As of July 2026, Young Hercules Season 1 aired in 1998 with 50 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Young Hercules Season 1

1998 50 Episodes Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy ⭐ 6/10

Right now you can watch Young Hercules Season 1 on streaming — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. 51 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Watch it for Ryan Gosling — the performance elevates material that could easily tip into self-seriousness. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Young Hercules Season 1 earns its spot. Young Hercules Season 1 uses its genre premise as cover for asking bigger questions. Season 1 of Young Hercules includes 50 episodes. It aired from September 1998 to May 1999. This season stars Ryan Gosling, Dean O'Gorman and Chris Conrad. Ryan Gosling and Dean O'Gorman lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1998. The rules of Young Hercules Season 1's world are consistent enough that the big swings never feel like cheating. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find Young Hercules Season 1 genuinely rewarding. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Ryan Gosling anchors it with a performance that makes the more abstract moments feel personal. If you have been burned by ambitious sci-fi before, this is the exception.

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🎬 Young Hercules Season 1 — Episode Guide

The Treasure of Zeus (1)

Strife tricks Hercules into removing a vase from Hera's cave.

The Treasure of Zeus (2): Between Friends

Strife frames Iolaus for stealing money from Kora's in an attempt to get at Hercules and causes Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason to be at odds with each other.

The Treasure of Zeus (3): What a Crockery

After Hercules stole Hera's chalice, he was freed from Zeus' protection, which gave Ares the golden opportunity to kill his hated little brother. Ares uses Strife to lure Hercules to his mother Alcmene's house, where he plans to finish him off for good.

Jason and Hercules battle Iolaus' old gang after an academy break-in.

Aboard a ship, Hercules meets Amazons.

Teacher's Pests

Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason are all sent to detention, but Hercules and Jason must cover for Iolaus when he has to leave to start his new job at Kora's.

The boys are left to watch the inn when Kora takes off after Artemis asks her to help find the fruit that was stolen from her temple. Unfortunately trouble ensues when Strife and Discord drop by for a havoc-wreaking visit.

Keeping Up with the Jasons

After Hercules is bested in a practice sword fight by Jason, he asks Hephaestus to build him some new weaponry. Hercules's new sword and shield are made from a metal that no other metal can harm, and this power brings Hercules a lot of trouble and threatens his friendships with Iolaus and Jason.

The trio stumbles across the Amazons once again, and this time they invite the ladies back to the Academy. Unfortunately, when they get there, the King of Athens arrives, claiming the Amazons are his property. This revelation doesn't sit well with the Amazons or Hercules, who must try to solve the s...

Cyrano de Hercules

Hephaestus, failing to gain the interest of the fairer sex, builds a woman of his own, but his jealousy could endanger Hercules when the woman falls for him instead of the God of Steel.

Battle Lines (1)

Hercules, Iolaus, and Lilith are caught between friends when Discord and Strife pit Cyane's tribe and Cheiron's fellow centaurs against each other, with Cyane and Cheiron leading their armies into battle.

Battle Lines (2)

With hatred growing and the facts distorted by lies manufactured by Discord and Strife, Hercules and his friends are running out of time to prevent a war that isn't necessary and to save two people Hercules cares about.

Tired of being called a wet blanket by his friends, Hercules requests the fire in Hephaestus's Olympian forge to make him more like his father. Although at first it seems to work, by making Hercules a much more laid-back, fun guy, the side effects quickly put Hercules and his friends in danger. Iola...

Hercules takes Lilith on a field trip to divert her from the surprise party that the others are setting up, but as usual, trouble follows. A cave-in traps them, and Ares attempts to manipulate Lilith into unknowingly poisoning Hercules.

After Ares attempts to kill Hercules yet again, he is put on trial by the gods for violating Zeus's order of protection. Ares proceeds to claim he is innocent and asks Hercules to defend him, baffling Hercules, who reluctantly decides to defend Ares.

Down and Out in Academy Hills

Hercules, Jason, and Iolaus rescue a drowning man after he literally falls from the sky. The funny thing is the man has no idea who he is or where he came from. Hercules soon discovers that the man is actually his half-brother Hephaestus, the God of Steel, and that he's being punished by his mother,...

Winner Take All

Hercules alienates his friends when he abandons them during a competition called The Games to team up with his two new brothers, Pollux and Castor, who are the mortal sons of Zeus. Things get worse for Hercules when Pollux cheats and injures Jason in the process, causing the two to fight out their d...

A Serpent's Tooth

Discord and Strife, disguised as a Babylonian traveler and a Sybill, give Jason a gift that turns out to be a baby monster, which Iolaus soon comes to adore. Unknown to the trio, though, is that the monster is capable of burning down anything his venom touches.

The Lure of the Lyre

A young minstrel, Orpheus, and his girlfriend, Eurydice, lure Hercules, Iolaus, and Lilith into what they claim is a place where the party never ends, run by Bacchus, the God of Partying and Good Times. In reality, they soon learn, it is the realm of the Bacchae, the vampire-like followers of Bacchu...

Orpheus and Eurydice, both reformed from their days as followers of Bacchus, perform at Kora's in front of a sold-out crowd. But unbeknownst to Eurydice, Orpheus has struck a deadly deal with Bacchus, freeing him and Eurydice if he helps recruit new Bacchae.

🎭 Cast of Young Hercules Season 1

Ryan Gosling

Dean O'Gorman

Chris Conrad

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