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'''[[Lawrence, Kansas]], 22 years ago'''<br>
Inside an impressive throne room with swords and shields on the walls, [[Ares]] practices sword fighting with a suit of armor that moves by itself, while [[Strife]] lounges in front of the throne and complains that he's tired of being a nobody. Ares suggests that he kill a mortal son of Zeus, and Strife replies, "You mean Hercules." Ares has an obvious deep-seated hatred for Hercules, and claims that Hera wants him gone too. Strife is wary of the protection order Zeus has on Hercules, that any god who disobeys will spend eternity in Tataurus. Ares replies that obviously they can't attack him directly, but "sometimes a little strife can lead to a major catastrophe."
It is a happy family scene as [[Mary]] and [[John]] Winchester put their children, six month old Sam and four year old Dean, to bed. Later, Mary investigates a sound coming from Sam’s nursery. She sees a figure standing over his crib, and assuming it is John, leaves, but then realizing it isn’t her husband, she rushes back in. John rushes to the nursery in response to Mary’s screams, only to find her pinned to ceiling, a deep wound across her belly. As he stares in shock, flames engulf Mary and the room. John hands baby Sam to Dean and tells him to run outside, while John tries in vain to save his wife. The scene ends with John and the boys sitting on the hood of the Impala, as firemen tend to their burning house.


[[Hercules]] is tossing hay in a barn when he is attacked by an unknown assailant. They fight with no clear winner. [[Alcemene]] breaks up the fight with a bucket of water, and the assailant is revealed to be [[Iolaus]], who claims to have been testing Hercules's reflexes. Alcemene gives Hercules a mop and Herc uses it to knock Iolaus on his butt. "Expect the unexpected."


'''[[Stanford University]], present day'''<br>
Alcemene bids Hercules a safe trip back to the Academy, and Hercules gripes about how Zeus has never been there for either of them. Alcemene wishes that Hercules wasn't always trying to impress Zeus. Herc and Iolaus leave for [[Cheiron's Academy]].
It is Halloween and Sam and his girlfriend [[Jess]] go out for drinks, to celebrate his good LSAT score which should guarantee him a place in law school. Later that night, Sam awakens to someone breaking into their apartment. He wrestles with the intruder, only to discover that it is his older brother, Dean. The brothers haven’t spoken for [[Canon Discrepancies|some time]], and Dean has only turned up because their father has gone missing on what Dean calls a ‘hunting’ trip.
As Dean tries to convince Sam to accompany him to find their dad, it is obvious that what the Winchesters hunt are supernatural entities. Dean plays a recording of a voicemail from John Winchester, which contains [[Electronic Voice Phenomenon|EVP]] of a woman saying “I can never go home” and Sam agrees to spend the weekend looking for their Dad.
The boys travel to Jericho, where John has been on a case, investigating young men who have disappeared on the same stretch of road over ten years. They speak to the girlfriend of the latest guy to disappear, and find out about a local legend, about the ghosts of a murdered girl, who hitchhikes and kills whoever picks here up. After some research, Sam and Dean discover the girl was [[Constance Welch]], who drowned her children and then killed herself by jumping from a bridge.
That night at the bridge, Sam makes it clear that he doesn’t want to return to hunting with Dean and John, and questions the value of their quest to find whatever killed [[Mary]] Winchester. During the confrontation, they see a woman jump into the water and then the Impala mysteriously starts on its own and pursues them down the bridge, before suddenly stopping.


On checking into a motel, the brothers find out their father had also been staying there. It is obvious he has not been there for a few days but his room is covered in research - newspaper clippings, notes – that identifies Constance as a [[Woman in White|woman in white]].
Night has fallen and they stop at an Inn for some food. Inside, a pair of [[Satyrs]] are eating. Hercules and Iolaus reunite with [[Jason]], who is glad to be back at the Academy where he's just another student and not the Crown Prince of [[Corinth]]. [[Kora]] arrives to take their order, and Jason is suddenly happy to mention that he's a prince and he could give her a tour of the palace if she wants. Iolaus tries to put their food on his tab, claiming to be tight with the Inn's owner, and Kora reveals that she is the owner.


The police have been staking out the motel, and when Dean leaves to get food, he is arrested. At the police station, they accuse him of being connected with the disappearances and show him John’s [[journal]], which contains the notation “Dean 35-111”.
Strife enters in disguise and, per obvious arrangement, the satyrs trip him. Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason are about to face-off against the satyrs when Kora notices and kicks the satyrs out. Strife introduces himself as 'Nysus Gaius'.


