Young Hercules (1998) s01e22 Episode Script
A Lady in Hades
Hey, I'll shine your shoes for a dinar, tough guy! Hi, Jason.
I've been lookin' all over for you! It's festival time! Yeah, uh, listen, I'm kinda busy, right now, okay? I got tickets for the dunk booth.
Guess who's inside? Initials, I-olaus.
Yeah, um, I'm not really feelin', really festive, right now.
What's wrong? Nothin', nothin'.
It's Eurydice, isn't it? Yeah.
She saved my life, you know, and I wasn't able to save hers.
Hercules, if she didn't meet you, she'd be trapped as a slave to Bacchus forever.
You freed her.
What is this? Uh, Jason You're goin' to Lake Olympus, aren't ya? Yes, and if you're my friend, you won't try and stop me.
You can't! You know the legend.
Now, if I swim deep enough, I'll come up on the other side, right at the mouth of the River Styx.
Eurydice's gone.
You going down there is not gonna change that.
I know that.
But I may be able to help her before it's too late.
How can you help? I can plead her case before she's judged.
Look, first of all, you're alive.
Living people aren't allowed on the other side.
Second of all, she's a Bacchae.
All Bacchae go to Tartarus.
She reformed, all right.
She's a good person now, and she deserves to go to the Elysian Fields.
Wait.
Why? You can't stop me.
No, but I can come with you.
Okay.
It's just not fair, Bacchus made Eurydice one of his slaves in the first place.
But he's a god, so she's gotta pay the price? Are you sure your Uncle Hades isn't gonna mind us just droppin' in? I don't know.
I haven't met him yet.
Great, the god of the other side determines where we spend eternity, and you just wanna drop by unannounced.
Eh, I'm goin', Jason.
Just checkin'.
There it is, Lake Olympus.
Together on three, okay? - Three.
- Three.
That was weird, swimmin' down to the surface.
I can't believe it.
We made it to the other side, huh? The party hasn't started yet.
Oh.
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.
Ooh.
Come on, you guys, get a move on.
Got a schedule to keep.
Okay.
Wait a minute.
Hmm.
You're not dead.
Get outta here.
Listen.
Uh, Uh, you must be "Sharon".
"Sharon"? What, do I look like a showgirl? Huh? You want I should do a bubble dance? Charon.
Charon, well, um, y-you run the boat for, uh, dead souls to the other side, right? Well, we need your help.
Executive officer in charge of transport, aquatic division, first class, punk! And I don't help the living! Uh, hey, Mr.
Executive officer of transportation and whatever.
What? Uh, he's here to see his uncle.
Get outta here.
Uh, his uncle's Hades, and his father's Zeus.
Are you really Zeus' kid? Um, yeah, Hercules.
Nice to meet ya.
Ahh, all right.
Get on the boat.
But he can't! Hades'd rip my arms off and, beat me with the soggy end if let a living mortal come down the river.
Oh.
Besides, he'd put too much weight in the boat.
I'd never be able to row it.
I got arthritis.
I got bursitis.
And I'm not even gonna tell ya about my bunions, or the pain in my liver, I wouldn't wish it on Prometheus.
And then, I got this kind of cyst-boil thing that squirts Whoa, okay! Okay, let's make a deal.
You let my friend, Jason, come with us, I'll do all the rowing, huh.
You could just sit back, relax, what do you say? Well Dah, well, and, and, Jason will rub your, your bunions, What? It is time to decide the fate, of the mortal, Sarah.
Will she spend eternity in the blissful paradise of the Elysian Fields? Or, will she be condemned to Tartarus? Ooh.
Thanks very much.
Hey, hey, wait, wait a minute.
Uh, Hercules.
We're way ahead 'a schedule.
Want a job? Oh, huh, no thanks, listen, we gotta run, okay, no time for talkin'.
What about bunion boy? Sarah was a good person! She didn't wanna be a Bacchae! No one does! Please, don't send her to Tartarus! All Bacchae are condemned to Tartarus.
And, that includes you, Eurydice.
No.
No! Hercules! Wait! Hercules! Ahhh! Eurydice! Hi.
Hi! Don't worry.
I won't let go.
