1 00:00:42,141 --> 00:00:44,143 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 2 00:00:48,027 --> 00:00:50,189 {\an1}IOLAUS: You think you know the truth about him? 3 00:00:51,230 --> 00:00:53,333 You know nothing. 4 00:00:53,433 --> 00:00:55,435 (LIGHTNING CRASHING) 5 00:00:57,357 --> 00:01:00,740 His father was Zeus. The Zeus. 6 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:02,842 King of the gods. 7 00:01:06,045 --> 00:01:09,729 His mother, Alcmene, a mortal woman. 8 00:01:12,051 --> 00:01:14,113 Together, they had a boy. 9 00:01:14,213 --> 00:01:16,115 Half human, 10 00:01:16,215 --> 00:01:18,217 half god. 11 00:01:21,260 --> 00:01:23,403 But Zeus' queen, Hera, 12 00:01:23,503 --> 00:01:26,366 saw this bastard child as an insult, 13 00:01:26,466 --> 00:01:30,169 a living reminder of her husband's infidelity. 14 00:01:30,269 --> 00:01:32,972 Alcmene named the boy Hercules, 15 00:01:33,072 --> 00:01:35,375 which means "glory of Hera," 16 00:01:35,475 --> 00:01:38,698 but this failed to appease the goddess. 17 00:01:38,798 --> 00:01:41,040 She wanted him dead. 18 00:01:55,815 --> 00:01:56,756 (HISSING) 19 00:01:56,856 --> 00:01:58,958 (CRUSHING) 20 00:01:59,058 --> 00:02:00,520 (GASPS) 21 00:02:00,620 --> 00:02:02,982 Luckily, he took after his father. 22 00:02:05,104 --> 00:02:07,046 Once he reached manhood, 23 00:02:07,146 --> 00:02:10,049 the gods commanded him to perform Twelve Labors, 24 00:02:10,149 --> 00:02:12,732 twelve dangerous missions. 25 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:15,455 If he completed them all and survived, 26 00:02:15,555 --> 00:02:18,277 Hera agreed to finally let him live in peace. 27 00:02:30,810 --> 00:02:32,812 (ROARING) 28 00:02:37,136 --> 00:02:39,298 He fought the Lernean Hydra! 29 00:02:45,865 --> 00:02:47,867 (ROARING) 30 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:53,052 (PANTING) 31 00:02:53,152 --> 00:02:55,435 He battled the Erymanthian Boar! 32 00:03:08,888 --> 00:03:12,392 But his greatest Labor was the Nemean Lion. 33 00:03:12,492 --> 00:03:14,494 (LION GROWLING) 34 00:03:17,497 --> 00:03:19,739 This was no ordinary beast. 35 00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:23,082 (ROARS) 36 00:03:23,182 --> 00:03:26,345 It had a hide so tough, no weapon could penetrate it. 37 00:03:27,066 --> 00:03:29,068 (ROARING LOUDLY) 38 00:03:39,278 --> 00:03:42,882 But even this monster was no match for the son of Zeus. 39 00:03:46,806 --> 00:03:48,468 {\an1}What a load of crap! 40 00:03:48,568 --> 00:03:49,989 Every word is true. 41 00:03:50,089 --> 00:03:52,091 {\an1}(MEN LAUGHING) 42 00:03:53,132 --> 00:03:54,233 (IOLAUS WHIMPERS) 43 00:03:54,333 --> 00:03:55,515 {\an1}GRYZA: You know what I think? 44 00:03:55,615 --> 00:03:58,037 {\an7}This friend of yours doesn't even exist. 45 00:03:58,137 --> 00:03:59,318 {\an7}(MEN CONTINUE LAUGHING) 46 00:03:59,418 --> 00:04:01,881 {\an7}Laugh all you want. He's coming. 47 00:04:01,981 --> 00:04:04,383 {\an1}And be warned, Gryza, he despises pirates. 48 00:04:05,304 --> 00:04:07,407 Macedonia has been good to us. 49 00:04:07,507 --> 00:04:10,129 {\an1}Plenty of villages ripe for pillaging. 50 00:04:10,229 --> 00:04:11,931 {\an1}We are here to stay. 51 00:04:12,031 --> 00:04:14,033 Finish him. 52 00:04:15,034 --> 00:04:16,295 {\an1}(GASPING) 53 00:04:16,395 --> 00:04:19,018 The more you struggle, the faster you drop. 54 00:04:19,118 --> 00:04:20,139 {\an1}(GRYZA CHUCKLES) 55 00:04:20,239 --> 00:04:22,602 Indeed, your fleet is strong. I... 56 00:04:26,646 --> 00:04:28,948 Yet, as I was about to explain 57 00:04:29,048 --> 00:04:31,551 before I was so rudely interrupted, 58 00:04:31,651 --> 00:04:33,653 the Nemean Lion was strong, too. 59 00:04:34,253 --> 00:04:36,556 Yet, he still destroyed it. 60 00:04:36,656 --> 00:04:40,219 And not with a sword or a spear or arrows. No! 61 00:04:44,263 --> 00:04:46,265 I did it with my bare hands! 62 00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:51,591 Or so they say. 63 00:04:54,073 --> 00:04:55,735 Hercules. 64 00:04:55,835 --> 00:04:57,577 Is this all the men you have? 65 00:04:57,677 --> 00:05:00,780 There's forty of us. One of you. 66 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,782 The king of this land has offered me gold 67 00:05:02,882 --> 00:05:04,504 to dispose of you. 68 00:05:04,604 --> 00:05:07,386 So leave or die. 69 00:05:07,486 --> 00:05:09,488 I get paid either way. 70 00:05:10,089 --> 00:05:12,251 Make him bleed. 71 00:05:13,052 --> 00:05:15,054 (MEN YELLING) 72 00:05:19,298 --> 00:05:21,601 Five men with a single blow. 73 00:05:21,701 --> 00:05:24,123 {\an1}Still think you can destroy the son of Zeus? 74 00:05:24,223 --> 00:05:26,245 Bring me his head! 75 00:05:26,345 --> 00:05:28,347 (MEN YELLING) 76 00:05:29,308 --> 00:05:31,410 Seems they need more convincing, Autolycus. 77 00:05:31,510 --> 00:05:33,512 That's why we're here. 78 00:05:34,033 --> 00:05:34,934 {\an1}(MEN SCREAM) 79 00:05:35,034 --> 00:05:36,095 {\an1}Atalanta. 80 00:05:36,195 --> 00:05:38,197 {\an1}(GROANS) 81 00:05:40,039 --> 00:05:42,041 {\an1}Amphiaraus. 82 00:05:43,923 --> 00:05:45,344 May Zeus forgive you. 83 00:05:45,444 --> 00:05:47,446 Tydeus? (YELLING) 84 00:05:48,127 --> 00:05:50,129 (ALL GRUNTING) 85 00:05:52,131 --> 00:05:54,133 (MEN SCREAMING) 86 00:06:10,149 --> 00:06:12,131 Die, Hercules! 87 00:06:12,231 --> 00:06:14,233 (SCREAMING STOPS) 88 00:06:17,556 --> 00:06:19,558 Ah, good man. (CHUCKLES) 89 00:06:20,079 --> 00:06:22,081 (PANTING) 90 00:06:27,286 --> 00:06:29,288 (ROPE SNAPPING) 91 00:06:29,809 --> 00:06:31,110 Hurry! 92 00:06:31,210 --> 00:06:32,712 Hurry! Uncle! 93 00:06:32,812 --> 00:06:34,634 (YELPING) 94 00:06:34,734 --> 00:06:35,915 {\an1}Uncle, hurry! 95 00:06:36,015 --> 00:06:38,017 Hurry! Hurry! 96 00:06:40,019 --> 00:06:41,440 (SCREAMS) 97 00:06:41,540 --> 00:06:43,442 Any longer, Uncle... 98 00:06:43,542 --> 00:06:46,305 And the girls would finally be safe from your attentions. 99 00:06:50,429 --> 00:06:52,431 {\an1}The rest of you may go. 100 00:06:53,192 --> 00:06:55,194 {\an1}But not you. 101 00:07:06,726 --> 00:07:08,628 AUTOLYCUS: Thirteen, 102 00:07:08,728 --> 00:07:12,111 fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, 103 00:07:12,211 --> 00:07:13,913 {\an1}seventeen... That was fun. 104 00:07:14,013 --> 00:07:16,636 ...eighteen, nineteen, twenty. 105 00:07:16,736 --> 00:07:19,839 {\an1}Twenty pirates at two gold pieces a head, 106 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:22,121 {\an1}minus the headless ones. Let's see. 107 00:07:22,221 --> 00:07:23,442 Not a bad night. 108 00:07:23,542 --> 00:07:25,284 You see how the pirates ran? 109 00:07:25,384 --> 00:07:27,046 {\an1}My story softened their resolve. 110 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:29,649 Their resolve must be broken, Iolaus. 111 00:07:29,749 --> 00:07:31,250 {\an1}When you spread the legend of Hercules, 112 00:07:31,350 --> 00:07:33,532 {\an1}make it bigger, scarier. 113 00:07:33,632 --> 00:07:36,656 The more they believe Hercules is truly the son of Zeus, 114 00:07:36,756 --> 00:07:38,698 the less likely they are to fight. 115 00:07:38,798 --> 00:07:40,800 Oh! 116 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,442 Aye. 117 00:07:44,403 --> 00:07:46,345 Amphiaraus? Mmm? 118 00:07:46,445 --> 00:07:48,447 Care to join us here on Earth? 119 00:07:53,252 --> 00:07:55,514 {\an1}A lion and a crow in strange alliance, 120 00:07:55,614 --> 00:07:57,616 {\an1}fighting across a sea of corpses. 121 00:08:04,383 --> 00:08:06,285 If you're going to use those herbs, Amphiaraus, 122 00:08:06,385 --> 00:08:08,087 at least share. 123 00:08:08,187 --> 00:08:09,568 Huh? 124 00:08:09,668 --> 00:08:11,670 (ALL CHUCKLING) 125 00:08:12,351 --> 00:08:13,332 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 126 00:08:13,432 --> 00:08:14,413 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 127 00:08:14,513 --> 00:08:18,978 {\an1}Hold it! Hold it! Hold it! 128 00:08:19,078 --> 00:08:21,160 {\an1}Hold it! Fight it! 129 00:08:22,441 --> 00:08:24,303 Keep practicing, boys! 130 00:08:24,403 --> 00:08:25,344 {\an1}So, who's next? You? You? 131 00:08:25,444 --> 00:08:26,666 (SNIFFING) 132 00:08:26,766 --> 00:08:28,768 Ah! 133 00:08:30,409 --> 00:08:31,991 That's a pretty sight. 134 00:08:32,091 --> 00:08:34,593 {\an1}One more payday, Autolycus, that's all we need. 135 00:08:34,693 --> 00:08:37,356 Then we get to live like the kings we've served. 136 00:08:37,456 --> 00:08:39,618 {\an1}Or live simply. 137 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:44,203 You still dreaming of barbarian lands? 138 00:08:44,303 --> 00:08:46,005 {\an1}Beyond the Aegean. 139 00:08:46,105 --> 00:08:47,406 {\an1}At the shores of the Black Sea. 140 00:08:47,506 --> 00:08:49,128 {\an1}That is where I will live out 141 00:08:49,228 --> 00:08:50,810 {\an1}the rest of my days in solitude. 142 00:08:50,910 --> 00:08:52,812 Boring, if you ask me. 143 00:08:52,912 --> 00:08:54,613 {\an1}Maybe so, Autolycus. 144 00:08:54,713 --> 00:08:55,935 {\an1}But I'll never find peace 145 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:58,037 {\an1}unless I move as far away as possible. 146 00:08:59,318 --> 00:09:00,780 What of Tydeus? 147 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:02,421 Without you to temper his rage, 148 00:09:02,521 --> 00:09:03,743 {\an1}I fear what he may become. 149 00:09:03,843 --> 00:09:05,825 {\an1}Tydeus will go with me. 150 00:09:05,925 --> 00:09:08,627 {\an1}Civilization has become too civilized for us. 151 00:09:08,727 --> 00:09:10,729 Uncle! 152 00:09:11,130 --> 00:09:13,692 Join us. The girls are eager to welcome you. 153 00:09:22,862 --> 00:09:24,864 See? I told you I knew Hercules. 154 00:09:26,745 --> 00:09:28,167 {\an1}Are you his servant? 155 00:09:28,267 --> 00:09:29,689 I'm his nephew. 156 00:09:29,789 --> 00:09:31,050 Are you really? 