1.06 - Teacher's Pests

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Title Teachers Pests Episode # Season 1, Episode 6 First aired September 22, 1998 Directed by Chris Graves Written by John Loy Summary Iolaus gets a job. Hercules and Jason have to cover for Iolaus's absence.

FoxKids Spoilers

• When Hercules, Iolaus, and Jason are placed in detention, Iolaus convince his friends to cover for him so that he won't miss his first day of waiting tables at Kora's. Just when Iolaus believes he has successfully gotten out of his academy chores, he turns to wait on his first customer, academy headmaster, Cheiron!
  
• After the three receive detention, Hercules and Jason try to cover for Iolaus, who must leave to start a new job at Kora's.

Synopsis

      Fade in on the cadets working on drills. Hercules and Jason are sparring and good-naturedly taunting each other until the bell rings. They put their weapons away, talking about their plans for the upcoming weekend. Hercules confesses that he could think of worse things than hanging out at the Academy over the weekend with no one else around, "Be nice and quiet." Jason jokes that Hercules should never plan one of his parties.

Plot Arcs

Jail or Cheiron's Academy

Quotes

Hercules: I can think of worse things than hanging out here with no one else around, you know? It'd be nice and quiet.
Jason: Remind me never to have you plan one of my parties.

Iolaus: We were just having a race.
Fiducius: It was a premeditated malicious attack on a despised authority figure!

Kora: Uh, what's with the hat?

Iolaus: Uh, well, I was just thinking, you know? What if all the waiters wore different goofy hats? You know? Wouldn't that be a cute gimmick?

Kora: We already have a cute gimmick. It's called "Serving the customers".

Guides, Scripts, Transcripts, & Reviews

• Whoosh.org's transcript.
• Watch the full episode online at Hulu.com.