest - the Olympic Games which should settle the fight between Athens and Sparta. Meanwhile, Hercules, has his hands full when Hades persuades Echidna, the Mother of all monsters, to bring her hungry brood to the stadium for a bite size feast.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/5/1998
Hecate is kidnapping all of the great heroes, planning to transfer their greatness into a newly created monster.
#16 - Hercules and the Comedy of Arrows
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/29/1998
Icarus poses as a cupid so he can get a love arrow to make Cassandra love him, but the joke's on him when he accidently uses ""loathe"" arrows instead. Meanwhile, Pain and Panic get a hold of the loathe arrows and create havoc all over the country.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - Hercules and the King of Thessaly
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/1998
When the evil king King Salmanaous impersonates Zeus, causing Zeus to smite the king for his gall, the good people of Thessaly turn to Hercules for leadership and crown him instead.