157 00:09:31,150 --> 00:09:33,052 I tell of Hercules' Twelve Labors, 158 00:09:33,152 --> 00:09:35,975 like the Nemean Lion, the Apples of Hesperides, 159 00:09:36,075 --> 00:09:38,778 {\an1}the Belt of Hippolyta with its buxom naked Amazons 160 00:09:38,878 --> 00:09:40,659 and exciting bondage. I immortalize... 161 00:09:40,759 --> 00:09:43,582 He talks, while the rest of us fight. 162 00:09:43,682 --> 00:09:46,065 {\an1}It is a wonder you share the same blood as Hercules. 163 00:09:46,165 --> 00:09:47,867 {\an1}(WOMEN LAUGHING) 164 00:09:47,967 --> 00:09:49,468 Have fun. 165 00:09:49,568 --> 00:09:51,570 {\an1}Ladies. BOTH: Oh... 166 00:10:11,230 --> 00:10:13,052 {\an1}What do you want with Hercules? 167 00:10:13,152 --> 00:10:14,854 My words are for him, not you. 168 00:10:14,954 --> 00:10:16,956 HERCULES: Atalanta, it's all right. 169 00:10:23,642 --> 00:10:25,865 {\an1}You certainly are a hard man to find. 170 00:10:25,965 --> 00:10:27,947 {\an1}Maybe I don't want anyone to find me. 171 00:10:28,047 --> 00:10:29,869 I'm not just anyone. 172 00:10:29,969 --> 00:10:33,072 My name is Ergenia, daughter to Lord Cotys. 173 00:10:33,172 --> 00:10:35,734 {\an1}Your father is most fortunate to have such a beautiful heir. 174 00:10:37,857 --> 00:10:40,279 My father is most unfortunate. 175 00:10:40,379 --> 00:10:42,962 He battles a warlord. Rhesus. 176 00:10:43,062 --> 00:10:45,084 Our land is torn by civil war. 177 00:10:45,184 --> 00:10:46,445 Every day villages are destroyed, 178 00:10:46,545 --> 00:10:48,287 crops ruined, innocents slaughtered. 179 00:10:48,387 --> 00:10:50,389 {\an1}We all have problems. 180 00:10:51,190 --> 00:10:53,933 Well, perhaps I can convince you 181 00:10:54,033 --> 00:10:56,035 to make our problems your own. 182 00:10:57,476 --> 00:10:59,498 Unfortunately, my lady, Hercules is fully committed 183 00:10:59,598 --> 00:11:01,500 till the Feast of Dionysus. 184 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,903 We could, however, advance you to the front of the line, 185 00:11:04,003 --> 00:11:05,584 for the right price. 186 00:11:05,684 --> 00:11:06,986 Hmm. 187 00:11:07,086 --> 00:11:08,788 I thought heroes fight for glory. 188 00:11:08,888 --> 00:11:10,790 But mercenaries fight for gold. 189 00:11:10,890 --> 00:11:12,591 Lord Cotys is a rich man. 190 00:11:12,691 --> 00:11:14,113 I like him already. 191 00:11:14,213 --> 00:11:15,194 If you agree to aid him, 192 00:11:15,294 --> 00:11:17,576 he will pay your weight in gold. 193 00:11:21,620 --> 00:11:23,622 Eat up. 194 00:11:28,867 --> 00:11:30,869 "A lion and crow in strange alliance." 195 00:11:31,630 --> 00:11:33,632 Told you. 196 00:11:38,717 --> 00:11:40,719 {\an1}Where are we going? 197 00:12:42,381 --> 00:12:44,543 It is good to see you safe, my lady. 198 00:12:48,387 --> 00:12:50,489 This war claims more victims every day. 199 00:12:50,589 --> 00:12:52,211 We were concerned, my lady. 200 00:12:52,311 --> 00:12:55,294 {\an1}Thank you, General Sitacles. I was well protected. 201 00:12:55,394 --> 00:12:56,615 Ah. 202 00:12:56,715 --> 00:12:59,678 The mighty Hercules. An honor. 203 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,802 But not quite as big an honor as I expected. 204 00:13:05,164 --> 00:13:07,526 {\an1}General, go tell my father Hercules is here. 205 00:13:11,770 --> 00:13:14,933 {\an1}Uncle? Hera. Impressive. 206 00:13:15,614 --> 00:13:16,996 {\an1}It's meant to be. 207 00:13:17,096 --> 00:13:18,998 {\an1}It took five years and a thousand men 208 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:20,639 {\an1}to build her temple. 209 00:13:20,739 --> 00:13:22,922 Hera is the patron goddess of Thrace. 210 00:13:23,022 --> 00:13:24,363 {\an1}Everyone knows the legend. 211 00:13:24,463 --> 00:13:27,326 {\an1}How Hera seeks to destroy Hercules. 212 00:13:27,426 --> 00:13:30,849 Perhaps the right cause might finally reconcile you. 213 00:13:30,949 --> 00:13:32,371 Mother! 214 00:13:32,471 --> 00:13:34,473 Arius. 215 00:13:37,236 --> 00:13:38,377 You're Hercules. 216 00:13:38,477 --> 00:13:39,979 That's right. 217 00:13:40,079 --> 00:13:42,581 My name is Arius. I know all your Labors by heart. 218 00:13:42,681 --> 00:13:45,384 You killed the giant Geryon with a single blow, 219 00:13:45,484 --> 00:13:47,186 cleaned the Augean stables in one night. 220 00:13:47,286 --> 00:13:48,307 Hercules is probably tired. 221 00:13:48,407 --> 00:13:49,828 And the Labor of the Hide, and the Labor of the Mares. 222 00:13:49,928 --> 00:13:50,950 {\an1}That's enough, Arius. 223 00:13:51,050 --> 00:13:52,391 Come along. (CHUCKLES) 224 00:13:52,491 --> 00:13:53,912 (WHISPERS) Stay away from him. 225 00:13:54,012 --> 00:13:57,116 Men who deal in violence attract violence. 226 00:13:57,216 --> 00:13:59,858 {\an1}But he's Hercules. He's no mere mortal. He's the greatest! 227 00:14:02,861 --> 00:14:04,863 Lord Cotys will see you now. 228 00:14:12,071 --> 00:14:14,073 {\an1}Have you ever met royalty, Hercules? 229 00:14:14,873 --> 00:14:16,875 Once or twice. 230 00:14:33,852 --> 00:14:35,034 BOTH: Father! Ah! (CHUCKLES) 231 00:14:35,134 --> 00:14:37,136 (APPLAUSE) 232 00:14:40,419 --> 00:14:42,421 Megara. 233 00:14:44,703 --> 00:14:46,705 {\an1}Welcome home, my love. 234 00:14:49,588 --> 00:14:51,590 (ALL CHEERING) 235 00:14:53,112 --> 00:14:55,114 Hercules! 236 00:14:58,117 --> 00:14:59,298 {\an1}Whenever I'm here, 237 00:14:59,398 --> 00:15:01,580 {\an1}I imagine this is what Elysium must look like. 238 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,223 (CHUCKLES) Well, men like us have the means 239 00:15:04,323 --> 00:15:07,286 {\an1}to create our own paradise on Earth. Look. 240 00:15:08,927 --> 00:15:10,929 {\an1}Magnificent, aren't they? 241 00:15:12,131 --> 00:15:13,272 {\an1}Well, do not keep us in suspense. 242 00:15:13,372 --> 00:15:15,814 Are we safe from the monster Hydra? 243 00:15:18,737 --> 00:15:20,739 The Hydra's heads, Your Majesty. 244 00:15:28,867 --> 00:15:30,869 The masks of serpents. 245 00:15:32,271 --> 00:15:35,094 No wonder men thought they were monsters. 246 00:15:35,194 --> 00:15:37,196 {\an1}You've done your sovereign a great service. Come. 247 00:15:38,397 --> 00:15:40,699 Let the people have their hero. 248 00:15:40,799 --> 00:15:45,064 MALE SERVANT: All hail King Eurystheus. 249 00:15:45,164 --> 00:15:47,866 And the mighty protector of Athens, 250 00:15:47,966 --> 00:15:50,048 Hercules! (CROWD CHEERING) 251 00:15:51,930 --> 00:15:54,673 CROWD: (CHANTING) Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! 252 00:15:54,773 --> 00:15:56,275 {\an1}A man faced with such adoration 253 00:15:56,375 --> 00:15:58,937 {\an1}might be tempted to think himself a god. 254 00:16:01,180 --> 00:16:03,342 I only want to be a husband and a father. 255 00:16:09,228 --> 00:16:11,230 (BOTH SCREAMING) 256 00:16:11,590 --> 00:16:13,592 Lord Cotys awaits. 257 00:16:32,251 --> 00:16:34,253 {\an1}Hercules. 258 00:16:35,654 --> 00:16:37,656 {\an1}Welcome. 259 00:16:38,056 --> 00:16:40,819 {\an1}An honor to host such a legend. 260 00:16:41,460 --> 00:16:43,462 Lord Cotys. 261 00:16:44,583 --> 00:16:47,966 But in legend, you fight alone. 262 00:16:48,066 --> 00:16:51,029 My reputation would not exist without my comrades. 263 00:16:52,591 --> 00:16:54,593 {\an1}Autolycus of Sparta. 264 00:16:56,074 --> 00:16:58,076 Tydeus of Thebes. 265 00:17:00,239 --> 00:17:02,241 Atalanta of Scythia. 266 00:17:03,081 --> 00:17:05,083 Iolaus of Athens. 267 00:17:05,604 --> 00:17:07,906 And Amphiaraus of Argos. 268 00:17:08,006 --> 00:17:10,008 {\an1}Amphiaraus? 269 00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:14,313 {\an1}The famed seer of Argos. 270 00:17:14,413 --> 00:17:16,915 {\an1}It is said that you have glimpsed your own death, 271 00:17:17,015 --> 00:17:18,357 {\an1}so you fight each battle 272 00:17:18,457 --> 00:17:21,200 {\an1}knowing that it is not yet your time to die. 273 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:23,522 {\an1}What else can you tell of the future? 274 00:17:23,622 --> 00:17:26,405 Only what the gods see fit to reveal. 275 00:17:26,505 --> 00:17:29,248 {\an1}A shame. It would have been a great gift 276 00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:31,009 {\an1}to know the outcome of this war. 277 00:17:31,109 --> 00:17:34,613 The gods can be frustrating sometimes, Lord Cotys. 278 00:17:34,713 --> 00:17:36,715 (CHUCKLES) 279 00:17:39,718 --> 00:17:41,180 (SIGHS) 280 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,263 {\an1}With respect, I fear that the task ahead 281 00:17:44,363 --> 00:17:46,365 {\an1}might not be suitable for a woman, 282 00:17:46,725 --> 00:17:48,887 even if she is an Amazon warrior. 283 00:17:55,814 --> 00:17:57,976 I stand corrected. 284 00:17:59,298 --> 00:18:00,879 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 285 00:18:00,979 --> 00:18:03,602 COTYS: When the kings of yesteryear built 286 00:18:03,702 --> 00:18:04,803 this citadel, it was intended 287 00:18:04,903 --> 00:18:07,085 as the high seat of all Thrace. 288 00:18:07,185 --> 00:18:10,289 But now Thrace is divided. 289 00:18:10,389 --> 00:18:12,411 {\an1}This war has depleted our forces. 290 00:18:12,511 --> 00:18:14,253 {\an1}We're left with nothing but farmers and merchants 291 00:18:14,353 --> 00:18:16,094 {\an1}to replenish our army. 292 00:18:16,194 --> 00:18:18,697 It takes every one of us to resist Rhesus. 293 00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:21,820 People think he cannot be killed by an ordinary mortal. 294 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,922 Only by a god. 295 00:18:25,003 --> 00:18:27,226 {\an1}Rhesus is a sorcerer. 296 00:18:27,326 --> 00:18:30,629 {\an1}His magic words confuse men, bend them to his will. 297 00:18:30,729 --> 00:18:32,511 {\an1}He leads an army of monsters, 298 00:18:32,611 --> 00:18:34,613 {\an1}half horse, half human. 299 00:18:35,934 --> 00:18:37,916 Centaurs? 