In my humble opinion Kevin Sorbo was the best version on Hercules ever put on celluloid film. With the story being a tv series, there was more time to get into depth regarding all of the main characters and story achs whereas 2 hour movies usually can only focus on one or two main characters and nobody else.
When I first saw this episode, I literally became a ball of tears. A heroic action, from a true friend, like Iolaus, to save the life of another, by sacrificing his own. I still bawl like a baby every time I see this. No greater love....
Gina Torres, Michael Hurst, Kevin Sorbo... this is an excellent cast! This is why this show was so successful! The tone would change from episode to episode but the cast (actors and directors) was so versatile and well put together that made these stories shine!
I remember this epsiode when I was a kid! I know I screamed with Herc. Iolaus was my favorite charcter! Even when brought his twin from the other dimension it wasn't the same! I sooo miss this show on Sunday afternoons! This, Xena, and Beastmaster. Lost World on Saturdays!
@jakedizzle Actually if you watched Revelations, it is the same Iolaus. But I remember Iolaus 2, he was from another dimension and was more of a court jester. He tried too live up too the original Iolaus, but he wasn't a fighter. He fell in love with a mermaid.
I have a vague memory of seeing this on TV here in Finland back then. They are airing Xena again, but thanks to my bad memory and busy life, I've missed several seasons... I love both of these shows.
When I was a kid, I was so sad about Iolaus' death, I remember asking to my father ''why did he have to die, daddy' and he told me cus his agent got him a good part in the next summer's blockbuster movie.
Just got the entire boxset of hercules now I am going though it now but I was a big iolaus fan and wen this aired I was heartbroken wen he died so I ve got this to come
@Underworldisis1 Earlier in this episode, we see that Sumeria is suffering from terrible calamity. While Gilgamesh may have originally meant well for his people, he (to mix our metaphors) turned to the dark side and made a deal with the devil (Dahak). Throughout the series, we see that many of those whom Hercules respected/admired/trusted eventually fell prey to moral weakness.
And he dies again when the servant of hera fought him and Hércules called Hades to help him, Iolaus met again with his father in the hades, Hércules had to team up with the water servant of hera to resurrect Iolaus
@Janiqua This is the first episode of Herc's fifth season, which is contemporary with Xena's fourth season. In theory, at this moment Xena is in Siberia searching for Gabrielle's spirit in the land of the Northern Amazons (Adventures in the Sin Trade eps)
@jakedizzle I was just about to post the same sentiment. Iolaus and Hercules' friendship was fun and humor filled... but it was also the 'heart' of the show.
I never realized how cheesy Hercules and Xena was when I was a kid. I mean it's weird how differently you see things as a kid. Still love both shows though, for nostalgic reasons of course
I was a kid when both of these shows originally aired (I was born in Nov. 1990), but I didn't watch them at the time (I didn't really get into watching television until about 2002-2003ish with Charmed). Just this past June, I spent 3 weeks of the month watching all of Xena, its 134 episodes plus the 6 crossover episodes in Hercules on Netflix. I actually really love the show! So even being without a nostalgia factor while watching it now at the age of 23, I still think its a pretty great, especially when considering it's from the mid-late '90s. I actually find it better than a lot of shows that came out several years/decades after it & even a lot of shows on aire today. Hercules on the other hand, I just can't get into at all; I could barely watch the 6 episodes just to see Xena in them. :/ I don't know, that show just had a different feel to it that I can't really explain. I think it's that Xena was more practical with its physicality (barring a few excepts, like a handful of her large flips) than the over-the-top-ness of Hercules always playing up his strength as a demi-god. Personally, from what I saw between the two shows, was that Lucy Lawless put a lot more of a heavy effort/strain behind her movements, facial expressions, & emotions when hitting someone or when getting hit by something than Kevin Sorbo did, making punches etc. look more realistic during fight scenes (by physics standards). That, and I thought Xena had way better writing than Hercules. Interesting parallel, I had watched an interview where I think it was one of the creators that talked about the viewing demographics of both shows and they noted that Hercules had appealed to more of a younger/child viewership & that Xena had appealed to more of an older/young adult viewership.
If you watch the season, it took a whole lot of work and emotional journey to bring back Iolaus. If you watch Season 5, it won't seem that way. You have my word ;).
@FlyingMonkies325 The first half of season 5 was actually the continuation of the Dahak story arc from Xena and it was far better than Xena's part of the story. We saw Hercules travelling across Europe and getting involved with Sumerian, Celtic and Norse mythologies with Dahak himself being from Zoroastrism, the Persian religion. It was the highlight of the season and one of the highest points of the entire show. Dude, there's even an episode where Hercules fights Thor and stops Loki from bringing the Ragnarok!