Who are you? I'm Hercules! And I demand to see my Uncle Hades.
I am Hades! Who dares to invoke my name? Did you really come all this way and expect special treatment because you're the, privileged son of Zeus? No.
Actually, he spent most of his privileged life being ignored by his father.
Is that true? Uh, the Fates can be cruel.
Look what they did to you.
You're telling me.
My brother, Zeus, gets to be, king of all gods.
My other brother, Poseidon, gets to be god of the sea.
I get, god of the other side, hangin' around for eternity with nothin' but dead people.
Doesn't seem fair.
Neither is sending Eurydice to Tartarus when she deserves to go to the Elysian Fields.
I'm not asking you for special favors 'cause I'm your nephew, okay? I'm just asking you to be fair.
She was a Bacchae.
She did evil things for an evil god.
All Bacchae go to Tartarus.
Why is that? You know, I mean, I-it sounds like you just made up that rule 'cause you don't like Bacchus, or somethin'.
So, what if I did? The guy's the biggest worm in the family.
So, why're ya takin' it out on his victims? The only reason Eurydice's here is because she gave her life to save mine.
A worthy sacrifice, I agree.
Eurydice, at the time of your judgment, you didn't beg forgiveness for yourself.
You spoke out for mortal Sarah, another Bacchae.
Why? Uh, I lured her to Bacchus.
She doesn't deserve to suffer forever.
You sound sincere.
But there's a test.
Oh, a test? To see if you're truly sorry for the things you did as a Bacchae, if you're worthy for forgiveness.
There's someone in the Elysian Fields you need to meet.
You must seek out a woman by the name of Cynthea.
She's the mother of Sarah, a girl you lured into Bacchus' evil service.
If you can earn the woman's forgiving embrace, then you'll be allowed to remain in the Elysian Fields forever.
What if she can't? Tartarus.
Because you're half Olympian god, you may accompany her to the Elysian Fields.
Hey! What about me? Ha! You can't be serious! Sir, have you ever been in love? No, sadly, I have not.
Well, I haven't either.
But from what I hear, it makes people do some pretty foolish things.
Such as? Such as rowin' down the River Styx.
Such as takin' on your elite guards.
Such as messin' with an Olympian god as powerful and as handsome as yourself.
Hmm.
Foolish things, all of them, I agree.
Yeah, well, then let me go with them.
I can keep an eye on your fool-in-love nephew and make sure he doesn't do any foolish things in the Elysian Fields.
Very well.
Ex-Bacchae in the Elysian Fields.
Living mortals running around the place like it was a tourist attraction.
Maybe I should just open it up to everyone and charge admission.
You, Eurydice, and Jason, may go to the Elysian Fields and remain there until the sand has run its course.
Return here, through the gateway.
Wh-whoa.
What if we don't? Then you are condemned to Tartarus, forever.
So, this is the Elysian Fields.
Father.
Whatever happens, thank you for caring enough to try to help me.
I'd do anything for you.
Father! Jason? Father! Jason? Oh, my son! My son! Oh! Oh, how I've missed you! But no, no, no, no.
It was not your time, son.
You were supposed to lead Corinth, to live your full life.
But, Father, I'm alive.
I'm here with a friend.
He's, he's Hades' nephew, and, they gave us permission to come to the other side! Well, well, well! Thank the Fates! Oh! Oh, Father! We only have a short time and there, there's so much I wanna talk to you about.
Come, tell me all! That's her, Sarah's mother, Cynthea.
Oh, uh, good luck.
Go.
How are things in Corinth? Great.
The harvests are plentiful.
People are workin'.
I just negotiated a trade agreement with the Athenians.
The Athenians, huh? Their king, Claudius, he's a cheat, now he's not to be trusted.
The Claudius that you knew has passed away.
I deal with his son.
Hmm, I see.
People of Corinth miss you, Father.
I miss you.
My baby's been sent to Tartarus, because she was a Bacchae, because of you.
I'm sorry.
None of us meant to help Bacchus hurt people.
I was like Sarah.
I thought Bacchus was an answer to all my problems.
If you were like Sarah, then why are you still here? Why were you spared? I haven't been spared.