300 00:18:38,016 --> 00:18:39,077 {\an1}You've actually seen them? 301 00:18:39,177 --> 00:18:41,179 {\an1}They have been seen. 302 00:18:43,542 --> 00:18:45,043 COTYS: Come, Hercules. 303 00:18:45,143 --> 00:18:48,387 {\an1}Let me show you what misery Rhesus has brought us. 304 00:18:52,551 --> 00:18:56,535 {\an1}Every week, more refugees arrive seeking my protection, 305 00:18:56,635 --> 00:18:58,857 most of them covered in blood, 306 00:18:58,957 --> 00:19:01,940 crippled or burnt by Rhesus' men. 307 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,545 I feared nothing could ever be good again, till you arrived. 308 00:19:06,645 --> 00:19:08,647 I'm just a mercenary fighting for gold. 309 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:13,952 How we view ourselves is of little consequence. 310 00:19:14,052 --> 00:19:16,555 How others perceive us is important. 311 00:19:16,655 --> 00:19:19,478 And your name, like it or not, 312 00:19:19,578 --> 00:19:21,580 is a rallying cry. 313 00:19:27,986 --> 00:19:30,369 I have seen too much reality to trust in legends, 314 00:19:30,469 --> 00:19:32,170 and I am not alone. 315 00:19:32,270 --> 00:19:34,633 Nobody has any faith anymore. 316 00:19:35,634 --> 00:19:37,816 The people need a hero. 317 00:19:37,916 --> 00:19:39,998 They need someone to look up to. 318 00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:44,242 My son believes in you. 319 00:19:45,243 --> 00:19:47,245 Bring us peace and 320 00:19:49,007 --> 00:19:51,009 I will believe in you, too. 321 00:20:00,178 --> 00:20:01,960 I'm convinced these are good people. 322 00:20:02,060 --> 00:20:03,762 I see. And who's more convincing, 323 00:20:03,862 --> 00:20:05,484 {\an1}Cotys or his daughter? 324 00:20:05,584 --> 00:20:06,685 {\an1}All the gold on Earth 325 00:20:06,785 --> 00:20:08,687 {\an1}is not as convincing as a pair of breasts. 326 00:20:08,787 --> 00:20:10,969 {\an1}Maybe, but gold never ages. 327 00:20:11,069 --> 00:20:13,492 Which is why I got them to double our price. 328 00:20:13,592 --> 00:20:16,575 {\an1}Double your weight in gold? (LAUGHS) Well done. 329 00:20:16,675 --> 00:20:17,856 Amphiaraus? 330 00:20:17,956 --> 00:20:19,297 {\an1}If it be the will of Zeus. 331 00:20:19,397 --> 00:20:21,780 {\an1}Which title sounds more terrifying to our enemies? 332 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,382 "Hercules, savior of Thrace" 333 00:20:23,482 --> 00:20:25,384 or "Hercules, a legend is born"? 334 00:20:25,484 --> 00:20:27,506 {\an1}Both sound terrifyingly boring. 335 00:20:27,606 --> 00:20:28,707 (CHUCKLES) 336 00:20:28,807 --> 00:20:31,369 {\an1}What are we supposed to do with an army of farmers? 337 00:20:34,292 --> 00:20:35,714 Train them. 338 00:20:35,814 --> 00:20:37,816 Oh, shit. (CHUCKLES) 339 00:20:44,503 --> 00:20:47,586 In war, there is one thing more important than killing. 340 00:20:48,507 --> 00:20:50,769 Surviving. 341 00:20:50,869 --> 00:20:55,013 My companions and I will show you how to stay alive, 342 00:20:55,113 --> 00:20:58,396 {\an1}so that you may return home to your farms someday. 343 00:21:01,199 --> 00:21:03,021 Autolycus. 344 00:21:03,121 --> 00:21:05,123 {\an1}Shield wall! Form! 345 00:21:14,252 --> 00:21:16,254 (YELLING) 346 00:21:16,735 --> 00:21:18,737 (MEN GROANING) 347 00:21:21,219 --> 00:21:23,221 (PANTING) 348 00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:26,084 Corpses! Every last one of you! 349 00:21:26,184 --> 00:21:28,426 Because your shield wall was weak. 350 00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:30,689 Dead. 351 00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:32,370 {\an1}Dead. 352 00:21:32,470 --> 00:21:34,472 Very dead. 353 00:21:35,393 --> 00:21:37,095 {\an1}Soldier, 354 00:21:37,195 --> 00:21:39,778 {\an1}many lives depend on you. 355 00:21:39,878 --> 00:21:42,040 When attacked, lock your feet in the ground. 356 00:21:45,083 --> 00:21:46,384 {\an1}Understand? 357 00:21:46,484 --> 00:21:48,386 Yes, sir. 358 00:21:48,486 --> 00:21:50,488 When a shield wall is strong, 359 00:21:51,089 --> 00:21:54,112 nothing can ever defeat it! 360 00:21:54,212 --> 00:21:55,834 You must learn to work together. 361 00:21:55,934 --> 00:21:57,516 React together. 362 00:21:57,616 --> 00:22:01,319 When you do, each individual will become a link in a chain 363 00:22:01,419 --> 00:22:03,582 that will be stronger than iron. 364 00:22:08,627 --> 00:22:10,629 I hope the enemy has a sense of humor. 365 00:22:12,230 --> 00:22:16,895 Right. Today's lesson, how not to stab yourselves! 366 00:22:16,995 --> 00:22:20,258 {\an1}It is imperative that we strike now, My Lord, 367 00:22:20,358 --> 00:22:21,980 {\an1}given this opportunity. 368 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,382 COTYS: Ah! There you are! 369 00:22:24,482 --> 00:22:27,185 {\an1}Hercules, my scouts have brought news. 370 00:22:27,285 --> 00:22:28,707 {\an1}Rhesus is on the move. 371 00:22:28,807 --> 00:22:30,709 {\an1}Archers who shoot lightning from their bows. 372 00:22:30,809 --> 00:22:34,473 {\an1}An infantry, 4,000 strong, their minds bewitched. 373 00:22:34,573 --> 00:22:36,114 Demons march with them. 374 00:22:36,214 --> 00:22:38,436 So now we're fighting demons. 375 00:22:38,536 --> 00:22:41,840 {\an1}No stranger than the monsters I hear you faced, Hercules. 376 00:22:41,940 --> 00:22:45,043 {\an1}My Lord, Rhesus is preparing to attack Bessi lands. 377 00:22:45,143 --> 00:22:47,245 He will be on them within six days. 378 00:22:47,345 --> 00:22:51,049 If the Bessi fall, we're next. Unless we intercept him. 379 00:22:51,149 --> 00:22:54,452 Your men need weeks, if not months of training before they're ready. 380 00:22:54,552 --> 00:22:58,056 {\an1}The Bessi are a fierce but primitive tribe. 381 00:22:58,156 --> 00:22:59,337 {\an1}If we do not protect them, 382 00:22:59,437 --> 00:23:01,459 then there will be a bloodbath. 383 00:23:01,559 --> 00:23:03,261 Face Rhesus with an untrained army, 384 00:23:03,361 --> 00:23:05,143 and you risk losing far more than a single battle. 385 00:23:05,243 --> 00:23:09,207 {\an1}My Lord, Rhesus is coming. I vouch my life on it. 386 00:23:10,328 --> 00:23:12,711 {\an1}The longer Rhesus lives, 387 00:23:12,811 --> 00:23:14,993 {\an1}the more villages will be burnt 388 00:23:15,093 --> 00:23:17,956 {\an1}and the more innocents will be killed. 389 00:23:18,056 --> 00:23:20,939 Assemble your men. We march tomorrow. 390 00:23:23,782 --> 00:23:27,485 Hercules, the gods have offered us a gift. 391 00:23:27,585 --> 00:23:29,888 We must not squander it. 392 00:23:29,988 --> 00:23:32,030 Are your gods going to be fighting with us? 393 00:23:32,871 --> 00:23:34,573 No. 394 00:23:34,673 --> 00:23:36,675 The son of Zeus will. 395 00:23:44,082 --> 00:23:46,084 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 396 00:23:50,288 --> 00:23:52,030 (FAINT GROWLING) 397 00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:54,132 (WHIMPERING) 398 00:23:59,297 --> 00:24:01,299 (SNARLING) 399 00:24:13,872 --> 00:24:15,874 {\an1}Ah! (SCREAMING) 400 00:24:19,798 --> 00:24:20,939 (PANTING) 401 00:24:21,039 --> 00:24:23,041 {\an1}Your mother told you to stay away. You should listen. 402 00:24:23,762 --> 00:24:25,764 What's wrong with him? 403 00:24:28,887 --> 00:24:30,889 {\an1}Tydeus is my most loyal warrior. 404 00:24:32,490 --> 00:24:34,472 {\an1}He was born in war. 405 00:24:34,572 --> 00:24:38,056 When I found him, he was more animal than human. 406 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:44,102 {\an1}He never speaks of what he saw. 407 00:24:45,103 --> 00:24:47,105 He never speaks at all. 408 00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:50,268 But he relives it every night. 409 00:24:52,110 --> 00:24:53,491 {\an1}Come. 410 00:24:53,591 --> 00:24:55,593 {\an1}Let's find your mother. 411 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,023 {\an1}When I grow up, I want to be a great hero like you. 412 00:25:05,123 --> 00:25:06,144 Like me? 413 00:25:06,244 --> 00:25:08,026 {\an1}No hero is greater than Hercules. 414 00:25:08,126 --> 00:25:10,588 {\an1}I know all your Labors. Like the Cretan Bull. 415 00:25:10,688 --> 00:25:12,911 {\an1}You wrestled it for seven days and seven nights. 416 00:25:13,011 --> 00:25:14,392 Uh, that's a bit exaggerated. 417 00:25:14,492 --> 00:25:16,915 {\an1}And struck it 49 times with your club. 418 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:18,316 {\an1}Maybe not quite that many. 419 00:25:18,416 --> 00:25:20,318 {\an1}Until it fell dead and Crete was saved. 420 00:25:20,418 --> 00:25:22,320 {\an1}It's my favorite Labor. 421 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:24,162 Also Queen Hippolyta's Belt, 422 00:25:24,262 --> 00:25:27,185 {\an1}with its buxom Amazons and exciting bondage. 423 00:25:28,626 --> 00:25:30,008 Do you even know what that means? 424 00:25:30,108 --> 00:25:32,110 No. 425 00:25:32,791 --> 00:25:34,793 (LAUGHS) 426 00:25:35,794 --> 00:25:37,796 (MAN COUGHS) 427 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,420 {\an1}Mother. 428 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,003 Arius. You're supposed to be in bed. 429 00:25:47,846 --> 00:25:49,627 {\an1}Why are you in the hospice? 430 00:25:49,727 --> 00:25:52,630 My mother saves people's lives. 431 00:25:52,730 --> 00:25:54,833 {\an1}Many of our physicians were killed during battle, 432 00:25:54,933 --> 00:25:57,695 so out of necessity I taught myself the art of healing. 433 00:26:00,138 --> 00:26:02,360 If I could be like you, I would protect all of Thrace 434 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:04,082 and no one would ever get hurt. 435 00:26:04,182 --> 00:26:06,184 (CHUCKLES) 436 00:26:14,072 --> 00:26:16,074 {\an1}Here. 437 00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:19,037 {\an1}I was going to give this to someone else, 438 00:26:20,678 --> 00:26:22,680 {\an1}but I never got the chance. 