Young Hercules (1998) s01e27 Episode Script

Now, Hercules, are you sure it's gonna be okay with your mother if I tag along? Yes, okay, she loves company.
Aw, man, wait till you taste Alcmene's sweet apple pie.
- Mmm.
- Oh, and her fig tarts Oh, oh, forget about it.
Hey, uh, do you think she'll make, uh, that lamb and her mint sauce? Oh, stop it, you're making me hungry! Making you hungry? Man, I can practically smell the smoke from here.
Fire! - Fire! - You can! Help, over here! Alcmene! Mom! Why are you doing this? A message, from one son of Zeus to another.
You're Lucius? That's right.
Take a good, long look.
If you've come here to hurt me, just get it over with! Oh, Alcmene, that would ruin the fun! You see, I want you to watch as your son loses his mind with hate.
I want you to know how much he's going to suffer.
Hercules is at the academy.
Nice try, but I happen to know he's on his way.
In fact, he should be here - Mom! - Alcmene! I'm coming! Right on schedule.
Be sure to tell him I dropped by.
Mother.
The curtains! - Lilith, help! - I'm all right.
- I'll get something.
- Who did this? Lucius.
There.
He seemed to want to hurt you.
Why'd he attack the village? It doesn't make any sense.
Yeah, it makes perfect sense to him.
Yeah, he's tryin' to destroy every mortal son of Zeus.
What do you mean? He's a wacko.
There may be others in the village that need help.
Hey, we'll check.
I'm right with ya.
One thing's for sure, he is definitely not gonna get away with this.
Please, don't do anything foolish.
Lucius wants you to come after him.
Well, he's gonna get what he wants.
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.
And so you see, young man, we offer up a sacrifice to the minotaur on a regular basis.
Get me outta here.
Well thank you, your eminences, for coming.
However, Prince Jason has to, um, he must, um Troops.
Inspect the troops.
Thank you again.
That man needs a bib.
Yes.
Oh, just one tiny thing, my prince.
What's that? Always use the fork furthest from the plate first.
It's almost fall break at the academy.
Yeah, what has that to do with protocol? I miss my friends.
Well, perhaps we have been working a little hard.
Why don't you take a short walk? Yeah.
Yeah, I'll just go wander around the marketplace for a while.
No, no, I-I meant around the palace.
Tell Mother how you made Alcmene suffer.
I had her watch while her village burnt around her.
Then, I made her understand how few hours her precious Hercules has left to live! You see, Zeus? This is your true child, not that wretched whelp of Alcmene's.
Oh, you never loved her, not like you loved me.
Oh, we're coming, Zeus.
We're coming to Olympus to join you.
Tell me.
Tell Mama what you'll do to Hercules.
Hi, there.
Give me that! Help! Help! Watch out, get him! Someone get him! Grab him! I'm gonna break you in half, little man.
I wouldn't do that if I were you.
Here you go, ma'am.
Thank you.
Thank you, very much.
My pleasure, ma'am.
I mean, golly, what citizen wouldn't do the same thing? And thank you, Your Highness.
You're welcome.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
"Your Highness"? Jason.
Prince Jason? Wow! Uh, Theodore.
Uh, I just moved here from Patrai.
Oh, you here with your family? Uh, no.
My father passed away.
Oh.
I'm sorry.
There's been a lot to take care of, you know.
I know how you feel.
Yeah.
Well, look, I, um, I gotta go back to the palace.
Sorry, I didn't mean to keep you, huh? No, why don't you, um Why don't you come with me? You can show me a few of your rope tricks.
You sure? Hey, "knot" a problem, huh? Iolaus? Hey, Alcmene.
Hey.
Hey, are you okay? I lost my dog.
Aww, well, don't worry about it.
He'll come back.
At least you have a dog.
Oh.
Hey, uh, ya like magic? Yeah? Look, nothing in my hands.
Huh? Magic coin, see, ya like W-w-wait, wait! That's my money.
Hey, Hercules, slow down.
We've got enough.
You're thinking about Lucius, aren't you? Wouldn't you if he attacked your mother? - Huh? - Hey, easy.
You'll get your chance.
When? When he just comes into town and burns people's homes down and rides away laughing?! Do you know where Lucius went? Not yet, but I know him, and he's left some kinda clue around here, that sick, little When I find it, I'm gonna make sure that he can never hurt anybody ever again.
Hey, yah.
Whoo! Nice place ya got here! Yeah.
Hey, I'll tell ya, the only other person I've seen handle a rope like that is Hercules.
Oh? Who's he? Her who's Hercules? Well, that's my buddy! He's one of Zeus' mortal sons.
Jeepers! Zeus has mortal sons on Earth? Ah, yeah.
They're not all like Hercules, though.
Some of them aren't all there if ya know what I mean.
No, I don't.
He's got this, uh, one half-brother, Lucius, guy's a complete meathead.
Hey, come on, show me some of that rope stuff.
