Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Season 3)

Mercenary (Episode 1)

Writer: Robert Bielak

Air date: 1996-10-07

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: A storm at sea maroons Hercules on an island where he deals with pirates, sand monsters and a wanted killer he is transporting to Sparta.

Doomsday (Episode 2)

Air date: 1996-10-14

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Hercules intervenes when he discovers that his friend, the inventor Daedalus, is creating weapons of mass destruction for an evil king.

Love Takes a Holiday (Episode 3)

Writer: Noreen Tobin

Air date: 1996-10-21

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Iagos hatches a scheme to gain the Shield of Perseus from Hephaestus by taking advantage of his lovelorn boss's loneliness.

Mummy Dearest (Episode 4)

Writer: Melissa Rosenberg

Air date: 1996-10-21

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Hercules helps an Egyptian princess retrieve the stolen mummy of a king, which has come to life and is bent on killing.

Not Fade Away (Episode 5)

Writer: John Schulian

Air date: 1996-10-28

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Iolaus will forever remain in the afterlife unless Hercules makes good on his deal with the god of the underworld to destroy Hera's latest assassin.

Monster Child in the Promised Land (Episode 6)

Writer: John Schulian

Air date: 1996-11-04

Runtime: 44 min

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

The Green-Eyed Monster (Episode 7)

Air date: 1996-11-11

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Hercules and Cupid get caught in the middle of a plot by jealous Aphrodite to marry off a mortal female whose beauty is drawing attention away from her.

Prince Hercules (Episode 8)

Air date: 1996-11-25

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Queen Parnassa strikes Hercules with amnesia so he will believe she is his mother and agree to lead her army.

A Star to Guide Them (Episode 9)

Air date: 1996-12-09

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Iolaus' dream directs him and Hercules northward on a mission of mercy.

The Lady and the Dragon (Episode 10)

Writer: Eric Estrin

Air date: 1997-01-13

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: A young dragon starts killing warriors and destroying villages at the same time a warlord returns from exile seeking revenge on his enemies.

Long Live the King (Episode 11) 6.0

Air date: 1997-01-20

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Iolaus assumes the identity of murdered Orestes to continue the king's quest for peace.

Surprise (Episode 12) 7.0

Writer: Alex Kurtzman

Air date: 1997-01-27

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Callisto drops in on Hercules' surprise birthday party, bent on a mission of immortality.

Encounter (1) (Episode 13) 7.0

Writer: Jerry Patrick Brown

Air date: 1997-02-03

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Ares' murder plot backfires when the Golden Hind falls for Hercules.

When a Man Loves a Woman (2) (Episode 14) 6.0

Writer: Noreen Tobin

Air date: 1997-02-10

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Hercules gives up his godly powers to wed Serena, the Golden Hind.

Judgment Day (3) (Episode 15) 7.0

Writer: Robert Bielak

Air date: 1997-02-17

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Waking from a nightmare, Hercules finds Serena dead and himself accused of murder.

The Lost City (Episode 16)

Air date: 1997-02-24

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Iolaus' search for his missing cousin Regina takes him to a commune where everyone has been brainwashed by a seemingly benevolent leader.

Les Contemptibles (Episode 17)

Writer: Brian Herskowitz

Air date: 1997-04-07

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Brave Marie de Valle inspires thieves, who bear uncanny resemblances to Hercules, Iolaus and Salmoneus, to fight for the French Revolution.

Reign of Terror (Episode 18)

Writer: John Kirk

Air date: 1997-04-14

Runtime: 44 min

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

The End of the Beginning (Episode 19)

Writer: Paul Robert Coyle

Air date: 1997-04-21

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: The Chronos Stone takes Hercules five years into the past, where he meets Serena, the Golden Hind, once again.

War Bride (Episode 20)

Writer: Nora Kay Foster

Air date: 1997-04-28

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: A peace treaty unravels when the daughter of a dying king fails to preserve it.

A Rock and a Hard Place (Episode 21)

Writer: Alex Kurtzman

Air date: 1997-05-05

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: A murder suspect escapes and flees into an old mine; Hercules is trapped in a cave-in.

Atlantis (Episode 22)

Writer: Alex Kurtzman

Air date: 1997-05-12

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Hercules and Cassandra try to warn Atlantis of imminent doom.