You'll leave Morrigan? Mabon, I have to.
If she's to fulfill her new role as the Spirit of Justice,
she still has much to learn.
[ Man Narrating ] Previously onHercules.
Not as much as you think.
My name's Balder. I'm Hercules.
- I come from Greece. - Welcome to Norseland.
I can't be harmed. See for yourself. Try to strike me dead.
- [ Men Shouting, Indistinct ] - If you insist.
You sure this is what you want?
There. Satisfied?
Balder! He's dead.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Hercules ] Somehow this paint affects fate.
Loki painted what he wanted to see,
and the paint made it happen.
Mm-hmm.
Not this time.
- Catch. - [ Man Murmurs ]
The dart was poisoned. Loki just tried to kill you.
I hate it when a plan falls apart.
Thanks again for saving my life. Anytime.
We owe a lot to our dreams.
Don't give up on yours.
[ Grunts ]
- [ Screams ] - [ People Chattering ]
[ Bleating ]
Now, that had to hurt. Think you don't have to work like the rest of us?
That'll teach ya to take my money.
Excuse me. I hate to break up a party, but I'm looking for Morrigan.
She's a redhead, aboutthatbig. Well, over there.
[ Woman ] Empty the bucket! Ah. Figures.
[ Morrigan Yelling ]
[ Man ] What's goin' on?
Uh, Morrigan?
Hmm? Hmm?
[ Man ] Tear their heads off! [ Laughing ]
Shame on you, Brendan Culhare. A strappin' young lad stealin' trinkets from merchants,
when you could be workin' the farm with your dear old da.
If your mother was alive, you know what she'd do? [ Man ] Crack him another one!
[ Crowd Laughing, Chattering ]
[ Screaming, Grunts ]
- Thanks. - Came back to see if you needed help...
with your new job as the Guardian of Justice.
Looks like you're doin' fine.
Oh, I am now. Mm.
[ Morrigan ] Did you ever feel like you'd lost something precious,
but you didn't know what it was or even where to start lookin' for it?
Oh, I think I've been there once or twice, yes.
Those years with Cernunnos... even after my sweet Brigid was born...
I felt as if I was missin' somethin'.
But I couldn't name it until you showed me the humanity I never even knew I had.
It was inside you all along. Aye, so you say.
But it was you who brought it to life.
So, what will you be doing now?
I guess I'll head back to Greece.
But after all that's happened, I wonder if it'll still feel like home.
Then stay here with me.
We could make this our home together.
[ Man Narrating ] This is the story of a time long ago,
a time of myth and legend,
when the ancient gods were petty and cruel,
and they plagued mankind with suffering.
Only one man dared to challenge their power...
Hercules.
Hercules possessed a strength the world had never seen,
a strength surpassed only by the power of his heart.
He journeyed the earth, battling the minions of his wicked stepmother, Hera,
the all-powerful queen of the gods.
But wherever there was evil,
wherever an innocent would suffer,
there would be... Hercules.
- [ Screeching ] - [ Roaring ]
Hail!
Morrigan, it's not that simple.
I can't just stay here with you.
When you left without sayin' good-bye, I was a little hurt.
I told Mabon... I know.
Mabon was supposed to tell me. [ Exhales ]
But you know what I realized?
Beyond the hurt, there was a longing.
I think about you night and day.
I'm flattered.
I've thought a lot about you too.
Then why are you leavin'?
And why did you come back?
Everybody I get close to dies.
What are you talkin' about? My family, my friends... they're all dead.
I can't take the risk that you'll follow them.
Wasn't that my risk to take then?
Stay a few days.
We don't have to decide anything right now.
We've got all the time in the world.
[ Grunting ] [ People Chattering ]
[ Hercules Sighs ] Caesar's armies left a lot of damage.
Aye, and Meath got the worst of it.
I hear people from every tribe are joining together to help rebuild the town.
I don't know if that's such a good idea. Most of 'em hate each other.
Well, what better way for them to learn to get along?
I want to help too. You do? We'll have to find a job for you then.
You!
How dare you show your face here?
