The Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 2

Iolaus faces execution for a robbery committed by Autolycus, king of thieves.

Director: Doug Lefler

Writer: Doug Lefler

Hercules descends to Hades to rescue Persephone and sees his late wife.

Director: George Mendeluk

Writer: Robert Bielak

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

After Salmoneus sells off Hera's treasure, Hercules must save him from the fiery monster Pyro.

Director: Timothy Bond

Writer: N/A

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

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

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

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

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

Maceus plans to avenge his brother's death by luring Hercules into battle with the monster Echidna.

Director: John T. Kretchmer

Writer: John Schulian

Hercules and Iolaus help Jason and the Argonauts recover the Golden Fleece.

Director: Robert Tapert

Writer: N/A

Hercules' brother steals his identity to pursue the leader's stepdaughter.

Director: Bruce Campbell

Writer: Michael Marks

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

The centaurs' struggle for equal rights threatens to turn violent.

Director: Stephen L. Posey

Writer: Robert Bielak

Hercules defends a young woman and her centaur husband against prejudice.

Director: Bruce Seth Green

Writer: Robert Bielak

To save a friend from execution, Hercules must retrieve a sword that renders people incapable of lying.

Director: Garth Maxwell

Writer: Steven Baum

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

Hercules must capture King Sisyphus and return him to the Underworld.

Director: T.J. Scott

Writer: Robert Bielak

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

Hercules must help King Midas reclaim his realm from vicious gamblers.

Director: Garth Maxwell

Writer: Craig Volk

Hercules falls in love while helping a woman and her band of rebels defeat a tyrannical king.

Director: Peter Ellis

Writer: Robert Bielak

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

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

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