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The Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1

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The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 13 - Unchained Heart
    7.5/10(401 votes)

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:John Schulian

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  2. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 9 - The Warrior Princess
    7.4/10(505 votes)

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:John Schulian

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  3. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 12 - The Gauntlet
    7.4/10(424 votes)

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Jack Perez
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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  4. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 10 - Gladiator
    7.2/10(380 votes)

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Garth Maxwell
    Writer:John Schulian

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  5. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 5 - Ares
    7.0/10(428 votes)

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Harley Cokeliss
    Writers:Christian Williams, Steve Roberts

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  6. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 7 - Pride Comes Before a Brawl
    7.0/10(376 votes)

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Peter Ellis
    Writer:Steve Roberts

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  7. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 1 - The Wrong Path
    6.9/10(528 votes)

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Doug Lefler
    Writers:John Schulian, Christian Williams

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  8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 6 - As Darkness Falls
    6.9/10(384 votes)

    S1:E6

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

    Director:George Mendeluk
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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  9. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 2 - Eye of the Beholder
    6.8/10(437 votes)

    S1:E2

    A misunderstood cyclops keeps water from frightened villagers.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:John Schulian

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  10. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 3 - The Road to Calydon
    6.8/10(410 votes)

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Doug Lefler
    Writers:Christian Williams, Daniel Truly, Andrew Dettmann

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  11. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 8 - The March to Freedom
    6.8/10(380 votes)

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Harley Cokeliss
    Writers:Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus

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  12. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 4 - The Festival of Dionysus
    6.7/10(405 votes)

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Peter Ellis
    Writers:Christian Williams, Andrew Dettmann

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  13. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 1 Episode 11 - The Vanishing Dead
    6.7/10(359 votes)

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Bruce Campbell
    Writers:Daniel Truly, Andrew Dettmann

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Unchained Heart" is the best rated episode of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 401 votes. Directed by Bruce Seth Green and written by John Schulian, it aired on 5/21/1995. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Warrior Princess".