6.6/10350 votes#1 - Beanstalks and Bad Eggs
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/1997
Hercules and Autolycus climb a beanstalk to rescue a captured lady.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg
6.5/10341 votes#2 - Hero's Heart
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/1997
To relieve his anguish at failing to save a woman's life, Fortune erases Iolaus' memory.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Jerry Patrick Brown
6.5/10334 votes#3 - Regrets...I've Had a Few
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/1997
Hercules reminisces about the accidental death of a childhood bully, when Celesta arrives to take the brother of the deceased boy to the Elysian Fields.
Director: Gus Trikonis
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
7.4/10362 votes#4 - Web of Desire
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1997
Hercules and Iolaus team up with a woman pirate to battle a queen who is now part arachnid.
Director: Michael Levine
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
6.9/10374 votes#5 - Stranger in a Strange World
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/1997
As Hercules and Iolaus save a princess from sacrifice, Zeus' lightning bolts open a portal to a parallel universe of doubles.
Director: Michael Levine
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
6.7/10349 votes#6 - Two Men and a Baby
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1997
Nemesis asks Hercules and Iolaus to help keep her baby away from his biological father, Ares.
Director: Christopher Graves
Writer: John Hudock, Kevin Sorbo
6.5/10358 votes#7 - Prodigal Sister
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/1997
Outlaw Amazons blind a boy and kidnap his sister, making her one of them.
Director: Gary Jones
Writer: Robert Bielak
6.5/10388 votes#8 - ...And Fancy Free
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/1997
Hercules two-steps his way into the Panathenaia to help a teenager fulfill her dream of winning the cutthroat dance competition.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
6.6/10337 votes#9 - If I Had A Hammer...
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/24/1998
The blacksmith Atalanta forges a perfect likeness of Hercules, which raises havoc when it comes to life.
Director: Steve Polivka
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
7.1/10348 votes#10 - Hercules on Trial
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/31/1998
A court tries Hercules for the accidental death of an impersonator.
Director: John Laing
Writer: Robert Bielak
6.1/10339 votes#11 - Medea Culpa
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/7/1998
Teenage Hercules, Iolaus and Jason battle a fire-breathing monster.
Director: Charles Siebert
Writer: N/A
6.5/10351 votes#12 - Men in Pink
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/14/1998
Fugitives Salmoneus and Autolycus join widow Twanky's all-girl dance troupe
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
7.5/10374 votes#13 - Armageddon Now (1)
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/21/1998
Callisto joins forces with Gabrielle's evil daughter, Hope, in an effort to go back in time and prevent the birth of Hercules by killing his mother.
Director: Mark Beesley
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
7.3/10385 votes#14 - Armageddon Now (2)
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/28/1998
Hercules is trapped in the nether world with his evil double, while Iolaus tries to prevent Callisto from killing Alcmene.
Director: Mark Beesley
Writer: N/A
6.8/10390 votes#15 - Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/1998
Producers and writers panic when, after a severe earthquake, Kevin Sorbo disappears.
Director: Christopher Graves
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
6.3/10349 votes#16 - Porkules
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/28/1998
Iolaus and Autolycus race to save Hercules after he is put on a butcher's chopping block following his transformation into a pig by Discord.
Director: Christopher Graves
Writer: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
6.5/10354 votes#17 - One Fowl Day
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/4/1998
Ares makes Iolaus and Autolycus pay dearly for turning Discord into a chicken; Katherine would rather be a pig.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus
6.5/10338 votes#18 - My Fair Cupcake
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/1998
Chorus girl Cupcake poses as a princess so Autolycus can steal a sapphire.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin
6.6/10329 votes#19 - War Wounds
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/1998
Led by Ajax, angry veterans march against Hercules' brother, King Iphicles.
Director: John Mahaffie
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
6.8/10326 votes#20 - Twilight
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/1998
Hercules reminisces about his first battle against the Parthans as he comforts his dying mother, Alcmene, and confronts his father, Zeus.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin
6.8/10332 votes#21 - Top God
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/1998
After Alcmene dies, Zeus asks Hercules to give up mortality and join him ruling the gods of Olympus.
Director: Charles Siebert, Paul Robert Coyle
Writer: Jerry Patrick Brown
7.2/10335 votes#22 - Reunions
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/1998
Hercules battles the gods to return Alcmene's soul to the Elysian Fields.
Director: Charles Siebert
Writer: Jerry Patrick Brown, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
The Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 4
Every episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 4!
The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Syndication
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Beanstalks and Bad Eggs" is the best rated episode of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" season 4. It scored 6.6/10 based on 350 votes. Directed by John T. Kretchmer and written by Melissa Rosenberg, it aired on 10/11/1997. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Hero's Heart".