PROMO TRANSCRIPTION
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
[Hera's eyes stare at Hercules in a field]
Ares: Face to Face!
Hercules: Eye to Eye
HERCULES FACES HIS WICKED STEPMOTHER HERA
[Hera appears]
[Ares walks out of smoke]
IN THE MOST POWERFUL FAMILY FEUD IN HISTORY
[Zeus looks to be hurt]
[Hercules wears a new white vest]
[Ares flys out of a window]
[Hera's eyes behind a fighting Hercules]
Hera: Ha, Ha, Ha
HERCULES THE LEGENDARY JOURNYS
THE GODS ARE GOING AT IT--
[Hercules and Apollo fight.]
[A lightning bolt sets a building on fire.]
Ares: Face to face.
Hercules: Eye to eye.
AND HERCULES TAKES ON OLYMPUS.
Hercules: I trusted you!
Zeus: Don't you walk away from me!
[Zeus throws a lightning bolt at Hercules.]
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, HERCULES FACES HIS WICKED STEPMOTHER HERA--
Hera: It's Zeus I despise!
AS SHE DETHRONES THE MIGHTY ZEUS--
[Hera takes away Zeus' godhood, and Zeus cries out in pain.]
[Hercules and Ares fight.]
IN THE MOST POWERFUL FAMILY FEUD IN HISTORY.
[Hera and Ares throw lightning bolts.]
[Hercules and Zeus jump behind an overturned table.]
Hera: I'm going to miss you, Hercules.
[Hercules hangs on to a rail over a chasm.]
[Hera laughs.]
ON THE NEXT HERCULES--
TV GUIDE PROMO
Herc tries his new godly powers on for size in the series' fourth-season
finale. In the last episode, Our Hero accepted his father Zeus's
offer to give up his mortality and become a full-fledged deity. Zeus had appealed to Herc's sense of duty to humanity ("You could do so much more for them on Olympus"), but Zeus's own motives are anything but noble: he badly needs an ally because his wife, Hera, is challenging his authority---and seems to have the upper hand. In the meantime,
Iolaus has his own dysfunctional-family problems: his reunion with his mother
is decidedly cool.
Hera blackmails Zeus into becoming mortal; Hercules battles the gods
to return Alcmene's soul to the Elysian Fields and restore his father's powers.
Hercules must save Zeus after Hera strips him of his powers; Iolaus is reunited with his mother.
AIRING AND RATING
INFORMATION
1st RELEASE: 05-11-98
An AA average of 4.6
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
(1) X-FILES 7th with 5.8
(2) XENA 8th with 5.4
(3) HERCULES 14th with 4.6
(4) STAR TREK DS9 16th with 4.2
2nd RELEASE: 09-21-98
An AA average of Unknown
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
(1) XENA 13th with 4.3
(2) X-FILES 14th with 4.2
(3) ER 3.5
(4) VIP 3.0
(5) STARGATE 2.7
(6) NY UNDERCOVER 2.2
(7) RAVEN 1.9
(8) MORTAL KOMBAT 1.7
(9) SPECIAL OPS 1.6
(10) HERCULES ????
SYNOPSIS:
Synopsis by XWP1113
A clip shows what happened during the last two episodes, "Twilight" and "Top God," with Alcmene dying and Hercules choosing to become a god.
Iolaus and Jason talk to each other, and they decide to part ways. Iolaus says he wants to check up on his mother; "...I owe it to her." Jason says that it wasn't easy for Iolaus for Hercules to leave him. Iolaus says he
admires Jason's courage after all that had happened. They shake hands, and
move on.
Hercules and Zeus pass through quite a few portals until they reach Olympus. Zeus welcomes Hercules home.
Zeus shows Hercules Olympus, and leads him to a platform, which has a railing all around it that seperates them from an abyss. Everything that has ever happened and is happening is stored here. Hercules sees the first time he
ever met Iolaus, and then sees Alcmene in the Elysian Fields. Zeus says you
never have to say goodbye to those you love, but Hercules responds saying that
he'd rather keep the memories in his heart, since they mean more. Hercules
than leaves Olympus to help mankind.
A mother and her child are helpless as she watches her husband, Thelonius, drown. Hercules appears, and uses his new godly powers to lift the man out of the water and over onto shore.
