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|epnum = 301 | |epnum = 301 | ||
|epname = Mercenary | |epname = Mercenary | ||
|epdate = 1996- | |epdate = 1996-09-30 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-08-19 | |firstwatched = 2025-08-19 | ||
|thoughts = Last season we had a Terminator episode, now half of this episode was essentially Tremors. It's kind of amazing what they can shoehorn into this setting. | |thoughts = Last season we had a Terminator episode, now half of this episode was essentially Tremors. It's kind of amazing what they can shoehorn into this setting. | ||
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|epnum = 302 | |epnum = 302 | ||
|epname = Doomsday | |epname = Doomsday | ||
|epdate = 1996-10- | |epdate = 1996-10-07 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-08-24 | |firstwatched = 2025-08-24 | ||
|thoughts = This franchise playing loosey-goosey with time does allow them a lot of freedom to do whatever they want around old material. Adaptation of a specific myth? Sure. A followup story taking place the next year? That's what we've got here. Daedalus, in a bad place thanks to the death of Icarus, is designing weapons being used by a bad king. Including some... battle suits. If this were fifteen years later I'd say they were taking inspiration from Iron Man, but he wasn't very influential in the 90s. A viewer at the time might compare these "megoliths" to the lifting mech thingy Ripley uses in Aliens? | |thoughts = This franchise playing loosey-goosey with time does allow them a lot of freedom to do whatever they want around old material. Adaptation of a specific myth? Sure. A followup story taking place the next year? That's what we've got here. Daedalus, in a bad place thanks to the death of Icarus, is designing weapons being used by a bad king. Including some... battle suits. If this were fifteen years later I'd say they were taking inspiration from Iron Man, but he wasn't very influential in the 90s. A viewer at the time might compare these "megoliths" to the lifting mech thingy Ripley uses in Aliens? | ||
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|epnum = 303 | |epnum = 303 | ||
|epname = Love Takes a Holiday | |epname = Love Takes a Holiday | ||
|epdate = 1996-10- | |epdate = 1996-10-14 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-08-25 | |firstwatched = 2025-08-25 | ||
|thoughts = Not just a Hercules-lite episode, but a Hercules-not-at-all episode. Just an Iolaus adventure beginning to end. | |thoughts = Not just a Hercules-lite episode, but a Hercules-not-at-all episode. Just an Iolaus adventure beginning to end. | ||
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|epnum = 304 | |epnum = 304 | ||
|epname = Mummy Dearest | |epname = Mummy Dearest | ||
|epdate = 1996- | |epdate = 1996-10-21 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-08-29 | |firstwatched = 2025-08-29 | ||
|thoughts = They set it up with shots of things like the pyramids, so I was wondering just how far Hercules had traveled this time. But no, instead some Egyptians traveling close to him. And of course, Salmoneus there to get caught up in things by buying a cursed mummy for his House of Horrors. | |thoughts = They set it up with shots of things like the pyramids, so I was wondering just how far Hercules had traveled this time. But no, instead some Egyptians traveling close to him. And of course, Salmoneus there to get caught up in things by buying a cursed mummy for his House of Horrors. | ||
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|epnum = 305 | |epnum = 305 | ||
|epname = Not Fade Away | |epname = Not Fade Away | ||
|epdate = 1996- | |epdate = 1996-10-28 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-09-01 | |firstwatched = 2025-09-01 | ||
|thoughts = Hercules sure finds a way to cheat death a lot for his friends. Except, y'know, his wife and kids. Didn't Iolaus end up "dead" when turned to stone by the she-demon too? He's becoming a regular guest down there. | |thoughts = Hercules sure finds a way to cheat death a lot for his friends. Except, y'know, his wife and kids. Didn't Iolaus end up "dead" when turned to stone by the she-demon too? He's becoming a regular guest down there. | ||
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|epnum = 306 | |epnum = 306 | ||
|epname = Monster Child in the Promised Land | |epname = Monster Child in the Promised Land | ||
|epdate = 1996-11- | |epdate = 1996-11-04 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-09-06 | |firstwatched = 2025-09-06 | ||
|thoughts = On the subject of wife and kids, Iolaus said "You know? I have got a great life, but, uh-- | |thoughts = On the subject of wife and kids, Iolaus said "You know? I have got a great life, but, uh-- | ||
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|epnum = 307 | |epnum = 307 | ||
|epname = The Green-Eyed Monster | |epname = The Green-Eyed Monster | ||
|epdate = 1996-11- | |epdate = 1996-11-11 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-09-09 | |firstwatched = 2025-09-09 | ||
