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There it is, Hercules,
Thebes.
Oh, yeah.
[ Hercules ] Why do hometowns
always look smaller
than you remember them?
Where are Jason
and Alcmene meeting us?
Out by the old homestead.
Be good to see them again.
Yeah.
[ Horse Neighs ]
Great--
Hera's welcome.
That lightning
wasn't meant for us.
Come on.
[ Townspeople Yelling ]
[ Man ]
It's useless! The fire's
more than we can handle!
[ Woman ]
We need more buckets.
[ Man ] Watch the roof!
[ Man #2 ]
It's spreading.
More water!
Get more water over there!
[ Woman ]
We need more help up here!
- Need a hand?
- Hercules, thank the gods!
All our supplies
are in that barn.
If they burn, we'll starve.
Keep those buckets coming!
Herc, we're never gonna
get enough water
to put this fire out.
Watch out!
[ Woman ]
Hurry! Bring some water!
[ Man ]
Throw some water
on the roof!
Everyone, get back!
[ Grunting ]
[ Man ]
Quickly! It's spreading!
Hurry back!
[ Man ]
Save what you can!
What's he doing?
Improvising
in the face of disaster.
Okay, come on!
Get out! Get back!
Come on! Get back!
[ Yelling ]
Get back! Come on!
[ Woman ]
Check over there!
Iolaus.
Hey.
Oh, oh!
[ Laughs ]
You can leave us in here
as long as you want.
We still won't worship Hera.
We're not going to
pay her a tithing either.
And if you don't like that,
you can take it up
with Hercules.
Your villages
will worship Hera or die.
Then you'd better kill us,
whatever you are.
[ Yells ]
Now where is Hercules?
Stop!
I'm not going to kill you.
I want you to spread
the word about me.
Now bow down to Hera!
And prepare for a world
in which Hercules
lies rotting in his grave.
[ Laughing ]
[ Man Narrating ]
This is the story
of a time long ago,
a time of myth and legend,
when the ancient gods
were petty and cruel,
and they plagued mankind
with suffering.
Only one man dared
to challenge their power--
Hercules.
Hercules possessed a strength
the world had never seen,
a strength surpassed
only by the power of his heart.
He journeyed the earth,
battling the minions
of his wicked stepmother, Hera,
the all-powerful
queen of the gods.
But wherever
there was evil,
wherever an innocent
would suffer,
there would be Hercules.
- [ Screeching ]
- [ Roaring ]
Hail!
You couldn't have arrived
at a better time, Hercules.
You sticking around
for a while?
I am not sure, Vytos.
Well, the village
still has a potluck
every noon.
Come join us.
We'll see.
[ Man ]
We're lucky the whole town
didn't go up.
[ Woman ]
Thanks to Hercules.
You know, uh,
the fire's out.
Look at these people.
There's such strength
in this community.
Everything that's
good and decent.
And Hera can wipe it all out
with a single act of vengeance.
How long has it been?
Almost two years.
I've only visited their graves
once since I buried them.
That's not right.
Yeah, but beating
yourself up about it
isn't right either.
You know, um,
you can't live
in the past.
I don't want to.
I just don't want to lose it.
That's all.
Well, look.
Why don't you go ahead.
Take some time.
I'll catch up later.
I think I will.
I wish I'd been here
to take better care of you.
From the day we met,
that's all I ever wanted.
It's hard to be reminded
that I can't do it anymore.
[ Sighs ]
I guess that's why it's taken me
so long to come back.
I'm afraid to admit this,
but sometimes I feel like
without you, I don't know why
I keep on fighting.
I know what you'd say.
You'd say I did
a great thing today,
helping to save
all those people.
But tomorrow,
Hera's just going to
destroy something else.
And the day after that.
Things just
seemed to make more sense
when I had you and the children
to hold.
I miss you, Deianeira.
Yeah.
[ Man ]
Hercules!
There he is.
[ Woman ]
Hercules!
[ Chuckling ]
Oh, Hercules!
Oh, Mother.
Oh, your flowers.
Jason, good to see you.
Hercules,
good to see you.
Where's Iolaus?
He's back in the town.
He'll join us later.
Oh, come on.
I want to
show you something.
Okay.
Iolaus, if it weren't
for you and Hercules,
I'd be standing
in a pile of ashes
about now.
So what does Hera
got against you?
Well, this village
and all the neighboring ones,
we haven't been
keeping up her temple.
It's persecution.
Vytos! Vytos! Vytos!
She's terrible! Terrible!
Hey, take it easy,
friend.
No, you don't understand.
She's deadly.
Worse than I've ever seen.
At the Hera temple.
- She?
- Perdeus,
from the next village,
he hit her from behind
with a sword, split her
like a melon, he did.