Iolaus asks a man if this is Erythia's (Iolaus' mom's) house. The man snaps back saying why Iolaus would want to know. Erythia hears the conversation, and is overjoyed at seeing Iolaus. Erythia says the man is her new husband, Pandion, and offers Iolaus lunch.
While at lunch, Pandion starts making a deal about Iolaus running away from home, and the effect it had on Erythia. Erythia tries to rationalize
everything, but Pandion is too much, and she turns against Iolaus.
Hercules stands watching a village, when Hera appears behind him. Hera says she came to make an "offer of peace," saying they always had their "contempt for Zeus in common." Hercules replies that they never had anything in common. Hera begins to tell about how Zeus fell out of love with her when Hercules
stops her, and tells Hera to say what she is trying to say. Hera asks "Do you
believe that Zeus brought you to Olympus just to help mankind?", laughs, and
disappears. Hercules, realizing he's been had, yells "ZEUS!"
Zeus hears the shout up on Olympus, and Hercules appears. Hercules asks if Zeus lied to him to get Hercules on Olympus to protect him against the other gods. Zeus doesn't respond, and Hercules yells at him to answer. Zeus
replies, "Yes, I did." Hercules storms off when Zeus demands protection for
Hercules, saying that "you had my protection since you were a boy." Hercules
says, "You have permitted the greatest sorrows of my life. When was your
protection then?! I owe you nothing!" Hercules turns away when Zeus says,
"If you leave now, don't come back!" and Hercules responds, "Take care of
yourself, dad, it's what you're best at."
Alcmene is enjoying herself in the Elysian Fields when Hera appears next to her. Startled, Alcmene asks if she knows Hera. Hera says that they have all the time in the word to become the best of friends.
Iolaus catches up with Erythia, and tries to apologize. Erythia replies saying that she wanted Iolaus to make a name for himself, but adds "I wish I were a bigger part of it." Iolaus says he ran away because he was ashamed of
himself when he was a thieving young man, and so that he could become the kind
of man she could be proud of. Erythia replies that she always believed in
him, but doesn't know him well enough to be proud of him.
Hercules stands at Alcmene's grave, talking out his problems with Zeus. Apollo overhears him, and cracks, "Oh Hercules, you sound so grave." Hercules is angry by the way Zeus tricked him, and says he hopes Apollo is here to pick
a fight. Apollo replies, "You know the funny thing about children? They love
to play with matches, but they're afraid of fire," and disappears.
In a school room, a teacher is talking about gravity (what goes up must come down) when a student named Aristotle says, "What about him?!" Everyone looks and sees Apollo on his speeder (for a lack of words!). Apollo is causing trouble, riding around, and when Hercules shows up, locks the school doors.
Zeus is on his throne when Hera walks in. She says that every ally he ever had, including his son, has deserted him. Hera then adds that she thought she could only take over with the help of the other gods, but she now knows that Zeus will hand his power over to her. Zeus replies saying he'd rather destroy
Olympus first. Hera waves her hand, and Alcmene appears surrounded by fire,
and she says that if Zeus does anything to her, he will never find Alcmene.
With no choice, Zeus hands his godhood over to Hera.
Back on earth, there is a tremoundous earthquake associated with the tremendous shift of power.
In Olympus, Zeus is in pain as he becomes mortal. Hera banishes him from Olympus, saying that he can join the mortals he so admired.
Apollo sets the school on fire, and then spooks a horse, and it starts galloping with a cart behind it. Iolaus shows up, and Hercules tells him to
get everyone out while he stops the horse. As Hercules tries to stop the
horse, Apollo throws more fireballs at other buildings in the village.
Hercules finally stops the horse when Apollo starts riding his speeder over
Hercules' head. Hercules finally knocks Apollo off his speeder with a well-
timed lightning bolt, and asks what's going on. Apollo replies that Hera
tricked him with Apollo's attack, so that she could take over Olympus.
Zeus enters a tavern down on earth, very much unaware that he's mortal. He orders several drinks, and then tries to win the heart of a young woman who another man in the tavern loves. A fight ensues, and Zeus shows where
Hercules got some of his fighting skill from, including when Zeus takes down
someone who tries to attack him from behind. Throughout it all, the young
woman is delighted by the way Zeus acts, and thinks he's funny, right down to
the name he uses (what mortal would think that Zeus was drinking beside
them!).
