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Man, am I glad to get out of there for a few days. Absolutely.

Can't stand being stuck in school when everyone else is home for the holidays.

Hey, Hercules, are you sure your mom won't mind that you invited us all

My mother loves company, all right? Hey, listen, wait till you guys get a hold

of the Thracian casserole. She cooks it in a goat stomach.

Oh, forget about it. The feast of Persephone is my favorite holiday

get to have big, even, delicious snacks of fish and feta popovers!

Yeah, we don't usually have those.

What?

Are you crazy? We have fish and feta popovers at the palace all the time.

tradition. Uh, Jason, have you ever had to cook those?

No.

Your hands stink for a week.

Well... So,

Eola, what holiday traditions does your family have?

Oh, you know, the...

Same old, same old.

Don't worry, Jason, okay?

We're going to have the wild boar roast.

It's not exactly a fish and feta popover now, is it, Hercules? I said I was

sorry about that.

Hey, look, there's my mom.

Hello, everyone.

Hey, Hercules, could I go on the boar hunt with you guys? Oh, no, Lilith, no.

This is my job. I am the man of the house, you know?

At least you were.

Hercules, who is that?

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.

Welcome, everyone. Hey, Alcmene. Thanks for having us.

Eolus, welcome.

Hey, Agamini.

You must be Lilith. Hi. I hope I'm not intruding.

Not at all. The bigger the crowd, the better the feast.

Hello, Hercules.

Hi.

Uh... Who's this?

Everyone. I'd like to introduce Capania.

He's a good friend, and I'm happy he could join us.

How you doing? Hi.

Hey. How are you?

Hercules? Yeah.

Lilith?

Boys, we seem to have a full house, so I'm afraid you'll have to sleep in the

barn.

The board. That's good.

Cool.

Cool.

To the barn.

To the barn.

Lilith, you can have Hercules' old room.

Oh, no, the barn's okay for me, too.

Hercules can have his room.

Don't be silly. He insists.

Don't you, Hercules?

Huh?

Oh, yes, yes.

Go ahead.

Okay.

Thanks. Yeah.

Now, we need more firewood.

I'll guess.

No, no, you're a guess. Relax.

I got it. Well, let's write it on there.

You're in your mother's house, Hercules.

Let's just get ready for the feast.

Hercules, that's...

Oh,

hey, I called the loft.

Looks comfy.

Okay.

You're not going to argue with me?

Listen, Jace, uh... My family, we never... I mean, we never...

What I'm trying to say is I don't know anything about this whole feet business.

Oh.

Could you fill me in on the traditions and stuff?

Yeah, I don't want to look like a complete fool.

Well, that's going to be impossible.

No, come on, man. I'm being serious.

Of course.

I'll help you. Later. Right now, got to check out the sweet loft.

Well, I guess I'll just sleep over here.

Huh?

Or maybe I'll just sleep over there.

That looks nice.

I'd like to talk to you.

Thought you would.

Who is he?

I make pennies in the marketplace.

At the marketplace?

I needed help with the planting. He needed work, though.

He's a hired hand?

No. He's a friend.

Now you're buying your friends at the marketplace?

Don't forget who you're talking to, young man.

I know you're my mom, but I think I deserve to know what's going on around

It's just that you're alone out here and there are men who would take advantage

of that.

What do you know about this guy anyways?

I know he's good and kind.

He makes me laugh.

I don't trust him.

I expect you to be nice to him.

Why?

Planting season's done, right?

He'll move on and I'll never have to see him again.

You may see him more often than you think.

I want him out of here.

I'm sorry, Hercules, but this is my house.

I decide who stays or who goes.

I want him out of here!

We can talk about this later, when you've had a chance to calm down.

It's traditional for you to leave a few peas on your plate in the shape of a

star for Persephone to take back to Hades with her in the fall. Well, if you

so. And you have to eat at least one stalk of asparagus.

Oh, you're kidding, right?

It's an insult if you don't.

But I hate asparagus.

Heads up.

Hey, let's play some ball.

Shouldn't we be helping out in the kitchen or something?

The oldest.

Sports come first.

Now that should be a tradition.

What about you, son? Join us.

Oh, I'm not your son.

Come on, him and me against you two.

Sure.

Love to.

Are you all right?

You hurt.

Oh, I didn't mean to pry.

Oh, you didn't.

Don't worry about Hercules.

He'll be okay.

He'll come around.

I hope so.

Would you mind very much giving me a hand in the kitchen?

Okay.

Yeah, sure.

You guys take it out from the barn.

Hope you like losing.

Come on, Kirk. Heads up.

All right. Go on.

