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     |epnum = 101
     |epnum = 101
     |epname = The Wrong Path
     |epname = The Wrong Path
     |epdate = 1995-01-29
     |epdate = 1995-01-16
     |firstwatched = 2025-02-06
     |firstwatched = 2025-02-06
     |thoughts = So I knew from looking into the series months ago that it started out with Hercules's family being killed, but boy Hera sure didn't mess around. Fireballs through the windows to totally destroy their bodies in front of his eyes in an instant.
     |thoughts = So I knew from looking into the series months ago that it started out with Hercules's family being killed, but boy Hera sure didn't mess around. Fireballs through the windows to totally destroy their bodies in front of his eyes in an instant.
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     |epnum = 102
     |epnum = 102
     |epname = Eye of the Beholder
     |epname = Eye of the Beholder
     |epdate = 1995-02-05
     |epdate = 1995-01-23
     |firstwatched = 2025-02-07
     |firstwatched = 2025-02-07
     |thoughts = As a rule I don't want to nitpick over special effects for every episode. I'm going in with the understanding that it's both low budget and 30 years old. That said, some things are worse than others. The cyclops in this episode, the prosthetic worn over the top of his head was not so great. Didn't really match the rest of his skin color. Kind of seemed like somebody got a poorly fitting Klingon forehead prosthetic that accidentally went over their eyes.
     |thoughts = As a rule I don't want to nitpick over special effects for every episode. I'm going in with the understanding that it's both low budget and 30 years old. That said, some things are worse than others. The cyclops in this episode, the prosthetic worn over the top of his head was not so great. Didn't really match the rest of his skin color. Kind of seemed like somebody got a poorly fitting Klingon forehead prosthetic that accidentally went over their eyes.
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     |epnum = 103
     |epnum = 103
     |epname = The Road to Calydon
     |epname = The Road to Calydon
     |epdate = 1995-02-12
     |epdate = 1995-01-30
     |firstwatched = 2025-02-10
     |firstwatched = 2025-02-10
     |thoughts = Seems like a lot fewer people/places/things on Earth would be cursed if Zeus could keep his willy in his pants. Here we see an entire town that's been wiped out because Hera was jealous of one person.
     |thoughts = Seems like a lot fewer people/places/things on Earth would be cursed if Zeus could keep his willy in his pants. Here we see an entire town that's been wiped out because Hera was jealous of one person.
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     |epnum = 104
     |epnum = 104
     |epname = The Festival of Dionysus
     |epname = The Festival of Dionysus
     |epdate = 1995-02-19
     |epdate = 1995-02-06
     |firstwatched = 2025-02-19
     |firstwatched = 2025-02-19
     |thoughts = OK, so I expected to see the blind prophet again... but the very next episode? And he's already without the dog? Which wasn't even mentioned.
     |thoughts = OK, so I expected to see the blind prophet again... but the very next episode? And he's already without the dog? Which wasn't even mentioned.
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     |epnum = 105
     |epnum = 105
     |epname = Ares
     |epname = Ares
     |epdate = 1995-02-26
     |epdate = 1995-02-13
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-02
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-02
     |thoughts = So for Hera they show eyes in the sky with a peacock sound. For Ares we get a skull superimposed on the moon with an evil chuckle. Do all the gods have show sky signatures like this?
     |thoughts = So for Hera they show eyes in the sky with a peacock sound. For Ares we get a skull superimposed on the moon with an evil chuckle. Do all the gods have show sky signatures like this?
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     |epnum = 106
     |epnum = 106
     |epname = As Darkness Falls
     |epname = As Darkness Falls
     |epdate = 1995-03-05
     |epdate = 1995-02-20
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-03
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-03
     |thoughts = Not bad. Poisoned Hercules has temporarily lost much of his vision, making him much less of a threat to anyone attacking him.
     |thoughts = Not bad. Poisoned Hercules has temporarily lost much of his vision, making him much less of a threat to anyone attacking him.
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     |epnum = 107
     |epnum = 107
     |epname = Pride Comes Before a Brawl
     |epname = Pride Comes Before a Brawl
     |epdate = 1995-03-12
     |epdate = 1995-02-27
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-04
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-04
     |thoughts = If Hercules is just wandering around helping people, how does he do things like make plans to travel to an event with Iolaus? For that matter how did he get invited to the wedding in the previous episode? Does he stop by his house every month to check the mail? Do people just whisper to the grapevine and hope Hercules eventually hears it?
     |thoughts = If Hercules is just wandering around helping people, how does he do things like make plans to travel to an event with Iolaus? For that matter how did he get invited to the wedding in the previous episode? Does he stop by his house every month to check the mail? Do people just whisper to the grapevine and hope Hercules eventually hears it?