The preceding series Hercules doesn't know what he's doing and doesn't know where to go. A journey he goes alone. Till Iolaus was brought back to life.
Dang that was like a brother to him :( :(, he was brave man and a good one. Btw I LOVED Herc in this, he wasn't an overcocky jerk who bragged bout his overpowered champion greatness(well least thats how he was in God of War 3 and the Roman/Greek stories) he was really kind hearted here and did stuff NOT to show off but because he loved people and wanted to protect all of them ;). THAT'S how a true hero should be, NOT some uncaring o if it wasn't for having to put on a moral show I wouldn't prot-
@HeWhoDwellsInShadows i don't know cuz i'm italian and i watch it in streaming but in italian site, instead you can downlad it from torrent or megaupload, try to search it on google, contact me in private for problems, not here in comments
@YerAWomanHarry They have the whole series on Netflix omg I didn't know that. That's it I'm getting a Netflix subscription. Also do they have the entire Zena the Warrior Princess series?
This came as such a serprise... Iolaus dying to save Nebula... I have always loved Iolaus with Niobe better. Miss this show. Here in Belgium there are always reruns of Xena, but never Hercules reruns. It´s been such a long time since it was last on tv
Im trying to find the series intro...not the movie intro...just the basic series one with the lyrics and all...yet it seems to not exist on youtube anymore. Anyone got a link to it?
@Murrangurk2 omg really?! ho man that's a total bummer too!!!!!!! That sucks man, i shed a tear for you! I hope you find the episodes! Cause they're amazing!
i dont know why many people hate this show-its one of the best shows in television history- and this episode proves that
and are people making a bad comments about him?
Xena became so complicated and stupid but Hercules remained the same, best show EVER!!!
In my humble opinion Kevin Sorbo was the best version on Hercules ever put on celluloid film. With the story being a tv series, there was more time to get into depth regarding all of the main characters and story achs whereas 2 hour movies usually can only focus on one or two main characters and nobody else.
He was.
"He was...my hero."
I bawled when heard that.
Very real
When I first saw this episode, I literally became a ball of tears. A heroic action, from a true friend, like Iolaus, to save the life of another, by sacrificing his own. I still bawl like a baby every time I see this. No greater love....
I remember watching this with my grandma every Saturday and Xena too
Gina Torres, Michael Hurst, Kevin Sorbo... this is an excellent cast! This is why this show was so successful! The tone would change from episode to episode but the cast (actors and directors) was so versatile and well put together that made these stories shine!
Tony Todd is wonderful in this episode.
Un interpretazione fantastica. Il mio Ercole preferito. Grazie per farci sognare😚😚
I remember this epsiode when I was a kid! I know I screamed with Herc. Iolaus was my favorite charcter! Even when brought his twin from the other dimension it wasn't the same! I sooo miss this show on Sunday afternoons! This, Xena, and Beastmaster. Lost World on Saturdays!
😭🥲👍
I used to love watching this show back when I was a kid. Kevin Sorbo will always be the awesome Hercules I loved and admired!
😢😅👍
In a lot of ways, Hercules lost his will to fight when Iolaus died. :'(
He lost his wife and kids to Hera, he lost his second wife to Ares and now he lost his best friend to Dahak. He had enough.
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in rolul lui hercule e actorul ilaus died
poor hercules that was his best friend:(
His death was the end of the series for me. It was never the same again. Even after they brought him back since it wasn't technically the same friend.
But it was the right way to go. His self sacrifice made hime a true hero and led Hercules down a different path for quite some time.
classic tv i grew up too this show
@jakedizzle Actually if you watched Revelations, it is the same Iolaus. But I remember Iolaus 2, he was from another dimension and was more of a court jester. He tried too live up too the original Iolaus, but he wasn't a fighter. He fell in love with a mermaid.
I have a vague memory of seeing this on TV here in Finland back then. They are airing Xena again, but thanks to my bad memory and busy life, I've missed several seasons... I love both of these shows.
at 4:15 that look on his face could bring a tear to a glass eye it could.
I couldn't sleep for a day after this, what a saddening tragedy.
That part in Hercules is so sad its like losing a best friend.
When I was a kid, I was so sad about Iolaus' death, I remember asking to my father ''why did he have to die, daddy' and he told me cus his agent got him a good part in the next summer's blockbuster movie.