Fire shot out
from her insides,
and she just pulled
herself back together.
Said she was-- was--
What?
What did she say?
Said she was gonna
kill Hercules.
I gotta warn him.
[ All Laughing ]
It was over there,
Mother.
[ Enforcer II Laughing ]
[ Grunts, Groaning ]
Tell me where Hercules is.
Never!
[ Yelling, Groaning ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Yells, Groaning ]
Last chance, little man.
Where's Hercules?
Okay, okay,
I'll tell you.
You just have to
come a little closer.
[ Groaning ]
[ Bones Crunching ]
Eat dirt.
[ Laughs ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Hercules ]
This is where I taught
the kids to swim.
Ilea took to the water
like a mermaid.
[ Alcmene ]
This will always be your home,
no matter where you travel.
Hmm.
[ Jason ] Maybe you're getting
ready to settle down again.
Aren't you the same man that
taught me to chase adventure
no matter where it led me?
[ Laughs ]
And I meant it.
But it sounds
like you've forgotten
a more important lesson.
Really?
And what's that?
Well, a warrior can find
greater comfort
in his own home.
Oh, I haven't forgotten,
Jason.
It's just that
that kind of life
seems so far away now.
Do you think you could
ever let yourself
have that chance again?
Mother, I ask myself
that same question
every day.
[ Groaning ]
Hercules!
Iolaus?
Iolaus, what happened?
Th-There's another enforcer
at Hera's temple.
Worse than before.
She's-- She's after you.
Iolaus.
Iolaus.
Come on, Iolaus.
Come on!
Come on!
Hercules.
He's dead.
No.
No!
I'm so sorry.
He was a brave warrior.
He put off dying
so he could warn you.
No.
I'm not gonna
let him die.
Hades, I know
you can hear me!
Where are you?
Hades!
Hades!
Hades!
Hades!
Hades!
Hades, where are you?
[ Iolaus Yelling,
Indistinct ]
Why were you
carrying me?
Wait a minute.
Where are we?
The other side.
Other side of what?
You're dead?
[ Softly ]
No.
I'm dead?
Yeah.
- Toast.
- Yeah.
- Oh, I can't believe that!
- You'd better believe it.
Show a little
consideration, Hades.
Iolaus has had
a rough day.
That's Hades?
Iolaus isn't
staying here, Hades.
Do I make myself clear?
Well, considering the condition
he was in when he left Earth,
which, if I must remind you,
was dead,
I don't see
he has any other choice.
But don't worry.
He'll be going
to the Elysian Fields.
No, no, no.
My wife
and children are the ones who
didn't have any other choice.
Hercules, please.
Think of the precedent
I'd be setting.
I can't.
Think of
the precedent I set
when I convinced Demeter
to let Persephone
stay down here with you.
Hercules is right.
He's the reason you and I
are here together.
Yeah, but only
six months of the year.
If you're not nice
to him, it's going
to be no months a year.
But-- But, sweet pea,
Iolaus is practically
permanent inventory right now.
That's not true.
You know how badly
things are backed up
after the earthquake
in Thracia.
You're buried in paperwork,
overbooked
and this new enforcer
is just gonna make things
even worse.
Besides, you did promise me
a little quality time.
We were supposed to
go on vacation last week.
Well?
Okay, okay, okay.
If you want Iolaus back,
you're going to have to defeat
Hera's latest homicidal freak.
But there are conditions.
What conditions?
Well, firstly,
you have to do it
by sunset.
Why sunset?
Well, those
are just the rules.
And second--
Walk with me.
I'll explain.
Just Hercules.
Who makes these rules?
[ Hercules ]
Make it quick.
I've got a deadline, remember?
[ Hades ]
Keep your hair on.
I'm trying to find out a way
to tell you that
there's no way you can win
on your own this time.
I've beaten everything else
Hera's thrown at me.
You've never gone up
against anything
like this.
It can't be tougher
than the Enforcer.
She is.
- Trust me.
-No need to be
reacquainted I see.
What is she doing here?
She's not even human.
Yeah, well,
Charon's been slipping up
a little bit lately,
and he brought her here.
Persephone can't stand her.
Always following us around
like a guard dog.
And I mean everywhere.
It's putting a real cramp
on our love life.
Quite frankly, I haven't
been able to figure out
what to do with her.
I can think of
a few things.
Until now.
You're gonna
need some help.
Oh, no, no, no.
Not on your life.
What about Iolaus's?
Hades, she was put on this earth
for the sole purpose
of destroying me.
Because she had no soul.
Now she needs one.
If she does a good deed
up there, then I'll know
what to do with her down here.
And if she screws up?
Don't do this to me, Hades.
Hercules!