439 00:26:24,562 --> 00:26:26,865 {\an1}Only a hero may wear this. 440 00:26:26,965 --> 00:26:29,327 {\an1}But to become a hero, you must grow strong. 441 00:26:32,891 --> 00:26:34,873 Is this the Nemean Lion's tooth? 442 00:26:34,973 --> 00:26:36,975 It is. ARIUS: Thank you. 443 00:26:38,376 --> 00:26:39,798 Thank you. 444 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:41,199 Good night. 445 00:26:41,299 --> 00:26:43,301 Good night, Hercules. 446 00:26:46,905 --> 00:26:49,607 {\an1}AMPHIARAUS: Have no fear. 447 00:26:49,707 --> 00:26:52,731 {\an1}If you fall in the service of a just cause, 448 00:26:52,831 --> 00:26:55,213 {\an1}your souls will go to Elysium, 449 00:26:55,313 --> 00:26:59,137 {\an1}where they will dwell forever among the shades of heroes 450 00:26:59,237 --> 00:27:00,618 like Theseus. 451 00:27:00,718 --> 00:27:02,020 Odysseus! 452 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,142 And the great Achilles. 453 00:27:04,242 --> 00:27:06,224 {\an1}Or if you're lucky, you'll go to Hades, 454 00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:08,326 where all the fun people are. 455 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:17,836 Iolaus. 456 00:27:17,936 --> 00:27:20,158 Your place is beside Lord Cotys, where it's safe. 457 00:27:20,258 --> 00:27:21,679 {\an1}I've been giving it a lot of thought, 458 00:27:21,779 --> 00:27:23,241 {\an1}and I really feel I'm ready to fight. 459 00:27:23,341 --> 00:27:24,722 You're a storyteller, not a warrior. 460 00:27:24,822 --> 00:27:26,164 {\an1}We share the same blood. 461 00:27:26,264 --> 00:27:28,626 And I will not see it shed. Chariot. 462 00:27:29,547 --> 00:27:31,549 Now. (SCOFFS) 463 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:39,978 Thracians, 464 00:27:40,078 --> 00:27:43,461 the shield wall is your home. Your shelter. 465 00:27:43,561 --> 00:27:46,324 When you sleep, the wall is your blanket. 466 00:27:47,565 --> 00:27:50,869 When you fight, the wall is your armor. 467 00:27:50,969 --> 00:27:53,631 {\an1}The shield wall will never break formation 468 00:27:53,731 --> 00:27:55,813 as long as there is breath in your body. 469 00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:58,977 Remember these words 470 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,180 and you will taste victory. 471 00:28:03,781 --> 00:28:05,783 {\an1}Move the army out! SOLDIER 1: Move out! 472 00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:08,586 {\an1}SOLDIER 2: Move out! 473 00:28:52,910 --> 00:28:54,912 (HORSES NEIGHING) 474 00:29:13,651 --> 00:29:14,913 Halt! 475 00:29:15,013 --> 00:29:16,314 {\an1}SOLDIER 1: Halt! 476 00:29:16,414 --> 00:29:17,835 {\an1}Halt! 477 00:29:17,935 --> 00:29:19,517 {\an1}SOLDIER 2: Halt! 478 00:29:19,617 --> 00:29:21,679 {\an1}SOLDIER 3: Halt! 479 00:29:21,779 --> 00:29:23,761 {\an1}SOLDIER 4: Stop marching! 480 00:29:23,861 --> 00:29:25,863 {\an1}SOLDIER 5: Stand easy! 481 00:29:50,128 --> 00:29:52,270 We are too late. 482 00:29:52,370 --> 00:29:54,932 Rhesus has already been here. 483 00:29:58,616 --> 00:30:01,499 Leave the chariots. We'll go down on foot. 484 00:30:27,565 --> 00:30:29,967 The lion and the crow cross a field of corpses. 485 00:30:31,849 --> 00:30:33,971 I hate being right all the time. 486 00:30:39,777 --> 00:30:41,399 Halt. SOLDIER 1: Halt! 487 00:30:41,499 --> 00:30:42,520 {\an1}SOLDIER 2: Halt! 488 00:30:42,620 --> 00:30:44,362 {\an1}SOLDIER 3: Halt! 489 00:30:44,462 --> 00:30:46,464 (SOLDIERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 490 00:30:52,230 --> 00:30:54,232 HERCULES: This head is rotting. 491 00:30:55,633 --> 00:30:57,635 A week old, at least. 492 00:31:00,238 --> 00:31:02,240 Yet some of these bodies are fresh. 493 00:31:15,213 --> 00:31:16,354 (YELLS) 494 00:31:16,454 --> 00:31:17,755 (YELPING) 495 00:31:17,855 --> 00:31:19,857 {\an1}IOLAUS: Uncle! (BOTH GRUNTING) 496 00:31:23,421 --> 00:31:25,423 (SHRIEKS) 497 00:31:28,025 --> 00:31:31,028 And we've walked into a trap. 498 00:31:38,156 --> 00:31:40,098 {\an1}Shield wall! Form a single square! 499 00:31:40,198 --> 00:31:41,459 Protect Lord Cotys! Iolaus, go. 500 00:31:41,559 --> 00:31:43,561 Shield wall! 501 00:31:52,970 --> 00:31:55,593 We're here to help them. Why are they attacking? 502 00:31:55,693 --> 00:31:57,395 {\an1}This is Rhesus' doing. 503 00:31:57,495 --> 00:31:59,877 {\an1}They say his spells have the power to cloud minds. 504 00:31:59,977 --> 00:32:02,340 {\an1}Turn comrades against each other. 505 00:32:10,868 --> 00:32:13,030 King's guards, around Lord Cotys! 506 00:32:22,119 --> 00:32:24,702 Amphiaraus, do we die in this battle? 507 00:32:24,802 --> 00:32:28,166 My time has not come yet. Not sure about yours. 508 00:32:30,208 --> 00:32:32,210 That's comforting. 509 00:32:34,131 --> 00:32:36,133 (YELLING) 510 00:32:39,817 --> 00:32:41,819 I think he wants a challenge. 511 00:32:42,780 --> 00:32:44,782 (ALL CHEERING) 512 00:33:01,559 --> 00:33:02,820 Hercules' fists 513 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,663 {\an1}have been dipped in the blood of the Hydra! 514 00:33:05,763 --> 00:33:07,765 Lethal to anyone but him! 515 00:33:10,608 --> 00:33:12,610 Watch! 516 00:33:15,413 --> 00:33:17,415 (YELLING) 517 00:33:20,618 --> 00:33:22,620 (CHEERING STOPS) 518 00:33:23,781 --> 00:33:25,123 {\an1}Did you see that? 519 00:33:25,223 --> 00:33:26,684 The gods fight on our side! 520 00:33:26,784 --> 00:33:28,786 (ALL CHEERING) 521 00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:32,610 Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! 522 00:33:32,710 --> 00:33:35,072 ALL: (CHANTING) Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! 523 00:33:40,798 --> 00:33:42,940 (YELLING) 524 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,283 (ALL YELLING) 525 00:33:53,931 --> 00:33:55,933 Battle position! 526 00:34:04,822 --> 00:34:07,905 {\an1}Lady Artemis, if I am to fall, let me be judged not to be... 527 00:34:09,226 --> 00:34:11,228 (YELLING CONTINUES) 528 00:34:16,594 --> 00:34:18,596 (ALL GRUNTING) 529 00:34:41,979 --> 00:34:43,981 {\an1}Stand fast! 530 00:34:58,836 --> 00:35:00,838 SITACLES: Hold your positions! 531 00:35:13,771 --> 00:35:15,773 {\an1}Do not yield! 532 00:36:08,345 --> 00:36:10,908 No retreat! Stay in the wall! 533 00:36:11,949 --> 00:36:14,171 Hold the lines! 534 00:36:14,271 --> 00:36:16,053 Do not yield! 535 00:36:16,153 --> 00:36:18,155 Defend Lord Cotys! 536 00:36:27,765 --> 00:36:29,767 (SCREAMS) 537 00:36:42,660 --> 00:36:44,662 SITACLES: The wall has been breached! 538 00:36:47,585 --> 00:36:51,348 Seal up the shield wall! Defend Lord Cotys! 539 00:36:57,875 --> 00:36:59,877 Whip! 540 00:37:07,925 --> 00:37:10,107 Hercules! 541 00:37:10,207 --> 00:37:12,209 Bring the chariots! 542 00:37:19,336 --> 00:37:21,338 SITACLES: Defend your Lord! 543 00:37:30,147 --> 00:37:32,149 No! 544 00:37:36,954 --> 00:37:38,956 (URGES HORSES) 545 00:37:54,011 --> 00:37:56,013 (LAUGHS) 546 00:38:19,436 --> 00:38:21,438 (YELLING) 547 00:38:32,209 --> 00:38:34,211 (GRUNTS) 548 00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:47,885 Advance! 549 00:38:47,985 --> 00:38:49,987 SOLDIER: Advance! 550 00:38:52,149 --> 00:38:54,151 (GROANS) 551 00:38:57,194 --> 00:38:59,196 (SOLDIERS CHEERING) 552 00:39:07,565 --> 00:39:09,567 SOLDIER: Make way! 553 00:39:20,257 --> 00:39:22,419 {\an1}Where is Rhesus? 554 00:39:33,470 --> 00:39:35,472 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 555 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,522 Lord Cotys. 556 00:39:46,443 --> 00:39:48,946 {\an1}We came here to save this village, 557 00:39:49,046 --> 00:39:51,609 but, no, they killed half my army. 558 00:39:52,930 --> 00:39:54,752 Rhesus. 559 00:39:54,852 --> 00:39:56,433 {\an1}This is all his doing. 560 00:39:56,533 --> 00:39:58,035 And yours. 561 00:39:58,135 --> 00:39:59,436 I warned you. 562 00:39:59,536 --> 00:40:00,878 Your men are brave, but untrained, 563 00:40:00,978 --> 00:40:02,359 unprepared for battle. 564 00:40:02,459 --> 00:40:04,541 Give me time to make warriors. 565 00:40:08,065 --> 00:40:10,067 {\an1}Very well. 566 00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:14,051 Cover up, 567 00:40:14,151 --> 00:40:17,074 {\an1}before your loyal army sees you bleed like a mortal. 568 00:40:46,063 --> 00:40:48,285 I'm applying a salve of mint, chamomile and clay 569 00:40:48,385 --> 00:40:50,207 to seal the wound. 570 00:40:50,307 --> 00:40:53,010 {\an1}This is extract of lithops for the pain. 571 00:40:53,110 --> 00:40:54,612 A powerful sedative. 572 00:40:54,712 --> 00:40:56,574 {\an1}You should rest here after consuming it. 573 00:40:56,674 --> 00:40:58,215 {\an1}It may have certain side effects. 574 00:40:58,315 --> 00:41:00,217 I don't need it. 575 00:41:00,317 --> 00:41:01,619 {\an1}Ah, forgive me, I forgot. 576 00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,622 {\an1}No mortal can harm Hercules. And, uh, 577 00:41:04,722 --> 00:41:07,604 {\an1}your lion's hide is indestructible? 578 00:41:09,326 --> 00:41:11,488 {\an1}Drink, son of Zeus. 579 00:41:15,132 --> 00:41:18,355 {\an1}Arius' father was the same, he distrusted medicines. 580 00:41:18,455 --> 00:41:20,557 Where is he now? 581 00:41:20,657 --> 00:41:23,761 {\an1}Taken by the gods before my son was born. 582 00:41:23,861 --> 00:41:25,843 I'm sorry. 583 00:41:25,943 --> 00:41:27,945 I never knew my father. 584 00:41:28,986 --> 00:41:32,589 {\an1}Well, he must have been very, very strong. (LAUGHS) 585 00:41:35,753 --> 00:41:37,214 Tell me about Arius. 586 00:41:37,314 --> 00:41:40,297 {\an1}Oh. He's a good boy. 587 00:41:40,397 --> 00:41:43,380 {\an1}And someday, he will make a fine king. 588 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,482 {\an1}Do you have any children? 589 00:41:49,286 --> 00:41:50,788 {\an1}Do they live in Athens? 