The best hercules of all time. Kevin Sorbo
Just got the entire boxset of hercules now I am going though it now but I was a big iolaus fan and wen this aired I was heartbroken wen he died so I ve got this to come
that was a really good season i love how it was written from start to finish. and i was shocked when they killed iolaus
@FlyingMonkies325 true
This was the saddest scene ever..i was crying:(
Courage😢
😥
@Underworldisis1
Earlier in this episode, we see that Sumeria is suffering from terrible calamity. While Gilgamesh may have originally meant well for his people, he (to mix our metaphors) turned to the dark side and made a deal with the devil (Dahak). Throughout the series, we see that many of those whom Hercules respected/admired/trusted eventually fell prey to moral weakness.
I know!! I'm suprised the director didn't say,"CUT!! Can someone please fix that eye of his?!"
BTW that's the dude that played Candyman right?
GOSTO MUITO DESSES FILMES ANTIGOS.
Thank you so much
Because of the death of his best friend, Hercules turns super saiyan.
So sad to see Ioalus die again, because he died in the first movie.
My friend Mel is gonna be heartbroken when she sees this episode.
And he dies again when the servant of hera fought him and Hércules called Hades to help him, Iolaus met again with his father in the hades, Hércules had to team up with the water servant of hera to resurrect Iolaus
you can find hercules on Netflix. I believe the whole series is on there.
Well when a god fights another god, they both seem week because they are equally matched. When a god fights a mortal, the god seems super strong.
wow hercules took a severe beating there.
@Janiqua
This is the first episode of Herc's fifth season, which is contemporary with Xena's fourth season. In theory, at this moment Xena is in Siberia searching for Gabrielle's spirit in the land of the Northern Amazons (Adventures in the Sin Trade eps)
@HeWhoDwellsInShadows you can buy the show on DVD now, they are re-releasing it now
this is the most realistic ending to a movie ever!
the friend sacrifices his life and... he stays dead! seriously! how many movies do that!?
But he doesn't
Yet, he loved that exit, the male ego, died for his harmones.
after this trauma Kevin Sorbo become tutor of Leonidas
Still watching.
I was a student i haved 10 yeas owd i wached every day and now i have 25 years owed i like hercule xena and nrj12 thanks
Heroes.......that is the most difficult of all, Heroes having heroes to look up to and draw idealic enery from!
I remember the Hercules movie from back in the day I wish I new a shop that sell
i cried while i was 11 with that scene..
I cry everytime I see this scean/ Never fails
@jakedizzle I was just about to post the same sentiment. Iolaus and Hercules' friendship was fun and humor filled... but it was also the 'heart' of the show.
I never realized how cheesy Hercules and Xena was when I was a kid. I mean it's weird how differently you see things as a kid. Still love both shows though, for nostalgic reasons of course
Same here. Looking back it's hard to see through the memories.
I still love Xena with the same zeal as I did as a kid :) Hercules doesn't do it for me as much anymore though...
It was the 90's. Good times.
I was a kid when both of these shows originally aired (I was born in Nov. 1990), but I didn't watch them at the time (I didn't really get into watching television until about 2002-2003ish with Charmed). Just this past June, I spent 3 weeks of the month watching all of Xena, its 134 episodes plus the 6 crossover episodes in Hercules on Netflix. I actually really love the show! So even being without a nostalgia factor while watching it now at the age of 23, I still think its a pretty great, especially when considering it's from the mid-late '90s. I actually find it better than a lot of shows that came out several years/decades after it & even a lot of shows on aire today.
Hercules on the other hand, I just can't get into at all; I could barely watch the 6 episodes just to see Xena in them. :/ I don't know, that show just had a different feel to it that I can't really explain. I think it's that Xena was more practical with its physicality (barring a few excepts, like a handful of her large flips) than the over-the-top-ness of Hercules always playing up his strength as a demi-god. Personally, from what I saw between the two shows, was that Lucy Lawless put a lot more of a heavy effort/strain behind her movements, facial expressions, & emotions when hitting someone or when getting hit by something than Kevin Sorbo did, making punches etc. look more realistic during fight scenes (by physics standards). That, and I thought Xena had way better writing than Hercules.
Interesting parallel, I had watched an interview where I think it was one of the creators that talked about the viewing demographics of both shows and they noted that Hercules had appealed to more of a younger/child viewership & that Xena had appealed to more of an older/young adult viewership.
SpiritHawk7 Cool.
Best of Bestest 😮😮😊
I miss this series.
