If the second season's 'The Enforcer' was 'Hercules'' take on 'The Terminator', then this episode is most definitely it's 'Terminator 2'.
After being used a great deal in the early episodes, this is the first time we have seen Hera for a while (well, seen her eyes anyway!).
After encountering the new Enforcer (and getting his worst beating of the series), Iolaus is killed for the second time in the series (the first time was in the first TV movie, 'Hercules and the Amazon Women'). As with many 'Hercules' and 'Xena' episodes concerning people dying, the rules seem very flexible (and bent to suit the particular story-line). Here Hercules strikes a deal with the overworked Hades to have until sundown to defeat the new Enforcer in return for Iolaus being sent back to the land of the living.
As with T2, this story sees the original Enforcer (Terminator) this time being on the side of good. As with many monsters that Hercules has encountered, it is explained away that they were only bad under Hera's evil influence. Here we get to see the obligatory 'learning about humans' scenes, as the Enforcer discovers about the world for the first time.
A subplot has Iolaus, waiting in the Underworld, meeting his father, one of the few times we really see or hear of Iolaus' family (another occasion was a couple of episodes previously, in 'Love Takes A Holiday').
This is a good sequel to the original 'The Enforcer', although I did find the plot a bit plain a bit later on. But it didn't matter too much, and the battle scenes are excellently shot particularly between the two Enforcers.moreless
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When word of a female killing machine on the loose reached Iolaus, he expected to find the Enforcer. Instead he encountered the Enforcer II, a new and improved version of Hera's assassin. She mortally wounded Iolaus, whose last act was to warn Hercules. Hades sent the original Enforcer with Hercules to defeat the new assassin, but the Enforcer II complicated matters by abducting Hercules' mother. The original Enforcer fought an epic battle with her successor and lost, but Hercules managed to incinerate the new Enforcer with one of her own fireballs. Her destruction returned Iolaus to life.moreless
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Andrea CrotonPersephone
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Lawrence WharerauVytos
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Geoff ClendonWitness
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Kevin Sorbo
Hercules
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Michael Hurst O.N.Z.M.
Iolaus
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Ioalaus makes no mention of meeting his paternal grandmother two episodes earlier in "Love Takes A Holiday" to his father. Considering the fact that the father had not seen his own mother since he was a boy one would think it was something that Iolaus should have mention to him.
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Hercules visits his family's graves for the second and final time in the series, after visiting them in season one's "The March to Freedom".
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Iolaus is killed for the second time in the series - the first time was in the TV movie, "Hercules and the Amazon Women". Of course, it could be argued that this is actually the third time, considering that in the first episode of the series "The Wrong Path", Iolaus is turned to stone and later revived, telling stories about his time in the Underworld.
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Hercules' and Iolaus' home town is identified as Thebes in this episode.
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Goof: When Iolaus rolls down the hill and into Hercules' arms, his medallion keeps changing while Hercules is holding him. It's on his chest, then it's behind his back, then on his chest throughout the entire scene.
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Fire Fighter: (Referring to Hercules) What's he doing? Iolaus: (As Hercules tips over the water tower) Improvising in the face of disaster.
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Enforcer 2: (After trapping Hercules in a cave) Signed, sealed, and delivered! For you, Hera!
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Hades: (Referring to Iolaus) I can't believe this guy, moping around like his pet parakeet flew away. Persephone: Hades, sometimes you are such a jerk! Hades: What? What did I say? Persephone: Everything but what you should have!
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Kevin Sorbo has said that he wasn't very keen on these stories that rescued people from the dead, as it took away the real threat of death in other episodes.
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Disclaimer: No bootie-kicking, chop socking she-monsters from Tartarus were harmed during the production of this motion picture. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the temple!
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Greek Mythology: Asphodel Meadows Warriors and generals are supposed to go to the Asphodel Meadows, which they changed to the Asphodel Caverns for the TV show, obviously since they wanted to do part of the episode with interior shoots.
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Movie Tie-In: This episode is a take-off of the Arnold Schwartzenegger movie Terminator 2.
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