Meanwhile, Sam tracks down Constance Welch’s husband, who tells Sam where Constance is buried, and also the location of the house in which she drowned their children.
At the Academy, the cadets are training with many different weapons. Hercules is sparring with Nysus, and knocks him to the ground. [[Cheiron]], their [[centaur]] mentor, watches their training and offers advice. Nysus and Hercules spar again, but this time Nysus starts talking about Zeus and a chalice he made that is hidden in a nearby cave, and Hercules is obviously distracted by the mention of his father.


Dean escapes from the police station using a paper clip and a distraction provided by Sam, who has a personal encounter with Constance. He tries to seduce him, while begging him to take her home.
After sparring, Hercules approaches Nysus, wanting more information about the cave and the chalice. After he leaves, Ares's face shows up in a bucket of water, asking if the plan went smoothly. Nysus confirms that Hercules is hooked "like a little fish, waiting for Hera to fry."


Sam stops outside a deserted house and as Constance attacks him, Dean shoots at her allowing Sam to ram the car into the house. Inside the house, her children materialize, and as they embrace her, all three vanish.
Hercules sneaks out of the Academy after curfew, and Iolaus and Jason catch him. Herc tells them about the chalice. Iolaus and Jason are skeptical, but they tag along. Iolaus calls dibs on any gold that might be in the cave.


Dean is keen to pursue John – he has worked out that the notations in the journal are coordinates to a town in Colorado. However, Sam declines and they drive back to Stanford.  
On the way to the cave, Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason find and pick up spears. Over the cave is a huge phoenix, and the guys throw their spears at it to prove that it isn't real. Hercules leads the way into the cave, lighting a torch with his gauntlets, and both Iolaus and Hercules almost get hurt by traps.


Returning to his apartment, Sam finds a plate of cookies with a note from Jess. He collapses onto the bed, exhausted, but he sees Jess, pinned to the ceiling bleeding from her belly. As Jess bursts in flame, Dean rushes in a pulls Sam from the inferno.
At the end of the cave there is a red chalice sitting on a rock, lit from above. Hercules picks it up and, assuming it's holding rain water from a leaky cave, Iolaus dumps the contents out on the rock. The rock bursts into fire, and the fire quickly grows. The boys stare in shock for a moment, and then run for the entrance of the cave as a huge fireball chases them out. They barely make it outside before the fireball explodes from the cave, burning the phoenix statue, and the boys reminisce about that time they were served beans in the Academy for a week.


Outside the house, as fireman battle the blaze, Sam tosses a shotgun into the truck of the [[Impala]]. He is back in the hunt again.
The sun comes up, and the charred phoenix stature cracks, revealing a live [[Phoenix]].


The boys are about to sneak back into the Academy when the Phoenix attacks from above, snatching the chalice and Iolaus. Hercules lassos the phoenix, and it drops Iolaus and begins to fly away with the chalice and Hercules hanging from a rope around its neck. Strife watches.


|Characters=  
|Characters=  
* [[Ares]]
* [[Strife]] (Nysus Gaius)
* [[Hercules]]
* [[Hercules]]
* [[Iolaus]]
* [[Iolaus]]
* [[Jason]]
* [[Jason]]
* [[Alcemene]]
* [[Kora]]
* [[Cheiron]]
* [[Cheiron]]
* [[Kora]]
* [[Ares]]
* [[Strife]] (Nysus Gaius)


|Myths=  
|Myths=  
* [[Satyrs]]
* [[Satyrs]]
 
* [[Centaur]]
 
* [[Phoenix]]


|Pad_of_Definitions=  
|Pad_of_Definitions=  
* [[Zeus's Chalice]] <sup>[[PoD]]</sup>
* [[Zeus's Chalice]] <sup>[[PoD]]</sup>
* [[Devil's Gate in Clifton]]  <sup>[[PoD]]</sup>
* [[Zeus's Protection on Hercules]]  <sup>[[PoD]]</sup>
* [[EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon)]]<sup>[[PoD]]</sup>
* [[Goldwave]] <sup>[[PoD]]</sup>




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|Trivia_References=
|Trivia_References=
{{TriviaQuote |Text=
{{TriviaQuote |Text=
Jensen Ackles cited this episode as his favorite in the premier issue of the Official Supernatural Magazine saying:
This episode is the first time Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason meet Kora.}}
"I mean, obviously the pilot stands out among all the rest."}}
{{TriviaQuote |Text=
The episode first premiered on Yahoo!TV on 09/06/2005. The pilot could also be seen on the internet weeks before the airing.}}


|Minutiae=
|Minutiae=
* The Pilot was filmed in March/April of 2005 in L.A.  
* The plot of Hercules stealing a chalice made by Zeus is echoed from the Young Hercules Movie Pilot, where Hercules broke into Ares's treasure vault and stole a green chalice made by Zeus, that held a cyclone inside.


|Sides_Scripts_Transcripts=
|Sides_Scripts_Transcripts=

Revision as of 09:20, 1 December 2008


Screencap from ep 1.01
Title Treasure of Zeus
Episode # Season 1, Episode 1
First aired September 12, 1998
Directed by Chris Graves
Written by Rob Tapert
Liz Friedman
Summary Strife goes undercover. Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason go after Zeus' Chalice. Ep 1 of 3.

