1.28 - In Your Dreams

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Title In Your Dreams Episode # Season 1, Episode 28 First aired November 13, 1998 Directed by Charlie Haskell Written by Doug Molitor Eric Lewald Summary Ares calls in a favor from Morpheus and traps the cadets in the Dreamworld. To save his friends, Hercules must face his greatest fear.

FoxKids Spoilers

• After Ares tricks Morpheus into giving him the power to administer dreams for a night, Ares fashions one heck of a nightmare designed to destroy Hercules. On a mission to save his friends, Hercules enters the depths of a dream world from which no one has ever returned. Will he be able to face his worse fear to save himself and the rest of the cadets, or will he fail and perish?
• Kidnapped cadets are sent to Morpheus's dream world, where Hercules follows them and is confronted by his worst nightmare, his alter-ego who kills at will.

TV Guide Promo

• When Ares strikes a deal with Morpheus the god of dreams, he kidnaps the cadets and sends them into the dream world. Hercules must follow them to the dream realm, where he meets his worst fear, an alternate version of himself who punishes and kills without regret.

Synopsis

Title card - End credits can be found here.

Lilith, Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason are sitting at a table in Kora's discussing their fears: Lilith is afraid of Spiders; Iolaus is afraid of water; Jason is afraid of Fire; and Hercules.... well all he says is "ticking of Cheiron"

Ares visits Morpheus' dreamboat and says that Ceres has given him the marker she holds on Morpheus. Morpheus gives Ares the tarot Death card. Ares plans to use it to torment Hercules in his dreams.

The guys return to the academy. Lilith says goodnight and walks off. the guys are preparing for bed when Lilith screams. They run. Lilith is being drawn into a vortex. Hercules tries to help but finds he is chained to the wall. Lilith is sucked in. Jason and Iolaus try to help but they get caught in it too. Hercules struggles to break the chains, and when he does he suddenly finds his feet are in cement blocks. Cheiron them gets sucked in. Hercules screams and wakes up.

Hercules looks around, but everyone is gone. He finds Cheiron trapped under a table. Cheiron tells Hercules that a dark presence from his dreams has taken the cadets into the dreamworld.

Ares and Morpheus talk. Ares has used Hercules' dream to kidnap the cadets.

Cheiron tells Hercules how to enter the Dreamworld but warns him that "what you are most afraid of will try to stop you" and that he must embrace that fear in order to get out safely.

Cheiron helps him enter the dreamworld. Hercules wakes at Kora's. He finds a dancing Lilith but she screams when he is covered in spiders. He finds Iolaus trapped in a cage that is flooding. He finds Jason playing with fire. He hears his mother calling him. He hears Cheiron's voice telling him to embrace his greatest fear, and "it's only a dream".

Hercules finds the evil presence is him. Hercules sees the cadets hanging over a pit of fire.

Ares is enjoying himself and wants to get closer. Morpheus sends him into the dream.

Hercules battles himself. Ares shows up. Hercules continues to battle himself.

Hercules opens the vortex and everyone through it. They all go. All but Jason and Iolaus who stand at the entrance and wait for Hercules.

Ares gives the evil Hercules a sword and the two Hercules duke it out. Hercules realizes that he cannot kill his double, so he embraces it.

Ares exits, and Hercules wakes up. Cheiron orders everyone to get some sleep, and they all laugh. After all, sleep is what got them into this mess in the first place.

Characters (in order of appearance)

• Kora
• Lilith
• Iolaus
• Hercules
• Jason
• Morpheus
• Ares
• Evil Herc
• Cheiron
• Cadet Argyros

Characters (mention only)

• Apollo
• Ceres
• Amazons
• Zeus
• Alcmene - (heard but not seen)

Places

• Kora's Inn
• Morpheus's Dreamboat
• Cheiron's Academy
• Academy Dorms
• Academy Gymnasium
• The Dreamworld

Items

• The Vortex
• Dream Cards
• Warrior Dummy
• Cheiron's Scroll
  • More items from this episode...

Mythology

Centaurs

Plot Arcs

• Cheiron's Advice
  
• Zeus's Protection Order on Herc

Other Pages

• Never Say Kill

Television Tropes

• To Be Added

Trivia & References

Reality Check - Ceres was the Roman Goddess of Agriculture. Her Greek equivalent was Demeter.

Nod to HtLJ and X:WP - The mythology of the Dreamscape Passage was created in X:WP "1.03 - Dreamworker".

Pop Culture References and Greekisms - Morpheus says "Hey! Someone's rockin' my dreamboat!" - "Someone's Rockin' My Dreamboat" is a song originally by the The Ink Spots, a vocal group from the 1930s and '40s.

Pop Culture References and Greekisms - Lilith's eerie song in the dream world is sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".

Pop Culture References and Greekisms - When Ares thinks that Hercules destroyed himself, he makes a motion with his hands known as "Raising the Roof" - this was a common term of the late 1990's which generally describes placing your arms in the air with your hands at a 90 degree angle, as if you were placing them on a ceiling and then moving your arms up and down in the position. - Answers.com

Guides, Scripts, Transcripts, & Reviews

• In Your Dreams Shooting Draft
• In Your Dreams Transcript (Dialogue Only)
• Whoosh.org's transcript.
• Whoosh.org's Episode Guide
• IMDB's Episode Guide
• TV.com's Episode Guide
• ShareTV's Episode Guide
• Watch the full episode online at Hulu.com.
• Ty's Reviews: 1.28- In Your Dreams

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