Why don't you go over there and play with those children?
[ Girl ] Look what I found.
Bronagh, she's here to help.
Help? [ Scoffs ]
She's a murderer. She killed my sister.
Killing her won't bring your sister back.
I can't forget what she's done.
Neither can I.
I can't erase the memory of your loss.
I'm sorry.
Bronagh, for your sake...
for their sake...
you have to leave the past to the past and go on with your life.
You expect me to forgive her?
Yes.
If you truly believe in what the Druids teach,
the virtues that they represent...
like compassion and mercy...
hatred has to end sometime.
Let's get to work.
It's a start. Come on.
[ People Chattering ]
[ Man Chattering ]
[ Man ] Fergus.
Thank you.
[ Man ] Let's work.
[ Hercules ] Ever since I left Greece,
one way or the other, I've been at war.
I almost forgot how good it feels to build something with my own hands.
But what right does Hercules have to enjoy life...
when his friend lolaus lies dead in a foreign land?
I know. It doesn't make sense.
Everyone who survives the death of a loved one wonders the same.
In time, you'll find your answer.
Perhaps for you, the answer is Morrigan. You know about that?
Ah, of course you do. You're the Druid Spirit of Wisdom.
You know everything.
It's... It's just that when I'm with her and Brigid, it feels like a family.
I never realized how much I missed that.
I hear another "but. "
Families are for ordinary men, Mabon.
True, but you and Morrigan share an extraordinary heritage.
What heritage? My father was Zeus.
And Morrigan's mother was Badb, Goddess of War.
You were raised a half-god among humans.
She, a half-human among gods.
Similar wounds cause similar scars.
What heals one wound... Heals another.
Maybe I taught you somethin' after all.
Maybe.
[ Hercules ] It's beautiful here.
That it is.
My father brought me here.
I wasn't much older than she is now...
the day my mother took me away.
What happened to your father?
I used to come back here,
hopin' he was still waitin' for me.
I imagine he died a long time ago.
I'm sorry.
The other day, someone said leave the past in the past,
go on with your life.
This is my life.
Here. Now.
Morrigan... [ Lightning Cracks ]
[ Hercules ] Great. [ Lightning Cracks ]
[ Morrigan ] Brigid, let's go.
Come on. As you can see, I lead a charmed life.
Remind me not to stand too close to ya.
Mommy, you're all wet. [ Hercules ] So are you, squirt.
Rain's starting to let up. It should pass by morning. [ Thunderclap ]
Oh. I was meant to be with the Druids in our temple tonight...
to celebrate the coming harvest.
Their loss, my gain.
Hmm? What? Oh, nothing. Nothing.
How's Brigid?
[ Sighs ] Asleep. Ah.
[ Inhales ] So, outside. Hmm?
Before... Mm?
was that just me, or were you wantin' to say somethin'?
Yeah. Um...
The first time I met you, I...
I- I thought you were a monster.
I was. No, no. You... You did monstrous things,
but there was a... goodness inside you.
Just as... there's a darkness inside me.
The Druids saw it.
It's like we're...
two sides of the same coin.
What exactly are you sayin'?
Um, just that...
this is... nice, I guess.
So, what do we do now?
Right now? Mm.
I think we could both use some sleep.
[ Screaming ]
[ Murmuring, Indistinct ]
[ Gasps ]
Morrigan, get Brigid. We have to go.
What's wrong?
Come on, baby. [ Whimpering ]
Where's the entrance? Gone.
I have to get to the Druids. You and Brigid hide behind this rock.
Put your head down, sweetie.
- What are you going to do? - Make a door.
- [ Loud Crash ] - Oh!
[ Mabon Gasping ] Hercules.
I can't let this happen. Iwon'tlet it happen.
Don't. There's nothing you can do.
My time has come. I'm dying.
I've accepted it, and so must you.
I saw this.
I mean, somehow I knew.
The power of illumination.
When your mind's at peace,
it opens to visions of other places, other times.
- The future. - Possible futures.
As you've always known, we make our own destiny.
- Who did this? - He's from outside this world...
a thing of evil and incarnate darkness.