I'm so sorry for the pain I've caused you.
I don't know how to fix it.
You can't! If I could trade places with your daughter, I would.
I can fix it.
Hercules! You're early! I know that we just met, and I know that I have no right to ask you for special favors.
That's right.
But spare Sarah's soul.
A soul can't leave its place of final judgment.
But it can be traded.
They haven't passed judgment on me yet.
Take me in Sarah's place.
It's not your time.
Besides, no one sacrifices themselves for another.
Eurydice did.
You know the rules.
All Bacchae go to Tartarus.
Uncle Hades, it is wrong to condemn people after they've changed for the good.
Now, you can prove yourself to be an even greater god than my father, Zeus.
He doesn't care about mortals, but you do.
Give them a chance to change.
Greater than Zeus? Yeah.
The legend of your compassion will sweep the world.
My image could use a boost.
Well, there's the gate to Tartarus.
I accept your terms.
Sacrifice yourself and Sarah is saved.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
Hercules! No! No! It was meant to be me! Take me! It is done.
Uh! You had no right! I can't let him suffer for me! So, you both meant it.
Such courage is rare.
Perhaps people can change and become worthy of the Elysian Fields.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Come along.
This is your lucky day.
What happened? Where are we going? I have to go now.
Um, let me walk you home? Yeah.
Eh, don't be sad.
I'm happy here.
And I know you'll make a great king.
Of course, I will.
I'm your son.
I love you.
And I love you, son.
I love you, forever.
Forever.
Go on, go on.
I'll never forget what you just did for me.
It was nothing compared to what you did for me.
I miss you already, Hercules.
Be happy.
That's all I ever wanted for you.
I know.
And now I can be, thanks to you.
Jason, Jason.
Oh, my Sarah! Hercules.
Nephew, you've given me a lot to think about.
I've learned a lot from you, too, Uncle Hades.
There you go.
Hey, listen, we gotta get goin'.
Let me save you the trip.
Whoa.
I'm not rubbin' this guy's bunions.
Wha no, no, no.
Just wait.
Come on.
Hit me.
Whoo! Yes! - That was awesome! - I've always wanted to do that! Goodbye.
Come on, Hercules.
I've been lookin' all over for you! It's festival time! Yeah, uh, listen, I'm kinda busy, right now, okay? I got tickets for the dunk booth.
Guess who's inside? Initials, I-olaus.
Yeah, um, I'm not really feelin', really festive, right now.
What's wrong? Nothin', nothin'.
It's Eurydice, isn't it? Yeah.
She saved my life, you know, and I wasn't able to save hers.
Hercules, if she didn't meet you, she'd be trapped as a slave to Bacchus forever.
You freed her.
What is this? Uh, Jason You're goin' to Lake Olympus, aren't ya? Yes, and if you're my friend, you won't try and stop me.
You can't! You know the legend.
Now, if I swim deep enough, I'll come up on the other side, right at the mouth of the River Styx.
Eurydice's gone.
You going down there is not gonna change that.
I know that.
But I may be able to help her before it's too late.
How can you help? I can plead her case before she's judged.
Look, first of all, you're alive.
Living people aren't allowed on the other side.
Second of all, she's a Bacchae.
All Bacchae go to Tartarus.
She reformed, all right.
She's a good person now, and she deserves to go to the Elysian Fields.
Wait.
Why? You can't stop me.
No, but I can come with you.
Okay.
It's just not fair, Bacchus made Eurydice one of his slaves in the first place.
But he's a god, so she's gotta pay the price? Are you sure your Uncle Hades isn't gonna mind us just droppin' in? I don't know.
I haven't met him yet.
Great, the god of the other side determines where we spend eternity, and you just wanna drop by unannounced.
Eh, I'm goin', Jason.
Just checkin'.
There it is, Lake Olympus.
Together on three, okay? - Three.
- Three.
That was weird, swimmin' down to the surface.
I can't believe it.
We made it to the other side, huh? The party hasn't started yet.
Oh.
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.
Ooh.
Come on, you guys, get a move on.
Got a schedule to keep.
Okay.
Wait a minute.
Hmm.
You're not dead.
Get outta here.
Listen.
