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The Best Episodes of Hercules Season 1

Every episode of Hercules Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover 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...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Hercules and the Apollo Mission" is the best rated episode of "Hercules" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Phil Weinstein and written by Michael Price, it aired on 8/31/1998. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Hercules and the King of Thessaly".

  • Hercules and the Apollo Mission
    7.7/1088 votes

    #1 - 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.

    Director: Phil Weinstein

    Writer: Michael Price

  • Hercules and the King of Thessaly
    7.8/1064 votes

    #2 - 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.

    Director: Phil Weinstein

    Writer: Eddie Guzelian

  • Hercules and the Secret Weapon
    7.3/1057 votes

    #3 - Hercules and the Secret Weapon

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/2/1998

    Ares hatches a plan to overthrow sister Athena's city-state and demands an ultimate weapon of destruction from Hephestus, who creates the Armageddon Bow. The weapon is so deadly and accurate that Athena comes to Hercules to help her find and destroy it.

    Director: Bob Kline

    Writer: Jan Strnad

  • Hercules and the Assassin
    7.7/1050 votes

    #4 - Hercules and the Assassin

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/3/1998

    When an assassination attempt on the leader Pericles overlaps with Hercules' theft of a dangerous weapon from Phil's collection, Phil gets framed for the deed.

    Director: Phil Weinstein

    Writer: Eddie Guzelian

  • Hercules and the Big Kiss
    7.8/1056 votes

    #5 - 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.

    Director: Eddy Houchins

    Writer: Jess Winfield

  • Hercules and the River Styx
    8.3/1053 votes

    #6 - 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.

    Director: Bob Kline

    Writer: Jess Winfield

  • Hercules and the Techno Greeks
    7.8/1047 votes

    #7 - Hercules and the Techno Greeks

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/8/1998

    Hercules finds himself hired by a bunch of nerdy "abacus geeks" when they enlist him to protect them from rampaging centaurs that pillage the town weekly.

    Director: Eddy Houchins

    Writer: Michael Shipley, Jim Bernstein

  • Hercules and the World's First Doctor
    8.5/1048 votes

    #8 - 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.

    Director: Phil Weinstein

    Writer: Michael Price

  • Hercules and the Pool Party
    8.4/1044 votes

    #9 - 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.

    Director: Bob Kline

    Writer: Ken Koonce, Michael Merton

  • Hercules and the Prince of Thrace
    8.3/1044 votes

    #10 - Hercules and the Prince of Thrace

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/1998

    When Adonis wants a swimming pool, his servants accidentally awaken Earth goddess Gaia, and she curses Adonia to die before nightfall. This in turn causes Adonis to swallow his pride and beg Hercules for help.

    Director: Phil Weinstein

    Writer: Madellaine Paxson, Bill Motz, Bob Roth

  • Hercules and the First Day of School
    7.9/1080 votes

    #11 - Hercules and the First Day of School

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/12/1998

    Hercules' first day of school, in which we are introduced to Icarus and Cassandra, and Herc's plans to be impressive don't work out quite as he had hoped.

    Director: Phil Weinstein, Tad Stones

    Writer: Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley

  • Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate
    8.1/1045 votes

    #12 - Hercules and the Tapestry of Fate

    Season 1 Episode 12 - 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.

    Director: Eddy Houchins

    Writer: Brian Swenlin

  • Hercules and the Living Legend
    8.0/1038 votes

    #13 - Hercules and the Living Legend

    Season 1 Episode 13 - 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.

    Director: Phil Weinstein

    Writer: Richard Stanley

  • Hercules and the Return of Typhon
    8.1/1041 votes

    #14 - Hercules and the Return of Typhon

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/16/1998

    A three day weekend festival that celebrates Zeus' victory over the evil Titans occurs but when Hercules accidentally frees the titan Typhon, he doesn't feel much like celebrating.