- Dahak. - [ Coughs ] It hurts, Hercules.
Please, don't leave me.
I'm afraid. I won't.
I'm right here. I won't leave you.
[ Coughing ]
[ Gasps ]
Did you bury them?
Yeah.
So how do we kill this Dahak?
It won't be easy.
Dahak's more powerful than most gods.
I fought him the last time he tried to enter our world in Sumeria.
My best friend died stopping him.
Then we both have good reason to make him pay.
No. This can't be about revenge. Mabon had it right.
Evil feeds on anger and hatred.
If we let rage rule reason, we only destroy ourselves.
Then what do we do?
We find out how he got here and send him back where he came from.
How do we do that?
I don't know.
[ Sighs ] God.
Mabon said that my visions are possible futures.
[ Screaming ]
Nebula.
I have to go back to Sumeria.
So, when do we leave? Wedon't. The Celts need you here.
The Celts need justice. So, stopping Dahak is as much my duty as it is yours.
I'm comin' with ya. Fine.
Come on.
I don't want you to go, Mommy.
I know, my darlin', but don't you worry.
You're in the best of hands.
We'll take care of her like she was our own.
[ Crying ]
Up.
I'll miss you, baby.
I can't do this without Mabon.
Yes, you can.
Use what he taught you to find peace within yourself.
Let me help you. It's no use.
I just can't. Why not?
All right, let me guess.
The Druids saw good in you when everyone else saw only evil.
They took you in as one of their own... gave you their power, their understanding.
But when they needed you most, you failed them. Does that about sum it up?
I should've been there to protect them.
Then Dahak would've killed you too.
[ Sighs ]
Stop blaming yourself.
I've never lost anybody I cared about before.
Because you never used to care.
That pain you feel is...
one of the risks and rewards of being human.
How do you stand it?
I've had a lot of practice.
[ Exhales ]
[ Sniffles ]
You were wrong, Hercules. About what?
You told me once...
everybody you care about dies.
Well, if I'd been in the temple with the Druids that night,
I would've died too.
Being with you saved my life.
Hercules, welcome.
Good to see you again. You too.
Morrigan, this is Agenor, Nebula's chief of staff. Pleasure.
Her Majesty will be so displeased she couldn't greet you herself.
- Where is she? - Busy with affairs of state. Come. You-You must be hungry.
I'm glad to have this chance to apologize for my harsh words on our journey.
That's okay. What's through there? Just an empty storeroom.
- You mustn't go in there. - Why not?
[ Hercules ] Nebula.
What's wrong with her? She's been having strange dreams and hallucinations...
talking to people who weren't there.
Now she's completely withdrawn.
If the people found out that their queen has gone mad, there'd be a panic.
- How did she end up like this? - The problems started after you left.
She adjusted quite well to her role as queen,
especially in light of her recent loss. lolaus.
[ Agenor Narrating ] She ordered his body preserved...
so you could take him home to Greece.
She never doubted you'd return.
[ Men Chattering ] What grief she felt, she kept to herself.
So when she began to act strangely, I couldn't help but notice.
Otherwise, we have a citizenry that's dependant upon the state.
[ Man ] Put yourself in their place, Agenor.
We must not put limits on our aid to the needy.
Queen Nebula, what are your thoughts?
[ Murmuring ]
[ Laughing ] Smooth move, twinkle toes.
Your Highness.
Who were you talking to?
It's very difficult to be sure without examining her.
From everything you've described to me...
[ Continues, Indistinct ] [ Woman Screaming ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Whimpering, Screaming ]
Naturally, after she nearly killed herself,
it was necessary to confine her for her own safety.
It doesn't make sense.
Nebula's too strong to let grief bring her down like this.
- I have to talk to her. - It's hopeless. She hasn't spoken a word in days.
She will to him.
If you could reach me, you can reach her.
The first time we met, I didn't like you much.
I thought you were selfish, coldhearted and mercenary.
Stop me if you disagree.
Even when you helped us out, I figured that was a fluke.
Sure, you were brave and a good fighter.