590 00:41:50,888 --> 00:41:52,890 Thank you for your care. 591 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:05,502 {\an1}The sedative will help you rest. 592 00:42:39,216 --> 00:42:40,037 {\an1}(MEGARA SCREAMS) 593 00:42:40,137 --> 00:42:42,139 (PANTING) 594 00:42:44,301 --> 00:42:46,303 (CHILDREN LAUGHING) 595 00:42:58,435 --> 00:43:00,437 {\an1}(LAUGHING CONTINUES) 596 00:43:47,404 --> 00:43:49,406 (GROWLING) 597 00:43:51,808 --> 00:43:53,810 No! 598 00:43:54,411 --> 00:43:56,413 (SNARLING) 599 00:44:00,497 --> 00:44:02,499 (YELLING) 600 00:44:10,307 --> 00:44:12,309 (PANTING) 601 00:44:33,530 --> 00:44:36,954 AMPHIARAUS: It happened again, didn't it, hmm? 602 00:44:37,054 --> 00:44:38,715 Another vision of Cerberus, 603 00:44:38,815 --> 00:44:41,358 the three-headed beast of Hades? 604 00:44:41,458 --> 00:44:44,021 {\an1}The gods show you things they don't share with others. 605 00:44:44,861 --> 00:44:46,964 {\an1}There's a word for that. 606 00:44:47,064 --> 00:44:48,445 Madness. 607 00:44:48,545 --> 00:44:50,447 When we were driven from Athens, 608 00:44:50,547 --> 00:44:52,970 I consulted the Oracle of Delphi on your behalf. 609 00:44:53,070 --> 00:44:55,072 Do you remember her prophecy? 610 00:44:55,672 --> 00:44:57,254 {\an1}"Hercules must finish the Labor 611 00:44:57,354 --> 00:44:59,056 {\an1}"that remains unfinished." 612 00:44:59,156 --> 00:45:01,859 And what is that, Hercules? 613 00:45:01,959 --> 00:45:03,740 Confront the beast that haunts you. 614 00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:06,103 Only then will you find peace. 615 00:45:06,203 --> 00:45:08,345 {\an1}I speak from experience. No matter how far you run, 616 00:45:08,445 --> 00:45:11,628 {\an1}no matter how fast you go, the beast will follow. 617 00:45:11,728 --> 00:45:14,091 Man cannot escape his fate. 618 00:45:30,187 --> 00:45:33,650 {\an1}Room for one more in your company? 619 00:45:33,750 --> 00:45:37,334 It'd be a pleasure having female companionship for a change. 620 00:45:37,434 --> 00:45:40,257 Atalanta doesn't quite count. No offense. 621 00:45:40,357 --> 00:45:43,460 {\an1}If only your manhood was as long as your tongue. 622 00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:45,602 Oh, both can satisfy in different ways. 623 00:45:48,966 --> 00:45:50,948 You're a famed storyteller, Iolaus. 624 00:45:51,048 --> 00:45:53,050 Grace me with a story. 625 00:45:53,370 --> 00:45:55,412 {\an1}Any particular subject, My Lady? 626 00:45:56,573 --> 00:45:59,336 Murder of a woman and her three children. 627 00:46:02,259 --> 00:46:05,482 Is it true? Did Hercules slaughter his own family? 628 00:46:05,582 --> 00:46:08,285 {\an1}Who said so? Oh, soldiers talk. 629 00:46:08,385 --> 00:46:11,288 They say if Hercules ever returns to Athens, 630 00:46:11,388 --> 00:46:13,390 King Eurystheus will have him executed. 631 00:46:18,395 --> 00:46:20,377 {\an1}Hercules had completed his Labors 632 00:46:20,477 --> 00:46:21,578 {\an1}and returned home, but Hera... 633 00:46:21,678 --> 00:46:24,701 No myths. I want the truth. 634 00:46:24,801 --> 00:46:26,803 {\an1}No one knows the truth. 635 00:46:27,604 --> 00:46:29,346 Not for sure. 636 00:46:29,446 --> 00:46:31,949 We found Hercules alone. 637 00:46:32,049 --> 00:46:34,271 His wife, Megara, the children, dead. 638 00:46:34,371 --> 00:46:36,153 He remembers nothing. 639 00:46:36,253 --> 00:46:38,255 {\an1}Do you believe he is innocent? 640 00:46:39,096 --> 00:46:40,877 We grew up together, 641 00:46:40,977 --> 00:46:42,679 both orphans, trying to survive 642 00:46:42,779 --> 00:46:44,401 in the streets of Athens. 643 00:46:44,501 --> 00:46:48,805 {\an1}We found a home in the army. Looked out for each other. 644 00:46:48,905 --> 00:46:53,010 Hercules' strength set him apart. 645 00:46:53,110 --> 00:46:54,811 The Kings of Athens 646 00:46:54,911 --> 00:46:56,693 would send him on all the most dangerous missions. 647 00:46:56,793 --> 00:46:58,015 {\an1}The Twelve Labors. 648 00:46:58,115 --> 00:47:00,117 And he took me with him. 649 00:47:00,637 --> 00:47:02,339 Fight by his side. 650 00:47:02,439 --> 00:47:05,742 {\an1}And with each mission, our numbers grew. 651 00:47:05,842 --> 00:47:07,704 {\an1}Scythia, the Amazon kingdom 652 00:47:07,804 --> 00:47:10,147 where the royal family had been assassinated. 653 00:47:10,247 --> 00:47:12,629 My family was gone. Everyone was gone. 654 00:47:12,729 --> 00:47:15,312 Hercules helped me avenge their murder. 655 00:47:15,412 --> 00:47:17,414 He became my brother-in-arms. 656 00:47:18,335 --> 00:47:21,238 Thebes, the city of corpses, 657 00:47:21,338 --> 00:47:23,640 {\an1}where we found a single child 658 00:47:23,740 --> 00:47:25,742 {\an1}still alive. 659 00:47:26,143 --> 00:47:28,285 {\an1}Hercules took Tydeus in 660 00:47:28,385 --> 00:47:30,907 {\an1}when everyone else saw nothing but a wild animal. 661 00:47:32,469 --> 00:47:33,810 You know how a rumor spreads. 662 00:47:33,910 --> 00:47:35,772 {\an1}How a legend grows. 663 00:47:35,872 --> 00:47:38,455 Hercules' deeds were so incredible 664 00:47:38,555 --> 00:47:40,997 they could not possibly have been performed by a mere mortal. 665 00:47:41,758 --> 00:47:44,061 So we played along. 666 00:47:44,161 --> 00:47:47,184 {\an1}We encourage people to think Hercules was the son of Zeus. 667 00:47:47,284 --> 00:47:48,665 It's good. 668 00:47:48,765 --> 00:47:50,067 Scares the enemy. 669 00:47:50,167 --> 00:47:52,189 Iolaus helps. 670 00:47:52,289 --> 00:47:54,291 He talks nice. 671 00:47:54,971 --> 00:47:58,655 And that, My Lady, is the truth. 672 00:47:59,216 --> 00:48:00,877 The truth. 673 00:48:00,977 --> 00:48:02,639 (SCOFFS) 674 00:48:02,739 --> 00:48:05,122 {\an1}Whatever the truth, 675 00:48:05,222 --> 00:48:08,045 the death of his loved ones haunts Hercules. 676 00:48:08,145 --> 00:48:10,307 Only the gods can help him, 677 00:48:11,548 --> 00:48:13,550 if he listens. 678 00:48:20,157 --> 00:48:23,660 {\an1}Come! Gather around, soldiers of Thrace, and behold. 679 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,663 When Hercules gives an order, even the gods listen. 680 00:48:26,763 --> 00:48:28,945 Zeus' master ironsmith 681 00:48:29,045 --> 00:48:31,468 using the forges of your own citadel 682 00:48:31,568 --> 00:48:33,430 has crafted these divine weapons 683 00:48:33,530 --> 00:48:36,073 that will make you invincible. 684 00:48:36,173 --> 00:48:39,076 As steel is hewn into shields, 685 00:48:39,176 --> 00:48:41,538 so, too, will you be hewn into warriors. 686 00:48:44,581 --> 00:48:47,944 You shall carry the shield of Hercules! 687 00:48:56,393 --> 00:48:58,014 It's lighter. 688 00:48:58,114 --> 00:49:00,897 Infused with the souls of the Stymphalian birds 689 00:49:00,997 --> 00:49:02,899 from Hercules' sixth Labor! 690 00:49:02,999 --> 00:49:05,962 {\an1}Spirits of birds? How does that work, exactly? 691 00:49:07,804 --> 00:49:09,866 Well, much as birds take flight, 692 00:49:09,966 --> 00:49:11,188 {\an1}so, too, are these shields 693 00:49:11,288 --> 00:49:12,829 lighter than air. It's in the fibers. 694 00:49:12,929 --> 00:49:14,311 Here. 695 00:49:14,411 --> 00:49:16,973 Try on the helmet of Hercules. 696 00:49:23,820 --> 00:49:25,642 {\an1}It covers my whole face. 697 00:49:25,742 --> 00:49:28,325 Forged after Hercules' very own helmet, 698 00:49:28,425 --> 00:49:30,767 when he defeated the demon Geryon. 699 00:49:30,867 --> 00:49:34,331 {\an1}You sure it wasn't your horseshit that frightened Geryon to death? 700 00:49:34,431 --> 00:49:35,532 Mmm? 701 00:49:35,632 --> 00:49:37,374 IOLAUS: General Sitacles, 702 00:49:37,474 --> 00:49:40,397 perhaps you would care to inspect the armor of Hercules? 703 00:49:50,407 --> 00:49:52,409 (CHUCKLES) 704 00:49:55,652 --> 00:49:57,654 Leather armor? 705 00:49:58,255 --> 00:50:00,076 Mmm? 706 00:50:00,176 --> 00:50:02,119 {\an1}We will be skewered like pigs. 707 00:50:02,219 --> 00:50:04,221 {\an1}(SITACLES GRUNTS) (SOLDIERS GASP) 708 00:50:05,702 --> 00:50:07,704 Linothorax. 709 00:50:08,665 --> 00:50:11,888 Hewn from the skin of the Erymanthian Boar. 710 00:50:11,988 --> 00:50:13,990 It's indestructible. 711 00:50:16,072 --> 00:50:17,334 {\an1}Now, wait, if it's indestructible, 712 00:50:17,434 --> 00:50:19,436 {\an1}how did Hercules cut it off the boar? 713 00:50:21,478 --> 00:50:24,941 He used an indestructible blade. (SCOFFS) 714 00:50:25,041 --> 00:50:27,043 (SOLDIERS MURMURING) 715 00:50:41,418 --> 00:50:43,420 SOLDIERS: One, two... (GRUNTS) 716 00:50:43,980 --> 00:50:46,723 {\an1}One, two... (GRUNTS) 717 00:50:46,823 --> 00:50:48,885 One, two... (GRUNTS) 718 00:50:48,985 --> 00:50:51,067 One, two... (GRUNTS) 719 00:50:51,708 --> 00:50:53,710 {\an1}(GRUNTS) 720 00:50:54,271 --> 00:50:56,273 Get up. 721 00:50:57,314 --> 00:50:59,316 Next! 722 00:51:01,678 --> 00:51:03,680 (SOLDIERS GRUNTING) 723 00:51:05,722 --> 00:51:07,624 Again! 724 00:51:07,724 --> 00:51:09,726 Both eyes open. 725 00:51:11,127 --> 00:51:13,129 {\an1}Keep practicing. 726 00:51:13,810 --> 00:51:14,831 (GROANS) 727 00:51:14,931 --> 00:51:17,033 Firmer grip. 728 00:51:17,133 --> 00:51:19,135 Elbow up. 729 00:51:19,896 --> 00:51:20,917 Good. 730 00:51:21,017 --> 00:51:23,019 {\an1}Shield wall! Form! 731 00:51:28,305 --> 00:51:30,307 {\an1}ATALANTA: Stand tall. (SOLDIER GRUNTS) 732 00:51:32,669 --> 00:51:34,671 Excellent. 733 00:51:35,832 --> 00:51:37,614 {\an1}HERCULES: All right. (SOLDIERS APPLAUDING) 734 00:51:37,714 --> 00:51:39,716 (ALL GRUNTING) 735 00:51:47,444 --> 00:51:48,945 Spread out. 736 00:51:49,045 --> 00:51:51,047 {\an1}(IOLAUS GRUNTING) 737 00:52:00,417 --> 00:52:02,419 Careful you don't cut yourself, boy. 738 00:52:04,300 --> 00:52:06,302 {\an1}AUTOLYCUS: Again! 739 00:52:07,263 --> 00:52:09,265 (SOLDIERS GRUNTING) 740 00:52:12,669 --> 00:52:15,452 Rhesus is here. 741 00:52:15,552 --> 00:52:18,014 Close enough to stick a blade between his ribs. 742 00:52:18,114 --> 00:52:20,297 {\an1}What did you see? Centaurs. 