1.24 - Dad Always Liked Me Best

« Previous Episode

Next Episode »

Title Dad Always Liked Me Best Episode # Season 1, Episode 24 First aired November 6, 1998 Directed by Andrew Merrifield Written by Liz Friedman & Vanessa Place Summary Hercules meets another of his half-brothers, Lucius, who tells him about Castor's death.

FoxKids Spoilers

• In an effort to insure that half-brother, Pollux, who has been accused of killing his twin brother Castor, is innocent until proven quilty, Hercules joins Lucius in his manhunt. Unbeknownst to Hercules, the destruction of Pollux is just part of a more heinous plan orchestrated by Lucius (another mortal son of Zeus) and his crazy mother Iambe to eliminate all of Zeus children... including Hercules.
• Hercules teams up with Lucius (Craig Parker), another one of Zeus's sons, to track Pollux, who is accused of murdering Castor.

TV Guide Promo

• Hercules meets Lucius, another mortal son of Zeus, who tells him that he is on the trail of Pollux on the request from Zeus himself to deliver Pollux to death on the crime of the death of Castor, their brother. Hercules agrees to join him unaware that Castor was actually killed by Lucius, who has some ambitious plans that don't include his brothers.

Synopsis

Title card - End credits can be found here.

To Be Added

Characters (in order of appearance)

• Male Traveler Norman
• Thug Campbell
• Thug Rodney
• Hercules
• Lucius
• Lilith
• Iolaus
• Leda
• Iambe
• Pollux

Characters (mention only)

• Zeus
• Ares
• Castor
• Jason
• Apollo
• Kronos

Places

• Forest Trail
• Inn
• Mount Olympus - (mention only)
• Leda's Home
• Lucius's Cave
• Other Side - (mention only)
• Rhamnous
• Pollux's Tent

Items

• • More items from this episode...

Plot Arcs

• Herc's Obsession With Zeus
• Character Deaths

Other Pages

• Never Say Kill
• Iolaus Is Always Eating
• Corinthian Games

Television Tropes

• To Be Added

Trivia & References

New Guy - This episode is the first time Lucius is introduced.

Continuity Warning - In HtLJ "2.14 - Once A Hero", Castor and Pollux are part of the Argonaut reunion and help Jason retrieve the fleece. Only Pollux tries to claim it as his own.

Continuity Warning - In X:WP "5.08 - Little Problems", Castor and Pollux are shown mud wrestling. Also, they are described as two souls sharing the same body that can separate with the use of special oil.

Pop Culture References and Greekisms - Lucius says, "Come on, we're the dream team." The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the "Dream Team", was the first American Olympic team to feature active NBA players. Described by American journalists as the greatest sports team ever assembled, and called by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame "the greatest collection of basketball talent on the planet", it defeated its opponents by an average of almost 44 points en route to the gold medal against Croatia at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona. - Wikipedia

Reality Check - Lucius claims that mistakes can be erased. But did they even have erasers back then, or know what erasing was? According to the The Online Etymology Dictionary, the term "erase" only dates back c.1600, from Latin erasus, pp. of eradere "scrape out, scrape off, shave," from ex- "out" + radere "to scrape".

Guides, Scripts, Transcripts, & Reviews

• Discussion Page - Discussions, Opinions, and Random Thoughts about the episode.
• Dad Always Liked Me Best 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: 1.24- Dad Always Liked Me Best

« Previous Episode

Next Episode »