Hercules (1998–1999): Season 1, Episode 38 - Hercules and the Big Sink - full transcript

♪ Who put the
glad in gladiator ♪

♪ Hercules ♪

♪ Whose daring deeds
are great theatre ♪

♪ Hercules ♪

♪ Is he bold ♪

♪ No one braver ♪

♪ Is he sweet ♪

♪ Our favorite flavor ♪

♪ Hercules ♪

♪ What a guy ♪

♪ Hercules ♪



♪ Ask his friends ♪

♪ Honey they won't lie ♪

♪ Oh Hercules ♪

♪ Hercules ♪

♪ No one's fool ♪

♪ Now the boy's in school ♪

♪ He's in trainin' ♪

♪ Smart and shy ♪

♪ And the nicest guy ♪

♪ No complainin' ♪

♪ He was a no one a zero zero ♪

♪ He'll never quit
till he's a hero ♪

♪ He's the most
likely to succeed ♪

♪ From zero to hero ♪



♪ Herc is a hero ♪

♪ He'll be a hero ♪

Wait and see.

The Lost City of Atlantis...

Long revered as the enlightened
cultural center of the ancient world.

Then, like a dream, it was gone.

The fate of Atlantis...

A mystery that has baffled
humankind for generations,

until... now.

Look! Atlantis
City underwater...

with snow!

You can only
get this stuff here.

Ooh! Super cool! A must-have!

Come on, Cassandra.

Even you can't be
gloomy in Atlantis City.

It's got the beach,
the boardwalk, and...

Whoo! I'm walking an
invisible Cerberus! Look at me!

I think I'm just not a
summer-vacation kind of person.

What's bad about Summer?

Same as Autumn,
Winter, and Spring...

Visions of disaster.

Homer... Greekly World News.

You say you have a tip
on a forthcoming disaster?

I don't foresee
anything at the moment.

Too bad. You have a puppy?

What?

Cute animals and disasters.
That's what sells papers.

Whoa! Yes, sir!

I scored us front-row tickets
to the "Diving Centaur Show."

Yes, sir!

Those tickets will be worthless.

- Vision?
- Vision.

Look out below!

Great Centaur accident! Yowza!

Hang on! I got ya!

Ugh!

Thanks. That's never
happened before.

Must have been wind shear.

Ohh! I foresee
tourists in a giant hole.

Well, they should have
stuck to their vacation budget.

Great 4-wagon accident! Yowza!

Hold on!

I... got ya!

Incredible! Front-page news!

Just hero business as usual.

Not you, her!

But I just saved
all those people!

Heroes are ho-hum, son,
but teen soothsayers...

That's a gimmick!

The name? What's your name?

Cassandra.

I'll make the name Cassandra
synonymous with warnings of calamity!

You're wasting your time.

No one ever believes her.

I'll take care of that! If there's one
thing that The Greekly World News

has, it's credibility!

That's Cassandra, with two s's.

"Dateline... Athens." Homer
on the teen-doom scene.

Any predictions yet?"

Sorry. It's a very
unpredictable curse.

Wow! He's following
you everywhere!

Ooh! That's creepy!
How can you stand it?

Years of practice.

I need a catastrophe
for the late edition.

I foresee molten lead
falling from the sky.

Y-y-yowza!

Oops.

That's gonna sting.

Oh, my gosh!

Yowza!

Another perfect call!

Why, her prophecy
saved that baby's life!

Ooh, ooh, what's next?! Tell
us something we don't know!

Is it going to rain?

Oh, tell us more!

You believe me!
You really believe me!

Yes! Predict!

Foresee! Foresee!

Okay, um... let's see.

Ready when you are.

Any time.

Now would be good.

I think I'm getting
something. Here it comes.

No. It's a headache.

Give me something
for the front page!

Something big! Don't
let your public down.

I see... I see...

I see Atlantis... Oooh!

Underwater. Atlantis
will be underwater.

There. Atlantis
is going to sink.

Big enough for you?

Oh, the liquidity!

Stop the scribes!
Stop the scribes!

We've got ourselves a headline.

Cassandra, your
eyes didn't get all,

you know, whatever
that vision thing.

Homer wanted something big.

But you made it up.
That's... that's lying!

It's a slow vision day.

Besides, nobody really believes

what they read in The
Greekly World News.

It's all fake.

You can't just go
around making things up.

Relax. What could happen?

"Local girl has
sinking feeling"!

Read all about it!

"Sassy Soothsayer
sees certain sink!!!"

Late edition spins out
of control, hits pedestrian!

Aah!

Wow!

Herc was right.

"Vexed vacationers
vacate Atlantis."

"What could happen?"

I, uh, I didn't
foresee a problem.

But there was a problem,
and his name was Croesus...

The richest man in the world
and the owner of Atlantis City.

My city is empty and
my check book is emptier

thanks to that one-woman
profit-sucking machine.

I predict doom for her.