Kirk, I'm open.

I got you.

Ouch.

Whoa.

Whoa. Whoa.

I knew your way around the kitchen.

Thanks.

But you'd rather be out there.

I was raised by my sister.

I wanted to be a warrior.

She trained me how to be a good little wife.

Oh, I'm sorry. Don't worry, dear.

Sometimes it doesn't hurt to be a bit of both. Sorry, I thought you wanted to

play. That's right.

Play, not fight.

Was that too rough for you? Oh, I can handle it. Oh, you think I can? Hey,

wait. Come on. Save it for the game. That's it. Come on. Come on. Come on.

It's a game. Take it easy. Calm down.

Hercules.

Hercules. Come here. If you want to remain in my house, you stop this right

If he can't take it, he shouldn't play.

What?

You're acting like a child.

I may have started it. I tackled him kind of hard.

There's a lot of energy being wasted out here that could be better spent on a

boar hunt.

That is if we want to make course tonight.

I'll go. Well,

I think that's a wonderful idea.

Here, Hercules.

For you, Cipania.

From there.

What?

My money's on the boar.

Oh!

How are you supposed to cut this stuff without slicing yourself to ribbons?

Come on, here, I'll show you.

What a mess.

Okay. You hold it at an angle and cut it away from you.

No, wait, wait, wait.

I didn't get that. Do that again.

Or you can pretend it's hanging in front of a shop and you've got to cut

it down real quick before the owner sees you.

Oh, I can do that.

Boys.

You didn't tell me about this tradition.

That's a new one on me.

Oh, come on, you guys. You are pathetic.

Yeah, well, I don't want to see you in a boar hunt.

Oh, no?

Let's stop a second.

No sign of the boars today.

Want some water?

Better drink.

Look, I know you're upset.

Your mother and I have been concerned about how to tell you about this. I

want to talk about this, all right?

Look, I have feelings for your mother, and I believe she has feelings for me.

You can't just walk away from it.

Leave me and my mother alone.

Some boar hunters we are, huh?

Need a hand?

We better go after it. Your mother will skin us if we go back empty -handed.

You tell her.

She's your mother.

So that's where we went.

Looks like someone got in first.

Yeah.

What?

So who caught the boar?

Jason Arioles.

We did.

Well, we peeled potatoes.

I cut asparagus.

We thought you two would be too busy butting heads to hunt one down. Well,

congratulations.

Hey. Hey.

What's your problem?

You just don't get it, do you?

That's my mom in there, right?

My mom. Yeah, yeah, I get it. It's your mom.

In that nice house, cooking you a hot meal, waiting for you to wise up and get

back in there.

Whatever.

Oh, well, you want to trade places?

Huh? Because I'd have a mom like that any day.

You know, and if she happened to find someone that made her happy, then that's

fine with me, because I want her to be happy.

You big dope.

You know, uh...

Some of us never had it this good.

That should do it.

Look at that, huh?

Who said we couldn't cook?

Yeah, but you know what we're missing.

Fish and feta popovers?

Who made them? I don't know how.

Ow!

Well,

everything smells wonderful, huh? So where is Lilith, anyway?

She's coming.

Here I am.

What?

What are you staring at?

Nothing. Well, you.

You're a girl.

El Camino lent me this dress.

You look lovely.

Um, can we just eat?

Oh, I forgot the bread.

I'll be right back.

Excuse me.

Hi.

Well, I haven't really been very understanding about things lately.

No, Hercules, you haven't.

But the thing is, I just want what's best for you, you know?

And you're the best judge of that, I realize that.

What I'm trying to say is that whatever makes you happy makes me happy,

okay?

Thank you, sir.

Okay.

Now, do you want me to take this? Sure. Okay.

Eolus, would you like some asparagus?

No.

I mean, I would love some asparagus. Thank you. Some wonderful asparagus.

I'd like to propose a toast.

To the boys for helping prepare this beautiful dinner.

And to the ladies for bringing home the bacon.

You're here.

And to whatever or whoever makes you happy.

Oh, and to Lilith.

Wow.

Let's eat, all right?

Here, here.

Jason,

do you think that any of us could have a fish and feta popover? Oh, all right.

I'll miss you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

It's not because of me, is it?

Don't give yourself so much credit.

No, it was my choice.

I wasn't ready.

Besides, he'll be back in six months to help with the Harvard.

Hercules, you're my son.

He's never going to replace you in my heart.

No one can.

I know that. It's just, uh... I forgot for a little while.

I'm sorry.

You know, I don't think he always likes my cooking.

He only had one stalk of asparagus and left several peas on his plate.

I think that was the best piece ever.