Uh, Uh, you must be "Sharon".
"Sharon"? What, do I look like a showgirl? Huh? You want I should do a bubble dance? Charon.
Charon, well, um, y-you run the boat for, uh, dead souls to the other side, right? Well, we need your help.
Executive officer in charge of transport, aquatic division, first class, punk! And I don't help the living! Uh, hey, Mr.
Executive officer of transportation and whatever.
What? Uh, he's here to see his uncle.
Get outta here.
Uh, his uncle's Hades, and his father's Zeus.
Are you really Zeus' kid? Um, yeah, Hercules.
Nice to meet ya.
Ahh, all right.
Get on the boat.
But he can't! Hades'd rip my arms off and, beat me with the soggy end if let a living mortal come down the river.
Oh.
Besides, he'd put too much weight in the boat.
I'd never be able to row it.
I got arthritis.
I got bursitis.
And I'm not even gonna tell ya about my bunions, or the pain in my liver, I wouldn't wish it on Prometheus.
And then, I got this kind of cyst-boil thing that squirts Whoa, okay! Okay, let's make a deal.
You let my friend, Jason, come with us, I'll do all the rowing, huh.
You could just sit back, relax, what do you say? Well Dah, well, and, and, Jason will rub your, your bunions, What? It is time to decide the fate, of the mortal, Sarah.
Will she spend eternity in the blissful paradise of the Elysian Fields? Or, will she be condemned to Tartarus? Ooh.
Thanks very much.
Hey, hey, wait, wait a minute.
Uh, Hercules.
We're way ahead 'a schedule.
Want a job? Oh, huh, no thanks, listen, we gotta run, okay, no time for talkin'.
What about bunion boy? Sarah was a good person! She didn't wanna be a Bacchae! No one does! Please, don't send her to Tartarus! All Bacchae are condemned to Tartarus.
And, that includes you, Eurydice.
No.
No! Hercules! Wait! Hercules! Ahhh! Eurydice! Hi.
Hi! Don't worry.
I won't let go.
Who are you? I'm Hercules! And I demand to see my Uncle Hades.
I am Hades! Who dares to invoke my name? Did you really come all this way and expect special treatment because you're the, privileged son of Zeus? No.
Actually, he spent most of his privileged life being ignored by his father.
Is that true? Uh, the Fates can be cruel.
Look what they did to you.
You're telling me.
My brother, Zeus, gets to be, king of all gods.
My other brother, Poseidon, gets to be god of the sea.
I get, god of the other side, hangin' around for eternity with nothin' but dead people.
Doesn't seem fair.
Neither is sending Eurydice to Tartarus when she deserves to go to the Elysian Fields.
I'm not asking you for special favors 'cause I'm your nephew, okay? I'm just asking you to be fair.
She was a Bacchae.
She did evil things for an evil god.
All Bacchae go to Tartarus.
Why is that? You know, I mean, I-it sounds like you just made up that rule 'cause you don't like Bacchus, or somethin'.
So, what if I did? The guy's the biggest worm in the family.
So, why're ya takin' it out on his victims? The only reason Eurydice's here is because she gave her life to save mine.
A worthy sacrifice, I agree.
Eurydice, at the time of your judgment, you didn't beg forgiveness for yourself.
You spoke out for mortal Sarah, another Bacchae.
Why? Uh, I lured her to Bacchus.
She doesn't deserve to suffer forever.
You sound sincere.
But there's a test.
Oh, a test? To see if you're truly sorry for the things you did as a Bacchae, if you're worthy for forgiveness.
There's someone in the Elysian Fields you need to meet.
You must seek out a woman by the name of Cynthea.
She's the mother of Sarah, a girl you lured into Bacchus' evil service.
If you can earn the woman's forgiving embrace, then you'll be allowed to remain in the Elysian Fields forever.
What if she can't? Tartarus.
Because you're half Olympian god, you may accompany her to the Elysian Fields.
Hey! What about me? Ha! You can't be serious! Sir, have you ever been in love? No, sadly, I have not.
Well, I haven't either.
But from what I hear, it makes people do some pretty foolish things.
Such as? Such as rowin' down the River Styx.
Such as takin' on your elite guards.
