1.31 - Home for the Holidays

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Title Home for the Holidays Episode # Season 1, Episode 31 First aired November 20, 1998 Directed by Chris Graves Written by John Loy Summary Herc, Iolaus, Jason, and Lilith visit Alcmene. Herc doesn't like Alcmene's new boyfriend.

FoxKids Spoilers

• When Hercules brings his friends Iolaus, Jason and Lilith home for the holidays he is shocked to find his mother with a handsome suitor. It's a time of personal growth for all of our cadets as Lilith explores home-making again, Jason schools Iolaus in the traditions of a new holiday, and Hercules comes to terms with a never-before-felt emotions of jealousy and betrayal.
• Hercules brings his friends home to celebrate a holiday and meet his mother, whom he is surprised to find is being courted by a handsome suitor (Stelios Yiakmis).

TV Guide Promo

• Hercules takes his friends Iolaus, Jason and Lilith home to his mother's to celebrate the festival of Persephone. To his surprise he finds his mother not alone as he expected but instead with a handsome suitor named Capaneus.

Synopsis

Title card - End credits can be found here.

To Be Added

Characters (in order of appearance)

• Iolaus
• Hercules
• Lilith
• Jason
• Alcmene
• Capaneus

Characters (mention only)

• Persephone
• Neina

Places

• Cheiron's Academy
• Academy Gates
• Alcmene's Farm
  • Alcmene's Front Yard
  • Alcmene's Kitchen
  • Hercules's Bedroom
  • Alcmene's Barn

Items

• Fish and Feta Popovers
  • More items from this episode...
  • She Cleans Up Nicely

Other Pages

• Holidays, Celebrations, and Events

Television Tropes

• Plot Tropes:
  • Parent With New Paramour
  • Jaw Drop

Trivia & References

Bechdel Test - Lilith and Alcmene manage to talk a few times without mentioning a man.

Pop Culture References and Greekisms - The scene at the end of the episode where Capaneus is saying goodbye to Alcmene is very reminiscent of a similar scene from the movie The Princess Bride where Buttercup is saying goodbye to Wesley as he goes off to seek his fortune.

Guides, Scripts, Transcripts, & Reviews

• Home for the Holidays Shooting Draft
• Home for the Holidays Transcript (Dialogue Only)
• IMDB's Episode Guide
• TV.com's Episode Guide
• ShareTV's Episode Guide
• Watch the full episode online at Hulu.com.
• Ty's Reviews: 1.31- Home for the Holidays

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