But trustworthy? [ Scoffs ] No way.
Well, maybe I misjudged you.
Or maybe you really changed since then.
But I'll tell you...
lolaus saw something more in you from the beginning.
The more rude and crude you were, the more he liked you.
[ Chuckles ]
The look on his face when you slapped him... I remember.
You're really here.
[ Sobs, Crying ]
[ Sobbing ]
It's all so jumbled.
I can't tell what's real or in my mind.
We'll figure it out.
What happened after I left?
We put lolaus in the tomb.
[ Nebula Narrating ] And then life had to go on.
I had responsibilities... an entire kingdom to rule and protect.
I never felt so alone in all my life.
And the more I was tended to, the more alone I felt.
Leave me.
[ Nebula Narrating ] I had everything anyone could ever want,
except someone to share it with.
That's when I missed lolaus the most...
the way he used to smile at me, [ Chuckles ]
and his laughter.
I began to imagine he was watching over me.
And every night, he was in my dreams.
Mmm! [ Sighs ]
Well, this is a sad commentary on my social life... Hmm.
when the best way I can think of spending an evening...
is dreaming about some dead guy.
[ Chuckling ] Yeah. It's pretty pathetic.
Mmm. Or maybe...
it's just romantic.
It depends on your point of view.
It's not fair, you know.
Just as I found you, I lost you.
Ah. Well,
that's why I'm here.
[ Sighs ] I wish I'd told you sooner.
I love you.
Oh. You did tell me, a thousand times...
in a thousand different ways.
[ Nebula Narrating ] Those dreams left me exhausted,
feeling like I hadn't slept at all.
It was so hard to concentrate.
- I began to see things. - We must encourage the community to help itself.
[ Agenor Continues, Indistinct ]
It should be the other way around. [ No Audible Dialogue ]
[ Man ] Queen Nebula, what are your thoughts?
[ Murmuring ]
Come here. lolaus.
This way.
Wait.
[ Man ] Is everything all right, my queen?
[ Exhales ]
Carry on.
[ Nebula Narrating ] Of course, I knew it was just a fantasy,
a way to keep him alive.
I told myself it was a harmless diversion, [ Laughing ]
that the dreams would pass with time.
[ Imitating Agenor ] Your Highness, on behalf of my esteemed colleagues...
none more esteemed than myself, of course...
I would just like to say that we exist for nothing less...
than to kiss Your Royal Highness's backside.
[ Laughing ]
Oops. Smooth move, twinkle toes.
Your Highness.
Who were you talking to?
Agenor said it was the wind.
[ Scoffs ] But we both know that wasn't true.
I began to wonder if anything I saw was real.
[ Sighs ] I couldn't trust my own mind.
You can trust me.
I'm here. I'm real.
I decided to put a stop to lolaus once and for all.
[ Gasping, Moaning ]
[ Moaning Softly ]
This has to stop.
[ Exhales ] I know why you're upset.
It's this world,
trying to survive in it and be a thriving thing.
It's wearing you down.
What's wearing me down...
is that my dreams...
are more real than my reality.
[ Chortling ]
Well, you know, as a way of life,
reality is highly overrated.
I can give you something so much better.
Freedom. You can't give me anything.
I loved you,
but you're dead.
And it's over.
[ Growls ]
I'm not done yet. [ Whimpering ]
Now,
wouldn't you rather be free?
Hmm?
Isn't that what you've always wanted?
I'm not gonna argue...
with a figment of my imagination.
- It's over. - [ Roaring ] No!
It isn't over till I say it's over!
Now it's over.
[ Gasping ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Continues Screaming ]
[ Screaming ] [ Gasps ]
After that, I just snapped.
Agenor said I must have knocked over a lit candle onto the bed...
and just imagined the rest.
I don't know. Maybe I did.
Maybe you didn't.
I'll be back.
Stay here. Don't let anyone in.
Show me how to get to the tombs. This way.
Hercules. Boo.
I don't know where you came from, Dahak, but you're not staying.
[ Mock Sobbing ]
I come back all the way from the dead just to see you,
and this is the thanks I get.
