1.16 - Down and Out in Academy Hills

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Title Down and Out in Academy Hills
Episode # Season 1, Episode 16
First aired October 10, 1998
Directed by Andrew Merrifield
Written by Michael Edens
Summary The guys rescue a drowning man who turns out to be really good at making stuff.


FoxKids Spoilers

  • Out for an afternoon of fishing, Iolaus, Jason, and Hercules rescue a drowning man who literally falls from the sky into the water. The man turns out to be Hercules' half-brother, a god named Hephaestus, who is metalsmith to the gods. Hephaestus unwittingly endangers the lives of all of the cadets when a jealous, revengeful giant, who is searching for him, pays the academy an unexpected visit.
  • A mystery man who literally fell from the sky is rescued from drowning by Hercules, Jason and Iolaus, who soon discover that he has a relatively close connection to Hercules.

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  • Hercules, Jason and Iolaus rescue a drowning man after he literally falls from the sky. Funny thing is the man has no idea who he is or where he came from. Hercules soon discovers that the man is actually his half-brother Hephaestus the God of Steel and that he's being punished by his mother Hera.

Synopsis

Title card - End credits can be found here.

The guys are fishing. This time, they are cooking their fish when they hear a splash in the water behind them. They turn to the water and see a man struggling. Hercules runs in and pulls the man out. Once back to shore, they ask the man who he is. The man says, "I don't know"

The boys bring the man, whom Iolaus nick-names Fish, back to the Academy. Cheiron agrees to let Fish stay.

Fish repairs the big metal training thing.

The guys go to Kora's. Kora tells them she has just invented this great new thing but has not thought of a name yet. They ask what it is and she tells them. First you take these beans from Ethiopia, grind them up, and boil them in water. Then, you throw out the beans, and drink them water. And, you can even add milk to it. Hercules looks at her and says "Wild guess here, but have you been drinking a lot of that?" She looks at him and says "yeah. It's good."

Later that night, Fish has a dream of a forge, and fire, and falling from the sky into the lake. Fish wakes up and Hercules asks if he is okay. Fish says he thinks so. Hercules asks if he is remembered anything. Fish says that his mother kicked him out, that she was disappointed in him. He also tells Hercules that there was a forge in his dream. Hercules, realizing that Fish must be a metalsmith of some kind, takes him to the Academy forge. He tells Hercules he has always been good with his hands. Hercules says it "must be a gift from the Gods."

At the mention of Gods, Fish's memory starts to return. He sees Hera's eyes telling him he is no God. Hercules asks what is wrong. Fish says he remembers. "My name is Heph... Heph" Hercules looks at him and says "Hephaestus?" Fish nods. Hercules says "You're a god. We're brothers"

Hephaestus looks at him, memory fully returned. He says "I know who you are. You're Hercules. Ares doesn't like you very much"

Hephaestus tells Hercules that Hera kicked him out of Olympus. Hercules tells Hephaestus that Olympus is his home, and just because Hera does not approve of what he does, she cannot force him out.

Iolaus, Jason, and Lilith call Hercules over. Hercules tells Hephaestus he will be right back. He goes over to the guys and tells them who Fish is, and why he is here. Jason mentions that Hephaestus is gone. Hercules turns around and sure enough he is gone. Hercules goes after him.

Hercules catches up to him, and convinces Hephaestus to return to Olympus. Hephaestus thanks Hercules and leaves.

(There is a subplot about some angry metalsmith giant trying to kill Hephaestus. And with Hercules' help, Hephaestus sends the giant into orbit. Literally)

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Trivia & References

Pop Culture References and Greekisms - The title "Down and Out in Academy Hills" is a reference to the 1986 movie "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" starring Nick Nolte, Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss. The film is about a rich but dysfunctional couple who save the life of a suicidal bum.
Pop Culture References and Greekisms - In this episode, Hephaestus invents an espresso machine for Kora, and uses it to make himself a cappuccino.
Pop Culture References and Greekisms - At the end of Arges's flamethrower is an "A" inside a circle that looks a lot like the Anarchist circle-A symbol.
New Guy - This episode is the first time Hephaestus is introduced.
Aired Out Of Order - Although Hephaestus was seen in the earlier episodes 1.08 - Keeping Up With the Jasons, 1.10 - Cyrano de Hercules, 1.13 - Forgery, and 1.15 - Ares on Trial, this is supposed to be the first episode the boys meet him in.
Reality Check - In this ep, Kora makes a new drink with special beans from Ethiopia. But the story of Kaldi, the 9th-century Ethiopian goatherd who discovered coffee, did not appear in writing until 1671 AD and is probably apocryphal. From Ethiopia, coffee was said to have spread to Egypt and Yemen. The earliest credible evidence of either coffee drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the fifteenth century, in the Sufi monasteries of Yemen (source), so it's doubtful that she could have found anyone selling the beans back in Ancient Greece.

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