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1. The regular series was meant to be a direct continuation of the 5 specials. But in another way it can be viewed that the specials were treated more like a pilot as actors, plot points and the direction of characters all changed. One change was made in order to make Hercules a traditional wandering hero and remove his ties to his family. in the first episode "The Wrong Path" Hera kills off Hercules's wife and children. What method did she employ for this?
2. The second episode "Eye of the Beholder" revolved around a monster who was terrorizing the town of Trachis. In one of the early appearances by the monster he comes across a woman of the village picking flowers and not acting afraid of the monster. This was done as an homage to the monster in the movie "Frankenstein". What kind of monster was in the episode?
3. In addition to incorporating Greek mythology the show often utilized Greek drama as well. In "The Road to Calydon," a character from the "Oedipus" trilogy makes the first of many guest appearances. Who was it?
4. During the episode "Ares" a new female character introduced that was meant to serve as a female counterpart to Hercules. Perhaps it was destiny that the actress got the role as she was a multi time Ms Olympia winner. What role did this statuesque beauty play on the show?
5. Seems that Hercules cant even go to a wedding without causing trouble. In "As Darkness Falls," Hercules is in attendance at the wedding party of an old friend Penelope. Unfortunately, he is not the only guest as a pack of centaurs are also guests and one in particular Nemis wants Hercules dead. Noemi's has a number of reasons for wanting Hercules dead, but which is not one of them?
6. For a show that revolved around the gods and myths of Greek myth, they were sorely lacking in the first season. In the episode "Pride Comes Before a Brawl," the only season one appearance of a god in their human form occurred. What was the name of this lesser god in the show?
7. One thing the series had was the uncanny ability to get actors to guest star right before they became big. In the episode "The March to Freedom," Lucy Liu guest stars as an Asian princess. In the episode, she is looking to free her betrothed from practitioners of what vile practice?
8. Hercules had one successful spin off, that of "Xena: Warrior Princess". In Xena's first appearance she wanted to kill Hercules so no one else would dare challenge her. During the course of the episode "The Warrior Princess," an event happened that was considered totally out of character for the show. It would never happen again and the concept of it would be repudiated in many episodes both before and after. What event was this?
9. Before Lucy Lawless was cast as Xena, she played a number of different roles on the show. By the end of the first season, how many appearances had Lucy made, including the TV specials?
10. In the city of Tantalus, bodies of the dead are being stolen on both sides of a civil conflict. Which god is behind these disappearances in order to prolong the conflict?
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