Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
Faith
Oct 3, 1998
Hercules and Iolaus' attempt to save Sumeria from the wrath of evil deities leads to disastrous consequences.
Descent
Oct 10, 1998
Hercules, overcome by grief at Iolaus' death, travels to the underworld in hopes of getting him back.
Resurrection
Oct 17, 1998
As Hercules comes to terms with his friends' death, he battles a demi-god.
Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My
Oct 24, 1998
Autolycus and Salmoneus steal a magic lamp which has a beautiful and vain genie.
Render Unto Caesar
Oct 31, 1998
Caesar prepares to attack Eire; Hercules helps a demigoddess embrace her new identity: Justice.
Norse by Norsevest
Nov 7, 1998
Hercules embarks on an odyssey to save the Norse god Balder from an evil prophecy.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge
Nov 14, 1998
Hercules and the Norse god Thor work together to prevent the end of all things.
Darkness Rising
Nov 21, 1998
In Sumeria, Hercules finds a new evil in the guise of a friend.
For Those of You Just Joining Us
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
Jan 16, 1999
Hercules, Morrigan and Nebula return to Corinth to confront the evil Dahak, who has possessed Iolaus' body.
Redemption
Jan 23, 1999
Hercules attempts an exorcism to save Iolaus' soul from the demon Dahak.
Sky High
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
Feb 6, 1999
Hercules travels to the parallel Netherworld to rescue the gods of Olympus before both worlds are destroyed.
Just Passing Through
Feb 13, 1999
Hercules reminisces about a typical day filled with desperate villagers and derring-do with his late friend, Iolaus.
Greece Is Burning
Feb 20, 1999
Evil designer Onea and the fashion police connive to keep Herc's former dance partner, Althea, from staging a show.
We'll Always Have Cyprus
Feb 27, 1999
Morrigan joins Hercules on his mission to save the Oracle of Cyprus from predictions of her own death.
The Academy
Mar 27, 1999
Hercules, Jason and Iolaus 2 return to Cheiron's academy to stop a band of renegade cadets from taking over the school.
Love on the Rocks
Apr 24, 1999
An unsuspecting Iolaus 2 falls in love with Triton's daughter, unaware she is really a mermaid in human form.
Once Upon a Future King
May 1, 1999
Young Merlin enlists Hercules to save Britain from a cruel and calculating tyrant -- Arthur of Camelot.
Fade Out
May 8, 1999
A curse cooked up by Discord, Deimos and Ares has Hercules fading fast.
My Best Girl's Wedding
May 15, 1999
Fishermen Hercules and Iolaus 2 get second chances at the ones that got away -- Serena and the mermaid Nautica.
Revelations
May 22, 1999
The real Iolaus returns to warn Hercules of the end of the world.