Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Beanstalks and Bad Eggs
Oct 11, 1997
Hercules and Autolycus climb a beanstalk to rescue a captured lady.
Hero's Heart
Oct 18, 1997
To relieve his anguish at failing to save a woman's life, Fortune erases Iolaus' memory.
Regrets...I've Had a Few
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
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
Nov 8, 1997
As Hercules and Iolaus save a princess from sacrifice, Zeus' lightning bolts open a portal to a parallel universe of doubles.
Two Men and a Baby
Nov 15, 1997
Nemesis asks Hercules and Iolaus to help keep her baby away from his biological father, Ares.
Prodigal Sister
Nov 22, 1997
Outlaw Amazons blind a boy and kidnap his sister, making her one of them.
...And Fancy Free
Nov 29, 1997
Hercules two-steps his way into the Panathenaia to help a teenager fulfill her dream of winning the cutthroat dance competition.
If I Had A Hammer...
Jan 24, 1998
The blacksmith Atalanta forges a perfect likeness of Hercules, which raises havoc when it comes to life.
Hercules on Trial
Jan 31, 1998
A court tries Hercules for the accidental death of an impersonator.
Medea Culpa
Feb 7, 1998
Teenage Hercules, Iolaus and Jason battle a fire-breathing monster.
Men in Pink
Feb 14, 1998
Fugitives Salmoneus and Autolycus join widow Twanky's all-girl dance troupe
Armageddon Now (1)
Feb 21, 1998
Callisto joins forces with Gabrielle's evil daughter, Hope, in an effort to go back in time and prevent the birth of Hercules by killing his mother.
Armageddon Now (2)
Feb 28, 1998
Hercules is trapped in the nether world with his evil double, while Iolaus tries to prevent Callisto from killing Alcmene.
Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules
Mar 7, 1998
Producers and writers panic when, after a severe earthquake, Kevin Sorbo disappears.
Porkules
Mar 28, 1998
Iolaus and Autolycus race to save Hercules after he is put on a butcher's chopping block following his transformation into a pig by Discord.
One Fowl Day
Apr 4, 1998
Ares makes Iolaus and Autolycus pay dearly for turning Discord into a chicken; Katherine would rather be a pig.
My Fair Cupcake
Apr 25, 1998
Chorus girl Cupcake poses as a princess so Autolycus can steal a sapphire.
War Wounds
May 2, 1998
Led by Ajax, angry veterans march against Hercules' brother, King Iphicles.
Twilight
May 9, 1998
Hercules reminisces about his first battle against the Parthans as he comforts his dying mother, Alcmene, and confronts his father, Zeus.
Top God
May 16, 1998
After Alcmene dies, Zeus asks Hercules to give up mortality and join him ruling the gods of Olympus.
Reunions
May 23, 1998
Hercules battles the gods to return Alcmene's soul to the Elysian Fields.