What happened?
Where's Iolaus?
He's with Hades.
I've got till sunset
to save him.
[ Jason ]
Get behind me, Alcmene.
No, it's all right.
It's all right.
She's with me.
[ Chuckles ]
You have to help everyone?
It's good to be back.
[ Iolaus Chuckles ]
Hard to get a tan
down here, huh?
Don't be so blue, Iolaus.
You'll like it.
I just know you will.
Those guys don't seem
too crazy about it.
That's because they're doomed
to stay in the Asphodel Caverns
for all eternity.
They're
the fallen generals.
And all they can talk about
is battles and strategy
and weapons.
Nobody wants to
listen to them, so--
Iolaus?
Well, well.
What are you
doing here, boy?
Hello to you too, Dad.
[ Birds Squawking ]
[ Alcmene ]
Hercules, where are we going?
I know a place
where you'll be safe
until I get back.
Sofia Caves?
You got it.
So, how long have you
and Hercules been friends?
Friends?
That's what I thought.
Hercules!
Don't ask, Mother.
[ Alcmene ]
Your friend's not much of
a conversationalist, Hercules.
[ Jason ]
Oh, they say,
"Still waters run deep.
"
[ Hercules ]
I'm not sure that applies
in her case.
So this new enforcer,
what do you think
Hera's concocted?
I don't know.
But she could be
carved in stone
and be better company
than this one.
She's Hera's enforcer?
Yep.
She-- She's going with you?
I'm afraid so.
Can you trust her?
Ah, nope.
But I don't have a choice.
Don't worry.
I'll be careful.
Trouble.
[ Hercules ]
Split up!
[ Whimpering ]
- [ Enforcer II Laughing ]
- Jason, what's she doing?
Great.
Mother! Jason!
We're all right, Hercules.
No, we're not.
Get us out of here!
That's hot.
[ Hercules ]
She's sealing us in.
Great.
Signed, sealed, delivered!
For you, Hera!
Got any bright ideas?
Huh, that's
what I thought.
Jason, your leg!
Get it out!
A knife.
Jason, throw me a knife!
Knife?
Why does he want a knife?
[ Jason ]
Don't ask.
How quickly
can you heal yourself?
Do it.
Are you sure?
Now.
- Jason, Mother, go!
- That way!
Leave this to me.
[ Hercules Yells, Grunting ]
Oh! Oh!
Is everyone okay?
[ Laughing ]
She is also
made of water?
Hmm?
Oh, no, no.
Sometimes people cry
when they're happy.
You are not happy.
Oh, yes, yes, I am.
I do not understand.
Buy you a drink?
[ Man ]
It's Hera's death squad
come to kill us!
[ Clamoring ]
[ Woman ]
Where are my children?
I have to save them!
Don't let them escape!
[ Yelling, Groans ]
This is just the start
now that Hercules is dead.
There will be no more
backsliding in worship,
and no one
to stand in our way.
Soon the entire province
will be ours.
And then all of Greece.
For Hera!
[ Chanting ]
Hera! Hera!
Well, I hope
you were man enough
to go down fighting.
Yeah, I was.
Good.
Good.
Chip off the old block, huh?
Well, you'll have to
straighten out
some of these muttonheads
I've been swapping
yarns with.
They don't seem to
understand the importance
of my pincer movement
at the battle
of Hellespont.
And they were generals too,
just like me.
Can you believe that?
Well, come on, boy.
Check it out for yourself.
Firstly, my name
is not boy, it's Iolaus.
Oh, a little peevish,
are we?
Yeah, well, getting killed
can do that to a man.
And secondly,
don't you wanna know
what happened to Mother?
I don't think
about her much.
Did you ever?
You watch your tongue, boy.
I'm still your commanding
officer.
No, you're not.
You're a coward,
who deserted
his wife and family.
Grow up, boy!
There were wars
to be fought.
And I protected your right
to be a crybaby
in all of them.
You know what?
I think Mother really
was the lucky one.
She didn't know it back then
when you left her,
but she does now.
She married a poet,
and she has never been happier.
A poet?
[ Scoffs ]
So you go back and you tell
all your friends about
the slaughters you've seen.
Have a nice afterlife, Dad.
No.
I don't think I will.
Not now.
Poet.
[ Hercules ]
This is the shortest way home.
Keep your eyes open.
How's the leg, Jason?
Don't worry about me.
Is it all right
if I worry about you?
You, you're allowed.
She's close.
Yeah, real close.
[ Roaring ]
Keep an eye
on Mother and Jason!
I don't need a nursemaid.
- Still alive?
- Last time I checked.
- You are lucky, son of Zeus.
- That's my middle name.
I owed you that one.
Take cover!
