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The Worst Episodes of Young Hercules

Every episode of Young Hercules ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Young Hercules!

Young Hercules was a spin-off from the 1990s syndicated television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998,...
Genres:Action & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks:FOXFox Kids

Worst Episodes Summary

"Ill Wind" is the worst rated episode of "Young Hercules". It scored 6.3/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/13/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "What a Crockery: The Treasure of Zeus (3)".

  • Ill Wind
    6.3/1031 votes
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    #1 - Ill Wind

    Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 5/13/1999

    Hercules, Iolaus and Theseus follow the advice of a mysterious old man and go hunting in an area rich with game. What they don't know, however, is that the area is Hera's Valley, which is protected by a dangerous monster. Another fact that they're unaware of is that the strange old man is really Zeus, King of the Gods, Hercules's father and that he is testing his son with this challenge.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • What a Crockery: The Treasure of Zeus (3)
    6.4/1037 votes
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    #2 - What a Crockery: The Treasure of Zeus (3)

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1998

    Iolaus' old gang breaks into the Academy and holds Iolaus, Lilith, and Fiducius hostage. While Jason and the other cadets are outside trying to keep them from escaping, Hercules alone is inside trying to save the others--his key advantage being that they don't know he's there.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Girl Trouble
    6.4/1036 votes
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    #3 - Girl Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/1998

    Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason take a boat to Athens to find a new cook for the Academy, but they get more than they bargained for when they learn that the boat is transporting Amazons en route to a slave trader.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • No Way Out
    6.4/1034 votes
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    #4 - No Way Out

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/7/1998

    After Ares attempts to kill Hercules yet again, he is put on trial by the Gods for violating Zeus's order of protection. Ares proceeds to claim he is innocent and asks Hercules to defend him, baffling Hercules, who reluctantly decides to defend Ares.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Me, Myself and Eye
    6.4/1030 votes
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    #5 - Me, Myself and Eye

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 2/17/1999

    When a new cadet named Pythagrius claims he doesn't believe in the gods of Mount Olympus, Strife bets another god named Fatsus, that he can make the cadet believe in gods. Fatsus, who can only see prophecies of bad things to come, takes that bet and Strife's stunts cause a bigger threat as his attempts put Hercules and the academy in danger.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Edward Edens

  • Inn Trouble
    6.5/1034 votes
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    #6 - Inn Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/24/1998

    The boys are left to watch the Inn when Kora takes off after Artemis asks her to help find the fruit that was stolen from her temple. Unfortunately trouble ensues when Strife and Discord drop by for a havoc-wreaking visit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fame
    6.5/1035 votes
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    #7 - Fame

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/31/1998

    Hercules and Iolaus meet up with Eurydice and Orpheus but when it's discovered that Orpheus still has the lyre, Eurydice promises Bacchus that she will become his bride if he agrees to leave the others alone.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Len Uhley

  • In Your Dreams
    6.5/1032 votes
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    #8 - In Your Dreams

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 11/13/1998

    Kora's long lost sister Cleo shows up causing the green-eyed monster to show up in Kora, when her sister steals the spotlight. When Kora attempts to loosen up and be more like Cleo, she gets more than she bargained for when she's mistaken for her sister and is kidnapped by two thugs.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Between Friends: The Treasure of Zeus (2)
    6.6/1040 votes
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    #9 - Between Friends: The Treasure of Zeus (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1998

    After Hercules stole Hera's chalice, he was freed from Zeus' protection which gives Ares the golden opportunity to kill his hated little brother. Ares uses Strife to lure Hercules to his mother Alcmene's house where he plans to finish him off for good.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • Herc and Seek
    6.6/1036 votes
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    #10 - Herc and Seek

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/19/1998

    Iolaus' old gang breaks into the Academy and holds Iolaus, Lilith, and Fiducius hostage. While Jason and the other cadets are outside trying to keep them from escaping, Hercules alone is inside trying to save the others--his key advantage being that they don't know he's there.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus

  • A Life for a Life
    6.6/1033 votes
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    #11 - A Life for a Life

    Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 3/8/1999

    When the Amazons attack the Academy with missile-like weapons forged by Hephaestus, it's up to Hercules to ensure that no one gets hurt and to figure out the real reason of the attack. The real threat is actually Ares, who has Cyane under his control and is orchestrating all of this for one reason: to destroy Hercules.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Edens, Julia Jane Lewald

  • Forgery
    6.7/1031 votes
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    #12 - Forgery

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/3/1998

    Hercules takes Lilith on a field trip to divert her from the surprise party that the others are setting up but as usual trouble follows. A cave-in traps them and Ares attempts to manipulate Lilith into unknowingly poisoning Hercules.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nora Kay Foster, Adam Armus

  • Cyrano de Hercules
    6.8/1034 votes
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    #13 - Cyrano de Hercules

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/29/1998

    Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith are caught between friends when Discord and Strife pit Cyane's tribe and Cheiron's fellow centaurs against each other, with Cyane and Cheiron leading their armies into battle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Len Uhley

  • Down and Out in Academy Hills
    6.8/1035 votes
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    #14 - Down and Out in Academy Hills

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/10/1998

    Hercules alienates his friends when he abandons them during a competition called The Games to team up with his two new brothers, Pollux and Castor, who are the mortal sons of Zeus. Things get worse for Hercules when Pollux cheats and injures Jason in the process causing the two to fight out their differences.

