Season 5
199822 episodes
9.5
October 10, 1998
Hercules, overcome by grief at Iolaus' death, travels to the underworld in hopes of getting him back.
Episode 3
Resurrection
October 17, 1998
As Hercules comes to terms with his friends' death, he battles a demi-god.
Episode 4
Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My
October 24, 1998
Autolycus and Salmoneus steal a magic lamp which has a beautiful and vain genie.
Episode 5
Render Unto Caesar
October 31, 1998
Caesar prepares to attack Eire; Hercules helps a demigoddess embrace her new identity: Justice.
Episode 6
Norse by Norsevest
November 7, 1998
Hercules embarks on an odyssey to save the Norse god Balder from an evil prophecy.
Episode 7
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge
November 14, 1998
Hercules and the Norse god Thor work together to prevent the end of all things.
Episode 8
Darkness Rising
November 21, 1998
In Sumeria, Hercules finds a new evil in the guise of a friend.
Episode 9
For Those of You Just Joining Us
January 9, 1999
The writers retreat to a camp, and Kevin Sorbo must rescue them from a would-be murderer without revealing his true identity as Hercules.
Episode 10
Let There Be Light
January 16, 1999
Hercules, Morrigan and Nebula return to Corinth to confront the evil Dahak, who has possessed Iolaus' body.
Episode 11
Redemption
January 23, 1999
Hercules attempts an exorcism to save Iolaus' soul from the demon Dahak.
Episode 12
Sky High
January 30, 1999
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.
Episode 13
Stranger and Stranger
February 6, 1999
Hercules travels to the parallel Netherworld to rescue the gods of Olympus before both worlds are destroyed.
Episode 14
Just Passing Through
February 13, 1999
Hercules reminisces about a typical day filled with desperate villagers and derring-do with his late friend, Iolaus.
Episode 15
Greece Is Burning
February 20, 1999
Evil designer Onea and the fashion police connive to keep Herc's former dance partner, Althea, from staging a show.
Episode 16
We'll Always Have Cyprus
February 27, 1999
Morrigan joins Hercules on his mission to save the Oracle of Cyprus from predictions of her own death.
Episode 17
The Academy
March 27, 1999
Hercules, Jason and Iolaus 2 return to Cheiron's academy to stop a band of renegade cadets from taking over the school.
Episode 18
Love on the Rocks
April 24, 1999
An unsuspecting Iolaus 2 falls in love with Triton's daughter, unaware she is really a mermaid in human form.
Episode 19
Once Upon a Future King
May 1, 1999
Young Merlin enlists Hercules to save Britain from a cruel and calculating tyrant -- Arthur of Camelot.
Episode 20
Fade Out
May 8, 1999
A curse cooked up by Discord, Deimos and Ares has Hercules fading fast.
Episode 21
My Best Girl's Wedding
May 15, 1999
Fishermen Hercules and Iolaus 2 get second chances at the ones that got away -- Serena and the mermaid Nautica.
Episode 22
Revelations
May 22, 1999
The real Iolaus returns to warn Hercules of the end of the world.