[ Alcmene Whimpering ]
[ Winces ]
Jason, where's Mother?
She must have taken cover.
[ Jason ]
I'll find her.
[ Alcmene Whimpering ]
Stay.
- Let her go.
- [ Alcmene Gasps ]
Ooh, I'm scared now.
You should be.
Hmm.
- [ Gasps ]
- Stay!
Run now.
Thank you.
Oh.
[ Fighting Continues ]
- Mother, you all right?
- I'm okay! Jason!
[ Groaning ]
[ Growling ]
Aah!
Lost your grip?
[ Laughs ]
When you're hot, you're hot.
[ Water Bubbling ]
Ooh, you're steaming now.
Are you all right?
You have to help
the Enforcer.
She helped me escape.
[ Enforcer ]
Aah!
You wait here.
[ Gurgling ]
I'm sorry.
No, I was wrong.
You helped save
my mother's life.
And for that,
I will always
be your friend.
Friend.
It's somebody
who cares about you.
Happy.
What happens to the Enforcer
now that she's dead?
I don't know.
Hades doesn't make
that decision.
[ Sighs ]
I better get going.
If I don't end this by sundown,
I'll lose Iolaus.
Not by yourself.
Give me a couple minutes.
I'll be good as new.
Stay here.
You'll be safe.
Yeah, but you're going up
against something that
nobody can defeat alone.
Listen to him,
please, Hercules.
There's been enough tragedy
for one day.
I've never backed away
from Hera before.
I'm not about to start now.
[ Hades ]
I can't believe this guy,
moping about like
his pet parakeet
just flew away.
Hades, sometimes
you are such a jerk.
What? What did I say?
Everything, except
for what you should have.
He's thinking
about his father.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I, uh--
Is he so different
from me?
I mean, I feel like
I've been blaming him
for all my mistakes.
Like he could have
prevented me from making them.
He's human, isn't he?
Got his strengths,
his weaknesses.
Boy, does he have weaknesses.
I just think--
I lied to you.
I want you to know that.
I thought about your mother
and you kids every day
after I walked out,
but I-I just
couldn't go back.
I was too ashamed,
frightened.
I'm sorry
you felt that way.
And I-I'm-- I'm sorry
I felt the way I did.
It was no more
than I deserved.
Well, I'd--
I'd better get back.
They count on me
to keep them in line.
Is, uh, that what
you really want?
Well, no,
to tell you the truth.
Military strategy's
about as interesting
to me as boiled fish.
But I don't know how else
to fill in my time.
Then, uh, maybe you don't
belong there anymore.
You think you could get by
in the Elysian Fields?
Oh, reporting for duty, sir.
You comin' along?
Uh, no.
No thanks.
I, uh--
I'm just stubborn enough
to believe that Hercules
will save me.
Stubborn, huh?
Wonder where
you picked that up.
Oh, well,
have it your way,
- boy.
- [ Laughs ]
Well, there it is then.
[ Enforcer II Laughs ]
[ Enforcer II Laughs ]
- It hurts, doesn't it?
- Let's get this over with.
Good.
I'm going to
enjoy tearing you apart.
Oh! She's good.
[ Yelling ]
What's the matter, Herky?
Can't take the heat?
[ Laughs ]
This is just the start.
- I'm looking forward to it.
- [ Inhales ]
[ Hercules Gasping ]
[ Sword Clangs ]
Aah!
[ Laughing ]
[ Both Yell ]
Play with fire,
you get burned.
[ Sighs ]
Iolaus.
Herc!
Herc, you did it!
I knew you would!
I-I wish I'd been
as sure of it as you were.
Oh, come on.
There was never any doubt.
Was there?
Uh--
[ Laughs ]
Hey, guess
who I met down here.
Don't make him guess.
It's time for
show-and-tell,
boys and girls.
Oh, Hades,
you're so sweet.
I'm the king
of sweetness, my dear.
Watch.
Hey, hey,
what's she doing
with my dad?
[ Hercules ]
Going to the Elysian Fields.
What?
Oh, don't worry.
She-- She deserves it.
Oh.
Well, I guess
he does too.
You know, it's funny.
He turned out to be
a nicer guy than I thought.
First time
I've ever felt good
about my family.
You know, Hercules,
you're, uh, you're here.
You could--
You could see yours.
I can open a window
to their world.
Uh, thanks
for the offer, Hades.
But I know a place
where I can go and do more
than just look at them.
If I could bring you
back, too, I would.
But I can't.
All I can promise is that
they'll never take this corner
of the earth we call our home.
It's where
our memories dwell.
And maybe memories
are enough.
Because just thinking
about you,
makes you come alive
for me again.
And that's a reason
to keep going, isn't it?
Our love
will live forever.
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