Descent
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - S5 - E2
Hercules, overcome by grief at Iolaus' death, travels to the underworld in hopes of getting him back.
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Season 5 - 22 Episode s
5x1 - Faith
October 3, 1998
Hercules and Iolaus' attempt to save Sumeria from the wrath of evil deities leads to disastrous consequences.
5x2 - Descent
October 10, 1998
Hercules, overcome by grief at Iolaus' death, travels to the underworld in hopes of getting him back.
5x3 - Resurrection
October 17, 1998
As Hercules comes to terms with his friends' death, he battles a demi-god.
5x4 - Genies and Grecians and Geeks, Oh My
October 24, 1998
Autolycus and Salmoneus steal a magic lamp which has a beautiful and vain genie.
5x5 - Render Unto Caesar
October 31, 1998
Caesar prepares to attack Eire; Hercules helps a demigoddess embrace her new identity: Justice.
5x6 - Norse by Norsevest
November 7, 1998
Hercules embarks on an odyssey to save the Norse god Balder from an evil prophecy.
5x7 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge
November 14, 1998
Hercules and the Norse god Thor work together to prevent the end of all things.
5x8 - Darkness Rising
November 21, 1998
In Sumeria, Hercules finds a new evil in the guise of a friend.
5x9 - For Those of You Just Joining Us
January 9, 1999
The writers retreat to a camp, and Kevin Sorbo must rescue them from a would-be murderer without revealing his true identity as Hercules.
5x10 - Let There Be Light
January 16, 1999
Hercules, Morrigan and Nebula return to Corinth to confront the evil Dahak, who has possessed Iolaus' body.
5x11 - Redemption
January 23, 1999
Hercules attempts an exorcism to save Iolaus' soul from the demon Dahak.
5x12 - Sky High
January 30, 1999
Hercules, with the help of the Amazon Ephiny, the Centaur Nagus and a youth marked for murder, must stop a volcano from destroying the people of Mount Pelion.
5x13 - Stranger and Stranger
February 6, 1999
Hercules travels to the parallel Netherworld to rescue the gods of Olympus before both worlds are destroyed.
5x14 - Just Passing Through
February 13, 1999
Hercules reminisces about a typical day filled with desperate villagers and derring-do with his late friend, Iolaus.
5x15 - Greece Is Burning
February 20, 1999
Evil designer Onea and the fashion police connive to keep Herc's former dance partner, Althea, from staging a show.
5x16 - We'll Always Have Cyprus
February 27, 1999
Morrigan joins Hercules on his mission to save the Oracle of Cyprus from predictions of her own death.
5x17 - The Academy
March 27, 1999
Hercules, Jason and Iolaus 2 return to Cheiron's academy to stop a band of renegade cadets from taking over the school.
5x18 - Love on the Rocks
April 24, 1999
An unsuspecting Iolaus 2 falls in love with Triton's daughter, unaware she is really a mermaid in human form.
5x19 - Once Upon a Future King
May 1, 1999
Young Merlin enlists Hercules to save Britain from a cruel and calculating tyrant -- Arthur of Camelot.
5x20 - Fade Out
May 8, 1999
A curse cooked up by Discord, Deimos and Ares has Hercules fading fast.
5x21 - My Best Girl's Wedding
May 15, 1999
Fishermen Hercules and Iolaus 2 get second chances at the ones that got away -- Serena and the mermaid Nautica.
5x22 - Revelations
May 22, 1999
The real Iolaus returns to warn Hercules of the end of the world.