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The Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 1 - Faith
    7.8/10(416 votes)

    #1 - Faith

    S5:E1

    Hercules and Iolaus' attempt to save Sumeria from the wrath of evil deities leads to disastrous consequences.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writers:Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci

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  2. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 2 - Descent
    7.7/10(395 votes)

    #2 - Descent

    S5:E2

    Hercules, overcome by grief at Iolaus' death, travels to the underworld in hopes of getting him back.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Lisa Klink

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  3. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 3 - Resurrection
    7.3/10(374 votes)

    #3 - Resurrection

    S5:E3

    As Hercules comes to terms with his friends' death, he battles a demi-god.

    Director:Philip Sgriccia
    Writers:Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci

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  4. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 4 - Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My
    6.2/10(357 votes)

    #4 - Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My

    S5:E4

    Autolycus and Salmoneus steal a magic lamp which has a beautiful and vain genie.

    Director:John Cameron
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  5. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 5 - Render Unto Caesar
    7.3/10(369 votes)

    #5 - Render Unto Caesar

    S5:E5

    Caesar prepares to attack Eire; Hercules helps a demigoddess embrace her new identity: Justice.

    Director:John Laing
    Writers:Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill

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  6. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 6 - Norse by Norsevest
    6.5/10(366 votes)

    #6 - Norse by Norsevest

    S5:E6

    Hercules embarks on an odyssey to save the Norse god Balder from an evil prophecy.

    Director:John Laing
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 7 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge
    6.3/10(359 votes)

    #7 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge

    S5:E7

    Hercules and the Norse god Thor work together to prevent the end of all things.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writer:Gerry Conway

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  8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 8 - Darkness Rising
    7.6/10(366 votes)

    #8 - Darkness Rising

    S5:E8

    In Sumeria, Hercules finds a new evil in the guise of a friend.

    Director:Chris Long
    Writer:Lisa Klink

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  9. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 9 - For Those of You Just Joining Us
    6.7/10(379 votes)

    #9 - For Those of You Just Joining Us

    S5:E9

    The writers retreat to a camp, and Kevin Sorbo must rescue them from a would-be murderer without revealing his true identity as Hercules.

    Director:Bruce Campbell
    Writers:Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci

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  10. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 10 - Let There Be Light
    7.3/10(357 votes)

    #10 - Let There Be Light

    S5:E10

    Hercules, Morrigan and Nebula return to Corinth to confront the evil Dahak, who has possessed Iolaus' body.

    Director:Robert Radler
    Writers:Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill

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  11. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 11 - Redemption
    7.3/10(364 votes)

    #11 - Redemption

    S5:E11

    Hercules attempts an exorcism to save Iolaus' soul from the demon Dahak.

    Director:Bruce Campbell
    Writer:Lisa Klink

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  12. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 12 - Sky High
    6.5/10(338 votes)

    #12 - Sky High

    S5:E12

    Hercules, with the help of the Amazon Ephiny, the Centaur Nagus and a youth marked for murder, must stop a volcano from destroying the people of Mount Pelion.

    Director:John Laing
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  13. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 13 - Stranger and Stranger
    6.3/10(348 votes)

    #13 - Stranger and Stranger

    S5:E13

    Hercules travels to the parallel Netherworld to rescue the gods of Olympus before both worlds are destroyed.

    Director:Bruce Campbell
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 14 - Just Passing Through
    6.4/10(342 votes)

    #14 - Just Passing Through

    S5:E14

    Hercules reminisces about a typical day filled with desperate villagers and derring-do with his late friend, Iolaus.

    Director:Charles Siebert
    Writers:Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill

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  15. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 15 - Greece Is Burning
    6.0/10(340 votes)

    #15 - Greece Is Burning

    S5:E15

    Evil designer Onea and the fashion police connive to keep Herc's former dance partner, Althea, from staging a show.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writers:Andrew Landis, Julia Swift

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  16. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 16 - We'll Always Have Cyprus
    6.7/10(339 votes)

    #16 - We'll Always Have Cyprus

    S5:E16

    Morrigan joins Hercules on his mission to save the Oracle of Cyprus from predictions of her own death.

    Director:Garth Maxwell
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 17 - The Academy
    6.5/10(356 votes)

    #17 - The Academy

    S5:E17

    Hercules, Jason and Iolaus 2 return to Cheiron's academy to stop a band of renegade cadets from taking over the school.

    Director:Charlie Haskell
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  18. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 18 - Love on the Rocks
    6.7/10(341 votes)

    #18 - Love on the Rocks

    S5:E18

    An unsuspecting Iolaus 2 falls in love with Triton's daughter, unaware she is really a mermaid in human form.

    Director:Rick Jacobson
    Writer:Kevin Maynard

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  19. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 19 - Once Upon a Future King
    6.9/10(341 votes)

    #19 - Once Upon a Future King

    S5:E19

    Young Merlin enlists Hercules to save Britain from a cruel and calculating tyrant -- Arthur of Camelot.

    Director:Mark Beesley
    Writers:Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill

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  20. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 20 - Fade Out
    6.9/10(330 votes)

    #20 - Fade Out

    S5:E20

    A curse cooked up by Discord, Deimos and Ares has Hercules fading fast.

    Director:Charles Siebert
    Writer:Gerry Conway

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  21. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 21 - My Best Girl's Wedding
    6.9/10(340 votes)

    #21 - My Best Girl's Wedding

    S5:E21

    Fishermen Hercules and Iolaus 2 get second chances at the ones that got away -- Serena and the mermaid Nautica.

    Director:Andrew Merrifield
    Writer:Gerry Conway

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  22. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 22 - Revelations
    7.6/10(371 votes)

    #22 - Revelations

    S5:E22

    The real Iolaus returns to warn Hercules of the end of the world.

    Director:Bruce Campbell
    Writers:Tom O’Neill, George Strayton

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Faith" is the best rated episode of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 416 votes. Directed by Michael Hurst and written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, it aired on 10/3/1998. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Descent".