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.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
Faith
Oct 3, 1998 · 44 min
Hercules and Iolaus' attempt to save Sumeria from the wrath of evil deities leads to disastrous consequences.
Descent
Oct 10, 1998 · 44 min
Hercules, overcome by grief at Iolaus' death, travels to the underworld in hopes of getting him back.
Resurrection
Oct 17, 1998 · 44 min
As Hercules comes to terms with his friends' death, he battles a demi-god.
Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My
Oct 24, 1998 · 44 min
Autolycus and Salmoneus steal a magic lamp which has a beautiful and vain genie.
Render Unto Caesar
Oct 31, 1998 · 44 min
Caesar prepares to attack Eire; Hercules helps a demigoddess embrace her new identity: Justice.
Norse by Norsevest
Nov 7, 1998 · 44 min
Hercules embarks on an odyssey to save the Norse god Balder from an evil prophecy.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge
Nov 14, 1998 · 44 min
Hercules and the Norse god Thor work together to prevent the end of all things.
Darkness Rising
Nov 21, 1998 · 44 min
In Sumeria, Hercules finds a new evil in the guise of a friend.
For Those of You Just Joining Us
Jan 9, 1999 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
Hercules, Morrigan and Nebula return to Corinth to confront the evil Dahak, who has possessed Iolaus' body.
Redemption
Jan 23, 1999 · 44 min
Hercules attempts an exorcism to save Iolaus' soul from the demon Dahak.
Sky High
Jan 30, 1999 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
Hercules travels to the parallel Netherworld to rescue the gods of Olympus before both worlds are destroyed.
Just Passing Through
Feb 13, 1999 · 44 min
Hercules reminisces about a typical day filled with desperate villagers and derring-do with his late friend, Iolaus.
Greece Is Burning
Feb 20, 1999 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
Morrigan joins Hercules on his mission to save the Oracle of Cyprus from predictions of her own death.
The Academy
Mar 27, 1999 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
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 · 44 min
Young Merlin enlists Hercules to save Britain from a cruel and calculating tyrant -- Arthur of Camelot.
Fade Out
May 8, 1999 · 44 min
A curse cooked up by Discord, Deimos and Ares has Hercules fading fast.
My Best Girl's Wedding
May 15, 1999 · 44 min
Fishermen Hercules and Iolaus 2 get second chances at the ones that got away -- Serena and the mermaid Nautica.
Revelations
May 22, 1999 · 44 min
The real Iolaus returns to warn Hercules of the end of the world.