Young Hercules

For the direct-to-video pilot movie, see Young Hercules (movie).

Young Hercules
Title Card, as seen in the Opening Credits
Production
Starring	Ryan Gosling Dean O'Gorman Chris Conrad
Guest Starring	Kevin Smith Jodie Rimmer Angela Dotchin Meighan Desmond Joel Tobeck
Episode Count	50
Season Count	1
Original Run	September 12, 1998-May 14, 1999

Young Hercules was a television series which aired for one season from September 12, 1998 to May 14, 1999. It was the second spin-off series of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. The show focused on the adventures of Hercules and his friends while in training at Cheiron's Academy. It was the follow-up to a successful pilot movie, which was itself preceded by several "Young Hercules"-themed episodes during Hercules: The Legendary Journeys' fourth season. The show was targeted at a younger audience than either HTLJ or Xena: Warrior Princess, both of which were catered to adults, or at least families with both adults and children watching. As a result, YH had a 30-minute runtime and, in most markets, aired in the late afternoons on weekdays. The show failed to attract the same success as HTLJ or XWP and was cancelled after one season.

In an age of light and darkness, Zeus, king of the gods, rules the universe. He had a son – young Hercules. Half-god, half-man, young Hercules longs to find his place in the world, the father he's never known and what it means to be a hero. Before the man became legend, before the legend became myth came the greatest adventure of all.

–Series intro

Cast

Main:

• Ryan Gosling as Hercules*
• Dean O'Gorman as Iolaus
• Chris Conrad as Jason

Recurring:

• Jodie Rimmer as Lilith
• Angela Dotchin as Kora
• Nathaniel Lees as Cheiron
• Kevin Smith as Ares
• Meighan Desmond as Discord
• Joel Tobeck as Strife

Note: Ian Bohen portrayed Hercules in the pilot movie and on H:TLJ, but was unwilling to relocate to New Zealand for a full series. O'Gorman, Conrad, Smith, Desmond and Tobeck reprised their roles from the pilot and parent series.

Crew

• Executive Producers:
  • Robert Tapert
  • Sam Raimi

• Producers:
  • Cynthia Hsiung

Episodes

1. Young Hercules pilot movie
2. "The Treasure of Zeus (Part 1)"
3. "Between Friends (The Treasure of Zeus, Part 2)"
4. "What a Crockery (The Treasure of Zeus, Part 3)"
5. "Herc and Seek"
6. "Girl Trouble"
7. "Teacher's Pests"
8. "Inn Trouble"
9. "Keeping Up with the Jasons"
10. "Amazon Grace"
11. "Cyrano de Hercules"
12. "Battle Lines: Part 1"
13. "Battle Lines: Part 2"
14. "Forgery"
15. "No Way Out"
16. "Ares on Trial"
17. "Down and Out in Academy Hills"
18. "Winner Take All"
19. "A Serpent's Tooth"
20. "Lure of the Lyre"
21. "Fame"
22. "Lyre, Liar"
23. "A Lady in Hades"
24. "The Mysteries of Life"
25. "Dad Always Liked Me Best"
26. "Herc's Nemesis"
27. "Cold Feet"
28. "Mommy Dearest"
29. "In Your Dreams"
30. "Sisters"
31. "Golden Bow"
32. "Home for the Holidays"
33. "Cram-ped"
34. "Con Ares"
35. "Get Jason"
36. "My Fair Lilith"
37. "Hind Sight"
38. "The Head That Wears the Crown"
39. "Me, Myself and Eye"
40. "The Skeptic"
41. "Iolaus Goes Stag"
42. "Adventures in the Forbidden Zone"
43. "The Prize"
44. "The Beasts Beneath"
45. "Parents' Day"
46. "Life for a Life"
47. "Under Siege"
48. "Mila"
49. "Apollo"
50. "Ill Wind"
51. "Valley of the Shadow"

Main Titles

Title Card 01

Starring Ryan Gosling

Dean O'Gorman

Chris Conrad

Title Card #2

VHS & DVD

Poster

Shout Factory DVD Release

DVD Disc 1 Main Menu

DVD Disc 1 Episode Menu

DVD Disc 5 Main Menu

DVD Disc 5 Episode Menu

Gods

1. Apollo
2. Ares
3. Artemis
4. Athena
5. Bacchus (Roman God)
6. Discord
7. Fatuus
8. Hephaestus
9. Hera
10. Morpheus
11. Strife
12. Zeus
13. Hestia