You may have his body, but you're not lolaus.
Really? Then who am I?
Mm. I guess this is a question everybody asks themselves sooner or later.
Don't you think?
Pity I had to die to find my answer.
Still, better late than never, huh?
How about, better never than ever.
Oh, clever.
[ Growling ]
[ Speaking Demonic Language, Distorted ]
[ Groans ]
[ Normal Voice ] And you can quote me on that.
You can quote me on this.
Boy, I'm glad you missed.
Otherwise I could've ended up looking like this.
[ Groans ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Voice Distorted ] Let's take 'er for a spin.
[ Clicks Tongue ] Shall we?
Oh! What a rush.
[ Chortling ]
[ Normal Voice ] You still don't believe it's me, do ya?
Okay. Let me tell ya a little story.
dddd [ Organ Fanfare ]
[ Dramatically ] It's the story of a time long ago.
We open on our hero, Hercules.
A broken man, a shell of his former self.
He wanders the world aimlessly,
grieving over the loss of this best friend, lolaus.
You see,
he thought he'd stopped Dahak from entering the world.
But... dddd [ Organ ]
dddd [ Organ Rising ] All Dahak needed was a warrior heart,
so when little lolaus sacrificed himself for the fair maiden, Nebula,
[ Demonic Voice ] Dahak had everything he needed.
dddd [ Organ Crescendos, Stops ] [ Normal Voice ] dd The end dddd
Or maybe it's only the beginning. [ Giggling ]
lolaus would have never given himself to you.
Oh, you'd be surprised how death changes a man, Hercules.
The rules you lived by no longer apply.
And suddenly you realize you have the freedom to do...
anything at all.
I wouldn't say that.
See, I'm not gonna let you walk out of here with my friend's body.
[ Growls ]
I am getting a little tired of you talking about me like I wasn't there.
I am lolaus,
and I am gonna bring freedom to the world...
starting with the people I love.
[ Sighs Softly ]
Nebula.
[ Demonic Voice ] Honey, I'm home.
Leave me alone. You're not real.
[ Gasps ]
[ Normal Voice ] What is with everybody today?
Nobody wants to know me for myself.
What about me?
What about my needs?
Get out of my head.
Get out of my head!
What is it?
[ Grunts ]
[ Dahak, Demonic Voice ] And I asked him nicely...
- He's real! - You're not crazy.
Let's go!
[ Agenor ] Your Highness.
Get everybody out of here! Now!
[ Laughs ]
- [ Grunts ] - [ Groaning ]
[ Whistles ]
Get down!
I'm sorry. I thought you were crazy. I'm starting to wish I were.
Head for the door. No chance.
It's payback time. Ever heard the saying, "Live to fight another day"?
What about you? Don't worry about me.
On three! Two! One!
[ Laughing ]
[ Demonic Voice ] I get it. This is the part where you say...
[ Hercules's Voice ] "This is my fight, Dahak. Leave them out of it. "
Not bad, but your delivery lacked a certain punch.
Oh! Ah! Oh!
[ Gasping ]
[ Normal Voice ] You know,
we're a couple of lucky guys.
Two beautiful women.
We should stop fighting and... double-date.
Yeah, when Tartarus freezes over.
[ Choking ]
[ Demonic Voice ] You know it's really me, don't you?
lolaus, if you're in there, fight.
Help me stop him.
[ Muffled Growl ]
[ Choking, Coughing ]
[ Normal Voice ] Hercules.
[ Gasping ]
Hercules. You've gotta help me.
Please. Come on.
[ Laughing ]
[ Demonic Voice ] I knew you couldn't kill me.
You're still holding on to what we were.
Well, it's time to grow up.
It'll be a whole new day in Greece, buddy!
- [ Grunts ] - Oh!
What happened? He's headed for Greece.
So, why are we standin' about? I'll get the ship ready.
- Nebula. - Herc, I'm done here.
Agenor can take care of things for a while.
You know where I stand. Let's do some damage.
All right then.
We stop Dahak together...
or we die trying.
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