    Director: Bob Kline

    Writer: Ken Koonce, Michael Merton

  • Hercules and the Owl of Athens
    7.8/1038 votes

    #15 - Hercules and the Owl of Athens

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/17/1998

    Ares sends his two sons, Fear and Terror, to kidnap Athena's precious Owl of Wisdom when she angers him. But the joke's on him when Athena entrusts the magical bird to Hercules for protection.

    Director: Eddy Houchins

    Writer: John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, Jim Peterson

  • Hercules and the Girdle of Hippolyte
    7.6/1039 votes

    #16 - Hercules and the Girdle of Hippolyte

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/18/1998

    Queen Hippolyte kidnaps her daughter, Tempest, and makes her undergo a savage initiation ceremony to regain her status as a warrior and to earn the right to wear the Golden Girdle. Meanwhile, Hercules attempts to follow in a misunderstood rescue attempt.

    Director: Eddy Houchins

    Writer: Mirith J. Colao

  • Hercules and the Visit From Zeus
    7.8/1042 votes

    #17 - Hercules and the Visit From Zeus

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/19/1998

    Adonis, the school bully, is making life miserable for Hercules, and not even a little fatherly encouragement can cheer him up. So Zeus decides to turn himself into a teen for 24 hours to find out exactly what life is like for his son.

    Director: Bob Kline

    Writer: Gary Sperling

  • Hercules and the Bacchanal
    7.8/1035 votes

    #18 - Hercules and the Bacchanal

    Season 1 Episode 18 - 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.

    Director: Eddy Houchins

    Writer: Mirith J. Colao

  • Hercules and the Underworld Takeover
    8.6/1034 votes

    #19 - Hercules and the Underworld Takeover

    Season 1 Episode 19 - 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.

    Director: Bob Kline

    Writer: N/A

  • Hercules and the Driving Test
    6.7/1045 votes

    #20 - Hercules and the Driving Test

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/26/1998

    Hercules wants his chariot license to save face in front of Adonis. Meanwhile, Hades bets Zeus the deed to the Elysian Fields that Hercules won't get his license by sunset, and Pain and Panic are on hand to help.

    Director: Eddy Houchins

    Writer: Gary Sperling

  • Hercules and the Comedy of Arrows
    8.5/1039 votes

    #21 - Hercules and the Comedy of Arrows

    Season 1 Episode 21 - 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 accidentally uses "loathe" arrows instead. Meanwhile, Pain and Panic get a hold of the loathe arrows and create havoc all over the country.

    Director: Eddy Houchins

    Writer: Laura McCreary

  • Hercules and the Hostage Crisis
    8.1/1033 votes

    #22 - Hercules and the Hostage Crisis

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/2/1998

    A terrorist group, representing the imprisoned Titans, takes the school hostage and demands Hercules as their prisoner.

    Director: Bob Kline

    Writer: Jess Winfield

  • Hercules and the Parent's Weekend
    8.3/1029 votes

    #23 - Hercules and the Parent's Weekend

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/3/1998

    It's Parents Weekend, and Hercules can hardly wait for Zeus and Hera to show up but when his mortal adopted folks show up instead, he's crushed. And in turn so are they at his disappointment.

    Director: Phil Weinstein

    Writer: Bill Braunstein

  • Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes
    9.1/1033 votes

    #24 - Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/5/1998

    Hecate is kidnapping all of the great heroes, planning to transfer their greatness into a newly created monster.

    Director: Phil Weinstein

    Writer: Robert Cohen

  • Hercules and the Argonauts
    8.5/1046 votes

    #25 - Hercules and the Argonauts

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/8/1998

    Hercules is introduced to Jason, the Argonaut, a great seafaring hero and one of the most patient men of all time, having spent 30 years searching for the Golden Fleece - and not having found it yet. Jason invites Hercules on board for a journey, and gives him a chance to seek the Fleece with him.

    Director: Bob Kline

    Writer: Michael A. Medlock