7.7/10396 votes#1 - Faith
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1998
Hercules and Iolaus' attempt to save Sumeria from the wrath of evil deities leads to disastrous consequences.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
7.6/10382 votes#2 - Descent
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1998
Hercules, overcome by grief at Iolaus' death, travels to the underworld in hopes of getting him back.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Lisa Klink
7.2/10357 votes#3 - Resurrection
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1998
As Hercules comes to terms with his friends' death, he battles a demi-god.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
6.1/10343 votes#4 - Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1998
Autolycus and Salmoneus steal a magic lamp which has a beautiful and vain genie.
Director: John Cameron
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
7.2/10353 votes#5 - Render Unto Caesar
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1998
Caesar prepares to attack Eire; Hercules helps a demigoddess embrace her new identity: Justice.
Director: John Laing
Writer: Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin
6.3/10348 votes#6 - Norse by Norsevest
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1998
Hercules embarks on an odyssey to save the Norse god Balder from an evil prophecy.
Director: John Laing
Writer: N/A
6.2/10341 votes#7 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1998
Hercules and the Norse god Thor work together to prevent the end of all things.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Gerry Conway
7.4/10349 votes#8 - Darkness Rising
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1998
In Sumeria, Hercules finds a new evil in the guise of a friend.
Director: Chris Long
Writer: Lisa Klink
6.5/10363 votes#9 - For Those of You Just Joining Us
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/1999
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
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
7.1/10343 votes#10 - Let There Be Light
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/1999
Hercules, Morrigan and Nebula return to Corinth to confront the evil Dahak, who has possessed Iolaus' body.
Director: Robert Radler
Writer: Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin
7.1/10348 votes#11 - Redemption
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/23/1999
Hercules attempts an exorcism to save Iolaus' soul from the demon Dahak.
Director: Bruce Campbell
Writer: Lisa Klink
6.5/10324 votes#12 - Sky High
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/1999
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
6.1/10334 votes#13 - Stranger and Stranger
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/1999
Hercules travels to the parallel Netherworld to rescue the gods of Olympus before both worlds are destroyed.
Director: Bruce Campbell
Writer: N/A
6.2/10328 votes#14 - Just Passing Through
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/1999
Hercules reminisces about a typical day filled with desperate villagers and derring-do with his late friend, Iolaus.
Director: Charles Siebert
Writer: Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin
5.9/10323 votes#15 - Greece Is Burning
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/1999
Evil designer Onea and the fashion police connive to keep Herc's former dance partner, Althea, from staging a show.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Julia Swift, Andrew Landis
6.6/10325 votes#16 - We'll Always Have Cyprus
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/1999
Morrigan joins Hercules on his mission to save the Oracle of Cyprus from predictions of her own death.
Director: Garth Maxwell
Writer: N/A
6.3/10339 votes#17 - The Academy
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/27/1999
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
6.6/10326 votes#18 - Love on the Rocks
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/1999
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
6.8/10327 votes#19 - Once Upon a Future King
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/1999
Young Merlin enlists Hercules to save Britain from a cruel and calculating tyrant -- Arthur of Camelot.
Director: Mark Beesley
Writer: Gene O'Neill, Noreen Tobin
6.7/10316 votes#20 - Fade Out
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/1999
A curse cooked up by Discord, Deimos and Ares has Hercules fading fast.
Director: Charles Siebert
Writer: Gerry Conway
6.7/10327 votes#21 - My Best Girl's Wedding
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/1999
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
7.5/10357 votes#22 - Revelations
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/1999
The real Iolaus returns to warn Hercules of the end of the world.
Director: Bruce Campbell
Writer: George Strayton, Tom O’Neill
The Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5
Every episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5!
The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Syndication
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Faith" is the best rated episode of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" season 5. It scored 7.7/10 based on 396 votes. Directed by Michael Hurst and written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, it aired on 10/3/1998. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Descent".