Hera sees that Zeus is enjoying himself, and sends Ares to kill him.
Hercules walks into the tavern, looking for Zeus. Zeus says that this is "my boy, Hercules," and the young woman, and the young man who loves her, crack up, saying, "Is the circus in town?" Hercules tries to help Zeus, but Zeus
says he's fine. However, Zeus is drunk, and falls the floor unconscious.
Pandion sees the ruin of the village after Apollo's attack. He asks the teacher of the school about what happened, and the teacher says, "Apollo went nuts," and includes that Iolaus saved him and the schoolchildren from death.
Pandion finally realizes what Iolaus does, and when Iolaus jumps off the roof
of a burned building, apologizes to Iolaus, saying he had his "mind set" about
him.
Hercules helps Zeus up, and is about to leave when Ares blows down the door to the tavern. Hercules grabs a long piece of cloth with one hand, throws it to Ares who grabs the other end, and a fight ensues, with someone hitting the
other, and pulling them back in a tug-of-war like fashion. Hercules and Ares fight, and throw each other through the walls of the tavern. The battle seriously weakens the supports of the building, and Zeus is standing under the building watching "my boys" fight, when the building collapses on him. Hercules searches through the rubble, and finds Zeus, who is seriously hurt and unconscious.
Zeus awakens beneath a tree, and ask what he is feeling. Hercules tells him he is feeling pain, and Zeus adds, "It's not a good thing." Hercules tells Zeus that he is dying, and Zeus denies it until he remembers he is no longer king of the gods. Zeus asks Hercules to heal him since he's a god, and
Hercules says he considered it, but decided that Zeus should have a little
taste of mortality first. Hercules places his hand on Zeus, and heals him.
With everything finally explained, Erythia tells Iolaus that she always had faith in him, even when he was a thief, and that she is very proud of him. Pandion adds, "Don't be a stranger." Erythia asks Iolaus to visit soon, and
he says he will. Finding that everything is set straight with his mother,
Iolaus hits the road.
Hercules and the mortal Zeus meet Hera and Apollo on Olympus. Apollo rushes Hercules with his speeder, but Hercules delivers a well-placed punch. Hera then flies through the air, and kicks Hercules. The queen of the gods gets
off with the advantage, and has the better of the fight. With two lightning
bolts, she pushes Hercules back to where the past and present is stored. Hera
tells Hercules that this is the abyss of Tartarus, and that "old Cronos is
down there somewhere." Hercules tries to fight back, but Hera blocks all of
his punches, and than lands some of her own.
Hercules is standing next to the railing that seperates him from the abyss, almost keeling over from the beating he's taken, and Hera walks away. She suddenly turns around, fires a lightning bolt, and Hercules falls over the
railing. Hera walks up towards the edge of the platform, looks down, and
Hercules punches her in the face. Hercules is holding onto the railing with
one hand, and Hera places her foot on it and squeezes down, then comments,
"I'm going to miss you, Hercules." The pain shows on Hercules' face as he
struggles to climb over the railing. He succeeds by placing his other hand on
the railing, vaulting up into the air, and kicking Hera in the back of the
head. The kick pushes Hera over the railing, and she screams, "Hercules!" as
she falls down into the abyss of Tartarus. Hercules peers over the railing,
and responds, "I won't miss you."
The scene cuts back to Hercules and Zeus walking with each other on Olympus-- and Zeus back as king of the gods. Zeus asks Hercules if he really wants to go, and Hercules responds he had to live as the Fates meant it to be. He then
adds that he doesn't want any more protection, but says that if Zeus wants to become a part of his life, it's up to him.
Iolaus is walking through a wooded area when he hears something. He grabs a large branch, holds it over his head, and swings it-- only to find that Hercules has caught it. Iolaus asks if Hercules is no longer a god, and
Hercules confirms it. Iolaus then asks about Olympus, and Hercules says it
wasn't too friendly. The last question asked by Iolaus before we fade out is,
"What about Hera." Hercules responds with, "You could say she's... history."
COMMENTARY:
This commentary is by --.
Coming soon!
TALES OF THE HERCAVERSE
04-20-98. This will probably
be the season-ender and it may be the episode where the
Hindu deities are introduced.
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DISCLAIMER:
Zeus' Godhood was not harmed during the production of this motion picture, although his short stint as a mortal was somewhat interesting.
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