15/11/22 ercules ayudme a tener la misma fuerza s que tiene usted ....y la inteligencias y los distintos poderes que tiene usted ..
hercules the legendary journeys.
series 1994-1999
The single best TV series of the modern era
Hercules and Xena was my hero in my childhood moments.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Do I watch the next Hercules vid, or see what my baby in the next room is crying about?
Ah, my kid can wait....
was so cool when herc went over the world interacting with the other gods.
Especially the Norse gods. The fight between Hercules and Thor was epic.
Depends on your perspective, and which stories you've read. They're characters in greek mythology and shows now nothing more
ok, I just approved your invite
Before Fate, we got this
yes he comes back on the season finale :)
Qui ça ?
I love how this was considered good production value
My childhood... :(
@HeWhoDwellsInShadows If you have Netflix, it is now available on Netflix streaming.
@jakedizzle
The actual Iolaus comes back to life when the angel/christian saga happens.
so, he will gather up the dragon balls to give his friend life back!! lol
If you watch the season, it took a whole lot of work and emotional journey to bring back Iolaus. If you watch Season 5, it won't seem that way. You have my word ;).
@FlyingMonkies325 The first half of season 5 was actually the continuation of the Dahak story arc from Xena and it was far better than Xena's part of the story. We saw Hercules travelling across Europe and getting involved with Sumerian, Celtic and Norse mythologies with Dahak himself being from Zoroastrism, the Persian religion. It was the highlight of the season and one of the highest points of the entire show. Dude, there's even an episode where Hercules fights Thor and stops Loki from bringing the Ragnarok!
The preceding series Hercules doesn't know what he's doing and doesn't know where to go. A journey he goes alone. Till Iolaus was brought back to life.
Dang that was like a brother to him :( :(, he was brave man and a good one. Btw I LOVED Herc in this, he wasn't an overcocky jerk who bragged bout his overpowered champion greatness(well least thats how he was in God of War 3 and the Roman/Greek stories) he was really kind hearted here and did stuff NOT to show off but because he loved people and wanted to protect all of them ;). THAT'S how a true hero should be, NOT some uncaring o if it wasn't for having to put on a moral show I wouldn't prot-
yes!!
تحفة المسلسل ده
Verygood
nice video hercules
@HeWhoDwellsInShadows i don't know cuz i'm italian and i watch it in streaming but in italian site, instead you can downlad it from torrent or megaupload, try to search it on google, contact me in private for problems, not here in comments
@HeWhoDwellsInShadows you can watch it in streaming just search on google
Oh yeah, I have the entire series!
It's kinda like that one episode with Xena and Gabreiel where Xena was like "DON'T YOU LEAVE ME!"
Damn do I miss these old tv shows much better than the crap thats on now -_-
exciting season!
Reminds me of when Frieza killed Krillin, and Goku went beast mode and dominated!
LOL, I was waiting for someone to say that
@jakedizzle but they did bring the same Iolaus back , at the end of season 5
You can't really get any of these on DVD or downloads...any... I've seen Xena's 3rd season DVD box, but nothing else.
thanks
I miss this show lol
you must see the death of the mother of hercules
no problem :)
That's the actor who played Worf's brother on Star Trek The Next Generation and actor Laurence Fishburne's wife Gina Torres.
Uncle how you , that need some .
shadowzero,i have that scene thanks aniway :)
@YerAWomanHarry
They have the whole series on Netflix omg I didn't know that. That's it I'm getting a Netflix subscription. Also do they have the entire Zena the Warrior Princess series?
This is like Batista and Rey Mysterious adventures
She was Jasmine on Angel too :) Knew I recognized her!!
look kids its candy man and hercules fighting eachother
This came as such a serprise... Iolaus dying to save Nebula... I have always loved Iolaus with Niobe better. Miss this show. Here in Belgium there are always reruns of Xena, but never Hercules reruns. It´s been such a long time since it was last on tv
@jakedizzle I didn't see these episodes where lolaus dies. How was he not the same friend?
Im trying to find the series intro...not the movie intro...just the basic series one with the lyrics and all...yet it seems to not exist on youtube anymore. Anyone got a link to it?
6:34 awwwww shiiiit
Yes, yes that is.
@Murrangurk2 omg really?! ho man that's a total bummer too!!!!!!! That sucks man, i shed a tear for you! I hope you find the episodes! Cause they're amazing!
i remember this show XD
do you have the scene where Hercules gets shot with an arrow in The mother of all monsters
God, I'm having flashbacks to my youth.