743 00:52:20,397 --> 00:52:22,399 Half man, half horse. Hundreds of them. 744 00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:25,181 He saw shadows in the night. 745 00:52:25,281 --> 00:52:27,664 My Lord, I will go ahead into the Rhesus camp. 746 00:52:27,764 --> 00:52:30,046 I will bring word of his plans. 747 00:52:34,891 --> 00:52:37,333 If we let them get past Mount Asticus, Thrace will fall. 748 00:52:38,375 --> 00:52:40,076 {\an1}You want to stop Rhesus? 749 00:52:40,176 --> 00:52:42,279 {\an1}We'll go through the forest and they'll never see us coming. 750 00:52:42,379 --> 00:52:44,861 It'll slow down our chariots. A gamble. 751 00:52:46,102 --> 00:52:48,104 I have a plan. 752 00:52:51,868 --> 00:52:53,530 {\an1}The scouts have returned. 753 00:52:53,630 --> 00:52:55,292 {\an1}Rhesus has made his camp in Mount Asticus, 754 00:52:55,392 --> 00:52:57,133 72 leagues away. 755 00:52:57,233 --> 00:52:59,315 Once these men are ready, we march. 756 00:53:01,197 --> 00:53:04,541 So, have you seen if we win or lose? 757 00:53:04,641 --> 00:53:08,024 {\an1}The gods have been annoyingly silent on that matter. 758 00:53:08,124 --> 00:53:10,387 {\an1}What they have told me is that I'm soon to discover 759 00:53:10,487 --> 00:53:12,489 {\an1}if there truly is a heaven or a hell. 760 00:53:14,050 --> 00:53:15,952 When will you die? 761 00:53:16,052 --> 00:53:19,556 {\an1}Within a week in a place that looks an awful lot like hell. 762 00:53:19,656 --> 00:53:23,360 {\an1}As always, the gods are generous with hints, 763 00:53:23,460 --> 00:53:25,982 {\an1}but cheap on specifics. (LAUGHS) 764 00:53:27,664 --> 00:53:29,766 {\an1}Oh, cheer up, Hercules. 765 00:53:29,866 --> 00:53:33,349 I've lived, not always well, but long enough. 766 00:53:35,672 --> 00:53:37,754 {\an1}I'm ready for what's next. 767 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:46,783 {\an1}Thracians, halt! 768 00:53:46,883 --> 00:53:47,944 (SOLDIERS GRUNT) 769 00:53:48,044 --> 00:53:50,046 Shield wall! Form! 770 00:53:54,290 --> 00:53:56,292 {\an1}Battle positions! 771 00:53:58,895 --> 00:54:00,897 {\an1}Tydeus? 772 00:54:04,701 --> 00:54:06,483 (YELLING) 773 00:54:06,583 --> 00:54:08,585 (SOLDIERS GRUNT) 774 00:54:46,503 --> 00:54:48,505 {\an1}There is no enemy camp. 775 00:54:48,905 --> 00:54:50,907 This is the right place. 776 00:54:53,910 --> 00:54:55,732 SOLDIER 1: Halt! 777 00:54:55,832 --> 00:54:57,834 SOLDIER 2: Halt! 778 00:55:08,725 --> 00:55:10,427 Centaurs! 779 00:55:10,527 --> 00:55:12,529 They're real. 780 00:55:16,052 --> 00:55:18,454 (BLOWING HORN) 781 00:55:28,585 --> 00:55:30,587 (CENTAURS SHOUTING) 782 00:55:35,872 --> 00:55:37,874 It seems that we're expected. 783 00:55:53,089 --> 00:55:55,091 Centaurs? 784 00:56:09,545 --> 00:56:11,547 (EXHALES) 785 00:56:14,991 --> 00:56:16,693 Rhesus! 786 00:56:16,793 --> 00:56:19,215 You have come looking for a fight, 787 00:56:19,315 --> 00:56:21,317 and we are happy to oblige. 788 00:56:22,398 --> 00:56:25,301 {\an1}Hercules. The son of Zeus. 789 00:56:25,401 --> 00:56:27,303 Your legend ends here. 790 00:56:27,403 --> 00:56:29,405 {\an1}HERCULES: Look at me. 791 00:56:29,806 --> 00:56:31,808 Do I look afraid? 792 00:56:35,932 --> 00:56:38,394 It is over, Cotys. 793 00:56:38,494 --> 00:56:41,998 {\an1}Mount Asticus on your front. The woods at your back. 794 00:56:42,098 --> 00:56:45,001 And my troops outman you three to one. 795 00:56:45,101 --> 00:56:50,126 Surrender now and we shall consider being merciful. 796 00:56:50,226 --> 00:56:52,508 {\an1}Men die who speak to My Lord in such a manner. 797 00:56:59,195 --> 00:57:01,197 You've made your choice. 798 00:57:16,452 --> 00:57:18,454 Go! 799 00:57:29,185 --> 00:57:32,769 In this moment, on this day, 800 00:57:32,869 --> 00:57:36,893 become the man you were born to be! 801 00:57:36,993 --> 00:57:41,778 {\an1}You have it within yourselves to write your own legends! 802 00:57:41,878 --> 00:57:45,501 {\an1}Let it be to death or victory! 803 00:57:45,601 --> 00:57:47,603 {\an1}(SOLDIERS CHEERING) 804 00:57:50,206 --> 00:57:52,208 Charge! 805 00:58:00,016 --> 00:58:01,357 {\an1}HERCULES: Shield wall! 806 00:58:01,457 --> 00:58:02,719 (SOLDIERS GRUNT) 807 00:58:02,819 --> 00:58:04,821 Flanks out! 808 00:58:08,384 --> 00:58:10,386 (SOLDIERS YELLING) 809 00:58:13,109 --> 00:58:15,111 Maybe today. 810 00:58:36,092 --> 00:58:38,094 Now! 811 00:58:39,856 --> 00:58:41,858 (SOLDIERS GROANING) 812 00:58:56,833 --> 00:58:59,135 {\an1}Watch as the Amazon uses the arrows of Artemis... 813 00:58:59,235 --> 00:59:01,237 Silence, boy! 814 00:59:05,721 --> 00:59:07,223 Spears forward! 815 00:59:07,323 --> 00:59:09,325 (SOLDIERS GRUNT) 816 00:59:19,495 --> 00:59:21,497 (URGES HORSES) 817 00:59:26,262 --> 00:59:28,264 Archers, ready! 818 00:59:28,704 --> 00:59:30,706 Loose! 819 00:59:43,599 --> 00:59:45,601 (BOTH SCREAM) 820 01:00:20,997 --> 01:00:22,999 Advance! 821 01:00:31,367 --> 01:00:33,369 Set them aflame! 822 01:00:37,533 --> 01:00:39,535 Take cover! 823 01:00:40,176 --> 01:00:42,178 SITACLES: Defend Lord Cotys! 824 01:01:01,437 --> 01:01:02,859 Maybe not. 825 01:01:02,959 --> 01:01:04,961 Shield wall! Attack! 826 01:01:08,364 --> 01:01:10,366 Push forward! 827 01:01:23,579 --> 01:01:25,942 To kill a snake, cut off its head. 828 01:01:34,470 --> 01:01:36,472 (URGING HORSE) 829 01:01:41,197 --> 01:01:42,778 (SOLDIERS CHEERING) 830 01:01:42,878 --> 01:01:45,581 {\an1}Victory is yours, Lord Cotys! 831 01:01:45,681 --> 01:01:47,843 It is not over yet! 832 01:01:54,010 --> 01:01:56,012 Yeah! 833 01:01:59,415 --> 01:02:01,417 (URGES HORSE) 834 01:02:19,795 --> 01:02:20,897 {\an1}(HORSE NEIGHING) 835 01:02:20,997 --> 01:02:22,018 (PANTING) 836 01:02:22,118 --> 01:02:23,819 Fucking centaurs. 837 01:02:23,919 --> 01:02:25,921 (PANTING) 838 01:02:27,923 --> 01:02:29,986 (ALL CHEERING) 839 01:02:30,086 --> 01:02:32,148 ALL: (CHANTING) Hail, Lord Cotys! 840 01:02:32,248 --> 01:02:34,430 Hail, Lord Cotys! 841 01:02:34,530 --> 01:02:37,893 Hail, Lord Cotys! Hail, Lord Cotys! 842 01:02:38,734 --> 01:02:40,917 Hail, Lord Cotys! 843 01:02:41,017 --> 01:02:43,019 {\an1}(SOLDIERS BOOING) 844 01:03:07,723 --> 01:03:09,725 SITACLES: Halt! 845 01:03:14,530 --> 01:03:16,032 {\an1}(SOLDIERS LAUGH) 846 01:03:16,132 --> 01:03:18,134 Get up. 847 01:03:18,454 --> 01:03:20,456 Get up. 848 01:03:25,461 --> 01:03:27,043 (SOLDIERS LAUGH) 849 01:03:27,143 --> 01:03:29,145 Up. Enough! 850 01:03:39,355 --> 01:03:42,778 {\an1}You helped a tyrant enslave a nation. 851 01:03:42,878 --> 01:03:45,501 All I did was stop you from burning more villages. 852 01:03:45,601 --> 01:03:47,383 {\an1}I burned no villages. 853 01:03:47,483 --> 01:03:48,864 HERCULES: Then who did? 854 01:03:48,964 --> 01:03:51,427 {\an1}Ask yourself. If Cotys is beloved, 855 01:03:51,527 --> 01:03:53,589 {\an1}why did he need to hire mercenaries to do his dirty work? 856 01:03:53,689 --> 01:03:55,391 Keep moving, dog. 857 01:03:55,491 --> 01:03:57,853 {\an1}You've been fighting on the wrong side. 858 01:04:07,383 --> 01:04:08,484 (MUSIC PLAYING) 859 01:04:08,584 --> 01:04:10,586 (MEN LAUGHING) 860 01:04:31,727 --> 01:04:33,549 {\an1}Where are you going? 861 01:04:33,649 --> 01:04:35,651 I'm taking some water to the prisoner. 862 01:04:37,733 --> 01:04:39,735 Sit down. 863 01:04:44,540 --> 01:04:46,542 It's time. 864 01:04:49,665 --> 01:04:51,667 (MUSIC STOPS) 865 01:04:56,152 --> 01:04:58,914 {\an1}Thrace is finally united. 866 01:05:01,477 --> 01:05:03,459 One land. 867 01:05:03,559 --> 01:05:05,561 One King. 868 01:05:06,362 --> 01:05:08,364 One Thrace. 869 01:05:08,964 --> 01:05:10,666 ALL: One land! 870 01:05:10,766 --> 01:05:13,149 One King! One Thrace! 871 01:05:13,249 --> 01:05:16,272 Thrace is not a man, a king, or a god! 872 01:05:16,372 --> 01:05:18,114 Thrace is her people! 873 01:05:18,214 --> 01:05:19,235 (GROANS) 874 01:05:19,335 --> 01:05:21,337 (ALL LAUGHING) 875 01:05:25,421 --> 01:05:26,722 Who cares what Rhesus claims? 876 01:05:26,822 --> 01:05:29,305 Our work is done. Let's collect our fee and be gone. 877 01:05:41,637 --> 01:05:43,639 {\an1}Don't do anything foolish. 878 01:05:46,041 --> 01:05:48,043 Where are you going? 879 01:05:53,369 --> 01:05:54,670 (GASPS) 880 01:05:54,770 --> 01:05:56,272 I saw pity in your eyes for Rhesus. 881 01:05:56,372 --> 01:05:58,474 Why? 882 01:05:58,574 --> 01:06:00,156 Look at me. 883 01:06:00,256 --> 01:06:02,258 Cotys is responsible for this war, isn't he? 884 01:06:06,462 --> 01:06:10,766 You lie very well. Clearly, your father's daughter. 885 01:06:10,866 --> 01:06:13,048 {\an1}I didn't do it for my father. 886 01:06:13,148 --> 01:06:15,291 {\an1}I did it for my son. 887 01:06:15,391 --> 01:06:17,813 {\an1}If I disobeyed Cotys or resisted in any way, 888 01:06:17,913 --> 01:06:20,096 {\an1}Arius would be executed. 889 01:06:20,196 --> 01:06:23,118 {\an1}I did what any mother would. I protected my child. 890 01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:27,103 {\an1}My husband was king. 891 01:06:27,203 --> 01:06:29,705 {\an1}And Cotys poisoned him to take his place. 892 01:06:29,805 --> 01:06:32,948 {\an1}Rhesus fought back. Civil war broke out. 893 01:06:33,048 --> 01:06:35,411 {\an1}Arius is the legitimate king. 894 01:06:37,453 --> 01:06:39,555 {\an1}My father is old. 895 01:06:39,655 --> 01:06:42,958 {\an1}He will not live forever and once he is gone, 896 01:06:43,058 --> 01:06:46,021 {\an1}my son will be a good king. 897 01:06:47,062 --> 01:06:49,165 {\an1}And he will heal this land. 898 01:06:49,265 --> 01:06:51,267 That's a dream. 899 01:06:52,268 --> 01:06:54,130 {\an1}And you can help. 900 01:06:54,230 --> 01:06:57,052 {\an1}Please, when you leave Thrace, take Arius with you. 901 01:06:57,152 --> 01:06:59,154 {\an1}Please keep him safe. 902 01:06:59,475 --> 01:07:01,477 Find another savior. 903 01:07:02,157 --> 01:07:04,159 SITACLES: Hercules? 904 01:07:05,561 --> 01:07:07,563 The King commands your presence. 905 01:07:12,448 --> 01:07:14,450 My Lady. 906 01:07:24,660 --> 01:07:27,643 Ah, champion of Thrace! 