This is defiantly one of my lesser favourite episodes of the series.
Although the series is great at putting unusual and unexpected spins on things, I'm not very keen on what they did with Echidna. In my opinion, they should have kept her as a terrible monster, a real challenge for Hercules.
And while Typhon is a kind-hearted character, and well played by Glen Shadix, I just find that episodes with him in have a really silly, childish feel about them.
I find the story - about small-time crook Klepto stealing newborn Obie, to try and win favour with a warlord - dull and uninteresting, without any real oomph. At very least, it could have done with some kind of separate b-plot to balance things up a bit.
Michael Hurst (Iolaus) said at one point that this was his least favourite episode. I have to say, it ranks amongst my least favourite also.moreless
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Typhon, the gentle giant, and Echnida, the mother of all monsters, sent word of their newborn to Hercules. But the thief Klepto abducted the child, a squid-like creature named Obie. Klepto brought the little monster to the warlord Bluth, who had been promised power and riches if he could deliver Obie to Hera. Bluth tried to turn Obie into a killing machine, but Hercules handily defeated Bluth, who found himself impaled on his own sword. When they returned the child to Echnida, she saw Klepto's growing affection for Obie and forgave the remorseful thief.moreless
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Kevin Sorbo
Hercules
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Michael Hurst O.N.Z.M.
Iolaus
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Wayne Peters
Rude Pilgrim
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ADD QUOTES- Echidna: If that baby starts crying, you'll wish you were anywhere but here! Typhon: Doesn't pay to get Echidna mad. Head Archer: Very well. But Hera wants your son fighting for her greater glory, and what Hera wants, Hera gets. Edit
- Iolaus: That little guy from the village, he picked my pocket! Hercules: You don't have any pockets. Iolaus: It's a figure of speech! Edit
- Wench: (Admiring Hercules and Iolaus) That little fellow never said they were cute. Lout: That tears it! Kill them! Hercules: For being cute?! Edit
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ADD ALLUSIONS- Iolaus: I mean, Herc and me, we're like a team. Like, thunder and lightning, flesh and bone, Abbottus and Costellicus. This is a reference to the classic comedy act Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Edit
- Typhon: But as soon as I get my hands on that filthy kidnapper- pow! Right in the kisser! This is a paraphrase from the Jackie Gleason show The Honeymooners. Edit
- Klepto: Ah, pilgrims! And that starts with 'p' and that stands for easy pickin's! This is a paraphrase from a song from the musical The Music Man. Edit
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