The Best Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5

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

Director: Michael Hurst

Writer: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci

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

Director: Richard Compton

Writer: Lisa Klink

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

Director: Philip Sgriccia

Writer: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci

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

Director: John Cameron

Writer: Paul Robert Coyle

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

Director: John Laing

Writer: Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill

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

Director: John Laing

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Michael Hurst

Writer: Gerry Conway

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

Director: Chris Long

Writer: Lisa Klink

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: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci

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

Director: Robert Radler

Writer: Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill

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

Director: Bruce Campbell

Writer: Lisa Klink

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

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

Director: Bruce Campbell

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Charles Siebert

Writer: Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill

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

Director: Michael Hurst

Writer: Andrew Landis, Julia Swift

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

Director: Garth Maxwell

Writer: N/A

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

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

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

Director: Mark Beesley

Writer: Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill

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

Director: Charles Siebert

Writer: Gerry Conway

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

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

Director: Bruce Campbell

Writer: George Strayton, Tom O’Neill