907 01:07:27,743 --> 01:07:29,745 Something tells me we're not gonna get paid. 908 01:07:30,225 --> 01:07:32,988 {\an1}You could be right. Oh, shit. 909 01:07:36,031 --> 01:07:38,934 {\an1}You wanted conquerors, not heroes. 910 01:07:39,034 --> 01:07:40,736 {\an1}You betrayed me, Cotys. 911 01:07:40,836 --> 01:07:43,739 Betrayed? 912 01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:47,663 A mercenary who has long since sold his conscience for gold 913 01:07:47,763 --> 01:07:50,466 can hardly presume to judge his employers. 914 01:07:50,566 --> 01:07:52,568 Let's not quibble about details. 915 01:07:57,453 --> 01:08:01,557 We all know your legend, Hercules. But here is mine. 916 01:08:01,657 --> 01:08:04,480 When I was a general in the army of Thrace, 917 01:08:04,580 --> 01:08:07,363 I had dreams of ruling this kingdom. 918 01:08:07,463 --> 01:08:10,366 But thanks to you, my dreams have grown. 919 01:08:10,466 --> 01:08:13,969 I now crave an empire. 920 01:08:14,069 --> 01:08:17,253 {\an1}My thousands will train more thousands, 921 01:08:17,353 --> 01:08:18,774 and they even more. 922 01:08:18,874 --> 01:08:21,096 The lessons of Hercules will spread. 923 01:08:21,196 --> 01:08:23,779 What you began here can never be stopped. 924 01:08:23,879 --> 01:08:27,643 And if you fear what such an army may do, 925 01:08:28,884 --> 01:08:30,886 then lead it. 926 01:08:34,289 --> 01:08:37,713 {\an1}You want me to serve you? 927 01:08:37,813 --> 01:08:40,576 Oh, spare me the moral outrage. 928 01:08:42,057 --> 01:08:43,919 Child killer. 929 01:08:44,019 --> 01:08:46,001 (ALL GASP) 930 01:08:46,101 --> 01:08:48,984 Getting us all killed, bad idea. 931 01:08:53,188 --> 01:08:56,352 Well, I must take this as a "no." 932 01:08:57,593 --> 01:08:59,595 In that case, 933 01:09:00,596 --> 01:09:02,758 your services are no longer required. 934 01:09:07,282 --> 01:09:09,765 You will be paid in full. Bring them the gold. 935 01:09:51,527 --> 01:09:52,868 If we hurry, 936 01:09:52,968 --> 01:09:55,210 {\an1}we could be spending our fortunes in Macedonia. 937 01:09:58,934 --> 01:10:00,936 Take mine, too. 938 01:10:03,539 --> 01:10:06,642 What do you think you're doing? Let's go. 939 01:10:06,742 --> 01:10:08,644 {\an1}There will be no more innocent blood on my hands. 940 01:10:08,744 --> 01:10:10,906 {\an1}I can't leave without setting this right. 941 01:10:12,548 --> 01:10:14,410 Oh, I see. 942 01:10:14,510 --> 01:10:17,773 And who's gonna be paying us for this suicidal endeavor? 943 01:10:17,873 --> 01:10:19,254 {\an1}Thrace needs our help. 944 01:10:19,354 --> 01:10:21,356 To hell with Thrace. We have gold. 945 01:10:22,357 --> 01:10:23,419 You remember the Black Sea. 946 01:10:23,519 --> 01:10:25,781 That beach you spoke of is within reach. 947 01:10:25,881 --> 01:10:27,883 Leave now, be free. 948 01:10:29,565 --> 01:10:31,567 I would never be free. 949 01:10:34,690 --> 01:10:36,692 In this fight, you're alone. 950 01:10:39,414 --> 01:10:41,717 {\an1}Never saw that one coming. 951 01:10:41,817 --> 01:10:43,639 {\an1}How can you just walk away? You can't just leave. 952 01:10:43,739 --> 01:10:46,241 Why not? It's all right. 953 01:10:46,341 --> 01:10:48,283 You've sacrificed your lives for me. 954 01:10:48,383 --> 01:10:49,845 Now you can finally be free. 955 01:10:49,945 --> 01:10:52,127 {\an1}Whatever debt you feel you owe me is paid. 956 01:10:52,227 --> 01:10:54,229 Debt? 957 01:10:55,030 --> 01:10:57,513 {\an1}You think we follow you because we owe you? 958 01:10:59,154 --> 01:11:01,176 {\an1}Look around, Hercules. 959 01:11:01,276 --> 01:11:03,258 {\an1}We're family. 960 01:11:03,358 --> 01:11:05,360 {\an1}All we have is each other. 961 01:11:06,682 --> 01:11:08,424 {\an1}We will fight for you. 962 01:11:08,524 --> 01:11:10,866 {\an1}And if it's our time, we will die for you. 963 01:11:10,966 --> 01:11:12,968 {\an1}Because you would die for us. 964 01:11:15,491 --> 01:11:17,493 Take that, too. I have no need of it. 965 01:11:18,373 --> 01:11:19,595 {\an1}This is madness. 966 01:11:19,695 --> 01:11:21,717 AMPHIARAUS: You want madness? 967 01:11:21,817 --> 01:11:24,419 Tonight, a spear of flame will pierce my heart. 968 01:11:26,782 --> 01:11:29,144 Is that not the most insane death you've ever heard of? 969 01:11:39,795 --> 01:11:42,357 {\an1}Crazy. The lot of you. 970 01:11:42,998 --> 01:11:45,100 Autolycus. 971 01:11:45,200 --> 01:11:47,763 {\an1}Iolaus. Go with Autolycus. 972 01:11:49,004 --> 01:11:50,025 I think I'll stay. 973 01:11:50,125 --> 01:11:51,427 Nephew. 974 01:11:51,527 --> 01:11:53,068 Uncle, all I've ever done 975 01:11:53,168 --> 01:11:56,291 is tell stories of great deeds performed by others. 976 01:11:57,813 --> 01:12:00,676 It's time I stopped telling their stories. 977 01:12:00,776 --> 01:12:02,638 Started living my own. 978 01:12:02,738 --> 01:12:04,960 Well, you may have all completely lost your minds, 979 01:12:05,060 --> 01:12:07,062 but not me. 980 01:12:07,823 --> 01:12:09,825 Not me. 981 01:12:12,427 --> 01:12:14,429 Autolycus? 982 01:12:17,152 --> 01:12:19,154 Live like a king, my friend. 983 01:12:22,758 --> 01:12:24,760 (URGES HORSES) (HORSES NEIGHING) 984 01:12:29,244 --> 01:12:31,246 {\an1}What about Cotys? 985 01:12:33,569 --> 01:12:35,871 {\an1}He paid us to save Thrace. 986 01:12:35,971 --> 01:12:37,973 Let's not disappoint him. 987 01:12:41,096 --> 01:12:43,098 (CREAKING) 988 01:13:06,602 --> 01:13:08,604 {\an1}SITACLES: Lay down your arms. 989 01:13:10,205 --> 01:13:12,387 Lay down your arms! 990 01:13:12,487 --> 01:13:15,050 Or your nephew dies first. 991 01:13:19,374 --> 01:13:21,376 (WEAPONS CLATTERING) 992 01:13:31,667 --> 01:13:35,571 I invite you to join me. You refuse. 993 01:13:35,671 --> 01:13:38,534 {\an1}I order you to leave. You return. 994 01:13:38,634 --> 01:13:41,036 (GRUNTS) Get your hands off me. 995 01:13:43,398 --> 01:13:46,582 {\an1}I overheard her conspiring with Hercules. 996 01:13:46,682 --> 01:13:47,943 {\an1}They were planning to remove 997 01:13:48,043 --> 01:13:50,045 {\an1}the young Prince from your protection. 998 01:13:55,610 --> 01:13:57,032 No. No! (ARIUS SCREAMING) 999 01:13:57,132 --> 01:13:59,194 Let go of him! Don't touch him! 1000 01:13:59,294 --> 01:14:01,296 (SHOUTS) 1001 01:14:02,938 --> 01:14:04,940 Arius! No! 1002 01:14:07,502 --> 01:14:09,124 (SCREAMING) 1003 01:14:09,224 --> 01:14:11,046 No, you're hurting him! No! 1004 01:14:11,146 --> 01:14:13,528 {\an1}ARIUS: Hercules, no! Help me! Stop! 1005 01:14:13,628 --> 01:14:15,711 {\an1}ERGENIA: No. Arius. (CRYING) No. 1006 01:14:16,631 --> 01:14:18,633 {\an1}Arius! No! (GROANING) 1007 01:14:37,893 --> 01:14:39,895 (PANTING) 1008 01:14:49,144 --> 01:14:51,146 {\an1}(GROWLING) 1009 01:14:57,873 --> 01:14:59,875 (SNARLING) 1010 01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:07,642 MAN: Magnificent, aren't they? 1011 01:15:09,404 --> 01:15:12,888 An extraordinary species. Incredibly loyal. 1012 01:15:13,809 --> 01:15:15,811 {\an1}As long as they're fed. 1013 01:15:16,451 --> 01:15:17,472 {\an1}Remember them? 1014 01:15:17,572 --> 01:15:19,574 Eurystheus. 1015 01:15:20,255 --> 01:15:22,257 They remember you. 1016 01:15:23,018 --> 01:15:25,380 {\an1}Confused, Hercules? 1017 01:15:26,661 --> 01:15:28,764 {\an1}Kingdoms are won with armies, 1018 01:15:28,864 --> 01:15:31,226 {\an1}but empires are made by alliances. 1019 01:15:32,467 --> 01:15:35,731 {\an1}King Eurystheus and I will now rule 1020 01:15:35,831 --> 01:15:37,833 {\an1}all of Greece. 1021 01:15:39,474 --> 01:15:41,476 (SNARLING) 1022 01:15:43,879 --> 01:15:46,681 Cerberus only exists in my mind. 1023 01:15:48,683 --> 01:15:50,685 Speak a little louder, Hercules. 1024 01:15:52,087 --> 01:15:54,089 {\an1}I didn't quite catch that. 1025 01:15:56,291 --> 01:15:58,293 The wolves. 1026 01:16:00,495 --> 01:16:02,497 They were there that night. 1027 01:16:03,018 --> 01:16:04,720 The wolves were there. 1028 01:16:04,820 --> 01:16:06,822 You drugged me. 1029 01:16:18,313 --> 01:16:20,315 (MEGARA SCREAMING) 1030 01:16:23,278 --> 01:16:25,720 {\an1}The wolves were there the night my family was murdered. 1031 01:16:30,005 --> 01:16:32,247 {\an1}My men told me how your children screamed 1032 01:16:33,809 --> 01:16:35,971 {\an1}as my wolves gnawed on their bones. 1033 01:16:37,252 --> 01:16:38,513 (GASPS) 1034 01:16:38,613 --> 01:16:41,456 {\an1}As their fangs despoiled your daughter's 1035 01:16:42,297 --> 01:16:44,299 pure flesh. 1036 01:16:45,220 --> 01:16:48,804 {\an1}When the people called out your name louder than mine, 1037 01:16:48,904 --> 01:16:51,526 {\an1}you see, when they saw you as a god, 1038 01:16:51,626 --> 01:16:54,329 {\an1}how long before they saw you as their king? 1039 01:16:54,429 --> 01:16:56,131 I wanted nothing! 1040 01:16:56,231 --> 01:16:59,614 Precisely! Your sin, Hercules, was that you had no ambition! 1041 01:16:59,714 --> 01:17:01,536 I can deal with an ambitious man! 1042 01:17:01,636 --> 01:17:03,258 He can be bought! But a man who wants nothing 1043 01:17:03,358 --> 01:17:05,360 has no price! 1044 01:17:07,442 --> 01:17:09,764 {\an1}Killing you would have turned Athens against me. 1045 01:17:10,645 --> 01:17:12,647 {\an1}I had to ruin your name. 1046 01:17:16,251 --> 01:17:18,253 My wife! 1047 01:17:18,854 --> 01:17:20,435 My children! 1048 01:17:20,535 --> 01:17:23,558 {\an1}Well, you have our permission to join them in death. 1049 01:17:23,658 --> 01:17:27,502 {\an1}All of you! Starting with my faithless daughter! 1050 01:17:28,463 --> 01:17:30,445 ERGENIA: Let go of me! 1051 01:17:30,545 --> 01:17:33,208 (GRUNTS) No! No! No! 1052 01:17:33,308 --> 01:17:34,649 Unhand me! 1053 01:17:34,749 --> 01:17:36,011 No! 1054 01:17:36,111 --> 01:17:38,093 She's your own flesh and blood! 1055 01:17:38,193 --> 01:17:40,816 {\an1}I will raise Arius to be my worthy successor! 1056 01:17:40,916 --> 01:17:45,420 {\an1}You stay away from my boy! You monster, you bastard! 