Hercules: The Legendary Journyes is not my favorite television show by a long shot.  I wouldn't even watch it at all if it were not for the success of it's spectacular spin-off series - Xena: Warrior Princess.  Many storylines & characters crossover from one series to the other, so I watched Hercules to better enjoy Xena, only more often than not, I found Hercules to be lame & often times just plain dull. 

But surprisingly I came to love many epiosdes of the series; something like 41 episodes out of it's 121 episode run.  Many of these episodes took place during the show's 5th season which had more complex & long term storylines than in previous seasons.  The series ended on a high note with it's final episode of it's 8 episode 6th season, giving some sense of closure to Hercule's adventures; something that would be even more pronouced when Hercules appeared later that year in a final Xena guest spot. 

As with Xena, there are episodes that obviously take place after the close of the series, which have been listed as such.

001 HERCULES & THE AMAZON WOMEN, PART I

002 HERCULES & THE AMAZON WOMEN, PART II

003 HERCULES & THE LOST KINGDOM, PART I

004 HERCULES & THE LOST KINGDOM, PART II

005 HERCULES & THE CIRCLE OF FIRE, PART I

006 HERCULES & THE CIRCLE OF FIRE, PART II

007 HERCULES IN THE UNDERWORLD, PART I

008 HERCULES IN THE UNDERWORLD, PART II

009 HERCULES IN THE MAZE OF THE MINOTAUR, PART I

010 HERCULES IN THE MAZE OF THE MINOTAUR, PART II

011 THE WRONG PATH

012 EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

013 THE ROAD TO CALYDON

014 THE FESTIVAL OF DIONYSUS

015 ARES

016 AS DARKNESS FALLS

017 PRIDE COMES BEFORE A BRAWL

018 THE MARCH TO FREEDOM

019 THE WARRIOR PRINCESS

020 THE GLADIATOR

021 THE VANISHING DEAD

022 THE GAUNTLET

023 UNCHAINED HEART

024 THE KING OF THIEVES

025 ALL THAT GLITTERS

026 WHAT'S IN A NAME?

027 THE SIEGE AT NAXOS

028 OUTCAST

029 UNDER THE BROKEN SKY

030 THE MOTHER OF ALL MONSTERS

031 THE OTHER SIDE

032 THE FIRE DOWN BELOW

033 CAST A GIANT SHADOW

034 HIGHWAY TO HADES

035 SWORD OF VERACITY

036 THE ENFORCER

037 ONCE A HERO [JASON INTRODUCED]

038 HEEDLESS HEARTS

039 LET THE GAMES BEGIN

040 THE APPLE

041 PROMISES

042 KING FOR A DAY

043 PROTEAN CHALLENGE

044 THE WEDDING OF ALCMENE

045 THE POWER

046 THE CENTAUR MENTOR JOURNEY

047 CAVE OF ECHOES

048 THE MERCENARY

049 DOOMSDAY

050 LOVE TAKES A HOLIDAY

051 MUMMY DEAREST

052 NOT FADE AWAY

053 MONSTER CHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND

054 THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER

055 PRINCE HERCULES

056 A STAR TO GUIDE THEM

057 THE LADY & THE DRAGON

058 LONG LIVE THE KING

059 SURPRISE

060 ENCOUNTER [PART I]

061 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN [PART II]

062 JUDGMENT DAY [PART III]

063 THE LOST CITY

064 REIGN OF TERROR

065 THE END OF THE BEGINNING

066 WAR BRIDE

067 A ROCK & A HARD PLACE

068 ATLANTIS

069 BEANSTALKS & BAD EGGS

070 HERO'S HEART

071 REGRETS, I'VE HAD A FEW

072 WEB OF DESIRE

073 STRANGER IN A STRANGE WORLD

074 TWO MEN & A BABY

075 PRODIGAL SISTER

076 ...AND FANCY FREE

077 IF I HAD A HAMMER

078 HERCULES ON TRIAL

079 MEDEA CULPA

080 MEN IN PINK

081 ARMAGEDDON NOW, PART I

082 ARMAGEDDON NOW, PART II

083 PORKULES

084 ONE FOWL DAY

085 MY FAIR CUPCAKE

086 WAR WOUNDS

087 TWILIGHT [PART I]

088 TOP GOD [PART II]

089 REUNION [PART III]

090 FAITH

091 DESCENT

092 RESURRECTION

093 GENIES & GRECIANS & GEEKS, OH MY

094 RENDER UNTO CAESAR

095 NORSE BY NORSEVEST

096 SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE

097 DARKNESS RISING

098 LET THERE BE LIGHT

099 REDEMPTION

100 SKY HIGH

101 STRANGER & STRANGER

102 JUST PASSING THROUGH

103 GREECE IS BURNING

104 WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE CYPRUS

105 THE ACADEMY

106 LOVE ON THE ROCKS

107 ONCE UPON A FUTURE KING

108 FADE OUT

109 MY BEST GIRL'S WEDDING

110 REVELATIONS

111 BE DEVILED

112 LOVE AMAZON STYLE

113 REBEL WITH A CAUSE

114 DARKNESS VISIBLE

115 HERCULES, TRAMPS & THIEVES

116 CITY OF THE DEAD

117 A WICKED GOOD TIME

118 FULL CIRCLE

119 LES CONTEMPTIBLES [YEAR: 1789]

120 YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS A HERCULES [YEAR: 1998]

121 FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING US... [YEAR: 1999]