    Director: Andrew Merrifield

    Writer: Michael Edens

  • Winner Take All
    6.8/1031 votes
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    #15 - Winner Take All

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/24/1998

    Discord and Strife, disguised as a Babylonian traveler and a Sybill give Jason a gift that turns out to be a baby monster, that Iolaus soon comes to adore. Unknown to the trio though is that the monster is capable of burning down anything his venom touches.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Edward Edens

  • Lyre, Liar
    6.8/1033 votes
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    #16 - Lyre, Liar

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/3/1998

    Hercules and Jason travel to the underworld in an attempt to talk Hades out of sending Eurydice to Tartarus despite her service to Bacchus. Meanwhile, Jason is reunited with his father in the Elysian Fields.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
    6.8/1030 votes
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    #17 - Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 2/24/1999

    Ares must enter a talent show at Kora's Inn when he learns that one of the prizes would complete his set of the Chronos stones, that enabled Zeus to defeat the Titans. The catch is a mortal must willingly give it to him, so with Strife and Discord in tow, he enters intent on winning and more than willing to cheat to get it, leaving Hercules and his friends to stop him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Julia Jane Lewald

  • Teacher's Pests
    6.9/1035 votes
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    #18 - Teacher's Pests

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/22/1998

    The boys are left to watch the Inn when Kora takes off after Artemis asks her to help find the fruit that was stolen from her temple. Unfortunately trouble ensues when Strife and Discord drop by for a havoc-wreaking visit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Edward Edens

  • The Lure of the Lyre
    6.9/1034 votes
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    #19 - The Lure of the Lyre

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/30/1998

    Orpheus and Eurydice, both reformed from their days as followers of Bacchus perform at Kora's in front of a sold out crowd. But unbeknowst to Eurydice, Orpheus has struck a deadly deal with Bacchus freeing him and Eurydice if he helps recruit new Bacchae.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • Sisters
    6.9/1029 votes
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    #20 - Sisters

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 11/18/1998

    Kora wins a bow that originally belonged to Artemis in an archery contest and plans to give it back to her. Hercules learns that Kora has been a servant of Artemis' after having been saved by the goddess years ago just when a thug in league with Strife steals the bow. Hercules attempts to help Kora retrieve it and free her from Artemis's debt.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Edward Edens

  • My Fair Lilith
    6.9/1033 votes
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    #21 - My Fair Lilith

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 2/3/1999

    When Artemis's favourite creature, a Golden Hind, is spotted, Hercules and Kora team up to try to keep the beautiful and rare creature out of the fatal hands of the hunters who are tracking her, as well as keep her away from two other hunters, Jason and Iolaus.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Valley of the Shadow
    6.9/1033 votes
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    #22 - Valley of the Shadow

    Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 5/14/1999

    Hercules, Iolaus and Theseus follow the advice of a mysterious old man and go hunting in an area rich with game. What they don't know, however, is that the area is Hera's Valley, which is protected by a dangerous monster. Another fact that they're unaware of is that the strange old man is really Zeus, King of the Gods, Hercules's father and that he is testing his son with this challenge.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Battle Lines (1)
    7.0/1031 votes
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    #23 - Battle Lines (1)

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/1/1998

    Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith are caught between friends when Discord and Strife pit Cyane's tribe and Cheiron's fellow centaurs against each other, with Cyane and Cheiron leading their armies into battle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Serpent's Tooth
    7.0/1034 votes
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    #24 - A Serpent's Tooth

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/29/1998

    A young minstrel, Orpheus and his girlfriend, Eurydice lure Hercules, Iolaus and Lilith into what they claim is a place where the party never ends run by Bacchus, the God of Partying and Good Times.In reality, they soon learn, is that it is the realm of the Bacchae, the vampire-like followers of Bacchus, which they discover only after Lilith has been bitten and is slowly changing into one herself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Reaves

  • The Mysteries of Life
    7.0/1033 votes
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    #25 - The Mysteries of Life

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/5/1998

    The trio discover that Ruff, their monstrous former pet, is being held by a freak show owner. When the ringmaster refuses to sell him, Iolaus and Hercules sneak in and free Ruff, who then escapes and runs rampant threatening Corinth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A