1057 01:17:45,520 --> 01:17:48,223 You are a monster! You are a monster! 1058 01:17:48,323 --> 01:17:49,424 No! (GRUNTS) 1059 01:17:49,524 --> 01:17:53,028 ERGENIA: You are not a man! You're a demon! 1060 01:17:53,128 --> 01:17:54,269 {\an1}AMPHIARAUS: Who are you? 1061 01:17:54,369 --> 01:17:55,430 ERGENIA: No, no, no! 1062 01:17:55,530 --> 01:17:56,711 {\an1}Are you a murderer? 1063 01:17:56,811 --> 01:17:59,434 Damn you! I curse you! 1064 01:17:59,534 --> 01:18:01,917 {\an1}Are you a mercenary who turns his back on the innocent? 1065 01:18:02,017 --> 01:18:03,839 Stay away from my son! 1066 01:18:03,939 --> 01:18:05,440 {\an1}AMPHIARAUS: Are you only the legend? 1067 01:18:05,540 --> 01:18:09,124 Or are you the truth behind the legend? 1068 01:18:09,224 --> 01:18:10,806 Father, please. Please, please... 1069 01:18:10,906 --> 01:18:12,848 {\an1}We believe in you. (ERGENIA SOBBING) 1070 01:18:12,948 --> 01:18:14,729 {\an1}We have faith in you. 1071 01:18:14,829 --> 01:18:16,831 {\an1}Have faith in yourself. 1072 01:18:17,192 --> 01:18:18,253 (GRUNTS) 1073 01:18:18,353 --> 01:18:20,335 {\an1}Remember the man that you are. 1074 01:18:20,435 --> 01:18:23,859 The gods will punish you! You cannot escape it! 1075 01:18:23,959 --> 01:18:26,021 {\an1}AMPHIARAUS: Remember the deeds you have performed, 1076 01:18:26,121 --> 01:18:28,143 {\an1}the Labors you have accomplished! 1077 01:18:28,243 --> 01:18:30,225 No. No! 1078 01:18:30,325 --> 01:18:32,107 Stop it! Leave her alone! 1079 01:18:32,207 --> 01:18:33,468 {\an1}AMPHIARAUS: Now, tell me! 1080 01:18:33,568 --> 01:18:35,030 (SCREAMING) 1081 01:18:35,130 --> 01:18:37,692 {\an7}Who are you? 1082 01:18:38,333 --> 01:18:41,856 I am Hercules! 1083 01:18:48,743 --> 01:18:50,745 (GASPS) 1084 01:18:52,187 --> 01:18:54,309 Unleash the wolves! 1085 01:18:56,191 --> 01:18:58,193 (WOLVES SNARLING) 1086 01:18:59,154 --> 01:19:00,775 {\an1}HERCULES: Get away! 1087 01:19:00,875 --> 01:19:02,877 Ahh! 1088 01:19:09,164 --> 01:19:11,806 Three wolves should be more than enough for one lion. 1089 01:19:13,568 --> 01:19:15,150 {\an1}(WOLF WHINES) Ahh! 1090 01:19:15,250 --> 01:19:17,252 Hurry! 1091 01:19:20,455 --> 01:19:22,457 (GRUNTING) 1092 01:19:22,777 --> 01:19:24,779 Hurry! Hurry! 1093 01:19:26,982 --> 01:19:28,984 No! 1094 01:19:36,191 --> 01:19:38,253 (GRUNTING) 1095 01:19:38,353 --> 01:19:40,355 (JAW CRACKING) 1096 01:19:44,239 --> 01:19:46,241 Ahh! 1097 01:19:47,442 --> 01:19:49,444 (WOLF WHINES) 1098 01:19:55,210 --> 01:19:57,592 {\an1}The gods have revealed the truth. 1099 01:19:57,692 --> 01:20:00,355 The final Labor is complete. 1100 01:20:00,455 --> 01:20:02,457 But I'm just getting started. 1101 01:20:10,185 --> 01:20:11,446 Doesn't take a vision to know 1102 01:20:11,546 --> 01:20:13,548 what's waiting for us up there. 1103 01:20:23,118 --> 01:20:25,120 (ALL GRUNTING) 1104 01:20:28,203 --> 01:20:30,205 {\an1}(SOLDIER SCREAMS) 1105 01:20:42,257 --> 01:20:44,259 My time. 1106 01:20:53,228 --> 01:20:54,649 (SOLDIER SCREAMS) 1107 01:20:54,749 --> 01:20:57,172 Excuse me. That was my moment, my fate. 1108 01:20:57,272 --> 01:20:59,454 You're welcome. 1109 01:20:59,554 --> 01:21:01,556 {\an1}(SCREAMS) 1110 01:21:11,686 --> 01:21:13,688 I'm going after Eurystheus! 1111 01:21:28,463 --> 01:21:30,465 (GRUNTING) 1112 01:21:36,151 --> 01:21:38,453 {\an1}Hercules, listen to me. None of this is my fault. 1113 01:21:38,553 --> 01:21:40,895 {\an1}You see, Cotys poisoned my mind. 1114 01:21:40,995 --> 01:21:43,018 {\an1}Turned me against you. (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) 1115 01:21:43,118 --> 01:21:44,619 I like you. 1116 01:21:44,719 --> 01:21:46,101 {\an1}Now stop. 1117 01:21:46,201 --> 01:21:47,822 {\an1}I command you to stop! I'm your King! 1118 01:21:47,922 --> 01:21:49,424 {\an1}You took an oath to obey me! 1119 01:21:49,524 --> 01:21:51,626 You swore to Zeus! 1120 01:21:51,726 --> 01:21:53,828 Wait, wait. 1121 01:21:53,928 --> 01:21:55,470 {\an1}You fight for gold. 1122 01:21:55,570 --> 01:21:58,073 {\an1}I have plenty of gold. Name your price. 1123 01:21:58,173 --> 01:22:00,175 {\an1}Find it in your heart to forgive. 1124 01:22:05,980 --> 01:22:07,982 You want forgiveness? 1125 01:22:08,543 --> 01:22:10,545 (GRUNTS) 1126 01:22:20,395 --> 01:22:22,397 {\an1}(GROANS) 1127 01:22:24,038 --> 01:22:26,040 Ask my family for forgiveness. 1128 01:22:30,044 --> 01:22:32,046 (GRUNTS) 1129 01:22:32,727 --> 01:22:34,729 (GRUNTING) 1130 01:22:44,819 --> 01:22:46,821 I've never killed a god before. 1131 01:22:51,266 --> 01:22:53,268 (GROANS) 1132 01:22:57,031 --> 01:22:59,033 I really think I'm ready to fight now. 1133 01:23:03,558 --> 01:23:05,560 {\an1}Well done, warrior. 1134 01:23:07,482 --> 01:23:09,484 (MEN SHOUTING) 1135 01:23:17,011 --> 01:23:18,793 Eurystheus? Dead. 1136 01:23:18,893 --> 01:23:19,714 We need to find Arius. 1137 01:23:19,814 --> 01:23:21,816 {\an1}HERCULES: Follow me. 1138 01:23:35,870 --> 01:23:37,572 HERCULES: Soldiers of Thrace! 1139 01:23:37,672 --> 01:23:41,176 You followed me in battle. Follow me now. 1140 01:23:41,276 --> 01:23:43,498 Don't be fools! 1141 01:23:43,598 --> 01:23:46,361 Hercules is mortal! Not a god! 1142 01:23:47,402 --> 01:23:51,165 Anyone who sides with him will die! 1143 01:23:52,206 --> 01:23:54,208 And I will show you. 1144 01:23:54,609 --> 01:23:56,611 Bring him. 1145 01:24:00,014 --> 01:24:01,756 Arius! Mama! 1146 01:24:01,856 --> 01:24:02,997 No! 1147 01:24:03,097 --> 01:24:04,719 {\an1}He's your grandson! 1148 01:24:04,819 --> 01:24:07,562 You failed to save your children, Hercules. 1149 01:24:07,662 --> 01:24:09,764 But you may yet save him. (WHIMPERS) 1150 01:24:09,864 --> 01:24:11,246 Please, Father, no! 1151 01:24:11,346 --> 01:24:13,348 Admit defeat! 1152 01:24:13,708 --> 01:24:16,211 Bow to me! 1153 01:24:16,311 --> 01:24:18,873 You have until the count of three! 1154 01:24:21,476 --> 01:24:23,478 One! 1155 01:24:24,238 --> 01:24:25,340 {\an3}Two! 1156 01:24:25,440 --> 01:24:27,442 (GROANS) (SOLDIERS MURMURING) 1157 01:24:28,242 --> 01:24:30,244 Don't just stand there! Kill someone! 1158 01:24:32,086 --> 01:24:34,088 SOLDIER: Protect Lord Cotys. 1159 01:24:36,571 --> 01:24:37,792 Arius, run! 1160 01:24:37,892 --> 01:24:39,894 Mother! 1161 01:24:40,335 --> 01:24:42,337 Get the boy! 1162 01:24:44,699 --> 01:24:46,701 (SCREAMING) 1163 01:24:54,949 --> 01:24:56,951 {\an1}(TYDEUS YELLING) 1164 01:24:58,673 --> 01:25:00,675 (GROANS) 1165 01:25:06,681 --> 01:25:08,683 (CONTINUES YELLING) 1166 01:25:21,976 --> 01:25:23,978 Ahh! 1167 01:25:34,829 --> 01:25:36,831 Tydeus! 1168 01:25:40,234 --> 01:25:42,297 Attack! (SOLDIERS YELLING) 1169 01:25:42,397 --> 01:25:44,399 {\an1}HERCULES: Hold them back! 1170 01:25:59,574 --> 01:26:01,576 COTYS: Spears! 1171 01:26:04,058 --> 01:26:06,240 (BOTH GROANING) 1172 01:26:06,340 --> 01:26:07,842 Go through the fire! 1173 01:26:07,942 --> 01:26:09,944 (SOLDIERS YELLING) 1174 01:26:13,548 --> 01:26:15,550 {\an1}Here! Help me! 1175 01:26:20,274 --> 01:26:22,276 Easy, Tydeus. 1176 01:26:22,837 --> 01:26:23,978 (ALL YELLING) 1177 01:26:24,078 --> 01:26:26,080 {\an1}(BOTH GRUNTING) 1178 01:26:30,965 --> 01:26:32,967 (SOLDIERS SCREAMING) 1179 01:26:49,584 --> 01:26:51,586 H... 1180 01:26:52,667 --> 01:26:54,669 Hercules. 1181 01:27:00,755 --> 01:27:02,757 (LAUGHS) 1182 01:27:03,117 --> 01:27:05,119 {\an1}(TYDEUS CHOKING) 1183 01:27:14,769 --> 01:27:16,771 Lock shields! 1184 01:27:17,331 --> 01:27:19,333 March! 1185 01:27:21,456 --> 01:27:23,458 Find peace, my brother. 1186 01:27:39,033 --> 01:27:40,855 As you said, Hercules, 1187 01:27:40,955 --> 01:27:43,598 there is no way to defeat a shield wall! 1188 01:27:44,639 --> 01:27:46,641 There is no way out! 1189 01:27:48,162 --> 01:27:50,164 Come out and face me! 1190 01:27:51,005 --> 01:27:53,007 (GRUNTING) 1191 01:27:57,371 --> 01:28:00,875 You're no hero! You're no god! 1192 01:28:00,975 --> 01:28:03,758 You're nothing but a mercenary! 1193 01:28:03,858 --> 01:28:06,420 Your wife and children deserved to die! 1194 01:28:07,461 --> 01:28:09,463 (YELLING) 1195 01:28:13,668 --> 01:28:14,969 (GASPS) 1196 01:28:15,069 --> 01:28:17,071 {\an1}(CONTINUES YELLING) 1197 01:28:29,003 --> 01:28:30,304 COTYS: What's he doing? 1198 01:28:30,404 --> 01:28:32,106 Get back up there! 1199 01:28:32,206 --> 01:28:34,569 Hercules must die! 1200 01:28:37,812 --> 01:28:39,814 Come on! 1201 01:28:41,415 --> 01:28:44,458 Kill the filthy bastard! 1202 01:28:47,461 --> 01:28:49,484 (WHIMPERS) 1203 01:28:49,584 --> 01:28:51,586 {\an1}(COTYS SCREAMING) 1204 01:29:21,055 --> 01:29:23,057 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 1205 01:29:44,679 --> 01:29:47,041 ALL: (CHANTING) Hercules! Hercules! 1206 01:29:47,882 --> 01:29:51,586 Hercules! Hercules! 1207 01:29:51,686 --> 01:29:56,791 Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! 1208 01:29:56,891 --> 01:30:00,474 Hercules! Hercules! 1209 01:30:00,574 --> 01:30:04,078 Hercules! Hercules! 1210 01:30:04,178 --> 01:30:07,682 Hercules! Hercules! 1211 01:30:07,782 --> 01:30:10,925 Hercules! Hercules! 1212 01:30:11,025 --> 01:30:13,928 AMPHIARAUS: You want to know the truth about Hercules? 1213 01:30:14,028 --> 01:30:16,531 There it is. 1214 01:30:16,631 --> 01:30:20,815 To be honest, I prefer it to the legend. 1215 01:30:20,915 --> 01:30:23,678 The world needs a hero they can believe in. 1216 01:30:24,639 --> 01:30:28,422 Is he actually the son of Zeus? 1217 01:30:28,522 --> 01:30:31,225 I don't think it really matters. 1218 01:30:31,325 --> 01:30:35,029 You don't need to be a demigod to be a hero. 1219 01:30:35,129 --> 01:30:38,432 You just need to believe you're a hero. 1220 01:30:38,532 --> 01:30:40,695 It's what worked for him. 1221 01:30:42,657 --> 01:30:47,642 But then again, what the hell do I know? 1222 01:30:47,742 --> 01:30:49,904 I'm supposed to be dead by now. 1223 01:30:52,867 --> 01:30:54,869 (LIGHTNING CRASHES)