|thoughts = Second role for [[Karl Urban]], following up being the bad son in a not-Abraham story over on Xena. Instead playing a big buff Cupid who turns into a cheap CG monster when he gets jealous. | |thoughts = Second role for [[Karl Urban]], following up being the bad son in a not-Abraham story over on Xena. Instead playing a big buff Cupid who turns into a cheap CG monster when he gets jealous. | ||
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|epnum = 308 | |epnum = 308 | ||
|epname = Prince Hercules | |epname = Prince Hercules | ||
|epdate = 1996-11- | |epdate = 1996-11-18 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-09-12 | |firstwatched = 2025-09-12 | ||
|thoughts = The premise seemed a bit too easy on Hera's part. If she can so easily conk him and cause him to lose his memories, it only seems a marginal additional effort to like... kill him entirely by dropping something on him. Or knock him unconscious and bury him. Whatever. | |thoughts = The premise seemed a bit too easy on Hera's part. If she can so easily conk him and cause him to lose his memories, it only seems a marginal additional effort to like... kill him entirely by dropping something on him. Or knock him unconscious and bury him. Whatever. | ||
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|epnum = 309 | |epnum = 309 | ||
|epname = A Star to Guide Them | |epname = A Star to Guide Them | ||
|epdate = 1996-12- | |epdate = 1996-12-09 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-09-16 | |firstwatched = 2025-09-16 | ||
|thoughts = In the last Xena I watched I said the people at the end were Joseph/Mary/Jesus in all but name, and this pulls the same. Iolaus and a few other guys having mystical dreams from a high power and in the end are implied to be the wise men of legend visiting Jesus's birth. | |thoughts = In the last Xena I watched I said the people at the end were Joseph/Mary/Jesus in all but name, and this pulls the same. Iolaus and a few other guys having mystical dreams from a high power and in the end are implied to be the wise men of legend visiting Jesus's birth. | ||
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|epnum = 310 | |epnum = 310 | ||
|epname = The Lady and the Dragon | |epname = The Lady and the Dragon | ||
|epdate = 1997-01- | |epdate = 1997-01-13 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-09-22 | |firstwatched = 2025-09-22 | ||
|thoughts = I don't know if I've put it down in words here before, but with as many brawls as they get into in this show I've wished there could be a bit more to them. It's a bit much to expect, but like if Jackie Chan was fight coordinator there'd be more interesting stuff going on in these repeated beats. And while this wasn't exactly Jackie Chan, I highly approve of the silly meat fight Iolaus gets into, including sausage links as nunchaku and meat getting sliced by weapons and landing on bread. | |thoughts = I don't know if I've put it down in words here before, but with as many brawls as they get into in this show I've wished there could be a bit more to them. It's a bit much to expect, but like if Jackie Chan was fight coordinator there'd be more interesting stuff going on in these repeated beats. And while this wasn't exactly Jackie Chan, I highly approve of the silly meat fight Iolaus gets into, including sausage links as nunchaku and meat getting sliced by weapons and landing on bread. | ||
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|epnum = 311 | |epnum = 311 | ||
|epname = Long Live the King | |epname = Long Live the King | ||
|epdate = 1997- | |epdate = 1997-01-20 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-09-27 | |firstwatched = 2025-09-27 | ||
|thoughts = Another Hercules-lite episode, a direct sequel to the last one. Much the same as then, Iolaus makes for a pretty fun leading man. This time his identical cousin kicked the bucket, though, so is that the end of this particular sub-series? | |thoughts = Another Hercules-lite episode, a direct sequel to the last one. Much the same as then, Iolaus makes for a pretty fun leading man. This time his identical cousin kicked the bucket, though, so is that the end of this particular sub-series? | ||
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|epnum = 312 | |epnum = 312 | ||
|epname = Surprise | |epname = Surprise | ||
|epdate = 1997- | |epdate = 1997-01-27 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-10-03 | |firstwatched = 2025-10-03 | ||
|thoughts = Another ~crossover episode with Xena, without actually featuring the leads. | |thoughts = Another ~crossover episode with Xena, without actually featuring the leads. | ||
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|epnum = 313 | |epnum = 313 | ||
|epname = Encounter | |epname = Encounter | ||
|epdate = 1997-02- | |epdate = 1997-02-03 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-10-10 | |firstwatched = 2025-10-10 | ||
|thoughts = YET AGAIN Hercules falls deeply in love with someone he's barely interacted with, then leaves immediately. | |thoughts = YET AGAIN Hercules falls deeply in love with someone he's barely interacted with, then leaves immediately. | ||