Synopsis

Inside an impressive throne room with swords and shields on the walls, Ares practices sword fighting with a suit of armor that moves by itself, while Strife lounges in front of the throne and complains that he's tired of being a nobody. Ares suggests that he kill a mortal son of Zeus, and Strife replies, "You mean Hercules." Ares has an obvious deep-seated hatred for Hercules, and claims that Hera wants him gone too. Strife is wary of the protection order Zeus has on Hercules, that any god who disobeys will spend eternity in Tataurus. Ares replies that obviously they can't attack him directly, but "sometimes a little strife can lead to a major catastrophe."

Hercules is tossing hay in a barn when he is attacked by an unknown assailant. They fight with no clear winner. Alcemene breaks up the fight with a bucket of water, and the assailant is revealed to be Iolaus, who claims to have been testing Hercules's reflexes. Alcemene gives Hercules a mop and Herc uses it to knock Iolaus on his butt. "Expect the unexpected."

Alcemene bids Hercules a safe trip back to the Academy, and Hercules gripes about how Zeus has never been there for either of them. Alcemene wishes that Hercules wasn't always trying to impress Zeus. Herc and Iolaus leave for Cheiron's Academy.

Night has fallen and they stop at an Inn for some food. Inside, a pair of Satyrs are eating. Hercules and Iolaus reunite with Jason, who is glad to be back at the Academy where he's just another student and not the Crown Prince of Corinth. Kora arrives to take their order, and Jason is suddenly happy to mention that he's a prince and he could give her a tour of the palace if she wants. Iolaus tries to put their food on his tab, claiming to be tight with the Inn's owner, and Kora reveals that she is the owner.

Strife enters in disguise and, per obvious arrangement, the satyrs trip him. Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason are about to face-off against the satyrs when Kora notices and kicks the satyrs out. Strife introduces himself as 'Nysus Gaius'.

At the Academy, the cadets are training with many different weapons. Hercules is sparring with Nysus, and knocks him to the ground. Cheiron, their centaur mentor, watches their training and offers advice. Nysus and Hercules spar again, but this time Nysus starts talking about Zeus and a chalice he made that is hidden in a nearby cave, and Hercules is obviously distracted by the mention of his father.

After sparring, Hercules approaches Nysus, wanting more information about the cave and the chalice. After he leaves, Ares's face shows up in a bucket of water, asking if the plan went smoothly. Nysus confirms that Hercules is hooked "like a little fish, waiting for Hera to fry."

Hercules sneaks out of the Academy after curfew, and Iolaus and Jason catch him. Herc tells them about the chalice. Iolaus and Jason are skeptical, but they tag along. Iolaus calls dibs on any gold that might be in the cave.

On the way to the cave, Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason find and pick up spears. Over the cave is a huge phoenix, and the guys throw their spears at it to prove that it isn't real. Hercules leads the way into the cave, lighting a torch with his gauntlets, and both Iolaus and Hercules almost get hurt by traps.

At the end of the cave there is a red chalice sitting on a rock, lit from above. Hercules picks it up and, assuming it's holding rain water from a leaky cave, Iolaus dumps the contents out on the rock. The rock bursts into fire, and the fire quickly grows. The boys stare in shock for a moment, and then run for the entrance of the cave as a huge fireball chases them out. They barely make it outside before the fireball explodes from the cave, burning the phoenix statue, and the boys reminisce about that time they were served beans in the Academy for a week.

The sun comes up, and the charred phoenix stature cracks, revealing a live Phoenix.

The boys are about to sneak back into the Academy when the Phoenix attacks from above, snatching the chalice and Iolaus. Hercules lassos the phoenix, and it drops Iolaus and begins to fly away with the chalice and Hercules hanging from a rope around its neck. Strife watches.

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Quotes

Strife: I'm tired of being a nobody, Ares. I mean - 'Strife, the god of war's nephew' - I mean, what does it say to anybody? I mean, I’m ready for the big time. Why can't I be, uh, ‘Disaster’, or, uh, ‘Catastrophe’? Okay, well that’s hard to spell.
Iolaus: All right, all right. We’ll come with you. But, if there’s anything in the chalice - like gold - we split it three ways.

Hercules: Two ways-- all I want is the chalice.
Jason: One way. I'm just comin' along to keep you jerks out of trouble.

Iolaus: Oh, I love you guys.

Trivia & References

This episode is the first time Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason meet Kora.

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