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The Worst Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Every episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys!

The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Syndication
Episodes
111
Avg. Rating
6.8
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E3
6.8
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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 364 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".

  • Les Contemptibles
    5.5/10(364)
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    #1 - Les Contemptibles

    Season 3 Episode 17

    Aired 4/7/1997

    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

  • The Cave of Echoes
    5.7/10(359)
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    #2 - The Cave of Echoes

    Season 2 Episode 24

    Aired 6/24/1996

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

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: John Schulian, Robert Bielak

  • Greece Is Burning
    5.9/10(325)
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    #3 - 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: Andrew Landis, Julia Swift

  • Medea Culpa
    6.1/10(340)
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    #4 - 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

  • Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My
    6.1/10(343)
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    #5 - 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

  • Under the Broken Sky
    6.2/10(378)
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    #6 - Under the Broken Sky

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/9/1995

    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

  • The Power
    6.2/10(362)
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    #7 - The Power

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 5/6/1996

    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

  • Mummy Dearest
    6.2/10(354)
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    #8 - Mummy Dearest

    Season 3 Episode 4

    Aired 10/21/1996

    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

  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge
    6.2/10(342)
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    #9 - 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

  • Stranger and Stranger
    6.2/10(336)
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    #10 - 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

  • Monster Child in the Promised Land
    6.3/10(352)
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    #11 - Monster Child in the Promised Land

    Season 3 Episode 6

    Aired 11/4/1996

    Hercules helps the monster Echidna and the giant Typhon find their kidnapped child.

    Director: John T. Kretchmer

    Writer: John Schulian

  • Reign of Terror
    6.3/10(342)
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    #12 - Reign of Terror

    Season 3 Episode 18

    Aired 4/14/1997

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

    Director: Rodney Charters

    Writer: John Kirk

  • Porkules
    6.3/10(350)
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    #13 - 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

  • Norse by Norsevest
    6.3/10(349)
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    #14 - 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

  • Just Passing Through
    6.3/10(330)
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    #15 - 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: Noreen Tobin, Gene O'Neill

  • All that Glitters
    6.4/10(393)
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    #16 - All that Glitters

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 9/11/1995

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

    Director: Garth Maxwell

    Writer: Craig Volk

  • Heedless Hearts
    6.4/10(362)
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    #17 - Heedless Hearts

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 2/5/1996

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

    Director: Peter Ellis

    Writer: Robert Bielak

  • The Lady and the Dragon
    6.4/10(343)
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    #18 - The Lady and the Dragon

    Season 3 Episode 10

    Aired 1/13/1997

    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

    Writer: Eric Estrin, Michael Berlin

  • Prodigal Sister
    6.4/10(359)
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    #19 - 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

  • The Academy
    6.4/10(340)
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    #20 - 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

  • Rebel With a Cause
    6.4/10(314)
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    #21 - Rebel With a Cause

    Season 6 Episode 3

    Aired 10/16/1999

    Hercules must help Oedipus and his daughter, Princess Antigone, battle the evil King Creon.

    Director: Garth Maxwell

    Writer: Lisa Klink

  • Hercules, Tramps & Thieves
    6.4/10(332)
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    #22 - Hercules, Tramps & Thieves

    Season 6 Episode 5

    Aired 11/6/1999

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

    Director: Charles Siebert

    Writer: Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place

  • A Wicked Good Time
    6.4/10(315)
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    #23 - A Wicked Good Time

    Season 6 Episode 7

    Aired 11/20/1999

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

    Director: Adam Nimoy

    Writer: Liz Friedman, Vanessa Place

  • Promises
    6.5/10(366)
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    #24 - Promises

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 3/14/1996

    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

  • Hero's Heart
    6.5/10(342)
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    #25 - 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