Young Hercules (1998) s01e25 Episode Script

I got 'em! I did it! You stole the winged shoes from Hermes, the messenger of the gods? You bet! I snuck into Hera's temple, and stole 'em while Hermes slept.
I'll be the greatest thief ever! Too fast for anyone to see! Aren't you scared of what the gods will do? They'll have to catch me first! What's that? Nothing, just the wind.
Get this thing off of me! Aw, not the shoes! Come on! That's the gods for ya! That's what happens when ya mess with their stuff.
Hera, my queen, I return Hermes' shoes as commanded.
The mortal that stole them will no longer boast of his crimes.
Well done, Nemesis.
You have a talent for dealing with mortals who dare challenge the gods.
I have no choice but to fulfill my obligation.
Don't complain.
You earned this dirty job.
You and your father shouldn't have sided with the Titans against Zeus for control of Olympus.
I was loyal to my family.
Enough, Nemesis! Excuses tire me.
Here's your next assignment.
We caught 'em off guard.
I went left, lolaus went right.
And that's when we did the old, - Tree, uh! - Tree, uh! Kora! Food and drink! I've gotta get this criminal to Thebes before nightfall.
Criminal? Rowab took a little oil from Hera's temple to keep his sick kid warm.
Hey! So why don't you just take it easy, all right? Hey, hey.
Well, he's in chains, what's he gonna do, huh? Hey, man.
Don't antagonize the constable.
What, so it's okay for him to push him around like that.
Well, you tell me.
You're the expert.
When you've been arrested, and someone makes the guard angry, who's he take it out on? I was thinkin' of Rowab.
Yeah, well so was Hercules.
Whoa.
Whoa, who is that? That's, that's the wind.
You guys are tellin' me that you don't see that beautiful girl with the bow and arrow? Believe me, if there was a beautiful girl at the door, I'd see her.
Hey, wait, stop! Get him off me! Put the fire out, quickly! What do you think you're doin'? Well, Mr.
Ungrateful, I was saving you from her! Hercules, there's nobody there.
In an age of light and darkness, Zeus, king of the gods, ruled the universe.
He had a son, young Hercules.
Half-god, half-man, young Hercules longs to find his place in the world, the father he's never known, and what it means to be a hero.
Before the man became legend, before the legend became myth, came the greatest adventure of all.
I told you, no roughhousing! I can explain! And the next time you wanna play fire god, you do it somewhere else! Yeah, well, uh, I was leavin' anyway! Hey, whatever ya saw, or ya didn't see, forget it.
She's irritable.
Who are you to interfere? Oh, hi.
Uh, I'm Hercules.
I know.
You must be a god if you can see me? Well, you know, not a god-god, just a half-god.
Zeus is my father.
So? Uh, listen, who, who are you? I'm Nemesis.
I'm lolaus, and this is, Jason.
What's goin' on with the big guy? I don't know, I think there was something in the custard this morning.
It was the custard.
Did you see how much he was eating? Guys, can you cut it out? I'm not talkin' to you, okay? I'm talking to Nemesis.
The goddess? She's here? Yeah.
Nemesis is the goddess of justice.
She exterminates people.
That's no good.
I know that, Jason.
But we don't need to talk about her like she's not here, right? I mean, she's right in the middle of you guys.
- Ooh.
- Ooh.
They can't see me.
Oh.
Nemesis! If you're, hey! If you're here to hurt my friend! You're gonna have to go through me, first! She's over there.
Guys, listen, don't worry about it, okay? She's not here for me.
She's here for Rowab.
And you stopped me.
I won't fail a second time.
Well, it's a good thing you're not after Hercules! 'Cause you'd have to go through the three of us! - Yeah! - Guys, she's gone.
- Huh.
- Huh.
Hey, where you goin'? I'm gonna go protect Rowab.
He doesn't deserve to be crushed like an insect by the gods.
You out of your mind? Nemesis, nothing stops her.
Well, maybe, maybe not.
What are you gonna do? I'm gonna turn on the charm.
