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.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Beanstalks and Bad Eggs
Oct 11, 1997 · 44 min
Hercules and Autolycus climb a beanstalk to rescue a captured lady.
Hero's Heart
Oct 18, 1997 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
Nemesis asks Hercules and Iolaus to help keep her baby away from his biological father, Ares.
Prodigal Sister
Nov 22, 1997 · 44 min
Outlaw Amazons blind a boy and kidnap his sister, making her one of them.
...And Fancy Free
Nov 29, 1997 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
The blacksmith Atalanta forges a perfect likeness of Hercules, which raises havoc when it comes to life.
Hercules on Trial
Jan 31, 1998 · 44 min
A court tries Hercules for the accidental death of an impersonator.
Medea Culpa
Feb 7, 1998 · 44 min
Teenage Hercules, Iolaus and Jason battle a fire-breathing monster.
Men in Pink
Feb 14, 1998 · 44 min
Fugitives Salmoneus and Autolycus join widow Twanky's all-girl dance troupe
Armageddon Now (1)
Feb 21, 1998 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
Producers and writers panic when, after a severe earthquake, Kevin Sorbo disappears.
Porkules
Mar 28, 1998 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
Chorus girl Cupcake poses as a princess so Autolycus can steal a sapphire.
War Wounds
May 2, 1998 · 44 min
Led by Ajax, angry veterans march against Hercules' brother, King Iphicles.
Twilight
May 9, 1998 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
After Alcmene dies, Zeus asks Hercules to give up mortality and join him ruling the gods of Olympus.
Reunions
May 23, 1998 · 44 min
Hercules battles the gods to return Alcmene's soul to the Elysian Fields.