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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 17 - Les Contemptibles
    5.5/10(379 votes)

    #1 - Les Contemptibles

    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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  2. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 2 Episode 24 - The Cave of Echoes
    5.7/10(375 votes)

    #2 - The Cave of Echoes

    S2:E24

    A timid young writer descends into the fearsome Cave of Echoes with Hercules and Iolaus to rescue a fair maiden.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writers:John Schulian, Robert Bielak

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  3. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 15 - Greece Is Burning
    6.0/10(342 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 4 Episode 11 - Medea Culpa
    6.2/10(356 votes)

    #4 - Medea Culpa

    S4:E11

    Teenage Hercules, Iolaus and Jason battle a fire-breathing monster.

    Director:Charles Siebert
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 4 - Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My
    6.2/10(359 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 2 Episode 6 - Under the Broken Sky
    6.3/10(396 votes)

    #6 - Under the Broken Sky

    S2:E6

    Hercules battles a town run by bandits in order to help a farmer reunite with his estranged wife.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:John Schulian

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  7. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 2 Episode 22 - The Power
    6.3/10(375 votes)

    #7 - The Power

    S2:E22

    Hercules intervenes when a young man with divine powers is manipulated by a relative into using his gift for villainous purposes.

    Director:Charlie Haskell
    Writer:Nelson Costello

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  8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 4 - Mummy Dearest
    6.3/10(369 votes)

    #8 - Mummy Dearest

    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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  9. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 7 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge
    6.3/10(361 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 13 - Stranger and Stranger
    6.3/10(350 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 6 - Monster Child in the Promised Land
    6.4/10(366 votes)

    #11 - Monster Child in the Promised Land

    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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  12. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 18 - Reign of Terror
    6.4/10(356 votes)

    #12 - Reign of Terror

    S3:E18

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

    Director:Rodney Charters
    Writer:John Kirk

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  13. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 4 Episode 16 - Porkules
    6.4/10(365 votes)

    #13 - Porkules

    S4:E16

    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
    Writers:Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci

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  14. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 14 - Just Passing Through
    6.4/10(344 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 2 Episode 2 - All that Glitters
    6.5/10(410 votes)

    #15 - All that Glitters

    S2:E2

    Hercules must help King Midas reclaim his realm from vicious gamblers.

    Director:Garth Maxwell
    Writer:Craig Volk

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  16. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 2 Episode 15 - Heedless Hearts
    6.5/10(376 votes)

    #16 - Heedless Hearts

    S2:E15

    Hercules falls in love while helping a woman and her band of rebels defeat a tyrannical king.

    Director:Peter Ellis
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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  17. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 3 Episode 10 - The Lady and the Dragon
    6.5/10(358 votes)

    #17 - The Lady and the Dragon

    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:Eric Estrin, Michael Berlin

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  18. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 6 - Norse by Norsevest
    6.5/10(368 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 12 - Sky High
    6.5/10(340 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 5 Episode 17 - The Academy
    6.5/10(358 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 6 Episode 5 - Hercules, Tramps & Thieves
    6.5/10(345 votes)

    #21 - Hercules, Tramps & Thieves

    S6:E5

    Hercules must prove Autolycus' innocence after he is accused of robbing the first bank of Greece.

    Director:Charles Siebert
    Writers:Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place

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  22. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 6 Episode 7 - A Wicked Good Time
    6.5/10(328 votes)

    #22 - A Wicked Good Time

    S6:E7

    Discord plots with two witches-in-training to frame Hercules as a warlock.

    Director:Adam Nimoy
    Writers:Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place

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  23. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 2 Episode 18 - Promises
    6.6/10(380 votes)

    #23 - Promises

    S2:E18

    Hercules and Iolaus get caught in the middle of a love triangle when they volunteer to help a king.

    Director:Stewart Main
    Writer:Michael Marks

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  24. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 4 Episode 7 - Prodigal Sister
    6.6/10(375 votes)

    #24 - Prodigal Sister

    S4:E7

    Outlaw Amazons blind a boy and kidnap his sister, making her one of them.

    Director:Gary Jones
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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  25. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season 4 Episode 17 - One Fowl Day
    6.6/10(372 votes)

    #25 - One Fowl Day

    S4:E17

    Ares makes Iolaus and Autolycus pay dearly for turning Discord into a chicken; Katherine would rather be a pig.

    Director:Michael Hurst
    Writers:Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Les Contemptibles" is the worst rated episode of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys". It scored 5.5/10 based on 379 votes. Directed by Charlie Haskell and written by Brian Herskowitz, it aired on 4/7/1997. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Cave of Echoes".