Exceptional people aren't always understood by the lesser ones around them.
Really? Well, Hercules is exceptional, and I understand him just fine.
That's nice, love to meet him.
Well, I'll see what I can do.
Ah, Your Highness, time for your etiquette lesson.
Well, I gotta get goin', anyway.
Uh, thanks for showin' me around the palace.
Hey! You forgot your rope.
Keep it.
Hercules is as good as mine.
I did what you wanted.
I stole that lady's bag.
Now, give me what you promised! Do you have any idea how hard it was to pretend to let such an oaf like you get the better of me? Mm-mm.
Normally I would tear you into tiny, little pieces, and feed you to the dogs for even presuming to touch me! So, I guess we're even? Uh, yeah.
None of them are worthy, Father.
But soon, I will prove to you that I am! Father.
Hey, how's it goin'? Oh, look at her.
Her village is burned and she can still be happy.
Yeah, she can still be happy, 'cause the little thief has got my money.
Oh, come on, lolaus.
Oh.
Hello? - Beep-beep.
- Yep, that's great.
Yuck.
Well, I guess there's someone around here that likes ya.
Hey.
Buddy! Now, don't go losing him again, okay? Here's your money.
Uh, no, you go keep it.
Go buy your dog a cat.
Come on, Buddy, let's go! Mother? Hmm, yummy.
Goat stew! Tell me that Hercules is dead.
Soon, Mother, very soon.
No stew for you! I'm sorry! Don't you care about me anymore? My bags for our trip to Olympus have been packed for hours.
I-I-I know, Mother, but Go ahead, forget about the woman who gave you life.
Just break my heart! I have a plan.
What plan? To use Hercules' friend to break him.
It'll take a little longer, but he will suffer oh so much more.
Well, now, that's different.
Here, have mine.
Thank you, Mother.
I've discovered Hercules' mortal weakness.
He actually cares about his friends! And I intend to use that to destroy him! That's my boy.
Corinth.
Ya-hah! Ya-hah! Hey-hey-hey, Hercules.
Hey, I didn't expect ya so soon.
Whaddya mean, "so soon"? I just sent for ya.
Theodore, Rope Man, he wanted to meet ya.
Well, whatever, that's not why I'm here.
This is one of our royal banners.
Where'd ya get this? Lucius left it as a bit of a calling card when he attacked my mother's village.
Lucius.
He's in Corinth.
Why? Well, in his twisted little mind he thinks that if he hurts people that are close to me, he hurts me.
So you're in danger.
Go to the captain of the guards.
We're gonna form a search party.
I'll meet ya in the armory, all right? Okay.
See ya there.
Theodore, how'd ya get in here? Why, is there a problem? Yeah, Lucius is in Corinth.
We're gonna search the city.
What's with the sword? Oh, I, uh, I just thought there might be some trouble.
Because of Lucius.
Of course.
What else? I don't know.
Ha-ha.
But I do know that no one knows he's here but Lucius himself.
Smart boy! I'm not that smart.
I'll take that.
You're not gonna get away with this, Lucius.
Prince Jason, what made you think you could challenge a son of Zeus? Why not? He challenges this son of Zeus all the time.
Little brother, why am I not surprised to see you, huh? Let's just talk about this, okay? Don't come any closer, unless you wanna see whether royalty bounces, huh? What do you want, Lucius? Let's see, uh, I want you to suffer for making me look bad in front of Zeus.
And then, I wanna destroy you.
Do you actually think that this is gonna make Zeus proud of you, huh? 'Cause if you do, you're crazier than I thought.
You don't have to do this, Lucius! There's help for people like you! Don't make me laugh.
Lucius, listen.
Just think about what you're doin' here, okay? If you hurt him, his people will hunt you down like a dog.
Let's find out then, shall we? Jason! Don't worry about me, Hercules! I'll just, uh I'll just hang around! All right, just hold on! I got some business to take care of.
First my mother, now my friends, huh? Stop hurting people that I care about! If you really wanna get through to Zeus, this is not the way, all right? Zeus loves me.
He tells me every day.
Come on, admit it, you wish you had the guts to be me.
What? You wanna be Zeus's favorite so badly, you can taste it! Sadly, that role is filled.
You see? Zeus loves me more.
Ah, not again! Well, I guess I'll just have to use my bare hands then.
Hercules! Jason! Come on.
Two can play at that game.
Give it up, Lucius.
It's over.
Never.
See, I know where your mommy lives.
And your friends are so easy to find.
Don't you ever go near my mother again! You understand me? Ever! Nobody nobody hurts my mother or my friends! Do you understand that? Do you understand that? Uh, something about your mommy.
I'm gonna What? Do to me what I did to your friend, Jason? Hercules! You could save him, but you so wanna finish me.
Huh? You're just like me.
Get back here and fight like a man! Oh! Phew! Hey, don't worry about it.
I heard what he said, you're nothin' like him.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
How can you be so sure? Well, I wouldn't have a jerk like that for a friend.