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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 1 - Mercenary
    7.9/10(329 votes)

    S3:E1

    A storm at sea maroons Hercules on an island where he deals with pirates, sand monsters and a wanted killer he is transporting to Sparta.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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  2. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 12 - Surprise
    7.5/10(291 votes)

    S3:E12

    Callisto drops in on Hercules' surprise birthday party, bent on a mission of immortality.

    Director:Oley Sassone
    Writer:Alex Kurtzman

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  3. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 3 - Love Takes a Holiday
    7.4/10(290 votes)

    S3:E3

    Iagos hatches a scheme to gain the Shield of Perseus from Hephaestus by taking advantage of his lovelorn boss's loneliness.

    Director:Charlie Haskell
    Writers:Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin

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  4. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 15 - Judgment Day (3)
    7.4/10(320 votes)

    S3:E15

    Waking from a nightmare, Hercules finds Serena dead and himself accused of murder.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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  5. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 13 - Encounter (1)
    7.3/10(282 votes)

    S3:E13

    Ares' murder plot backfires when the Golden Hind falls for Hercules.

    Director:Charlie Haskell
    Writer:Jerry Patrick Brown

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  6. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 14 - When a Man Loves a Woman (2)
    7.3/10(285 votes)

    S3:E14

    Hercules gives up his godly powers to wed Serena, the Golden Hind.

    Director:Charlie Haskell
    Writers:Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin

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  7. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 7 - The Green-Eyed Monster
    7.2/10(290 votes)

    S3:E7

    Hercules and Cupid get caught in the middle of a plot by jealous Aphrodite to marry off a mortal female whose beauty is drawing attention away from her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 19 - The End of the Beginning
    7.2/10(277 votes)

    S3:E19

    The Chronos Stone takes Hercules five years into the past, where he meets Serena, the Golden Hind, once again.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  9. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 20 - War Bride
    7.0/10(265 votes)

    S3:E20

    A peace treaty unravels when the daughter of a dying king fails to preserve it.

    Director:Kevin Sorbo
    Writers:Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus

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  10. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 2 - Doomsday
    6.9/10(277 votes)

    S3:E2

    Hercules intervenes when he discovers that his friend, the inventor Daedalus, is creating weapons of mass destruction for an evil king.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 5 - Not Fade Away
    6.9/10(290 votes)

    S3:E5

    Iolaus will forever remain in the afterlife unless Hercules makes good on his deal with the god of the underworld to destroy Hera's latest assassin.

    Director:T.J. Scott
    Writer:John Schulian

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  12. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 11 - Long Live the King
    6.9/10(262 votes)

    S3:E11

    Iolaus assumes the identity of murdered Orestes to continue the king's quest for peace.

    Director:Timothy Bond
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 21 - A Rock and a Hard Place
    6.9/10(273 votes)

    S3:E21

    A murder suspect escapes and flees into an old mine; Hercules is trapped in a cave-in.

    Director:Robert Trebor
    Writers:Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman

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  14. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 22 - Atlantis
    6.9/10(274 votes)

    S3:E22

    Hercules and Cassandra try to warn Atlantis of imminent doom.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writers:Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman

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  15. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 8 - Prince Hercules
    6.8/10(270 votes)

    S3:E8

    Queen Parnassa strikes Hercules with amnesia so he will believe she is his mother and agree to lead her army.

    Director:Charles Siebert
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 9 - A Star to Guide Them
    6.8/10(273 votes)

    S3:E9

    Iolaus' dream directs him and Hercules northward on a mission of mercy.

    Director:Michael Levine
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 16 - The Lost City
    6.8/10(258 votes)

    S3:E16

    Iolaus' search for his missing cousin Regina takes him to a commune where everyone has been brainwashed by a seemingly benevolent leader.

    Director:Charlie Haskell
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 10 - The Lady and the Dragon
    6.5/10(266 votes)

    S3:E10

    A young dragon starts killing warriors and destroying villages at the same time a warlord returns from exile seeking revenge on his enemies.

    Director:Oley Sassone
    Writers:Michael Berlin, Eric Estrin

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  19. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 6 - Monster Child in the Promised Land
    6.4/10(270 votes)

    S3:E6

    Hercules helps the monster Echidna and the giant Typhon find their kidnapped child.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:John Schulian

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  20. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 18 - Reign of Terror
    6.4/10(267 votes)

    S3:E18

    Mad King Augeus, thinking he is Zeus, becomes Hera's evil puppet.

    Director:Rodney Charters
    Writer:John Kirk

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  21. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 4 - Mummy Dearest
    6.3/10(277 votes)

    S3:E4

    Hercules helps an Egyptian princess retrieve the stolen mummy of a king, which has come to life and is bent on killing.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Melissa Rosenberg

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  22. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 17 - Les Contemptibles
    5.5/10(288 votes)

    S3:E17

    Brave Marie de Valle inspires thieves, who bear uncanny resemblances to Hercules, Iolaus and Salmoneus, to fight for the French Revolution.

    Director:Charlie Haskell
    Writer:Brian Herskowitz

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Mercenary" is the best rated episode of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 329 votes. Directed by Michael Hurst and written by Robert Bielak, it aired on 10/7/1996. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Surprise".