Season 1

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  6.8/10601 votes

  The Wrong Path

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/29/1995

  Hercules drops his vengeful quest in order to aid a village enthralled by a snake-woman.

  Director: Doug Lefler

  Writer: John Schulian, Christian Williams

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  6.8/10517 votes

  Eye of the Beholder

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/5/1995

  A misunderstood cyclops keeps water from frightened villagers.

  Director: John T. Kretchmer

  Writer: John Schulian

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  6.7/10502 votes

  The Road to Calydon

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/1995

  When a refugee takes a bejeweled chalice from a deserted temple, Hera's rage erupts.

  Director: Doug Lefler

  Writer: Christian Williams, Daniel Truly, Andrew Dettmann

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  6.6/10485 votes

  The Festival of Dionysus

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/19/1995

  Power-hungry Pentheus plots the assassination of his father, King Iphicles, at the festival of Dionysus.

  Director: Peter Ellis

  Writer: Christian Williams, Andrew Dettmann

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  6.9/10507 votes

  Ares

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/26/1995

  Hercules faces Ares, whose boy soldiers feed the god's blood lust.

  Director: Harley Cokeliss

  Writer: Christian Williams, Steve Roberts

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  6.8/10464 votes

  As Darkness Falls

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/5/1995

  Nemis the centaur crashes a wedding and kidnaps the bride, Penelope.

  Director: George Mendeluk

  Writer: Robert Bielak

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  6.9/10455 votes

  Pride Comes Before a Brawl

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/12/1995

  Only a selfless act will gain the gods' pardon for condemned Iolaus.

  Director: Peter Ellis

  Writer: Steve Roberts

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  6.7/10460 votes

  The March to Freedom

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/19/1995

  Hercules liberates a young woman from slavery and battles a notorious slave trader.

  Director: Harley Cokeliss

  Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus

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  7.3/10577 votes

  The Warrior Princess

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/26/1995

  Princess Xena uses Iolaus to lure Hercules into a death trap.

  Director: Bruce Seth Green

  Writer: John Schulian

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  7.2/10467 votes

  Gladiator

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/2/1995

  Wicked Menas Maxius pits slaves against wild animals for his amusement.

  Director: Garth Maxwell

  Writer: John Schulian

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  6.6/10439 votes

  The Vanishing Dead

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/7/1995

  Hercules fights Ares and his vicious dog for the souls of fallen warriors.

  Director: Bruce Campbell

  Writer: Daniel Truly, Andrew Dettmann

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  7.3/10499 votes

  The Gauntlet

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/14/1995

  After Darphus mutinies, warrior princess Xena joins Hercules to take back her troops.

  Director: Jack Perez

  Writer: Robert Bielak

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  7.4/10478 votes

  Unchained Heart

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/21/1995

  Xena's former lieutenant, Darphus, rises from the dead to carry out Ares' evil plan.

  Director: Bruce Seth Green

  Writer: John Schulian