7.5/10432 votes#1 - The King of Thieves
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1995
Iolaus faces execution for a robbery committed by Autolycus, king of thieves.
Director: Doug Lefler
Writer: Doug Lefler
6.4/10391 votes#2 - All that Glitters
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1995
Hercules must help King Midas reclaim his realm from vicious gamblers.
Director: Garth Maxwell
Writer: Craig Volk
6.8/10397 votes#3 - What's in a Name?
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1995
Hercules' brother steals his identity to pursue the leader's stepdaughter.
Director: Bruce Campbell
Writer: Michael Marks
6.9/10405 votes#4 - Siege at Naxos
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/1995
Hercules and Iolaus incur the wrath of a horde of barbarians when they capture the group's leader.
Director: Stephen L. Posey
Writer: Darrell Fetty
6.7/10400 votes#5 - Outcast
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/1995
Hercules defends a young woman and her centaur husband against prejudice.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Robert Bielak
6.1/10376 votes#6 - Under the Broken Sky
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1995
Hercules battles a town run by bandits in order to help a farmer reunite with his estranged wife.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: John Schulian
7.0/10401 votes#7 - The Mother of All Monsters
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/1995
Hercules' mother is a pawn in a deadly plot for revenge by Echidna, whose monster children Hercules has slain.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: John Schulian
7.3/10392 votes#8 - The Other Side
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1995
Hercules descends to Hades to rescue Persephone and sees his late wife.
Director: George Mendeluk
Writer: Robert Bielak
7.1/10389 votes#9 - The Fire Down Below
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1995
After Salmoneus sells off Hera's treasure, Hercules must save him from the fiery monster Pyro.
Director: Timothy Bond
Writer: N/A
6.9/10374 votes#10 - Cast a Giant Shadow
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1995
Maceus plans to avenge his brother's death by luring Hercules into battle with the monster Echidna.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: John Schulian
6.6/10366 votes#11 - Highway to Hades
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1995
Hercules must capture King Sisyphus and return him to the Underworld.
Director: T.J. Scott
Writer: Robert Bielak
6.7/10370 votes#12 - The Sword of Veracity
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1996
To save a friend from execution, Hercules must retrieve a sword that renders people incapable of lying.
Director: Garth Maxwell
Writer: Steven Baum
6.8/10382 votes#13 - The Enforcer
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1996
Hercules' good time at a harvest festival is interrupted by the arrival of an assassin sent by his vindictive stepmother.
Director: T.J. Scott
Writer: Nelson Costello
6.9/10363 votes#14 - Once a Hero
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/1996
Hercules and Iolaus help Jason and the Argonauts recover the Golden Fleece.
Director: Robert Tapert
Writer: N/A
6.4/10361 votes#15 - Heedless Hearts
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1996
Hercules falls in love while helping a woman and her band of rebels defeat a tyrannical king.
Director: Peter Ellis
Writer: Robert Bielak
6.7/10374 votes#16 - Let the Games Begin
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/1996
Hercules promotes peace by organizing an athletic competition between the warring Spartans and Eleans, thus creating the Olympic Games.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Schulian
7.0/10396 votes#17 - The Apple
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/1996
Iolaus is used as a pawn by the scheming love goddess Aphrodite to prevent a marriage between the children of two feuding kings.
Director: Kevin Sorbo
Writer: Steven Baum
6.5/10365 votes#18 - Promises
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/1996
Hercules and Iolaus get caught in the middle of a love triangle when they volunteer to help a king.
Director: Stewart Main
Writer: Michael Marks
7.2/10366 votes#19 - King for a Day
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1996
Royal look-alike Iolaus stands in for Orestes at his coronation and wedding to prevent usurper Minos from taking the throne.
Director: Anson Williams
Writer: Patricia Manney
7.1/10369 votes#20 - Protean Challenge
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/1996
A friend of Hercules and Iolaus is accused of theft when an angry god distorts reality by making people appear to have performed acts they didn't.
Director: Oley Sassone
Writer: Brian Herskowitz
7.3/10383 votes#21 - The Wedding of Alcmene
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1996
The wedding of Hercules' mother to the legendary Greek hero Jason is threatened by another of Hera's plots to kill Hercules.
Director: Timothy Bond
Writer: John Schulian
6.2/10361 votes#22 - The Power
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1996
Hercules intervenes when a young man with divine powers is manipulated by a relative into using his gift for villainous purposes.
Director: Charlie Haskell
Writer: Nelson Costello
6.8/10362 votes#23 - Centaur Mentor Journey
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1996
The centaurs' struggle for equal rights threatens to turn violent.
Director: Stephen L. Posey
Writer: Robert Bielak
5.7/10358 votes#24 - The Cave of Echoes
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 6/24/1996
A timid young writer descends into the fearsome Cave of Echoes with Hercules and Iolaus to rescue a fair maiden.
Director: Gus Trikonis
Writer: John Schulian, Robert Bielak
The Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 2
Every episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 2!
The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Syndication
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The King of Thieves" is the best rated episode of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 432 votes. Directed by Doug Lefler and written by Doug Lefler, it aired on 9/4/1995. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "All that Glitters".