I just need to make it
look like natural causes

which will require
a cooperative God.

Ahhh!

Yo, Hades! Beseeching Hades!

Name's Hades, Lord of the...

Hey, hey! Croesus! Buddy!

I didn't know it was you.

Now, this is a view!

I gotta get me one
of these babies.

Hmm. Gotta get me a new rug.

Ouch! Look at your boardwalk.

I thought the
underworld was dead. Ha!

That's the reason I beseeched
you, Hades, my man.

Oh! Ooh!

Ooh! Ooh! Hot! Ooh!

Oh! Ooh! Ooh! Hot! Ooh!

Oh! Ooh! Ooh!

Hades, uh, I need
to book a cruise

on the River Styx for somebody.

How much is that gonna cost?

Just gotta pay the
boatman. Badda-boom.

Well... this person
is not, uh, currently ill.

Whoa! Excuse me. Time out.

Are you saying what
I think you're saying?

I am a God, not a hit man.

My services can't be bought!

Is that a decimal point?

No, that's a comma.

Comma?! That's
a... That's a lot of z...

That's a lot of zeros.

That'll... pbht! Buy
a lot of brimstone...

and two of my best henchmen.

Pain! Panic!

You bellowed, your
morally bankruptedness?

I'm loaning you out, boys.
Make the old man proud.

Meanwhile, I gotta go make
a killing in the stock market.

Badda-boom, I'm gone.

Hi. I'm panic, and this is Pain.

We'll be your minions today.

What evils can
we inflict for you?

Vengeance? Torture?
Adult-contemporary music?

Well, I have a prognosticating
public nuisance on my hands.

Now, she's on the "Merv
Griffin Show" this afternoon

at The Celebrity Amphitheater.

Make sure she's a, uh, no-show.

And now, Athens'
favorite daytime host...

Merv Griffin!

Hey! Hi!

Welcome to the show!
Whoa-ho-ho! Thank you!

What a crowd!

Save some of that. Save
it. You're gonna need it.

Oh, I tell you...

Pass the eyebrow pencil. I
want to bring out my eyes.

Oh, that is all wrong!

You can't go on
looking like that!

You're not a spring.
You're a winter.

Take it from us...
We're professionals.

What do you think I need?

Lip gloss, some rouge...

A blindfold and a gag!

Now you look like
a girl on the go.

So let's take the girl and go!

I see profits in my future.

All right, Croesus.

What's your angle?

I'm in the market for
some Spokescrones

to assure everyone
Atlantis is not going to sink.

So, how much do you want?

We are the fates!

We cannot be purchased.

Mama! Where's our mark?

And now, let's give a
big, warm Athens welcome

to my special guest,

Cassan... ah, ooh. The Fates?

Hey! Where's Cassandra?

She was supposed to
be Merv's special guest.

Well, uh, unexpected,
to say the least.

But welcome, ladies.

This is certainly,
uh, a surprise.

You know I've been trying to
get you on my show for years.

Well, we've been pretty
busy weaving the future,

crocheting death and
pestilence into people's lives.

Hey, I see you brought
your handiwork...

The Tapestry of Fate!

Oooh!

Paws off, Merv.
It's very delicate.

Damaging a single stitch could
have deadly consequences.

Give me a break!

So everything that happens

is controlled by you three
and your needlepoint?

I don't buy it.

My husband's gone! Cool!

It's as if the wretched
man never existed.

Ohh.

Oooh! Wasn't that
something, folks?

Hey! Isn't that Atlantis
on the tapestry?

What do you make of
all this sinking business?

Is old El Niño back again?

Nonsense. We brought the
tapestry to put to rest that nasty rumor.

Atlantis is not going to sink.

Oooh! It's not
true? Tell us more.

As you can see, Merv,

Atlantis is woven solidly
into the fabric of time.

It's here to stay.

Oooh! Ha! Ha! Is that a relief!

I'm building a hotel
there, you know.

There's no sign of
Cassandra anywhere.

We're a hit, girls.

Let's take our show on the road!

Let me be the first
to say, "danke shon."

You ladies knocked 'em dead!

We have a knack
for that sort of thing.

Hey! That's Croesus,
the owner of Atlantis.

This is no time for who's who
in the cradle of democracy!

We gotta find my
little nuzzle bunny!

Icarus, don't you get it?

Cassandra's prediction
cost him a lot of money,

and now she's disappeared.

See the connection?

We follow him, we find her.

Well, lady, your little prediction
cost me a lot of Drachmas.

Now, how much more is it
gonna cost me to shut you up?

Nothing.

Ah, come on, come on, come on!

Everybody has
their price. Name it.

Nothing. Really.

Look, I made up the whole thing.

Atlantis isn't going to sink.

What?! I bribed a major God

and three cosmic
crones for nothing?!

Is it too late to stop
payment on the checks?

One of them was to Hades.

Yowza!

I demand a full confession.

