Hercules and the Amazon Women
| "Hercules and the Amazon Women" | |
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| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 0 Episode H01 |
| Directed by | Bill L. Norton |
| Written by | Andrew Dettmann, Jule Selbo and Truly |
| Original air date | April 25, 1994 |
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Michael Hurst (Iolaus) |
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Michael Hurst (Iolaus)
Roma Downey (Hippolyta)
Lucy Lawless (Lysia)
Hercules and the Amazon Women is the first movie-length pilot episode of the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
A village of only men comes to seek Hercules' aid in defeating a band of mysterious creatures of the eve of Iolaus' wedding. Hercules discovers these "creatures" are really the women of the village who have split with their chauvinistic men and aligned themselves with Hera.
Three men are walking through the woods, they hear strange noises and catch glimpses of something moving in the undergrowth. Suddenly they are attacked by unseen creatures. Two men are killed, but one escapes and flees the woods.
Hercules strolls into a village after returning from one of his adventures, and is greeted by Iolaus. It is established that Iolaus is getting married and that Hercules is the best man. The two men set off for Alcmene's house. While walking through the woods, they reminisce that it has been a long time since they last saw each other. Iolaus tells Hercules about his bride-to-be, Ania. They stumble upon a little girl crying alone near an altar. She tells them that a monster killed her father while they were placing an offering to the goddess. Hercules tries to comfort the girl and asks if he can help, but the girl transforms into a monster. Hercules chops off its head, and thinking it is now dead, he and Iolaus begin walking away. They hear a noise and turn around to see that the monster is not dead, and has now grown two new heads in the place where the previous one was. The monster is a Hydra. Hercules tells Iolaus to grab the torch from the altar, Hercules cuts off the heads and burns the Hydra, preventing it from growing new heads, thus killing it. After the Hydra is destroyed a peacock feather remains in its place, and Hercules tells Iolaus that Hera is responsible for the Hydra.
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