Such as messin' with an Olympian god as powerful and as handsome as yourself.
Hmm.
Foolish things, all of them, I agree.
Yeah, well, then let me go with them.
I can keep an eye on your fool-in-love nephew and make sure he doesn't do any foolish things in the Elysian Fields.
Very well.
Ex-Bacchae in the Elysian Fields.
Living mortals running around the place like it was a tourist attraction.
Maybe I should just open it up to everyone and charge admission.
You, Eurydice, and Jason, may go to the Elysian Fields and remain there until the sand has run its course.
Return here, through the gateway.
Wh-whoa.
What if we don't? Then you are condemned to Tartarus, forever.
So, this is the Elysian Fields.
Father.
Whatever happens, thank you for caring enough to try to help me.
I'd do anything for you.
Father! Jason? Father! Jason? Oh, my son! My son! Oh! Oh, how I've missed you! But no, no, no, no.
It was not your time, son.
You were supposed to lead Corinth, to live your full life.
But, Father, I'm alive.
I'm here with a friend.
He's, he's Hades' nephew, and, they gave us permission to come to the other side! Well, well, well! Thank the Fates! Oh! Oh, Father! We only have a short time and there, there's so much I wanna talk to you about.
Come, tell me all! That's her, Sarah's mother, Cynthea.
Oh, uh, good luck.
Go.
How are things in Corinth? Great.
The harvests are plentiful.
People are workin'.
I just negotiated a trade agreement with the Athenians.
The Athenians, huh? Their king, Claudius, he's a cheat, now he's not to be trusted.
The Claudius that you knew has passed away.
I deal with his son.
Hmm, I see.
People of Corinth miss you, Father.
I miss you.
My baby's been sent to Tartarus, because she was a Bacchae, because of you.
I'm sorry.
None of us meant to help Bacchus hurt people.
I was like Sarah.
I thought Bacchus was an answer to all my problems.
If you were like Sarah, then why are you still here? Why were you spared? I haven't been spared.
I'm so sorry for the pain I've caused you.
I don't know how to fix it.
You can't! If I could trade places with your daughter, I would.
I can fix it.
Hercules! You're early! I know that we just met, and I know that I have no right to ask you for special favors.
That's right.
But spare Sarah's soul.
A soul can't leave its place of final judgment.
But it can be traded.
They haven't passed judgment on me yet.
Take me in Sarah's place.
It's not your time.
Besides, no one sacrifices themselves for another.
Eurydice did.
You know the rules.
All Bacchae go to Tartarus.
Uncle Hades, it is wrong to condemn people after they've changed for the good.
Now, you can prove yourself to be an even greater god than my father, Zeus.
He doesn't care about mortals, but you do.
Give them a chance to change.
Greater than Zeus? Yeah.
The legend of your compassion will sweep the world.
My image could use a boost.
Well, there's the gate to Tartarus.
I accept your terms.
Sacrifice yourself and Sarah is saved.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
Hercules! No! No! It was meant to be me! Take me! It is done.
Uh! You had no right! I can't let him suffer for me! So, you both meant it.
Such courage is rare.
Perhaps people can change and become worthy of the Elysian Fields.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Come along.
This is your lucky day.
What happened? Where are we going? I have to go now.
Um, let me walk you home? Yeah.
Eh, don't be sad.
I'm happy here.
And I know you'll make a great king.
Of course, I will.
I'm your son.
I love you.
And I love you, son.
I love you, forever.
Forever.
Go on, go on.
I'll never forget what you just did for me.
It was nothing compared to what you did for me.
I miss you already, Hercules.
Be happy.
That's all I ever wanted for you.
I know.
And now I can be, thanks to you.
Jason, Jason.
Oh, my Sarah! Hercules.
Nephew, you've given me a lot to think about.
I've learned a lot from you, too, Uncle Hades.
There you go.
Hey, listen, we gotta get goin'.
Let me save you the trip.
Whoa.
I'm not rubbin' this guy's bunions.
Wha no, no, no.
Just wait.
Come on.
Hit me.
Whoo! Yes! - That was awesome! - I've always wanted to do that! Goodbye.
Come on, Hercules.