Aw, we're doomed.
All right.
Just stay here, okay? I don't wanna get you two hurt.
Are we gonna let him have all the fun by himself? Of course not.
Let's roll.
I thought that we discussed this.
Look, I told you, it is the will of the queen of the gods.
You interfere, and you will share Rowab's fate.
I'm just tryin' to keep you from makin' a mistake, all right? Rowab is a thief.
He stole oil from Hera's temple.
And he's paying for it! What kind of a goddess are you? I'm the goddess of justice.
Justice, really? So you call it justice when you destroy a man for taking some oil to keep his sick child warm? I don't have a choice, okay? I do as I'm told.
It's my punishment.
For what? When your father, Zeus, revolted against the Titans for control of Mt.
Olympus, my father sided with the Titans.
Now, because of that, I'm forced to obey any god who demands a mortal be punished.
I'm sorry.
Are you talkin' to Nemesis again? - Yeah.
- Sorry for what? Uh, my father pushed her into her lousy job.
Oh, so why doesn't she retire? You just can't quit on Zeus.
It's not that easy.
Move it along.
Wait, wait.
Listen.
Please, don't take his life.
It's Hera's command.
What if Hera's wrong? Hera's commands are never wrong.
Look, just get out of the way.
If you interfere, she has told me to destroy you.
To destroy me? Destroy you? Destroy him? Hera hasn't told her that you fall under Zeus's protection.
Yeah, she doesn't know that if she lays a finger on you, Zeus zaps her for good.
What are these mortals babbling about? You say Hera's never wrong.
She put your life in danger, when she told you to come against me.
Ask Zeus.
Now, she was wrong once.
Maybe she's wrong again.
I can't let you do this.
Go back! Go, back! Rowab, go back! Get off me! What's your deal? I suppose you're savin' him again, huh? Yes! Sorry about my friend, here.
He's been crazy ever since he, met Nemesis.
Uh, drank some bad pond water.
Kids nowadays.
Get Rowab outta here, okay? I'm sorry about this.
He-he drank some bad pond water.
I think it's gone straight to his head.
He thinks he can see the goddess, Nemesis.
Nemesis! See? Bad pond water or no bad pond water, he shows up again, I'll lock him up, too! Oh, uh I got this, I got this.
Oh, okay.
Constable, ha-ha, Jason of Corinth.
Oh, the young prince.
Hey, listen, I've got a very sweet deal for you.
Thebes is, so far away.
Why don't you come to Corinth? I'll set ya up in a nice, fast carriage, huh? What do ya say? Say yes.
It's so easy to say yes.
Oh, yes.
Ha, that's it.
All right, let's roll.
Jas, what are you doing? The old negotiation gag.
Got it.
Stregna, Nemesis has disobeyed my command.
If you wish to become goddess of justice, you must prove your worth, by destroying her.
I will not let you down, Hera.
Dip this arrow in the bowl of Hind's blood, the only thing that can kill a god.
Careful, a scratch and you will be lost.
Nemesis is clever.
You will only have one chance.
I'll only need one.
Oh, yes, if Hercules gets in your way, eliminate him.
That was a nice shot.
I missed on purpose.
That's great.
No, it isn't.
Don't you see? Hera's out for both of us, now.
That was brave of you.
Brave? I don't feel brave.
Well, uh, you feel better, though, don't cha? I don't know what I feel.
You've confused me.
I've never failed Hera before.
She's understanding, I imagine.
Well, well, well, Nemesis and Hercules.
Do I know you? Stregna, a minor goddess who's trying to take my place.
Is taking your place.
Do you two wanna be alone? You disobeyed Hera.
She made you my first target.
You wondered if Hera might be understanding? I thought gods were immortal.
How could she hurt you? If the arrow is dipped in Hind's blood.
Good guess.
Uh! Argh! Hey, nice shot! Yeah, for now.
We've gotta move.
Yeah.
I see whatcha mean.
Come on.
So, I, suppose talkin' to her's out of the question? Stregna's always wanted to take my place.
