Once a Hero (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)
| "Once a Hero" | |
|---|---|
| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 214 |
| Directed by | Robert Tapert |
| Written by |
Robert Tapert Robert Bielak John Schulian |
| Original air date | 29 January 1996 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
|
Edward Campbell (Artemus) |
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Edward Campbell (Artemus)
Lathan Gaines (Marcus)
John Sumner (Domesticles)
Mark Nua (Otus)
Belinda Todd (Priestess)
"Once a Hero" is the 14th episode of the second season of the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
When the Golden Fleece is stolen, Hercules and Iolaus team up with Jason in order to retrieve it.
Iolaus arrives in the city of Argos, where the Argonauts are having a party. He is greeted by Otus, and Castor. The party is being held because it is the tenth anniversary of the Argonauts bringing back the Golden Fleece. Iolaus is introduced to Phoebe, the daughter of Lycenus, the lookout. He says he is sorry about the death of her father, but she says her father's death was no accident. Meanwhile, Hercules meets a gang of robbers mugging a man. Hercules fights them off and discovers the man is Jason, who hallucinates that Hercules is a horned figure, come to take him "to the fire below".
Hercules brings Jason to the party and they discover that Jason is no longer able to run the kingdom by himself and has appointed a Regent in his place to run the kingdom of Argos. The reason why Jason is unable to rule is because of his drinking problems. He took to drinking because he left Medea for Glauce. Bitter with jealousy, Medea killed Glauce and Jason's children.
During the party, Jason sees the horned figure again, but then it disappears. As he goes to get a drink from the barrel, a man leaps from the barrel and more break in through the windows. As a fight ensues, the horned figure comes and steals the Golden Fleece. Hercules identifies them as Hera's warriors.
Iolaus tells the other that he tracked them to the harbor, where they were sailing east. Hercules says they will get the Fleece back and that he wants Jason to navigate the Argo. As they sail off in the Argo, the regent, Marcus meets with a priestess of Hera, who gives him a bag in case Hercules and the Argonauts succeed in regaining the Fleece.
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