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|epnum = 314 | |epnum = 314 | ||
|epname = When a Man Loves a Woman | |epname = When a Man Loves a Woman | ||
|epdate = 1997-02- | |epdate = 1997-02-10 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-10-20 | |firstwatched = 2025-10-20 | ||
|thoughts = OK, so surprisingly a direct continuation. At the end of the last episode it seemed Hercules was saying his goodbyes, but I guess by the beginning of this one he'd had second thoughts. So he actually decides to propose to her, and... Hercules's marital situation is really a big mess. His wife and kids died 2-3 years ago (if a season is a year), and he's been able to visit them on several occasions. So it feels more to me like they're just quarantined from each other for an indefinite period of time. Given that, how could Hercules be surprised how upset Deianeira was when he told her he wanted to get remarried? | |thoughts = OK, so surprisingly a direct continuation. At the end of the last episode it seemed Hercules was saying his goodbyes, but I guess by the beginning of this one he'd had second thoughts. So he actually decides to propose to her, and... Hercules's marital situation is really a big mess. His wife and kids died 2-3 years ago (if a season is a year), and he's been able to visit them on several occasions. So it feels more to me like they're just quarantined from each other for an indefinite period of time. Given that, how could Hercules be surprised how upset Deianeira was when he told her he wanted to get remarried? | ||
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|epnum = 315 | |epnum = 315 | ||
|epname = Judgment Day | |epname = Judgment Day | ||
|epdate = 1997- | |epdate = 1997-02-17 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-12-09 | |firstwatched = 2025-12-09 | ||
|thoughts = OK, so I wasn't expecting the change in the status quo to last long, but I was still pretty surprised that Hercules's new wife died before the episode was a quarter through. At first I thought it was just part of a dream, but nope. | |thoughts = OK, so I wasn't expecting the change in the status quo to last long, but I was still pretty surprised that Hercules's new wife died before the episode was a quarter through. At first I thought it was just part of a dream, but nope. | ||
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|epnum = 316 | |epnum = 316 | ||
|epname = The Lost City | |epname = The Lost City | ||
|epdate = 1997- | |epdate = 1997-02-24 | ||
|firstwatched = 2025-12-22 | |firstwatched = 2025-12-22 | ||
|thoughts = Another no-Hercules-at-all episode. From a series story standpoint, this makes enough sense. Hercules did just lose his wife (AGAIN), so giving him an episode off to grieve before throwing him back into another adventure of the week seems fair enough. Looking at the wiki, though, I see it was originally written as an episode for Hercules and not Iolaus so... just worked out that way, I guess. | |thoughts = Another no-Hercules-at-all episode. From a series story standpoint, this makes enough sense. Hercules did just lose his wife (AGAIN), so giving him an episode off to grieve before throwing him back into another adventure of the week seems fair enough. Looking at the wiki, though, I see it was originally written as an episode for Hercules and not Iolaus so... just worked out that way, I guess. | ||
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|epnum = 317 | |epnum = 317 | ||
|epname = Les Contemptibles | |epname = Les Contemptibles | ||
|epdate = 1997-04- | |epdate = 1997-04-07 | ||
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|thoughts = }} | |thoughts = }} | ||
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|epnum = 318 | |epnum = 318 | ||
|epname = Reign of Terror | |epname = Reign of Terror | ||
|epdate = 1997-04- | |epdate = 1997-04-14 | ||
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|thoughts = }} | |thoughts = }} | ||
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|epnum = 319 | |epnum = 319 | ||
|epname = The End of the Beginning | |epname = The End of the Beginning | ||
|epdate = 1997- | |epdate = 1997-04-21 | ||
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|thoughts = }} | |thoughts = }} | ||
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|epnum = 320 | |epnum = 320 | ||
|epname = War Bride | |epname = War Bride | ||
|epdate = 1997- | |epdate = 1997-04-28 | ||
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|thoughts = }} | |thoughts = }} | ||
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|epnum = 321 | |epnum = 321 | ||
|epname = A Rock and a Hard Place | |epname = A Rock and a Hard Place | ||
|epdate = 1997-05- | |epdate = 1997-05-05 | ||
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|thoughts = }} | |thoughts = }} | ||
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|epnum = 322 | |epnum = 322 | ||
|epname = Atlantis | |epname = Atlantis | ||
|epdate = 1997-05- | |epdate = 1997-05-12 | ||
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|thoughts = }} | |thoughts = }} | ||