Oh, you want her to talk!

Well, that brings up all
sorts of torture possibilities!

But she already confessed.
Uh, seems kind of backwards.

These temp jobs have no perks.

How about a public confession?

Yeah, that's it! A
public confession!

I'll call a press
conference immediately.

Thank you for coming.

I've called this
press conference

to make a major announcement.

Yes, yes. You, there, in front?

Yes. Is this about
the sinking of Atlantis?

You know better than that.

It's the alleged
sinking of Atlantis.

Oh! Ooh! Ahh!

I guess that's my cue.

Now be a good little prophet

and tell the
headline-hungry reporter

what you told me.

The truth is that I
got carried away

with all the publicity.

It was kind of cool to
be a famous seer and all.

Well, sure, You were the all-seeing
eye at the center of the storm.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Self-realization.

Blah, blah, blah.
Would you tell him?!

The truth is that... that...

Atlantis is going to sink.

That is so incredibly,

completely not what you
were supposed to say.

Minions!

She's yours. Him too.

Aaah!

Take him to the lower atrium.

Ah, what's that?

It's a very expensive dungeon.

Get a load of this stuff!

Croesus has a lot
bigger budget than Hades.

Look! A portable eviscerater!

I've always wanted
to use one of these!

Aah! Aah! A Fla-Z-Boy recliner!

Let's strap her in this, huh?

Oh, I can't decide!
It's too many toys!

Oh, this is torture!

There it is.

Croesus!

As a hero in training, I
insist you release Cassandra!

A hero in training? Whew!

I wonder what this
is going to cost me?

Who haven't I beseeched
and bribed lately?

Poseidon!

This better be important!

I need your deadliest
sea monster.

Maybe I'm not
richer than Croesus,

but I am a God!

You can't just throw money
at me and get what you want.

Whoa! That's a lot of sardines!

This is your final
hero-in-training warning!

Hero in training, meet
Scylla. Scylla, hero in training.

Battle amongst yourselves.

Aah!

I'm not sure how to even
begin to fight that thing.

Oh, don't leap into
the fray yet, my friend.

Perhaps we can reach
out to this creature.

I shall try to
communicate with it.

Aaaaaaah!

Pegasus, get Icarus to safety.

Aaah!

Aaah!

Aaaah!

Aaaaaaaaah!

Come closer, Mortals.

Yes... closer.

Feast your eyes upon
the tapestry of fate.

Aaaaaah!

No cuts!

The line starts back there, bub.

Aaah!

Aaaaah!

Uh-oh.

Observe... how we
nip and tuck to torment

the wicked King of Thessaly.

Ohhhh!

Oh, dear. Missed Thessaly.

But I nailed Atlantis.

Oooh! I've got to
get Cassandra out!

Back to Fate Mountain, girls?

Show's over.

Aaaah!

I want to use it on them!

But I found it!

It's my ab-gutter plus!

Cassandra!

Hercules! Fun's over.

We'll take this for
later. It's portable.

We've gotta get out of here
quick! Atlantis is sinking!

Who would have guessed?

Yowza! Atlantis!
The Lost Continent!

What a headline!

Come on!

Well... need a lift?

You three get back to Athens.

I've got some
major heroism to do.

Atlantis? Sinking?

I gotta do something
or I'm all washed up.

Where's my check book?!

Beseeching all Gods!

Hades! Hades, oh,
man. What a relief.

Just the God I need.

Hey, I'm not here for you. I
just want my minions back.

Pain! Panic!

Pbht.

But I need your help,
man. I need your help.

I'll pay anything!

Uh, sorry, babe.
Your check bounced.

It seems your bank went under.

Aaah!

And from the looks of things,
so will you in about 10 minutes.

Oh, yeah. You're a bad swimmer.

Make that five.

Aaaah!

Aaah!

Help us!

We can't swim!

We're trapped!

Don't worry! I'll save you!

Here! Climb out on this!

Aaah! The dock is sinking!

We can't get to the boats!

Hey! Wait! Room for one more!

D-do you see Hercules anywhere?

Ah, the kid's a demigod.
He'll make it back.

I can't believe I
caused so much trouble!

It's so much better when
you guys cause the trouble,

and I get to
sarcastically comment.

♪ For he's a jolly
good demigod ♪

♪ Who kept us safe and dry ♪

Thank Zeus you're all right.

Actually, thank Poseidon.

His sea monsters aren't
as tough as they used to be.

Break up the reunion,
kids, I've got to talk business!

Sorry, I'm out of the business.

Not you telling the
future. That's history.

- Huh?
- Kid, you heard the crowd.

Greece loves a hero!

What you need is publicity!

I can give you a permanent home

on the front page!

Yow-w-w-w-w-za-a-a!

Well, finally, someone with a
little horse sense around here!

How long you been
waiting to use that one?

What do you mean?

Pegasus is a horse?

Ohhh! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Clever me!

I am a funny man.