ENCOUNTER

GUEST STARS, CAST & CREDITS
PROMO TRANSCRIPTION
TV GUIDE PROMO
AIRING AND RATING INFORMATION
SYNOPSIS by Liz Sheppard
TRANSCRIPT
DISCLAIMER

PROMO TRANSCRIPTION
ON THE NEXT HERCULES THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS
Hercules: A monster: half woman, half deer?
A MYTHIC CREATURE
Serena: I'm a freak of nature!
PITS BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
Hercules: Ares.
Ares: Now, what to you want from me?!
THE GOD OF WAR'S PRIZED POSSESSION
Hercules: Your secret is safe.
COULD LEAVE HERCULES FOREVER CHANGED
Hercules: I won't leave you here.
OR FOREVER DESTROYED
Ares with vine: And it will kill Hercules.
(Nestor with bow and arrow)
ON AN ALL NEW HERCULES THE LEGEDARY JOURNIES

TV GUIDE PROMO
Saving a beautiful creature that is part woman and part deer pits Hercules against his half brother Ares and the vengeful Prince Nestor.

Ares' murder plot backfires when the Golden Hind falls for Hercules. Hercules sets out to rescue a half-deer damsel who's in distress: she's being chased by an evil prince in cahoots with Herc's foe (and half brother) Ares.

AIRING AND RATING INFORMATION
1st release: 02/03/97
An AA average of 6.9
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
(1) XENA 7th with 7.7
(2) HERCULES 10th with 6.9
(3) STAR TREK DS9 12th wth 6.0
(4) SINBAD 3.3
(5) FX 3.2

2nd release: 07/14/97
An AA average of 5.4
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
(1) XENA 7th with 5.9
(2) HERCULES 8th with 5.4
(3) BAYWATCH 15th with 4.3
(4) STAR TREK DS9 17th with 4.2

3rd release: 06/08/98
An AA average of 4.0
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
(1) X-FILES 6th with 5.6
(2) XENA 12th with 4.2
(3) STAR TREK DS9 14th with 4.1
(4) HERCULES 15th with 4.0
(5) WALKER TEXAS RANGER/NYPD BLUE 19th with 3.8

SYNOPSIS:

Synopsis by Liz Sheppard.

A man is hunting in the forest when something shoots him with an arrow. A fight scene that's in every Herc ep is happening in a tavern. Hercules runs into Hemnor who says his village needs help. He says a monster lives in the forest. A half woman, half deer monster. Hemnor wants to save the Golden Hind, but prince Nestor wants to kill it.

The Hind tells Ares that strangers are in the forest. He talks about how he saved her from Zeus and taught her how to defend herself. He then says to take care of the mortals and to have fun with Hercules.

Nestor is begging for the blood of the Hind in Ares' temple when Ares' punk of a nephew Strife shows up. Strife learns that Hinds blood can kill a god and Nestor wants to use it on Hercules; which Strife likes. He gives Nestor permission to kill the Hind. Nestor and his men make the forest a very bad place for an evening stroll. While Herc and Iolaus are looking for the Hind, they either set off the traps or excape from them. A young boy gets caught in a trap, but Herc can't help him. A woman named Serena shows up and revives the boy. Iolaus is running through the forest when the Hind finds him and shoots him. Herc takes Iolaus to Hemnor while he goes in search of Serena.

Ares doesn't want to use the Hind's blood against the other gods because he would get in trouble. Strife gets the idea of killing the Hercmeister so he can get a reputation and a cool temple of his own.

Herc finds Serena near Ares temple. She says she serves in Ares' temple. He tells her about Iolaus being shot but she doesn't want to go to the village. Nestor's men attack the Hind and Herc saves her. The Hind runs away and Serena appears saying she will help Iolaus. In Hemnor's home, Serena heals Iolaus. He touches her and she turns into the Hind. She tells him that when a mortal touches her she becomes the Hind. He says he'll help her eventhough she belongs to Ares.

Iolaus feels great, which worries Hemnor. He talks about a vision of a woman to Herc. Herc tells him about Serena, but not the whole story.

While in the forest. Serena as the Hind gets caught in a bunch of wild vines that cut her in several places. Through her screaming, Herc finds her and frees her. Ares takes some of the vine, with the Hind's blood on the thorns, and gives it to Nestor to make arrows out of it.

When Herc and Serena were about to get mushy, Iolaus spoils the party and Serena runs away. Herc tries to tell Iolaus about the Hind, but a fight scene ruins their talk. Nestor comes by and tries to shoot Herc, but he catches the arrow. The Hind comes by to help and Nestor runs away and gets killed in one of his own traps.

In a nice meadowy area, Herc and Serena become mushy and start getting really friendly. Kiss-kiss. Ares and Strife are watching this and say that their plan in working out just right.

TRANSCRIPT

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DISCLAIMER

The Golden Hind was not harmed during the production of this motion picture. To order a Hind of your own call 1-800-555-HIND.