She won't stop until I'm gone.
Uh, come on.
Let's get outta here.
So, you wanna play hide-and-seek? Don't stop.
Stregna will find us for sure.
We haven't seen her for a while, now.
She's looking for us.
Trust me.
This mortal form of getting around really wears me out.
Well, uh, well, we could rest.
Well, not many people come here, you know, so we probably have time to figure out what we're gonna do.
Sorry.
Time's up.
You can't hit what you can't see.
At least, go out with some dignity, Nemesis.
This is pitiful.
Let's get outta here, okay? Whoa.
Uh, you know you can't hide from me.
You want me? You got me.
But leave Hercules out of this! Too late.
Hera was very specific.
He interferes, he's fair game.
You do know that if you harm Hercules, you'll have to deal with his father, Zeus? I don't suppose Hera mentioned that.
She doesn't care any more about you than she did about me! Am I hearing this? Nemesis has feelings for mortals? Tsk-tsk-tsk.
Is she hearing this? Do ya? Well? So, we'll just have to find a reason for Hercules to leave.
Say, saving his friends? Hercules? Where are you? Herc! Over here! What, no, no, not over here, don't it's a trick.
Get us down! Herc! Go, save your friends.
I'll deal with Stregna.
Okay.
He's such a pest.
Sorry, huh.
Such a pest, huh.
Ah! - Ooh! - Oomph! I'm a little worried about you! Yeah! The joke's on us! Can I borrow this? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Take it! We'll just, we'll hang around! Uh, sorry we're late.
We, uh, got a bit wrapped up.
You guys okay? Yeah, we're vine.
I mean, we're fine.
Oh, come on.
Uh! Uh! We have to stop Stregna.
Where is she? She's right there.
Right there! - Oh.
- Yeah.
So what do we do? Uh, you gotta be distractions.
- Oh.
- Oh, okay.
No, no, no, no, not to me! Not to me, to her.
Okay, here we go.
Will it fit? - We'll never quit! - We'll never quit! Ye-ah-h-h! Hey! Over here! Uh, uh, hey! Over here! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Look at me, look at me! Uh.
Nah.
Yeah, hi! Hey, hey! All right! Jason! Go left! Okay, lolaus! Back! Back! Whoa! Jason, get ready.
Come on! Go right! Iolaus! Get out of there, get out of there! Go back, go back! Good! Hey, do the old tree gag! What? The old classic, come on.
Oh! Hey, over here, say what? Over here, hey, say what? Come on, over here, shake it! Come on, shake it! Ready? Yeah.
Go! Go right! My hair.
Yeah, your hair.
You've won this time.
But my hair will come back, and so will I.
Hi.
So, uh, what're you gonna do now? Huh, you gonna, go back to being the goddess of justice? I don't know.
I don't know if Hera will allow it.
I've got a lotta thinking to do.
Yeah.
And what will you do? About what? Well, about Hera, it's obvious that she hates you.
Yeah.
Why is it? I mean, what'd I ever do to her? Zeus is your father.
The thought that Zeus could love a child that wasn't hers probably caused a jealous rage.
So, let me get this straight, um, I bother Hera, just by being me? Nemesis? I must go.
Um, I hope that our paths will cross again.
I hope so.
But not in any official capacity.
Did you just ask me out? Maybe.
Well, make sure you, uh, look out for, uh, Stregna.
Her hair will come back.
And you watch out for Hera.
I will.
Is she gone? Yes.
Let's go.
Hey, did ya get the whole gettin' shot-at-with-an-arrow thing straightened out? You're off the list? Well, I was never officially on the list, okay? Rowab was.
Yeah, but then you got in the way, and then we got in the way, and So, uh, you gonna see her again? Well, that is a definite maybe.
What? Maybe? She's an assassin! She's a death machine! Ah, yeah, yeah.
But the death machine was a babe, right? Oh, whatever.
The question is, can she do the old tree? Uh! Uh! Gag! Over here! Where?! Over here! Where? Over there? Yes!