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     |epnum = 108
     |epnum = 108
     |epname = The March to Freedom
     |epname = The March to Freedom
     |epdate = 1995-03-19
     |epdate = 1995-03-06
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-10
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-10
     |thoughts = Today's half naked woman: a young [[Lucy Liu]].
     |thoughts = Today's half naked woman: a young [[Lucy Liu]].
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     |epnum = 109
     |epnum = 109
     |epname = The Warrior Princess
     |epname = The Warrior Princess
     |epdate = 1995-03-26
     |epdate = 1995-03-13
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-12
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-12
     |thoughts = So Iolaus got married in the movies, his wife died, they mentioned him being a single father... but no mention of that stuff since. Did his kid get retconned out of existence? Did his wife get retconned out of existence?
     |thoughts = So Iolaus got married in the movies, his wife died, they mentioned him being a single father... but no mention of that stuff since. Did his kid get retconned out of existence? Did his wife get retconned out of existence?
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     |epnum = 110
     |epnum = 110
     |epname = Gladiator
     |epname = Gladiator
     |epdate = 1995-04-02
     |epdate = 1995-03-20
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-12
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-12
     |thoughts = Good old [[Tony Todd]]! Another anti-slavery episode, this time Hercules lets himself (and Iolaus) be imprisoned so they can try to help someone from the inside and... it expands.}}
     |thoughts = Good old [[Tony Todd]]! Another anti-slavery episode, this time Hercules lets himself (and Iolaus) be imprisoned so they can try to help someone from the inside and... it expands.}}
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     |epnum = 111
     |epnum = 111
     |epname = The Vanishing Dead
     |epname = The Vanishing Dead
     |epdate = 1995-05-07
     |epdate = 1995-04-24
     |firstwatched = Another fun guest star to see, [[Reb Brown]]! Playing dual roles sort of, both as a guy who is dead, and Ares impersonating that guy in the flesh to manipulate people into war. Stupid fun banter of the episode between Hercules and Ares, something like "Starting a war just to feed your dog? That's awful." "I guess you're not a pet lover."
     |firstwatched = Another fun guest star to see, [[Reb Brown]]! Playing dual roles sort of, both as a guy who is dead, and Ares impersonating that guy in the flesh to manipulate people into war. Stupid fun banter of the episode between Hercules and Ares, something like "Starting a war just to feed your dog? That's awful." "I guess you're not a pet lover."
     |thoughts = }}
     |thoughts = }}
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     |epnum = 112
     |epnum = 112
     |epname = The Gauntlet
     |epname = The Gauntlet
     |epdate = 1995-05-14
     |epdate = 1995-05-01
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-16
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-16
     |thoughts = So just a few episodes back I said ''I wonder how this gets played into her having her own series. Like, gotta be something better than "Oops, I now regret killing so many people. I will be good now and help."'' Well uhh so far it doesn't seem much more than that. We see Xena and her group still wrecking towns, until she comes into conflict with her own people because they're more bloodthirsty than she wants them to be, even killing women and children. She ends up helping Hercules and friends fight against him, and at the end decides to travel with Hercules and see what happens.
     |thoughts = So just a few episodes back I said ''I wonder how this gets played into her having her own series. Like, gotta be something better than "Oops, I now regret killing so many people. I will be good now and help."'' Well uhh so far it doesn't seem much more than that. We see Xena and her group still wrecking towns, until she comes into conflict with her own people because they're more bloodthirsty than she wants them to be, even killing women and children. She ends up helping Hercules and friends fight against him, and at the end decides to travel with Hercules and see what happens.
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     |epnum = 113
     |epnum = 113
     |epname = Unchained Heart
     |epname = Unchained Heart
     |epdate = 1995-05-21
     |epdate = 1995-05-08
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-17
     |firstwatched = 2025-03-17
     |thoughts = I guess this is what counts as a budget-buster for Hercules: multiple guest star allies. With Hercules, Xena, Iolaus, and even Salmoneus, you've finally got a good RPG party going on.
     |thoughts = I guess this is what counts as a budget-buster for Hercules: multiple guest star allies. With Hercules, Xena, Iolaus, and even Salmoneus, you've finally got a good RPG party going on.
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